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Weight per se wouldn't matter, but additional mass would.

Keep on looking for them - there are deals to be found out there. I got one on Ebay a couple of years back for $80.00, with everything included except the filmstrip. No one even bid against me for it.

The M1 homage looks fairly true to its roots styling-wise - cool. The original M1 was indeed problematic in it's gestation and with regards to production issues, but purely as a machine, there's nothing actually wrong with it.

Have you fixed your landing gear problem yet? I think I still have an extra left/rear unit around if you need one.

Absolutely fantastic, MT. I'm continually blown away by your project and your execution. Thanks much for your continued updates, I really do look forward to seeing them!

Notice the broken visor, ala one of Max's kills in DYRL? Wasn't much skin left on that one

Yowza. Thanks!

Man, this show really does just get better and better. Fantastic episode! I'm really pleased with the way that Frontier honors the previous series, without becoming overly derivative or predictable, and the fact that the creators are able to inject some great humor into the story without going too far off the deep end in terms of slapstick. They've really got the spirit of the franchise right with Frontier, and I'm stoked to get a new episode every week.

:lol: So I'm not the only one... I once had this terrible nightmare that my girlfriend had THOSE EYES. Truly frightening.

Ooooh. Now we're talkin. misterryno, the modder made the chest intakes bigger, and it looks like he has done some mild resculpting to the head. I didn't spot anything else right off, but it's already looking a lot better.

You know what sucks? I tried to take up the Drifand Challenge with my MH Rey, and failed most heinously. Un-modded, mine would just about do it, but the swing bars weren't quite tight enough to hold the wheels up... everything else worked out great. So inspired, I started modifying, and this ate up the better part of my Sunday evening. I did find out a few interesting things though: 1) 3/16" rubber electrical shrinkwrap works great on all of the MH ball pivots and leg joints to provide them with a little bit more friction/resistance. 2) The plastic that the MH pivots are made from, while plenty durable, don't like even gentle heating, and deform readily 3) The waist-to-pelvis balljoint is too weak to stand up to the additional friction provided by building up or shimming to increase its tightness. Broke the bugger. 4) A piece of 1/8" brass rod, epoxied in place, makes for a much better torso connector than the factory ball joint did. I'm still plugging away on mine, and want to make some more mods to some of the joints, but so far so good. The leg joints and swingbars are now really stout, and I think that replacing the torso pivots will result in a far more posable and balanceable toy. I'll update when finished.

Although I studied all of my mechanical interests using the old methods, I still have a lot of respect for what the more modern technologies can produce. It's pretty funny - when I speak to younger tuner guys, they tend to be in awe of the mastery of purely mechanical systems, while I am equally in awe of what all of the electronic and electromechanical stuff can do. I still resist learning some of the newer tech, because there is only so much that my thimble-sized brain can retain

Ah, the (good?) ol N20. I had suspected that that was the reason for the extra plumbing, but I'm not fully versed with a ll of the new-fangled stuff - I'm far more comfortable with a pair of DCOEs

Cool. I think that you'll like it. I missed out on the original release, but jumped on the preorder bandwagon for the "movie color" version, and am glad that I did. It's a really nice display piece

I think that the TRU 1A (which is indeed, ToysRUs") was the only exclusive in the original 1/60 line. The only reissue in the original 1/60 line was the Hikaru 1J, repackaged with the GBP, which included some of the later "super" changes, such as the different arms and collapsing handle on the gun.

Big Mo'fricken blower? Glad your friend wasn't hurt.

Most definitely. IMHO, the 1/8 Gakken still rules supreme, but here's hoping to something better in the Beagle.

Not destroids, but...

As usual, you're right (though in pure design terms, I quite like the Citroen C6's too - Imagine what a C6 coupe would look like). Alfa does not, and has not ever wanted for having some of the most amazingly beautiful body designs ever produced. The Brera looks like a modernized SZ. They have really run with their Zagato and Bertone influences, to great effect. That 1750 GTV pic is just lovely.

Laughing out fricking loud That's the way we roll. In other news, the new Alfa which A7 posted looks quite nice. Alfa builds some really fantastic engines. It would be nice if they made their long-rumored, long-awaited, and much-anticipated return to the US market. Even if it were a sideline sold strictly at existing Ferrari dealers.

Thanks as always, jenius.

It was actually a tough poll choice for me. I ended up voting DYRL. Although the R-word show in its original run was my first exposure to the actual animation, beforehand, it was my exposure to imported models and toys, prior to ever seeing any Macross animation on TV, which drew me in. Even after seeing the show in its (*ahem*) abridged US format, I knew that there was something more to it, as evidenced by the unique variants and artwork used in the production of the various models and toys, which I would pore over at my local model and toy shops. These gave the franchise a kind of mystique to me, and from there, I was hooked. From about '86 or so until about 2002, it fell completely off my radar. Then, one day, I happened across a Macross listing on Ebay, totally at random. Looking at all of the various products on offer, I was amazed at the breadth of stuff that had gone on in my absence. That eventually led me to some fansites, in search of more information, and ultimately I landed here.

And now you can: :lol:

LOL. You guys read my mind. Manimal rawks Edit - How about "VectorMan" ? Edit - Ooops, meant Automan, which has already been mentioned. Must have remembered the car, and blocked out all the rest.

Another couple-few to add to the pile: Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon is a really fun read, centering around cryptology and information technology over the last 60 years, from WWII to the very near future, with an enigmatic story woven around three generations of several families. There's too much involved to get into here, but it's well worth a look. I'd also recommend David Brin's Uplift series (and in fact, anything by Brin). Really cool far-future stories having to do with the expansion of man into an already-crowded galaxy. Greg Bear is also definitely worth a read, though I find some of earlier stuff (ie; Blood Music) kind of tedious. The first two books in the Eon series (Eon and Eternity) are great though - truly epic tales of both near and far-future exploration and human expansion. Anything by Larry Niven is great, though in my mind he tends toward the lighter side of hard sci-fi. Neutron Star, a collection of short stories, is a great place to start. Speaking of Mark Twain ^^, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is really a great book, and borders on sci-fi for the time it was written.