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the whole holographic outfit thing is a little confusing, it's clearly shown that's what it was in the first episode. but during the second concert the goes off stage for a costume change. and in the final couple episodes, well that's all kind of confusing when you think about it.

wow, they're actually charging $100 for something that dinky? sad.

I would say the 58mm round would most likely look something like the 50x330mm round shown. I however have always been of the opinion that both the boar diameters and the ammo loads given for gunpods are completely ridiculous. For some perspective a M224 mortar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M224_Mortar is 60mm. I just can't see how the gunpods shown would have nearly enough room to accommodate the massive quantities of large shells needed for the type of sustained fire they show.

is there ANY reason to believe this? totaly missed this first run, so i'll need to get a least 2 alto's next time around. so do we know when/if we'll be getting anything besides ozma? (spacificaly michel and fast packs)

Is that an F-18 with reaction missiles in the background?

Personally I like the overdone shading. I know it’s not realistic, but frankly it looks cool and breaks up what would otherwise be a sea of grey. I’ve always felt that what is visually appealing is better than what’s accurate, and to me the high contrast looks better (just my take on it) Anyways, the VF-25 doesn’t have any panel shading so it’s not a big deal. And the comparison is more to do with the level of quality and detail that went into the star trek kits, if they did equally good work painting a VF-25 it would be awesome. And as I’ve said in the past, I’ve had plenty of experience with both decals and stickers (I used to build a lot of models, but I finally had to give it up due to lack of time the excessive stress it caused) and I find decals to be frustrating and stickers to be flat out unattractive. Also I’d like to be able to transform the thing without having to worry about chipping or flaking. (Speaking of chipping and flaking, what would be less likely to do so, clear coated decals, or paint over raw plastic?)

whatever they charge, totaly worth it if they're as good looking as the Star trek kits

yep, other than the head, the galaxy looks the same as the Frontier only purple.

if they were so kind they'd sell a pre-painted version

Oh boy, stickers! I love applying dozens of large stickers, it’s so much fun!! And one they're on, they'll never peel, or yellow, or fall off, or not lay flat, or not look like ass when laid down. [/sarcasm]

too bad that when you get the model, instead of getting something like this: you get this: Maybe that's not a problem for you, but I don't have the time, resources, skill, patience, workspace, or anything else necessary to make the latter into the former myself. And if by some miraculous happenstance, I end up with the former, I'm still not able to play with it.

so is this how you justify bringing a second woman into the relationship? First, I think saying monogamy is based on evil is really pushing it. Monogamy is based around the preservation of genetic lineage. But we’re not talking about monogamy, were talking about who they love vs. who they care about. Saying "I'm not going to make a decision because I love both of you." is frankly cheap, and show's a complete lack of emotional maturity. Also, saying "I care about both of you, but I don't love either of you," is utterly idiotic after everything that's happened. It’s a flat out cop out. As for the episode. Holly crap. For me the viewing experience was something like: "ZOMG! ZOMG! ZOMG!... WTFHAX?!?" The battle as a whole was utterly amazing to watch. And I actually feel that the episode resolves a lot of things rather nicely. I feel like I got satisfactory answers to what's the deal with the vajra, what's going on with grace and galaxy, the protoculture connection and the Mac0 connection. Then it got to the very end... I'd still like to know a bit more about what was going on 11 years prior and how things went from there to where things were at the beginning of the show, but I can live without knowing. Frankly though I'm PO'd that not only did they not resolve the triangle, they all but said there not even close to a resolution. I honestly felt like I had been utterly trolled by SK. I'd have been fine with it going either way at this point, I just would like a resolution. I'm still pulling for Sheryl in the movie though... (and what the hell was with the Minmei picture in the ring?)

but it helps when you have two necks and three sets of sholders.

schizophrenicMC, just a heads up, no pictures allowed in sigs.

Just wanted to bring this up again, do we know anything about stands for this thing? as anything been said as to weither this will come with it's own stand, work with the bandai action bases, or will we have to get our own stands?

yeah. but they're not, because they hate us.

I nerver realized the VA-3 was so... big.

"OMG, I FOUND A NICKLE!" you know, something about this really reminds me of the VF-2SS form MacII

and yet the amount of painting and tempo printing that goes into a Yamato valk, and the resulting apearence once finished are still light years ahead of what I can do, even on a bandai snap kit. (don't believe me? I've got the pictures to prove it...)

was the funny chinese even actualy shown in SDFM? and I've always been under the impression that SK and co. retconed most of the ship and mech designs so all the DYRL stuff is offical.

should be VE-25 IMO, so it matches with the elint seeker. (and it's not like the F is even aplicable since luca does absolutely nothing.)

it's pritty much accepted that in terms of story and spacific events, SDFM is the offical canon, but DYRL is currently canon with respect to designs.

it would be better if the legs were lower (the torso is fine), and the feet aren't even that big. also, I don't see whats so wrong about the fighter mode. the legs hanging down is present on ALL versions of the VF-25 (even the model kit), and more than likely it won't be an issue in the production verison (either it will have a locking mechanism or the joints will be tighter so it will hold position better. overall, I think the perportions on this thing are much better than the VF100 toy; not quite as good as the 1/72 model, but then again I won't have to asemble and paint this one. I do think the short landing gear look like crap, but maybe they'll change them in the next 3 months (and I never display these things with gears down anyway's). Only other thing that bugs me is the how the back of the valk curves in gerwalk mode, but hopefully that's a product of loose joints as well.

totaly agree. sudently the DX 1/60 is my favorite of the three again, screwed up hips/legs and all.

so, where can one find one of these experienced model builders who can build and detail one of these up for us mear mortals who lack model building skills?