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"It'll be a slaughter!"

It took me a second to translate ' as "feet" and then I snorted coffee all over my monitor. Er, yeah, I hear they're doing amazing things with life-size dummies these days. Anyone want to, er, pool their resources...?

I've sometimes seen magazines like that described as "helical" magazines. Drum magazines usually bring to mind the famous round magazine of the 1920s era Tommy Gun, or the horizontally-positioned magazine of a Lewis gun (or a Zaku!). Mind you, the 20mm Vulcan is often described as having a drum magazine, even though it looks to me more like a barrel!

Thanks for the info - must keep an eye out for volume 1!

Will the Roy come with bullet holes in his back? (oh, sorry, thats TV, not movie. Still...!) Hope theres plans for a matching Milia to go with Max...

http://moeroshop.net/index.php?main_page=i...mp;cPath=27_205 This page has one of the Zeta Gundam books. I picked mine up at various conventions in the UK a few years ago; I would suggest trying the usual culprits - e-bay, celga and perhaps anime collector retailers like kimono my house. Its possible at least some of them may be reprinted on occasion, in which case you may want to keep an eye on Hobbylink Japan and the like.

While not being "all-in-one" volumes, you might want to take a look at the "Newtype 100%" books. While these only cover one series at a time, they do include all sorts of background and item art that you don't get in the books that concentrate on the mecha alone. I know that there are books for Zeta, ZZ, and Chars Counterattcak, not sure about others - though I'd love to know if there was ever a "Turn-A" book...!

Okay, first things first - this section of the MW forums is for Macross toys, not Gundam toys. Posts regarding those should be posted in the "Anime and Science Fiction" section. I'm sure the mods will move this post and any replies shortly. Gundam Wing is quite an old series, relatively speaking, so you may find the toys a little hard to find thse days. You should probably look for Bandais line of "Mobile SUIT in Action" toys. These will be a bit smaller than the 1/72 YF-21 and largely made of plastic, but are reasonably detailed and poseable. AFAIK, there aren't many large-scale Gundam Wing figures. I know there was a big, Japanese-release Gundam Wing Zero, and there may have been a couple of large scale US releases, but I don't recall seeing a large-scale Death Scythe. Bandai have recently launched a line of "HCMPro" Gundam figures, which are smaller than MSIA figures but very detailed and poseable. Currently, there are no Gundam Wing figures in the line-up but its a possibility for the future. Of course, if you're interested, they would be a good place to discover the many and varied delights of "classic" Gundam, as directed by He Who Kills 'Em All, Yoshiyuki Tomino...

Oh, heck, you did the Rimfire as well!

Orguss 02. Features one of the best realised supporting characters ever, which more than makes up for the fact that the lead characters name ought to be "Mr. Plot-Device".

Wait a minute. You did art for some of the MekTon supplements? Your art actually made the Turbo look... well 'ard, as we say in the UK. Good work!

So what you're saying is, it should be Mr. Fixit we should all be buying 1/6 scale china dress models of...?

200 rounds is not entirely unusual in an aviation context, and if the GU-11 fires 1,200 rounds a minute thats quite low for a gatling-type weapon (the famous 20mm Vulcan is often quoted as going up to 6,000 rounds/minute!); IIRC the F-15 Eagle carries about 600-or so rounds in a drum magazine; many European and Russian aircraft carry between 125 - 200 rounds, typically for single-barrelled, larger calibre guns. Even the .50 calibre machine gun of WWII fame was typically fed by magazines holding about 300 or so rounds. Mind you, the GU-11 is a big gun - 55mm, 3-barrels, so thats quite a good rate-of-fire. Remember: short, controlled bursts!

Oops, sorry, so you did...

You got all those and missed Macross? On this forum?!

Hey, has anyone noticed yet that the name-plate spells "Soul of Chogokin" different to other toys in the series, such as the Evas?

Assemble Insert is recommended to Patlabor fans; much of the same creative staff worked on it and you'll probabl notice a few seeds being sown...! And if you haven't seen Project A-Ko yet - what the hell is wrong with you?!

I wouldn't go quite so far to say I played - I dabbled in RPGs when I was younger but probably spent more time reading the rule books than actually playing! "AV" may also have been a tribute to the Harrier, as in US service the Harrier is "AV-8" (Attack VTOL...?). As to the replies, if theres anything likely to start a detailed conversation on Macross World, its anything involving aircraft and thrust-to-weight ratios certainly fits the bill! Just touching on Gundams again - in the original series, I'm reasonably certain that in atmosphere, the Gundam "leaped" rather than flew (except in space colonies, I think, because of reduced gravity at the end-caps), but this rule appears to have been relaxed as time has gone on. I think in the much later SEED series, although in early episodes Mobile SUITs are seen leaping, as the series goes on this also seems to be more and more ignored (although some MS appear to be full-flight capable anyway... )

I sometimes feel that part of the reason why Macross 7 causes so much comment is that Western fandom basically became aware of it at roughly the same time as Macross Plus, and were expecting more of the same as Plus from Macross 7. Macross 7 certainly has its faults - the series is at least 10 episodes too long, the initial storyline takes too long to get going, some of the concepts are best described as "goofy", and its a real pity that they skimped on the animation in the space battle scenes (usually a Macross highlight); however, it is perhaps truer in spirit to the original Macross series than Plus, and the idea of a pacifist central character is certainly an interesting one for a mecha show - even if he is a jerk. Edit: oh, and lets not forget the "Max" factor in Macross 7.

Further to Davids comments on the Harrier, the old role-playing game Cyberpunk 2020 actually used Pegasus engines - the same as in a Harrier - to create flying vehicles; IIRC the rulebook specifically mentioned that they were able to do this this because of the engine thrust alone and not having to haul round a full size jet body. I can't remember what they called these flying vehicles, though - aerodynes?

The following links might help! http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2292_where.html http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ue3t-cb/index_...e/spalist_e.htm http://www.outdoorjapan.com/section-onsen.html

I'm told that theres a popular public bathhouse at the Tokyo Dome baseball stadium, but the baths I've visited were all much further South than Tokyo and Kyoto, sorry. Some Japanese guesthouses have "Japanese"-style baths which might give you a taste. And if you do visit a hot water spring, do make sure you know which entrance is mens and which is womens, so you can avoid those "Love Hina!" moments. Or maybe thats what you're after anyway...

Truly, this is Coachs Gunbuster!

Sevket Erhat: before any of us answer that question, you might want to go downstairs, and open up that bomb shelter your father built back in the 70s. Check the power still goes in, that the cupboards still stocked with tinned beans, and that - most importantly of all - that the walls are still fairly solid. Then walk back to the computer, but make sure that you have a clear route to the shelter. Now we can start discussing which Gundam to watch. Gundam SEED/Destiny and Gundam Wing are set in seperate "universes" to the original Gundam series (which is set in what is often referred to as "the Universal Century" universe). They share a central idea - big robots called Gundams - but are unconnected to each other. In theory. Gundam SEED/Destiny and Gundam Wing are fine, watchable shows. They are certainly currently very popular in Japan. Theres nothing wrong with them as standalone series. But... theres that "Gundam" part. And if you grew up with a certain idea of Gundam, as I, and probably many others, did, SEED/Wing has a tendency to... raise eyebrows. The best way I can put it is that what might be referred to as the "original" Gundam shows - Gundam, Zeta, ZZ, V-Gundam, and the various movies mostly directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino (the creator of Gundam) represent how Tomino sees Gundam, whereas the "other" Gundams - Wing, SEED - represent how Bandai see Gundam, which is basically as Gundam Yen. So, if I were to recommend Gundam series to watch: the original, Zeta, ZZ if you can get past the first twenty-odd episodes, the Chars Counterattack movie, and the Gundam 0080 OAV. If you're a sucker for punishment, V-Gundam. Then try Gundam SEED and Destiny, and see if you can spot a few, er, "homages" [1] to previous series. And after that, Turn-A Gundam, because its possibly the best Gundam series Tomino ever made (and if you did watch V, you'll need cheering up). [1] Some people might take this to mean "blatant unoriginal rip-offing".

The same place as the 4,000 TIE Fighters were during the first trench run.