QuinJester

Motoko's hips are way too fat in 2nd gig. It looks like she's been packing the donuts in after the first season, not worth the money to buy it, IMO. I'd recommend you wait until Gonzo buys it up and digitally remasters it to give her the proper, accurate bubblebutt. (I actually have the entirety of 2nd gig with both subs AND dub on my computer, yay MKV ... AND the DVD set . Don't ask me to remember where I downloaded it though. Been too long and I don't remember.)

That's because it's a Fewture Mazinger 1901 body It's a very cool in progress custom, though. Could use some more modification on the rest of the body to differentiate it a bit more from the original toy.

Megahouse is a whole 'nother basket of chips and didn't do either of those faces. I like the slightly cartoony look of the Toynami version and the darker visor, but I do think Toynami's mouth is too big. It's BESM, not BEBM . The Beagle's mouth, in comparison, looks too tight lipped and small. Ah well! In the end, the helmet will be on anyway, so it all kind of becomes moot. Even with the visor up, you wont see the mouth.

Angolz is a totally legit operation. No worries there. If you get Air Mail, shipping is quite reasonable, and it'll still get to you pretty darn quickly. I was actually shocked when my CM's Legioss/Tread combo got to me about 5 days after I ordered it with the cheapest shipping option.

I've bought a number of high dollar items from them. They always come well packaged and shipped fairly promptly. I'd recommend them.

That's hot. Love the glossy sheen to it, too. Glad to hear the legs lock into place on the fighter mode, and they look plenty high to me. Now where's mine? <wills BBTS to get theirs faster>

To be fair, it's not ENTIRELY unrelated to the "My Yamato is fragile" argument, though it should hardly be the rallying cry of the toy. I have a feeling that the fragility and failure rate of yamato figures isn't something Bandai ignored when designing the DX. I'm sure if you took a focus group of Macross toy buying fans and asked them what they wanted, "more sturdy toys that don't break" would be something you'd hear more than twice. A more sturdy design means beefier joints, metal, thicker plastic, all things that will compromise a design if all you wanted was "model-like-perfection". So no, it's not irrelevant. It's a silly company that doesn't think about the failings of their competitors when making a product and try to improve upon them.

Some die-cast body parts, such as the thighs. There will also be steel support pieces in the hips, ankles, feet, and shoulders. Those are all that we know of right now, though there may well be more. The plastic parts will be molded, with paint apps for the colored parts overlayed.

To be fair, it's not exactly a big crossover genre. I wonder when we'll see VE-1 and VT-1 protos. The various J's, A's, and S's are great and all, but those are really the ones I'm interested in.

If it's any consolation, I've been told my ass is, in fact, quite smart. So I've been told, anyway. @David I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. Actually, in the interests of keeping my job, I'm going to erase that image from the internet now

Yeah, definitely, when stuff is produced in the tens of thousands the pennies count a lot more. Collectors toys and the like have a bit more leeway since there's more of an individual markup and a lot lower quantity. Not to say the pennies don't count, but with complex pieces the real killer is labor. Snap fits vs. screws, how many parts, how many paint masks to be made, put on, and how many times it has to run through the spray booths ... ugh. It's a nightmare and a half. And I know, right? Companies not doing what was assumed that they'd do? Madness! When it comes down to it, I think it's really our own fault for assuming that it'd be perfect, since we have such high expectations . And what else is the internet for but complaining about things when they aren't perfect? It's certainly not for claiming indifference

I never said they were perfect I'd definitely recommend Flexidisplays over them. But for $8 and being readily available from any Hobbytown USA, they aren't all that bad.

Noooooooooooooooooo! No sewing. I prefer velcro. Mmmm.... velcro. Semi-permanent and painless. The tubes can't stand a debate of that magnitude! It's a trap! Anyway. I like toys. Toys rule.

Yes, yes it is. You're quite right. Making an all new mold for one part is utterly ridiculous. However in this case a new mold is already required. Because it's part of the design? It's what was promised by graham from the beginning? Because there's already a new mold being made? Tens of thousands? To add an additional die cut to a new injection mold that's already being made? No. Not even close. Yes, yes I do. Would you like to see one of the prototype dies from our factory's latest product? Would you really like to continue this argument? It's all irrelevant anyway. What we get is what we get. Where are my internets?

Whether or not the existing fuselage is on the existing molds (which I'm sure it is) is irrelevant to the argument of "they would have to cut new molds", because plastic is cheap and there's a negligible cost loss to not using the fuselage made in the mold from the existing molds, IF they've already cut a new one (which, since they have a new head and chest, they have). What I'm saying is that their decision to not make a new fuselage design is one that wasn't done for cost purposes, at least, not for the cost of molds as you say. It may be impossible to do without redesigning the entire fighter, which is fine, except that everyone was told FROM THE BEGINNING that the fighter WAS redesigned for exactly that purpose... but it's not. That's all.

the Bandai Action display stand had no problems supporting my YF-19. I need to get some Flexidisplays from LAF Toys though.

Because it's not two molds? One injection mold can easily cover both the head, chest, AND a new fuselage if they so desire. VFT1: You forgot they're up to new generation BS-9 drones which actually use protonic laser technology to precisely carve channels out of the steel in a quarter of the time of the B-7. Do TRY and keep up.

I think the main bone of contention is that from the beginning, these V2's were being hyped up as "specially designed for two seater compatibility". With promises of accurate two seater designs, is it any surprise people are a little unhappy to see that they aren't really structurally different (when they should be) to the one seaters? Even just a little more length in the canopy would be great; there's space to do it, what with the higher collar on the two seaters, but comparing the end points on the canopy it looks like it has exactly the same footprint. When it comes down to it, they're still cutting new molds, for the chest, head, and cockpit, so the money on molds is already being spent, which kind of invalidates that argument.

Hah! True! Then I'll have a red, white, and blue (and .. er... black and grey and brown) valk in awkward patriot colors Hmm. It would need a fold booster too, though. It'd probably be too much to ask to figure out a way to mount the Yamato one on these guys.

It's funny, I can't even think of any instances where I saw Michel's valk without armor in the show (maybe during the Basara-tribute Ranka concert where his valk was an impromptu speaker array?) . I didn't realize how much white it had on it. it looks good that way. Maybe I'll steal his packs, repaint them red, and stick 'em on Alto. hah!

It's funny, I was thinking I could say the same thing to most of you Seriously though. Model thread. Model talk!

Mmm.... sexy... right guys? Right? Right? ... because if you're going to be so ridiculous as to equate liking the proportions of a toy with sexual preferences, it may as well go both ways, right? How do you have sex with your women without breaking them, anyway? That must be tough. Back on topic, I'm happy to see that Bandai is actually releasing the packs as standalones. It gives me hope for Super Armor in the future, both in the kits and on the DX toy versions.

Prepare yourself! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daicon_IV Basically an intro movie for a convention featuring characters and designs from just about every classic anime at the time.

... Yeah ... it's a pity, really. I love the aggressive look of the bigchested and sunken headed 1/48. The 1/60 V2 has a more lithe aesthetic though that at the very least keeps it from being a smaller carbon copy of the 1/48, for better or for worse.

Well, then I fail to see how they've managed to make the design any more conducive to two-seaters than previous versions, since they haven't taken advantage of the detachable and movable nose to make the canopy any longer. <shrug>