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It's still a little confusing on that note. Robotech.com says it comes with "two removable heads" but it also says "with helmet and without." This seems to imply that you only get one helmetless head with your purchase.

I'm really finding it odd the number of people who saw pictures of what Toynami was calling their MPC before the Beagle and saying it would cost $79.99 and now see pictures of the leaps and bounds better Beagle and say "That should cost $79.99!" Are these people saying they want the crappier prototype at the original price instead? Should Toynami have made their own and sold it for $79.99 and then offered the Beagle as a "Super Masterpiece." I could only imagine if that had happened everyone would be saying "This thing sucks, I'd rather have the Mega House for $59.99!" when they bought Toynami's home-brewed MPC. If I were Tam my announcement would be: Good news! Toynami has cancelled their MPC Cyclone and thus I have to cancel everyone's preorders. Why is this good news? Because Toynami is instead importing the Beagle Ride Armor. It's about three times as expensive but looks five times better! Don't get me wrong, I'd be thrilled if the Beagle cost $79.99 but considering how much better it looks than what Toynami was showing... well, I've rambled enough.

I'd definitley second that, especially if they made very minor improvements to fit and finish. The only problem with an all plastic one is that it seems like they don't use very good plastic... Also, I still have yet to hear of anyone with an MPC Scott over 10K so I think there are more lurking in a warehouse...

I certainly don't want to speak for him but the recent "over-selling" of the Mega House VR-41 had to be a pain in the butt. I apologize to him if I put words in his mouth.

Kevin (valk exchange) deals with Toynami (begrudgingly sometimes I'm sure). Since we're probably no where near a Toynami release I'll bet he'll come through with a preorder at some point down the road.

Since you're the only other person I know who has one, were you immediately turned off also by the two different tones of white? The intakes look different from the head? What's up with that?

I'll definitely get the Mospeada Stig but if they go through with all the other variants I'll probably just scoop those up stateside.

That joke was way better when Exo made it 2 years ago - Total Score: (8/10) Packaging/Charm, (28/40) Legioss, (33/40) Tlead, (69/90) Overall Edit - you need to watch this video, I came very close to ditching scores all together but I noticed some people really like numbers but I still can't help agreeing with Yahtzee's sentiment http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/vie...ailbag-Showdown

Approximately 1/48 http://anymoon.com/blog/2008/04/09/cms-148...-1-the-legioss/

I'm handling the CMs VR-41 and I'm torn again as to whether or not I prefer the MegaHouse or the CMs figure. The proportions are better on the CMs and the weight distribution is so much better. As you guys say, balance issues are bound to happen with a ride armor toy but if you put the wheels above the shoulders it's not so terribly unstable (keep the center of weight towards the figure's center and it does wonders). If the CMs featured feet that extended like the MH it would be remarkably stable (again, speaking within the realm of Ride Armor toys). You can definitely make the CMs Ride Armors stand looking naturally without a stand, you don't have to make it appear as if the figure is walking into a strong wind like you do with Mega House. This is the goal I'm hoping Beagle will strive for.

They ought to be very similar in scale... but I don't own one (a Matchbox version) to take a side by side pic with the Yamato I have. Do you own one a Matchbox destroid? Tell me how tall it is and I'll track down a tape measure for you and we can compare. I'm fiddling around with my destroid now. Definitely no LEDs but my initial impression is very positive. $100 positive? Shiz no. $50 positive? Yes. There are nice metal reinforcements within the joints though, that's pretty cool. There are so many points that move it's kind of astounding... some of the joints are very stiff (like the knees I couldn't even tell bent at first) but a lot of the others are a little looser than I'd like (though nothing floppy).

The US handled Star Wars... even the second trilogy. Minmay's singing being something a cultureless enemy finds worth saving isn't too much harder to buy into than dropping a bomb on something not much larger than a womp rat (or however that old star wars quote goes). Hey, we spent how many millions on a movie whose premise was a mobile planetoid base that didn't have a shutter on an exhaust port? If you handle the subject matter well anything can happen. Of course, you can always RT it up by just using singing as a culture shock too.

Mine just came in... if no one says something definitive about it I should be handling mine later and can tell you about it. I'm pretty sure it doesn't have an LED from the glimpse I took though.

I'm not offended, I'm trying to help you not look like so ignorant. I see it's a lost cause.

That depends, it sounds like it might just be that one batch of the VF-1S had a pin installed upside down.

If you want to blast Hollywood that's good times. If you want to blast certain Robotech fans that can be fun too. When you start saying rubbish like "Americans are some of the most ignorant people in the world" you only expose how truly ignorant you are. Don't stereotype any group, it's dumb and classless.

The wheels are both pretty far back on the backpack which tends to shift the center of weight further back. I do hope it can manage but I have some serious doubts.

so balance issues seem inevitable. Oh well

Johnny, Jack, and Jim... the three wisemen Focker style!

You just want them to make a Houquet so you can get her naked! I'm onto you baka! My VR-41 CMs and Dark Legioss are en route but I think I'm going to do the Yamato Destroid review first... I might have a very nice review going up this Monday also of something Macross Plus...

I got my shipping notice from Overdrive. Now I just need to decide if I want to do a review of the Destroid, the CMs VR-41, or the Dark Legioss first...

and Macross was conceived as a parody... whoa!

lots of options. If it's just a fit problem you can dab a little something (some people just use clear nail polish) on the peg that fits into the wing's hard point to thicken it up so it will stay. That said, this is the first time I've heard of this problem with the VF-0.

Nah, overall I like these toys so if you have any modeling talent and some patience you'll probably be really happy with them. Most the stuff that breaks or gets loose could be fixed very easily (and many of the cracks that appear don't really affect anything anyway). They're considering what's on the table for Wave 3 is considered the super parts, wave 4 is the weathered 1S Hik, Roy, and the VF-1A CF. Wave 5 is just rumors at this point but it looks like the GBP is a pretty safe bet.

Overdrive just started offering replacement Yamato parts, you should try them.