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The toynamis have more poseability at the hip because the feet aren't so huge (that sounds really strange but if you're holding one of each in front of you you'll see what I mean). They also have a pivot point above the waist that Gakkens completely lack so you can have their feet pointing one way but have the chest turned back another... that's a pretty handy pivot point. The other much more poseable part would be the head and hands... Sorry, i should have been a little more clear. I didn't mean to compare the sturdiness of the chunky monkey to the sturdiness of the Gakken, I meant it more like the old SAT question: Chunky Monkey is to Yamato 1/60 as... Gakken 1/35 is to Toynami 1/55 MPC What I mean is the Toynami isn't as sturdy as its predecessor but overall it's a better toy.

The Toynamis also trounce the Gakken 1/35s in a lot of way. Like the chunky monkey in the VF world, the old Gakkens are sturdy as hell but they're really no where near as detailed or poseable as the new stuff.

mmm.... Betty. Yeah, as one of the few people in the world who found that movie hysterical, I like the way you think.

Excellent question. Vader's one bad mother (shut your mouth) but I have a problem siding with him. In the end he was just a crusty old guy in a suit... and redeemed no less. First guy that comes to my head is Christopher Walken as the angel Gabriel in The Prophecy. I really recommend that movie, lots of people being evil for the sake of being evil.

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Wow, I had completely forgotten about the panty shot episode of Mac7 with the perverts selling her picture and some obsessed little boy... I don't really consider any of that to be aimed at adults. In fact, I think it's further evidence that the show was aimed at 12 year olds. C'mon, once you're an adult you're bound to think the panty perverts and the little skirt flick is completely childish and certainly not arousing and it clearly did not lead to any sort of sexual situation. However, 12 year old boys who are just being put through the puberty rings are going to find a little kick in it. I think all that fan-service stuff is clearly aimed at kids (although clearly not 6-10 year olds, maybe 11-14 year olds. No more comments from me though until I've seen it again. Is there ever a passionate on screen kiss even?

Yep, that's what I'm saying. Mac7 makes sexual overtures and hints at the fact people can have sex lives while everyone does everything they can to make sure none of the characters have one. Remember that time when Gamlin finally got some balls and grabbed someone's ass? No? Remember that time that Basara did anything to imply he wasn't six years old? No. Yeah, biker chick is hot and bothered (I discussed that), Sivil may be naked-ish but so are teddy bears, I can't really call who Akiko was or what happened during the Jamming Bird tryouts, and when did Milia do anything sexual? I thought after she neutered M7's Max she ensured neither of them would ever have to worry about intimacy again. Seeing as some people are diametrically opposed to my opinion I think I'll watch Mac7 again and see if it doesn't grow on me somehow. Be forewarned though, if I hate it as much the second time I will come back with a fire and wrath in future M7 threads that A1 only dreams of! <Nah, I'll probably just be slightly more indignant than I already am>

I was just putting all the toys I can't display into a storage container while DYRL played in the background. I definitely made sure to look up when Milia started wrecking shop. God, I can't get enough of her blowing that dude's face off. This is still the coolest kill in all of Mac for me.

Didn't you just utter that same thing about the "morphers"? Man, you got the completist bug bad! The friggin' horse from Ren & Stimpy (if I'm not mistaken) is hilarious.

Yep, i have him too, he's in that VF-1S shrine you've seen. Personally, i think he's kinda lame. I accidentally snapped the strap off his gun the first time I held him. A little rubber cement later you can't tell but really I can't figure out a single pose he looks good in. They kinda have his legs spread way too far apart for my liking.

Claudia would certainly be wearing heels, as would most the women, so all of their heights are off by about 3". If the tiny girls I work with are any indication, some of these girls might be cheating by more than that.

A little note on this, the first three thousand Scotts have a different paint on the intakes/chest so you can tell them apart. Some day this might make the first run Scott's a little more collectible. That being said, they are horrific from a QC standpoint. I've had two and both were really screwed up. The best of the two just has landing gears that all slanted in different directions (the other one came with floppy shoulders and a hand that disentegrated the FIRST time I put the gun in it). I returned the really bad one and got a post 3000 number that is absolutely excellent. I then received another Scott as a gift and it's in great shape also. I have returned one Rook but the toy was wonderful, it seems that one of the tabs somehow snapped in shipping (probably too tight of a fit). The two Rooks I have gotten since have both been pretty good with the exception of the somewhat crooked head and slight paint flaws. I hear the Lancer was pretty good overall and I have every hope that the SF will be excellent. I'm told that the YF-1R Archer MPC is by far the best in that series QC-wise.

if only we could figure out some way to make those pictures bigger??? Is this a Bandai 1A reissue with VF-1S reissue armor (and obviously a new paint scheme)?

You musta got some good ones. I own/have owned quite a few of these. Beware on the Scotts, some are pretty sloppy. The other ones seem to be a bit better. The only joint of concern I have is the shoulders, other than that the super fragile hands. The shoulders seems like they can get really loose really quick and you'll never be able to hold the gun up once that happens. Gakkens had a ratcheting shoulder that ensures no worries here but the Gakkens aren't nearly as detailed or poseable. I only own 2 1/48 Yammies and I love 'em but I own at least 5 MPC alphas. It's gonna boil down to personal preference so if you can find a way to handle an Alpha first that'll definitely help you make this decision. The Alpha is also complicated but relatively sturdy... many of the people who hate it didn't have the patience to overcome its complications.

Whoa, don't sell it short man, we're talkin' cyborg pole dancers... you can't even fathom the things this chick-type thing can do...

JANICE looks like some sort of pixie/whore... I LIKE IT! Actually, I like it, but I don't think it works well for a sci fi space war flick.

I didn't buy a 1J when it was super cheap just because I expected the armor to come with it in a bundle when it finally gets released.... I still have my fingers crossed. I have a RF 1S with strike parts and a LV I like naked so I wouldn't have any reason to buy the armor unless I could land a 1J or comparable other 1/48 with it... here's to hoping we see some re-issues! (or some new ones like a TV Max or CF)

That's seriously friggin' weak. I tried to open one of the gun pods, found it really friggin' hard so I gave up and grabbed the other and that popped right open. Since I wasn't looking for anything John Woo style I quit at that. I hate hearing when toys get snapped because of bad QC or design... I've done it before myself and you have my sympathy... but I can't help you on the guns.

My point was that Mac7 is clearly more targeted for children that Mac2 (trying to stick somewhat to the theme of the thread). Children still have idealized preconceptions of love and relationships with no comprehension of sex and its many accoutrements. Mac2 actually plays off of adult relationships (from what I vaguely recall) where Mac7 does everything it possibly can to avoid anything adult. We get an attempted arranged marriage to avoid the potential sticky issues of dating. Mylene in love with a Basara who only vaguely recognizes her as being anything other than male. Gamlin being that retarded kid who has a crush but couldn't tell you why or act upon it... unless he knew it was already too late. Basically it plays up to the girl/boy situation most of us experienced in the 4th grade where we knew we favored some girls but still could say "eww girls are gross" and run away from them (knowing all the while that we are destined to spend our lives with one). When we do get a brief flash of something else it's positively scintilllating since our mind has been sucked into child-like mush by the other 9999 hours of kiddy play. That whole episode with the biker chick wanting Basara was so different from the rest of the child-safe viewing I was practically scarred by it... only to have Basara rebuff her and Mylene deem them both whores (more child safe viewing). Mac7 simply can not be a show geared for adults... unless it's geared for adults who somehow managed to skip high school and were too afraid to leave their dorms in college. All that being said, it being aimed at children alone does not make it a bad show. My tastes however are for adult shows and as such I think Mac2 panders closer to what I want than Mac7.

Hey guys, glad ya like it! The photo paper is pretty reflective so it was hard to get decent shots. Believe me, this was a much bigger arts and crafts project than I expected! LOL... a UNSpacy logo in goat blood... something to look into. As far as Misa topless, I haven't drawn/photo-chopped anything Macross in a long long time but that is definitely something worth considering! Just the bare minimum insurance. It's a 99 Saturn SC2 that I used for my commuter car. It was always meant to last me just a few years... unfortunately it's now dead a year earlier than I anticipated. AGREED! I think the only red Legioss I don't have is the 1/72 scale hence the signature. I also need three greenies (MPC, 1/55 Gak, 1/72) to make that shelf look a little more full... For a lot of toys that's kinda the only way I can find to do it. Like the Mac + collection or Mac7 goods. The Legioss and the VF-1S collections are perfect for mixing and matching since so many different ones were made. A really ambitious person with more money than myself could probably do something like I have for the Legioss/VF-1S but with all the major Mac valks... that'd be pretty friggin' sweet. Thanks again for the kudos guys... now I just gotta clean up the tremendous mess I made while making that background.

Out of curiousity, did Basara ever show a sexual interest in any female character? I'm pretty sure Hibiki was interested in women but, if I'm recalling Basara correctly, he seemed pretty apathetic toward sex completely. Even with Sivil he seemed more pleased with having an affect on her than he did smitten with her. I think there was even a scene where the ultra hot biker girl was throwing herself at him and I think he was still like "um no, listen to my song." If this show were geared toward an adult audience do you think we'd get at least a little more sex and violence? PS - my "ejecting" quote earlier was more just making fun of the idea of ejecting in space, not how Macross in particular handles it. The part where I mentioned finding pilots through their singing was definitely making fun of "sound energy" though...

The idea of being ejected in space is at once hilarious and tragic. It leads to the idea of pilots be hurled out of their crafts into the safety of the eternal nothingness around them. They can contemplate the meaning of irony as they safely escape the fiery battle zone and drift endlessly toward starvation or a more horrific death. BUT WAIT!!! THis is MAC7 we're talking about so it really was easy to find these pilots. The scientist onboard Battle7 would just hook up his giant tethescope (sp?) and listen to the void of space for the Pilots singing in their flight suits!!! Surely the could find those drifting pilots by the power of their song!

Personally, I think Yamato did a pretty poor job on designing the big missiles. With all three on board they don't really line up well... I think the mixed load is a definite visual improvement (this comment applies to both the 1/60 and 1/48)

The story of the Mac + Valks being on the bottom: I like to leave collections that are still works in progress at the top so it's easier to work with. I'm only missing one Mac+ valk and I don't think I have room for it in those tiny display areas so the Mac+ers have been pushed to the bottom for now. They actually used to be tucked away in a closet and my Mac7 toys were displayed in there... but those guys aren't nearly as pretty so now they're keeping my clothes company... I really need to get a couple more display cases but that STUPID STUPID car wreck has definitely killed that plan. A word to the wise people, CHECK YOUR TIRE TREAD. Believe me, I just nearly hydroplaned to death. The cop that found me had a good chuckle looking at my "slicks." Yes, I am an idiot.

Was Minmei 14??? I know she was 15 in SDF Mac but I thought she was older in DYRL since she was already a popular singer. Then again, how old was Britney Spears when most old men first knew of her (and subsequently wanted to "do" her)? Maybe she still was 15 in DYRL... I thought they aged her a bit though...