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Yeah, have we confirmed now that the real culprit with the shoulders was actually the pin placement? Essentially, if one pin (or both) is installed upside down then you know you have a ticking timebomb. Judging from SDK said it looks like the first thing you check on your 1S would be whether or not there are any rough ends pointing upward. This would also explain how the 1A was magically fixed. Yamato simply called the factory and told them to yell at the guy putting the pins in. Easiest fix ever.

So like, you enjoy deadhorse beatings and want to see them continued?

I never found how low down the nosecone went in battroid mode to be distracting. I do find the elevated head a bit distracting. That said, the elevated head is so minor that most the time I don't even notice it. It's only when it's put side by side and looked at from straight ahead with a 1/48 that it looks bad to me. On it's own it actually looks a bit more natural than the 1/48 since it has a more human-like figure.

I don't know much about the Xbox360 but my brother asked for one for Xmas. He said something that confused me, maybe you guys can help. He said something about watching movies on it. He's pretty tech savvy but when he said movies I thought of two things, the failed HD Drive the XBox360 had and the blu ray on the PS3. Does Xbox360 have an HD movie download through Netflix or something? I didn't want to seem like i was entertaining the notion of getting him one so I didn't ask him to clarify.

Bummer they didn't get the TV missiles colored properly.

c'mon Ruskii, TV arm armor is different from DYRL arm armor. You're a veteran by now, you should be on that.

Yeah, my VF-1S comparison page used a 1990 Bandai super as the chunky example and you can see the differences to the sculpt pretty well on it. New head and deleted landing gear doors.

I'm sure there's a limit to the quantity that will be made (although there's always the potential a very similar product will be released later or a second window would be opened up on the website if demand was strong enough). Chances are that Bandai has done the math to determine just about how many Alto/Ozma owners will want these matching parts and so they will make enough to meet that demand without having too much extra. This may be something that's hard to find a year after it's been out but I doubt you'll have problems if you can't preorder one right this minute.

I wouldn't worry about it, if they're available to anyone in Japan who goes to the website then there will be plenty of orders and you'll still be able to find them in March.

This thread needs a new lock on it.

OOh.... maybe now I can buy those golf clubs I've been eyeing... All these toy releases were eating up all my disposable income!

A hint at a common ancestor could suffice if handled up front and properly. The SDF-3 thing is definitely not canon any more and I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work for a live action flick.

For those confusd by Ruskii's telling you how to buy the toy, the link to the blog is here: http://www.over-drive-inc.com/overdrive-blog/info/1864.html

Are audiences too sophisticated these days for human-like aliens? In canon Robotech, if I'm not mistaken, there's no reason the Robotech Masters (and their creation the Zenraedi) have nearly identical gene structurs to humans right? It's just one big universal happy coincidence? Wouldn't audiences have a hard time these days buying off on something like that? I'm guessing if the aliens in this movie are going to be anything like the Zentraedi than the writers are going to have to come up with a reason why they so closely resemble man.

Weren't there a bunch of MicroMan transforming bikes too? Maybe that'd help -

That's a definite possibility. Calling them "knock-offs" is probably the wrong terminology since there's no disputing that they actually are Yamato valks that have been hand painted and had their stickers applied. It wouldn't be hard to have the sleeves made and lift the BW logo from another 1/48. Still, it doesn't seem right... The origin is a mystery, it's just my cynical nature that's weary of these newer releases.

I think you just get put in a queue and they let you know when Yamato responds (which doesn't seem particularly frequent). Have you tried an email to their info address? That'd probably be helpful. From what I understand things have been pretty busy in their neck of the woods with attending shows and such.

There are something like 1500 fewer Weathering editions than there are LV1s.

Nah, that's not racist. There's plenty of Japanese people working for Hollywood in various capacities. He said the Japanese film industry sucks, that's no more racist than saying Hollywood (aka the American film industry) sucks. Edit - A racist argument would have been "Japanese people suck. They can't make movies." He clearly was talking about a business, not the people.

Okay, there's one on eBay now with the shiny slip.... I'm really really thinking this is shenanigans. Something definitely seems fishy. I suspect someone got an original, then got all the stuff to make more weathering editions, and is now taking VF-1S toys and making Weathering editions (and selling them through Angolz). Naughty naughty.

The guys at Overdrive had a sample they were playing with, I'm sure it can't be long before we're all playing with our own.

His group is "Banned for having no life." Niiice... sounds like he earned it.

I remember that guy... claimed he had warehouses of Italian marble or something also. Who was it? Lord Kungfu?

Are they reusing the audio and just updating the visuals?

None currently planned at this price/size range.