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Kurt came back from a hard-ass mission and discovered that Logan had drank all the beer. Including Kurt's hidden stash of home-made brew from the Deutschland.

Well, you're probably right. It just irks me a little that they went the "cost savings" route with the sentinel and having the Phoenix just sport dark contact lenses. I'm not exactly sure how Prof. X funds the school and everything else. I ocassionally check out some of the summaries out on the web, but I'm not sure if this was ever addressed in the comic books.........I'd like to think he used his mutant powers to make himself a nice little pile of cash. ["A $10,000 check would be very generous, Mr. Senator." ] .....All this thinking about X3 made me rewatch X2 last night. Damn, it's just such a great movie!! From Nightcrawler cutting loose in the beginning all the way to the Phoenix appearing in the water, X2 was a pitch-perfect example of what a comic book movie adaptation should be like.

I guess I'm the only idiot who thought of South Park's "Woodland Critter Christmas" when he first saw the box? <Not knockin' the valk inside. Just not a big fan of the box's design or the "official" name of the valk.>

Umm, not to overstate the obvious, but she was NEKKID!..........And it worked for the plot of the movie. Does anything else really matter? Totally agree with you there, David H. Something about Jean's "Sith Witch" look just felt off. Especially when in X2, they kept peppering us with all the little Flaming Phoenix visuals. I liked the potential in both the mutant cure and the Phoenix saga stories. But putting both stories in the same movie? It just didn't mesh all that well. And dammit, if you're gonna show a Sentinel, show the WHOLE damn thing! I felt that they cheated on that scene with just the glowing eyes and the severed head. All in all, it was an average movie. The potential was there for a great movie, but it just felt flat in its delivery. I'll stick with X2, and wonder what could have been with Singer directing.

I know it's probably not canon, but I repainted the Toynami FP's for the VF-1S black. (Personally, I just think the black armor looks better on Skull-1 than the armor's original teal color.) Clearly, the Yamato FP's have more detail. And the leg armors (the inner part, not the covering) on the Toynami FP's sometimes have a tendancy to plop off. But Toynami didn't do too bad of a job in engineering the actual Fast Pack boosters. Some people might not like how they look asthetically-speaking. But those things are sturdy as hell.

Here's what I'm hoping next season will be: Jack Bauer, Sleeper Agent Could make next season one hell of a ride.

Pillows-hatin' bastards! FLCL should have easily cracked the top 10. Heck, it's gotta count for something that the animators designed the animation and scenes to match up with the Pillows' music, and NOT the other way around.

Mog (heh!) would be cool, but we gotta show the Chocobos some love too!! Some other ideas: Toad or Magus from Chrono Trigger: always liked Toad's backstory and his theme music, while Magus has the whole powerful-magic-skills-packing-a-scyth thing going for him. Little Mac or Mr. Sandman from the original NES Punch Out!: Just for the pure nostalgia factor. (I still have trouble dodging Sandman's damn triple uppercuts!!) Earthworm Jim: I can just see the character fitting this type of game perfectly. And...............Video Game Bo Jackson from Tecmo Super Bowl: Kirby meet thy equalizer. Lastly, I think any Konami characters added to the game should have a secret attack using the following button combo: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start. wolfx: You could play as Samus without her armor in the original Metroid, and you would briefly see Samus without her armor if you collected a high enough percentage of the power-ups in Super Metroid.

All the better to hide and spy! But yeah, the inside boxes are just a glossy white with nothing else. <Just being silly> Guess Yamato blew the wad on the outer box's design!

Someone else probably said this on the boards. But considering that the FP's are for space use and that the Stealth is pretty much black, it makes sense to have the Stealth have the FPs rather than the LV2. The Stealth gets accessories that enhance its speed, evasion, and espionage abilities. If the LV2 had the FPs, it wouldn't exactly make sense to be flying up in space with a Valk in camo patterns (unless the pilot just liked being a wild and crazy kinda guy). As for the GBP armor, as much as I love that "little" accessory, it just doesn't strike me as very "stealth-ish." But the armor's "F@ck you! I've got 40 missiles trained on your mofo azz. So please, PISS ME OFF!" attitude meshes pretty well the camo/military look of the LV2. .........And vlenhoff, yeah, I also got my Stealth last Saturday (preordered it from the Samurai-Monkey).

Surprisingly, it wasn't all that bad. Yes, Cruise is a nut, and I could care less about his personal life or opinions. But as for this movie, I have to admit: it was fairly entertaining. I mean an MI movie with actual TEAMWORK?!!! What a shocker! For a summer action flick, I'd say it's easily above average. And although it doesn't have the hotness that is Thandie Newton, this latest MI is a helluva lot better than MI2.

Well, considering I boycotted buying the "Even More Special" OT DVD's when they first came out, I'll probably be buying these suckers, just to have them on DVD. ......Now if I could just find a VOTC Biker Scout at a store.

It's all good. I await the all-powerful Mod Thread-Lock!

Linky: http://www.starwars.com/episode-iv/release...ws20060503.html Watch out for the stupid pop-up ads. Saw the link originally from rebelscum.com.......I knew there was a reason I didn't buy these things when they first came out on DVD. My bad.....didn't see bsu's post.

Personally, I like Uematsu's works, especially the stuff for VI, VII, and even VIII. (BTW, if I'm wrong and he wasn't the main guy composing the themes for these games, someone can smack me upside the head.) Call me a sucker for the themes/leit motiffs(sp?), but some of his stuff is pretty impressive, considering it's for freakin' video games. Yes, some of the in-game music does sound "synth-like." But if you've ever heard the piano or orchestral versions of some of the themes, I can guarantee you that "synth" would be the last thing to come to mind. Heck, I'd put some of Uematsu's stuff on par with John William's work on the original Star Wars Trilogy.

Based on Roy's Blues colored picture, I'm guessing Murphy's Irish Stout. It's the early-in-morning, coffee-tasting "pick-me-up" that Roy needs to keep his late-night buzz going. But Zentrandude got it right, YOSHINOL has got to be Roy's drink of choice.

Robin Williams: "Jim. It's not your fault." Damon: "I know." RW: "It's not your fault, Jim." Damon <Holds back the tears>: "I know, Bones" RW: "It's not your fault." <pause> "It's not your fault." <pause> "It's not your fault." Damon: WAAHHH!!!

$200??!!! Look, I've bought all these damn MPC's, and even I think that's a ricockulous price! Even $150 is pushing it a bit. And this is coming from a guy who's been eagerly awaiting the Beta ever since they came out with the first Alpha. I'll patiently wait for any updates. But if we don't hear or see anything by the time of the SDCC, then it's safe to assume this puppy ain't being made. Hey HG and Toynami, what's missing from this pic...... It sure as hell ain't any 1/100 VF-1 Valks!

Thanks for the info, recon! It's too bad the nukes aren't black like the pics on the MW preview page. <sarcasm on> DAMMIT, first those stupid skulls on the tailfins! And then those "husky" boxes! And now the missiles are grey! DAMN YOU, YAMATO!!!!111!! <sarcasm off>

For those of you that got your hands on one of these, do the tailfins have the skulls and crossbones tampo-printed on 'em? And the obvious follow-up question, if yes, any issues with crooked skulls on these?

Amen to that. I mean it is supposed to be a Stealth fighter. But at least, the red kites mix well with the black and grey paint scheme. Thanks for the pics, DyNo!! Any word on whether the tailfins will have the skulls and crossbones tampo-printed? (I'm hoping not.)

Well, they have shown Federation-style "fighters" in space combat, but they're no where near the coolness level of the Valks, or even the X-Wings and BSG Vipers. Though, I do have a personal soft-spot for Defiant's "Don't funk with me, I'm a hard-headed, no excuses, stubborn-ass, overpowered, overgunned WARship." I could watch that little ship kick ass all day.

Geez, why don't they just give the franchise a rest? Look, I'm a big Trek fan (especially DS9). But there has been some form of new Star Trek on TV and in movies for practically the past two decades now. And that's a pretty impressive streak of longevity there. But for the love of all that is good and holy, can the powers that be please let the franchise rest for the next few years (or even a decade)? Look, it's pretty sad when even your shows' most ardent fans are going "meh" to the idea of new movie. I remember when "First Contact" was still in production getting excited about just seeing a diagram of the new Enterprise E. Now, I'm just not all that gah-gah about any new Trek. Plus, you've got re-runs of the various series running all over the place on TV, and DVD's of all the series and all the movies to fill anyone's Trek fix. It's time for the Star Trek franchise to sit back and take a long-deserved hiatus. Besides, isn't absence supposed to make the heart grow fonder? Lord knows, it's kept me a fan of a 20 year-old Japanese cartoon!

Here's all the info you'll ever want: http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/85/ussflagg/ A pretty all-inclusive site, that one. Even has info on a PIMP-DADDY DESTRO! As for the thread topic: I'd probably go with my old Snoopy, a toy rocket I had when I was a baby, or the Version 2 Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow I originally got back in the mid/late 80's. What can I say: the older stuff just has more personal, sentimental value for me. Though considering all the money, time, and/or SEARCHING I put into my Macross and Star Wars collections, I'd be seriously pissed about losing them.

Very nice weathering and scorching on the missile launchers and boosters, too. I can't really tell from the pictures, but did you also add any scorching on the inside parts of the leg missile hatches or on the back-leg launchers?