RavenHawk

Honestly makes no difference. Both seem equally well done, and professional quality.

What the f?!?!?!?! BigBadToyStore now has Masterpiece Cyclones and the 2nd, red, Beta, all in stock??? And Robotech.com still has nothing!!!

Dowloading the hi-def of the fan subbed (but very professionally fan subbed) episodes 4 and 5.

Not yet, though I have enough pics and info for one. Any recommendations on hosting?

* bump * Anyone come across anything new? I have a few items to add, if anyone is interested.

Has anyone heard anything from Robotech.com? They haven't replied to any of my emails. Nothing shipped yet. Still listed as pre-order. AND listed as out-of-stock.

I'm listening to the interview right now. Apparently they had started production, but not animation. The OAV was 12-15 episodes worth of plot into one OAV. The ending is so inconclusive because they hadn't come up with one yet at the time when they started working on the OAV. As far as the video game of Megazone 23, I watched some clips from it on youtube yesterday... awful. Truly awful. It was for PS2 or PS3, but it is really a PS1 roleplaying type of game, which is ok, but not suitable for this content, and not handled well even at that.

Nice. So, my 1/15th shelf... my 1/10th Beagle/Toynami MOSPEADA/Cyclone, if Robotech.com ever ships it... and now nice 1/12ths too?

It feels to me like a completely new thing, not based on any plans from Part 1, but it is listed as having the same writer, so who knows?

There are definitely a lot where the ending is somewhat... anticlimactic, which is a valid argument here. Thing is, the final fight just didn't seem that major to me. More of like one of the battles leading up to the actual final one.

They're for the larger scale? That's too bad. That bike is GORGEOUS. I found a less detailed one on ebay too, but it looks SO MUCH WORSE it's hard to believe. Never heard of zinpanic.com before. I'll have to check it out. I really like that AM Driver Motor Bisar. Kind of a combination of MOSPEADA and Megazone, as far as transformation, or so it looks to me. The last two links are the same link (but I see what you mean in an earlier post about the scale of the figure and the bike not seeming to match up).

I'm not arguing with that. I just meant that there a few scenes that seem a little rushed to me. Mainly, things seem to build at a decent speed, but then the final confrontation seems rushed to me. Might just be personal taste.

Thanks for the link!

Just went on Robotech.com. If you go to the store, it still lists a Masterpiece Cyclone as "Preorder." and "Out of stock" What the f???

Just watched episode 4. Haven't seen 5 yet. Man, I am really amazed by how much I am loving this show. Oh, and those white ridebacks look very very cool.

While I agree with your points about how, spending $200 on a Cyclone, or $150 on a Beta, you expect them to go all out and no skimp on any details, I have to say that I disagree with you on the MOSPEADA label on the stand thing. Unlike a lot of people on this forum, I like Robotech, and am glad it introduced me to anime, but I like MOSPEADA better and would rather have it say MOSPEADA than Robotech, all other things being equal. Oh, btw, I ordered mine from Robotech.com, and not the Beagle version.

I believe you, but I'm surprised, since, to me, the pacing feels very uneven in it, so it seems like it would be very believable for it to be made from multiple episodes. I have the Entertainment Bible, but not the B-Club Special of the Megazone 23 book. Doesn't do me much good though, since I can't read Japanese. Do you have a link for the Ishiguro Nobory Anime World Order episode? Thanks.

According to Wikipedia (so decide for yourself whether or not you choose to believe it) Megazone 23 was originally intended to be a series. The sponsors withdrew funding midway through production, so what we know as Part 1 of Megazone 23 is actually more of a compilation of footage from what had been animated for various episodes of the series. This is essentially the same thing that happened to Robotech II: The Sentinels. Now, with The Sentinels, all episodes were already plotted out and I believe that most of the scripts were done as well. Does anyone know if the scripts for the episodes of Megazone 23 are out there anywhere? I'm really curious to see what Megazone 23 was originally intended to be. Thanks.

Cool, thanks.

Is this what you mean? http://www.angolz.com/home/productDetails....95&catId=24

Looked at the Machine Tornader ones. Not really my thing. Prefer more transformation than that. I'm not having any luck finding the transforming bikes for KR Kabuto that you mentioned, though. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks.

Ok, thanks. I see them on the Yamato Japan site, but it doesn't translate worth anything, and the checkout page doesn't translate at all, so I can't really order from them.

Sorry, the topic title should say "Garland" and not "Garand."

I remember a little while back someone had posted pictures of their Garland (I think it was the Proto-Garland, but I'm not positive) with a special set of stickers applied. These are stickers that Yamato makes specially for it. I've looked through the Yamato USA site but can't find them on there. Does anyone know where I can find these? Thanks.

Cool, thanks Drifand. I'll look into these. Not really particularly familiar with Kamen Rider, beyond sort of knowing that it exists, and the general idea of what each series was about.