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    Have to try and keep all those 1-year membership subscribers from ditching it due to lack of any new content...well, other than The Baby Grogu Show.....what cheaper way to do that than with a bunch of IOU's!!!
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    What can possibly go wrong?
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    OK.....
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    And now imagine all the dougas, rough dougas, correction dougas and gengas that were tossed in the trash.... Now I am starting to wonder if the rough art is actually more rare.....
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    Yeah....there will never be a complete collected works...so just keep catching 'em all as they are released! I would buy the same Kawamori Designer's Note with colored versions of all the lineart....maybe they will release an updated Macross Design Works instead to take more of your money....
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    The good thing about the Indiana Jones logo is that it does not have "Young" in it... Hoping at least half don't flop...
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    Needs to be better than this..... ...or is this Disney's "anime"???
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    And since we are all admiring Kawamori's vintage VF concept designs.....here is an old interview with Kawamori and you can see several of his original sketches for his VF concepts in the background....as a bonus the video also mentions the abandoned Live-Action Macross movie Macross Final Outpost Earth...
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    I like how Basara stands in the cockpit in the early designs of the VF-19 Kai...why not? LOL
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    Dug out my old Shoji Kawamori Macross Designs Works...... The new Kawamori Designer's Note is basically one massive upgrade to the Macross Design Works...bringing it up to date through to his Macross Delta designs.... Finding this pic from the old Macross Design Works of an early VF-19 Kai illustration makes me wish the new book had more "color"..... I'd be all in on a "Deluxe" Kawamori Designer's Note!
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    The part-swapping is a bigger concern if you are a collector that likes to transform their VF regularly....if you gravitate to one particular mode, then it is less of an issue...for the HM/HMR line I like all its modes, but picked one mode for each VF I have displayed.....for the DX....bigger is better....so I display them in the most imposing mode possible, which is in Battroid mode towering over every other VF PT toy..... @HKBEN have you looked into KC's 1/72 VF-1J? In many ways it is a scaled-down version of the Bandai DX.....it is not as good, interms of fit and overall quality than the DX but the price is right and it is a good alternative for the HMR......mine has so far held up, but then again I do not transform it too often..........it is much better than their previous 1/72 VF-1S Focker, which you should stay away from until they release it using the same mold as the VF-1J or better....
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    Yeah...seems pretty clear...also that bottom powered suit seems like a future "Mu" from the same show.... Never had much interest in Orguss, but now I'm wondering if I should give it a watch
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    Can't decide which one of these two I would want Bandai to do next......
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    There is so much to take in with the new Kawamori Designer's Note book....but I was trying to find anything that would shed some light on the "VF-1C"....I found some additional rough sketches...but nothing that would have indicated it as an intentional "stand alone" unit.... I think the idea that the "VF-1C" was created as an additional valkyrie to sell from ARII seems to make sense. The VF-1C name only appears on ARII promotional materials. My guess is that they received tons of lineart and setting materials from the Macross art team before the show aired and wanted more VF-1 variants to sell in their kit lines...5 would be more profitable than 4! So they took the head unti shot of the VF-1D alternate head and called it the VF-1C.... At some point, Big West, Kawamori, etc squashed the idea of a VF-1C and ARII was not allowed to actually officially designate a valkyrie as a VF-1C......unfortunately, they had likely already worked on a VF-1C mold so they decided to "sneak" it into a production kit, namely in the form of their 1/100 VF-1D Gerwalk..... A dedicated book detailing the marketing of the original SDFM TV show would probably be a great read, hope they make one someday!
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    You think that doesn't happen here? http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/topic/172-mw-blacklist/page/48/?tab=comments#comment-1555639
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    You need to understand that HMR, more or less, is the current entry point for Macross toy collecting...if you want the quality of a Japanese product. It is a great toy, but will not be as good as Bandai's other line, which is the DX line. Apples and Oranges. It's strengths are price point, size, variety, and superior quality when compared to the next closest alternative at this scale.
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    There is some overlap, but if you are looking to find "most" of the VF lineart in one book....get the Macross Variable Fighter Designers Note... The new Kawamori Designer's Note is more of a companion book to the MVFDN as it concentrates on how Kawamori brings a VF to life from rough sketch to full lineart....and it shows that process for a handful of VF's (the most popular) not all of them....additionally, it does offer an exclusive look at some of the less published lineart for several of the main VF's created for some of the Macross video games....namely the VF-1SOL and Stampeed Valkyrie....the lineart for these VF's does appear in other publications, but not nearly as detailed as in the new Kawamori Designer's Note
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    Macross - Shoji Kawamori Designer's Note In a nutshell, the biggest bang for your buck is still the Macross Variable Fighter Designers Note...if you just want a lineart book that has essentially all of the VF's Kawamori ever designed for TV, Film and OVA with some game designs thrown in for good measure in one book, then the Macross Variable Fighter Designers Note is for you.... However, if you want to further explore the creative evolution for many, not all, of the VF's designed by Mr. Kawamori, then the Macross Shoji Kawamori Designer's Note will not dissapoint. Within the book you will find several pages of rough sketches for several of his most famous VF designs and also for some of the Zentran Mecha. The biggest gift for the Macross VF fan will come from the design sketches and final lineart for several of his legendary game VF designs, including the VF-1SOL and Stampeed Valkyrie along with several others. There will probably never be a definitive collection of everything Kawamori has done in terms of Macross designs...at least not while he keeps the Macross franchise growing....but this book definitely gives you better insight into the "Making of a VF" from it's early concept rough sketch to it's awesome finished design...
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    I had to select a password that contained only upper and lower case letters and numbers....no special characters I was able to create an account, however, you cannot have the items shipped directly to you from the Doujin site. You will need to use a proxy....the "official" proxy for the site seems to be one called AOCS-Anime Otaku Carry Service.....I have not heard of them before so I will read up and see what they charge to ship the items out of Japan.
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    HMR = smaller (1/100-ish) vs DX larger (1/48-ish) HMR = lower cost (generally, especially during the PO phase, MSRP are lower for VF's) vs DX = higher cost (higher MSRPs, can be much higher after release) HMR = higher variety (you can get VF's, enemy mechs, destroids) vs DX less variety (at this point and most likely in the future, you can only get VF's..we may get a VT and VE, but doubtful we will ever get enemy mechs or Destroids at the current scale) HMR = less detailed (such as less articulation, gimmicks and tampo) vs DX = more detailed (such as more articulation, gimmicks and tampo) I am sure there are other differences, but these are the main ones....it really boils down to what you want to get out of your collection. Do you want the best "current" version of a PT VF-1 toy? Do you value having as many mecha represented in your collection in the same "scale"? Is cost a factor or are you rich beyond the dreams of Avarice? Do you need to catch 'em all?
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    That doujin looks pretty cool....will look into getting one
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    Seems to be a doujin.... https://ec.toranoana.jp/tora_r/ec/item/040030874112/
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    For several folks on MacrossWorld.....
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    There's this cool website called MacrossWorld...check it out!!!
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