DarrinG

Yike! $2,000? So that's new right? I saw in this thread that its going to be about $500 for a used one in a year or two, that's certainly my plan (only plan). Can I call dibs on yours if you get tired of it : ) Seriously though JasonC - keep me in mind in all your questing here. If you come across one that is used or not perfect PM me please . . .

They should have made all their "white" the light gray of the first 1S. Its more realistic, military -- well, wait, just plain better may be the most accurate way to say it. The stark bright white does not say "war machine" in any way. Not to mention this may have cut down on the chances of yellowing. That'll probably be their next mold milk --- all V2s now released in light gray . . .

Oh - I do agree with you that this battroid design may be better than others, so that let's you know what I think of them. As for go-bottish, I feel like the head and entire legs are lacking in what you may call creativity, or any sophisticated design -- or just coolness factor. The 'jumbled' comment comes from not being able to tell what parts you're viewing during the first 5 seconds of looking at the battroid mode (chest up). I also do not like the wings dangling right over the arms where most of the combat action takes place. Shoulder guards are good but any action will likely result in not being able to take off again (original vf hides the wings and tailfins out of the way). And do we want to even talk about the nose cone? Anyway - its was very cool in the original series - as a model being zoomed around in fighter mode . . .

I am confused. Can someone tell me the excitement here? Fighter mode gets a 9.2 on design and coolness, while battroid is at about a 3.1. Its a mess -- a totally jumbled go-bottish design. Its not menacing, tough looking or any other positive adjective (IMO). OTHER than its a Macross item that's gotten little love over the years . . .

Slightly split? Awful, just awful. I hope its just you and maybe only 4 other people who actually spent hard earned money on this piece of crap. I want Toynami thinking only this: OK - this was a disaster. Nobody wants anymore of these, especially with our current production techniques in place, so what have they been asking for from the classic series? What about enemy mechs? What would it take to get the Fuke work from Beagle and take that to market as a Rook MPC? (using beagle's same factory of course) . . .

Enjoyed Jenius' review of the CMs soldiers. It was a weird choice in pairings. With all this talk of vinyl (or whatever they make their collecting figures out of) -- couldn't they have done a small hive guard cheaply and throw in a few hbt canisters? What would that have done for demand for the Wolfe figure? "So the hero's a traitor . . ."

The text on those auctions say the soldiers are resin kits and need assembled. That surprised me a bit -I thought they were assembled toys - so they are painted but not assembled? Glue or snap?

I had not seen this pic until today. VERY cool. 1/60 pods in our lifetime? Maybe T-Rex will do them all by themselves. WF 2011? --- I've been trying to search only T-Rex Toys on Yahoo Japan with no luck. Can someone provide the text that will weed out everything else in the search?

Read through this thread 3 x -- I'm in for a used one, better start making more money!

Seems like we're all firing off questions with little answers but here's a random one from me too: What is a reasonable price to pay for the T-Rex Saddle bags? $50 ? And does anyone have a source for these other than Yahoo Japan?

I'm in for a set (could pass on the yellow dress figure), let me know when they're available, will check out the review . . .

Aliens. I knew my answer even before I clicked open this thread. Ahhhhh - the good ol' days of costumes instead of CG . . .

Got him today. • Styrofoam goodness, vintage box with little wear, except plastic window was punctured : ( • Fun to put together, pretty good articulation, metal feet! • CHANGES MODES! Like the middle fin left out a little more • Too bad they did not make the centaur figures in this 1/100 scale (only 1/144) You can't beat this for a buck!

Funny - this guy is selling the same thing for $65! There are only like 15 items listed in Galient eBay. He might want to do a search before setting price! http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-SANSEI-PANZER-...e#ht_1898wt_683

Those figures can be had on Yahoo Japan auctions using something like Rinkya - but it could be pricey. -- As for the Pod, I hope to get a few and support the release of enemy mechs, even if its not done extremely well. I do like the size better than the Revys - but I might like the Revy sculpt better - will need to see it in hand . . .

Well then we might get our Toynami Gosu Tub Time Fun after all!

Ha! LOL - "there's your man . . ." ("now we just have to find him") . . .

This might need moved over to Macross toys area but the guns look pretty detailed. If and when I get it will it have that little hole in the bottom where I can suck up water and chase my twins around the tub squirting them?? I hope its a little better than that . . .

Found it - you can't beat 99 cents! There are more available if anyone cares . . . http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-SANSEI-PANZER-...#ht_3118wt_1102

Maybe I do know what this will be like then - IS this pod like a kid's bathtub toy???!!!

Been looking on eBay but I will look extra hard for this! Post a link here if you see it. I'm going to try to get the CMs figure soon, and the massively expensive WAVE version in the distant future . . .

Well - maybe I need to actually own a vinyl toy and stop being so optimistic? So you mean vinyl cannot work if you're going to have moving parts? Like an opening hatch? Are you saying if Toynami had taken this exact pod design and made it from nice plastics their cost would have gone up significantly? As you might guess I could care less what they make the MPC Gosu line out of - just do it well and we will buy . . .

Well I'm married so I do really like one in particular. This could be a whole thread but I have strong feelings about sexual content in the sci-fi I like - especially what I consider totally forced or out of place t and a. Aliens, Avatar, Star Wars, Raiders, Terminator 2, original Macross etc have almost none of what I consider forced sexual content and I enjoyed them completely. Macross Frontier is out of bounds and I have bought nothing and will not be getting anything from the series. ~ This is too far reaching a subject to squeeze into a few sentences ~ if this topic takes on a life here (which I doubt) I might open another thread to discuss. ---------- ANYHOW - where's my links to Panzer World downloads?? How many members do we have here? Nothing? Where's the opinions about where Panzer World mech designs - where they rate all time? Too 80s? Should we start a thread of best designs all time? Dunbine, L-Gaim, Dougram . . .

Like I said, I'll get a pod to support more enemy releases. I really like my Revys, especially the tampo printing, but maybe the Toynami will be much bigger to set it apart. (oh - and someone mentioned the Matchbox version a while back, please don't, they should STILL be ashamed of themselves, what a piece of garbage) --------- And vinyl might be OK for the Royal Command MPCs too - just a tinted plastic cockpit cover and maybe the rest can be very simple . . .

I went to the T-Rex site and could not find a 'contact us' fill-in-a-message area. Anyone have that? There should be a purple version of this too - like the recon guys . . .