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I bought his very first custom, which I have to admit he did an astounding job on the details. He even built a custom box just for it. I dunno if anyone remembers the SDF1 pics I posted back before the boards changed. For some reason, the customs he did afterward kinda went down hill in details and design. I will have to take new pics when I get the time since my old webhosting site started to charge $$ and I lost all of my old Macross toy pics.

I remember this pretty clearly as to why Bandai halt all production of the Chunky Monkeys after Max & Millia. Valkyrie pretty much nailed it. Bandai's only intent was to cash in on the high demand for 1/55 valkyries. Back 2-3 years ago, Takatoku and Bandai's original valkyries were selling at insane prices. To test the market, Bandai released Hikaru's VF-1J and it sold like hotcakes. Afterwards they decided to reissue the rest of the Takatoku line and even modified the heatshield plates. They flooded the market with the reissues and the demand died really fast. The reissues literally sat on store shelves for months collecting dust. Max & Millia were still in production when Bandai put a halt to operations. Even at a lower production run, Max & Millia did not sell well in Asia. I remember members here saying they found stores that still had them collecting dust on shelves while the folks over here in the U.S. were paying high prices for them. HG had nothing to do with this. It's not even within their rights to tell Bandai to cease production since their license only extends within the U.S.

Geez I still remember they used to go for $100 before Bandai started reissueing them.

Just came back from this movie. All I can say is I am terribly disappointed. It had great potential, but I think the director just bombed on this one. The only good thing about it is Kate Beckinsale. Although her acting is pretty bad in this one, but I think she looked alot better then she did in UnderWorld. I would only recommend this film if you just want to see a blind action flick with tons of CGs thrown in or you're a big fan of Beckinsale. Otherwise I suggest to just wait for the DVD and rent this one out.

Saw this ebay item here.

Supposedly it's not out yet, but he claims to have it on hand and ready to ship. He has pictures of the boxed item too.