kanata67

as the new "show off your collection" post appears and slowly gains momentum... I was just thinking about the "building an army" comments I've heard from time to time. First off... why build an army? I do love my jetfires, but I WILL cut myself off when I have ten complete. Same goes for the matchbox officers pod. I don't think ten of each really qualifies as opposing armies, but what does a hippie know? What exactly qualifies as an army people??? 5 or more of a particular mech? 20 or more of an particular scale? What??? Just curious. Not like I'm plotting here or anything...

buying slump...

I'm always in a buying slump... thats why people make fun of me for being so stingy with money. Lord knows I won't be getting a 1/48 till I find one for less than $100 shipped, as if thats going to happen anytime soon.

I won a whopping $41.23 worth of stuff off of ebay in the past month. Of that record low total for myself... only $6 of it was for me and the rest is stuff I bought on behalf of gian who finds it easier to get multiple stuff shipped to me and have me ship out one big box. On the other hand... I am involved in a rather large deal that may just benifit everyone here in some way or another when it's all said and done . Till it happens... "slump" does apply.

some people want them. I'm thinking mostly the people who never had one

I have considered getting one just to see if I can make it into a proper three mode version as I always found it pretty lame as-is when I was a kid.

why not post everting gathering dust eriku, and see if you can't unload it in favor of stuff that will get dusted

$$$$$$$$?!?! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&category=16467

Good BIN but with shipping...?!?! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&category=16467

guess the shipping on the prior wasn't that bad ... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...18&category=774

don't you hate when they post a pic of a model's instructions rather than the kit/toy?!? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...72&category=774

something about this just seems plain wrong... Can u spot what?http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3146416401&category=4696

wheeljackslab is on crack... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...3&category=4696

... good crack apparenly... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...2&category=4696

at least this isn't a HG product http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...2&category=1200

"You get exactly what is show in the picture, even if the title is wrong"... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&category=36568

the real reason roy focker died... he was flying a cannon http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&category=16467

wrong id the other way for a change... please don't out bid me unless it goes for more than I can spend...

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you have the thanks of a programming major and his geeky friends

And to think I actually made games in BASIC way back when

Hey Burn,

I'm not knowledgeable enough about PS2's to answer these questions, but one thought did come to mind. Is that PS2 NTSC or PAL compatible? I'm not sure how much it makes a different anymore but the whole PAL/NTSC 50/60mhz differences might play a factor, especially since you'd be importing games from Japan and the U.S.

As far as I know, it doesn't matter much if you have an RGB cable and a TV that supports NTSC. I already did that with my first-gen PS1, I played the US version of "Die Hard Trilogy" on my TV, and it's in NTSC. Same applies to my region-free DVD Player, I can play NTSC discs no prob.

why didn't you say something when I sent my psx2 to rob in spain?!?!?!

I sent him a ntsc to pal convertor, but it was a while between boxes and rob fried the psx2 trying to mod it. As for the original questions...

1. "Not a clue. Assume it will be obsolete later, as companies start thinking up new ways to detect mod chips.

BTW, I was looking around, nd are you sure it's not a Matrix MESSIAH chip" kind of sums it up. It's not so much that companies think of new ways to conter mod chips as the companies making them are served "cease and desist" orders from lawyers. While there have been software mods that made games "uncopyable"..., innovative minds always find a way around it. It kind of comes down to hardware and sony knows it which is why there are multiple current versions of the psx2 just so hardware geeks can't create a chip that will work on all of them.

2. Region free dvd playback would depend on the chip. Can't say for sure about this particular deal. Some mod chips offer it but it is a bootable selection in such that you would have to turn the psx2 off and on when going from one zone to the other and selecting which country code it "should" be during boot-up

3. Yes, you can play imposrt games on an unmodded psx2... if it is an imported psx2. You won't be able to play local games however which is why rob tried to mod his

Big O could answer your questions much better [if he happens to check MW anytime in the near future] as I have seen his psx2 do things that really should not be possible. He's more into the x-box thing at the moment however. I'll give him a call and tell his slacker butt to give you some insight... if I remember...

ever notice how you can't get a hippie to get another hippie to do anything?!?

no problems using primer as paint, as long as you know the differences between primer and paint. One of the reasons I recomend primer is that you don't have to paint everything. What I mean by this, using my violator valk as an example, is... if you diss-assemble a toy, or leave a model on spruce, when you prime it... many of the impossible to paint areas are already an acceptible color. For me I had to use black primer on the violator valk so that the bright whiteness of the jetfire was no longer visible. I tried to do it with painting and patience, but there was no way I could satisfactorally paint recessed ares like the insides of the legs [visible only when landing gear is down] using only a brush. Spray primer of an appropriate color makes hard to see areas look much better in my opinion.

The only thing I can think to tell you is... primer and paint are different in how they react to additional paint applied to them. You may not ever notice the difference, but if you are inking/washing a model/toy, the ink will flow over painted areas slightly better as the primered areas tend to absorb a little more [it is why primer works as primer.]

Here is a pic of a 7" tomahawk I did a little while ago. It's since been finished and pics are probably somewhere around here but when this pic was taken it was as follows...

I primed the destroid in "citadel" black spray primer. I drybrushed the entire figure with a metallic gunmetal color for highlightling. I then washed the lower portion of the tomahawk with a brown ink. It took two washes rathher than my usual one wash to get the ink in the deposit level I wanted as primer sucks up the pigment faster than painted areas. This fact is easily visible by the fact that drybrushed highlights are still apparent [although less so than before] after being inked.

Oh yeah... make sure you chose the appropriate primer color. I know david has found a primer that matches naval ships well, I find black works well for mecha you want to paint quickly as it gives it a depth that makes the fig look "bigger/more detailed" and white works well for anything you want to be brightly colored and vibrant. You can do a proper coat of black primer followed by a dusting of white primer to achieve really vibrant highlights with recessed areas still being dark and mysterious.

It's going to be many things,

Wasn't the Falcon the car used in the Road Warrior/Mad Max movies?

i believe it was, but they used a '73-'74 model for that movie, the body style totally changed from the '69 models, the '73 is the same body style as the '70. but for that movie they used a custom nose and rear spoiler for the car Max used.

I always thought it was either a ford maverick or an AMC javalin depending on if you were an American or aussie...

According to this site it was a 1973 XB GT Ford Falcon Coupe, a car exclusive to Austrailia. Lightning, are you in Austrailia? Just curious because I know of a few Falcons being imported to the US, but they aren't very common at all.

good thing I never got around to buying a javalin and welding two 55 gallon drums in the trunk as gas tanks.... I would have felt pretty silly

Oh yeah, I do the history thing to... but not the general stuff.  Most of what I read is the controversial stuff about how the influence of remnants of a lost advanced civilization may have been responsible for the reletively simultaneous birth of the ancient civilizations that we're familiar with.

Mu anyone...

we should talk

oh yeah... for you music hound out there. My tastes range from infected mushroom to NIN, Janis to CCR, beatles to primus. I have over 500 complete cd's stored on my computer. The important thing in my mind is that less than 1% of my music was downloaded, with the majority having been ripped personally with my anal rententive standards LOL. I don't mind "borrowing" software and games, but have enough musically inclined friends to want them to get the little money they do for their efforts. It would be so much easier if I could just send $100 to trent direct and get all his stuff

umm let's see....even though money is tight right now for me...

Fixing my 1969 Ford Falcon Futura (that was the luxury model for the Falcon back then)

It's going to be many things,

Wasn't the Falcon the car used in the Road Warrior/Mad Max movies?

i believe it was, but they used a '73-'74 model for that movie, the body style totally changed from the '69 models, the '73 is the same body style as the '70. but for that movie they used a custom nose and rear spoiler for the car Max used.

I always thought it was either a ford maverick or an AMC javalin depending on if you were an American or aussie...

hello all. I was just wondering what other things people take to far. I know many have a few toys and others are obsessed to the point where they would dedicated display rooms if they could [i need a house on a side note ]. I've seen some nice airsoft collections here, and I know jsarclight has a bitch'in camaro to took a bit of money and passion. What other stuff do you guys spend more time on than the average guy?

As for myself..., I work, plan on restoring my camaro which is nowhere near as nice as jsarclight's, fix broken toys, and have way to many fish tanks in a one bedroom apt. I also have six cats in the same apt, imagine my fun . Thankfully a few fish and turtles can take care of themselves. Here's a pic from my recent ebay 7" destroid auction... catfish not included

is that a clarias catfish you have there? Besides macross I also dabble in Transformers, Zoids and fishkeeping (have 3 seperate and active tanks). My main 2 fish i have is 1 Oscar and 1 Giant Gourami along with a host of plecos, tetras and synos

the big one is an albino channel cat. I believe they top out at around 30".

Host of plecos you say... Among the other tanks I have 6 whiptail cats, 1 upside down cat, and amazon marble, a lima shovel nose, a tiger lima shovel nose, a striped rapheal, 4 bumble bee cats, three walking cats, a huge rhino pleco, 2 huge common plecos, 2 other common plecos, a clown pleco, a bushynose pleco, three dojo loaches, two clown loaches, three golden algea eaters, and a few others I can't think of at the moment as the damn things are always hiding under a rock or something.

What can I say... I like muck dwellers as I don't like cleaning my tanks so fish that like scummy water seem the best idea. The walking catfish are the ones that will really be a problem as they get to near 90 pounds . Thank god they grow slow. In addition to the muck fish I have two feeder goldfish, called lucky and lucky, who grew large enough so the catfish can only suck on them as well as three turtles, 2 sunfish, a war mouth, and a large mouth bass. Yeah... I know that the state can fine me something awful for the bass, but I don't think anyone here is gonna tell them I have one

Yep... I have an obsessive personallity so whatever I get involved in usually gets taken to the extreme

All these people reading reminds me I need to send a box of books to france

oh yeah... nice wabbit ewilen. I remember having a litter trained one as a kid. Cool pets if you raise them as pets rather than rodents

always cool to hear from a lurker for the first time. Welcome. I am sure you will enjoy SOME of the responces your posts get

I'm a displaced UP-state new yorker who misses driving across the border to get molsen xxx. On a side note, I've heard many canadians complain about lack of places to aquire valks. How do kevins prices with shipping compare? I know I've heard of some outrageous price gouging at some shops, but have no idea how bad shipping might be.

bandai...

that the smooth shiney red one? Wash it in soapy water and rinse well. Let it air dry a day or two and then give it a coat of spray primer. If the primer flakes off, which I highly doubt, you can rough up the surfaces slightly with fine sandpaper and then prime it, but I don't think sanding it will be neccessary. I recommend "citadel colour" spray primer myself as I have yet to have a problem with it, although others have differing opinions due to their own experience. If you do get a can of citadel colour primer, availible in white or black at your local gaming store, read the directions on the can. Pay close attention to #3... "shake the can vigorously for a FULL minute before doing any spraying and shake periodically between sprays" and you will come to love the product as much as I do

"Similar figures go for hundreds of dollars." Heh.

Wonder why there's so many bids on it?

... and it has a reserve no less

here's one. Misleading auction title or what??? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...6&category=4696

Here is one worth a laugh for all you customizers out there. I prefer the spawn customs, even of these figures LOL.

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it always comes down to personal preference. I recently got to see a 1/48 up close thanks to greenguy42 and as always, yamato's level of detail amazes me. Wheter they are the best is still a matter of conjecture. The 1/60's ahve amazing detail but many steer clear of removable legs. The 1/48's have even more amazing detail but seem fragile [i watched greenguy misplace a horizontal stabalize and searhch for it for a few minutes, granted my place tends to absorb stuff quickly.] The bandai's are no-where near as detailed as the yammie's but have enough die-cast and structural integritry to bludgeon a small child into submission.

The only things I can say with certainty is that yamato makes the best mac plus toys on the planet and bandai/takatoku makes the best GBP-1s , though it's possible this might change in the future... like all things.

bondo?!?!?!?

hey orguss01...

What exactly is wrong with the landing gear door? Is it the wheel itself that pops down or is it the little plastic door that clips into the wheel when closed? You mentioned having another taka... what one?

I have a taka 1s that might be the same grey as the 1j you just picked up. It's missing an arm [which I can fix] and has a broken back plate and is missing the tail assembly [this must be replaced, not fixed]. I was thinking it might be my next spawn custom, but I am still finishing my first and already have a second in the works so if parts might be of use, I am sure we can work something out.

As I've never owned one factory fresh... I can't say. I am familier with all the typical problems associated with played with toys 15 plus years old. Re-issues are a great source of minor parts.

a precursor to the alpha??? the head looks dang near identical... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...8&category=1193

Besides Macross, I'm an avid home theatre enthusiast. My current setup cost about 5 grand, it'll have to do until I get more money.

Edit: Hey Pat, could you explain how our alphabet is descended from Egyptian? I too love learning about history, the History and Discovery channels are two of my favorites.

LOL... Speakers... Stuff gets buried around here. Back when I worked electronics sales I amassed quite a sound system at far less than retail. 17 speakers and 1240 watts and I listen to my wireless headphones so I don't scare the fish . You spent over 5 grand?!? I don't want to know how loud it can get as I can't crank mine past 1/3rd volume or toys fall off the walls

I think pat was refering to the fact that the egyptians actually had a few written languages. Heiroglyphs were mainly royal decoration. I'm sure cuniform had an influence

Oh yeah...

how did I forget about the ton of weapons lying around

Anybondy need a highlander sword?

hello all. I was just wondering what other things people take to far. I know many have a few toys and others are obsessed to the point where they would dedicated display rooms if they could [i need a house on a side note ]. I've seen some nice airsoft collections here, and I know jsarclight has a bitch'in camaro to took a bit of money and passion. What other stuff do you guys spend more time on than the average guy?

As for myself..., I work, plan on restoring my camaro which is nowhere near as nice as jsarclight's, fix broken toys, and have way to many fish tanks in a one bedroom apt. I also have six cats in the same apt, imagine my fun . Thankfully a few fish and turtles can take care of themselves. Here's a pic from my recent ebay 7" destroid auction... catfish not included

just wondering where it got moved. I figured toy reviews but I guess I was wrong. I assume it was moved as I wasn't drunk and ranting when I posted it so I wouldn't think it was deleated

scales of the matchbox destroids as we know them so far. Other scales/measurements of other toys are most welcome as every toy is slightly different. This is copied from my original post on the old boards which was copied to robotech.com and copied back so all non HG approved data was lost. If anyone wants to go back and grab the missing data, I wouldn't mind at all . This is intended to be used for reference whether for having display shelves of respective scales or up-sizing part for customs properly...

anyways... "real" height / actual height = scale

Mech in cm "real height"

PHALANX aka

Spartan 7" 17.8 12.05 m

scale= 67.696629

spartan aka

Gadiator [head antennas] 7" 17.8 11.31 m

scale= 63.539325

tomahawk aka

Excalibur MkVI [head] 6 1/2" 16.5 12.7 m

[rt shoulder missle bay] 7" 17.8 maybe?

1270/17.8 scale= 71.348314

defender aka

Raider X [head antenna] 6 11/16" 17.0 11.27 m

scale= 66.294117

Zentraedi power armor

Botaru [head] 6 7/8" 17.5 16.8 m

scale= 96

Same for Quadrono

Invid scout 6 3/8" 16.2 2.5 m

scale= 15.432098 ???

invid shock trooper

head in level position [head] 8 1/4" 21.0 5.4 m

scale= 25.714285 ???

Zen officers pod [head] 9 3/4" 24.8 54' / 16.55m

[top of head cannon] 11" 28.8 18.1 m

1655/24.8 scale= 66.73387

Zen tactical pod [head] 10 3/4" 27.3 15.2 m

scale= 55.677655

oh yeah... I hope this is the correct forum. If not, I am sure the mods will relocate it as required. I just prefer to do it right the first time

I personally don't care too much for mint in box toys as it's a lot of extra money and I display them on a shelf anyway.

does this mean guppy has boxes to trade???????????????????????????????

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to many question marks ?????

Glad blackaces stepped up and clarified the alpha thing. Whats this model???

The seller hasn't answered the question about how big it was so I can't justify bidding, but maybee... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...gory=36568&rd=1