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can you play as both Yaygr and Kushan.....sorry... Hiigaran or only as Hiigaran this time around? , the Yaygr seems to have more kickass ships if you ask me. //Dan.. They differe quite a bit (unlike homeworld 1) but they remain pretty evenly matched. The Hiigarans have lots of ion and cannon based weaponry. On the flip side, the Vagyr are all about missiles and pulsar beams. Nothing is very guaranteed as being stronger. If an ion cannon hits, it's going to do a lot of damage, like-wise with missiles and torpedoes that the Vagyr use. However, ion cannons have a difficult time tracking fast moving targets, and missiles get really confused against things that make lots of turns and weaves. Cannon fire is weak, but has a higher hit ration, and the Vagyr pulsar fighters have a strong attack but fire slower and are limited to firing the beam in only a straight line forward. It's all about unit-countering. You need A ship to counter B ship, and C ship to protect A ship from D, etc etc.

I dunno why there was so much skepticism about this in the first place. Do j00 not trust my Japonaise reading skillz!?

Or maybe, since the DYRL packs were movie quality, the TV packs will be animefriend quality. So we get laserbeams shooting out of boosters and funky color changing photosensitive external panels, with whole thing being made of silly putty so we can change it's shape at will!

Woo. Played a few missions last night. Brought back memories. But I must be really out of practice or something. After getting past the first two missions that were in the demo, i got slaughtered on the third. Finally passed it on the second try, then I got slaughtered on the fourth, repeatedly. The Vaygr are a nasty bunch.

And the Metal Siren. I refuse to acknowledge that abomination's existence !

If you watch the DYRL game opening vid, the cockpit bubbles quite a bit. You can see Hikaru looking backwards (and DOWN) at the promotheus after it was sliced in half.

The only similarities between the 1/60 legs and the actual transformation is that once the transformation is complete, the legs are connected to only the nose area, and not by swingbar. The actual transformation PROCESS is totally different. If the legs actually came off they'd be flying all over the place.

Yeah, I had the same problem. Odd thing is, I would let it pop out, then try to shove it into a different slot and they worked fine. The only ones that are hopeless are the single micromissles which don't POP, but instead just kinda roll themselves out of the slot.

Appeared in the show or not... once you put FP's on a 1/48, they just don't look as good without them. Also, even if the GBP (GPB? GBS? GPS?) armor comes out, you can just give the TV style packs to your low viz VF-1 or something. However, the way the items are listed at VEX, it seems that the two won't be sold together. Sounds more like HLJ is just doing their own bundled set thing.

Macross Zero has the VF0 the SV51 (later SV52) and all their variations. Macross 2 had the VF2 and its variations, atmospheric and space borne. Macross Plus had the VF11B the YF19 and the YF21. Macross 7 had the VF17, VF19, VF22, VF-everything else pretty much. The letter which follows just means the variant of the fighter, just like the VF1A, J and D. They usually denote various internal and external changes, most notably, different wings (See VF11MAXL and the VF-0D) and varying numbers of head lasers.

That box is gonna be gigantic.

Hahaha, awesome. Nice of you to do the dirty job that no one else wanted to do That's some pretty shocking stats. Although... 953,73$ ? Is that supposed to be $95 grand, or is there some extraneous digit floating around in there?

I think he just wants to order a replacement VE or VT leg, as replacement parts for the older fastpack and fastpack-able VF's like the 1J and the 1S are no longer available.

suck? Nice slip B)

I think that's the legendary ship of Alus... or however the translation came out. I guess that's what they believed it to look like, until they saw the Macross.

I find myself singing the pokemon theme song...

Dunno. Never seen a red-tipped missile... And the red makes it seem so... robotechy?

No, you were right the first time I think. Although, vendors may differ. Official release date is the 16th.

You can use that GI Joe aircraft carrier... What was it called now?

http://www.tmpforums.com/index.php?showtopic=3937

Averaging out at around $140 now.

...and they only ship to continental 48 states.

Got a link to the auction?

Feed feed feed! Robotech is a 20 year old show with absolutely nothing new, save for a few crappy toys and video games that are cropping out as of recent. It's also has a long drawn out story with many plot holes. Like Dana Sterling? How did she become blonde? It also incorporated the uninspired mecha designs of Southern Cross. (/me ducks! ) Macross is a 20 year old concept with three OVA series, two television series, and two movies under its belt and a bevy of fine products and fresh new designs from the original creator. Although, this can really be summed up in one two quick sentence. Macross has the VF-17, 19 and 22. Robotech doesn't.

Knowing Yamato and factoring in shipping and viagra enhanced boxes, I wouldn't be surprised if prices were 2x more than what you expect, especially for a 1/60 version. You figure, Yamato managed to charge $20 or so more for a super/strike 1/60 over a normal 1/60. Factor in even more plastic for a GBP, and extra details like opening hatches, etc, and you got yourself a $40-60 piece of hardware.