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Lol... this movie is so Tenacious D before there was a Tenacious D. Awesome... I haven't seen this since custom vans were cool.

Uh... isn't it a bit illogical to assume that the 1/60 GBP got pushed back for no reason? As if Yamato is just delaying a release to mess with you, those bastards. I think it's a bit more astute to say that the 1/60 GBP was pushed for 3 months and we don't know why. I bet you they did the armor, and then they noticed it was actually incompatible with any of the previous valks, fast packs and non fast packs so they had to fix it "Damn it the armor design is not compatible with any of the 1/60 valks" And some ones head was chop off... Hmmm... that sounds more like something that would have cropped up waaaay before they made the test molds, etc... I mean we all saw the prototypes on the VF-1J Hikaru, so it's doubtful that it's something that major. It's probably a factory problem, a QC issue, or something relatively minor. The funny thing is, Yamato really can't win around here. If they release a product that has a hairline seam or a slight paint imperfection, we complain for days. They delay a product, most likely to make it better... we complain for days. I'm glad I don't work there sometimes.

I guess it was only a matter of time before someone combined Transformers and Knight Rider. Recipe for the lamest fanfiction ever!

Bah... I'd rather Mangle lose the license. At least that way someone else can actually do something with it.

I am just twiddling my thumbs waiting to see how long it takes for the debate to begin anew in the Feedback forum.

Word to that. Aside from liking KB1 (seeing 2 tonight) and being one of the few who really dig Jackie Brown (I'm also a big Elmore Leonard fan)... there are definitely QT projects I'm not a huge fan of. Four Rooms was pretty much a waste of film... save for the Rodriguez segment. And I'm a huge not a Dusk 'Til Dawn fan. And pretty much everything QT's acted in, aside from his cameo in Pulp and that movie was he does the whole Top Gun is gay speech, I've hated. Ah, just found the Top Gun speech from a dumb movie called Sleep With Me. I'm fairly certain QT must have adlibbed it. Read it here on IMDB. He kinda has a point... that movie's always been a bit swishy for me.

Uh... isn't it a bit illogical to assume that the 1/60 GBP got pushed back for no reason? As if Yamato is just delaying a release to mess with you, those bastards. I think it's a bit more astute to say that the 1/60 GBP was pushed for 3 months and we don't know why.

The pics definitely help... sorry for your disappointment, Calvin... but mine pretty much looks exactly like the one in Hurin's images. I, personally, don't think this paint looks any poorer than any of the 1/48 releases. There are some fuzzy areas but nothing that would detract from my enjoyment of the toy. That's just my opinion, though. Some people around might be pickier or end up with a bad toy or something. As for the head lasers... again, maybe I'm just really easy going... but I kinda like 'em blue!

How about... I already have one?

Payment sent! Thanks Monkey!

Your boss is far too busy kicking himself, my little friend. Those customs are great, particularly Hikari, great color on the suit. Oh well... I suppose it would be far too much to hope that somebody actually put these things out normally... maybe at a size bigger than a postage stamp.

Heh... take away the occasional green or pink wig and the fuzzy animal ears and you have... Every other amateur porn site on earth! How creative!

Someone predicted the incredibly long time dormat New Madrid fault, running right alongside the Mississippii river, would have a massive quake back on Dec 3rd, 1990. CNNcameras showed up, everyone bought quake kits - nobody in middle america, Missouri, Tennessee, etc knows what the hell we're supposed to do in such a situation - people even left town and some schools closed. And of course absolutely nothing happened. The New Madrid hasn't had a quake since the early 1800's.

Dude... this can get rather confusing. Makes me glad I only bother putting on the emblem sticker on the FAST packs. Then it's very simple, Skull for DYRL valks, Kite for Macross TV. I've never been much into stickers anyway. I'd rather have all that stuff printed on the toy itself... except for the FAST pack stickers that come with the add-on set, obviously.

The new YF-19FP already came out... but I bought the only once and hid it in a vault with the Holy Grail, my Perpetual Motion machine, the Lindbergh baby and Sasquatch. Maybe I'll let you all see it one day.

Sweet... now all I've got to do is send Paul my top and back images and we're good to go. Thanks for the help with the sides, DA. Also - great job on the Mac Plus designs, guys. Keep 'em coming!

That's just completely wrong! Sick! Now draw more.

wow, starting with predaking? I really doubt that they would start with predaking. For sure they'll probably start with devastator, then work their way down from there to predaking. But it would be nice. Heh... yeah, that would never happen... but I did say I want... I'm a selfish bastard that way.

Feh. Steven Grant > Garth Ennis bah! Blasphemy!! Ennis has done a great job with this character! anyone who ever even remotely liked Frank should check out Born, the Ennis Miniseries of Frank's last days in 'Nam. Ennis also did some awesome work with Vertigo's War Stories. Archangel, Reavers and Screaming Eagles were my faves!!! All this Ennis talk and no mention of Hitman, or his masterpiece - Preacher? Now, that's blasphemy. Literally, in the case of Preacher. I love both Grant and Ennis' take on Frank Castle... very different, but like EXO said, both awesome. It's a bit like comparing Alan Moore and Frank Miller... totally different, but equally badass.

If I were making a bad 80's action flick, it'd be a buddy flick with Jesse Ventura and Ahnuld's buddy Sven Thorrsen. They would have to fight an evil Eddie Murphy.

Hound's cool... but I think I'd rather buy the Binaltech one, to be honest. As far as reissues go - I want Shockwave and then combiner sets. Starting with Predaking. That would be awesome.

From the sound of your review, JSA... it sounds like you kinda expect QT to make the same "style" of film over and over again. I've got a bit of a different take on it. Personally, I dig the varied styling. To me, Jackie Brown is a great movie, but it's a very faithful take on Elmore Leonard, as opposed to being anything like Pulp or Dogs. Same thing pretty much goes for Kill Bill, in my opinion. It's definitely more of an homage to bloody kung fu than anything else. Personally, I thought KB1 was like seeing a great visual director tackle material that most "Auteurs" dismiss completely. Too many authors, directors, etc usually follow up success with trying to repeat a formula... which is usually a bad thing as they continually get worse and worse. I think it's safe to say that QT's films haven't gotten worse, just different. Of course, that all depends on whether you like what the results are, which I do... I hope he doesn't try to revolutionize the chick flick or anything. Then he'll likely lose me completely.

No big deal on the delay... I'd kinda forgotten about it, too... But that helmet definitely needs its own thread. Looks gorgeous.

The most stressful thing I've had to endure with my collection is just moving a few times, but very, very careful packing has left me with no problems whatsoever. Of course I still have my VF-11 with original hips... but no one touches him. No one.

I've had mine for a week and I've got nothing but great things to say about it. The sprue marks are there, by like Hurin said, there all pretty much in unnoticeable places. And I check it against my other 1/48's and they're pretty much the same, just the blue color does make it a bit easier to spot. Basically this valk is just like all of my other 1/48's - terrific.