Esponjabob

Got my Max at HLJ. Good night all.

Monster is up on HLJ. Just pre-ordered one for myself!

http://www.hlj.com/product/BANN05211

Well, it IS huge. It IS a relatively niche item in Japan with limited appeal to the broader market (let's face it, most Macross fans are older). And it's expensive.

I have to admit, I wonder how many Japanese fans are gonna spring for the Monster. Space is an issue in Japan, so there are probably a lot of collectors who may pass on the Monster just because of that. And while the hardest of the hardcore will happily spend the money on it, there are probably more who won't. Hopefully Bandai has taken these things into account and won't kill the line if the Monster doesn't do as well as they'd like.

I'm not an expert on this, but do you think it could have something to do with the fact that AmiAmi misspelled Destroid as "Destroyed"? Perhaps it doesn't show up so easily on a search engine and goes unnoticed, thus the low sales?

I read earlier in the thread that preorders for th monster go up on MAR 1st. Does anybody have an idea of what time locally?

Thanks in advance!

Instructions are for sissies... Right up until you go and f*@$-up your build and then they aren't for sissies anymore

The final boing!

Captain, how does one go about purchasing one of these kits?

Thanks!!