QuinJester

I'm sure the thickness (or lack thereof) of the plastic itself makes the plastic breakdown more evident. On a heftier molded piece, any breakdown of plastics would be less noticeable and take longer to go into effect. The plastic around the neck of the YF-19 is almost eggshell-thin.

Woah! And I thought I was going out of my mind when the same exact thing happened to mine after sitting on a shelf for a few months. The only real thing I could do was pry it further apart, squeeze some super glue in there, then press it closed again. Now my YF-19 never leaves battroid mode so he doesn't flaunt his crack. Bizarre.

Considering they've all been on the same shelf, perhaps you're on to something. I'll go check it for evil voodoo etchings and put some other toys on its to see if they survive

I wish I could agree with that, but all of my Yamato valks disagree. Every single one of them aside from a broken BP-8 (my own fault ... sigh) broke while sitting on my shelf. It's ... not heartening, though I love how they look, I rarely even think about touching them and it's a huge knock in my book. The DX isn't perfect by any means, but it's the first valk I'll even think of going for if ever I want to transform something on a whim. Solid, tight, elegant. Not bad at all. Just different. Some people are afraid of what's different.

The "renewal" Gyakuten-Oh is basically just another production run of the original. I guess they didn't make as many of those as they did Sankan-Oh (since stores seem to be practically giving Sankan-Oh away), so they're putting it back on the market. As for the differences; I've attached a picture. The limited edition has metallic flake black paint instead of gloss, a bronze paint color instead of yellow, and most importantly has chromed knees instead of straight yellow plastic. Slightly more blingy I want the Gyakuten-Oh to go with him, myself, but not for the price more sellers want to sell him for...

I'd highly highly highly recommend both of these figures, but for the equivalent price I'd recommend Sankan-Oh a little more. He comes with more stuff, can transform into an ... er... elephant ... and yes, he includes the cool purple duck/ostrich/roadrunner thing. He's pretty aweso... Uhh.... I swear, I don't know what was going on there, folks. Nothing but friends to animals here! There we go! @Temjin: There are also Aoshima's Getters. Very high metal content, and again laden with old school funk. (The Aoshima is the one on the right ... the one on the left is by Fewture and is very far outside of the price range you mentioned)

CM's Sankan-oh is one of the nicest Die-cast figures that I own, and it's very old-school in its design. They can also be found for about 50% off their original retail, around $110 on ebay. GoShogun by CM's corp (the other mech in the above photos) falls into a similar category of phenomenal and heavy diecast, and is around the same price. They're a little less mainstream than SOC's so it's less likely that he'll have them, as well. The Sankan Oh pictured above is the "limited" HK repaint version, which has a little more chrome and metallic paint and is a little nicer looking than the regular version. They're both equally findable for around $100 on ebay though, despite being "limited". If those are a little TOO old school, CM's Corp's Patlabor Ingram and Griffon are also amazingly well made diecast toys, a little more 80's than 70's, and while a bit pricier than Goshogun and Sankan Oh are still well below the $200 mark.

Bizarrely, I always loved the look of the 1/72 VF-11. This one? I can't seem to get excited about it.

The whole problem with "taking down" Ideon is the minor detail that it kind of takes 75% of the surrounding universe with it when it goes.

Weiβritter from Super Robot Wars. As awesome as Gunbuster would be, it's just too big to take out for a jaunt on the town unless I'm planning on blowing up a city or two (whoops) and want to deal with a shuttle launch frame. <3 Weissy. Long range sniping, high speed, awesome looking, big but not too big, what's not to love? Of course, if I wanted to be ridiculous, a LED Mirage V3 would be a nice backup. (What can I say, I like white-knight mecha)

YOU CAN'T DO THIS. WE MADE YOU! WE MADE YOU!

I don't think a broken toy has all that much collectible value, myself The 1/72 Yamatos were terrible. Take the YF-19; ludicrously mismatched paint colors, flakey metal, 80's style straight-down hips and gaping maws where knees should be, easily broken ... comparison of that thing to the DX is just downright ridiculous

So close... and yet so far. I would love a PS2 English translated port of OGS. Still, it's heartening to see that they're bringing over what they can.

Not true at all. Delryn (Dupont's fancy-schmancy name for POM) can be molded just like regular plastic. It's a common plastic to use on N scale locomotive detail parts such as handrails, airhorns, and grab irons, all of which can be very complex and thin detailed parts. It's a plastic just like anything else.

Actually, there is. If you buy a full sale case (designed to be sold at a store, it even comes in a store-appropriate package), you get 2x of each figure, which is enough to get you a full landmate. The only fig that doesn't include BAF parts is Briareos. Interestingly, he isn't the figure that has the most component part, yet he still has no BAF parts. P.S. the landmate is AWESOME. The paint apps and detailing are flawless. It's an increidible "extra". As a shirow fan, this was honestly the reason I picked this set up, and it's worth it. It's NICE. The figures are pretty good too. The joints are all revoltech style, and the detailing is immaculate. Seriously. Here's a comparison between the snap kits an the 1/6 version. It's honestly not that far removed. The snap kits even have flexible rubber armor. Kits 1/6 Figs

Yeah, you have to get a full CASE of the figures (aka, two of each figure) to get a landmate. Most sites and stores would only sell a full assortment of one of each figure. Hopefully the BBTS one I have coming in the mail includes all the necessary parts as advertised...

Let me check again... Nope, still very, very good looking.

Nope. They're all a "blank canvas", as it were.

Eheh. They are indeed! My Bertie box is a nice, big, flat surface, and one of the few available free spaces for me to set anything up for a photo

Y'all can poo-poo it all you want, I think it's a quality piece, easily on par with my 1A. While the wing has a definite intentional curve to it, I also think there's a bit of extra upward bend being put into place by the tightness of the lock fit on the wing roots to the legs and the way the root locking peg is angled. It notably cants the legs (and thusly the wings, thrusters, and landing gear) outward and upwards a bit. It messes a bit with that OCD corner of my brain, but not enough to distract me from how great it looks and feels otherwise.

Looks like plenty of neck to me. The "tiptoe" look has been pretty consistently done in the various show displays of the '25 in gerwalk as it approached release, so I think it's a purposeful aesthetic choice. I personally think it looks quite good that way, and fairly fitting with the "hover" purpose of the gerwalk mode. I do the same (clicking the feet in a few spaces) to my V2.0 VF-1A as well to give it a more "on its toes" look as opposed to a more static, flatfooted display.

I wonder what he did to it, and if it requires a removable piece or if it's still PT...

Are you sure you aren't thinking of an episode of 24? I enjoyed the first Crank, but this trailer doesn't do a thing for me. It's not really the sort of movie that should have had a sequel to begin with. Leave Chelios dead. It gives the original movie at least a modicum of relevance as an expenditure of time.

I enjoyed Crank for what it was. An excuse to eat (and occasionally throw) popcorn and be mindlessly amused by the insanity. It was like the Itchy and Scratchy show of movies. Terrible, mind-meltingly bad for you, yet horrifically entertaining.

Yes, but they don't have them in stock, which makes them moot . Angolz is quite trustworthy, though. Definitely worth a look.