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I think it has been done on a Hasegawa VF-1 fighter. The modeller used flat wire as someone here already mentioned and hid it between the two wing parts. I believe the most difficult part was to redo the wing tip lights, they were scratch built from pre-coloured acrylic pieces. Besides the wing tips, very dim lights were also placed in the cockpit main control panel and red lights used for the main thrusters.

Those tele cards sure look desireable. Tele cards rarely pop up on EvilBay, so I assume you got them off Yahoo Japan or directly from Japan! Tele cards use to command high prices but with the popularity of mobile phones, their prices have dropped a fair bit and now is a real good time to get your hands on a few! I almost wanted to get some but decided first to finish my trading cards collection before venturing into another possible expensive hooby!

Any pics or links to the "teaser image"? Could this be the 1/48 YF-19 fighter model kit instead?

A fellow member here eecsman is offering complete sets of the Macross Perfect Collection II cards at $20 before shipping. This is a fair price and should be far cheaper than getting a box knowing you will not get a full set!

I have shipped numerous 1/48 Yammies from Hong Kong to the States and basically there are couple of prices, air parcel or EMS, both offers tracking and are calculated by weight (with an increasement of every 500gms). To ship a 1/48 from Hong Kong to the States via air parcel will set one back around $20-40, depending on valk and method of packing. The most inexpensive way to pack and ship is to wrap the Yammie box with bubble wrap & an outer paper shell. For those who want to have their Yammie boxes in pristine conditions, one will need to pack the Yammie box in a bigger box for shipping. This is safer but also more costly. Back to shipping boxes, well you can buy them at stationary shops or post office but you can also get recycled ones found at most retail shops, supermarket is a good place to go!

The kit you bought in Japan was the 1/72 VF-4 Lighting fighter mode made by Hobby Base Retppu. It is long out of production but you can find it every now and then either here on MacrossWorld offered by a member or on Ebay. No toys or model kits were made of this fighter valk, only garage resin or vinyl kits. Sizes range from 1/144, 1/100 and 1/72. the two smaller sizes were produced by Yellow Submarine and the bigger scale by the before mentioned company Musasiya and Club-M. I also released one modified version based of the Musasiya kit, however it is all sold out.

Not sure if this has been asked before, the new Fast Packs, do they just fit onto an existing built kit or do you need to modify it? I have a VF-25 built and am debating on getting the optional Fast Packs bjut do not really want to mess the valk up by needing to take it apart.

Been going through some of my old books and found these, the E-Graphics Jumbo Macross cards! There are 15 in total (12 regulars and 3 specials). The cards were offered in gashapon like machines, each card measures about an A5 in size, clear plastic coated and best of all, it allows you to punch-out a post card!

The figures you are talking about, are they the flesh coloured ones and still on the sprue? If so, I believe eight were issued and randomly packed in black bags and placed in the kits. They are made out of a more rubber like plastic and do not bond well with paint, at least on my attempts many years back!

Sorry to hear what has happened to your new joy! Hope someone hear will be able to help you out as if you use the wrong stuff to get rid of the excess panel lining, you might weaken the actual plastic. Also, with Gundam Markers, I believe there are two types, permanent and water based. Next timer try asking the shop clerk for ther water based type.

Yeah, I am pretty sure Mike never got around to finishing the instructions for the Monster.

I thought the Sheryl decals came either with special event purchased kits or kits bought at the BanDai shop in Tokyo, a la VF-25 clear version!

So, anyone got the second series already? So far I only see HLJ stock them, no other on-line shop or even any local shop in Hong Kong have them, not sure why

Passed by the shops today too and saw them for sale at about US$35 a pop! It is pretty detailed for the size aand the price is also fairly attractive (far better than the DX toy), so I might be getting one unless I read too many bad reviews on it!

Thanks for the clarification on those promo cards! However, I guess the info on the Macross Compendium is not too correct, maybe there was insufficient info or something got lost in translation. I have to double check with my cards as if I am correct, there are "Not For Sale" printed on them. Furthermore it would not make any sense to issue nine cards in a ten pack, unless there are more cards to collect or cards from another anime series!

Placed an order alreday yesterday, two thumbs up for the great work! The pilots will help me complete a Club-M VE-1 kit I have! I will need to do some modifications but should be very straight forward.

I have those promo cards too, I stumbled across them as a complete set, lucky me! They are as already mentioned out of paper and not plastic. Any info when and where they were handed out (I assume they were for free as they are afterall promo cards)? Since I am at it, does anyone have any rare Broccoli cards for sale or trade? I am after the SP01 and CS01 cards.

Yeah, dedicated Tamiya or other hobby suppliers accessories are expensive and many times no difference than items found in a diy shop! Just make sure the cutting plier to get cuts straight and not in a curve and flush with the surface.

So, here is a thread on MW, which is all about 1/6 figures...good for me! I recently started again in collecting a few figs here and there and my latest addition is the Medicom Ghost in the Shell Motoko and I must say she looks hot! I also pre-ordered the Sideshow G I Joe Snake Eyes but the release date got apparently pushed back from Jan to Mar. Now I am getting hooked on the beautiful Iron Man MKIII but heard qc issues, so any feedbacks from members who actually have the fig?

Toy companies are not releasing any VF-4 products is most likely because of the license issue. The VF-4 was featured in the FlashBack animation. The animation was very short with many old clips and most importantly no new mechas besides the VF-4, which only appeared for like less than a minute. Viewing this as a corporation, the figures just does not add up making it worthwhile obtaining the license!

"sorry to post here but does anyone know how to straighten out a vinyl piece that has curled? it came like that when i opened the box.", try soaking the part in warm to hot water and a minute or two, take it out and remold it and then dip it in cold water to harden, repeat if necessary! Also, another good hint or advise in building the VF-19 vinyl kit is to weigh down the feet and lower legs by filling it with plaster or else the completed kit might have difficulties standing on its own without support!

Got the same kit and the first edition, which only differ in having metal hands! Working with vinyl is pretty straight forward, a good advise is to use new sharp blades and by soaking the part to be trimmed in warm water first, this makes things much easier!

Well, there are pros and cons with both kits! Perhaps the most important point to start with is which valk do you favour more? Next, are you a model guy or more of a toy guy? Hasegawa kits are real model kits, where you will need glue, putty, paint etc and good modelling skills to make it look good. The BanDai kit on the other hand is more straight forward, a good pair of cutting pliers and/or exacto knife with minimal modelling skills and the kit can already turn out halfway decent! Last, the Hasegawa kit is for display only, do not expect to play with it, the BanDai kit however is meant to be played with (though not like a toy)!

Starting a new collectors corner sounds great but maybe we should also somehow consider upgrading or intergrating the website's toys, models, collectibles etc. section. This has been neglected for some time now and I am willing to help out in any way I can!

So, does anyone know how many issues there are? I get mine directly from a person in Japan and he told me that there 50 issues planned, which I really doubt. I assume his English is not that great and might have used some on-line translator, which did not do the job too well!