DarrinG

Finally got to pull out my blue Alpha over the weekend and connect it to the new Beta. I was shocked when I first slid the white connector bar over the "cup" and there was no friction whatsoever. I thought this cannot be good. Pushed back the two Beta chest nozzles and spread the alpha foot thrusters apart a bit and gave it a try. Still not really working until I "unpegged" the Alpha's calves. BINGO. The foot thrusters came just short of the Beta cockpit eyes so I didn't even worry about scratches. Fit perfect and looked awesome. I whooshed it around the room like I was 10! I haven't seen this mentioned here yet (prob missed it) but the 3 cannons on the front should have all been triple barreled like the rifle. Would this have been hard to do?? And I'm still bummed they did not take the time to include the top missile bays. Those can be ( could have been ) seen when they're combined which is how I will likely display it. I mean - this is a masterpiece after all. Two thumbs up on the Alpha-Beta combo.

I really enjoy my Weathering Edition Tomahawk. The weathering is scraping off on both hips just below the hip overhangs but I supposed I could fix that up with a little gunk. I've never put on decals to this point but if I start I can always put some of that same gunk (fireplace soot?) over the decals once they're applied with a Q-tip. I wouldn't have to worry about it coming off as these pricey toys will not be getting played with.

Just got my weathered Tomahawk today. Can't stop smiling. My short review is that this is a perfect representation of the mech. If you're a Macross fan it's a must. The whole lower half is too loose for my liking but it holds all the poses I've attempted. Would love a 1/60 destroid pit crew set with repair vehicles, extra technicians, base and backdrop, elevators etc. I took out my Takatoku Destroid Conversion Kit this past weekend in anticipation of getting my Tomahawk . . . uh, this is much better.

Thanks for the Beta screen shots. Those are supposed to be the fists hanging down in sight right? Glad Toynami decided to hide those.

I posted these comments on your great review page Jenius but thought I would throw them in here too. Got my Beta today, my first reactions - Good: 1. HUGE - how can you not smile when you handing this massive box. Out of the box it is simply the perfect size mech. The book-style packing still oozes extreme high-quality. 2. Felt solid, colors are great and looks awesome in all modes - especially bomber. 3. Toynami actually covered the hands in bomber mode, which is something even better than the line art - kudos. 4. The way the cockpit extends down when opened as in the anime is very cool. 5. Locks together solid in bomber and all the thrusters extend - fantastic. 6. The gap between the legs and yellow top missiles is not a negative. I thought it would be from pics I saw - not even noticeable. 7. The two chest cylinders extend to lock the front missile bays in shut. Bad: 1. Would have liked the cockpit to lock in place in bomber mode, I kept bumping it out of position when I did anything. 2. The hip joints - too lose even though good poses in battloid are not effected, just feels wrong. 3. The connector mechanism - should have gone into the bomber like a collapsible antenna. That way the front landing gear is closer to the beta, not sure what the line-art says here. 4. The stand - you mean I can’t attach it to the beta without the connector? The Ugly: 1. Of course the cockpit in battloid mode. Wish it did not bug me so much. Why can’t they include a cover for it like the connector cover? Someone please make these and sell them to all of us. 2. They HAD to include the top missile bays and didn’t! Those would be so cool in all modes. I can’t figure out why they skipped this ??? Bottom Line: I will weigh in with my take among the many thousand differing ones on Toynami vs. CMs. I don’t have the CMs set so I may wrong here but just look at the comparison photo side view of the two linked up and tell me how you could choose CMs. The CMs Alpha/Beta linkup looks like it was stepped on by a shock trooper. That and the CMs colors are too cheap and cartoony. The CMs beta legs are shaped better, cockpit is covered in battloid and they included the top missile bays. Other than that Toynami wins.