"Foremost, comparing Takatoku toys to Jetfire is rather irksome to some Macross fans since Takatoku toys came years before. I understand that it helps American fans by providing a frame of reference for the toy, but maybe a better approach would be to "compare Jetfire to Takatoku toys" if that makes sense. (Basically they came first and Jetfire is really the red-headed stepchild of Takatoku toys) "
Picky LOL Since Youtube is U.S. based, I found that many viewers just don't know Japanese toy anthology. So yes, but I chose to "wake up" those who know Jetfire and nothing else.
"It's "Battroid", not "Battlroid". "Battloid" is from Robotech "
Cool. Learn something every day.
"Never heard it called "Blue Max" since Max always has a blue paint scheme. "Max VF1J" is what its normally referred to as."
I heard this ages ago due to the with an homage to WWII. It was also used for old school collectors. Go figure, yes it's redundant
"All Takatoku 1/55 Valkyries have that same tip so its not "sharper than average", its exactly the same. I'm guessing you mean "sharper than the Jetfire toy"?"
Yes, this is from an American perspective. The "average" Valk was the Jetfire with the rounded tip.
"Actually not Takatoku's artists. That art was supplied by Studio Nue/Artland. Most of that art was by Toshimitsu Suzuki, who worked for Artmic/Artland. Studio Nue was responsible for planning Macross."
Cool...I don't know if I totally agree. So if Takatoku paid to use the art/subcontract work, who owns that box drawing/artists for the work? I would love to add in credits if post-Youtube loading could be edited
"Millia Jenius. Max's alien wife. Pretty much of as much importance as the Max character himself and who also received her own red VF1J in the same toy line."
Yes, I went brain dead there. LOL I wish I could re-edit the Vid there.