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Now that is a damn good idea. aaahhhhahaha. That's why I buy most of my stuff brand new! Yeah but everything you traded is used... hahaha... that's not weathering on the red Alpha... Other phrases for dropping a deuce: pinching a loaf fire off a missile let the dogs out taking the Browns to the Superbowl How about: "dropping the kids off at the pool"? If I ever dropped one of MY Yamato's in the bowl, it would be the end. BTW: Godzilla. congrats on your new total. Doesnt "dropping the kids off at the pool" imply something else??? All so wrong... so very very wrong... Nup. Me and the boys have always used it. I would liek to know if there's another meaning Here's one from South Park that I think fits the bill: "giving birth to a brown baby boy. Damn...Now you sick fecalpheliacs have me doing it!.....

The 1/200 and 1/160 scale kits also make very decent ornaments. Of course, unlike the gashapons, you have to assemble and paint them first.

Testor's Intermidiate blue should be a very close match to the blue gray used in the toy. As for the "smudged" camo areas, it looks like dark ghost grey to me.

YES! YES! ME TOO! I'd love to oblige, but I don't have a working Digicam at the moment. Rest assured that as soon as I can get my hands on one (gotta make it known that that is what I want for an X-mas gift) I'll take plenty of pictures of not only my new red Alpha, but also everything else in my collection to post at MW.

Well, I just got my Red Alpha masterpiece (#01437) yesterday. I've transformed it to battroid and gardian modes, but have not yet switched it back to fighter, so I don't know if the hogging problem on my Red Legioss is better or worse than my Blue one, which wasn't bad once I pushed and pulled it a bit...right out of the box the arched back is just a mess, but it can be remedied. My first impression of Vol 2 is that the QC on my example is better than what I got on Vol 1. Now for some itemized observations: 1. Everything is much tighter on Vol 2...scaringly so. 2. Like others, the head is floppy, and in my case, a bit tilted to the right too. 3. Arms, left and right, aren't floppy at all and hold poses just fine. 4. No paint or glue smudges anywhere I could see. 5. Left thy red box has a 1/8" square paint ship that shows the white paint below. I'll have to do some touch-up. 6. Sensor pallet door is still a floppy mess when open, but it did not fall appart. The red color isn't even close to the tone used on the rest of the toy. 7. The legs and feet work fine just as on my Scott version. Overeall, I don't see any improvements to the basic construction or design of any of the components on Vol 2. Unlike Yamato, which made tooling improvements during their products' run based on customer feedback or just a sense that they could do better, Toynami made no changes, and don't expect any in future releases. However, I did notice a modest improvement on their QC. Unfortunately, my impression of this improvement is totaly subjective, since it's based on just my two Alphas. I feel like I almost got my money's worth on the Volume 2 (under $68.00 delivered...still a bit overpriced, but not excessive) and, since I haven't been burned yet, I'm looking forward to the Green Alpha.

It is also obvious that the SW-XA II has some influence into the SV-51's design...forward swept canards.

Holy humongous pictures Batman!...

Never mind a PS2 redux...when is the PS3 coming out?

Weren't there other kits from Arii? Namely the 1/72 Defender, Spartan, and Zentradi Regult?

Playing as an Ewok would make it too easy to beat the game...

I know it works to glue glass to metal, glass to rubber, etc., and it works just fine for plastic on plastic (it is not a solvent, so it works much like white glue does)...plastic on resin or resin to resin??? I have no idea. Look at the Micro-Mark site, they have an item description that may shed a little more light on this cement's applications.

What properties as far as bond strength and fogginess can we expect? It's made for watch makers to cement watch faces, so it won't outgas (fog) and should be quite strong, how strong I don't know, but much more than white glue, and it is impervious to water. The stuff is available through Micro-Mark BTW.

You can also try this stuff: WATCH CRYSTAL CEMENT

One of my favorites is the one with the Regis Mk 5, voiced by Michael Dorn I believe. I love the part when Megas stomps on the "bug" Regis and proceeds to scrape it off his foot on the edge of a building...this show is a riot!

I like the new series. My only nitpick is that the producers decided to abandon, at least so far, the multipart story format spanning two or more episodes, which allowed for much greater story and character development, not to mention higher concept writing, in favor of the rushed single episode stories that, although they work alright some times, often are inadequate in conveying a satisfying series chapter. One thing I've noticed in most of the episodes I've seen thus far, for example, is that the stories start in what would otherwise be the middle of the action with very little to no elaboration given on what events transpired to bring the characters to whatever crises they're currently facing.

I think it is awesome! How can you not like a show that has so many hilarious nods to such classics as Starblazers, G-force and Voltron. Is it on the goofy side? Sure, but so is most Anime...and at least Megas XLR is intentionally goofy. The whole show is meant as a homage/satire of Japanese Giant Robot shows, and in that regard it shines...and it takes place in Jersey, now how funny is that?

From your lips to Hasegawa's ears. Unfortunately, Hasegawa is on a Macross Zero kick right now, so a VF-11 is not something we'll be dealt anytime soon...if it's in the cards at all. Thanks for the links Pat, there's some awesome talent out there.

I love Final Countdown, and even though comparing it to Top Gun in regards to flight operations, and overall Navy "life" is entirely appropriate, the two movies can't realy be compared in terms of story since Top Gun is a chronicle of Miramar's flight school, albeit an incredibly innacurate one, and Final Countdown is, once the Navy trappings are stripped, a time travel sci-fi flic...one of the best ones ever made BTW.

Sounds like the innitial report was nothing but hype. According to my understanding of SETI doctrine regarding potential ET signals, any possible detection has to be confirmed by other radio telescopes to eliminate the chance of equipment glitches at the original detection site. From the two articles it appears that the signal in question showed up a couple of times, but only at Arrecibo. Therefore, until other radio telescopes trained on the exact same patch of sky can replicate the apparent contact, and these too survive a battery of tests to weed out errors, this "news" is pretty much moot. Keep in mind that extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.

Look here for all the QC nightmare stories you'd ever want to read, plus insightful reviews and even some praises. As for where to get one cheap...check ebay over the next few months.

I had that same problem at first. However, once you transform the toy back into fighter mode you can do a lot better than the assembly line people did. Just take it slow and try to properly position the hips all the way down their track, and force the nose section and legs down by twisting them against the center section. Try to keep the air intakes from rotating to a flat plane with the center piece (chest/sensor pallet); things will look fine once the whole toy is locked down in fighter mode. Also make sure the rear wheels are properly locked open (right landing gear on mine is specially difficult and takes some force to lock). If you are successful you should get some clearance. After fiddling with mine I was able to get a full millimeter clearance between the lower-most edge of the chest and the ground.

I think that, aside from plastic models, the rights to all Mospeada merchandise, including toys, belong to Harmony Gold at this point. I believe that they have this one locked tight under their Robotech license; thus, any chance that another toy manufacturer such as Yamato or Bandai will produce Mospeada, or Southern Cross, toys is nil. What really gets to me is that HG could have contracted better companies to produce their MPC lines. While the Alpha I bought is remarkably free of problems, only minor stuff that don't bother me, reading people's experience with this toy and the previous VF-1 line, it's becoming apparent that Toynami has a 25-40% defective rate going out the door...that's inexcusable on an $80.00 collector's item. Harmony Gold is being poorly served by Toynami's apparent disregard for Quality Control...They could have done a lot better.

Here are a few more stinkers (as in rotten fish guts, stinker) that I don't recall being on the list: Glitter The Adventures of Pluto Nash Kull the Conqueror The Bio-Dome Starship Troopers Adventures in the Forbidden Zone Tank Girl -Any Rob Schneider movie- Drum Line and many others....

what valk?? Alpha MPC of course... how can a yamato have a paint smudge on its intake... Ehh...because its a Toynami, not Yamato...