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I wouldn't call it terrible but it sure wasn't in the rhelm of Appleseed or FF spirits within. Its still pretty cool though. The mecha CG looked better than the humans.

DID you actually watch the show...its nothing like macross seven.

Overpriced is right...hell they didn't even bother to dub it. Bandai visual might has well have just dupped the fansubbers and released their versions on DVD.

Count me in ...recast or otherwise.

Definitely worth getting. The dub is actually good also. One of the best mecha shows to come out in recent years. That review from AIC was total trash.

More modeling supplies. Kinda looks like the trailor that gundam was on in the first ep of 0079. http://www.hlj.com/product/KBYMB-20 I think I'll be picking this one up.

Here's a good one. I got jerked around by Phillips customer service (in malaysia or something) when asking some questions about my new Phillips upconverting DVD player. So I called the office of Phillips president to inform them of the crappy customer support. To make up for the hassle they give me a free Blu-ray player (its refurbished...but its free). Anyway it turns out that they are selling these in their phillips outlet for $179. So if you want a cheap blu-ray try there. It even comes with the HDMI cable. BTW the Blu-ray works great...just as good as my PS3...at least until the new ps3 update with Blu-ray live comes out in a week or so.

Now that I think about it, it might have a different head. Not sure about anything else.

Anybody gotten their from a store located in the US? The wait is killing me. I pray my stick says megahouse and not toynami. I imagine if someone wanted to sell these down the road that the Megahouse ones would be worth a bit more considering toynami's poor reputation.

If mine did that I would call PS3 and ask whats up. My hasn't needed the settings changed since I first set it up 7 months ago. Even made it through a short power outage. My brother-in-law's did that and Playstation had him exchange it where he bought it for a new one. What model is it. Is this problem particular to a certain edition. I have the 60GB and have no problems.

I think this is the second release of the original toy. I'm sure the repaint will follow. I'm hoping they made a few improvements but I'm not sure if they have or not. I'm just happy to be getting one. They were all sold out when I tried last time. The repaint looks interesting as well...I'm going to have to rewatch the series agian to think about that one. Supposedly you can attach like 9 or so of the vectors together if you want to. I know there used to be a vid of Kwaramori making some very interesting combinations out of 3-4 of the complete toys.

Where the hell was this established...it sure wasn't noted on the BBTS's site. And frankly I haven't been reading up on the beta on macrossworld. Its still false advertisement and is against the law.

Actually there is a law here in Minnesota requiring online companies to uphold their prices to Minnesota residents no matter what the cause of the mistake or price change or the location of the business. All I have to do is simply file a case in civil court...its a rather open and shut deal. I've known a few people who have done this and won without even hiring a lawyer. And if they did the courts would have made the offending business pay those lawyer fees. Also I happen to own and run my own business and If I make a mistake with one of my clients, I EAT THE COST. simple as that. That is what upstanding businesses do.

Actually, in this case a contingent purchase of an alpha was made due to the pricing of the beta. Now I'm stuck with an alpha without a beta because there's not a chance that I'm paying $149 or more for a beta. Also Stand-up stores take responsibility for their mistakes rather than shafting their customers. This has happened more than once on products I've preordered from companies and every other company I've had this happen with has "taken it the ass for their loyal customers" BTW...love the snideness of your remarks. You sound like a real stand up guy....

Sorry but that's crap...If a store puts something up for a price they legally have to honor that price. If they have a problem with it they can take it up with Toynami. I guess I'll call the shop I ordered from and relate this point. If they don't honor the price they won't be getting my business anymore.

I would avoid books unless they just came out. We were there last year (arrived on St Patty's day) and stayed for 16 days. THe lost planet books were utterly useless for restaurants and clubs. They change too often. Akihabara has changed a lot in the last year as well according to Dannychoo.com. Your best bet to find nearly everything is Yodabashi (THink the biggest electronics, games, toys store known to man). Yodabashi is on the South east side of the station across the street I believe. There are also a lot of other good spots (I hope they are all still there) I'll use the station as a starting pt. -As you walk out of the station (North east side I believe) you will head North about 1 block to hit the main street...Can't remember the name though (it might be chui-dori). Most of what you will find will be along here or withing 1 block to the north of that main street. Don't forget to grab the flyers from the maid girls to find their maid cafe later for lunch. Also in case my memory is wrong, I'm imagining the river on the east side of the station running north/south. -As your heading N out of the station there is a Gamers (game/anime/toys store with a cute little mascott from some anime on the store front). Across the street to the west is an Awsome block (I think this is the Kotobukiya shops.) In the middle of the block head up and You'll be beseiged by toys, gundam...hell everything. Don't forget to hit the little shops in the ground floor tunnels through the middle. These are kinda like a pawn shop for anime toys and figures. I found my best deals and 3 suitcases worth of gundam stuff here. This is also a great place to find trading figures...I even got the little minmay doll there for only $5. BTW the building is like 7 floors worth of toyshops. -On the far side of that awsome block is a little shop that has good deals on gundams and other mecha figsures. -Once your on the main street head east. On the south side are a lot of good shops...try them all...there is also a Macdonalds here if you need an emergency burger or coffee. -Don't forget to look in the lower levels of these buildings since they often hold nice shops, some are eroge manga shops. -Keep heading east until you no longer see stores of interest....like 6-10 blocks. Then go across the street and head back west. Once back to the station area head north a block and you'll find this Awsome toystore (ASOBIT)...as good as Yodabashi (they used to be on the main street but I lucked out last year and caught them just before their move to their current location for 50% off deals). They moved the entire place in 1 night. Freakin nuts. I think its part of the LOAX group but that isn't the name of the place. Once done hear start heading east again. -There is a mandrake there if you're looking for really old stuff but its small and rather difficult to find. And I thought the quality of the toys was rather sub par. I didn't see much for macross...at least not reasonably priced macross stuff. -Check in the arcades and you might find the Gundam simulator...really cool, if you go early in the morning there might not be an hour line for it. -Best bets for macross stuff seemed to be Yodabashi and the building across the street from Gamers. -There were also a lot of good shops in shuboya. We didn't find much for good anime stuff in Harajuku. -I think there is also a Mandrake in Shinjuku. -BTW if your heading to the Tokyo Anime Festival next week I strongly suggest you arrive EARLY. We got there an hour before it opened and upon leaving the train we were shocked by the 1000 yard long line (6- people wide) that grew about 10 people for every 3 steps we took. Eventually we had to run it rather than never reach the end. BTW most of the people in line will already have their tickets so as you get in the doors don't forget to switch lines to the purchase ticket line. If your there at this time I strongly advise you to go...it was very cool. -There is also a great shop that's kinda just north of the UENO station and west of UENO park (great cherry blossom viewing and partying). I didn't buy anything there but it was still a cool shop. North of it are a mess of little shops that sell everything you can imagine. -Also don't expect great prices. Most of what I bought only a dollar or so cheaper than the prices we get from Bigbadtoystore or what we used to get from valkyrie exchange. I was really hoping the pricing would be better. HLJ sold most of what I purchased for about the same price. Prices will vary from store to store, for instance I bought a Gunbuster 2 non figure for like 4600 yen but most stores were selling it for 5600 yen. I shopped around for it but I spent a good 15 or more hours in Akihabara looking closely at everything. Last thing...wear very comfortable shoes. Hope this helps. Have a fun trip.

Here's a current listing for a Rook MPC on ebay. Opening bid $202 http://cgi.ebay.com/Robotech-Next-Generati...1QQcmdZViewItem Thats rediculous

Sousei no Aquarion (just Aquarion in the US) is well worth the watch. Just picked up the first boxset (13 ep on 3 discs for $37 at BestBuy). Definitely a classic as good. There's also a lot of macross style goodness in the battles.

God the wait for the re-release of Aquarion is killing me.

Could this mean some new goodies from goodsmile....Found this on their site...is that the spiral king on the right. Scan down http://ameblo.jp/gsc-mikatan/ Look for Yuki from THe SOS brigage and also the orange arrow. Is that the Spiral king on the right

Some of the other 10 base models had a writeup suggesting they would would well for 1/100 but I'm thinking if it works well for 1/100 then it isn't going to work well for 1/200 gundams.

Anybody used these little Mechanical chain bases for their HCM-Pro's? http://www.hlj.com/product/KBYMB-18 http://www.hlj.com/product/KBYMB-19 They have like 10 variations and I'm wondering how HCM-Pro's and even some macross toys would look with them. Their pretty cheap and could be cool.

Appleseed Ex Mechina is out next tueday...Has anybody seen it? If so is it a buy, rent or Download? Thanks.

Once again Yamato prices themselves out of the market and gouges us as fans......

Why not just start with DYRL scene-for-scene (since its a masterpiece). If that looks great and sells tickets add zero as a prequel and maybe macross plus. Probably do the plus movie first then zero.