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Ok, I'm not as harsh as you guys, I'm a huge SW fan and will never rip on Lucas.....but even I had a little chuckle when I read this. This is hilarious.

Not a lot of gunfights but there's some great hand to hand fighting. It's very fast and "practical" No somersaulting, double backflip kicks that would never work. Just saw it again and I kind of agree that the camera was a little annoying at times during the fights. However, it really adds an edge and some suspense to the movie I think. Makes it seem more raw.

Saw the bourne supremacy this weekend and I've got to say I really liked it a lot. Anyone else see this yet?

It's refreshing for me to watch the bourne movies. They're so not Bond like, I'm really sick of the stupid plots, ridiculous explosions, etc, etc that movies are about nowadays. They're all so cheesy, campy, and shallow. Anyway, I feel these Bourne movies take themselves seriously and are really exciting to watch. That's my 2 cents.

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Just saw this movie too. Totally agreed with Warrhead. Loved the style but the dialogue was a little blah. It was refreshing though to see a movie that was "different" from all the other rehashed crap out there. The movie also reminded me of dune.

I'd say a rental movie for sure. Might even buy it just because I like the Riddick saga.

Hi, I just downloaded Episode 4. However, when I try to play it, only the sound works, no picture. It says on the bottom "error downloading codec". Anybody have any suggestions to fix this? I'm somewhat computer illiterate.

Wonderful news, congratulations!!

I have to agree on how ugly those "big birthing hips" are. Looks like she could pop out at least 10 little baby VF-O's.

Seems odd that with all the advancements in toys lately, something this unsightly (the hips) would be made.

Have had great transactions recently with CristopherB, Nani?!, mpau25, and Vermillion One! Great packing job especially by ChristopherB and he was very accomodating also!! Thx again to everyone!

Just got one last week. It's a good model, definetely could have a few things improved such as the large gap for the cockpit to slide through & the crappy lights in the front, but I'm happy with it. Does anyone know if they're coming out with anymore 1:18 Batman diecast vehicles?

Hey, just wondering if anyone if anyone can point me to a good Batman forum or news site? Thanks.

This pic of the Revell diecast is fairly expensive and you'll probably have to get it from overseas as not too many stores (none that I found) carry it in the U.S. Your're going to pay about $50 plus shipping for this model. I collect Dragon and Corgi diecast aircraft, these are generally agreed upon as being the best quality diecast around. Gaincorp isn't too bad either but tend to have some inaccuracies. BTW, Corgi has an F-14 1/64 diecast out that you can pick up for about $24 from some domestic sellers that is a decent model. I have it and I like it. Here's a link to one of them:

F-14 diecast Corgi

I don't care what anyone thinks about Star Wars (the movies). You have to admit that their fighters are the best (or at least that they're very good).

My opinion is that this all comes down to the quantities produced of a recast and as previously discussed, whether or not this item is still being made as an original. First of all, I agree that the item should be out of production. However, if you're recasting an item (that's out of production) and making tons of copies of it, making a large profit, and even perhaps advertising this recast, that's pushing it in my mind. But if it's done in small quantities, minimal profit margin, & when there is a demand and no product to buy.....I don't see a problem.

Just look at antiquities, there are so many copies of antiquities out there, are they all wrong or unethical because they copied something? I sure don't think so. Also, Macross/collecting in general is not my life. I don't have thousands of dollars sitting around that I can spend on extremely rare items as I'm sure most of you don't either. I can't afford to buy some of these originals and I never will be able to. If people want the "exclusives" and have the money, let them buy the originals. But let recasts be made for the rest of us. I don't think that because I'm not rich, I shouldn't be able to enjoy an item or a copy of an item. The originals will always be worth more than the recasts and be more sought after anyway, I don't think anyone doubts that.

And I have to say Grayson has a point, we're talking about "toys/collectibles" here. Let's not get too worked up over this.

BTW, people said CD sales were going to plummet because of file sharing....they didn't. I think this is similar. Recasts can create an excitement in collecting and inspire others to get involved in a genre or even modeling itself. That is a good thing. All in all, if done in moderation and when there is no product available, recasting is great in my eyes.

Hey guys, got a bunch of Anasazi's decals and was going to start applying them on my 1/60 valks. Question, is it best to clearcoat the whole valk afterwards or can I get away with just brushing clearcoat over the decals themselves to "seal" them in. Does anyone have any experience with this? Also, is there a particular clearcoat that I should use for these or are they pretty much all the same? Thanks, any help would be greatly appreciatted since I'd like to start on these soon!

I've got the same problem, sounds like it's universal. And I've also tried "smashing" the pilot in, but it always takes shape again and an hour later the canopy is up. Sorry, no help but at least you know you're not alone

Graham, you rock! I'm all for someone losing thier house if it means I'll get a Konig Monster....sorry.

Yeah thanks for all the work so far also! I personally have no problem waiting a bit for this. As long as the project doesn't get shelved and forgotten about.... And thanks again to the owner of this piece allowing this recast to happen!

I think it looks great, nice job!

I'm getting interested in starting Macross resin kits. There are a lot of different kits out there available for Macross mecha that haven't been made into toys or plastic models yet. Basically what I'm interested in these resin kits that have not been produced as a toy or model yet (I'm not talking different schemes either, I'm talking different products). What I've found so far that interests me is:

1/72 fan racer

1/72 SF-3A Lancer

1/100 VF-5000B Variable S.H.E.

1/100 Pheyos Valkyrie S.H.E.

1/100 VA-3 Intruder S.H.E.

The upcoming Monster project (Can't wait!)

The upcoming VF-4 project (Can't wait again! )

I know a lot of these are really rare and they'll be hard to find (I don't care if they're recasts though). Are there any other resin kits out there that anyone knows of that I could add to my list? I've only been interested in Macross stuff for about 2 years now, so I know I've missed a lot of stuff that's out there. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Looks great!

I would also love for yamato to make these. It's so expensive to buy resin kits or recasts of these resin valks. Not to mention the time needed in then building them. I think some of the problem with Macross toys is that so much of it is the same mold, just different colors of products. That's great but I think these would sell well if Yamato made them, they're something different.

I expressed interest earlier in a post and was included in the list as maybe. After all this excitement, I'm pumped so count me in for one of the VB-6's and one of the VF-4's for sure. Thanks and I can't wait till the details get hammered out.

Any idea once a recaster is picked and the molds are done, how long it'll take to crank out some recasts? What I mean is: if there are like 30 VB-6's are ordered by everyone, is it going to take a matter of weeks or months to fill all the orders? Just curious, thanks.

The 1/72 Hase mig-29 MO kit is really good, I'd recommend that. But like David said, the tomcat version of this isn't very good.

If we can get the price around $200 or so I may be interested, but I will need to know how much this will cost before I am committed to buying one. Also am interested in more info about the VF-4. Thanks too to everyone's work so far in this project and I think this is a great idea also, makes collecting fun.