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  1. I already bought all reissues including origin of valk (some of them double as they were cheap). I was talking about the yet unre-released toys (VT, VE, strike, GBP)
  2. You know, I see the same thing happening with Transformers. There are so many new lines now with more articulation and more cartoon likeness. But Takara still reissues the original G1 toys in their encore line. For someone like me I don't see 1/55s as direct competitors of newer Yamato models. They are two different things altogether. Bandai should understand that like Takara has. Just my opinion...
  3. It would be really a shame if Bandai doesn't reissue the remaining 1/55 toys. I refuse to buy the vintage ones not because of the price, but because they are already 30 year old toys. Specially with the diecast on it, degradation in any toy is inevitable. I have many Yamatos, but for me, a Macross collection without all the 1/55s is not complete. They are the reason why I started collecting Macross toys in the first place...
  4. I would be willing to pay 200 to 250 USD for each of them (VT, VE, strike, and GBP with valk set). IMO still be best macross "toy".
  5. HLJ is deep inland (not near the sea) and quite far from the tsunami affected areas or the nuclear plants. If there is something you should be worried about is if the boxes fell of the stand from the earthquake. But then again, international shipping is probably 10 times worse (in terms of damage) than a box falling 1 or 2 meters. As for the meltdown rumors, I have come to the conclusion that western media sources are just plain being inaccurate, using scare-tactics and with a bias against nuclear power.
  6. I haven't posted in a long time, but I think this deserves a reply. I do not know why the International media is trying to MIS-inform (I guess for ratings), but there is absolutely no such "meltdown" problems here. I am in Tokyo but even speaking to friends in the northeast region there are no serious warnings or such (at least not like CNN or other such media is trying to convey). Some might say that the government is trying to cover it up, but I spoke to Earthquake professors at my University (Tokyo University), which are advisors to the Prime Minister and they also say there is no problem. I guess a magnitude 9.0 earthquake alone is no match to Charlie Sheen in ratings, but making stuff up...
  7. Thanks for the video Graham, but I just cant believe my luck. The video just cut where I have problems. I will wait for the next video release. Thanks again, I apreciate it.
  8. Thanks Graham for the reply. I will try it this night and if there is still no success I will just wait for your transformation video. Up to now the biggest demerit of this toy is the manual.
  9. Graham thanks for the review of the toy, although I actually read it after I had the toy and tried to transform it for the first time, it was a fun review which in my opinion points "problem" areas that for me at least, are nothing that big a deal. This is PERFECT toy in every way. Some people are complaining and pointing things from the pictures of the review but after having it in your hands all fears will be lost and nothing but full satistaction will follow, at least for me. Anyways, my concern is the following: Could you please describe me in detail (or maybe give me some pointers) on how to turn the small wings near the cockpit down? One had no problems but the other one just doesnt want to go down and Im afraid of breaking it (although I know it is made of some special strong plastic and there are replacements in the box). The next thing is how to "break" the section of the neck of the plane when turning into battroid. I stayed on this part of the transformation and just gave up afraid of any possible break. The instructions in the manual just show an arrow going down but it doesnt help me at all. The part Im talking about is in this picture on the first image. If you could help me with this I would appreciate it since I really want to turn it into robot mode.
  10. For one thing, two Yamato boxes are bigger than one Yamato bundle (at least that is what I saw with the VF-1J set). You have to imagine to live in a room as small as me. Next, the price might be cheaper. At least in some stores in japan, were the retail price means absolutely nothing to them. And finally, there might be fixed and tweaks with a later release. Also, with the girlfriend, you can pass a bundle as 1 buy instead of two...less explanation to do.
  11. I'm sorry if this has been answered already, but will a FP special set come bundled with the YF-19 during its release next year (ala VF-1J FP set)? Maybe even a Toysrus version? If it is I think that would be cheaper for me to buy here in Tokyo than the two separately. Also there is not much space left in my room as it is.
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