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Well that's the tricky part... You see the two pegs that fold in next to the nose cone area sometimes flop out and if that happens it jams the contact and keeps the metal swing bar from locking into its place. This is the part I think you have to worry about most because to get it right you have to unlock the chest and move the entire body up to fit the swingbar in its place. Dont force the nose hatch open or you can break it... That's the only real part I had difficulty with while transforming it to battloid mode for the first time.

Well I waited a little bit to see what ppl had to say about the VF-1S and im glad I did... it seems a great number of the first batch with S&S parts has the infamous shoulder breakage at the arm... I went out a bought a VF-1A hikky after reading reviews that most ppl said there were no problems with... Its a shame that we have to be cautious about every new yamato release for problems... You'd think by now they would know how to manufacture a problem free toy. Bandai's first releases almost never have the severe QC problems that yamato has.

LOL every pic I see of this toy looks awkward and not very appealing... Whoever is posing these figures doesnt know how to transform them right lol...

Well toy stores in japan have walls filled with SOC's, Gundam GFF's as well as yamato valkyries... So im guessing the toys have to be manufactured using safe materials that wont be toxic and poison children when they are manufactured. Recently governments have been more strict on manufacturing practices than ever before due to the amount of recalled items that have been manufactured in china for safety reasons... Its not surprising really...

Oh I know what you mean man... Things are getting expensive and I've been seeing alot of ppl on ebay selling a big part of their collection for less than I would've imagined... Even ppl on this site are trying to get rid of any extra toys or models they might have so they can have some money to pay off bills or whatever. The price of bandai's SOC line is cheaper than ever before now because there is such a glut of them on ebay atm.

LMFAO wow what an oxy moron I thought the sith were all evil just by affiliation... Its like being a nazi and being a good guy? hmm...

Well if the rumors are true I would try it out at least... I have yet to come across an MMO that fully satisfies what im looking for... The only MMO I ever played for more than 6 months was everquest 1 and FFXI but soon after my interest faded away as there was a lack of variety or things to do in game other than fight... I don't like WOW either the graphics are too cartoony and it just seems like a generic glorified MMO. Theres nothing special to it IMO its just easily accessible and not too difficult to get ahead in... I guess thats why its so popular... The reason why no other MMO has even eclipsed wow is because the developers made their games too difficult and a chore to get ahead... If they want to succeed they should follow WOW's gameplay example... Not totally but they shouldn't make things too challenging as that will turn possible customers away.

Oh this toy... lol yeah this toy suffers from the notorious shoulder breakage out of the box... Its a 50/50 chance you'll get a lemon but Its no hard to fix... Rubber cement or krazy glue should hold up the shoulder nice and tight.

Well go to the official socom forums if you think this is ok... or you can learn the hard way by not being patient, buying the game and have it break your PS3... its your loss... Dont believe everything you hear... sony probly has all their fanboys saying that the system is great and that everything is ok on their payroll...

Yeah unfortunately High rez HD files need a pretty beefy system to run them on... It would be a good idea to invest in a modern PCI-E graphics card and a dual core proccessor with some extra ram. 2gbs should be enough... It sounds expensive but right now you can get a really nice graphics card for 150 or less. Processor prices have gone down a lot too. I have a friend that spent only 300 dollars on all the base components he needed including the mouse keyboard and chassis. Not only can it play HD files, it can run the latest games too. www.pricewatch.com is a good site to find good comp hardware over the net... www.newegg.com is another good site.

Some of you guys collections are really awesome! Man lol that pic with all those YF-19 boxes is crazy! Why do you have all those? Do you own a store or something?

Im not liking that compromise too much... If bandai were making it im sure the cockpit would be different... seems like yamato is cutting corners on this one.. oh well

I don't wanna sound like I absolutely hate SOCOM (infact I think its great!). But there are some things I think need to be fixed before it gets the praise it deserves and right now the problem is the servers... It looks like the game is so popular that sony cant handle the amount of ppl trying to login... There are also quite a few bugs in the game itself that make it unplayable... Like random freezing every other match and server disconnects, also very long loading times and lots of lag make the game unplayable. The ranking system in the game appears to be down so there is no way to unlock new equipment and gain a higher rank... Overall I feel like sony rushed the product out to the market to make christmas sales... hopefully by December things will be fixed completely but until then im not gonna bother playing... at least the headset is nice...

Maybe so but im really dissapointed in the new SOCOM game... It looks like ASS... the graphics are PS2 graphics with less weapons and customization... Not to mention the crappy character models and lack of things you can change on them... LOL even most of the stuff in the instruction manual isnt even in the game. Like quickmatch, calenders and tournament mode lol... Wow sony really dropped the ball here by hiring a second rate developer like slant six to do this game... Where is zipper? NE one know?!

I can definitely see where your coming from about too many hands to swap for every little thing... and I do admit it is kinda annoying... gundam figures usually have like 3 sets of hands and it is really annoying when you have to swap hands for a gun and a blade. Although its annoying the fixed pose hands offer far greater stability than any articulated hand could ever provide. Id rather have a few sets of fixed hands than one lousy set of moveable hands that can't hold the gunpod right...

I just finished watching macross frontier tonight and I have to say its probably one of my favorite animes of all time and possibly the best modern mecha anime series to be released to date. The story and the characters development seemed to flow smoothly throughout the series... It also didn't take a hairpin turn for the worst and everybody seemed to have balanced character development. I felt like I really got to know most of the characters well but there were some I didn't really care for... The origin of the vajra was never really explained well at all IMO... Near the end of the story I could kinda see where things were headed and it was fairly predictable but I was still satisfied with all the intense action the climax had. I guess for me to learn more about the whole series id have to do some research on wikipedia or something because I find the plot somewhat convoluted and not explained very well.

I just finished watching the last episode of macross frontier... I have only seen the HD lunar anime subs and I have to say that they're pretty accurate. (or at least appear to be). I also like the fact that every little song or background speech was also subbed so on the side so you can learn whats happening in the background as it relates to the characters dialogue. Some ppl were complaining that the lunar anime files video quality was bad but it looked fine to me... Just remember to use media player classic to play the mkvs and you should be fine.

Umm you do realize that the characters do talk while text is shown when you talk to characters right? Thats how it was done in oblivion and oblivion is a great game! Infact its the best RPG I have played in a long time because its not totally linear like mass effect or any JRPGS that have come out this year... The free roaming gameplay in fallout and oblivion are what make them great games because you can carve your own path. I can see why many ppl might not like oblivion though... its a very western style RPG and its doesn't guide you or hold your hand in the beginning so its kinda tough finding out what to do and where to go... But if you put forth the effort to explore the game and have patience with it, you are greatly rewarded.

oh man... they look horribly mistransformed... I hope they don't turn out looking like that... since the alto one looks so much better in recent pics I bet its another mistransformation.

not necessarily... just look at bloomberg futures and the dropping dow industrial average... many ppl including leading economists are saying we are entering a "greater depression".

The funny thing is that if yamato was making this toy and it looked exactly the same as the pics we have now, ppl would accept it... Just look at the old 1/60 valks... nobody complained about them when they first came out and ppl just accepted the product that was given to them even though it was far from perfect... seems like there is a lot of yamaturds in this forum...

I don't think yamato has anymore control of a product even if its defective once its out on the market... the most cost effective thing they can do is send ppl replacement parts. It would cost waay too much to recall a certain item that has already been distributed globally.

Since im a rabid gundam fan and prefer it over patlabor the zaku 2.0 kit is a much better bang for your buck and you'll probably enjoy building it a lot more because of how complex the model is.

Ive seen about 15 episodes of turn A and I like it so far but it is a very slow moving show... It seems to put more emphasis on nostalgia and story than anything else. It also seems like the conflict between the two sides in the series is not taken seriously with carefree risks and low death rate... I like the show so far but wish it was a little more action oriented. Seems like Tomino was feeling a lot more positive when he made this series... The theme of understanding and caring for one another is a big theme in the story also and that's what he is trying to convey.

See I told you guys it would turn out ok lol so much complaining... it looks nearly perfect IMO but there are always things to work on... It doesn't have to be 100% line art accurate... if its 80 or 90% percent accurate im ok with it as long as the toy is sturdier than your average yammie flimsey poo toy.