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I'm not sure if the shadow Beta shows up in the assault in Reflex Point. I do know it is shown before that in the Synchro cannon episode VERY fleetingly. I think you see a combined Shadow Alpha/Beta losing altitude and exploding in a cut scene. Tommy Yune and George Sohn later refuted that story though. I would think it makes sense Aoshima cancelled the deal after that quality control debacle but George said they were simply changing factories. Time will tell....

Hey, the 1/100s are up fo preorder too! April release, $10 each for the fast packs (Wave 4), $25 each for the super/strike valks (June release, Wave 5). No GBP. http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.as...2&company=1

It's hard to tell if the Aoshima hands are improved. They feel and look a little different but I didn't have the balls to give them a thorough working. The plan is to release the Beta as the Aoshima Tread following the MPC Beta release. If you get in Aoshima Legioss you should be able to get the matching Tread... you'll just have to wait a lot longer than everyone else. The good news is, Aoshima might find more things they want tweaked and you might get a better Tread. The bad news is Aoshima might use a different factory and you might get a toy that's crappy in all new ways.

Right now everything seems premature. Do let us know when you have more info though!

I still think Toynami has at least a few thousand blue Alphas they didn't sell originally. I may have asked this before but what's the highest number Scott MPC anyone on the board has? All of mine are numbered 1-4000.

Not mine but there's a vintage Taka that looks to be in good shape and very complete (planes and missiles off sprue but otherwise everything looks to be there) on eBay right now in the US with a BIN of $350.

$80? They must have fixed all their problems with Aoshima then.

What about Rob AKA Samurai Monkey? Isn't he in Japan? He offers valks for sell occasionally, he might have the ability to help us out too. I think it's a wee bit early to try to make arrangements. Wake this thread in six months.

Can't click the link right now but maybe I'm wrong. I know the box for Maia's MPC was definitely new so maybe we actually are going to see some releases this year. With George Sohn grousing about Aoshima not returning the Alpha molds maybe not...

Hmm... coulda sworn I've seen those fast pack boxes before... maybe at SDCC 2007?

Depending on which route they go, 1/10 or 1/12, they could be just a bit smaller than twice as large as the CMs.

LOL, I misunderstood. Fascinating read... but it ends by pretty much telling us "don't be concerned.... yet."

Seriously, the complaining about the complaining is the only laughably Internet fanboyism I see in this thread. A new pic was revealed, it showed yet another new crappy apsect of this toy. People began complaining about the new crappy aspect of the toy. More people checked the thread to see if some of the old crappy aspects were fixed. Those crappy aspects weren't fixed so they reiterated how lame it was CMs still hadn't addressed the obvious crappiness. Then the people willing to turn a blind eye to the obvious crappiness of these aspects (because they feel some positive aspects outweigh those crappy aspects undoubtedly) took offense and started complaining about the complaining. Okay, your vote's been counted. Instead of complaining about the complaining why don't you tout the aspects of the toy that make you so comfortable thinking it's worth $250? Many have laid out why it sucks, what makes it good? Are some of the reasons it suck invalid? Make a case for why something everyone else thinks sucks is a good thing. Nothing new to add to why it's good? Then let the complainers keep complaining about the new stuff that is revealed that sucks (like the awkward additional leg missiles with a gaping hole for a landing gear).

I think the issue is that people LIKE the vehicle(s) in the show and really WANT to like the CMs toy. So they feel a huge level of let-down when every time they see it there are all these flaws so prevalent. Then when one considers how easy most of the terrible design choices would have been to correct it becomes even more frustrating. I love Mospeada, I am very interested in this toy, I'm going to buy it, but I'm not going to turn a blind eye to all these laughably bad aspects of it. So I keep coming back, looking at it, hoping ot see something new or interesting, then laughing at it when it fails to impress yet again.

I pulled out my SDCC exclusive 1S for my review of the Revoltech VF-1S. It'd been a long time since I handled one of these (thanks to Toynami faltering on releasing more). It definitely has all the same problems that were prevalent on Wave 1, I should probably update my review of these buggers to talk more about the negatives that show up with more experience. Yes, in fighter mode it's very easy to disconnect the shoulders and arms because that peg on the legs is just a little too far back. Since everything is so easily removeable on the toy it's not a big deal but it can be annoying (i'd say it's not as annoying as the gun handle being loose though). I should check my Wave 2 to see if that peg placement was one of the improvements.

The GBP is new, the boxes are old.

Aw that pic makes me sad... they have a Seven Mospeada (4th one from the left). It's a piece of crap toy but i can never find it . Kubricks = Toynami Imen Series 2

I imagine what was meant to be said is that he's getting an Angelbird (which is a 2nd edition 1/48 with the fixed nosecone, flaps, and landing gear doors). Oh hey, if he got the info from my site, that's DEFINITELY what he meant to say. There's still just been one issuing of that paint scheme. There isn't a Kakizake reissue happening is there? I refuse to believe that. Where are you getting this info Ruskii? All I've seen is that some people have them on sale... and that's because they couldn't sell the first release.

Groping an ugly chick won't make her pretty.

Damn it Roger, none of this would have been a problem if you had just let the CMs guy see the lineart but noooooo.... apparently CMs just made them all design it from the childhood memories of watching Mospeada on TV instead.

I don't have one yet but I would guess that's because of the amount of weight in the wheels. The wheels being above above the body moves the center of gravity way up. Then, when you put the wheels aft of the shoulders it doesn't take much to make the toy want to fall backward.

Thanks for the handy list of names Azrael! I will reflect on this quietly and seem to be working....

I forgot to mention my other huge pet peeve here since it looks all but guaranteed now it's not mistransformation. Sure, the diecast landing gears dangling is pathetic but I could see how the gears could be a problem.... what I don't understand are the missiles on top of the Tread. WTF??? How hard was it to make them settle down into the area they're supposed to sit? It's right up there with the fins that don't collapse on the Legioss arms. So strange. Toynami needs to have a Beta on preorder before I believe it will be released. Even once I preorder it, I know it will come out three months later than the initial shipping date. 2008? We will see.

The dollar continued to plummet. Looks like we should be at 100 yen to $1 any day now. For a while $1 was close to 120 Yen... Yamato is going to find out first hand just how (un)important the American market is as we won't be able to afford importing their stuff anymore (with exception of the diehards). You can also imagine that any American companies that were investing in Anime are about to get all sorts of screwed (if you hate HG this is your sunny day!).

Can someone recap the current names we have?