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I'll be in the market for this little bruiser....assuming it ever makes it to production...
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Convertors Transforming Toy Line (Select)
jvmacross replied to fifbeat's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Aren't all Convertors KO's of the "real thing"? Anyway, some "Macross" Convertors... And the "real things".... -
Best. Episode. Ever.
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Ok...OK.....Macross Saga!
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Can't understand the neon green stand.....but I am more disappointed with the pre-yellowed looking nose cone section....hopefully it is not too bad in person.... Should be a fun, relatively inexpensive toy to fiddle with and not worry about breaking....hopefully it doesn't become a floppy mess too quickly after handling.... If the line does fairly well, it seems we can expect a fairly complete Macross mech representation, including enemy mecha and destroids all in scale... Plus there's the promise of SC and Mospeada mechs.....if that is your bag
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A must-have for any Macross book collection. The Macross Perfect Memory book is also a must-have especially if you are more into the SDFM TV aesthetic.
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Display Base Project for Hi-metal & Hi-metal R (3D-Print)
jvmacross replied to kyekye's topic in The Workshop!
I would display this even without the VF-1...looks like it just came out of a Bandai box! Amazing work. If you decide to do a limited run of built and painted launch arms....sign me up! -
yeah, funny how KO Macross seemed like it had died after the release of the SD Makurosu a few years back, but now has seemed to return.....the only bad part is it seems only direct copies of actual Vf's and accessories seem to be where the interest is at and not "original" KO stuff.....and by that I mean the release of say a VF-14 rather than a copy of a Yamato VF-1. The exception seems to be the OWL armors...but I am not really interested in KO's "inspired by Macross lineart" like the booster they have teased as a future release.
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The smaller one was the pre-production concept involving a power suit that the "typical" zentran soldier could "wear", so perfectly sized like a Mospeada bike armor....the larger one, final production version, was a power suit you had to "ride in"...like the Q-Rau....so basically the mech is larger (taller) than the pilot... In the line art...the pilot's head would be immediately behind the mech's visor, for the "short"wearable power suit....in the final production version "taller" mech....the pilot's head is shown below the mech's "head/visor" area... How awsome would it be to get an HMR N-Ger were the "head" tilts forward to reveal the pilot inside.....don't even need the whole figure, just the head and top of the torso...make it so Bandai!
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I wonder if Arcadia would actually need a license or permission from BW to incorporate all of these "improvements" into their current mold. Other than the "waist twist", none would seem particularly difficult to incorporate in the current 1/60 Arcadia, including the more lineart accurate rear landing gear positioning and swiveling front landing gear from the recent KO. If Arcadia had went back and added all these "tweaks" I do not think we would be calling it a "V3". It would be something, though, if the KO makers went back to the drawing board and incorporated all these "improvements" into a 1/60 VF-1 KO V1.5? I have not followed the 1/60 KO VF-1 discussion that closely, but I think someone posted that the mold isn't exactly a 100% Arcadia copy. Interesting possibilities. And what are the odds of an upscaled DX-1J? Maybe even a KO 1/35th?
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Old school never gets old!
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Don't care for it. I would have preferred "neck parts"...or some better execution/design. I have had it for a few days now and find the detachable leg "gimmick" really annoying/dissapointing. I really cannot think of it as an improvement over the Yamato...unless you are comparing it to the Yamato V1 where both legs detached separately. In all, I see this DX as a moderate improvement over the Yamato 1/48 , rather than the Yamato V2. By no means is it a giant leap forward in VF-1 toy design. This definitely not the "ultimate" VF-1 we were waiting for. Maybe in another 5-10 years? With that said, it doeslooks great in all 3 modes, but that detachable leg gimmick, to me, leaves me feeling like something better can be done...perhaps it really does need to be in that 1/35 scale they teased to be able to accomplish "ultimate" status. I honestly hope that if Bandai ever "downscales" this DX to more of a 1/60....that they drop the detachable leg gimmick, seems more of a headache than what you get out of it.
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Would have been nice to have included a TV fist....but then again how would Bandai be able to force me to buy a TV hand set... Anyone try the Yamato 1/48 TV hands on the DX?
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Wait.....Evolution Toys is coming out with a VF-1 GBP set?
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I ended up buying a set off Ebay with one of those discounts over the holidays....the SDF-1 is ok....I bought them to see how they compared to the old school Takatoku sofubis....still haven't had a chance to do that....I'll post some pics when I do.... As for the super-size chunky....I meant that I would literally want it to just be an upscaled chunky....not some vinyl take on it.....complete with the original Takatoku box and styrofoam! A 2 or 3ft version of the original 1/55.
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A little tape and some well-angled photo shots = real-life anime magic!
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I'd buy every variant.....if they were jumbo-machinder-sized!
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The DYRL N-Ger showed up again as part of the boxart on the recent HMR SuperO.....that has to mean something, right? RIGHT?!?!
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I think the differences are too radical, it would definitely need to be a separate release.....no conversion kit for this one I'm afraid ...however, they can easily come up with a TV/DYRL Q-Rau hybrid though
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What are the odds of getting a TV N-Ger knowing that they already seem to have a DYRL version ready to go? Based on what has been released (both HM and HMR), it would seem we are much closer to a complete HM/HMR DYRL Macross mech set rather than a complete TV set. Ironically, both the TV and DYRL sets will still need the Tomahawk, Phalanx, Q-Rau and N-ger to complete either set. But, as we all know, the Q-Rau and N-ger are "different" for both. For the most part I would prefer to get a complete set of at least one of them, TV or DYRL...however, I do enjoy the designs from the TV series over the DYRL stuff.
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Sure.....right now if it wasn't for the PO I wouldn't be able to get this anywhere....can't recall this happening with any other book recently....usually they may get releases pushed back but the po links remain active and available....
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Asked KC about the holdup....they said they hope to start shipping end of next week
