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^^PPS--And if you know what's good for you, you'll stay the hell away from my VF-1A and VF-1J.

A few years back, MW member, Lordmasterprince, did a wicked custom job on a 1/60 GBP-1S and VF-1A. Here's a link to the custom gallery: Link. (It's about 3/4 of the way down.) Always wondered why Yamato never released a "brownie" GBP paint scheme. Heck, I'm surprised there aren't more 1/48 or 1/60 GBP custom paintschemes out there too. I know Kurt did a cool custom 1/48 GBP-1S paintjob awhile back, as well. But other than these two examples, I can't think of any others I've seen on the boards.

Looks like Wave 3 is finally hitting the So. Cal area. Thanks to my niece being born yesterday, I decided to take yesterday off and found all of Wave 3 over at a Target (barely a day old and the kid's already helping her uncle out! ). Saw all five new figures, and picked up Firefly, Zartan, and Stalker. The Red Ninja looks cool as hell, but ol' Shipwreck didn't impress me all that much. Didn't see any yellow-variant Stalkers for you crazier-than-me collectors, but I'm extremely pleased with how well the green Stalker came out. The only nit you can pick is that his hands are wrinkled (a byproduct of sharing the same mold as gloved-Commando Snake Eyes). For me, it's a pretty minor thing, especially considering all the issues I had with the original painted prototype. But I still think Zartan should have been packed with a bow ...

Great. I can just imagine Graham sitting on his throne, gently caressing his prototype YF-21, saying to us "You...want....this? I can feel the anticipation swelling inside you. I am defenseless! Strike me down with your POM sword, and take your last step towards the dark side of Yamato!!"

Nah, probably POM. Can't have those swords breaking or cracking while delivering the killing blow.

<Doing my worst Scottish/member of Braveheart's army accent>: AYE!! We're wit' ya', vermillion01!!! Yamato may hide their secrets, but we must know about their QUALITY CONTROL!!!!!!! .......... Seriously though, it would be nice to know what QC steps Yamato is taking to correct or ensure that its products don't have any defects or design flaws. Stuff like showing the support struts on the SV-51's wings was a nice start. I just hope they continue that trend and keep taking the quality concerns seriously.

Another lighting effect shot (taken about a year back)..... "Stealth at 'Sunrise'"

HOLY MOTHER OF FRAK!! Nice to see the old-school designs in action. So, are they gonna include these webisodes on the eventual DVD's?

Okay, I'll be the a--hole and say what Hollywood and Bay will most likely do: they're gonna give all the 'bots and 'cons new alt modes. They might just tweak some of the higher profile ones (like Prime and Bumblebee). But it wouldn't surprise me at all if they completely redesigned the other bots. Heck, they already established that whole reformatting deal in the first movie with Bumblebee. And face it; it gives them a chance to shill out all-new products and toys to the masses.

That's my first thought too when I saw this thread. And wasn't Kawamori pretty good friends with Arihiro Hase, as well? As for story purposes, I'm cool with what we already know about Hik', Misa, and Minmei. There's so much more potential and other stories yet to tap in the Macross universe that we don't have to limit ourselves to the lives of these three people.

The ones where Graham or someone else posts a pic or CAD drawing of an upcoming release. And then we fawn over the pics, praise them, criticize/b*tch about some feature, analyze them every which way imaginable (and then some ), and then beg for more morsels of information and pics all the way through to release date. Whether it's an SV-51, a YF-19, a YF-21, a WAVE SDF-1, a Tread, a Legioss, a Revoltech, a Mospeada, or a Motoslave, you KNOW we're all gonna jump on any new pics or info. like a pack of ravenous dogs. Even after release date, these threads can be informative and enlightening as hell about the new toys. Sure, I enjoy the "Strike a Pose" and Collection pic threads as much as the next guy (you know, "Display Your Collections" ain't the only collection pic thread out there ). But nothing, NOTHING compares to the sheer giddiness, anticipation, and buzz generated on the boards when some new pics or info. suddenly pops up in those upcoming toy threads. That's why they're the best.

A few of minor questions: 1) Is there any new nuggets of info. Yamato can authorize you to disclose about any of their upcoming releases? (both Macross AND/OR non-Macross related) 2) Will the first release of the YF-21 be with or without the FP's? 3) Does anyone at Yamato look at our guesses in the "Graham's Sig" thread and laugh maniacally? Or do they ever look at it and go, "Ooh! That's a good idea. We should make that!"?

I blame Sumdumgai for this next post (And while I'm at it, can "I blame >EXO<" too? )

I ain't complaining. I would have been more irked if Yellow Stalker was the easier of the two variants to find. Looks like I'll be going toy hunting again tomorrow morning for Wave 3. I thought I'd be able to take a break this weekend too, especially after lucking out and finding some Star Wars Wave 5 last weekend. Damn hunt never ends!!!

"beauty and the beast", huh? Maybe Sharon Apple and the Macross? Or is Graham going BSG on us and talking about one of the Cylon babes and the Pegasus?

I was about to say both M&M. But then I remembered that Millia got PWN'ed!!11! by Max a couple of times. Roy may be able to fly drunk. But let's not forget: ol' Max is shooting lights out while wearing eyeglasses. That's gotta be a pain in the butt keeping 'em in place and praying they don't fog up in the heat of battle. Plus, did Roy ever manipulate his Valk into a Zentradi uniform?

Misa: Umm Hik', it's supposed to be the other way around.

I LOVE the bastard YF-21. There's just something cool about how the 21 represents the merging of Zentradi/Meltradi and human technologies. The 21's fighter/Gerwalk/Battroid design is a nice little touch that brings some really cool scope, logic, and history to Macross' continuity. That, and it's got a little of that "EVIL Valk" vibe going for it.

So, who's gonna be the first person to bust out a pic, posing out 25 different Macross mecha toys/models (not necessarily just TV series ones) to commemorate the official birthday? Happy birthday, Macross!! May you continue to age like a rich fine wine.

Chowser, I see you painted the missiles on the launcher red. Verrrrry interesting.

Don't give me any ideas, Sumdumgai!! ......Though I'd just need a recasted, right, open-palmed, TV-style hand.....and then position the arms this way.....and then...

CLEARLY, "The bastards" part of Graham's siggy represents the YF-21 (the Q-Rau and Valk's bastard love-child). And the fact he wrote "bastards" (plural) means he has MULTIPLES of the prototype or preproduction version!!! Either that, or Yamato made its own version of Tread/Beta "perfection," and Graham's comparing it to the CM's version (potential "greatness") and Toynami's/HG's version (a couple of companies that many of us consider a "joke"). And yes, no one should take my post seriously.

It ain't chunky, but it's got some lovin' going on. (And I didn't even need the flexi's to keep the pose in place ). Somehow I have a feeling Max and Millia would have no problem making their Valks do something complicated like this. I've been itching to do a pose like this ever since I ordered the M&M's. Back when I was still lurking on the boards, someone posted a pic of the M&M's doing a tango. I wanted to try something similar but with a slightly higher degree of difficulty. So as soon as I got the box from Los, I knew what pose I wanted to place the lovebirds in (even before stickering 'em up and stuff).

Well, I'm on the West Coast, I ain't too fond of that darn Country music........and I'm still finding 'em. I found the two I bought today at Target, Vermillion21 (also saw the V2 SS & SE there). I went to another Target and found Wave 2 there, as well (though I passed on 'em, since I already got what I wanted from this wave). So far, I've only seen Wave 2 cropping up at Targets, but it wouldn't surprise me if TRU puts them out later this week or weekend. Except for the white-sigil'ed Cobra Trooper, I've seen all of Wave 2 "out in the wild." And as promised, here's some old-school/new-school comparison pics. Sorry about not posing the old school fig's more dramatically, but both of 'em have busted o-rings:

I know I complained earlier about Hasbro changing Beachhead's vest from the original figure. But now that I have him in hand, I can't help but consider him a cool little bugger. The figure still can't sit down properly (with his legs directly in front of him), I initially thought his colors seemed a little too faded, and I saw the same weird sculpt issues that emajnthis pointed out. But I've gotten used to the colors, he's a very solid addition to the recent line, and he's easily the best figure out of Wave 2. Personally, I find Beachhead's crossbow a lot less "fidgety" and easier to pose than Scarlett's. His crossbow parts stay together well enough that I didn't even need to use superglue. I also picked up a Lady Jaye figure today. I'm still not completely sold on the face sculpt, but my Flint figure looked kinda lonely in his display spot. For those of you debating picking her figure up though, here's one thing to consider: she LACKS wrist articulation! <Rant>You mean to tell me that, despite ALL the other figures in this line having wrist articulation, despite Hasbro already designing a Mara Jade (Star Wars) figure that HAS wrist articulation, has arms the same size (if not smaller), AND has the same "bare forearm/gloved hand" design as Lady Jaye, that Hasbro couldn't be bothered to put a couple of swivel wrist joints on this figure?!! <End Rant> Sorry for ending so negatively, but I'll make up for it with my next post to this thread (I'll post a couple of side-by-side pics of the old-school fig's next to their new-school counterparts).