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Sorry if I sounded preachy... also sorry that I don't have photoshop or any artistic talent at all when it comes to manipulating software. At one point I felt really eager to see what a Martian LV would look like and I put this together though - (note, I didn't change the gray to the more tan color I'd like to see anywhere except the bottom of the gun arm 'cause it woulda looked horrible in MSPaint)

It would seem that this thread then serves to provide a more concise conversation. You are working to keep a sloppy thread as sloppy as possible rather than letting it bear several more concise topics. Obviously, people feel that the original thread's scope of conversation is too broad... and it is. I guess this is something for the mods to determine though. I personally would rather not have to read through a dozen posts in the other thread to find the one post that might refer to a cool new LV theme. Speaking of which, i still want to see my tangerine Mars LV pattern. Replace the light blue on the original valk with a light orange and the gray with a dusty tan. NICE.

No offense but the Logan looks like an aborted attempt at a transformable jet... hardly anything I would ever call "cool." It looks like they stole it from the Go-Bot reject pile. Actually, that tends to be my opinion of most Southern Cross mechs. I think the Hovertank was the most respectable effort.

Why merge it? I think this thread offers people the ability to provide examples of LV camos they'd like to see whereas the other thread is bouncing throughout many many subjects.

This makes me curious, what were the ones you guys decided to skip on? For me, I don't collect DYRL stuff, so I skipped the Hik 1S, 1A, and Max 1A 1/48s.

I think my opinion of the Beta is skewed because of the sound effects used in Robotech's TNG (I haven't watched MOSPEADA recently so I don't recall if it's the same). Anyway, in the scene where Rand goes ape-poop on a fully evolved Invid the sound of his gun blasting the armor of the Command Unit away just stuck with me. Whereas the whole show is full of the laser-type sounds the Beta delivers a THUNK-THUNK-THUNK as it ripped the enemy to shreads. For some reason, that just made me think of the Beta as the ultimate bad-butt mech. Then to have it used later to put an end to Corg was a nice reinforcement. Looking at it now I'm not so impressed by the design but seeing it in battloid mode will always give me that "that's one bad mother... shut yo' mouth" feelin'.

If they made the little tube jutting off the front diecast? I think that'd be dangerous (as in, poke an eye out). Plus, if you dropped your toy or even had the front landing gear collapse while rolling it you'd risk bending it or chipping the paint.

If they made the little tube jutting off the front diecast? I think that'd be dangerous (as in, poke an eye out). Plus, if you dropped your toy or even had the front landing gear collapse while rolling it you'd risk bending it or chipping the paint.

I can name one part that will be staying in the box...

The GBP is sold out already? Wow, they didn't expect it to sell very well.... I guess I'll just wait for a reissue... All this other stuff sounds great but I'm gonna hold off until I see it. Neova,Seiichi, or Samurai M is going to get an order for a 1/48GBP, 1/60VF-0, 1/48 LV#2 and 1/48 Stealth all at the same time.... and my wallet cries.

Seriously, not many guys I knew were very good at getting girls when they were 16... well, unless they dealt drugs. Don't we have to follow that with the mandatory "Not that there's anything wrong with that" just in case any male cosplayers... er... i mean homosexuals are reading this? My 2 cents, yes, Rick is a bit dorkier than Hikaru, but even if we are just talking about Hikaru, I always found him annoying. Both Rick and Hikaru have a tendency to say things that just make you smack your head and go "Why?" I think I really liked both The Macross Saga (originally) and Macross in spite of Rick or Hikaru. Don't even get me started on either of the Minmays...

Every now-and-then a custom goes for a decent price but for the most part customizing a 1/55 is a lot like customizing a car now. Some people will absolutely love the work you've done but it's next to impossible to get a fraction of the time and money you poured into it back by selling it.

Part 4 boosts cell phone signal and gets XM or Sirius radio signals. You can see it on the top of many modern day cars, resembles a little dorsel fin. Yamato retconned it in when they realized the irony of space fighters not being able to get satellite radio.

That seems like crazy talk at this point. If this is all just smoke and mirrors they're spending a lot of money on the smoke. Who knows what will come out of this but certainly something will... even if it's only a half hour OVA that costs you $20 or is thrown in as an extra on the next RT boxset.

Current pricing on eBay has the Toynami's being pretty well-valued at the moment (uh, for sellers that is). Even the Max MPC has been seen selling above original MSRP. The Max armor, on the other hand, sometimes sells for 5x MSRP! Three Max armors that I've seen have sold for over $110! Even Miriya's armor is selling for over $100 and you can buy her Veritech for only $30. It's pandemonium!

Find any post by SITHLORD and click on his signature. Now drool. Otherwise there is a thread for 1/55 displays and a thread for all Yamato Displays. Both of those have lots of pics of displays to rifle through.

The feet look better! Highlights: 1) Definitely no diecast (correct me if I'm wrong) 2) Appears to be Fast Pack ready (from the backpack in GERWALK) 3) Collectibility will drastically increase by your ability to keep the front antenna from breaking... that thing is a total accident waiting to happen.

When does the Garland get its own thread? How come everyone ignored my comment about the VF-0s feet? Am I wrong or is there something funky with GERWALK mode?

I agree with this and it is spot on what I thought about Vandread when I first watched it. I had a friend in another room ask me "What the hell are you watching" the first time I had it on, my response was "A cartoon with ishtty CG and big-boobied girls." I ended up really liking the show though. Honestly, if I like a show and want more of it I'm really okay with them not making it flashy. I would have much rather had five more episodes of MacrossZero to help develop the story better at the expense of some of its flash.

I thought it looked great but I'm not a guy who needs really flashy anime to keep me happy, I'm more interested in the stories and characters. You know if I still like watching the original Macross I'm not going to sit here and say the new Robotech looks bad...

Okay, my memory is vague here, but doesn't it also seem like Misa warps from the bridge of the SDF-1 onto the Valk's shoulder also? Maybe I was just really confused as to how she ever got on the shoulder in the first place and that's tainting my memory though. Maybe it was all just a mistake on the animators part. They didn't understand that Misa was supposed to be instructing from the bridge so they put her oh the valk shoulder.

Yeah, what Keith said. Still, we're in way legal gray land and HG could push it to some degree if they wanted to. After all, a Macross DERIVED design (meaning not something that was in Macross but appears roughly similar to something in Macross) may or may not get the legal wheels spinning (I would guess probably not). Still, makes way more sense for them to totally steer clear and stick to MOSPEADA designs and leave the door open to selling MOSPEADA II at some point in Japan. What's with the red color on those drawings of the SDF-3? That's just plain funk.

Is there a swivel point around the waist area? I think that'd be schweet.

Okay, at the risk of sounding like I'm not very knowledgable about the VF-0, what's the deal with the gap above the feet in GERWALK mode? Is that how it's supposed to be are just something that's necessary for the toy or am I just being confused by the lighting? Let me know if you guys don't see what i'm talking about...

Ooh, isn't that also the episode that features a full-sized Zent lighting his cigar off a valk's gun? The writing is definitely more brilliant in some episodes than others....