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I doubt we'll see any mac plus figures, but I'd like to see: 1) Quazim sp? in tv flight suit or officers uniform 2) Hikaru tv fan racer uniform 3) Shin in Flight suit 4)Milia from mac 7 in tv Hikaru flight suit 5)Kakizaki DYRL flight suit 6) Max vf-1J tv flight suit 7) Guld (with pony tail) in his red civilian uniform 8)Isamu flight suit with helmet 9) Claudia in green officers uniform 10) Laplamiz (Azonia) sp? in TV officers uniform

Nice assessement Blaine. Goodblum would have been terrible. He'd be perfect for one of the Shumacker Bat films. The whole problem with the subsequent batfilms was that they went after big stars. Many of which didn't fit the characters they were trying to protray. Typical Hollywood, Just insert A or B list actor into Movie regardless of fit and the masses will come out in droves to see the film. Bale is the perfect Batman. He's athlectic, young, and has that Brooding seriousness/ psychotic look down pat. Keaton was a good batman, he just didn't have the look. The suit designs look even better. It Doesn't look as rubbery/plastic.

I gotta check that film out. Is their version with english subtitles? The plot seems very similar to Fist and Guts.

Yes there are still a few black and white scenes in vol 2

Yeah I loved vol 2 as well. Gotta see it again. I expected a little more gunplay as well. But QT already had his forays into gunfu with Reservoir Dogs and Dusk till Dawn. Did you see the Punisher? All of the critics have raked it over the coals. Seems that alot of the critics think that comics have to all be about superheroes. I plan on seeing it anyway. BTW I loved the supes Analogy. I've always thought the same about Batman. I think the scenes with Michael Jai White were edited out of the film. I would have loved to see him in a few fight sequences.

The 88's were supposed to suck. In comparison to the Bride atleast. She had a Hanzo sword and training from %$# (*&. Uma's sword play wasn't that bad to me, but I'm no expert. And I'd wager that 95% of the people that see these KB couldn't tell the difference from a expert swordsman from a amatuer taught by a expert swordsman. Opinions are like Arseholes, we all have them. Like I told JsARCLIGHT you don't have to "get" all of the homages. He just throws them in there. Cool if you recognize, but not integral to enjoying the film. If the movie or any movie entertains you or takes you on a journey then its a success. Regardless of the subject matter. Everyone isn't going to like the same things in life. Many people like sushi I detest cold uncooked fish/meals. B/c I don't like sushi and romantic comedies doesn't mean that they don't have there own merit, they're just not my cup of tea. You sound like some of the reviewers who going into KB thought they were going to get more pulpfiction and were suprised when they didn't. If he made pulpfiction2 everyone would be complaining that it was as witty as pulpficiton one. Once again he choose to branch off in a different direction and try something new. Can't fault him for that. What makes QT so unique is that his films often transcend the genres that he choose to pay homage to. Not many directors are able to pull this off successfully. BTW how did you know that I was a member of the Black Panthers? I need to renew my membership.

You don't have to "get" the in references to enjoy the film J. They're mainly for QT to pay respect for the films he loves, and for genre geeks like myself to oogle over. His other films did the same thing. Reservoir Dogs was a ode to John Carpenters "The Thing" and Chow Yun Fats City War or City on Fire can't remember which one. Jackie Brown was a homage to baxploitation films of the 60's and 70's. Vol 2 has alot more dialogue/exposition that wasn't evident in vol 1. They feel like different films in some respects. Vol 1 all action, vol 2 storytelling/dialogue with some action. KillBill would have been a much more effective film if Miramax wasn't so deadset on splitting the film in half. Splitting the film into 2 really pushed the editing. After seeing both films I can clearly say the the fight at The House of Blue Leaves was the big action climax. I'll be very interested to see if QT redits the film for the dvd release that will contain both vol 1 and vol 2. I don't have a decked out sound system in my living room so I can't really address your concerns over the sound quality of the DVD. Mine doesn't sound bad in my tv, and from what I read about the dvd release suggest that he used the best possible sound transfers for the dvd. Hey JsARCLIGHT here are a couple of homages off the top of my head that influenced killbill. Many of which you can find in a good movie rental store. Now do your homework Kung Fu the series--- Stars David Carradine who plays Bill The series was supposed to star Bruce Lee but didn't b/c racism Fist of the White Lotus--- Shaw Bros movie sequel to executioner from shaolin stars Gordon Liu and Lo Lieh plays White Lotus Chief who looks just like Pai Mei. Pei Mei has a finishing move called the 99 steps technique. Gordons characters combines snake and crane technique to fight Pai mei Both techniques appear in vol ? Executioner from Shaolin--- Shaw Bros movie see above cast Lo Lieh plays priest Pai Mei who in league with his whitelotus sect and the Ching army attempt to crush the shaolin temple and Ming Rebels , Vol ? of KillBill makes use of the old Shaw bros studio set in hong Kong (The stairs) 8 diagram pole fighter/ Master Killer-- Shaw bros movies star Gordon Liu maybe the two best martial arts films ever made. Lots of training sequences. You can't have a kung Fu film without training sequences. Training sequences are brilliant ways to demonstrate character growth,development and progression. Eagles Claw-- Martial art Technique displayed in Vol ? Appears in countless old school kung Fu movies (snake in the eagles shadow, Iron Monkey 1977) The Five deadly venoms--- Directed by Chang Cheh movie about 5 students of the venom clan each taught a diff style snake,toad, lizard, centipede, scorpion reference in movie Divas, 5 assasins code named after venomous snakes Killbill is dedicated to him Ichi the Killer--japanese splatter house film if you think the violence in Killbill was bad, you haven't seen anything yet See also Battle Royale and Versus The princess Blade-- Story of a female assasin who is betrayed by her clan Spagetti westerns-- 60's movies directed by sergio Leone-- His movies often starred Lee Van Clief and Clint Eastwood as the "Man with no Name" In The Good the Bad and the ugly he's only known as Blondie-- in KillBill Uma is referred as "The Bride" Some of the music in both vols sounds spagetti westernish Akira Kurosawa-- Directed samuraiand Yakuza films of the 60's Many of the Spagetthi Westerns are adaptations of some of his films Shogun Assasin 1 and 2-- referenced in vol ? samurai films I Spit on your grave-- 60's Chick gets Revenge on those who abused her and left her for dead Mr Majestic-- Charles Bronson film, poster in vol ? Revenge flick KillBill is dedicated to him Game of Death--- Bruce Lee flick He wears the same yellow jumper that Uma sports in vol 1 Godzilla movies--- Monster movie sounds in the House of blue leaves scene The Green Hornet tv series-- QT uses the shows theme music Ironside-- 60's or 70's? tv show once again theme music Johnny Cash-- His music is used in vol ? ( Scene with Bud) There are alot more obscure references to other films, actors, music etc that I'm not familiar with as well. Iron Monkey -- Directed by Yuen Woo Ping stars Donnie Yen--QT does a interview on the films dvd release The Street fighter Movies--- Stars Sonny Chiba(Hattori Hanzo) as a mean a@# assasin-- he kills people rather brutally

I just got back from KillBill and I loved it. For those of you that haven't seen it I suggest you hang around at the end of the film and watch the end credits. QT even thanked the alamo drafthouse. They are a group of theathers here in Austin. During SWSW QT has shown films at them. Gordon Liu even visited here and talked before vol 1. Max I think some your criticsm is a little off base. I'm pretty certain that Woo Ping's stunt team are pretty versed in handling swords. They play the crazy 88's for those that don't know. If you've ever seen anything on Hong Kong stunt teams you'd realize that they're usually composed of excellent martial artist. Hell, above average martial artist aren't good enough to even be on his stunt team. It takes alot of training and timing to get the chereoghy Sp? So I think you can forgive Uma or Daryl Hannah if they don't always come out looking like they were born with swords in their hands. KIllbill isnt only a homage to old school marial arts movies but others as well. Revenge flicks, Samurai movies, Spagetti Westerns and Japanese splatter house movies. Alot of the homages QT uses are very specific. You can't watch a "few Bruce Lee movies" and and get the genre down. The most noticable homages to Bruce are the Green Hornet music and the yellow jumpsuit (game of death). Anyone whos seen Game of death will get that one down. The character Pai Mai is a huge homage to Old school Shaw Bros movies. The fact that he has Gordon Liu of all people playing Pai Mai is very ironic. Once again not another homage you can get by watching a few Bruce Lee movies like you said. Sad to say that most of the people that will see killbill probably don't even know who Gordon Liu is. Thats one of the things I like best about QT. He often revives interest in forgotten actors and films. Harvey Kitel, John travota, Robert Forrester, Pam Grier, etc etc. These two films don't have the witty banther or dialogue like his other films for a reason. He didn't want them too, its deliberate. Besides it would have been out of place. This is a revenge flick btw. Watch a few samurai films, when warriors square off in them their dialogue is minimal, just like a samurai's actions. No wasted motion or action. Everthing is straight too the punch. I like the fact he didn't go the safe route and decide to make the film "witty" like his other films. It shows some guts to go away from a proven formula and try something different every once and awhile. BTW I can't wait for Hero to come out. I stars Jet Li and Tony Leung. I don't think they've ever done a film together. I seems that Jet has finally been given another good film. American Directors don't have a clue with him. They over rely on the wire fu. Jet Li is the one of only guy on the planet that doesn't need alot of FX to like like a badass. He is the FX. I've been saddened by his American films. They pale in comparison to his previous work and the work that he's capable of accomplising.

You guys can also check out the model section on the main page. Look under hasegawa models. There should be a decal application map under the various hasegawa models listed. This is what I generally use in addtion to Yamato's application guides when trying to decide where stickers and or decals should go. Other squads in the Mac universe have their own insiginias. The Kite logo is the default insignia. Check out the models and magazine pages for pictures of some of the others (Blue Roses and enigma are some to name a few).

The Green Skull symbol is for Kakizaki ( Ben from Robotech) in DYRL. The Skull symbol only appears in DYRL for pilots in the skull squad. Both Roy and Hikaru had it also in the tv series, but they were the only ones. Milia ( Miriya RT) didn't have a skull symbol. She had a Kite symbol in the TV series. 001 Refers to the Squadron leader. Thats why Roy, Max and Hikaru all had in on their planes in DYRL.

Sweet Custom. Very clean work. Your painting skills are most impressive. How did you paint the pilot figure? Did you use custom decals or are those custom stickers?

Great Pic Sephiroth, I envy your collection

X-box is a great console, its only real drawback has been getting more 3rd party developers to put their games on it. But, I think that it's becoming a much smaller issue. The PS 2 has a great library, but it doesn't have many definitive greats on it. What ps 2 games come close to Halo, Ninja Gaiden or Splinter Cell? None come to mind.

No you shouldn't. I picked up the DC of eps 21-23 and it has the original eps on it. The newest DC of eps 24-26 should be the same.

I don't mean to sidetrack the thread, but I have a suggestion. I use wall putty to keep those and other Yamato accessories in place when they don't fit so well.

Tam packages his items very well. I've never had any problems with any of the things I've ordered from him. I'm probably going to order the SOC eva's from him once he gets them in stock.

They came out over a yr ago. HLJ still carries them. I doubt the others will be reissused, since Bandai's foray into the macross revival didn't fare as well as they would have hoped. Theystopped reissusing the 1/55 quite some time ago. Mac 7 isn't as popular as the original Macross series and DYRL so I doubt that Bandai would waste their time reissuing anything for Mac 7.

sorry to hear that...btw, just came from walmart, target, tru here in austin and they all have OP... Where in Austin did you see these? I live in NW austin ( Near Cedar Park).

Sweet custom. I love the two tone scheme.

There are toy collectors and then There are TOY Collectors. Most impressive collection APU. Do you have any favorites in your collection?

Status update: 1/72 = 8 1/60 = 18 (added Q-Rau) 1/48 = 5 1/48 FastPacks 3

I was at Fry's today and noticed that the directors cut of eps 24-26 have been released on DvD. I didn't know these were out already. Gotta pick it up tomorrow at best buy.

I just got my tax return back, So I'm very tempted to buy them this weekend. But, I promised myself that I would use my return to pay of my last remaining Credit card. I'd also like to add a few assecories to my car as well.

Yeah I still gotta those two as well. I might skip the yellow one though. I only like it because of the sniper rifle it comes with.

I don't know if this old news or not, But I was looking around on ebay and it appears that the two newest eva's from the soul of Chogokin line have been released overseas. I wonder if any of our local etailers will have any special deals on them? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&category=11424