Shawn

I have no clue, the forums with the last update we did seems funky sometimes with the attachments. Some were even disappearing then reappearing. I think they introduced a new bug, but I can't roll back to the old, they don't allow it. Hopefully they will provide another patch, I'll see on the support forums if anyone else sees these attachment issues Please go ahead and fix whatever you need to fix , the screenshots are all I need.

I definitely agree with you, I prefer the red-colored lasers more than they gray Takatoku chose. There is lots of precedence for colored lasers as well...at least from Takani and Suzuki and other artists.

Picked up a Takatoku catalog (the standard one from 1983) recently and was looking at the items inside-saw the VF-1A and took a closer look, and it's definitely a pre-production item (left from catalog, right is the takatoku prod version) Neat! At the bottom of the cover page they mention some of the items in the catalog are made of wood, and may not reflect the actual production items.

ding

FYI Fixed a bunch of missing pics on the bottom of page 2 and 3 by grabbing them from the wayback machine (the comparison pics)

Did we do landing gear release tab color differences yet? We probably did, sure we did.

ok services restarted, let me know if stuff is missing!

I saw that happen as well...then stuff just reappeared I'll reboot the server tonight to see if it flushes out whatever is going on. We did a forums update last week, but did not restart the services S

Was the Kakizaki a limited release? Agreed it is insanely hard to find at anything less than $90 (best price I could find anywhere, but can't justify that)

I thought it was Military Operation Soldier Protection Emergency Aviation Dive "Armor" not "Auto"....did it change at some point? Or just a goof? and if curious for the version with the missiles it says 'exclusive' on the front of the box (auction pic) The back says Robotech?? This must be international boxing once size fits all. The old Legioss didn't say Robotech.

That is amazing work, and is a perfect match

Carefully peeled back 20x of the stickers and NO WINNERS found...I'd sure love to see what a winning one looks like Some of them (like the ones on top) were crooked, so I know the prev owner of these already peeked

Since Toynami has been trying to build this thing since the early 2000s and kept getting denied, I strongly suspect the diecast will be diecast as it is on the takas.

The VF-1S has more interpretations than anything...including that 1990 release (ugh!) Here are some other alternatives for comparison. Its fun digging through the HD archives for the old stuff (I actually own that 2001 proto. Its a bit undersized, but still cool) The Barretta still looks awesome over all these years doesn't it? He nailed it. I can't remember if the Antennas could stay on during transformation, they were pretty tall.

Looking back over the 1/55 VF-1J Heads there are quite a lot of variations and interpretations! I like the Toynami interpretation. And weirdly like that they kept the thick antenna for the 1/55 toy design.

omg that box art rocks!! I have to find some $$ just to get it for that

Using @jenius comparison guide https://anymoon.com/blog/?p=6244 The arm looks like 1982 Takatoku The landing gear bottom hinge brace line looks unlike either one-it is more pronounced than either. I dig the heads Antenna thick enough to not break.

re-enabled registration, and I do get emails again S

And you know what? I think YOU just solved a mystery from 43 years ago!!! When Nichimo started the line, they initially had stickers on the first 2 releases (the black and white stickers) They immediately changed the design so the suction cup picture was part of the box picture itself. So what is the 40 year old mystery that might be solved? Because of the Iron on promo! To get the Iron-Ons you'd need to have bought 5 kits and cut out section in the box But what if it was just a sticker? You could peel them off in the store from some kits on the shelf to get the same thing! Well those shenanigans were going to be stopped! LOL

I've got a partial set...just missing the 2nd Prometheus iron on JVMacross got a set of these on YJ a few years ago (which has my missing one) They are super cool!!

Those are amazing!! Do do we have to wait for Plamax to release a Gerwalk before we get this one?

Wanted to share another item from the extreme-rare category of Mospeada history, the Cutaway series. Around 2001 I picked up this Cutaway Armo-Soldier cel from Mandarake Torrance, it was $500 at the time which was a LOT of money. This was the original Cel created by Artmic, and it is large! Here it is from a pic I took back in 2001 with my Macross VO cdrom for comparison About 10 years ago it was part of a trade to another member here on the board. Flipping up the corner to take a peek, its hand painted! Flash Forward 25 years later, another Cutaway pic showed up on Yahoo Japan Auctions this week, the Armo-Fighter mode cel! 804,098 yen later, it is was secured for the same person I traded the Soldier mode to, and will be in transit soon. That is a FAR cry from the measly $500 from 2 decades ago!! When it arrives I'll make sure to get some detailed pics to share The seller did the same 'peek' As far as I know, there are just 2 more in this Cutaway series, the Mospeada bikes in both modes. Here are the pics of these from the Artmic Design book from the 80's Its crazy to know exactly where 50% of these assets are 40 years later! Shawn

Just just looking at some of the stickers again. Did anyone here ever turn over the little yellow sticker to see if you were a winner? I am tempted to do a few of mine. I've still never seen one of the Macross bags up for sale anywhere, and it said there were 1200 winners. Maybe all the winning stickers are in our collections and the bags were destroyed lol There was a recent auction for a large collection of badges, mint in the baggies (I did not win it) We've seen the stickers, the shitas, the puzzles, and the badges...but never ever ever the BAGS

Hey you outbid me on that Macross Vol II record bag...ha

I saw it tonight and thought it was great. Luthor is a bit annoying, but otherwise it was a fun movie, it didn't take itself too seriously at all. If you give it a chance you might have a good time