madmacks

It's a great model, if you want a really nice model of a toy. It's perfect if that is what your goal is. Just my opinion. I see alot of detail you would only see on plastic parts such as rounded continuous edges and ribs and drafts commonly seen on plastic. I suggest looking at real images IF you want it to look real. I know, boo to me

For the correct texture, edge detail, etc. I would just look at a real ship/carrier. Like this Still looks great, keep up the good work!

I might be wrong here but i think the grandpas typed in the last "I". Towards the end when shes talking to hitomi or whatever her name is they allude to that. once again, i didnt go back to check (too lazy) but thats what i thought...

Toyota mobile suits

This is really neat. Best of 2003 Inventions from TIME. Shock Jackets, Power Suits, etc etc invisible suit movie

i saw the star wars trailer with incredibles... oh yeeeah

seen it and thought it was pretty awesome i also recommend infernal affairs 1,2,3

it tells u when it shows the answer.. i believe it was low life warning

can i have 1 blue and 1 red visor? and two clears! 4 total

Hang in there for those who need you. So sorry for your loss... -Max

read the whole thing. he said valks along with the gbp and i'm speaking about yamato being more proportion in their whole line of products, not just this one thing. yes, the hands on yamato gbp are rediculous but they have much better proportions in their toys if you looked at the bigger picture. if you pool the 1/60 along with the 1/48s and then grade it one a curve then, yeah... the 1/60 GBP gets a better grade. But read the topic header. We're talking about GBPs. It's says a lot, when your talking about functionality. A paper clip will hold the paper that's it suppose to. Is the leg of a 1/60 SUPPOSE to fall off when you put on the armor? as long as yamato makes a 1/48 version, ill be happy. if it comes in shards, doesnt stay on, paint chips, etc. i dont care because im just grateful and i can fix the small details myself. And of course, imho anything will look better than the chunky gbp :P

I am so sick and tired of every friggin' company moving their factories to China just because labor is cheap. We know the US market in general don't care about quality so long as we can get our stuff cheap, but whatever happened to Japan, land of zero tolerance for bad quality? Back in the 80s and earlier all their toys were made in Japan and never had quality problems. What made Japanese companies go overseas when they know quality is gonna suffer? It's not like Yamato is trying sell to the US and have to compete on price. and you think people would buy these toys at the markup it would take to build these toys in japan where the cost of living is rediculously higher and where real estate is at a premium? c'mon, lets be honest here.

read the whole thing. he said valks along with the gbp and i'm speaking about yamato being more proportion in their whole line of products, not just this one thing. yes, the hands on yamato gbp are rediculous but they have much better proportions in their toys if you looked at the bigger picture. i can say the paper clip was a greater marvel than a yamato valk for its time but what does that matter?

Out of proportion??? I did not realize that Yammi was in proportion with valks shown on Macross. The appearance wise, yes, Yammi resembles more closely with what you see on Macross. As for as proportion, it is doubtful and debatable. As for Bandai being "Blocky-ness", you might be right on making it easier to fit. That does not mean, Yamato should be releasing armors that have definite quality problem(s) to the consumers. Yes, I bought the armor, even knowing that it had problems, but that is what happens when there are no competitions. It is all in how companies envision their future and its mission. Bandai has proven over and over again for last decades that their product is superior to its competitor. As for Yamato, it is hard to tell. How long they will survive the competitive toy MKT, who knows. The result will be shown when toys based on Macross series has saturated the MKT and Yamato has to rely on other product line to sustain its viability. Will they be considered as being a quality toy manufacturing company????? I have to agree with CID. To say the 1/60 Yamato is more in proportion with the original line art is a given...there's no reason it shouldn't be when you consider that the 1/55 Takatoku/Bandai valks were made over 20 years ago and the 1/60 Yamato valks. That does not excuse Yamato from continually releasing flawed products (both in design and quality) when we know that they are capable of doing better. CID, you've gone through a passionate argument only to end it with "Yes, I bought the armor, even knowing that it had problems, but that is what happens when there are no competitions." So at the end of the day when all is said and done, the fact remains that the flaws are not that big of a deal compared to the great artistic quality in sculpt and in detail Yamato has. Unless you buy things that you think are not worth it. Sepiroth said "To say the 1/60 Yamato is more in proportion with the original line art is a given...there's no reason it shouldn't be when you consider that the 1/55 Takatoku/Bandai valks were made over 20 years ago and the 1/60 Yamato valks. That does not excuse Yamato from continually releasing flawed products (both in design and quality) when we know that they are capable of doing better." Thats not my argument. I will make it more clear. I'm stating when you design according to a set spec than what you cannot control there is a trade off. Yamato is trying to stay true to the line art hence they give way to their own freedom in terms of creating hinges, locking mechansims, etc to please all the "purists". Its all a give and take. Either make it look nice and less stable or make it look uglier and more rigid. I GUARANTEE that if they had gone the other way there would be a BUTTLOAD more complaints. We all know that right? Of course they can take longer to make better designs but time is usually why things come out flawed. Deadlines have to be met. Otherwise... all the MWers start complaining. See the vicious cycle? Look at the MPC Alpha if you dont believe me. On the brighter side, we all can take are valks to the beach with us just in time for the summer. In regards to why quality is bad. Its freakin China and these people can give a rats ass what some collector thinks when all they do is press a button on an assembly line for 10hrs a day for $30 USD/month. I've seen it first hand and its rather depressing. Its a matter of having different interests and priorities. To us, its a treasure that needs to be perfect. To them, its a means to buy a bag of rice.

its much easier to make things fit well when its out of proportion and blocky