Shawn

nice one!

ping

Wow-that was when I had a 2nd site created to store some of the files because the primary server was full lol
Yeah found the vid-remember this was compression from 2002

Can you explain what else would be needed? Are these connectors sold somewhere else?

Thanks!

ping

Amazing kit.
Next pose, have it slightly looking down with its right leg raised above the dazed pilot...truly evil. 😛

Noticed the Macross is in the Star Trek Hive comic....you cannot tell me that is not the silhouette of the dyrl sdf-1 with armd! 😛

Ah the video and poster clear it up...I'm dense

This is a fork of the main unit, it is a 'test machine'...i.e. VF-X/Macross Plus development fighter...AFC-01X Legioss Omega!

Now I understand the liberties with the design, its truly meant to be an evolution of the original design, not an interpretation.

Very excited to see Hasegawa continue their build out of the kits...the TV Quead should be fantastic!
Such a strange offering for the VT-1 Gerwalk 'return to earth' mode from the movie, would never have guess that was in the queue.
And really looking forward to the Mercy Rabbit box art for these, should be epic.

We know the Nousjadeul-Ger has coming in 2026, where else are the going to go?
Maybe some new Zentradi ships? A 1/4000 matching Nupetiet-Vergnitzs would be my #1.

I appreciate a fresh set of eyes on this classic design, and as I watched that video it did sort of break my mind thinking 'the parts aren't supposed to do that' lol
I sort of view it like a Mimic...where it looks human, but suddenly opens its mouth at the base of its neck to eat you.

If I find one cheap enough I'll bite just for the weirdness of it. I feel they looked at the market full of all the other 'screen accurate' valks and made their own market. Really can't wait to see their interpretation of the Fast Packs.
And they kept the 'Keep Clean', love it.

My only real gripe is the landing gear length. It reminds me of the original Yamato 1/60 V1 prototypes from 2001. I thought that was the shortest landing gear I'd ever seen in a valk until now. But at least they made it white!! (hint hint Bandai)

Buyee now states they will just tack on a straight 20% to cover the tariffs...so much fun.
Need to watch for those 15%-18% off the price coupons

Yeah.buyee(proxy) too has halted. I tried to get a package out before the tariff change but appears I waited too long.

https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/information/2025/0825_01_en.html

Did find this which says the clear version does come with the pilot...I think that was the question

I did not know there were 2 clear versions, I thought just one. But I remember NOTHING lol.

Checking out the Chronicle article

I am amazed at the wing origami at 10:40...I thought it was somehow more of a solid piece for all those panel openings but it folds upon itself multiple times, impressive!

Awesome!
What are we looking at with the 2 colored sprues for the nosecone?
Do we get 2 sprues? Cause the model shown has the white nose and orange outer legs.

Hearing the transformers sounds on this is so weird. 

Still would never have guessed an Optimus prime Fire valkyrie Mashup was on the agenda post licensing agreement. Strange times.

From Buyee...get those warehouse stocked orders shipped ASAP
 

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10 hours ago, jenius said:

I preordered one from gundamit. What are the six little spikes?

I believe those are the little hood props to keep the wings open

Personally I wouldn't worry too much about the release, even these special web-only releases.
Wait for them to show up on the 2nd hand market, get a proxy buyer, and get it from Yahoo Japan.
Yes you will pay the 6000-10000 mark up fee, but the stress level or waiting up at 2am refreshing a bunch of web pages is forever gone.
Plus they put up the std disclaimer about it being available afterwards.

Not saying its the cheapest option for everyone, but it has worked out for me.
Plus the shipping always tends to be cheaper, as I bundle this with other items through the proxy.

Yes I saw multiple AI bots crawling the site starting this last week, hammering the hell out of it.

I've got htaccess and robots blocking as many as I can, but they are just ignoring.

We have a LOT of data here these last 25 years, 1.6 million posts and hundreds of thousands of pictures.

If any AI really cares about Macross its a lot of stuff to digest!

We are getting hammered with bot traffic all of a sudden, trying to wring it in but apparently we've been 'discovered'

ughhh

Good news is that they continue the 001 release on both tailfins , like they did with original Focker release.

Still hard to believe they doubled down with the Mechanic Edition Hikaru VF-1S with the 100 tailfin extra option, such a weird commitment to that mistake.

Tamashi sort of addressed that with the concern on the product page

The DX GBP was a 'loosely' based on the Takatoku GBP release=the sharp angled upper corner and the tab at bottom center.
I agree they could have leaned more retro in the first DX GBP release

Toynami went all in with their 1/100 retro version, so maybe Bandai saw that and did the pivot to the Nichimo box style.
I'm personally very happy with their choice, I love the Nichimo kits and it really gives it a retro look in my eyes.