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I watched this movie for the first time a few years back when a buddy said "Holy crap, I just found Krull on DVD!" "Really?" I asked, "Let's watch it" not admitting I had no idea what the hell he was talking about. Then we watched it... I got bored with it half way through and got so hammered I ended up hooking up with a horrendous looking girl at some point during the evening. About a year later the hideous girl introduced me to her gorgeous sister (seriously, it's like Arnie and Danny D from Twins). I thought I was getting places with the cute one when she pulled the "Wait, you don't think we're going to hook up do you? I can't hook up with a guy who hooked up with my sister" line. In short: watching Krull ruins your odds of sleeping with hot girls. Oddly enough, I randomly kissed a girl a few months after being shot down by that cute sister during a Rambo commercial and have been dating her ever since. So, Rambo is the good in this world that cancels out the evil which is Krull.

If there ends up being a super queen or king Vajra on that planet I totally called it and you "hives don't work that way" folks can shower me with apologies! Then again, I haven't seen the most recent episode and it may contradict that theory entirely... in which case I apologize to all of you for having brought it back up.

How are those bigger wings going to work in Soldier mode? Looks much improved in fighter.

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Yes, the way things currently are the wings do get in the way and yes, the waist did function on the version 1 but it was limiited in its range (althought not quite as limiited as the waist on the 1/48 which is limited both by the wings and the swing bar).

Nope, I can definitely think of ways to make a much more articulated perfect transforming toy. If I was much cooler I'd draw up diagrams on how to do it. You can make it so the waist turns and functions (you'd probably need a larger scale), you could make it so the wings recess, and you could make it so the knees could do more than a 90 degree angle.

Simmer everyone, Save says there's no indication this is more than a custom.

I'd much rather have a toy be perfect transformation and have some ugly bits than imperfect transformation ANY day. Non PT toys inevitably fall apart, pieces pop off and get lost, and usually they're not visually all that much better. Even in larger scale non-PT toys like the Yamato 1/60 V1 just suck. Yes, the Toynami 1/100 could look and function better in many respects but it's still a nice compromise in all three modes and gets the job done (the swing bars are TEENY in comparison to older toys although they do need a lock). As far as I'm concerned, if they're going to charge $39.99 for these then there better be a LOT of engineering going into them and that better mean they're perfect transformation. I don't think a Lego version of transformation should run nearly this expensive. If it's $39.99 and twice as nice as the Toynami 1/100 I'm going to LOVE this line.

I'll be making a post soon on my site (maybe next Monday?) with comparison pics of all the major VF-1 toys. You might find it handy... at least I hope you do, that's the point of the post. In the meantime I'll be updating old VF-1 posts so the scores present an accurate ranking. It's a pain but the summary goes: VF-1 v2.0 FTW.

When I started posting toy reviews I figured I'd do it for a few months, maybe a year, and then everything I owned would be on the site and I'd have to move onto something else. It's now been more than a couple years and new stuff is being released so frequently that I can't even come close to keeping up. I definitely did not see this coming. If I did one post a week I could go through the rest of the year posting nothing but renaissance toys that currently aren't on my site. Wow... so much good stuff.

I believe my post here goes over the differences: http://anymoon.com/blog/2008/02/08/aoshima...oy-148-legioss/ They're similar, and they both have some problems. If you're in the US though I'd opt for the Toynami MPC, it's a iny bit less of a crapshoot over the Aoshima and looks more anime accurate. That's just my opinion.

Yes, that's the Toynami, and no one can tell you much about it as it hasn't been released yet. Supposedly it'll be out in November.

Yep, it's the adapter plate that's breaking. They've all broken where the plastic is thinnest outside the large center hole. It would appear the best bet for fixing this would be to reduce the thickness of the hard point on the wing rather than fiddling with the adapter plate itself.

What's wrong with the GG torrents??? ARGH!

ha, just as i was editing my post to say I found out. Good news!

I was on vacation for a week, I expected to come back and see an ep21 discussion. Was the show not on the air last week? The suspense is killing me. Ep 20 gets a thumbs up from me. I kinda wish Michel didn't try to squeeze in a "now that I see my entrails I realize I love you" moment but otherwise it was all gravy. EDIT - see the 21 thread now. Now to keep an eye for subs... w00t.

yeah, over-priced. If it were perfectly mint that would be about right though... maybe still a bit on the high price. They can go much lower too if you're lucky.

Every set of twin missiles I applied to the wings broke. I'm very let down. I should have a full review up some time in September. Also, if you're applying them on Wave 1 valks you will notice even more floppiness due to the additional weight. Wave 2 seemed to handle them pretty nice and they are a good addition to any valk's battroid mode.

I go back and forth on the recessed head. From straight ahead it makes the mech look more brutish and intimidating (especially with Fast Packs as Ghostryder noted). From the sides though the elevated head is a clear advantage.

Thanks for the pics! Odd that on the most purple of toys they changed the visor to black (although it still looks better black). I'm looking forward to getting one at some point. Sigh... at this point I might as well just leave a credit card with Overdrive since so many toys are coming out. Gotta preorder that Beagle!

I didn't like that bullet and finger print thing... but maybe I misunderstood something. The Joker actually anticipated that Batman would arrive before the police, steal a hunk of the wall from a crime scene, and have the equipment capable of reconstructing a fingerprint he planted. That seems like a pretty long shot. I didn't let it bother me too much though because it wasn't too integral to the plot in the end. All it did was set Batman up for a potential death at the hand of snipers although I guess it was also important in causing the distraction Joker used to take his shot at the Mayor.

Ask that question again, this time about something having anything to do with Mospeada. You can also see from preorder prices everywhere that toynami is simply saving you on shipping costs as the MSRP here seems to be the same as it is in Japan.

I'm no lawyer but I'd imagine that Fox did itself no favors in waiting so long to bring the issue up. I believe they had an obligation to act when they became aware of the infringement and are supposed to act in a manner as to reduce damages to all parties. Waiting until a movie has been filmed before pressing an issue that has been public knowledge for years is bad play. I also imagine Fox's hard line stance is just posturing to try to work out another quarter of a percent in any deal that gets brokered.

Toynami only speculated at price, they probably just guessed wrong.

Word on the street is that the new 1/60 VF-11B is very dark gray...