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Yeah-but then the Mechanic Edition wouldn't be special anymore. When it first came out someone was selling just the armor parts (no valk) for $200...kick myself for not grabbing it to use on another valk now!!

The 2nd 'lottery' ended in Dec 2023 for those lucky buyers, and the winners for that batch of Mechanic Editions ships in April 2024. There has been no news of a general release or 3rd lottery. Demand on auction sites has frequently been around 64000+ yen, now slowing down a bit to about 56000 I am hoping once the new batch is on the marketplace the price drops significantly, like a low 40000 range once demand is met. But who knows.

Wow-I feel like there is definitely a lot of new never before seen line art there! Awesome Thanks for the pics!

yay...at least I am in SHIPPING mode! Just another 11 days until it arrives 😛

Break out your 1/60 Yamato VF-4 for the kids to play with...it does a fantastic Tank mode

HOW....literally every time you get shipping notification and mine sits for an extra week. I literally ordered mine within hours of the post here. You paying for Amazon JP Prime or something LOL Teach me the good tricks!!

sweet!...come on Amazon JP send it to me already

Its up to each person to keep their bad condition toys original and yellow or they can restore the colors and have them look better. There will be opinions on each side, but they literally made a million VF-1 toys, it isn't like we are dealing with limited run item. If some of the worse yellowed loose ones get a new life I can't see how that is a bad thing. These aren't being sold or represented as 'mint in box'. Here is another example of the process. I think it is amazing what can be done, just like restoring old computer cases from the 80's.

I am lazy...when is the Macross Encyclopedia coming out again? Thought it was sometime in January

I often feel the 'loose' toys carry more fun value than the boxed ones. With the loose ones you can transform and display them and you never feel guilty about re-opening the box or keeping it out of the sun because you don't want to lose resale value on a $600 Sealed Strike valk. I was always wondered why on the Yahoo Japan auctions, a loose valk always seemed to get more action than a sealed one, and I think it is because of the guiltless feeling. I know that runs through my head all the time as these things are expensive. I think the opportunity to spread this much 1/55 fun to a bunch of casual fans seems like a win for everyone

My friend and I will be selling some extra stuff this year at the Pasadena Comic Con-stop by and grab a loose 1/55 and some other Macross goodies left over from the SDCon Chris Barretta (OG 1/55 Custom heads) will also be at the con-I need to find out WHERE though...he has the coolest stuff for sale too! The Valcutron will also make a return appearance to get gauge public opinion on the best large scale VF-1 toy!

If you are in the Pasadena,CA area on Jan 28th, my friend is blowing out a bunch of loose 1/55 VF-1s at the con Come see them in person! https://pasadenacomiccon.com/

Reminds me of the shiny red Iron Man suit from the first movie...love it

can't wait to wake up tomorrow and see where it ends up https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/madoverlord/macross-ii-lovers-again-alus-edition/description Someday if anyone ever figures out how to get DYRL outside of Japan, I bet it would easily break a million

Just 7k to go for 4k-crazy

Mercy Rabbit is doing the package art? So no Tenjin for this release? Can't wait to see how it looks.

ah...see here we go https://www.carousell.com.hk/p/zenbu-懷舊動漫玩物收藏雜誌-no-94-日本收藏專門店mandarake出版-變形機械人-鐵道玩具-主題-2019年日本印製-懷舊-童年回憶-爆玩具懷舊玩物收藏網絡銷售-1052152635/

That is from one of the Mandarake Zenbu magazines...I have it somewhere deep in the archives Sorry cannot remember which issue off hand, but maybe a google search could turn up something Mandarake Zenbu Takatoku or something like that まんだらけZENBU タカトク マクロス this could be it https://paypayfleamarket.yahoo.co.jp/item/z246683944

I compared my Comic Con 2023 Signed edition to the one from Amazon released last week and they are identical, could not find any differences Just noting things 'for the record' on the topic of it expecting to be different

So to get the UHD, I just wait until after the initial campaign is over (in 13 days), then there will be a new $10 upgrade option right? Unless of course it gets to the $350k tier (here is hoping!) From the project: "Backers who want to receive a Blu-ray / UHD combo (2 discs instead of 1) will be able to add-on UHD for $10 post-campaign. In addition, the 4K materials will also be used to author the Blu-ray release." "PS: The reason the UHD add-on has to be post-campaign is that once we create an add-on, we can't remove it, and if we hit the second stretch goal, it becomes redundant."

leahLooking back I don't recall seeing on on the tv volumes either, so guess there are at least a few.

I can't ever recall , but maybe someone's brain here might? Have you ever seen either of these books with an OBI ? I've seen pretty much every other Macross book with one, but never these two.

Wow that looks phenomenal-love it

HLJ charged me $69 bucks to So Cal....2x Queads and 1x Max with the shipping discount. Geez rates seem high again

They've been selling on YJ for 28000-30000 yen, and with the current exchange rate comes out to about $215, then add in intra-japan shipping for $10 and international for $30ish and you are looking at $250ish to your door Amazon US was $208, but now $218 with free shipping, but you'll need to add in sales tax, and a March delivery date So as of today its pretty much the same in price, but on YJ you can get it in a couple weeks vs waiting Not sure why the releases for the US are always a few months behind, but they are consistent in this process. I'd love to see a simultaneous event in the future.