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  2. SayuriUliana
    Funny detail from the official decals on the VF-19, a fully legible Fire Bomber setlist on the wing.
  3. xyh
    Progress on trying to improve the proportions of the 21 - I think just raising the backpack makes the biggest impact, thankfully that's relatively easy to do. It's a bit high now compared to the lineart, but playing around with it, I thought that was preferable to it hanging so low at the bottom. Without it in the background, I think the legs get emphasized more:
  4. MKT
    It should be similar to the Hikaru 1S Mechanic Edition is terms of effort to procure. Super Ostrich is just P-Bandai / TWE release, and still available on Yoyakunow.
  5. Spark-O-Matic
    How rare is this going to be compared to other releases like the super ostrich?
  6. MKT
    New write up by Bandai Hobby on this kit. Please use browser translations: https://bandaihobby.hatenablog.com/entry/2024/05/17/163000 Some little nuggets in the article: 1. Gun from the HG YF-19 kit fits into Basara's hand. 2. There's Fire Bomber logo at the bottom hilt of Basara's pod launcher. 3. Feet soles have had their design changed, in accordance to update by Kawamori himself.
  7. Mog
    From the ridiculously articulated figure above to some figures that are instead ridiculously difficult to pose out . . . Back when I had the full MPC set :
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  9. mikeszekely
    Actually, in the cartoon (much like the G1 toy) there's some molded detail (suggestive of the tail rotor?) but only the very bottom of the tire is actually visible. In other words, I agree that I'd have liked his legs remolded a bit to hide them, but they wouldn't even have to rotate to do so. Probably would have been better use of the plastic than the missile or the hammer. (Note the green hubcaps on the front wheels and green rotor blades... cartoon accurate on SS86 Springer). Agree, but at least on SS86 you can swivel the shoulder pads to cover them and look more cartoon accurate in the process.
  10. M'Kyuun
    I was an aircraft hydraulics tech in the Air Force, retiring at 20 years back in 2011. From the standpoint of having served, thank you for your service. Fortunately, Kawamori likes to experiment with the Macross Saga, so it's hard to predict how the next installment will play out. We definitely want different things, but however the next installment turns out, it's nice to know we have the older shows to fall back on to fulfill what we like most about Macross. If you liked M7, I'd say give Delta a watch. Instead of just having one or two singers like most Macross series, Delta has a group of girl singers and there's more frivolity IIRC. I only watched it once, I don't remember if I even finished it, and it's been years since I've watched it, so memory is pretty faded. I remember my impression more than anything, and it just didn't grab me like Frontier, Plus, SDF:M, or Zero, which all had more mature tones. That said, I liked it better than M7. Hayate was a better protagonist; I didn't care for Basara. I'm waiting for Disney plus to stream the majority of the Macross series sometime this year. I'm hoping it'll land big with American audiences creating a robust market for Macross merch, especially Valkyrie toys. Moreover, I look forward to the opportunity to rewatch some of the shows (with my wife who has only seen SDF:M and Plus). Some may consider it heresy, but I hope they provide English dubs for all the shows; reading subs is a PITA when you're also trying to follow Valks in action, and the dialog delivery is really quick necessitating rewinding so you can follow one or the other. I personally find it more enjoyable when I understand what's being said, even if some original nuance is lost. Pertaining to your mention of Macross II, that's kinda the black sheep of the Macross Saga, and it's highly unlikely we'll ever see any official reference to it in anything that Kawamori produces. I wish Arcadia would make a VF-2SS- lovely design that deserves a really good toy.
  11. Seto Kaiba
    ... and now I'm headed down the VF hand design rabbit hole.
  12. Papa Rat started following First build ever… Imai 1/144 Queadlunn-Rau
  13. Papa Rat
    Hi everybody! I’m new here and thought I’d show my entry into model building. I had this kit in the garage for decades and ultimately forgot about it until recently. I have zero experience with model building but after digging into this kit I’m hooked. I loved dealing with all the seam lines, dips and funky misaligned parts. I figure no better way to bust my modeling chops than to build an older kit from my childhood. “Kid of the 80’s” My build is riddled with errors and ultimately such a great stepping stone to learn from. I opted to use spray cans, enamels, a pin vise, pla plate, chisels, and whatever else I could try out to see what worked, failed, or inspired further exploration. I did learn that flooding areas with enamel washes for panel lining was a big mistake. Live and learn as parts literally crumbled and had to be rebuilt. lol. I love the hot mess this experience was and look forward to more. I have a bunch of Hasegawa kits on their way. Can’t wait. (= Anyway, here are a couple pice of the final build complete with finger prints and other sloppy play.
  14. Papa Rat
    Papa Rat joined the community
  15. M'Kyuun
    I tend to forget how many of these figs are exclusives, SS86, and other lines and technically don't fall under the mainline umbrella. They're all the same scale and aesthetically made to work with each other hence my inclination to lump them all, or many at least, under mainline. Anyway, regarding your nitpicks: 1. The front end is too angular, kind of reminds me of Bumper as much as it does Bumblebee. I concur. It's an obvious concession to eventual retooling as Cliffjumper, but it would have been nice had it been executed a little better to homogenize the shape of the entire hood/feet. alas, no. 2. I wish the tires folded under his feet the way Netflix Bee does. Honestly, I hadn't noticed, which is weird b/c I share the same preference anytime feet are made from a chunk of vehicle with wheels. 3. The dark windows. I just have this funny feeling that another version will come in a year or two, maybe as another store-exclusive, with blue windows. Most likely, as they'll find some way to repackage it with subtle changes to milk both the mold and the fandom. The black windows don't bother me that much, but yeah, the blue looks better and matches the animation. Odd that since this is Studio series and that's the whole point of this line.😒 Guess you don't want to wait until I have one in-hand and do a review, since I don't have those Vietnamese factory connections. But I'll still hook ya up. Good find, and thanks. Yeah, I like that. I can live without the other sword, hammer, and the catapult shell. Of course, the shell has meaning from that one scene in the film, but honestly, it'll just stay in the box for perpetuity. I just want his rifle and prop-sword. It would have been nice had they retooled his legs a bit to be able to rotate the tires 180 degrees to manifest the round bumps like the animation. All their retooling focus was on the upper body, but that would've been a nice touch for the legs. Gotta say, we've come a looong way from this (Credit to Brave Fortress from whom I shamelessly copied pics): I still have my G1 Springer, and he was a bit disappointing back in the day, although I still think he has a pretty good helicopter mode. Bot and car modes, though, leave somewhat to be desired. Obviously, a lot of creative license was taken with his animated bot mode for the film, and between Siege and SS86, we're only just now getting figs that even come close nigh 40 years after the film. Both versions are a bit lean compared to his chunkier toon model, but honestly, I prefer the look of the Siege/SS86 versions. Too bad they couldn't make those tires on his arms disappear into the body, but otherwise, looking pretty good.
  16. MKT
    OMG lol.. I thought you were joking at first but she really became Dogpool. Best casted Marvel character
  17. Big s
    Lot’s of good stuff coming up. I’ll definitely share some pics.
  18. kajnrig
    You're all wrong. As it turns out:
  19. MKT
    Nice one on Max 1J. It a great feeling to score something for great price, and doubly so when it turned out to be way better than expected. Right? But I think in Bandai's mind, the DX doesn't need any nice art to sell, and so put it on the lower tier items instead.
  20. Radioguy
    I did earlier. Got nothing.
  21. Bolt
    Cool ! I'm looking forward to seeing what you think. I'm keeping mine in private warehouse until the Max Queed and YF-19 come in. So I won't even get mine shipped till July.
  22. MKT
    Bandai HG 1/100 YF-19 Shortcut Change.
  23. sh9000

    sh9000's collection

    Images added to a gallery album owned by sh9000 in Macross Collections

  24. sh9000
    9 films.
  25. Hikuro
    I remember in the days of way back, I think it was The Terminator: Hunters and Killers, Russia had their own AI much like skynet but not as smart. I wonder since this supposed "Terminator Zero" is set in Japan if it'll be something similar to that.
  26. sh9000
    You'll have to set up their email notifications. It popped back up twice for preorder.
  27. sh9000
    $150. I'm down for 2.
  28. sh9000
    Hasegawa 1/72 Regult Scout Type. Hasegawa 1/72 Regult Heavy Missile Carrier Type.
  29. Seto Kaiba
    The way it's written up, it does kind of have that vibe... albeit not from the New UN Forces side. Rather, it's Shinsei Industry who seem to be absolutely dead set on finding some way to make the VF-19 marketable no matter how long it takes. After the military's plan to transition to the VF-19A went down in flames and procurement switched to Special Forces use only, Shinsei still kept trying to find a way to fix the issues and make the VF-19 a viable 4th Generation main VF. They radically changed the design starting from the VF-19F, they swapped out basically every part they reasonably could, and while they managed to make it accessible to more pilots it never really reached the level of being a viable main fighter. Even as late as 2058, fully 17 years after the VF-19 bombed out of the Spacy's service, they were still selling their own management on plans to refine and improve the VF-19 like Isamu's VF-19EF/A. How much of that was a sincere belief in the design's viability and how much was simply sour grapes over having lost the main fighter contract for the first time in the company's history is unknown. General Galaxy definitely realized it was a sore spot for them, which led to some unsubtle trolling with the Macross Galaxy Corporate Army building a small number of VF-19C's under license for one of their elite units as a way to show they could build a better VF-19 than Shinsei could. Not as such. Project Super Nova wasn't set up to fail from the outset. The New UN Forces really did want those fighters. The program's cancellation came when the pro-unmanned fighter faction among the military brass won out and pushed for adoption of the X-9 Ghost instead... only to end up with enough egg on their face to kill an entire Zentradi main fleet through high cholesterol when Sharon Apple hijacked the prototype and went on a rampage through Macross City. It's almost like Shinsei Industry and General Galaxy were so preoccupied with chasing the highest possible performance to outdo each other that they forgot the aircraft they were developing had to have a pilot. They achieved stunning performance to impress the military brass and completely blew past the physical endurance limits of the human body. So once the dust settled on the VF-19's botched phase-in plan, the military threw up their hands and said "OK, maybe we went a bit nuts with the requirements...".
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