CoryHolmes

Great, great work. I only wish I could do stuff like that and have it turn out as anything other than an unrecognizable mass of glue Have you ever thought of putting more spines or weapon barrels along the hull? I think the SDF-3 had some of those that made it look like a Zentradi cruiser. What scale is it in?

As much as I'd dearly love to make Robotech into a live-action movie, I know that it'd turn out like DYRL: A simplified version with great eye-candy that only fans of the original show could appreciate. Robotech, and most other anime shows, would best be served as TV series' or mini-series on TV. However, if I had to pick one, I'd make Detonator Orgun into a live-action movie trilogy. Great show, that.

Bah! All you Alpha-owners are lucky dogs. However, with this latest release, I'm about to join the club Three or four of these guys should be enough...

Idea thief. Space War 1, as seen from the bow of the Daedalus. Now THAT'S excitement! We'll never see any show with the Destroids as the main mecha. Destroids don't transform, and EVERY mecha in Macross must transform to be even considered as anything other than a bit-player, it appears. As for a new show, I'd like to see the actual development of the VF-X series. Not this VF-0 stuff, but the actual trial and prototyping of the VF-1. That would be fun

Allow me to repeat what I said when I saw your first pic: "Woah" Seriously, I love your panel shading. Just the right amount to seem like that VF-1A has been used and flown a bit (and survived combat, strangly for a CF). Great stuff, and keep it up! ps: What's this you say about a diorama?

Either way, I want to see how the Veritech is attached to the bookend itself.

You just signed your own death warrent

Depends on which sources you use, as no hard data has been given. What's generally accepted is that Rook's Cyclone is lighter than the others, because she has no integral forearm weapons or chest-missles. If you go by the RPG, it's because the 38-Lite was the original prototype for the Cyclone line, so it's a little under-armed, but makes up for that by being faster and quicker. (in the original show, it was because women needed easier controls to pilot their mecha... )

When I first bought Battlecry, I popped it into the system... and promptly spent 10 minutes just listening to the new version of the themesong. I like it. I like all the remixed music for Battlecry.

Gasaraki is an Eva clone, make no doubts about it. Right down to the female lead's hairstyle! The mecha designs are some of the best around, no doubts about it, but the plot is... engh. As other have said, the show is slow and ponderous, seemly standing still in some sections. The combat scenes are woefully few and far inbetween, but when they do show up, they're pretty freaking amazing and they do a decent job of breaking up the tedium of the rest of the show. The ending is much like that in Evangelion: whacky, out there, bizzare, and even truely strange. I'd strongly reccomend renting it first before you spend the money on the boxset.

Gas blowback in an airsoft weapon uses compressed gas (big surprise there, eh?) to create a realistic recoil/muzzle slide effect in the weapon. Non-gas guns just shoot the round without any extra effects.

What I ment before is that with any new toy that comes out, having the tires as close in together as possible is a great thing. Unfortunatly, that's one area where anime magic takes over in the show and I highly doubt it'll be reproducable in toy form.

And in this pic, you can see how the toys and models have been coming out with respect to the tires

Pics will greatly help with this discussion, so... In this pic, you can see how closely the tires sit against the tank/thrusters. How they sit between the shoulders.

I think it was pretty good, even on Macross. The theme song for the 15th Squdron in SC is the best theme I've heard in a long time. And how was it used inappropriatly?

People have spent more money on less worthy things in the past. And why not? I think TV 1Js would be cool

True enough about those forearm weapons. However, tire placement in Battloid mode is critical to me. If the toy doesn't have the tires between the shoulderblades, then it's wrong. One of my personal pet peeves, mind you, but every transforming toy and model of the Cyclone has gotten those tires wrong. It'll be interesting to see if Toynami can fix that problem.

I really like the BGMs for Robotech, especially the starting theme song. I tried listening to the opening song for Macross and just couldn't get around that horrible, horrible singer. All that wailing... ugh. As for the Reba West songs? Kill me... kill me now... Overall, however, I'd rate the Robotech BGMs as some of the best in any anime, or even most live action shows, too.

Nah, I'll take a Lance. However, it all depends on how large the prongs and shaft are. Some pictures have the prongs almost twice as long as the shaft, and that just won't do it for me. Half and half would be a decent size. And to go with it, I need the Predator's targeting lasers. That would just complete the effect

Bragging rights, maybe? Dunno about you, but if I had that prototype, I'd be on Cloud 9

The anime magic mostly comes into play with the tires and their positioning on the backpack in Battloid mode. As well, the arm-mounted weapons appear to fly from the hub of the front tire onto the forearms. And yeah, accidentally moving during transformation could really ruin your day

That's the only annoying thing about Mospeada mecha: the amount of anime magic that occurs when they transform. The Cyclones are the worst of the bunch, and will be nearly impossible to recreate in toy/model form and still be line-art accurate.

XBox version is due out Dec. 2/03, actually I like how the developers are taking the time to do the ports right, and not just slapped together, like the PS2 version was. Yes, believe it or not, the PS2 version is the worst of the three. That alone tells you how good the others were (and yes, I played it on PS2)

What gun is in that Alpha's right hand? It's not the GU-XX pod.

My issus isn't with the size and not just the price, but how sturdy will the connections with the Tread be... Why not wait for the toy to actually come out before having "issues" with it? I find it rather difficult to rag on a toy that hasn't be released yet. I'll admit that I agree with most of the trepidation surrounding this toy, considering Toynami's problems with the MPC line, but I am greatly impressed with their Alpha Superposables, so I have some hopes for the Alpha MPC.