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I'm not sure why you insist on using over-blown rhetoric like "hell bent" and "butt-hurt" but hey, to each their own. It's nice though that you can dismiss opinions contrary to yours as being symptomatic of an argument that can't possibly be about the topic at hand... it's a neat trick. You think it's a shame, I don't. I'm sure Tolkien, being dead, doesn't care much about what happened to the money... that's the nature of being dead. He'd probably be thrilled, could he be capable, of how many people have access to his stories though... so that'd be cool. Had his family held the rights it's possible the movies might have never been made. Circling around, meh. Yes, we can move on.

It's not that I have an axe to grind with inherited wealth entirely, I kind of think of it like winning the lotto. You've done absolutely nothing to earn this money but here, it has been heaped upon you. I'm certainly a bit jealous of that. When people adopt an attitude that someone DESERVES to win the lotto I just kind of have to shrug. The Bill Gates thing is relevant in that he's a guy who has done a lot (I'll try to avoid arguments to his merits/demerits) for an industry but has stated he doesn't want his children essentially winning this tremendous lottery much the way Tolkien's child(ren?) didn't win the lotto. I don't view either as a travesty. Nobody is winning the lotto here... they get to join the ranks of the other 1,999,999,999 of 2,000,000,000 who have to earn their keep. That said, if someone were to suddenly give the Tolkien estate their lottery winnings I still would just shrug. The guy who did the work is dead, any sins committed against him aren't about to be fixed now. You're definitely going to need to explain to me how five or six sentences represent "hell bent." I've added some more for you to help you gain some credibility on that statement. Also, take note that I'm saying I don't care about Tolkien's kids receiving money but I do care to defend my reasons as for why and I am interested in both Tolkien's works (to a much lesser degree than yourself) and the topic of inherited wealth.

Yeah, I still just don't have any sympathy here. If I make a crappy business move, my bad. Bill Gates told his kids they're going to be comfortable but they're going to have to earn their own. Do you feel terrible for them? No, you say good for them, I hope they aren't spoiled poops and will be driven to be as successful as their father was.

I don't get paid for my dad's work, I have no sympathy for Chris Tolkien. If you were to tell me the original writer were being screwed my heart would bleed but otherwise who cares?

Uh...VFTF1, your point is self defeating. I'm glad they don't make bad guys, just the good guys, 'cause there are no bad guys.

AWESOME idea sh002

AWESOME

They were going to photograph you for a news article and you didn't represent with a Macross sweater??

Finally got around to posting my critique of the morpher variants, here's a teaser pic Click right here for more info.

Sweet... now we just need to convince Sqidd to build the bike....

YES, the return of the inbit!!!

Prices are way down from way back when... but I haven't noticed a continued plunge in recent days.

That's probably a dig at WAVE but IIRC Matchbox and Bandai reissued their 1/144 Destroids in "Civilian Defense" paint schemes also to milk a bit more money out of the molds. So yeah, plenty of opportunity.

There are 4 Regults, Standard, Close-range Missiles, Long Range Missiles, and Scout. You also have the Glaug as a possible pack-in with a destroid so yeah, you could do an enemy Regult/Destroid combo pack pretty easily but my fear is that that might get pricey. A Regult on its own might cost like $60 and I'd want it bad. If it were $100 and came with a destroid I wouldn't want it as much... I don't have much love for destroids.

Ugh, I listened to one of the morning shows pan this movie as being a rip off of 28 days later. I hate how wrong that is. I haven't seen the movie yet but at least I'm well aware that it's based on a book that has inspired two previous attempts at a movie.

You're insane if you think the cheapest the YF-21 will ever be is in the week it's released. I guarantee I'll get it six months later for 25% less.

Somebody on RT.com also says that the MPC Beta is still on so you might want to get one of those too...

There's actually an old thread like this in existence already. I can't for the life of me remember what it's called though.

I wonder if its been two people who sell Yamato toys who voted no...

I thought I remembered reading tha the LV1 was around 5000. DND is right though, there's no definitive answer out there, just speculation. EDIT - Some day we'll learn if you count all the "L"s and all the "V"s in every signature Graham has had since the LV1 was released you'll get the exact quantity that have been produced...

COMPETITION?

it costs half a cent and saves big headaches... why not seal them?

I love the scheme and it photographs well. LV2 doesn't photograph well and isn't GUARANTEED to be limited the way the LV1 seemingly is (with the word "limited" appearing on the LV1 box but not on the LV2). LV1 also strikes you as a real world fighter whereas the LV2, while based off a real world paint scheme, doesn't really hit me that way.

I wonder if this means we'll be able to purchase either a standalone YF-21 or a YF-21 Giftset with Fastpacks and Fold Booster right from the get-go. I'm not a betting man but it seems like a reasonable guess to me.

Nobody knows. It doesn't seem possible Sara had any control at that part, I'm just gonna guess she's not up enough on her space navigation to actually pick a coordinate. I also wonder how she would even know that a fold would contain the reflex warheads and save the islands. So yeah, I think the Birdman was pretty much just reading Sara's general vibe and then doing everything for her. So when she's like "Kill everyone violent" it does and then when she's like "save everyone I love" it does.