Jasonc

One chemical is needed.... PineSol. That works great for taking off any paint. Just soak for about 2-5 hours, then take a toothbrush and the paint comes right off. I use this method in everything and I've never had problems with brittle plastic, warped plastic, rust, or any other problems. Just make sure you do a thorough wash of the parts afterward, as Pinesol does leave a light film on top. Non moisturized soap and warm water will do just fine for that.

You can get the tattoo without the red. You can always get it in prison green, or in black. If I do get one, I'm not getting it in red. That's just wrong. But my first tat will be of Minmei. Now, before you say anything, if I get it, it's gonna remind me of the kind of girl I want. An older, more mature Minmei, one that you can bring home to the folks, but crazy at night. As Ludacris says, "a lady in the street, but a freak in the bed."

Yeah, Yeah.....Yeah!!!

RT Shark, that proves nothing. There are very few SC fans even on rt.com. I know from my experiences that many people who remember RT, remember the 3rd series, and a singing girl in the first, or as I'm told. In essence, each retail manufacturer has to go with what the demand is for. Perhaps there is a large enough demand for these???

I'm trying to understand how they wouldn't, or couldn't bring Zero into the US without any hitch??? The valks aren't the same, the characters looks and features are very different, and overall, there should be no reason why whe can't or shouldn't be able to get it over here. Dubbed and Subbed the right way.

As far as ep. 4 is concerned, I'm excited to see it all start winding up and everything begin to be revealed. I just don't want to wait till late this year for the final ep. 5.

Not that many MOSPEADA fans??? I know there are many, many here, and on rt.com as well. Then to take into account that there are many who aren't saavy computer users and don't visit either site. I think the number of fans is either highly overestimated, or severly underestimated.

It's gonna do well. It's not like we have 5 different styles from 4 different manufacturers to pick from. There's one. So I hope all that really want one get one. And if there's some left over, I hope those that want it for less get it.

This has been up on that site for awhile. I remember in the old forums a thread of custom paint designs, and some were very nice. They had a McDonalds sponsored Valk, a Dell, and a few others like the James Bond version. I'm working on my own as well that I can use as customs for the next MWcon in 04, God willing.

Wouldn't "asking nicely" every minute of your life be considered harassing to the person being asked? I know I would've slapped the nonsense out of someone who did that to me. But that's just me. I'm an A-hole when deemed necessary and appropriate. HEHEHE

This is probably the one area other than scratch building that I know next to nothing about. What products are best and some methods would be great. Thanks in advance to those that can help.

I'm not waiting. And since I've seen and handled it already, I'm gonna pay the $80 for the item in question. Of course, if I could find it cheaper off the get go, I'd be there. But this item will do well.

Maybe with the intro of the YF-1R, they'll make something new, like a heavy armored alpha or shadow Beta later on. In anycase, I'm not surprised they pushed the release back. It's almost common now to see that from all our favorite companies. But where did someone get the idea of last summer? I haven't heard that one yet.

Well, I started watching anime with Macross in 84. It's Robotech that kinda anchored it in (if it wasn't already). If you read the whole history of how Robotech came to be, you'd know that it really wasn't done intentionally. But they wanted to air it on t.v. and couldn't do so without a certain number of episodes. That's why the other two series were moved into the original Macross series and done (IMHO) in a very interesting and groundbreaking way. If they had their say so, HG would've put the original Macross on way back in the day.

My advice, get acquainted with what you know. Then once you feel you've revisited your past and want to know more, check out everything Macross has done over the past 20 years. You don't have to hate one and love the other. I'm one of the biggest fans of both, just like many, if not, all here.

Edit: Wow, this is funny that 20 years later, my last paragraph here would not age that well. I now wish Robotech would disappear. LOL. Hindsight is always 20/20, and learning how people act and how HG works didn't help keep that same interest for both.

By all means, post!!! The customs gallery is cool and all, but here we can just put up all sorts of Macross variants, without so many pics. Anyways, if you've got customs that you bought, or ones you made, post them here. Inspire the customizers here to pound more new looks out.

Macross + and M7 may have had tones of the same type (magic in a way), but nevertheless, they are very different. In Macross +, the events could be explained a lot simpler. The hypnotic music of Sharon Apple could be that as an AI form, she may know exactly what sounds or combination of them have the hypnotic effect you see in the end and thus, uses it for her benefit. the wires, strangely enough could be the electricity or even the EM waves (who knows with the technology of 2045. M0 has the "magic" aspect to it, but I think it is done very tastefully. I believe many here were expecting another SDF Macross series in 5 eps. and many expected the nostalgia of the old series. It's also hard not to referrence the times of now when all these issues are coming around that weren't so evident back in 1982. If you take the series at face value and try not to look too far into every nook and cranny of the series, you may actually enjoy it. I find it pretty interesting when I watch it like that and have too many questions when I try to analyze it.

Honestly, the sculpt is good except for what everyone is complaining about; the hips. I could also careless about diecast or none. So long as there is decent plastic on it. I love the VF-0, especially as a toy, but I will not be getting this one based on the fact that Yamato made a bad decision in producing such a small toy. I don't care if it's close to the YF series 1/72s. It's not a 1/72. I'd go with a 1/72, even moreso, a 1/60. And I'm not one to complain about price. If I like something, I buy it. If not I don't. This one, unfortunately, I won't.

Lately, there have been some awesome work on customs with hand made parts, and the sort. For those you who don't know what I mean, look at Myersjesse's VF-11B custom. That thing looks sweet!!! My question to those of you who do this stuff, is, how is it done. I've been customizing for awhile, but I've only done some shape altering, and painting. What product do you use, what tools, and what process do you use to create such nice parts? Thanks for your help.

This may be a dumb question, but what do you use to scratch build parts?

I would love this toy if the scale wasn't so freakin' small. If it was 1/60, even 1/72 scale, I'd be all in for this thing. But 1/100??? Too bad a great toy like this is so damn small.

Put me down for both as well. Thanks.

Man, am I too late for this??? I wanted to be confirmed for back in the old forums. Can I be put down for one still?

If you decide to cast these sculpts, put me down for them. A Sara and Mao figure will be cool. I also like the Myun face. I'm interested in that as well. Great work there.

Please put me down for one please. Thanks!!!

I did, and it doesn't work very well. You want to use something that coold off to keep the plastic from pulling out when you push the hole through. Also, the pin method does give more control of the size and the way you want it to look. That's my experience and take on the whole bullet hole method.

Oh, this is in regard to the soldering iron. Bad ideas unless it's a large scale toy.

Ha!!! Now your thinking like a shopper. Sometimes it's not about the articulation, or the leds, or the transformation. Sometimes it's just about $$$

Money, Money, Money, Money, Money,,, MOOONEY!!!

There's no right or wrong in this thread, just a matter of opinion. In that case, in makes it just that, an opinion. I love the 1/60s, 1/48s, 1/55s, and yes, the MPCs have their good points too. I did find the 1/60 very frustrating to change into different modes, and the MPC is a good toy to handle somewhat. Just go with what will suit your needs. If you could throw in a Bandai into the mix, I'd go with that. Those are always fun to play with and look neat on display. But that's just my opinion.

I believe in the unbiased opinion. I just want to know real information, price, and product that will suit my needs. Not someone else's bad deal. Those can help, but wow, what a question to open this old can of worms. Let it go, guys, you gotta let it go!

I would like to see a lower price too, based on the size of this scale, but to play devil's advocate here, it's much more articulated than the old MPCs. I don't see how HG would have control of the set prices of another independent company. Just doesn't happen, but I know Tommy does know about many of the gripes with the prices. I was lead to believe that a Beta would be next in line to the Alpha, especially with certain fittings that are on the Alpha.

Cyc, any word on that?