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I can take $400. If I had some assurance that we'd see the TV version I'd wait for that though, to be honest.

Am I correct in seeing the date as 12/2010?

I will say the enjoyable thing about the DYRL version is every time I see it the beginning of "Everlasting Love" plays in my head.

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Just in time for Christmas! Should prove to be a nice platform to paint and detail up - how long will this be now?

Gotta start saving! (more like hiding away... food from my daughter's mouth;-)

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Just in time for Christmas! Should prove to be a nice platform to paint and detail up - how long will this be now?

Gotta start saving! (more like hiding away... food from my daughter's mouth;-)

I think its 400 mm long in ship mode, or a bit longer than 15 inches .

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No this one is 40 cm long. Ship spec here: http://www.macross2.net/m3/macrossdyrl/macross-dyrl.htm - 1210m / 3000 ~= 40cm

Yamato also have an estimated box size: 250mm×500mm×250mm

My prediction on scale and price was so close :lol:

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=32020&st=140&p=847530entry847530

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looks good but not enough i think is a little overpriced and i really hope that pics are from the prototype because the paint job is poor and the worst part are the head i cant see crystal visor and the antennas seems to be chunky

Yeah, I noticed that same detail. I hope the paint job is better on the production model cuz that bridge looks like a 5 year old painted it.

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On price - remember there are stores that routinely give 15% to 20% discount to Yamato products, e.g. HobbySearch, AmiAmi and anime-export, which is significant for the high base price. 19% off at AmiAmi will bring it down to US$320 before shipping. Japanese government have been trying to keep yen from rising so who knows what will happen in 3 months. I am just glad it is not another web-shop limited.

Historically many Yamato big items go into deep discount after a year or two at HLJ and a few other places. The Votoms and Garlands were going for >50% off, the Patlabors are at 40-50% off. All Sv-51 reached 50% off and the Nora still has 60% off at HLJ. However I doubt this SDF-1 will get deeply discounted unless it turned out to be broken like the Garlands, but with a proven 1:2000 prototype it shouldn't happen. Also this SDF-1 will be the only painted SDF-1 in the market for a long while, unlike the Votoms and Patlabors.

Shipping cost shouldn't be too bad. This SOC GX-46 is closest in volume and in length, so a EMS cost of 6000yen is probable for US/Canada shipping. The box is not crazy big - it's smaller than some Perfect Grade models.

On variant - I would expect a web-limited weathering version later, and may be a heavy battle damage version like at the end of the movie. TV version is tricky since there are significant difference between the DYRL and TV SDF-1, and Yamato know their customers will not drop another 30k+ yen if they simply repaint it and replace the ARMDs.

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forgive me if sound repetitive but more the paint job that worried more is the low detail in comparision with the bigger version because i remember that yamato said that will be the same only in a small scale but al least on the head look a big diference and quality on sculp <_<

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forgive me if sound repetitive but more the paint job that worried more is the low detail in comparision with the bigger version because i remember that yamato said that will be the same only in a small scale but al least on the head look a big diference and quality on sculp <_<

Yeah, I expected to re-build the antenna array from stretched sprue... but the superstructure itself is a bit disappointing - kind of looks like a melted ghaspon. If anyone has seen the level of mold detail on the 1/350 Bandai Yamato crew members - you'd know exactly what is possible to mass manufacture in really tiny details. Here's to hoping that the production version will be crisper. How big would this piece be anyways?

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On price - remember there are stores that routinely give 15% to 20% discount to Yamato products, e.g. HobbySearch, AmiAmi and anime-export, which is significant for the high base price. 19% off at AmiAmi will bring it down to US$320 before shipping. Japanese government have been trying to keep yen from rising so who knows what will happen in 3 months. I am just glad it is not another web-shop limited.

Historically many Yamato big items go into deep discount after a year or two at HLJ and a few other places. The Votoms and Garlands were going for >50% off, the Patlabors are at 40-50% off. All Sv-51 reached 50% off and the Nora still has 60% off at HLJ. However I doubt this SDF-1 will get deeply discounted unless it turned out to be broken like the Garlands, but with a proven 1:2000 prototype it shouldn't happen. Also this SDF-1 will be the only painted SDF-1 in the market for a long while, unlike the Votoms and Patlabors.

Shipping cost shouldn't be too bad. This SOC GX-46 is closest in volume and in length, so a EMS cost of 6000yen is probable for US/Canada shipping. The box is not crazy big - it's smaller than some Perfect Grade models.

On variant - I would expect a web-limited weathering version later, and may be a heavy battle damage version like at the end of the movie. TV version is tricky since there are significant difference between the DYRL and TV SDF-1, and Yamato know their customers will not drop another 30k+ yen if they simply repaint it and replace the ARMDs.

very sensible post.

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