thegunny

None of my 1/60's have chips on the die cast parts but then again the toys I play with are a lot bigger, faster and more expensive than plastic planes

I'm not bashing Yamato for broken parts, QC issues or any other thing for that matter. I am just not impressed with what I got for the money I had to pay. I have other figures from Yamato that are very impressive that didn't cost anywhere near the price of the Valk. Neither am I extolling the virtue's of the 1/60 Valks as they are far from perfect (as I did point out ) but I feel that they are better value for money in the current market and provide a better coverage of the TV versions.

GITS is good but there's nothing like a bit of good old fan service now and again so I'll cast a vote for Burst Angel

I got my first 1/48 Valk today and I have to say I'm TOTALLY underwhelmed I've got all the 1/60 Valks and apart from the annoying habit of falling apart when you handle them (which is not really an issue as I only display them) I have to ask why everyone goes banana's over the 1/48's The 1/48 has the feel and look of a plastic toy and is lighter than a 1/60 even though it's bigger. The fact that the legs don't fall off when you handle it doesn't in my mind justify the rediculous price they sell for. Fortunately I got this one at a good price but I certainly won't be getting anymore. You may now proceed to stone the heritic

The poly caps used in the joints of the kit are only there to allow you to pose the model. The model and the joints won't stand up to any sort of playing. The pins that the caps locate on will break off with continual movement. As far as how it looks with minimal painting, in a word Blah! It's not like a MG Gundam kit (which IMHO still looks Blah without some sort of finishing off), it does need a bit of finishing work to make it look good.

Just noticed today that HLJ has pushed the restock date out from July to September A bit more time to save up or were Yamato testing the water for demand and got a bit more than they bargained for

Ho Ho Ho Due to the date line and that technical stuff you are the April Fool on this side of the world as it's already 2nd April here

HG certainly defends the Macross to the hilt Just another scalp to add to the corporate lawyer's already over loaded belt. It must make them feel good to be able to stomp on someone who is only filling a gap that they have left by not using their licence to make good products (or any products for that matter). I hope for John's sake they don't decide to take it any further seeing as they are probably hoping to make a bit of a killing from the upcoming 25th Anniversary party. Thanks for all the models to date John just hope I was quick enough to get in the top 10 .

I'll have one as usual thanks John. Payment has been sent Every time I open Paypal it automatically asks me if I want to send you money What's next? A Spartan to complete the set

Canon do. It's called Chroma 100.

"Topic to plot, Topic to Plot, Where are you? Over". "Plot to Topic, Looks like were are lost, Over". Enough of the M7 crap, it's been done to death and a death it deserves. Back to the subject at hand please.

Why does it have to be 26 episodes? It would be nice but there are plenty of series around that are way short of that, some are only 12 or 13 episodes.

Amen to that

I would have thought that laser printed decals wouldn't be very flexible due to the nature of laser printing. All high res laser pics I've printed from our work mega bucks HP all appear like a wax film on the paper. With having to apply a fixer over the decals I think they will end up quite thick compared to the inkjet or ALPS method.

Oh you are so razor sharp. I lying mortally wounded at my keyboard because I couldn't piss as high as you Your name wouldn't happen to be Wayne Kerr would it? Anyway enough as I don't want this thread closed because you think you're so good and I won't be able to resist a come back

Gee I'm sorry I got my Budda's mixed up. I've got a life so I just picked whatever came into my head. I'm sure Zen wasn't offended

Sorry would you mind pointing out where big bird was hiding on SDF-1 There's a distinct difference between stupidity that takes itself seriously and "magic hocus pocus" as you put it that is done for fun. Psst, other people can have their own opinions so get over it!

Count me in too.

I hope not, I'm still recovering from the Zen, tree hugging, WTF was that all about overload from Zero

It's all relative isn't it. If they are your only source and you're in a hurry than it sounds right doesn't it I'm sure you'll get them for much better than that (MIB not stickered up) if you look around and are prepared to wait. Good deals are always popping up here As an example I got a 1/60 Super Max, Super Milia, Super Hikaru & S Roy all MIB for $450 posted EMS last year.

This years catalogue has an insert in it listing upcoming and new releases for 2007. No Macross kits are shown on the insert although that may not mean anything because as I said before the Macross models themselves are not in the main catalogue but on another fold out 4 page insert.

Does anyone know if there is a kit available for any of the HWT's (Humanoid Walking Tank) from Gunparade March? I remember seeing a very small article in one of the japanese hobby mags but was unsure if it was talking about a kit or a one off custom and I can't find the article again. Any leads would be appreciated, thanks.

Try these. Not sure if scale will be okay though. Decal 1 Decal 2

Is that the US site or the Japanese site? I'm pretty sure they only have them on the Japanese site. Try this Hasegawa macross kits