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  1. I listen to Bob Mould in his various incarnations (solo, Sugar, Husker Du) mostly. But I have an affinity for ska, ranging from the early days to the third wave bands. Always been a bit of a closet punker. It's nice to see that there is one other person who still digs the Dead Kennedys.

    ;)

    Surf music has been growing on me lately though. Ever since I picked up Dick Dale's Unknown Territory, I have discovered another favorite music genre. There are some bands and tunes from the 70's that I still dig.

    I've seen both Bob Mould and Dick Dale live. I actually got to meet and talk to Bob after one of his shows at the Palladium in Hollywood, and Dick's show, well, it was pretty wild (saw him at the Huntington Pier back in '84). My dad's an old longboarder, so I've been listening to Surf my whole life. The Ventures are pretty decent for old school surf too.

    My tastes do extend well beyond surf though [Punk / Ska / Reggae / Hard & Classic Rock / Acid / Classical / Lounge / Jazz / Blues - you name it]... almost everything listed in this thread, except maybe house or techno - I just don't get that stuff.

  2. Thanks, that's what I thought...

    ...But I recalled a review [Grahams?] saying that the redesign allowed for more flexability or posability, while my 1J seems quite a bit stiffer in the legs than my CF. Just curious :)

  3. Forgive the newbish question, but which is the more recent Yamato 1/60 leg/hip style - the one with the "square" leg-peg, or the type with the "hex" leg-peg? My CF has the hex, whereas my 1J has the square peg.... :blink:

  4. Here's a question that I've been trying to answer myself: What are those things that Isamu and Guld eject from their Valkyries in Battroid mode before going back into fighter mode during their battle on Earth against each other? 

    Those "things" they eject are the fold boosters they used to move from Eden to Earth, I believe.

  5. Smiley424 said...

    All I have to say is that the previews of this movie with the homage to Game of Death Bruce Lee, plus recently seeing what Game of Death was supposed to be as a movie makes me want to get a bright-ass yellow track suit (no way I can pull off the spandex).

    Dude, that was nearly word for word exactly what I was going to say, except that I'm not particularly thinking of getting that suit for myself :lol: Still, I think the tribute to Game Of Death is pretty cool.

    Not a huge Tarantino fan, but Reservoir Dogs & Pulp Fiction were pretty good flicks anyway.

  6. Excellent work, BlackAces!

    The following image from your website caught my eye:

    jet3.jpg

    The plane in the left corner is actually a model of a real life, flying airplane (the "Proteus") made by Scaled Composites in Mojave, California. Scaled is headed up by none other than Burt Rutan, known for his "Voyager" trans-global aircraft, and who is a friend of a friend.

    Scaled is currently working on a similar plane ("White Knight"), which serves as a launch vehicle for their experimental low-orbit spacecraft being developed for the X-Prize competition.

    The X-Prize contest seems like something straight out of a science fiction story, but it's real. I imagine that many of the folks here will appreciate the purposes/goals of this project. Give it a read!

    If you like that, also check out my friend Peter's self-engineered and self built all-composite plane, Melmoth2 here. Melmoth2 recently graced the cover of Flying Magazine - some of you may have seen it.

    Cheers!

  7. SOLD to Hiriyu for $25.00!!!

    Wow, thanks! I will love them, and care for them, and stroke them, and pet them, and even call them 'George'! :lol:

    (You are correct, yes, I do wish...)

    Actually, I agree with the other posters - You should keep them. No telling what they may be worth in a few years.

  8. There are so many...

    But the one that, for some reason has stuck with me 'lo these many years, is in 'Miss Macross' where Hikaru intercepts a Zentraedi recon ship with his VF-1J. He storms into the ship commando-style by peeling open the nose and climbing inside, just to see the escape capsule launching. Seconds later, the Zentraedi ship self-destructs with Hikaru still inside.

    It was a new thing for me as a kid, to see the protagonist of a series undergo any kind of physical harm...

  9. Maybe someone here has heard of this one:

    "30,000 Leagues Under The Sea", Produced by Toei 1970

    This may be my holy grail of anime movies I saw as a kid. I can only turn up one reference to it on the web, and that's in Japanese (which I can't read). A quick web translation gave me the production date above, along with some badly garbled production info. I seem to recall seeing this on the old Tom Hatten show on KTLA [Los Angeles] way back in the day (maybe about 1983-4?)...

    Anyone else recall seeing this, or know where there may be more information or references to it? I tried Toei's webpage, but they don't seem to list it in their oldies sections.

    Here is the one Link I've found thus far...

    Anyone?

  10. My first valk was like Exo's, one of those 1/100 knockoffs with the funky gun. It was purchased by a friend at a gift shop across the street from our school. He bought one for himself, and one for me. Both of ours had broken legs and shoulder hinges within a couple of weeks.

    Later, I had many of the Revell Robotech transformable valk models (1 VF-1S, and a couple VF-1J in varying scale) which I built, and several very tiny (maybe 1/144 or 1/200) VF1S-Super/Strike fighter-gerwalk models. I've been trying to ID those little models, as I can't remember exactly who made them.

    Later I moved up to a Jetfire, which I still have somewhere.

  11. I second JBO's post - Use commandline M.A.M.E. with EmuLoader for best results (If you can't figure this out, you're on your own).

    All rom images for use with M.A.M.E. are available in iMacrossIV server under downloads. If you can't get them there, send me a PM and I'll hook you up.

    *Edit - BTW, I think he meant MAME32 when he said 'nice gui'. Do a Google search for MAME32QA and you should find it. *

  12. So... tell us what u think Guld actually did to Myung, if u would. Just curious. 
    MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

    Funny.... I actually read / lurked through that thread. Strangely enough, it was the catalyst that made me pick up the DVD, just to see what the hell you all were going on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on about :lol:

    I'd say that I side with the 'stopped before anything much happened' camp, though sexual assault is not exactly a laughing matter either. I don't see any point in reading any more into the story than was presented to us in the first place. Heheheh....

    *Edit - the DVD in question is the OVA, produced or sold by "Manga International / dvdshop2001@mail2000.com.tw" (???). The actual product in question appears here: Ebay Auction*

  13. I know I'm a way-behind-the-curve newb here, but I have to say that I'm most impressed with the artwork/presentation in Macross Plus (and only nearly 10 years too late). The music and storyline ain't too bad neither! :p

    Quick questions:

    I have the Japanese DVD version w/ English subtitles, Guld's character is titled as "Gald". Is this just one of the funny ideosyncrosies we get vis a vis the translation?

    Also, the credits list the contributors for the English version as well. I see a Les Claypool credited with the "final mix". Is this who I think it is?

    Thanks!

  14. I'd have to disagree with Hiriyu, though. I think the stories get better with every book out, and Wizard and Glass is my favorite (for now  ).

    I respect your opinion, and I wholeheartedly agree that the later books make for more entertainment by way of story telling. King is definitely a killer story teller, and Wizard & Glass is substantially a great story.

    What I mean to say, is that the original work was of a much darker, edgier character than the latter, and King seems to be moving further and further away from his original conception of The Gunslinger; this I lament. The original book was not so much an exercise in story-telling as it was a kind of mysterious noir abstraction, a narrative for its own sake.... At least that's my opinion.

    Thankee Sai! [bows Comically]

  15. I've also read all the books in this series (and some of the ancillary stories) but hadn't heard that a new book was due out. The Gunslinger, in my mind stands out as a truly classic work. However, King's writing style and plot devices alter so radically in the later books that I've started to give up on the series.

    I think the main reason that the style of The Gunslinger is so different than the later books is that it existed as a germ in King's mind long before he ever wrote it down; that King had a very specific idea of what he wanted that story to be. The later titles, in my opinion, seem to be written a bit more 'on the fly', without the same kind of conviction, or the same dark overtones/mysticism.

    I'm sure I'll read the new one when it comes out anyway, just to be sure B)

    '....to the Dark Tower, Childe Roland Came...' or somesuch thing...

  16. Blackaces is right on about everything he reported on the Legioss'. There was in fact a red version of the Henshin Robo - I know because I owned all three as a youngster - the red one, the blue one, and the green one. They were about $10-15.00 US each when I bought them in about 1984-5. I don't know what ever happened to them (I'd love to get that sort of money for them now), but likely I threw them away or gave them to younger kids :(

    Ewilen - The intakes on those Legioss models used black decals to fill them in. This is why you see them "unfilled" on models without the stickers applied. *Edit - oops, misread your post. Nevermind :) *

    I also had all 3 of the small convertible ride armors, the red "Rook" type, the dark blue "Lancer" type, and the light bluish green "Scott" type. Sorry I don't know the correct names for these guys, but I was more a student of Robotech at that time. Wish I still had these too :(

  17. I'd say the Valkyrie and the aplha [legioss] fighter were both about 1/72, though my memory tells me the valk was maybe slightly smaller than that. Then again, my hands were a little smaller back then.

  18. The VF-1 is an old mid '80s Taiwanese knockoff, and the blue Alpha is a small Gakken. I used to have both back in the mid '80s. The knockoff valk was the worst piece of trash I've ever handled, but I had sentimental attachment to it nonetheless :) Thanks for the memories...

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