DarrinG

Not sure if you can enjoy Macross and RB as 'dual franchises'. To me RB is just a doorway where a bunch of cool things came though at the right time for me. I have Destroids Tomahawk and Defender, a VF 1D and a few Revoltechs in my cube and I don't really think of them as one OR the other. I'm just a fan and enjoy that we have access to something you'd think would be long forgotten by now. Of course the popularity of Macross worldwide has kept it mostly alive but in its pitiful way RB has too. An engineer came over to my cube today and said "awww man, I loved Robotech". Ahhhhhh - we all did. But it would have sapped all the fun out it to go into "it's really Macross you know". We just enjoyed the moment . . .

Like a lot of you I avoid the stickers -- so pre-painted detail is a huge plus. I'm looking at my Yamato 1D right now. Attention to pre-painted detail is incredible. And it was cheaper than this Beagle - by a good bit . . .

Great initial review on Anymoon.com Don't know if this pic is official or not, but it does show that Rey's should at least get the black and white hips stripes. Not as excited for this even though I won't cancel my preorder. They should have included something to give people that "gotta have it" feeling. I want Beagle's sales to be super strong to fund some enemy figures later on in the same scale, and they won't touch them if their hero mechs don't fly off the shelves . . .

I tried to post on there a few times but it seemed like no none was reading other people's posts before making their own comments. It was like "let me stay in my own world, I just want to vent my random thoughts and pay no attention to any new ideas". As you say -- there are many great 'people' out there, but they're not going to keep repeating over and over again that what is going on blows. It can only be said so many times before they check out of the process and wait for the tides to shift for the better. So hopefully any LAM or SR project will not be made for hormonal 12 year olds - but for Macross/Mospeada and Sci-fi lovers that have a brain. Then I think you'll finally see some 'normal' fans checking back in . . .

It's sad that there's only one James Cameron. He won't do an Alien Prequel, so then we're left with, well, everyone else . . .

AGREED. I've checked this thread 20x and without posting, nothing to say right now I guess.

I guess this Defender release means we're one step closer to the Phalanx. If the Phalanx comes with just 2 more ground crew I will be disappointed. Needs either 4, or a missile truck or something. I will still be buying if it only comes with 2, but I think they could snag more buyers and fund the Spartan release if they put some cool 1/60 extras in that many valk owners couldn't resist.

I've always had this vision of creating a diorama where they all just heard something in the woods and have their guns at the ready, or are scrambling to get to their gear. So I was hoping for head sculpts a little more serious I suppose. But like you said, with Ray, he could have a light hearted expression even in the midst of that . . .

This is what I wanted - a snarl or battle scream! I mean - they're in state-of-the-art combat gear, deadly situations - not playing parcheesy! s h e e s h . . . Beagle Expression - I've just eaten a Lemonhead Toynami Expression - I wonder when that oaf with sit on the tack I put on his chair . . .

Of course she does! - he's from Baywatch . . .

Can anyone just get a: "yeah the LAM, it's proceeding but we know little else at this time" OR "looks like things have stalled on the LAM for now" ???

This one is tough - I think it's a tie between the Beagle and Toynami head sculpts. And just like Stick, neither is right on. Drat. If Toynami could have just added some removable yellow goggles it would have made theirs stand out. This could have been done without changing the packaging as they could have strapped it to the head before sealing it up. Toynami = Lifeguard Beagle = Who from Whoville Me = Toynami preordered

If Toynami does NOT do a sep ray face sculpt I'm going to be pissed. They list them as limited edition - that is the only way they are limited in my opinion. Different packaging is not enough. If I was betting, I think they will, about a 55% chance I think . . .

The wife just made me watch T3 as part of the deal to get her "caught up" before we see TS this coming Friday. I had seen about 20 minutes of T3 a few years ago and that was enough for me -- still, we rented it last night. T3 was bloody awful. We fast-forwarded over a good bit just to get through it. The guy at the block-buster counter said he was disappointed in TS, he said to spend my money on Star Trek instead. Tell me - TS IS better than T3 right? C'mon, it has to be better . . .

I want to see this scene too - someone find a link or something and post it . . .

Isn't this area for Macross toys only?

Ugh - I had resisted all CMs offerings til now, but this might make me cave. They look EXTREMELY well sculpted - especially the Ray figure . . .

Looks bad. I can think of about 203 other Macross toys I would want before something like this . . .

Whoa - e x c e l l e n t Super 1J . . .

Duuuude - good find. I see it now every time I look at it. The mouth of the koala should have been an opening escape hatch with ladder. I forgive Yamto this oversight if they make the Spartan . . .

I stick to the original Macross TV series only for buying and collecting, and do not venture even into DYRL as a way to limit spending. It works. I have 3 kids and one on the way and this guideline helps me to still feel like a collector and a bit of a completist, but not too terribly irresponsible given my situation. SO - I love the Q-rau but am waiting for the green TV version. Bought the TV fastpacks for my VF-1S and switched the pilots etc, etc. Sometimes its hard to resist, but other times, like with the K. Monster, its easy because the newer version is so bad by comparison. I collect Mospeada as well & that was easy because that was nothing much new until these last few years! Now there's tons for that old series and my budget is strained. I've had to readjust my guideline and chose only Toynami and Beagle, no MH or CMs and I have not regretted that decision. ------------- AS FOR THE LICENSES AND FUTURE PROJECTS I also vote for the reboot. But HG has shown it has a very hard time creating new material that's appealing in this day and age, to the existing fan and the new fan. I (we?) hope WB does a much better job. What we don't know yet is will WB be able to make anything we recognize at all from the original Macross series or will the legal issues keep them from including what we all agree is the best part of RB.

Agreed. I tried to start reading the Sentinels comics and novels but the story just got too lame. I think it was a flying horse or something that was the last straw. Giant bears, glass people, floating yellow tires on the land base etc, etc. The way the SC (& Prelude to the SC) showed the giant bear people was certainly a lot better than the dorky designs from the comics. The Sentinels should have been about fighting the Regent on the other side of the universe with maybe the Haydenites thrown in. That's it. I'm glad it never aired. It allows me to forget about it mostly.

Extremely well said, and I agree 100%. I usually delete most of the original quote but that deserved a reprint in its entirety. I hope this thread changes directions, back to talking about what the future of the licenses could mean to the LAM, other projects HG might be working on, and how that effects Macross . . .

If I had the time and resources I would take out the top guns and cover the openings there, (that would be the easy part), then replace the red visor with green and add and LED -- and add an LED to the shoulder lamp as well. And my Defender needs chest lamp LEDs. Oh - the knee lights too. Hmmm - here I thought these were the ultimate destroids and I'm not so sure now. You watch, they'll come out with these in 1/48 with all the LED lights and even more detail . . .

Never noticed that this scene shows it without the top 'eye' guns . . .