Graham

I also wanna hear Yoshiki Fukuyama's version of the song as well.

Bomba!

I really like May'n's rendition of the audition song.

I hope we get Junna's take on it as well.

Interesting.

On 3/3/2025 at 12:01 AM, Captain Global said:

 

Furthermore, it seems to me, and I would want to know what you guys and gals think, that macross is not high in Kawamori's priorities rigt now, given his involment with the Osaka Expo 2025 and the Japan Anime Tourism Association. Also, I would really like to know why Satelight and Kawamori have parted ways, perhaps because of the end of the pachinko deal in 2020? Perhaps beacuse Satelight is night now focused on the Ubel Batt adaptation? 

 

Have Satelight and Kawamori parted ways? I hadn't heard that.

He is listed as a Special Advisor on their website.

But I would really like to know the details behind why Sunrise and not Satelight is producing the next Macross TV series.

On 3/3/2025 at 4:35 PM, MKT said:

I think the blue leg locks above the ankles doesn't affect the collapsing / extending function.

I made more attempts to push the obstinate ankle in, but in the end I had to partially transform it before it worked.
Un-tab the wing, spread the offending leg out, fold the feet to battroid position, then unfurl the heel & booster nozzle. This creates a space in the feet where your whole thumb can rest within. With a VERY firm push, the ankle collapsed.

 

I pulled the ankle out and collapsed it a couple more times but it didn't seem to get any easier. This is certainly much more involving & frustrating than needs to be, and it's lucky I don't transform my toys much beyond what is needed for long term display. 

 

OK, so using this method, I managed to get the ankles on my Bogue Sv-262Hs collapsed. 

I'm personally fine with J-pop or J-rock again.

I love the songs and BGM of SDFM/DYRL/Mac 7/M+/Mac Frontier. Even Walkure has grown on me recently.

About the only soundtrack that really didn't grab me with either the songs or BGM was Mac Zero. 

9 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

I fear this gun won’t make it beyond ten years before it starts to fall apart in similarity to plastics used with gold accessory GI Joes.

Sure hope to be wrong about this.

Would rather have had it in grey plastic with gold paint. Sure the paint will wear but it might be more resilient over time.

The Sv-262Hs Keith was released in March 2017 and the yellow plastic on the gun on mine is still fine.

It's still a few years away from 10 years old, but cross fingers, touch wood etc. 😅

My turn to try again tonight.

Will report back later. 😅

4 hours ago, ArchieNov said:

Thank you to all the brave souls who were able to push the ankles in. You have given me confirmation that it can move, and the confidence to try it again myself. Hopefully I don't break it in the process.

Edit: I tried pushing them in again and they really don't feel like they wanna budge. How much force did you apply? I can hear the plastic of the ankles creaking already and my hands are shaking from the amount of force I'm putting in, so I am hesitant to apply even more than that for fear of breaking it.

Same with mine.

Anybody got a link where it will be streamed?

Yeah, I checked my Keith which is currently in fighter mode and it has the working extension mechanism for the ankles.

So I can extend and collapse the ankles on the Keith SV-262Hs and there's a positive click when doing so.

On the Bogue, it seems the ankles are definitely stuck in the extended position with no way to collapse them to get rid of the gap in fighter mode.

52 minutes ago, ArchieNov said:

The ankles are not retractable, or at least they weren't on the Keith and it's not mentioned anywhere in the instructions for Bogue. I've tried applying force but I don't feel like it's gonna budge.

The ankles also have nothing to do with the placement of the arms. The only connection point they have is with the calf itself, and any other parts around don't affect it.

@Graham - thanks for sharing your pics. so yours has the same look as mine. You mentioned before that your heel covers don't slide around. But I can somewhat see them at higher and lower positions on your pics, so maybe they do on yours as well?

The ankle covers do slide up and down, but they don't rattle when I handle the toy in fighter mode.

Yeah, I agree that the ankles are definitely not retractable.

9 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

Can anyone having issues retracting the ankles take pictures of two things:

1. The back of the legs angled outward to see the ankle mechanism

2. The arrangement of the arms with the legs folded fully outward to see whether they're collapsed correctly

The 262 is plastic origami, and there are multiple ways things can get stuck or misaligned, so seeing any potential blockers for the ankles will take examining the entire transformation from all angles.

Here's some pics I just took. 

I haven't fully transformed the toy from fighter mode yet. So this is how the arms were out of the box.

On 2/16/2025 at 4:01 AM, Shawn said:

This auction is up for another few hours

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/x1173464532

 

 

 

 

This was an official VF-1D conversion kit from Yamato sold at Wonder Festival 2002, with a run of only 30 kits (rare!)
It was done by Nishikawa, who then designed the Yamato 1/48 line up!

At this time in Yamato's existence, they only had the DYRL license, so they could not sell a VF-1D variant.
This was a way for you to convert your existing v1 VF-1 DYRL toy into the TV VF-1D!

They did get the TV license the next year and did a mass release, but for those who like the weird and rare stuff, this is a nice bit of Macross toy history to have!!

Here are a few pics of the finished modification kit from my old archives I found on a hard drive, 2002!! 

 

 

Wow, I'd completely forgotten all about that.

4 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

As I recall, there are some very finicky tabs between the ankles and arms that need to slot into place perfectly before the feet will entirely collapse.  Make sure your arms are entirely folded up and collapsed, and it might help.

I'll fiddle around with mine tonight.

2 days to go. The anticipation is killing me.

I did also notice the bigger gap in fighter on my Bogue between the thrusters and the fuselage.

But I haven't encountered any rattling or movement of the heel/ankle covers.

But I'll check again when I get home tonight.

On 2/26/2025 at 12:10 AM, Mechamaniac said:

Given Sunrise's involvement, hopefully, the new Macross show won't be Mqruuuuxxxxx.

I'm really hoping that Kawamori is still involved, at least with the mecha designs.

As far as I know, no.

At least the instruction manual now has English instructions.

Mine is still staying in fighter mode though. 😅

The physical store I buy my Macross toys from, just messaged me to come pick up the HMR sound booster this evening. 😊

It's out. I just got a message from the shop I ordered from to come pick it up.

The UUM-7 Micros Missile Pods are also used in both the opening battle in space and also in the final battle against Boldoza in DYRL

I think that Arcadia must be struggling financially.

Maybe the last few releases haven't sold well enough?

I just finished the final Chaos DLC mission with SS grade.

Eternal Walküre Part 2 

永遠のワルキューレ(後編)

And I got a VF-31J Kai with Mirage markings after completing the mission, which I didn't even know existed in the game. I've never seen it mentioned online before in any of the reviews or guides or videos.