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the armored 25S does look good. it kind of sucks that they won't have an armored 25F bundle though. I like the red armor a little better and I'm really not sure if this DX version is going to be better than the VF100 version to justify the extra price.

really?

I think it's already been established that this has something to do with reissuing/releasing excess stock of something old.

I already ordered mine from OD so hopefully.

'cause everyone loves klan!

oh boy, a picture of the of an incomplete resin sculpt form 4 months ago If they really plan on releasing this, you'd think they'd have shown the finished prototype by now.

I remember that one. You need to finish it, it was looking quite awesome.

I know Anasazi and takatoys used to make really nice decal sets for 1/48's, and possibly a few for some of the earlier 1/60 releases, but I don't think either of them are currently still making decals.

but yamato doesn't make these...

BULLSHIT Downloading a fansubed copy of a show isn’t “spreading the anime,” it is STEALING. No matter how much you try to justify it with circular pseudo-logic, you’re still obtaining a copy of someone’s commercial product without compensation, which is theft. Now if you were to buy an official release, a portion of the money you pay would go to HG, but you know where the rest of that money goes? To the people who DID make the animation. A portion also goes to the retailer you bought it from, a US retailer. So not only are you putting money into the pockets of the people who made the show and NOT stealing from them, your also supporting an American business (the retailer) which helps OUR economy and keeps taxpaying Americans EMPLOYED. Also Fan subs added to foreign release DVD’s are also illegal because they’re modifying someone else’s original work without their permission. Gets what, you don’t represent EVERYONE. Other people who AREN’T you might prefer English dubs. And if you want watch it in Japanese with subtitles, you’ll have that option on an official release. You still get your original Japanese audio, and you don’t have to be a parasitic crook. (and don’t try to argue that Fan subs are going to be better than official release subs, I’ve seen a lot of Really good official subs and a lot of INCREADIBLY shitty fan subs.) What we have here is a debate over the legal status of various copyright and trademark claims perpetuated by an overall lack of firm and complete information. YOU are trying to turn it into a freedom of speech debate in order to Justify your position which boils down to it being ok to break the law as long as it supports your personal view of what’s right. HG isn’t FORCING you to acknowledge anything. What they (and BW and any other company) are doing is exercising their right to sell a commercial product under the protection of the law, both from theft and from defamation of they’re brand. That’s what trademark and copyrights laws are for, to make sure that the company who legally owns the rights to something can profit from it and fully control the brand image of that which they own. HG is also not dictating anything either, FEDERAL LAW is dictating that People in order to access a commercial product they have to provide compensation to the people who have the legal rights to said product. It’s really quite simple, HG owns the distribution rights to the original show in America. If you want a copy, you have to pay them. If you download a free fan subbed version, you’re stealing it. If you buy a foreign market version, you’re undercutting their ability to profit from something that they own. Same thing with toys: they own the merchandising rights to the original show, so if a manufacturer imports toys without permission form HG, they’re once again undercutting them. And just because they didn’t CREATE the original show, doesn’t mean they Don’t own it. They paid for it, they have every right to it. Colonel Sanders sold the rights to his restaurant chain, his chicken recipe, and his likeness; by your logic it’s therefore ok to steal chicken from KFC because the company that owns the restaurant didn’t invent the recipe. Also I believe you have a fundamental misunderstanding of the intent of the First amendment. The first amendment protects freedom of SPEECH, i.e. you as an individual or group have the right to have, support, and promote any idea, viewpoint or belief you want as long as it does not harm someone else or Infringe on someone else’s rights. It DOES NOT give you the right to take other people’s property without their permission. Protection of freedom of speech means that I have the right to express my opinion through art. It does not mean that you can come along, take the art I made, make copies of it and give it to all your friends without my permission. Ok, first off you’re confusing copyrights with patents. Copyrights only apply to concepts, ideas, statements, etc. actual physical inventions (i.e. the example you give) are subject to patents. Patents exist to provide a window of opportunity for the inventor of something to have exclusive rights to it where only they profit from it as a reward for doing all the work to develop it. Copyrights exist to protect the owners of a piece of work. It provides legal assurance that they, and only they, have the rights to distribute, use and modify the work that they own. A movie is something that’s copyrighted; the DVD it’s on is something that’s Patented. Eventually everyone should have access to the design of the DVD so that people can make improvements and competing designs. The Movie should remain the property of whoever owns it. Well I’m glad that things work that way in the sugarplum-gumdrop world you live in, but in the real world that’s not how things work. Competition isn’t illegal and should be encouraged, but if you don’t provide protection for those who develop new things, you undermine the progress which drives competition. Now in the real world: you invent A. people want A so you plan to sell it. Because there is a market for a your competition Copies A. should we stop this? YES. Because when your competition copies A, they are able to take it to market without having to do all the work to develop it. That work cost MONEY, money they didn’t spend which translates to them being able to sell A at a lower price. Your competition steals all your sales because your they sell A at ¾ what you sell A for and everyone goes for the cheaper A. you don’t make a profit, so why did you even bother making A in the first place? Eventually your competition should have access to A too so that you can’t keep prices artificially high, but you still need a period where you are assured excusive opportunity to profit form something so that it’s actually worth developing in the first place. But that’s all patents and where not actually talking about patents. Now we’re talking about copyright and patents. First, are words property? Well Crime and Punishment is just a collection of words, is it the property of Dostoyevsky? As for the “Mart” question, that’s Trademark. Trademark is what’s really keeping the rest of Macross out of the US. HG owns the US trademark to the word Macross. And they have a reasonable claim to it, Macross is an important word in Robotech, so they have the right to control that word. It’s called brand image and brand recognition. The fact is that familiarity with companies and brands are a key to a functioning Capitalist system. Trademarks are vital so that people know that what they’re buying is really coming from whom and where they think it is. Without trademarks, it would be perfectly legal for me to make chocolate bars and slap the Hershey’s logo on them. The reason that’s bad is because I could be throwing brick dust into my knockoff candy for all anyone knows. Trademarks allow companies and brands to create identities that people can recognize and trust. In the case of Robotech and Macross, HG has the right to own the trademark on the word Macross because it is an integral part of the show. One third of the production is called “the Macross Saga” after all. Because of this, they have the right to control the name. It’s the same as a company controlling the slogan that goes with one of its products. Another production being released by another company under the name Macross could cause people to associate the two even if they’re not related, and that unrelated production could project an image that the HG doesn’t want associated with they’re product. Basically another production using the name Macross interferes with HG’s ability to retain complete control over the property which they own. Oh it’s quite “cut-and-dry;” downloading animations with fan subs is theft. It should be illegal because it’s theft and just because you don’t agree with it doesn’t give you a free pass to break the law. Ugh… oh my god I’m tired….

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=29172 toy section is for MACROSS toy's only. all other toy's go in the 'other anime/science fiction' section. and a dark TREAD would actually be worth looking forward to if someone actually made a dark Legioss worth a damn to attach to it.

Considering that bandai is releasing a brand new toy in a similar scale of the same mech, it would seem to me that that reissuing an old, fairly sub-par toy wouldn't be the best move.

wow...

I'll set the brightness on the game really really low.

1/72= model kit. http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...mp;#entry771925

they said they work.

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...mp;#entry735385

OMG YES. then I'm going to play the game while wearing the goggles.

I'm just too lazy to seal mine. I actually rubbed off all the black from the 'm7' on the back and chest, looks better that way though.

you really should put the stickers on your destroids, they look so naked without them.