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Whoa, that pro-union rant sure was hostile. Macrossworld isn't a political forum. The anti-union stuff at least started on topic (the demise of UPS) but I'd say it sure snowballed from there. Let's just say that sometimes unions are great, sometimes they suck (the UFCW is worthless... I was one for many years). Often times, what constitutes greatness and sucktitude are purely subjective. I hope we can all manage to avoid getting this thread locked up by discussing that more. Now, there was some USPS bashing in this thread, and I'm sure it was warranted, but I'd like to add a note that I love using the USPS. First, for receiving packages they're local. I complained when someone stole a few packages from my doorstep last year and now they won't deliver anything to me if no one is home to sign for the package. This is truly awesome and done at no additional charge. The people at the office near my work are always great and courteous and anytime someone requests insurance I use them. All other packages are shipped FedEx 5 day ground and I haven't had a single complaint yet there either (knocking on wood). UPS I hate. They don't have a pick-up location near me and they always seem to try to drop off at the worst possible hour. I do everything I can to avoid shipping or receiving with them. One time they told me I had to pick up an item. I called and arranged a time to pick the item up. I showed up a bit earlier than my appointment only to be told they returned the item to the shipper. They acknowledged my appointment time and the best they could do was tell me "There must have been a mistake!" When I demanded some sort of reimbursement they told me I should try to get it from my vendor. I was so astonished I just let them know that my business would never be involved with their business again.

Do you want me to use my Magic 8 Ball or do you want to ask another member to use their's? There is no reasonable answer to that question as Yamato doesn't even know what improvements as of now might be necessary to the toy... and in the long run we might see no improvements at all.

Honestly, I find the Max GBP to be a waste of time. The other GBPs are all fine but the LowVis Urban Camo is cooler.

Well, the third option is a standard GBP (just on a max valk) no? I already own it. The other two I'd probably buy... if valks were made to go with them... and I don't wanna put my Miria valk in a special GBP 'cause that'd defeat the purpose of my Miria TV Armor. The green and yellow GBP could work on just about everything but I already own a green GBP

Okay, I'm home and can see the pics and am STILL very suspicious that every single photo of this toy in Battloid mode is always taken on a Yamato Launch arm. If this thing can bust a cool standing pose then why haven't there been any photos of it doing so?? This isn't really so much a question about the YF-19 (although I still wonder) but more a question about the people who do the displays. I think any battloid looks dumb on a launch arm... show me the thing frickin' standing. PS - If Skywarp is a custom it is frickin' sweet.

I would soooo buy that... (provided the price weren't too crazy). I would then attack my pets with it.

Yes, I totally agree. Everyone should sell their toys now at a loss to me to save yourself from the hassle of selling them at a loss later to people not as cool as me. Edit- redundant "later"

I'm at work, can't see the pics. Do any of them show a Yen cost for the toy? I'm really curious to see what people are paying over there. I would guess these are pics from a high end toy store so whatever they're charging should give us an idea of what the MOST we should possibly pay before shipping would be.

Oops, I've lost count, did we just watch the third season or the second season? I thought it was the second season but I watch everything on Tivo so I lose track of when a season starts or ends. Either way, the most recent season was definitely "meh".

Looks to me that there's funny lighting in all these different pics! I would say that the picture that looks really green is an exagerration of the colors, the picture from the show mutes the colors, and the latest advertisement is probably the best representation we have so far. I still want to know why this GBP reflects BOTH ARMD-1 and Prometheus (chest vs. knee). The original concept was entirely from Prometheus, I don't know why Yamato felt the need to change it.

You might notice that it appears not a single comment was made regarding the show's second season here... that's pretty remarkable. I wonder if a lot of people stopped following it or if the mystery just didn't seem to really go anywhere in this season recently passed... I for one, still watched every episode (Tivo) but just didn't feel like there was much to say about it.

Yeah, I could probably just come up with something work-related that I'd rather do at home to get the program though It probably is about time I got photoshop with all the pictures I take anyway...

if the tiny spots really are diecast then it shouldn't be too much of a concern. Still, I'd rather wait and buy another valk.

Grebo, are you using a particular drawing software? Every now and then I get the urge to jot down doodles on the computer and would like to know if you have any recommendations. Obviously I'm not looking to do ultra cool valks are anything, just something that doesn't look straight MSPaint.

That thing is gray. Look, that back missile boom isn't even the same color gray as the stuff that is now green off to the side. MAYBE the side of the valk was green and it was just the light, that back boom was definitely gray.

This thread needs, nay, DEMANDS pics. Lots of pics. I wanna see VF-4 goodness splattered all over this baby blue pages. Then we can dissect the pics and find out why Kawarmori either loves or hate the design.

I have a gi-normous and relatively expensive monitor that has the colors set a bit on the bright side... you can definitely make out clear differences from Version 1 to Version 2. It's possible that Version 1 does have a touch of green we just can't see because of the lighting but Version 2 definitely has a much more pronounced use of green... especially on that back missile/booster boom I mentioned earlier. It is clearly gray in Version 1 and green in Version 2. I see that too but I don't think we have good enough shots to judge. Ya know, if this were a new product I'd say it was the differences of going from resin to plastic... but I imagine both of these are purely plastic.

No no, the back boom has on the valk's left, our right, has definitely gone from gray to green unless there is some real funky lighting there.

You can tell from the back booms that this is definitely different from the one shown.

Wow, even the Regis has been boobie-fied.

I believe Graham confirmed this.

So which picture is right? The one with or without the green? GRAHAM, inquiring minds want to know... and want to hear NO Green. Honestly though, after getting the GBPII I thought it was entirely too plain looking and that the Lime green everyone complained about in pictures (including myself) actually might have helped.

I'll elaborate here on a post of mine at RT.com Now, if you wanted a 1/100 Alpha it would be about 3.5" tall in battloid

That article just makes it sound to me like the guy who founded HG is a very intelligent, if not unscrupulous, business man. He bought stuff low and sold high... that's the dream isn't it? Either way, doesn't sound like anything that would involve HG (does this guy even have a hand in HG anymore?).