jenius

It's a lot like therapy for us. We don't nitpick at our jobs. We don't nitpick our women. BUT OUR TOYS BETTER BE DAMN WELL NEAR PERFECT OR THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY! EDIT - does anyone else find all the "cod piece" discussion hilarious? Seriously, when was the last time so many men gathered to discuss a cod piece?

Shared this with a buddy, we both thought it was great and hope they do another.

The lineart does look like it's slouching a bit. Pushing the torso forward on the toy and bringing the shoulders up (like we now know they can) seems like it'd bring the toy almost dead on with that lineart (cod piece excluded)

I know nothing about Vpin, in fact, this is the first I've ever heard about it. I am a bit of a pinball fanatic though (I did a lot of growing up in bars ). Star Trek and Indian Jones were among my favorites as well as many others I'm sure. Now for the next logical question, if these things are really cool video game simulations of pinball machines... why doesn't someone whip up a Macross pinball machine program?? That'd be SCHWEET. Heck, you could probably do it by just changing graphic and sound calls to an existing design framework. For example, with Star Trek, replace the disc of the Enterprise with a Spacy Kite and change the super simple episodes to be Macross related.... oooh if only I could program...

Will you guys ever simulate any of the following: Star Trek New Gen Indian Jones Playboy (the one with Centerfold multiball)

Man, if only Graham could somehow make that picture bigger.... I think one billion by two billion pixels is just too small.

To my knowledge.. no.

I hear that! I was thinkin' about doing this for my website but I've decided to hold off until a 0S reissue and the 19 are out so I can have 'em all shipped simultaneously to save $$. Expect a full review from me some time in 08! Yeah, it'll be old news by then. Heck, I still haven't reviewed Yamato's last round of releases... but they are all sitting on my desk right now. So how 'bout it, anyone else plannin' on doing some review work?

Things Yamato has done that confused me: 1) The 1/100 Koenig Monster 2) Releasing the DYRL Raus and not the TV Rau or other enemy mechs I'm not saying I'm unhappy they made those toys... it just seems like they were random choices... especially the Koenig considering its size and complexity. How can we get that but not a 2 seater VF-1? If they felt they had to use the VF-X license then why not a VF-17? As far as the Raus go, were they worried they didn't have the rights to the TV version or was it simply a matter of being able to use the exact same mold twice? I'm guessing the latter but some of the logic just doesn't add up for me.

According to Neova, and seemingly confirmed by everyone's gripes, there has NOT been a 2.0 version of the VF-0S yet. They released the original in two waves which has a lot of people screwed up thinking there was a second edition. If the second wave differed at all from the first it was certainly not in a manner that included the improvements of the 0A. EDIT - the same is true of the GBP-1 (original). It also was released in two waves with no differences between the first and the second (to my knowledge)

I think Shin is overcompensating from the looks of his head laser.

I mentioned that on the last page but I couldn't remember what show it was from. Is that a Kawamori design? I seem to recall hearing it was.

LOL, I forgot how bad some transformers really were... There's a reason I stick to Macross collecting after all!

I forget what show it was from but I believe it's a Kawamori design, Whirl the helicopter??

He's there under 1/55 VF-1 Taka/Bandai/Hasbro

What about shuttles like AstroTrain and autobot shuttle that transformed into a dragon?

Do we know if the GBPII has the reinforced chest piece? I would assume it does but mine hasn't arrived yet

Aren't there like a billion Transformers?

I agree, no removeable nosecone or adjustable wingflaps, they're gratuitous enough on the 1/48. It absolutely has to be perfectly variable. Since I think we'd all be okay with it not having diecast any swingbar involved could be much smaller than what we've seen in the past. I'd live with that swingbar but I'd much rather see the 1/48 transformation brought over.

I don't get why some designs have been completely over-hauled but others look relatively untouched?

Holy Crap, it's a VF-1Jihad! SWEET.

Yeah, that auction looked terribly shading. Black credit card valk.... with Stealth Strike Parts! Bare in mind, this was before the stealth parts were available separately...

I remember Nintendo made an announcement once upon a time that they wouldn't be pursuing ROM distributors of their Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games nearly as much as their competitors seemed to be. Their logic was that their portable games were cool because they were portable and that would keep people buying them regardless of the ROM community. I bring this up because I don't think Nintendo will be restricting anything in fear of competing with their portable products... they don't really think anything on a console can compete with their portable products. As much as I like compilations, I find that 90% of the time they include a bunch of games I could care less about. If it's $50 for 50 games then I'd rather I choose the 50 then some dude in a suit... even if it requires my downloading those 50. I think they should just do the "Pay $9.95 a month to play any game in our catalog" trick.

Like some of the others, I give them points for effort. This is something they're doing out of love of at least one franchise so that's honorable. Sure, the designs might not be something up my alley, but you have to admit that just about any new mech design would look similar to something already out there. Think of the preponderance of mech shows out there and how funky something would have to look to seem completely originally... especially if it's still going to transform into a jet.

I thought you had to have a special Macross version of the card or something to qualify for the Macross 1/48 prize???