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Very hot! The metalic color and texture reminds me of old-school late-70s mecha like Dunbine and Doughram.
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Tamiya ENAMEL paint??? This is a shock, I've been using Tamiya colors for almost 20 years and this is the first time I've heard of this! Are they sprays?
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Image Anime is a nice store, especially given that it's in NYC. Their $2 Tamiya paints are the MINIS however. They are about half the amount of paint you get out of a regular $3.50 Tamiya paint bottle. $3 for the micro-fine Gundam pens - is that a good price?
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I like the fact that they're getting creative with the design of the thing. Sure, it's nice to get an accurate toy rendition, but we're talking about armor (and mecha in general) of a 20 year old design. It's time to innovate baby! I'd much, MUCH rather see a 1/48th Zero (armor and otherwise) than silly VF-1xxx re-issues in different colors... Since that won't be happening for a while, a few new shapes to drool over will be welcome too!
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There's a silver lining to Futurama having been canceled.... they did that fantastic final episode, where Fry trades his hands with the Robot Devil... Has to be one of the most touching, hilarious, and overall great animated episodes of anything that I've ever seen.
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YF-23 is one of the two planes that inspired Macross Plus. It was a prototype by Gurman delivered to the airforce to compete against the Lockheed/Martin YF-22 Raptor. The two planes duked it out see which should replace the F-15. The YF-22 won the competition and will be going into service some decade soon! While the YF-23 did not feature mind-control, space-fold capability, or transformation, it does have vectored thrust and the same 4-wing design of the Mac YF-21. A gorgeous gorgeous plane!
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Heh, I set up the same sorts of comparisons at home with my 1/72nd's. It's amazing how huge the F-117 stealth is. It's as long as an F-14, but the lifting body looks far more massive. The valkryies absolutely tiny compared to both of them!
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armentage replied to nightmareB4macross's topic in Where to Buy Macross, Auctions & Dealers Specials
What exactly is the scam here? Is he trying to fool you into think you're getting 20+ Valks instead of just the VF-1J? -
YaMato, with one M!
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TSINC... No F'ing way I'm paying $25 for shipping! Glad to say that TS came through. I had the FP about 6 days after the auction ended. Was a little apprehensive at first, but... THEY MAKE THE BATTROID LOOK SO F'ING GORGEOUS! !!
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I got mine from Ebay. I'm no great pheonix when it comes to bidding, so I just took one of the over-priced Buy-It-Nows. The way I see it, I only over paided by a couple of vokda-tonics, so I'll drink a few beers to make up the difference! Really, it was worth it, the thing looks SO MUCH more imposing with the packs on.
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Wow, you really know your Airwolf trivia, armentage. Ahh, who could forget that edge-of-your-seat scene where it's Stringfellow standing on foot in front of Airworlf, and he takes aim with a simple hand gun to blow up to multi-million dollar armor attack copter! It was the coolest thing I had EVER scene as a 8 year old!
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SNEAKY SNEAKY! I had no idea just how sneaky yamato is! Thanks! The FAST pack really makes the VF-1S come alive. I'm still giddy about it.
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The inflight fueling probe!
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I've a 3rd edition VF-1S Roy, and I just got my grubby paws on a FAST/Strike pack... Anyway, everything goes on well and attaches properly, except I can't figure out how to keep the backpack from falling backwards in batroid form due to the weight of the giant thursters. There's that white pieces that is supposed to go in there (to add support? To fill in the gap?) but I can't figure out how it's supposed to work - it's hooks are too small to fit over the back piece that hooks to the backpack. Actually I've always had trouble keeping the backpack area in the proper position in Battroid form... anyone have ideas/suggestions/pictures that might help? I'm sure I must be missing something...
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I almost soiled my sofa when that happened!
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ever had one of those %^$@* relationships?
armentage replied to MSW's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Dude, you're on a msg forum devoted to the worship and collection of a 20 year old Japanese cartoon, complaining about unwanted sexual offers... You might get lynched! -
Any good toy shops in Tokyo
armentage replied to jetfire134's topic in Where to Buy Macross, Auctions & Dealers Specials
Or the yellow submarine store! I loved that place, so many beautifully built kits on display. At Mandarake, I really depleted my bank account... ecchi na manga ha doko? onegaishimas! -
Heh, I remember Hero's Quest, the Sierra On-line PC game. My first RPG! I loved that game so much, despire the terrible dated graphics I think they had to renamed "Quest for Glory" because of copy right conflict with Heroquest.
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Another Japanese names Q from yours truly.
armentage replied to Vostok 7's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Aspen white? How about Yuki then, it means snow. -
Another Japanese names Q from yours truly.
armentage replied to Vostok 7's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
How about Asuka? (no I'm not an EVA fan, but I've always liked that name) How about Suzuko? Shizuka? Personally I've always had a thing for -ka & -ko names! Megumi? -
Another Japanese names Q from yours truly.
armentage replied to Vostok 7's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Forget this Japanese name stuff. Name your car "Candice" -
I played LOTS of EQ. Over about 4 years I managed to accumlate 300 days played on a Bard, another 300 on a Druid, and still had time ot get a 3rd Wizard to lv 65. I was crazy! Then it was FFXI for about a year. Beautiful anime graphics and fantastic music was the big draw, and the whole cutesy Japanese feeling of the whole thing. It was great at first, but as the game ground, you began to see how primative the gaming engine was. Light years behind EQ in terms of abilities and the sophistication of the end-game encounters. Well, not light-years, just 5 years (EQ has been around since 1999) Now a days its WOW. Great game... FANTASTIC graphics. "Cartoony" but extremely detailed. The amount of work they put into the world & terrain is just astonishing and will impress anyone if they look past any issues they have with the artistic style. Game play is nice too, and you really rewarded for putting time into the game. Runs great on any PC hardware too (big difference from EQ1 & 2)
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SMT Monster... good things come to those who wait
armentage replied to Less than Super Ostrich's topic in Model kits
Ahh it's the MK-II, not the VB-6. Sorry if this is off topic but -- just where does the VB-6 appear? -
SMT Monster... good things come to those who wait
armentage replied to Less than Super Ostrich's topic in Model kits
Will it transform?