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Unfortunately gundam's popularity as a series dwindled and disappeared by 2003. The only thing that kept it afloat in america was gundam wing really...

Check the blacklisted dealers thread here if i were you. That's all i'm going to say.

I ordered mine from him and it came fast and was in good condition... Everybody has their F ups at times... On ebay I had a bad experience with Tisinc but thats the past... IMO hes a good seller and no longer sells through ebay...

LOL I find it funny how batman plays off the italian mobster sterotype... but its not sursprising either...

I remember when I came to Japan a short 5 years ago (has it really been 5 years?!?!) and getting an internet connection was a big push - and that was only the connection that comes over the phone lines. Nowadays, they're pushing fibre optic connections, but it's not as big nor as noticeable a push as the "get your first internet connection" was, 5 years ago.

I'm not saying that the internet hasn't been available before then. Just that it wasn't very affordable except for places like universities where uni students could get it for free (after paying tuition, etc..). So that, coupled with getting affordable computers that can do 4 byte characters with ease has delayed things internet in Japan.

Though, I probably am fuzzy in my facts, and the beer in my system may be twisting things.

no you are quite right... you see phone service and internet is way more expensive in japan than in america... The prices of phone service in japan was originally high in because of WWII and the lack of infastructure available to support telecommunications networks. now japans infastructure is pretty good by todays standards but the phone and internet companies have kept prices high to maintain heavy profits... This is why most ppl in japan don't use hard wired phones and prefer cell phone service because it is much cheaper.

This could obviously be another reason why there isn't a huge fansite dedicated to macross, because of the sheer amount of money it would take to have a high speed private server hosted over the internet.

I think there are just too many young boys in here that cant take the difficulty of old school games is all im saying.

Yes to Salamander, no to Gradius.

Gradius sucks. Even Gradius 5, which has recoverable options and a higher minimum speed. The power-up system just needs so much refinement that no one's willing to do because it tampers with the formula.

R-Type got speed right(eventually). Instead of making speed a one-way street dependent on how many power-ups you grabbed, make it adjustable on-the-fly.

And I'm doing everyone else a dis-service by ignoring them. Rest assured, I'm aware that many other games had controllable speed(or one sane speed) well before R-Type Delta. Parsec(on the TI 99/4a) would be the first controllable speed I know of, though irem did it in Image Fight before most of the J-era developers thought of it.

Though... even from the beginning R-Type's speed wasn't the death-trap that Gradius' was. You start survivable, and can't accelerate to uncontrollable.

The fact that Konami never fixed this, and it took an outsider to realize something was wrong(Gradius 5 is developed by Treasure), is just sad.

It seems like your just bashing gradius because you had a hard time with it and couldn't take the manly difficulty the game had to offer... I have beaten every gradius game except for that obscure 3D arcade version and while some of the games were extremely frustrating... (I.E Gradius II arcade version) I still managed to beat them with a little bit of luck and alot of effort. Salamander blows in comparison... Gradius 5 was just awesome and is the best shooter I have ever played. Shooters are short game that need alot of challenge, they are no fun when you can just plow through them on the first run...

After living in the city all my life even now I feel that I would rather get away from fast paced city life... and yeah the ghetto areas... ugh dont even get me started on that...

I nominate Jake Loyd for Vicious! .... Samual Jackson as Jet, and Hayden Christianson as Spike!

Hayden christiansen is a terrible actor IMO... Ha was terrible and unconvincing as darth vader and now this? If you like wooden acting I guess hes right for you though...

Although ive never lived in LA id say living there with a pleasant experience depends on how deep your pockets are really... if you want a nice area by the beach its gonna cost an a$$load of money...

Aside from the posh areas and cool anime shops in little tokyo there's not much else that appeals to me there. I guess california in general is overated and the cost of living there outweighs the benefits IMO. But if you have the money more power to ya.

lookin good so dar. Whats the estimated release for these again?

It aint out till november of this year so we have awhile to wait... hopefully its worth it.

I really like the customs armor and the paint job it looks really good and somewhat more realistic than the anime version of the GBP armor... Its too bad there aren't that many conversion kits or customs parts out there for valk toys... Id be all over them.

*sigh*..... That's not right. If they have the hide to keep selling items 99% prone to breaking they should ATLEAST give you the option to send it with other stuff (already have to pay money for replacements which is still a big kick in the gizzards). that's f'd.

You can thank the ppl in charge of harmony gold for that... They are blockading anything macross related from being sold or serviced from other companies in the states... american imperialism at its finest...

I dont mean to complain or anything as I havent had one bad yamato product yet but im well aware of yamato's history of defects on their first run products... It seems yamato can't and never will get it right on a new product line... Once is already too much for an expensive a$$ toy. If your paying over 100 dollars on a toy it should work... Im glad im waiting this out for the VF1A

I have a feeling that *edit* some people with broken models have transformed them too many times or are rough with the models. If you only need it as display and don't have time to build the model, then you won't need to transform it more than once or twice.

And if it comes broken in the box, according to HLJ's return policy (if that's where you got it from), they'll accept returns for defective products and will pay for shipping.

Hope yours turns out okay Keep us updated!

I dont know if HLJ does this anymore but I heard from other members on this board that they also offer replacement parts if you need them for the VF0A they do charge you like 15 dollars though for the parts.

So what's a decent price for one of these .... maybe $200 now? with shipping?

I got my shin combo at tisinc99.com at 169.00 USD before shipping. The one I got has no issues either, all the joints are tight on it too... Highly recommended.

Im gonna wait for the VF-1A to come out as I dont have any valks with a 1A head just head.

What? Bandai does have the crotch set at an angle.

This is an older prototype pic... the more recent pics show the crotch at a straighter angle...

salon wccgon bandai stand , surprise , vf-25f final version

Now that I see the toy with the crotch agled it looks like total $hit... It looks like the robot has a dong man lol. I would never buy a toy like that unless I want to be called a happy person for owning it. NE way im glad bandai didnt go with the angled croth peice because thats really gay... IMO

Found this figure at HLJ on sale, any one interested :

http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN913937

While I like the manga esque look of the origins zaku I have too much gundam plamo as it is so I wont give in... But I dont see why this should be in the bargain bin on hlj... I guess it wasnt that popular of a figure series.

If he followed the thread as well, he would know that Kawamori's involvement was only mecha design. This series was some other director's and producer's work. But it only proves my point that people don't read...

Crap is crap regardless of who produced it...

I hadn't been much interested in Fallout 3 previously, but after checking out the current trailers my interest had definitely been piqued.

Sam here ive always liked post apocalyptic stories... I played the original fallout and it was great. I cant wait to see how this game turns out.

It's a parody of this:

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LMFAO thats got to be the funniest thing ive ever seen on the net regarding this issue. I really dont care what system ffXIII is on but im tired of sony fanboys saying that theyre system is superior to the xbox 360 because its japanese... LOL when has a peice of hardware claimed ethnicity...

33.40 EMS for the Frontier mechs, EMS. Must be heavier than the VF-0's eh!

Well the VF-25 does have metal in it so its gonna be a bit heavier, not sure by how much though.

Wow I really like the new box art and the smaller boxes. It looks so much more polished. and ill have more space to store the boxes in my room too heh.

Ive been wanting to see this anime for a long time. Im a big fan of 80's sci fi anime. Keep up the good work!