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Doesn't LOS get his stuff shipped to him by boat though and then ship it out to you guys? I didn't feel like waiting another month so I paid a premium. I'll probably do the same thing with the MH toys. Thank God it's tax return time... The dollar continued to plummet against the Yen. We were at 105 for a while today before climing into the 106s again. I believe it was 123 back in June or July. That's what, like 14%?

Well, I just paid for mine, practically $75 a pop!!!! Ouch. Oh well, hopefully the service is speedy. I can't wait to review these bad boys.

If these still sold at the original price ($95ish) they'd be a whole heck of a lot more tempting. As it is they seem to go for like $150ish and I'm just not a big enough Megazone fan to plunk down that kind of scrill.

They definitely look cheap... but they are cheap so that's forgiveable. They strike me as an attempt to head-off Revoltechs.

I'll give you "it looks BUILT better than the Toynami/Aoshima" but otherwise the looks are about the only thing Toynami has going for its Beta right now (if it hasn't slipped back into the realm of vaporware). Too bad Toynami never figured out how to have the cockpit retract into the chest on their Beta 'cause I thought it looked fantastic otherwise.

No bloody way, the YF-19 in beige will be reissued whenever demand warrants it. The LV1 won't be because it was specifically labeled as a 'limited version' and the Stealth probably won't be sold again as a gift set but I'd reckon we will see a reissue of the strike parts and even the VF as stand alone components if the demand is ever there. Now that the VF-1 1/60 PT is coming though the 1/48 might slowly fade into obscurity entirely as demand will undoubtedly sharply decline.

See Graham's post on pg 20

Just a little note here, I have ordered all three though BBTS and, while I imagine I too will be following in Eriku's footsteps and returning these at some point, I will be posting a full reveiw on my website with detailed comparison pics to Toynami's MPCs and close-ups of all the various flaws I locate. Sorry it took me this long to do it but I had to sell some toys off to make room for new ones.

That's misleading. Graham was saying that the CAD shown in the GNU thread was not CAD for a 1/60 Yamato toy. Obviously, we would learn, it was the CAD for the GNU line. So, Graham has never said anything to nay-say a perfect transforming 1/60 VF-11. In fact, he echoed the common sense that since Yamato appears to be repeating it's 1/72 strategy it seems a forgone conclusion we will most certainly be seeing a 1/60 VF-11.

ET - it's what's on Mint/Annie's hat

Thanks! That only shows instructions though... wish I had one handy so i could check if there were decals in there but I do seem to recall them being there.

Aren't they provided all Yammy style behind the toy box or something? You sure you guys aren't just missing them because you're not sliding out an inner tray or something? I think there's a picture of them, or where they should be, on my site.

It was posted a while back but the search gizmo can find it: To go directly to this review, CLICK HERE.

Sorry, no collection pics per se. I tackle one toy at a time. One of the toys I tackled was the Urban GBP though so I put it on almost every 1/48 and took pictures front and back. Thanks for props Misterryno!

I'm sorry folks, I said Hawk, what I meant to say was Rob (I guess, I can't remember any of their names at this point). The guy and the girl that were seeking shelter, in the very end, after all the credits, you hear . You do not hear "Still alive" although the fact you're hearing anything certainly implies that.

There are pics of this on my website. Click the link in my sig and do a little looking around. I'm at work but if I have time later I'll insert the photos here.

Doesn't the monster sit in the spot light for a good bit after the chopper scene? I remember looking at its little breathing pouches on its head and thinking "not sure I like those." It also seemed like the monster was a lot smaller in that scene but I guess that's just because there isn't really a point of reference.

my guess is that these were made after Takatoku closed by Matsuhiro or another company.

Yeah, I think my following the Internet stuff made the film more fun for me as opposed to the other people I've heard opinions from. Hopefully a DVD release will somehow have a bonus that lets you get into all that Internet stuff, I think that will make the DVD be better received. I'm definitely *trying* to base my comments on the film though to what the film gives us. I have a similar gripe with Macross. A lot of the supplementary information for Macross is what helps glue it all together and I wish more of that glue was present in the shows itself. I think an artist gets greedy when you make your audience search out supplementary information even though it can very easily be argued that that supplementary information is part of the art.

There's at least one party goer that asks "Oh my God, are we under attack again??" or something similar so that might be it. I've heard people say that it plays on post 9/11 emotions but any disaster film in a major city is going to do that at this point. What if you're looking for anything subtle? How about an allusion or two to something beyond what we're shown? You'll also be disappointed. Really it's just a 75 minute chase scene. I did like how they hold back on showing the monster for a while and I do think they did everything right with the timing of the reveals and such. See, this is it, I didn't get that feeling at all. What was there to look for or piece together?? For me it was all just "Crap, Monster... RUNNNNN!!!!" "Phew, we're safe, but we gotta find the girl." "Crap, MONSTER! RUN!!!!!!" "Phew, we're safe, but we gotta find the girl." "Crap, MONSTER!!!!! RUNNNNNNNNN!!!!" "Get to the choppah' GOOO!!!" "I love you" "Well, I did love you, but then you were a douche bag but I guess you've redeemed yourself..." Squish. I will also agree this is the best monster film I've seen in a very long time. In fact, I can't remember the last monster movie I saw, good or bad, so that praise doesn't mean as much as it should. Very fun, but it feels a lot like porn to me. I enjoyed watching it but I didn't really take anything from it and I can't imagine myself watching it again soon. The idea that they're going to revisit the topic in a sequel or a manga is pretty exciting to me. I'd love for this to be lumped into something larger that really does lend it some substance.

Ever since Amenbo went away I have no place to shop that I like . Doesn't help I'm such a cheap bastlid. Oh well.

I was just talking to a friend of mine and I told her I saw Cloverfield last night. She said "A bunch of the girls at the office saw it together. They all hated it and told me not to bother. Apparently you don't learn anything about the monster and everyone just dies. Sounds like the movie forgot to have a point." I told her that, as a guy, I thought it was fun the whole way through but I couldn't really disagree with anything her girl friends told her. I get the feeling this one might have big divides amongst the sexes as far as who likes it.

He grew up in Australia, do they have GI Joe there? Could GI Joe have saved a life here? We will never know. My ex is going to be so sad, she was in love with him. She used to drag me to anything he was in.

Let's not forget that one of the standard Alpha/Legioss colors is bright red.