dyowelb Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 hi, does anyone here have some picture of VF-1S Armored Valkyrie "Thunder Hummers"?. I saw one here (MW)before. Also, is this going to be release as a kit or a toy, just in case it's released? thanks, dyowelb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estacado06479 Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 no release, custom job for model grafix magazine hasegawa and its actually thunder hammers, a japanese person that i was speaking to at the time told me it was a mistranslation. here are the pics toward bottom of this page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyrox Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 Ya, I'm no Japanese expert, but I am taking some lessons, and the Katakana says: 5th SOG "San-daa-ha-maa-su" Sunda hamas thunder hammers Which is why I have such a hard time with Katakana... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estacado06479 Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 thanks so much phyrox thats two people that verify my pronunciation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyowelb Posted October 17, 2003 Author Share Posted October 17, 2003 thanks guys.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NERV Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 well the fact that its a mistranslation is obvious, cuz the squad logo is a lightning bolt and a hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estacado06479 Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 not so obvious to some, i have exchanged friendly banter with a member here on this subject who thought that it was only a mistranslation if modelgrafix printed a retraction. i'm interested to see him post what he thinks, but he is absent so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imode Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 It should be hammers. The japanese sound for HA in Hammers is a lot closer to a U than to the hard A with which we usually pronounce it as. Thus, you have your error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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