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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.

That makes a whole lot more sense. I thought originally they'd do a box showing the Fuke/Shinobu figures and then do another box showing the Ley and Stig type Dark Ride Armors. I guess they didn't feel Shinobu fit in well enough with Fuke.

HA! Oh Yamato...... you are cruel.

Graham said it definitely has an integral heat shield so it will be perfect transformation. How the heat shield works isn't confirmed.

Considering the only people in the states who get them order them from stores where you're at and the stores where you're at apparently aren't moving any it would seem that these things aren't selling particularly well. I give Yamato kudos for trying to break out into another market but it doesn't seem like these are taking off. They are decent figures though, probably just an example of one too many trips back to the well.

I hate CGI movies that try to look realistic. So far they've all been festering crap. I really hope this does better but I can already tell I'll hate it by how unnatural all the movements are... everyone looks like a marionette (sp?) if they're not running and jumping. I know it's a tough medium but why not just do a hand drawn cartoon instead??

I think I preordered a defender from Overdrive like two months ago.

Exercise just got stylish again!

You guys are crazy, the 0S is getting reissued.... they're going to be everywhere also. They don't move terribly swiftly.

That pic isn't showing up for me (probably work firewall). If it's the one that has a hand drawn arrow to the back of the fighter in GERWALK then you've got it right. It LARGELY was fixed for version 1.5 and 2. Of all the Zero toys I've owned only my first edition was so sloppy it was problematic. My 0S 2nd edition does have a tiny bit of slop in that area though and if you're used to how solid the VF-1 feels it might make you think it's flimsy even if it holds together aesthetically.

I'm at work or I'd show you a picture from my review of the 0S first edition on Anymoon.com (you can go and click the VF-0 link to see for yourself). The broken back in fighter makes it so the nose droops and leaves some gaps in the back. Really it's just a way of saying the toy lacks sufficient structural integrity in fighter mode so it comes apart a little bit on you.

On my 0S Ghost combo the "broken back" is barely noticeable, not at all like the first edition VF-0S where it was impossible to avoid (and my VF-0A was the tightest of all there).

Actually, anime accurate would mean the gauntlets don't have to be removed. I'm not sure but I think the Beagle is perfect transformation.

Well I'm guessing then it also says something like "Originally we made the pilot too small, the pilot that will be included is the proper size" and that's why there's a pic of two pilots. Crap, I'm bummed the yellow one may not be final. I don't want to get a collection of destroids and have them all look very similar.

I love the yellow one... the other two are kinda boring (but I could certainly see where they'd fit with a more realistic military look).

Just saw this on an ebay, it's for a Robotech MPC Cyclone (repackaged Beagle): Seems like confirmation that the Beagle is still going to come out in Japan first and that Toynami was indeed hit with the delay.

Yeah but the 1/60 V2 is a much better toy all around. Maybe instead of getting a 0S now or a 1/60 VF-1 2.0 a person should wait a couple months until the smoke clears and see if the 0S really is perfect or if the 1/60V2 really is something they should be afraid of. After all, one failed shoulder on a 1A hardly seems like something to flip out on... I know in the electronics industry about a 5% faulty product percentage is assumed... maybe the same works for toys.

Honestly, I don't think Toynami has gotten better, I just think more retailers have gotten wiser. This toy was due out MONTHS ago. Toynami originally told publications it should be expected March '08 and it gracefully slid to December '08. This sounds way too bizarre and I hadn't heard anything about CMs doing something unique with these releases. Is it possible you saw a collection of stuff CMs had given a store to use to set up a display or something?

Good lookin' fix Eugimon! Quick Yamato Impression: "Metal? In a joint? Inconceivable!" Okay, that's kind of unfair considering how metal-tastic the feet are on the Destroid.

You must try harder, this was a few pages back: http://www.yamato-toys.com/dev/release_010...l?infolnk=index

Revoltech FTW. The Gnus just don't look that much better and in my experience a Revvy costs $20 and a Gnu costs $30 or more. The Revvys are more fun to pose and come with more accessories. I have both but I think the Revvys were the better buy.