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Man, I'm just a kid compared to you guys, being only 17 and all.....

Whew, I'm not the youngest here. I'm 19 btw. And I turn 20 in August. And like everyone here (at college) is older than me (well, at least my fellow sophomores). And when I say I was born in August, everyone assumes I'm a year older than I actually am. And I first saw RT on CN back in 96 or so, and M+ in 2000. Not my first anime though, I have an old VHS fansub of Castle of Cagliostro for that (back from 93 or so).

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i'm 30 or as i like to say: 21 with 9 years experience. i currently own a low-viz 1/48,1/60 ve-1 elintseeker w/ a max 1/48 coming soon. over the past few years i've bought & sold prabably 30 other yamatos & bandais.saw rowboat-tech on t.v. when i was 5.got my first jetfire soon after B))

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Montarvillois,

Quit whining you baby...I just turned 39 last week. :o

I guess that gives me the dubious honor of being the oldest fart so far. Lucky me. But actually, I think I am pretty lucky.

I got hooked back when I was in college. My dorm was full of geeks, so several of us started watching RT. My softmore year I remember getting up early and watching RT (not sure if it was broadcast or on my VCR) in the morning before heading off to my 8am classes.

I was really ticked off when 3 of my friends went to the local comic shop and picked up the Bandai 1/72 HCM VF-1S without telling me, and by the time I found out there weren't any left in San Diego (and for all of you young'uns, this was before you could buy stuff on the Internet).

Fast forward 15+ years, I'm making some decent money now and can spend much more money than I should on toys. And a couple of years ago I bought one of those Bandai 1/72 HCM VF-1S toys I'd been wanting for the over 15 years. I paid a pretty penny for it, but it was dream come true and I'm never getting rid of that thing...when I take it out and play with it, it brings back those times like they were just yesterday. Plus, it acts as a reminder to never give up on your dreams and there's always time to grow up later ;-). My friends (even ex-RT fans) and fiancee think I'm silly for spending as much money as I do on this stuff, but I don't really care.

I'm now focusing on the 1/48 line and have one of each (plus an extra LowVis, 2 FPs, and a clear FP on order). I'm trying to limit my new purchases to the 1/48 line mainly because of the space everything takes up in my house and I don't want to spend money on offsite storage :unsure:

No matter how long you live, life is too short to waste it acting like an adult and letting go of the things you enjoy just because others think you should. :p

Darkon

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No matter how long you live, life is too short to waste it acting like an adult and letting go of the things you enjoy just because others think you should. :p

Ain't that the truth !

So now, let command some respect from those babies.

Montarvillois,

Founder of the MOFC (MacrossWorld Old Farts Club)

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I'm 29 and have buttloads of valks. All I ever hear is "When are you gonna grow up" and "Stop acting like a kid!". It was pretty funny last year win I busted my chin up skateboarding. My parents jumped on the bandwagon too.

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I"m 20.

I think my gf thinks i'm gay for playing with toys, but she says its gives something to do, and its a hobby, so its okay.

I remember watching RT when i was very young. Then it popped up once in a while in the 90s. Then in elemntry school my bro 'borrowed' some recoreded TV epidsodes of RT from a friend. It even had the 80's comercials and everything. Back then it was only the macross saga i had. So i lived off thsoe for a couple years. around 2000 or 1999 i discovered ebay and tried to buy valks and Mospeada cyclones (small ones) unsuccesful. too expensive, i settled for models that i never put together. I put together one, but it became an unpainted super glue nightmare. I stood on top of my dresser for a couple years, battle scared from super glue. and i think i threw it away.

And also, around that time I knew that the bandau reissues and the 1/60s were out, but too expensive

then when the dvd's came out, my sister bought them and i watched them (the RT ones). she bought me the new generation oens for my birthday 2 years ago. and then soon after, i found out the differece between macross and rt.

Just a couple months ago, i browsed through ebay looking for mospeada toys randomly. bought a couple, but made some sad choices. I bought the smaller gakken jets. One was the small triple change crap and the ohter 2 were die cast metal 2 change ones. and i bought all three of those henshin robo deals. I ended up reselling all of them and lost alot of money.

my first valks were the M and M bandais. Paid a pretty penny. And made some other bad choices. and lsot more money after reselling them. During this time I compared the 1/48 to the 1/55 and saw the beauty of it and decided to stick my head out and buy the low viz. I figured, i make my own money now so i can pay for it. love it.

Right now, i focus ont he vintage hard to get items from matchbox. I would love to colelct more 1/48 right now, but bad finacial decisions regarding some toys, and my venture to buy the hard to get items do not permit me to.

I have 1 1/48, invid shock tropper and scout. Each of the destroids, 2 being exo released and 4 being matchbox. 3 of those mint in box. smaller destroids (die case ones) each one loose, 4 MIB, one of those being the original taka release. I'm almost done a yamato m+ original colection (need the yf-19), taka conversion kit, m&m bandai, a battlepod (piece broken) and a VF-17s.

I'm gettin in a M+ FP 11b and 21, MB diecast 3" Spartan MIB, another taka MIB and i plan to get more yamato's with the money i make during winter break and x-mas booty.

my knowlege of macross grows every day with this site.

It has become liquid crack to me. I'm an offical addict.

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I"m 20.

I think my gf thinks i'm gay for playing with toys, but she says its gives something to do, and its a hobby, so its okay.

If your friends think you are gay for playing with toys, no prob. BUT girlfriend thinks you are gay...

then maybe you are after all. :p

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