Guppy

Why does a robot have a knife?

Robots always have knives! Just look at evangelion - knives everywhere. I guess they just look cool. Robots don't need heads either but they've all got em!

I might finally attempt to customise a 1/60.. Hey, at 20 bucks I can't go wrong!

Thanks for that pic of the Zeta Plus Guppy!.

I had forgotten that I had one unbuilt in my closet...

Well, it's built now, and on a stand just like yours. Looks great that way!.

I got it cos I loved the decals and the '1D' training look. to be honest, I've enver transformed it to the 'wave rider' mode or whatever it's called. I did the panel lines with a very fine mechanical pencil and it worked pretty good.

you guys are making me want to spend money that i don't have.

That's ok - I didn't have it either!

They are very sturdy - those rubber knobs on the ends of the stands stick really well to the toy.

ahahaha.. Sebastian only wears singlets.

I saw enough of her in Monster's Ball. Personally I can't stand her, I think she is a bad actress with a big ego,

Couldn't agree more. I think she is a dreadful actor. I was laughing at her all the way through Monster's Ball. Like when she got with Billy bob on the couch and went all primal: "MAAAKE MEEE FEEEEELL GGOOOOOOODDDDD!" lol.

Guppy / 42" / 1pc / Navy Blue / Polo / Short

also, maybe we should put our 'second preference' if there is a split vote?

I'm with Paulo - short sleeve polo, UN spacy logo on front and art on back.

What about for the art, using the cool minmay logo from the old MW site and changing the "'84 summer" lettering to "MWS Hong Kong '04" ?

What is a sleeve?

lol! The 'sleeve' is the part of the shirt your arms go in!

I'd prefer red or black as well - or maybe blue?

I'd probably prefer a t-shirt over a polo, but I don't mind.

Ditto for long or short sleeves - either or is cool!

And as far as art goes, I'm a big fan of the art on the back - I think it's cooler and a bit subtler. You see all those star wars fanboys with a big picture of yoda on their fronts.. yuck.

1 tshirt for me! I don't forsee my wife wearing one to work.

I was on a shoot today with a guy we often work with who worked on ep 3. I asked him about the Moff Tarkin thing, and he didn't say anything (due to his 'sworn to secrecy' contract) until I said I'd seen the photos published. He said that lucas and everyone were really pissed off, as one of the construction dept. had broken in after hours and taken photos of the prosthetic Tarkin makeup.

Now Guppy...you wouldn't kid us about this, right?

If your guy's right, then I can see why TFN is running with the "memory card" swap story. Stealthily taking pictures during working hours is far less illicit than breaking & entering to do so.

nope.. I'm very certain about this info! I also got the goss on who's nice and who's difficult. Apparrently Lucas, Rick McCallum, Samuel Jackson, Jimmy Smits and Hayden Christiansen are all really nice people, however Ewan and Natialie were the types to throw their weight around. Which is a shame because I love ewan mcgregor's films.

THey should have kicked Portman then!! SHe is difficult even being a terrible actress?!?! WTF?

Seems to be that since she's got 'star power' she's using it for all it's worth. I guess the problem is that they're stuck with her for all 3 movies as putting up with her is a lesser evil than breaking continuity by getting a new Padme.

I was on a shoot today with a guy we often work with who worked on ep 3. I asked him about the Moff Tarkin thing, and he didn't say anything (due to his 'sworn to secrecy' contract) until I said I'd seen the photos published. He said that lucas and everyone were really pissed off, as one of the construction dept. had broken in after hours and taken photos of the prosthetic Tarkin makeup.

Now Guppy...you wouldn't kid us about this, right?

If your guy's right, then I can see why TFN is running with the "memory card" swap story. Stealthily taking pictures during working hours is far less illicit than breaking & entering to do so.

nope.. I'm very certain about this info! I also got the goss on who's nice and who's difficult. Apparrently Lucas, Rick McCallum, Samuel Jackson, Jimmy Smits and Hayden Christiansen are all really nice people, however Ewan and Natialie were the types to throw their weight around. Which is a shame because I love ewan mcgregor's films.

Oh - rdenham, here's a couple of 1/48's for ya! Notice how even with a 1/48 you can 'lean' it and it will still be stable on the display stand.

Ok. no more pics.. I promise!

more pics - I only spent a few seconds posing these toys - these stands are really secure.

1/60's: 1S (with a hasegawa head) and a blurry max

vf 19a

alpha squadron

and the chogokin phoenix

PS - hey mods, if I'm taking up too much MW bandwith I can take these pics off!

I got my stands - thanks eric!

Here's my 1/48's on em

MPC custom

MG Zeta a1

I took some cool shots of 1/60 battroids on the stands defying gravity - but my battery ran out before I could get them onto the computer.

wrap around sounds cool and a bit different! I like the graphic style of the red & blue I've seen around MW for other cons.

I was on a shoot today with a guy we often work with who worked on ep 3. I asked him about the Moff Tarkin thing, and he didn't say anything (due to his 'sworn to secrecy' contract) until I said I'd seen the photos published. He said that lucas and everyone were really pissed off, as one of the construction dept. had broken in after hours and taken photos of the prosthetic Tarkin makeup.

Over at theforce.net the story goes that memory cards were swapped, etc, and that's how they cleverly got the pics, so that is a load of crap. It was just a simple break and enter.

Although he didn't come out and say, Tarkin will be voiced over in post - it won't be the actor behind the mask's voice in the movie.

I've got the small ones. They're sh*t. I hate them. They look stupid in ride armor and they look stupid in bike mode. The rider doesn't fit on the bike and his arm always falls off.

They stay buried at the bottom of my box of toys. I love the big one though!

They're actually better than the original matchbox ones - better paint job & more detail.

Woowww! I missed this thread! I have three peeling gakkens!

Funny thing is, I have a sheet of untouched decals.. I could never bring myself to use them.

Is there any word on the price or did I miss it?

PS - Jawjaw.. if you read this, can you answer me, is your avatar from the Captain Commando coin-op game?

Could these be a banpresto killer?

Although banpresto often pops up on the 'Sale' list at hlj so they might not take much killing...

I found the longest thread interesting - every now and then I'd drop in, sometimes I wouldn't know what the hell was being dicussed or didn't care, but other times I'd jump right in. It was like the sea.. always ebbing and flowing.

haha, thanks for identifying the positive angle on having no shelf space G!

I have 3 1/2 shelves full, as well as my computer desk. And I'm waging a secret psychological warfare with my wife to keep the 1/48's on top of the tv - so I can happily stare at them when she watches crap tv shows.

PS - I noticed your sig.. of COURSE you should keep the rest of MW! I still use the toy & model section for reference.. and I post the links to my friends to convince them to start buying macross toys too. Don't let some newbies get you down!

I LMAO at the anime, but yes, it did go for too long. By the time I saw the post series specials ie, the holiday and xmas special etc I wasn't laughing so much.