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Recommendation: Pretend the anime never existed, and that Geist is JUST a mascot.

So NOT 1:1?

Well, it's a great introductory toy. If ever a plane was built to be thrown at a wall and pretend it was flying, that's the one. i already gave him a banpresto hikaru and it's in pieces already lol ahh well...can't buy him that toy until he learns not to break his other toys Find an old Jetfire at a garage sale.

An overabunance of hormones?

Is that the same Warlords made by SSI? I loved that game on my Uncle's old Mac. *blinks* Nooo... It's the one made by ATARI. You know, before companies like SSI with their fancy-pants STRATEGY games existed.

Such is hte glory of the VCS. It keeps the opponent in arm's reach.

I say screw LAN. An Atari VCS with Warlords and 3 friends is the most fun you can have in the single square yard that VCS controller cables allow you to occupy. If you thought throwing pencils was fun, try slapping people in the head.

Yah. Should be. According to Macross Compendium, a team leader has 2 valks under his command. A squadron commander has 2 teams under his command, for a 7-plane squadron(3*2=6 valks + 1 squadron commander). And a group commander has 2 squadron commanders(did we ever see any of these guys? I refuse to acknowlede that Roy had a superior officer! ). http://macross.anime.net/mecha/united_nati...ions/index.html

Well, it's a great introductory toy. If ever a plane was built to be thrown at a wall and pretend it was flying, that's the one.

Orguss.

Or you could use Mozilla NOW.

The focal length varies with aperture and lens length(if you have a zoom lens). And it's always good to be able to focus manually. Autofocus lacks any sense of aesthetics, or even a really reliable way to tell what the subject is. Never trust it. Yeah I know. I didn't want to get technical with him, cuz I don't know his level of photography knowledge. Basically, I just wanted to tell him he was standing too close. Point made.

The focal length varies with aperture and lens length(if you have a zoom lens). And it's always good to be able to focus manually. Autofocus lacks any sense of aesthetics, or even a really reliable way to tell what the subject is. Never trust it.

Quick test: Is your monitor connected to something, or just black? That's one thing that just about every PC has, is a graphics adapter.

I've got a Homebrew Computing Mark V. Features include: An AMD Athlon XP 2500+ CPU. 256 megabytes of 133MHZ DDR RAM. A GeForce2MX video card, with 64 megabytes of video RAM. A SoundBlaster Audigy. A 4/8/32x CDRW drive. A LS120 SuperFloppy drive. Lacking media and not using floppies much, the primary advantage is my BIOS ID's it as an ARMD(which stands for ATAPI Removable Media Device, but who really cares what it's SUPPOSED to be?). A Wingman Action gamepad, for, well, gaming(at least, games suited to gamepads). No fewer than 3 pointing devices(1 serial mouse, one PS/2 trackball, one USB trackball). 2 hard drives, a 20 gig and a 14 gig, both 5200 RPM. The Windows 2000 operating system. Yes, some parts need a little upgrading.

Assuming that you actually EARN the force. It could totally random. Even worse, it may be specially bestowed upon players by the actual humans running the game(though it's very doubtful). Just something to think about.

Ah. The D-21 is currently in service with NASA, if I recall.

Should be. Otherwise you risk debris flying into your turbines.

Mmmm... I use an SLR. And stripes and reflections both confuse the hell out of auto-focus circuits, for future reference.

Y're sure? I know none of the drones ever actually photographed anything, but I'm pretty sure the only time there was ever any issue with the launch was the crash.

Let's see what I remember... Eyeball = plain ol' TIE fighter. Squint = TIE interceptor. Impstar = Imperial-class Star Destroyer. Vicstar = Victory-class Star Destroyer. Brights = TIE Bomber? I'd guess Cross = TIE Defender, but that's really a shot in the dark. Dunno slim at all.

STAMPEDE! ... C'mon, if Macross is ever gonna compete with Gundam in the mass market, it needs to mount an unholy # of guns on a mech. ... Or maybe I'm just a tad trigger-happy recently.

2 words. Manual focus.

Ah. And it all makes sense now. Again, it all makes sense now. Actually, there was only one accident. The drones never really succeeded, but only one M-21 was ever lost.

Yup. Scounge some old parts up and build an MS-DOS machine. Don't forget the ISA Soundblaster(my machine's major failing right now. SB16 emulation just ain't cuttin' it).