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I'm going to put up a full on HCM vs MPC comparison on my website this weekend. I took the pictures last night, I think it'll be pretty cool. It was neat handling both again for the first time in ages.

"Holy CRAP, I didn't realize you were a nerd. Hey guys, check this out, Chris is a huge nerd. OOOh, do you like playing with your transformers Chris? Huh, do you?? Is this your big trick to impress the ladies? 'Hey baby, you should see my Optimus....'" I used to object saying "Um, I don't own a single Transformer" but now I just throw the spectator a beer and suggest we leave my abode.

LOL Wicked Ace, you must be bored. Nice work with the 1/60s Mog, very cool pose. Um, please don't go making a custom Milia figure where her head has been blown off leaving only a puddle on a bullet-ridden ground.

The bottom one definitely has a huge front landing gear. I prefer the top one but they'd have to angle the foot to look parallel to the ground like it does in the bottom one.

If they're still looking then why are they so certain they'll make an announcement by Labor Day? I wonder if they haven't found someone but are looking for an even better set-up or if Labor Day is just the "If we haven't found something by then, we'll just sell it off our website" date.

Banprestos are smaller than 1/100 scale but somewhat larger than 1/144 although I think people just label them 1/144 out of convenience.

Sounds like a question for Kanata, the 1/55 guru -

It's larger, has diecast, has better head sculpts (no bunny ear lasers), the light up visor gimmick (for the one dude out there somewhere who cares), has a swivel joint at the knee, and I do believe it has a tad more detail (like in the feet). Not to mention it comes with a pre-painted pilot and a gun you don't need to assemble. Now, the HCM on the otherhand had no diecast which actually helped it out a bit. Since the legs are just hollow plastic they don't have the extra heft pulling them down that the MPC does (although both toys have craptastic pegs meant to hold the legs in place in fighter mode).

I think i've figured out what was striking me as odd. I think you need to rotate the shoulders around to put the screws down. I think the only other thing that looks different is the position of the launchers on the carriers (I must have mine loaded and you have yours unloaded.... which is probably MUCH smarter... I'm gonna go check on that when I get home). Lots of good comparo pics on pg 2 of this thread.

wow, that's fresh and clean. Is that the bootleg or genuine TT? I haven't looked at mine in a while but something is striking me as different... (probably just my cruddy memory though)

Yep, that's all I meant to say. If you use aftermarket ones, especially if you give 'em the clearcoat treatment or something, I'm sure your toy will be a looker for a good long while. I have no patience for decal work nor do I trust myself so I keep my babies as sticker free as possible. They may look a little more plain that way but I've actually grown to really appreciate the dressed down look. I also know that fifteen years from now if a sticker falls off or something like that I won't be left with a little portion of plastic that looks brighter than the rest and I won't have a bunch of stickers looking like they want to jump ship (again, something someone who uses aftermarket stuff probably won't have to worry about either).

No doubt, stickers help a lot, especially aftermarket ones. Unfortunately, some of the vintage toys I have with their stickers applied look worse for the wear so I keep mine sticker free.

Neat camo LV! You need to extend his gun though!

Well, I try to refrain from posting pics of my collection 'cause most of them have already been posted in other threads but I recently rearranged my Mac+ valks to let the YF-21 do the John Woo thing - LOL - tell me this display isn't a little too crowded. I have so much rearranging to do once the new YF-19 (and inevitable VF-19A) come out in 1/60... This is how I used to have 'em... I think the display looks less cramped here:

Holy Joons Batman! Nice pic

Here's the real brain twister for you: HCM = Toynami MPC Get this though... Toynami straight ripped off the HCM and IMPROVED it. So, think to yourself, how bad do you want an HCM?

I don't know about you guys but I would pay $120 NOT to go to court. I mean, $120 is about half a day's work if you're making the Bay Area average any way. Besides, I hate myself for not remembering, but the traffic school I took online took all of one hour to complete. PIECE OF CAKE. I'm admittedly a bad driver (I think other people suck but they have better records than me, that's for sure) and I just pay the piper, take the school, and move on. Now that I started collecting toys I can tell you that I'm definitely a slower driver though. As you said, one ticket = one yammy (or groceries if you're into eating).

That pilot is definitely not standard issue... it's better than the original fo' sho'

Nice pics... What's the Jokemachine toy? is that a version 2.0 or a modified recast or what?

You want a bump??? I'll give you a bump! All pics are from my reviews HERE

Shortly after I purchased my elint to finish my collection I thought I had a hemorroid, turns out it was just the stinging from taking up the arse still bothering me. I know where you're coming from.

Did you see the Yamato 1/60 in those pics??? Now that sir, is FUGLY. I mean, compare the heads of the two. Maybe the head isn't perfect on the 1/100 but it's oh.... ONE BILLION times better than on the wittle Yammy. The proportions are a bit chunky, I think we need some close ups of just the toy though. The first joint in the arms below the shoulders does look a little funky.

Touche! My point was really just to say that the speculation still goes both way and that people should neither be too discouraged nor very encouraged at this point. It wasn't at AX and that's all we know for sure. Was it gone because it's being retooled? Was it gone because it's been scrapped? All we have is idle RT.com speculation there. I definitely remember hearing that but I didn't realize it was the destroids that had prompted that discovery.

I just stumbled upon the receipt of my BRAND SPANKIN' NEW HCM and I bought it for $220 AFTER shipping. So the original purchase price was $210. Still, I watched a few HCM auctions a while back and the starting price was $190 shipped and they both worked there way up to about $210 ('cause shippin' from Singapore cost $$). In the end, I think it's pretty safe bet to say the average price for a minty HCM is a hair over $200 but certainly not as high as $300. ShadoweverV2, market price only means something to those who exercise a fair amount of patience and are shopping right now. Obviously it fluctuates quite a bit and boils down to how much the money holder is willing to part with for whatever the reason. EDIT - A minty VF-1A just went up on eBay for $192 shipped

WORST.CHARACTERS.EVER There were a few things that made me nearly spit milk out my nose the first time I watched Mac7. The guitar controls, the face on the valk, the boobs on the valk, the stereo gunpod, the giant speaker add-ons, the episode dedicated to Mylene's panties, Gamlin's "I'm better than Christ" resurrection, the initial Protodevlin flyin' through space, but then I made it to those two Protodevlin that laugh and teleport and that's when it hit me... it's not just a really bad series, it HAS to be a joke. Either a joke or it's aimed at a much younger audience 'cause I actually think it might have been fun for a very young kid. That's probably where the truth lies anyway, it seems shows aimed at children make more money and we adult Macross fans had already been spoiled by the more adult-orient DYRL, MacII, and Mac+ (although the latter was kinda simultaneous right?).