Graham

Considering there is no line art of the SV-51's landing gear yet and I don't think it has ever been shown in the anime either, I strongly suspect that it is Hasegawa's guess. Graham

Nice and it comes with full weapons and drop tanks. I am so getting that and having somebody build it for me. Graham

If you don't like it after 4 eps then you probably wont like the rest of the series as it's pretty much more of the same. Personally, I love the Orguss TV series, Classic 80s mecha anime with great chara and mecha designs. One of my favorite 80s shows. Graham

Not just the head and canopy are different on the VF-22, the panels that cover the legs in fighter mode are also different as well. And yes, Hasegawa have released both Macross Plus YF-21 and Macross 7 VF-22 models. Hasegawa VF-22S Hasegawa YF-21 Graham

I haven't heard anything, but it's possible. I'll try to find out. Anyway, I could do with more time to save some money. Graham

Nope, Bandai have never made a VF-22 toy in any color. There are however pics of a prototype Bandai 1/65 scale VF-17S toy in Milia colors as well as a VF-19F toy that never made it into production. These prototypes were displayed at a Japanese toy show back in 1995. You can find these pics in the August 1995 issue of B-Club magazine. Graham

I can't speak for Japan, but the VF-11B FP is still very easy to find here in Hong Kong. In fact during the recent MW HK Shopathon Kanto Hobby had them on sale and Guppy bought one for about HK$200 (£15) IIRC. Graham

You are only just realising NOW that Hollywood has run out of ideas? Graham

Looks like they may finally be getting a release after a very troubled development period. But heck, I'm getting a little tired of SDF Macross figures. I'd love to see a set like this, but for Macross Zero VFs and Destroids. Graham

Never seen a close up pic of the gun door, but no it is not destroyed when the gun is fired. It's a hydraulic cover that swings open when the pilot pulls the trigger and closes automatically after firing. Read this and this. Graham

Does the Innocence book feature any new Mikimoto Macross character art or is it just reprint's of his older work that is already available in other books? Graham

If Toynami do release DYRL MPCs, I wonder whether they would take the time and expense to resculpt the arm FAST packs or not? At the moment, the DYRL Super Poseables have TV type arm FAST packs, which is incorrect. Graham

The 11 is a VF-11D 'Jamming Birds' varient from Macross 7. Graham

I have the original of Macross Since 1983. It's a fun game, but a little repetative. I've tried burning a copy, but the copy I made never worked. Never could figure out what I was doing wrong. I also have a bootleg of Another Story, but could never get it to run on my PC. The best I got was being able to view the intro movie, which was pretty cool. I also have the original of the special edition of VF-X2. Although I can copy PS games, I absolutely refuse to make copies of this, so don't even ask me. Graham

I wonder if it's still in RT or was cut? Graham

Although I'm not really up on vintage 1/55 prices anymore, that price sounds acceptable for a mint GBP armor. Graham

Wow, you watched the entire Macross 7 TV series in one weekend? That is hardcore! Anyway, in Macross 7, Max and Miria fly the VF-22S (the production version of the YF-21). And yes, I agree it would make a cool toy. Graham

Don't forget Yamato has many other product lines, not only Macross. Even if they did stop producing Macross toys, I don't think they would go out of business. Anyway, I'm sure we will continue to see Macross products from Yamato, although even I don't really have a clear idea of what's in the pipeline apart from lots of Macross Zero stuff. As for the 1/48 VF-1 toys, well at the moment most asian retailers still have a fair amount of stock, so it's pointless putting the older 1/48 toys back into production at this time if no stores are going to buy them. It doesn't make good financial sense for Yamato to fill their warehouse full of 1/48s when there are no customers. I'm sure once the stock starts to thin-out Yamato will start getting requests from their distributors for more 1/48 toys and once they recieve enough orders they will pump out another production run. Anyway, it's not like 1/48 toys are especially difficult to find right now (except for the Low-Vis). I mean it's only a few months ago that the VF-1S Hikaru and VF-1J Hikaru came out, plus we had the reissues of the VF-1A Hikaru and VF-1S Focker quite recently as well. Not to mention the VF-1J Super Max is coming at the end of this month and the VF-1J Super Miria in April. It's not a good idea for Yamato to over-saturate the market with 1/48 VF-1 toys. Frankly speaking after the Max and Miria come out, it would probably be a good idea for them to wait at least 1 or 2 years before producing anymore 1/48 VF-1 toys in order to increase the scarcity of the toys and give sufficient time for demand to build. Graham

I'm moving this to the model kit forum. Graham

These I'm guessing are recasts of the old Wave non-transforming resin kits from 1995. Graham

LOL...eventually, I'll get the reissues, both 1/65 and 1/55 added to the MW toy section. So much to do, so little time. Graham

Bet they'll be 1/55 (i.e. tiny), just so they are in scale with the other MPCs and they'll still cost $80! Graham

Heh, it would be difficult to get slower shipping than HLJ! Graham

Toybiz, Mattel and Hasbro have continous production but smaller companied only do short runs. No toy company no matter how large will have a never-ending production run. For the smaller companies, the production run may be in the thousands or tens of thousands, for the larger companies the production run may be significantly larger, say in the hundreds of thousands or even millions (rare these days), but this is still a finite number. Once the quantity ordered has been completed, the factory switches to another product until demand is such that a second production run is called for. Graham

It always makes me laugh the way so many people think toy factories churn out toys endlessly day after day. As Agent One said, a production run (depending on size) takes only a few weeks to complete. By the time the toys arrive in the stores, the production run is already over. Graham