Cheers Stompy. A cheating way of getting around the macro option is to take a picture on the biggest size possibel and then crop it. Although I haven't done it there, it can work quite well. Mine is slightly better than the normal compact, but not as sexy as an SLR.
the spekcs I dont mind, it makes it looks more like a mettallic car paint IMO.
Hear Hear! They are brillo. I am thinking of getting the black one too now.....
Gonna have to check mine now....
I have also found you can get better leg posing if you dont hook the "ankle" into the back of the car in robot mode. But it can slide out a bit too.