This is from the BOTP mailing list. Imagi has signed a deal for Gatchaman movie toy production. The article also states that the movie will be released in 2009... why am I not surprised? http://www.animationmagazine.net/article/7223

Just the thought of it already has my wallet whimpering... James

Mine too! And they had better have costumes! My kids have been begging me for Gatch costumes for almost a year now...

ooh Gatch toys! *ponders the possibilities*

I'm still waiting for a *stuffed* Eagle and Condor...

I'm workin' on a stuffed Eagle right now. It's a present for Ego.....

So much fun! I can't wait to buy some for...uh...my kids...yeah, that's it...

yeah... that's why I have to buy 2 or 3 sets of everything...

Originally posted by Transmute Jun I'm still waiting for a *stuffed* Eagle and Condor...

If they were life sized I would finally have an Eagle to cuddle up to. And imagine a Condor to guard the house *Cloud thinks of those movies where there is a stuffed dog and a tape recording of a dog barking*

`Advanced Technology` `innovachitive design` But they are obviously not talking about my Skyline, as it does not live up to my expectations (though the rust, as you know, is very impressive indeed.)

Originally posted by clouddancer

Originally posted by Transmute Jun I'm still waiting for a *stuffed* Eagle and Condor...

If they were life sized I would finally have an Eagle to cuddle up to. And imagine a Condor to guard the house *Cloud thinks of those movies where there is a stuffed dog and a tape recording of a dog barking*

And you're claiming to be INNOCENT??????? I think you're stretching the line *very* thin, CD.....

LOL!!!!! Hey, I only said cuddle with. I can cuddle without it moving to smut.....I think.

Yeah.... riiiiiight.... we believe you....

I am sure CD is right it will be very easy to cuddle up to one of these.

That's *my* plan!

and who knows maybe the kids might occasionally see them?

Kids??? These are meant to be for kids???

Nope, if it works the way it has so far, the kids get their own set. You don't want to know what horrors they have inflicted upon their poor birdies.... But just yesterday, my son told me quite adamantly that he wanted Santa to bring him a Ken Costume for Christmas. What am I going to do??????

Tell him Santa says he has to wait until he is another year older. You say "The team did not start training in their uniforms until they were "blank" years old." (Blank would be his age plus one, or TWO if you think we have to wait that long.) Film comes out winter 2009, would toys and costumes come out before or after the film??? Either that or see if you can make him a costume.

Sounds like Santa needs to get the sewing machine out... James

So far I've been trying to convince him that Santa can't get one... I don't know... I might try to do a crappy homemade one, just to satisfy him. He's only 4 (he'll be 5 just before Christmas) so he doesn't need anything fancy. This is the same kid who puts on my royal blue oven mitts and calls them 'Ken the Eagle' gloves...

lol, has he found a replacement for the Birdrang yet, TJ?

As a matter of fact, yes.... He has a diecast stealth fighter jet (kind of like a Hot Wheels thing, only twice as big as the standard Hot Wheels car) and the wings flip out and retract in much the same way as the Birdrand wings do... he spent about a month carrying that thing around in his pocket calling it his Birdrang...

Isn't it great when you let childrens imagination run wild. I wish parents in my school area would let that happen more. All they do is plant their children in front of the TV or computer.

How do you think my son got these ideas? By sitting in front of the TV with me, watching the ADV sets!!!

But TJ, at least you are with him. To discuss and enlighten him when he has questions. Help him comprehend what is happening if he does not understand. In the area I'm talking about the TV is a baby sitter and the kids just watch it with no thought or discussion. Then parents wonder why the children do not do well in story writing or reading.... they have not been taught how to comprehend what they are seeing or reading. Only to take it at face value and not dig deeper. Testing shows the children in our school can answer the, in your face questions but not the inferencing questions.

LOL... my son digs deeper... currently he is drawing 'Utoland City' with crayons... of course, it's completely destroyed... ha ha ha ha....

Its a dump really, so dont worry. Your right about the telly being used as a babysitty, but its been that way for, umm, two generations now? Some parents dont listen to their children much. I was on a long bushcraft weekend last month, and met up with a father and his son (and somes friend, whom I dont know what his mother thought she was letting him in for when she gave permission for this trip) the boys had most direful expressions on. Im not good with children but I sussed it out immediatley, it was early, I knew they had arrived late last night and so I assum,ed they were hungry. He told me they had had cheese and salami for brekfast. We took them to see one of the big groups Harris Hawk, and this made no real impression, So I took them back to my camp and cooked them a big hot meal, and pretty soon they were smiling.

Sounds like you knew what to do! You have a point... when my kids are upset, often it is about food (I won't let them have whatever junk it was they wanted to eat) or it is immediately made better by giving them food....

Speaking of Gatch toys - I know what I'm getting for my birthday (only three weeks to go!!) - and I'm actually slightly disappointed ... I stumbled upon a rather nice Gatchaman Zippo lighter on ebay. I commented on how nice it was to Flash - but really had no desire for it ... It's, like, over $100!! Anyhoo, so Flash being Flash, told me that I could have it for my birthday (screw that, if I wanted it I'd just buy it!!) so he bookmarked it. I snuck in and un-bookmarked it ... Flash then researched it and bookmarked it again saying "I just sold one of my bats so I have money in the Paypal account we may as well spend ... Now. I never thought I'd second-guess buying something Gatch - but it's over $100 for one single lighter! Something I'd lose in around ten seconds ... Oh sure, I'd love it, but it's $100! Seems like alot of money .... sigh ... I actually have my eyes on something else from eBay that is much cheaper, and something I'd have alot of fun with ... I want the "Forensics" spray jacket and T-Shirt see here for the jacket and here for the shirt ... oh oh oh pant pant pant how about this one swoon ... But then again - want and need. I don't need these things - I'd like them very muchly - but I don't need to spend that kind of money ... do I? Ahh shit - I just looked for the lighter to show y'all and now it's gone. Oh well. I guess Flash didn't bid on it Oh well. I'm on a birthday present wish list now ... Any suggestions? Not too long until the 21st!! SJ

Which looks pretty lame to someone who works in security... "Dont wear black army surplus, you will look like and SAS wannabee..." (Tengu trots out in her geniune Swat Vest)

Lame? You're calling me lame? I really don't give a rats-ass what someone in security thinks if I wear a t-shirt or a jacket. As a matter of fact, the real-life cops and SWAT guys I know think it looks pretty cute. Some of them have even handed me down some of their stuff to me to play in. I'm not wanting these items to impress anyone - I just tend to like that kind of thing. At least it's not black fatigues or a kevlar vest. It's just a t-shirt and a spray jacket. I'll throw them on top of a pair of Levi jeans and Nike Shox ... And anyway - I'm a chick, I can get away with wearing shit like that; helps, too, when you have great ta ta's... I have an official O.P.P. hat, an official W.A. Police force hat, Force issue zippos and other such stuff, and because I'm a chick, I make it look cute, not stupid. :shrugs: I don't attempt to pull off the whole "official" look ... I don't like fatigues or vests or anything stupid like that. Just a shirt and spray jacket for baseball works for me. So you can call me as lame as you want, Tengu, I really really don't care what anyone else thinks ... Kinda like wanting to slip on a G-3 civvy uniform replica ... SJ

SJ, If it is that easy to get that stuff on Ebay, I could see Chris from your No fic buying it. Oh! Right, just remembered he is a criminalist so he would already have the uniform. Forget what I just wrote.

FYI, you can still get Gatch lighters on the official Tatsunoko page, but you have to live in Japan to order them. I got a t-shirt from there but I had to order through a special service.

CD - the official stuff I actually got from "official" sources, not eBay. Some states/provinces and the such have different laws as to what you're allowed to have as a civilian - I make sure I only have what I can legally wear. My O.P.P. stuff (shirt and hat and ... water bottle) are among my favourites. On eBay you can get replicas, but I find that rather dicey.... I just like me a regular shirt and cap. I have ones for Toronto Fire, LV CSI, OPP, WA police, Danforth FD ... I love them. They're always great comfy quality and make nice slouch gear... And it's even better when a member of that department actually gives them to you! Ooh ... NTSB!! Now there is I haven't looked at - oh and the coroner!! Must go look ... I have buddies all across the EMS scope ... I'm not too big on FBI or CIA or Army or anything like that. I am a science geek, not action ... LOL (and I just luuuuuurve me firefighters and cops) Forensics is and always will be my main luv... As for Chris - well - depends what level he's at, right? If he is a true field criminalist, he'd have the uniform. If he's merely a lab rat, then he'll have the lab-coat, but that's it. Just wait to see who it is .... and what he has ... SJ

Originally posted by SJ_SwanJun (and I just luuuuuurve me !firefighters and cops) SJ

Don't we all!! Last year we were having an addition put on the school we seemed to have the fire alarm going off about once a week for a while. I managed to convince my class we needed to line up at the front of the school so I could see the firefighters.....ummm! I mean so I could teach the class about one group of communtiy workers who help us.

You know, CD, you can usually call up the fire department and ask for a firefighter to come to your class to talk to the kids about fire safety...

Yes we have done. Last year we had a firefighter, police officer, nurse, and Construction Worker come in. One each week. Then we got to visit the firehouse and Public Works Site with all the Big machinery. Unfortunately the firefighter was female. No fun for me. And the police officer come in and showed us his full riot gear. One of the other teachers got chosen to wear it all. *I got to take the pictures..... and admire the Officer.*

Yeah, but could kids that age ever answer the inferencing questions? My brother couldn't understand why the teacher bothered to ask the questions when the answers were obvious. My son considers them a waste of time. I mastered them for the marks, but didn't really enjoy them until years later. As for the costume, "Here's the costume they wore at your age." Yep, it's amazing how often low blood sugar makes everything worse. But it's not PC to hand your kids food when they're being bad. Never decide how serious anything is (other than fountains of blood) until you've had a snack (healthy preferred) and half an hour to think about it. (Works better for adults than kids.) One of the storytellers is a firefighter. Yummy. Nice personality, too. Also taken, which is a bit of a relief.

lol we have open days and invite people so they get to see where we work as well as the policeman with their guns (yep appreciate that is the norm for most of you guys but here in the UK most are still unarmed) They also get to see the dogs, helicopters and horses. Our last open day went down really well and was aimed at the families of staff members so they could see the bigger picture. We are just the other side of Notting Hill weekend here and its been a busy one. As far as Firefighters etc go we work in close partnership with them and have some wonderful contacts

Sounds like the session cousin's hubby had to go to about spouses of doctors. What you need to understand about your partner's work is ... He said it was quite the eye opener, then a few years later went to med school himself.

pretty much Cricket it also gives chance to interact more with the community rather than a group of people who just come there and dont care what goes on. We love finding new ways to help out every generation from summer playschemes for the kids to charity events for local causes.

Cops here give out tickets to kids wearing bike helmets and riding safely. The tickets are good for ice cream at a major chain.