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DND - steer clear of Mospeada merchandise until after the Beagle is released. Then read reviews for the Beagle. You're right, all the other stuff isn't worth the cost of admission unless your a Mospeada freak.

Think of the Taka 1/55. One of the most beloved collectibles of our fandom... huge liberties taken with the look to make the toy a friggin' rock you could literally bludgeon someone to death with. It seems adults are forgetting just how important durability is these days with comments about how they don't care if their Yamatos might fall apart because of how pretty they look. People who think this way are definitely in the minority in the toy fandom even if they are the loudest posters on toy forums.

The 1/60 YF-21 problem I was referring to ended up being more rumor than fact I think. The rumor was that Yamato was looking at a small redesign for the feet because they were having some breakage issues. I searched around and couldn't really find anything on this and I haven't heard anything since. Also, it does sound like the VF-0S that was with the Ghost Combo does vary a lot from person to person. Some people swear there's is the perfect VF-0 toys while others see some lingering results from the inital problems as Scrapnasty has indicated. Mine was on the better side but I also noticed a bit more slop then you'd see in the VF-1 toys. I guess what I'm trying to say is just a disclaimer that everyone's mileage may vary.

I find the notion that the Hikaru 1J might have POM shoulders but future 1/60v2s won't a bit silly. It sounds like Shin might be rallying for a change he sees has already happened? I'm confused. How do we determine if the sholders on the Hik 1J are POM?

Now that China is modernizing the toy factories should stream off into another nation ready to industrialize any way. Things used to be made in the USA, someday we'll say that things used to be made in China (although we probably have another 50 years before that's really the case).

The 0S combo is 100% fine for the whole production run (fine meaning the shoulders are improved). The Shin 0A is not, some people had terrible shoulder issues with them while some received improved versions. Thus a recommendation for VF-0 fans to buy the 0S combo but to avoid the 0A combo until the next reissue when all of them will feature the shoulder improvements.

I reviewed these at one point, check it out here.

Yeah, it's not obvious WHY the DX looks different from the anime but the fact the 1/72 is a dead ringer makes it obvious that there were decisions made behind every difference we see in the DX. I thought it had been figured out that the hips have to be like they are on the DX to accomodate being able to pose the toy in an A-stance as the intake would otherwise press against the waist. At any rate, it's this toy and the Beagle Mospeada that I'm looking forward to the most right now.

The new Yamato 1/60s are essentially all plastic, do they feel cheap? While the CMs Tread certainly lacks heft it's obviously made of pretty high quality plastic and extremely poseable. Oddly enough, the one part of it that seems really cheap to me is the heavy ass piece of diecast arm that's supposed to be used to connect it to the Legioss toy... ugh, what a horrible design. The Toynami Alpha is also as heavy as a brick but that thing is clearly a cheap piece of junk in comparison to the light CMs Legioss. While the CMs Legioss may not look pretty there can be little doubt it's made much better than the Toynami toy and will last much longer despite weighing about a 10th of Toynami's effort.

No *reputable* dealer is going to be selling a new release for much less than MSRP. Blocky vs. bulky seems like just a battle of semantics. That thumbnail looks like a bulky and blocky mech to me. One I like a lot... oddly I think I like it so much for the sound its ammunition made as it tore Invid apart in Robotech. It was the only ammo that made a sound like metal hitting metal and it was normally heard as a bad guy got shred to bits.

Oh yes, I'll make sure to have at least a couple shots comparing the two side by side with some observations.

The only guy they couldn't get involved was Rick Moranis (sp?) because he's so rich from the "Honey I shrunk the..." franchise that he never wants to work on anything again. NIiiiiiiiiiice.

Yes, 15K of the Toynami were made, it's probably closer to 1.5K of the CMs. Also, the CMs is made of higher quality materials and is just all around made better. Another plus for the CMs is that it has the unique Shadow Fighter shoulders that the toynami Shadow Fighter lacks. Sadly, it's not all sunshine with the CMs, it has its faults too including two different tones of white paint, a head that can't be turned, and the CMs interpretation of the sculpt. Visit www.anymoon.com for more info

I've been sold on the VF-25 toys for a long time now.... I want to see the next valk they do already!

I think I'll have my Beta on Monday of next week. If I get it Monday I could probably have a review up on Wednesday. I'm pretty excited.

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How can a reissue also be a limited edition?

I thought this thing wasn't due out until April.

Ha, I emulated this game not too long ago. It was a pretty decent way to kill an afternoon.

The dollar is doing better against the Euro and BP but not against the Yen.

I've arranged many transactions with them through email. I wonder if they have issues with spam screening or something... I know it's a small staff probably handling a pretty heavy load of emails.

I didn't know they did that. I figured you could return them where you bought them like most stores do in most countries. Makes me wonder how Yamato could claim they didn't know they had a problem with their shoulders on the VF-0 toys though... you'd figure they'd be mailing them out on a regular basis.

In case any of you haven't checked out my site lately, I managed to get my review of the CMs Mospeada greenies up, here's a sample pic: You can visit the review by clicking here.

Yes, and it's a no-brainer for me. 1) Gnu fast packs = $20. (a little more with the crappy exchange rate). Seriously, that's not a joke. I don't see how any company can justify that. They should be $10 mail away items for those of us unfortunate enough to have bought the toy before Yamato got their act together. 2) $170 VF-0 toys with exploding shoulders. This should have REQUIRED a public apology and free replacement parts for anyone who bought one. Yes, I know this wouldn't have helped all of us outside of Japan but it should have happened. Selling toys that break through no foul of their owner is insulting, to not even try to make amends is far worse than greedy. I'm a big pro market guy. I think generally Yamato is right to allow the market to dictate what they charge. The two instances above though really make me scratch my head. If the new 1/60 VF-1 continues to have problems I'll add a third to that list.

I think we're all going to find the TV-1A will not be so hard to get. I'm sure every HKer worth his Macross salt is figuring ways out to get them. On the thin chance I'm wrong though, I've gone ahead and made arrangements to get one. I did the same thing with the Weathering destroid but I suspect that will be more scarce than the TV-1A. As we've seen with the Roy 1S though, if it's popular enough they may do another window of them at a later date. I'm guessing we could also expect a Weathering Defender.