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Absolutely incredible build, the wait was well worth it!

Thanks for the words of encouragement, I'll definitely be keeping my eyes open for it.

On 2/8/2024 at 7:13 AM, Space Casual Life said:

I showed the Macross Special to the 7 year old son of my best friend recently. WITH subs on the laserdisc.

That's strange, I have this laserdisc and it's not subtitled.

Got this great genga of Sylvie!

I know it's a longshot, but if anyone has its matching cel, I'd be more than happy to buy it off you for a good price 😀

2 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

But that’s a sticker.

🙄

22 hours ago, takatoys said:

The thing is…Is it an official Takatoku product? Are there more Takatoku toys besides Macross that have the Takatoku logo and were made in Taiwan? We all know there are lots of taiwanese toys made from the Takatoku molds, but those have the logo removed and do not have japanese writing. That Takatoku made in Taiwan box is the missing link.

On a more helpful note, note the "MADE IN TAIWAN" on the box cover.

That's fantastic, then it really is selling out 😀

Udon's own page is showing it as sold out too. But the description still says "COMING SOON FROM UDON ENTERTAINMENT"

https://store.udonentertainment.com/collections/books/products/hidetaka-tenjins-artistry-of-macross-macross-frontier-films-macross-delta-archives

Probably just another publishing delay.

So I tried playing it on my PS3 and got the same error as you. Even tried it on my Series X and PC and none of those could play it either. I guess it's an authoring error.

I just think it's hilarious that this is the first time anyone's ever mentioned this. I guess we were all understandably too focused on DYRL 😆

I think the Flashback 2012 disc is a regular DVD. If that's the case, then it's probably region locked.

As for blu-ray discs, the US and Japan are in the same region, which is why it's playable on your PS3.

5 hours ago, Stampeed Valkyrie said:

Latest VF-1 released..    I really like this one.. and without a doubt Grey Market bootleg at this point..

Fixed 😉

I loved the previous series, but I'm lowering my expectations with this one since Warren Ellis isn't involved.

I'm glad there appears to be a new antagonist this time around. Even Iga agreed that bringing back Dracula every time is a bad idea.

I see Calibre Wings is ripping off another IP, this time it's Hasegawa.

3 hours ago, Sildani said:

Calibre got a Cease and Desist from Big West, so I’m not surprised. 

They did? Everyone here who wanted Shin's F-14 from M0 got one. A couple of months later, Noel (the owner of Calibre Wings) posted a YouTube update where he practically laughed at Big West.

On 8/24/2023 at 10:17 PM, Shawn said:

There was no mention of 'Derivative' in the agreements? I thought in one of the court summaries I saw that, but could be very wrong.

(e.g. old max, vf-1ex, queadluun-rhea, etc?)

The "derivative" wording came from Article 5 of Harmony Gold's agreement with Tatsunoko Production. While the word is never defined in the agreement, it's used in the context of creating adaptions of The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, not sequels and such.

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The Licensor [Tatsunoko Production], as the exclusive author and owner of all worldwide copyrights, moral rights and rights of publication in and to the underlying series, grants to the Licensee [Harmony Gold] exploitation of the copyrights in accordance with the provisions in this Agreement whereby the Licensee is entitled to . . . adapt and prepare derivative works based on . . . the underlying series . . . . (emphasis added)

So yeah, that's where it all came from 😀

8 hours ago, mantisfists said:

I could be remembering wrong but from my recollection, Beagle's ride armors didn't sell because the world was caught in an historic recession. Personally, I think if somebody put out a high quality classic ride armor today, it'd sell just fine.  

You're absolutely right, the Great Recession was a factor in Beagle's demise. There's probably a dozen other legitimate factors that played a role in Beagle's collapse.

But toy companies probably don't care about that. All they saw was a company released the most accurate toy representation of the vintage Ride Armor ever, and they died right afterwards. They're not going to risk their money on that.

Tatsunoko Production holds the copyright designs to Genesis Breaker, not Sentinel. If anyone's trying to quietly infringe on Tatsunoko's designs, working with Tatsunoko's longtime partner, Harmony Gold, is the wrong way to go about it.

More than likely, the reason MoShow Toys redesiged the Ride Armors is that they've done their homework. The last time someone (Beagle) masterfully turned Ride Armors into toys, they flopped so hard that they killed Beagle. The lesson learned is that you either make cheap Ride Armor toys or you update them into premium toys, like Sentinel did.

It looks ok to me. My biggest gripe is that the neck is too long in battloid mode, hopefully the length can be adjusted according to people's preferences.

And only battloid pics? I guess ThreeZero isn't too confident in its fighter/guardian mode

As usual, your use of lighting and perspective really makes your photos memorable. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks, but that's not quite what I was looking for. And thankfully so, because someone (from here?) bought it before I would've had the chance to.

If anyone happens to see one publicly for sale, please DM me the site. We Macross fans are pretty ruthless 😆

I gotta admit, it's refreshing to see a beefy battloid mode; it's pretty reminiscent of the old 80's line art. I just hope it doesn't negatively impact fighter mode.

Bandai chose to go with short UUM-7 pylons because those are accurate to Kawamori's line art.

I personally prefer the longer pylons, but I can see why Bandai went with short ones.

 

That's a good point, I'm open to loose versions too!

Yes, they are. What's that old saying, "Copying is the sincerest form of flattery?" 😆

I'm looking for this specific bootleg Valkyrie. If there were other variations besides the VF-1A, I'm open to those too, thanks!

EDIT: It doesn't have to be sealed on the card, loose is fine too.

It looks like the mask is wide because it's accommodating Dana's physical face. If they made the mask accurate to the line art, Dana would end up with a really narrow face. IMO, that would've been the worse option, since one of Dana's signature appearences is her circular face. The ideal option would've been to include additional heads: one fully masked, one partially masked, and no mask at all. But I guess KC really wanted a mask gimmick, plus it's cheaper too.

Speaking of gimmicks, the cloth gimmick just looks bad. It's a shame because KC really nailed Dana's face and armor.

8 hours ago, Old_Nash_II said:

If we are going to take the reference, it reminds a little of these old concepts made by Yune, a few years ago

Tommy Yune's designs are 20 years old, but they're still much better than the new one. Yune had a bulky fighter transform into a bulky battloid.

3 hours ago, Knight26 said:

Especially now that FA has passed.

Doubtful Frank Agrama's passing changes anything.