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I finally got a proper review of these up on my site (click here).

I got an email from Rightstuf... I'm finally going to get my Votoms set... right in the middle of an audit and moving thus ensuring it'll probably still be another month before I get to watch it... argh... I'm still looking forward to it.

You all laugh.... but didn't Battle7 actually sport a gun pod???

Yeah, that TV show is hella dumb! Going on the Internet, finding a site dedicated to it, then fighting the mods about the merchandise for it is totally smart though.

It doesn't walk but I coulda sworn the TV version's head turned during the daedalus attack. I also thought the legs were shown to bend very slightly at the knee area when the SDF-1 was flying in DYRL. Both are distant memories and can easily be wrong.

Thanks Totoro, do you know if they were sold before the Robotech branding, after, or concurrently?

These are on the long list of things waiting to make it onto my website. They're the legitimate European release of the Gakken Ride Armor figures. They are transformable from hideous bike and rider who can't ride it to hideous ride armor.

Wow, a rip-off Legioss fighting battlepods! Sweet game!! Um, get a dance dance revolution... then watch people play for endless hours of enjoyment.

I was under the impression that artists may enjoy more than one outlet of expression. Why bag on NIN for being artistic in their marketing?

That secure broadcast informatics site is a trip. Who is Carolina and what does the Bible quote seem to imply?? It's chaos I tell you! Chaos. Cats and Dogs, living together! Game over man, game over.

I'd rather have that than any of the other paint schemes I've seen so far.

No... there's no Cannon Fodder yet. The anime does feature a white and brown paint scheme.

You totally didn't read the small print! Possible continuations may include, but are not limited to, Television, Movies, Comics, Toys, or fan fictions available for reading at Robotech.com. All official comments released by Harmony Gold and its subsidiaries should always be considered pure speculation and may or may not have any reference to actual fact. All promises made by Harmony Gold or its Licensees assume absolute best case scenarios that are absolutely unobtainable in the real world and should be categorically dismissed as fiction. Harmony Gold is not liable for any bodily harm that may come from the use, either proper or improper, of any of its products (including suicide or retardation).

Does "feature movie" mean the same thing as what the first Shadow Chronicles was?

One thing you didn't mention, but maybe you can confirm it for me, it seems to me that he guns were also improved. My Series 1 the guns seem to have a hard time staying together at the handle when I'm handling the toy. On series 2 I can actually lift the gun out of the toys hand without it separating (and it fits very snugly in that hand).

Just a random tip for anyone going to conventions like this and hoping to take great pictures (I'm reminded by Graham's mentioning of a few blurry ones). A good trick to keep your pics from getting blurry is to use the view finder instead of the monitor (if your camera has one). By holding the camera against your face it helps reduce the very mild movement that can cause blur on indoor shots. So, if you find yourself trying to snap a quick pic with people potentially rubbing against you trying to jockey for a shot of the same thing you may find the view finder a big help!

Nope, that thing got scratched. It's a variable Conbat which did look similar to the VF-4... so was the Conbat originally a VF-4 rip off? It's certainly a possibility. Maybe it'll show in future episodes, afterall, now that the human tech is being rendered useless they have new motivation to make new weaponry.

All i know is I'd love to have that on the wall in my office... at the least it's a great conversation piece.

Hey Hikuro, you also mentioned the red paint on your 6Z, is this the same Alpha with the floppy head? All my 6Zs have tilts at the neck pretty bad. The crooked head thing is just a joke, it's amazing how many MPCs have 'em. I also find the 6Z's head doesn't sit as well in fighter mode as the other heads... it's a shame though because it's one of my favorite looking heads.

Hmm... sounds like yours might be looser than mine. Mine definitely don't lock but they stay in place pretty well in almost all positions. This might just be another case of classic Toynami build tolerances more than anything. Sigh... go Toynami go.

I'm confused... why would you want the head to "lock" in battloid mode? Don't you want it to be able to move around so you can pose it better or are you going for like an upside down pose... I guess if you were holding it upside down it would be a problem. Still a great job on those customs Robo. I can't believe you were able to mask that bright red so well!

I remember hearing from someone who did actually get replacements. That does suck though. Out of curiosity, did they ask you to send in your busted ones? I'd find that pretty funny. I did take some pics of the new & improved series 2 version, it's funny how little a change seemed to make such a big improvement. On the plus side, at least Toynami listened enough to get the second version right... I think that's a first for them.

Seems like the "bottom line" is a day late since TSC has apparently breathed new life into Robotech.

Head lasers are harder plastic than Banpresto. I have a full review coming up some time in the next week that should be rather informative but by then you'll probably have handled yours and figured out everything you need to know.