MikeRoz
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The fact that a -0D PF re-issue is even on his mind is fantastic. Hopefully it will happen eventually. I won't sleep on it this time if it does.
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19 hours ago, Graham said:
Not really familiar with Crunchyroll. Obviously heard of them, but I thought they were some US only anime streaming service.
Never realized they sold toys also,
They've had a store for a while, which apparently was infamous for poor packaging practices. The Robotech soundtrack CD set I bought from them a couple years ago (please don't judge too much) was pretty hard for my CD drive to read, so maybe the rumors are true, or maybe Harmony Gold isn't big on quality control.
Last year they completed their merger with RightStuf, who they had bought earlier. Apparently they are keeping RightStuf's facility open and staff on board (or so they claimed), and had promised in a FAQ that this wouldn't lead to worse shipping practices for customers coming over from RightStuf. I've had a few grandfathered RightStuf pre-orders that came from the new Crunchyroll Store, and the items were packed as well as RightStuf items always were in the past, so fingers crossed that they don't smother what made RightStuf good.
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Has anyone who placed a stateside pre-order not received their VF-0D yet?
I pre-ordered from Galactic Toys and Games. I reached out to them via e-mail and they said they were still expecting the figure but they did not have an ETA. They did say they'd be willing to provide a refund. I see it's in stock at Amazon and other places, but for more than I paid. I actually ordered a bunch of modeling supplies from them near the end of last year and they all were delivered, so it's not like they're scammers. But I find it odd that they haven't received their VF-0Ds when many other US vendors have.
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15% off at USAGS today with code MLK-15. That works out to $51 on their price of $339.99.
https://www.usagundamstore.com/collections/new/products/macross-plus-dx-chogokin-yf-21-guld-goa-bowman-machine
I will not add a PG Perfect Strike pre-order, I will not add a PG Perfect Strike pre-order, I will not add a PG Perfect Strike pre-order...
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53 minutes ago, Test_Pilot_2 said:
https://www.usagundamstore.com/products/macross-plus-dx-chogokin-yf-21-guld-goa-bowman-machine
Less expensive than BBTS?*
Note the snark here, shipping and whatnot is a factor.
If you're signed up for e-mails and wait a week or two, there will probably be a sale for 10-15% off that works on pre-orders in that time. They put the discount code in the e-mail. Once they even did a 20% off Macross deal that worked on pre-orders too.
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3 hours ago, MKT said:
At this point, it's likely exactly the same as Arcadia's first issue, otherwise Mr. K would have tweeted something about improvements like what he did for the Tomahawk, or the VF-1J M&M.
Still, if there are stealth improvements it would be welcome.
17 minutes ago, dtwn said:Do you have a link about what improvements Arcadia made to the VF-1J M & M?
Seconded, and what release was this in relation to?
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^^^ $250 is a good price from what appears to be a domestic seller.
USA Gundam Store @ $280 (This store periodically has 10/15/20% off coupons, some that apply to pre-orders and some that don't).
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18 hours ago, jvmacross said:
Heard this is why the latest Tenjin Udon book has been "delayed"....
They were selling these at Otakon, unless you are talking about a third book.
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I just find it really suspicious that none of these western home video releases has progressed to the point of having a firm date or being able to take pre-orders. Macross II was the one that seemed like it might materialize first. At Otakon, which was at the end of July, Robert was telling people "days, not weeks" and also "by the end of August", so it would have been great to see the dam finally break. I genuinely do hope it's some cool new thing they found they'd be able to include rather than some behind-the-scenes licensing drama that's been keeping the lid on these releases, many of which were announced over a year ago at this point.
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Macross II Kickstarter pushed out a month.
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On 8/26/2023 at 2:16 AM, jenius said:
I thoroughly enjoyed Macross Frontier but the VF-171 toys much less so. Still, I'm curious... the VF-25 Revival had some very minor upgrades, maybe this will too.
I wish this is something we could know before we're asked to drop $200 to $300 on it.
I've gone back and forth on selling my 171EX, so I may just retrobrite my current copy rather than shelling out for this.
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Am I the only one who bought domestic?
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5 hours ago, twich said:
Anyone else notice the misprint and coverup? Could it be they printed a card for another Macross Zero VF-0 variant and were not prepared to announce it yet? A Shin use VF-0A perhaps? Inquiring/hopeful minds can hope/dream….
Notice that "Fall 2023" has not been corrected. If another VF-0D was coming this fall, they would have had to announce it by now.
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They (BIGWEST) asked their licensees if they wanted anything to be announced at Otakon. They said not all of them got back to them. Animeigo said that the Macross II kickstarter is "days, not weeks" away (but also said end of August...?). Macross Plus was touched on, still no firm date beyond what was in the slides above. Nozomi (who has Frontier and Delta) could not or did not prepare a response in time for the panel, apparently. They were not mentioned by name but I assume they were included in "all our licensees".
I also found it interesting that Macross Delta episodes 1 and 4 (not 1-4, as I initially misread) were being screened in one of the video rooms. The BIGWEST guy said "there's a reason for that." I overheard a fellow fan in an autograph line say that it's probably because things had come together a bit more by 4, but weren't there scenes with VF-1 trainers in some of the early Delta episodes? And doesn't Frontier have a big ol' VF-1 on the roof of the school? I have to wonder if everyone's favorite company is still causing problems.
And that reminds me, the guy at the Animeigo panel said he wanted to name the deluxe edition of Macross II the Harmonious Edition, but someone had to point out to him (prior to the panel, not in real time) why that name might not go over well.
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So I watched this a few weeks ago, and something about the way it ended really bugged me, more for out-of-story reasons than anything else. Spoilers here for Frontier and the Frontier movies too.
SpoilerSo Frontier ends with Ranka making Sheryl better, and the three of them flying off into the sunset with the triangle unresolved.
The Frontier movies end with the triangle resolved, but Alto disappears and Sheryl is in a coma at the end. Purely at face value, it's a tragic ending to a series that didn't end on such a sad note. But, perusing the TVTropes page once a long time ago, I came across this:
QuoteIt's less bittersweet if you read Kawamori's latest interview in Animedia. [He] seemed both amused and surprised that people's sadder (and inaccurate) interpretations when he assumed he was "obvious". He confirmed that Alto is alive and Sheryl awoke from the coma at the end of the movie. There was a hint of the characters outcome in the credits... We can "imagine" the rest.
Then, in the same box with this final Delta movie, we get a bit of a fix fic that makes explicit the happy ending that was only implied before. With no explanation as to what Alto has been breathing or eating in the time between his departure and reappearance, he's back, he's fine, and Sheryl wakes up too. And I'm fine with this! I'm not complaining about this part, I'm happy things ended so well for the characters. It made revisiting them worthwhile and fun. But to recap, as an appetizer for the Delta movie, we get something that takes a storyline which previously had a bittersweet ending and caps it off with a happy one.
Then Delta comes out, and ends. Say what you will about the quality of the story by the end, but the series ends on a happy note, with the triangle resolved and Freyja and Hayate flying off into the sunset. Just like Frontier.
And finally we come to this movie. Freyja dies at the end. The door is slammed shut on a potential fix fic by her death and her dissolving into sparkles. True, the show never gave any hint that the fantastic Windmerian fast aging could be cured or mitigated somehow, but that possibility lingered in the back of my mind nonetheless. It's just incredibly jarring to go from a short that turns a bittersweet ending into a happy ending to a movie that turns a happy ending into a tragic one.
They didn't have to do this. But I guess the more snarky among us might say that about the whole rest of the movie, or even the series.
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Looks like it's the Japanese release of Mac0
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You could have tagged me, I already took a better picture of that shelf last night - not sure if it has all the detail you need though.
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Does this re-ignite any coloring debates?
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Hey now, upskirt photos was one of those things specifically mentioned as not allowed at Otakon. The staff would kick me out and Guld would call the police on me.
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That back angle photo is bugging me now that I'm looking at it on something other than my phone screen. I'll re-take it with proper focus tomorrow. Let me know if there is anything else you would like focus on.
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Photos from multiple angles, in case there are differences
Macross streaming on Disney+ (under the "Star" label; Star/Hulu of D+)
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Summer Time Rendering was a show that ended up in the 'Disney+ jail' where it was available internationally on Disney+ but nowhere in the US. Eventually it was added to Hulu in the US rather than Disney+. There wasn't any censorship I noticed as opposed to the version I acquired from elsewhere.