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I think DYRL has killed white valks of any type for me. More color please!! I don't know about black though, that doesn't exactly spruce up the ol' display either.

May I be the first to point out that her hands are way too small!

The MPC Alpha is better than the old Gakken in EVERY way except durability... but I can make a pretty nice list of parts on the old Gakken you want to be cautious with (does anyone here remember the knees on that thing??)

Wow, that Imai definition is a mouthful. I thought it was "TRans EArth Deployment" or something to that effect. Been a long time since I went lookin' for that though. Still, if it was "Tlead" I gotta think anyone in English would call it the "T-lead" or something to that effect so "Tread" just makes much better sense to the English tongue. This is a total derail though so just take it to be the punch-drunk musings of a rambling fan.

Ask me again in 12 to 15 months.

The chick in M0 is just a girl, on an island, in a story that opens in an attempt to bring home the gritty realism of a terrible and tragic war. Remember Shin watching the explosion, remember all the talk of terrible deeds done in the name of war? Remember Shin flying away on a rock? It just doesn't fit, there doesn't seem to be a precedent. In contrast SC has an entirely comic-book feel to it from the Regis' transmutation into the phoenix, the cyborg hotty, and the comic-style cheese that permeates throughout the dialogue and actions. Inserting a comic-book style super hero into the mix seems to fit the overall feel of the show... and there is a precedent, Ariel is a friggin' alien, at some future date, with established super powers that are reinforced by her alien mother also using alien super powers. Do I think they over-used Ariel's super abilities? Oh yeah, definitely. Did I ever find them as downright outlandish and wrong as I did Shin's magic carpet ride in M0? No.

I got both Southern Cross and Mospeada off eBay (the exact versions that are $79.99 at RT.com) for $24.99 each (this was years ago and YES, they are the exact set, not a knock-off). At that price I thought they were WONDERFUL purchases and enjoy them thoroughly. Mospeada and SC are not nearly as remastered/restored as the Macross set (which is a STEAL at $39.99, remember that it used to sell for over $200!) but the look is plenty clean enough and the subtitles are easily good enough to make them enjoyable. There are definitely some issues (Tread translated as Tlead... which I don't even think is a word that can be pronounced in English) but most of them will only make you smirk and you'll totally understand everything.

The problem I have with Kakizaki is they screwed up his head laser. You'd have your skull squadron with white head lasers and then goofy Kakizaki off in the corner with his black one. Very odd... VF-1J Hik for the win.

Fickle buyers eh? You guys might want to just throw them in a closet rather than selling them off. In between this long gap of product releases stores will not be getting more 1/100s in stock. Then, if Toynami returns and puts out the fast packs you might feel like buying the 1/100s again and not be able to find them anywhere anymore. It's like if Toynami ever does sell a Beta, where are you going to get Scott's Alpha to go with it? (I think Scott's alpha's selling out actually might hinder the likelihood of a Beta BTW).

I'd take M0 over Shadow Chronicles but I don't think that's saying much. M0 has the worse story of the two I'd say. Shadow Chronicles never painted itself into such a corner that the heroes had to fly away on levitating rocks. I find M0 absolutely beautiful in contrast to SC though and I think it was fun because of that more than anything. Had the art work of SC been as beautiful as M0 there's no doubt I'd pick SC over it. As it is, I think both are fun but wouldn't really rave about either. The whole plot argument above is weak. Empire Strikes Back must really be hated by some people around here but I love it. While I agree that the pilot stuff is an odd business decision, it's the decision that was made. It's unfortunate that they weren't able to ensure a sequel before releasing this DVD so they were unable to advertise it as the first DVD in a series. Instead it is advertised as some sort of complete product... and that, it obviously, is not. I'm totally voting communist in the next election, this free market BS has got to stop. Nah, just kidding, I agree to some extent. I think DND summed it up perfectly in another thread about Toynami, "I'm through with Toynami, they keep jerking me off and never make me cum." Now that's a great analogy.

I was wrong... sorry!

LOL Lynx, you think that's thorough enough? I find that with the Alphas, if you think something is wrong you should immediately go ask someone who has more experience with them. Most people who break something on it are trying to force it because they don't know why it's stuck at a certain point and they think "Eh, I'll just wiggle it and apply steady pressure" but that can be a recipe for disaster. The hands though, as Lynx pointed out, are very scary bits, handle them as infrequently as possible. They're made of soft rubber and a metal pin is centered in the middle of what is essentially a millimeter thick rubber shell. It's real easy for that pin to be pushed through the rubber causing the hand to be forever ruined.

I coulda sworn I saw Minmay's boobs in MacTV...

I need to buy a new computer ASAP. Would the following be decent (and if not, what would you recommend): Processor - Intel Core E6400 Memory - 2GB SD 667MHZ Hard Drive - 320GB Graphics - 256 NVIDIA GeForce 7500LE This is one of the HP rigs available on their website now, pricing for a Dell is equivalent but I've had success with HP (although I realize some may not have). The rig also comes with their TV tuner with PVR and with a 19" flat panel runs just shy of $1400 (with all the other misc options I'm choosing). The thing that has me worried is the video card (although that's the best one they offer). I'm guessing that, in reality, the card must be mediocre at best. Is that card junk or will it run most games on mid settings just fine? Any commentary is appreciated. Computers aren't my real cup of tea but I do like to play games occasionally and do some photo editing and maybe video editing in the future.

Man, I haven't voted yet, I'm really torn. If it weren't for the whole Atlantis-like city in DYRL I'd go with DYRL. I liked the condensed version of the love plot with less hemming and hawing. I actually sympathized with Minmay a bit in DYRL whereas in the original series I didn't feel bad for her at all until the reconstruction era. I totally see where the Atlantis-like city was beneficial in DYRL to keep the plot cooking along and tie everything together but I just didn't buy it. So... for now, I'm still undecided... but I'm probably leaning toward the TV version of the story.

That's a lotta Stealths! Very nice collection. I might worry about the toys next to the window though... that's a good way to get some yellowing (althought it looks like a pretty shaded outcrop so probably not much of a concern).

It's not anti-Robotech bashing, I'm actually surprised how civil this thread has been. The members of this site bash Macross7 and Macross0 plenty as well. We also bash excellent toys consistently and complain about everything from cars to movies we've only seen two pictures of pre-production art-work from. It's the nature of the Internet...

I was thinkin' the same thing... my original quote refers to the OSMs, not Robotech. The OSMs are riddled with horrible moments of ridiculously bad animation. I can't really think right now of how Robotech could have made the animation of the originals worse although yeah, in episodes like Dana's Story I could definitely see where people would question the edit choices.

Oh man, it must have been a LONG time since you've watched the originals. I sat down with them not too long ago and was actually quite surprised at just how bad the animation is at times. Shadow Chronicles doesn't have good animation but it's consistent and the characters/mechs never get randomly deformed, change colors, or skip 10-50 frames for abrupt uber choppiness.

Is a brand new valk an option? I love all the ones we have but I'm certainly not against something new. I have some preferences for how I'd like it to behave (a GERWALK mode that is more functional *looking* than the YF-19, YF-21 or VF-17) but otherwise I think SK should let the creative juices run again!

I shot Dangard a PM. Thanks -

I received an email from someone trying to sign up here as a new member but they said they've tried a few times and have never received a confirmation email so they still aren't able to participate. I would naturally assume that this would be the result of the email being flagged as spam or something along those lines. Any suggestions on how this could be resolved? I believe I know the person's proposed handle and email address if that would help.

They're not. The Isamu is apparently a tiny bit too big but there is a clear difference in the size of the 1/48 pilot and the 1/60 pilot. There was another thread on here that did much clearer comparisons of just the pilot figures.