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ya I have one or two of those old Hobby Japan books with the diorama scenes... so cool. that "3D Book" is also on ebay right now I think.. so anyways it sounds like both LE version are worth having... and the best part about them is that all that material is translated (right? ). are they ever going to do an LE version of part 3?

oh yeah and how does each "Limited Edition" set chaulk up? I liked Patlabor The Movie 1 so I bought a used Limited Edition set off amazon right now ("very good" condition better be VERY FREAKIN GOOD ) but I was curious about how good the Patlabor 2 Limited Edition set was.... I haven't even seen the second movie yet so I'll probably rent it first but is the Limited set for part 2 worth getting if I've already got the one for the first movie? it was also $10 more on amazon for some reason... so anyways is the limited set for part 2 worth it?

wow.. thats really great. while I was watching the "Manga Video" version of Patlabor 1 I couldn't help but think how much better of a movie it'd have been with better dialog. amazon here I come!

sorry to ressurect such an old thread but did these new releases get a new Enlgish dub? I know they got 5.1 sound but was the English dub re-done? like new voice acting and stuff?

after searching the web some more I found this fansite: http://members.iimetro.com.au/~mwhitley/aboutpat.htm pretty interesting stuff.

thanks for the great links everybody. that reactive armor Ingram one of the forum members made is amazing... really inspring stuff. I may have to take up modelling again. and you said your kits are un-painted but surely you drew some panels lines on them, right? they look like they've got some.

could anyone offer up any more info on the MG kits? i've searched the web and theres surprisingly very little in the way of reviews, fan sites etc.. if anyone has any nice pics of any MG kits they've built or can just offer a mini-review on one that'd be great... I'm think of getting the re-release Ingram 1 or the Ingram 2 w/ LEDs and i'd like to know how nice of a kit they are and how much extra painting and stuff needs to go into them. thanks

so I watched the first movie last night.... lots of... talking.... but I liked it. the action scenes were great. I also liked all the "Oshii" (director) touches like fish eye lenses and landscape shots of decrepit buildings and stuff. some of the music was like a "light" 1980's versions of what was to come with Ghost in the Shell.. droning, moody stuff. and what I got from the dialog was that it was a lot like Ghost in the Shell... the dubbed "Manga Video" version of that movie was earlier than GiTS (I think) and the voice acting and stuff wasn't as good but it was the same heady, technical, philosophical stuff that GiTS had. the dialog wasn't quite as good as GiTS but if I spoke Japanese and watched the original version with the original actors it'd probably like it more. crazy to think this movie came out in '89 and the series was around in the mid-eighties... seemed like a solid mid-nineties anime... guess it was just ahead of its time. so either way I'll probably buy this disk because I loved the Labor scenes then if part 2 is supposed to be even better I'll definetly order that one too. back when I was a kid in middle school and had all the models I think I would have literally gone ape-poo if I could have ever gotten my hands on the anime... oh well, better late than never

I'd also like to add that the Type X-0 is one of the coolest looking mechs ever and they should have made a MG kit out of it.. I forgot I had that one as a kid.... so cool looking. a lot more streamlined and updated looking than the Ingram 1.

whoa.. so wait... after doing a little more research theres a Master Grade Ingram 1 coming out on the 31st? just a re-release right? or a new kit? kinda ironic that my interest for this series has been rekindled... this kit has the lights in it, right? i've never seen that box art before... the old stuff I recognize instantly but not this one.

yeah back in the day I just had the regular Bandai kits and I never had a problem with the rubber... never owned an MG kit tho. i can probably just look some pics up on this site or the web but what you guys think of those kits? my modelling skills are pretty low... haven't built a model in years.. but do they require much paint to make them look good?

ah.. brilliant. because they're titled "series" I was confusing them with the TV stuff. compared to the art the films got the stuff on those DVDs is horrible.... looks like a totally different series..

any info you can give me on the OAV's would be great. thanks

yeah I was watching that one too. but I'm pretty sure when my Revoltech comes it'll serve all my Ingram needs for a little while... atleast until I get the urge to start modelling again and get one of the MG kits..

yeah I was really happy to see that they've expanded it with Halo Wars and the new Peter Jackson game. some franchises get played out when they're expanded and taken in new directions but I've got a good feeling about the new Halo stuff.

OK cool... I think I can manage to track down the films and TV series on my own but if you guys know the names of the OVAs that would help. thanks oh yeah and I noticed a bunch of "Limited Edition" sets on ebay for the various films and things.... any easy explaination of this stuff?

what are the names of the OVAs so I can do an ebay search or something for some DVDs?

thanks for the info amigo... now I get that theres the TV series and the films... but is there also OVAs? and "newer" ones like you mentioned or are those the films (but that contradicts what an OVA is I guess... *confused*)? and thats a damn shame about the manga... truth be told I've also been more into manga than anime... I like that fact that it usually supercedes the animation and I can look at all the little details and stuff for as long as I want. just feels more "intimate" I guess. you played any of the video games too? I know there were some pretty good ones for the Super Famicom but they were mostly RPGs and pretty hard to figure out if you don't speak japanese (like me).

I never understood people who complain about Halo... that whole universe is just so damn cool... whats there not to like?

The Ingram 1 pictures in the Revoltech thread started me off on another Patlabor kick... I was really into collecting the figures back in middle school but that was way before they brought any of the anime or manga over to the US.... I had all the Bandai kits, the big light up/sound robot and a couple issues of Hobby Japan that had some diorama scenes. a few years later when they started translating the manga I got volumes 1 and 2 (I never collected the individual issues Viz used to sell... gotta read the stuff Nihon style, right?) but thats all I could find. did they ever release a volume 3 or 4 of the translated manga? next I'd like to rent some of the anime... or maybe buy a DVD or two but whats the story on those? I know there's movies... probably four or five of them right? i'm pretty sure they've all been dubbed and available on DVD but theres a TV series too right? I guess I'd just like a basic intro to the whole series... I did a search but most of the past threads talk pretty specifically about each movie etc. so bear with me please. finally, besides the kits mentioned above and the "cloth gear" and "labor in action" kits are there any other ones you guys have liked collecting? i'm all about the hard to find stuff so I may get into the SD kits or something. thats it for now.. thanks guys

oh yeah and Drifand- that "Labor in Action" figure doesn't light up does it? I thought I saw a switch in the back and the lights are clear after all.. just curious.

how do you like it? I wasn't real impressed with the demo and didn't really feel like paying $60 for a PS2 game but I loved the first one and I might pick it up used on ebay or something.

gosh... back in the early nineties when I was a kid and we visited CA I got my dad to buy me that 1/32 DX Labor at a comic store.. I doubt he would have paid more than $30-40 for it at the time. they sold it at a garage sale a few years ago.... I had the box for it and everything. any idea of its value? (do i really wanna hear this? ) oh yeah and you guys have convinced me to get the revoltech Ingram

you guys downloaded the 720p Gear of War trailer yet? probably one of the best I've ever seen for a game. my only complaint is that its so short

all this fuss over a $250 dollar paperweight/rear-view mirror..