Blaine23

Happy Turkeys to all.

Watch "Meet the Parents" with Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller -- that's how "Focker" is supposed to be pronounced.

It's funny 'cause it's true.

Jack Byrnes: His parents gotta be decent people if they named their son Gaylord Focker.

Long time no hear, Spiff - it looks awesome!

Keep us updated, I can't wait to see it finished.

Agreed, Graham... half the fun of more Macross is more Macross goodies.

I personally would love to see another TV series and/or movie. As much as I love Zero and Plus, the long waits for each volume kill me.

Plus, it would be great to see a full 30-50 episodes about a set of characters.

Unlike most everyone else here, though - I'd rather not see too many previous characters. I'd like a completely new story, new VF's, new battle fortress, etc. I want a full on space opera.

That would be awesome. Of course, it'll probably be something none of us expect.

Young Carl...

Not for EVA fans, my ass! I love those!

I'd love to see all of my favorite anime skewered that way. Particularly Macross 7!

That list screams "rabid fanboy". I don't buy it.

Clear FAST packs? Eh... it's kinda cool looking, but it's a bit silly all at the same time.

Sorta like a mid-80's SWATCH design. I'll be fine without it.

This is great news... plus, it means Yamato understands a fundamental marketing strategy for the 1/60 GBP - given the option to buy just the armor, alot more folks will buy it. Some will even buy more than one.

Good job, Yamato! Now start working on one in 1/48!

It's pretty amazing to see any show resurrected like this. It definitely says alot about the rabid love of Family Guy fans, myself included.

Bring on Stewie and Brian!

You can definitely put Granbeetle san on the list. He was patient with me during a money order snafu and then shipped me a killer valk in very safe packaging.

Nice guy, to boot.

I would like to see a comprehensive line of ALL of the VF series made at varying scales but all around 11" tall in battroid. This also includes all armor, superarmor, FAST packs, etc for each toy.

Enemy mechs would be great too, but I'm a fan of transforming jet mecha foremost.

This version made the theatrical release look like a mindless action movie. There are a lot of character moments, which made it feel more like the first film. The return of Boromir is also much welcomed, and the scenes with him and Faramir do repair the damage Faramir's character suffered in the theatrical version of The Two Towers.

Agreed. Completely. My two least favorite parts of TTT:Theatrical were the unneccessary "faux death and return of Aragorn" and "the complete screwing of the Faramir I liked from the book".

The restored footage gives his character purpose, differentiates him completely from Boromir, and nicely sets up tension for RotK and the stewards of Gondor. He's still not as cool as he was in the books, but it's much, much better.

Meh... I'm not much surprised...

Animeigo remastered Macross, ADV has remastered Southern Cross & Mospeada. Splice it together and clean up the audio as much as possible - boom, you got Remastered Robotech. It sounds like a much less difficult job than Animeigo had to do, going frame by frame and digitally cleaning.

HG's old excuse about how "Robotech could never be remastered because it was done on tape" theory just sounded lazy to me.

As far as actually buying it - I'm actually looking forward to picking up the couple of Robotech 3 disc box sets I don't have dirt cheap from people who feel the need to buy the remastered version. I liked the show strictly for nostalgic reasons - I want to look just as crappy as it did on my UHF TV in 1985.

But never, ever be surprised at "The Man" for shoving "Ultimate" "Special" "Extended" and "Collector's" Editions down our throats. As long as we (DVD buyers everywhere) keep buying them...

look for a cd called stray cats: a retrospective

as for my personal opinion, you want their greatest hits? listen to rock this town. BAM! greatests hits in one MP3.

But then you'd be missing out on Stray Cat Strut, a much better tune.

Has anyone found some Easter eggs yet? There were a few on the extended version of FOTR, but I haven't had any luck finding hidden stuff on the extended version of The Two Towers yet.

nah... I usually wait a few days and then there will be Easter Eggs listed all over the web.

I did watch the Extended Cut last night, though. The movie rocks even more. Now I find myself salivating for RotK even more... but strangely I'm wanting the Extended DVD of that already.

It's great seeing movie fans spoiled this well.

My vote has gotta be for Hardware and Supernova.

No votes for Plan 9 from Outer Space?

Nah, the regular extended 4-disc set is fine with me.

A Gollum statue?

Like I need more geek stuff to take up space on my shelves.

Why blame trilogies? As a general rule - all sequels pretty much suck.

There are exceptions, but they are few against many, many, many atrocities of film.

Did not Rocky 2-5 suck tremendous ass? How about the Rambo flicks? Or Highlander? Hell, Legally Blonde counts, in my book.

Let's face it, folks... most ideas weren't designed to be more than 1 movie. In the 80's (and now) the money people in Hollywood try to replicate success and make more money. It's much, much easier than predicting what new ideas might actually be blockbusters.

I pretty much feel the same way about the "remake" trend.

But, why let it get you down? There are plenty of other movies to see besides Hollywood blockbusters.

EDITED - for no other reason than to piss off the Major. Okay, because I'm a grammar nerd.

Hmm...

*waiting for the sale on the VF11B FP and YF-21 FP*

hehehehe... 

You can wait all you want for that...

But if they have a sale on the 1/48 Max, it'll cause a Macrossworld stampede, I wager.

I know I'd come running.

Toy-Wave in Hong Kong has the Max 1/48 on sale for $89 US. Expect to pay another $25 or so for shipping, but it's still a pretty nice deal.

I like Max, but I'll wait until I can get it for under $100 shipped. If it doesn't happen, then no biggie... but I think it might.

HLJ is known to have some pretty amazing sales - I bought my 1/60 Max 1A for $28 bucks plus shipping.

Wow... I'm so blown away by all of these commercials! Thanks, Shawn... you are the man!

Man, these vids take me back to a time and place... that I never even got to experience.

The funny thing is, when I was a kid watching Robotech and trying to mock up my Jetfire to be like Skull 1 - we didn't have any internet, nor any connection whatsoever to Japanese toys. Hell, we lived in the rural South. We knew that there were Macross toys because of weird ads we'd find in comic books and other magazines... we could never afford them or anything.

When we stumbled across some very out of place Gakken Ride Armor and Legioss sets at a local clothing department store, you'd have thought we'd discovered Uranium.

It's amazing how the world has changed. Now I get to see the toys I used to dream about... as they were advertised at the time.

Thanks a bunch, Shawn.

Hmm...

*waiting for the sale on the VF11B FP and YF-21 FP*

hehehehe...

You can wait all you want for that...

But if they have a sale on the 1/48 Max, it'll cause a Macrossworld stampede, I wager.

I know I'd come running.

It is easily my favorite anime, tied with Macross. I understand all of the complaints - too moody, too psycho-babbly, mecha too organic... but those are the things that make the show work for me.

I love that it was so different and so similar to years of giant robot anime. The characterization is rich and completely antithetical (hence the "I hate Shinji the whiner" common complaint) and the story itself is murky and confusing.

To be honest, I'm surprised it's as popular as it is.

Awesome collection, CID.

It makes my cold little black heart warm a bit to see so much 1/55 chunky goodness in one collection.

I'm quite jealous.

Good lord, this messageboard never fails to amaze me with whining and nitpicking.

It's a toy company. They can do whatever they want. Quit bugging out and ranting about whatever it is that you wish you could see sneak pictures of. Please.

Personally, I'd rather know nothing about upcoming toys until they are a few months from shipping out. That way, there's no disappointment if they change schedule or abandon a design/idea that isn't going to work out.

It really is better this way, folks. Not to mention, it's apparently the way Yamato wants it to be.

That's reason enough to let all this "please, please, please" stuff die off.