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Well, I would offer the idea of having some time to recharge your wallet by assuming Bandai would do the Macross Delta VF-22 Immelman first....but chances are you will be getting that one too!
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yeah...but kinda tired of the showpiece teasers that never seem to pan out.....I don't just want to see it, I want a chance to own it.... Losing hope on this one too...
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I agree, but it will never happen in 1/48...no worries though...Bandai offers solutions...
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I like seeing the Macross Plus Logo on a Bandai box........the future's looking bright!
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"If" it were to be made.....you would also undoubtedly be ordering the VR soon after!
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I would have been just fine with that scenario with the DX 1/48 VF-1.....
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Although it is supposed to be a TV version, adding the correct TV hands to it force it to be a parts-former....good thing I prefer fighter mode
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The VF-1D would be the one I would really be surprised if made....it never got the Yamato 1/48 treatment either...it would be an insta-buy
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No, that's the whole point. The position was that only via competition can we get innovation and without it we will somehow get awful Macross toys. For the most part this is true in most industries. However, we are dealing with an ultra niche commodity in Macross PT Toys. Yamato's own innovations, done without any competative pressures, throws this position out the proverbial window. Yamato has shown that great PT Macross toys are possible without any direct competition. As for Bandai, it did not "wake up" due to Yamato....it woke up due to there being a new TV show (MF) that would maximize visibility to any potential merchandise, including PT VFs, for maximum profitability potential. Bandai paid for the show's sponsorship and licenses due to it finally being a profitable means to start making Macross again. Bandai will be fully capable of producing great Macross PT toys without any direct competition as well.
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I'm guessing the Cat Lady will still not recognize the reference...these darn kids these days
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Looking forward this
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I should repost that in the "has anyone quit collecting" thread!
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We are just discussing the history of Macross toymaking.....with that said, competition has had nothing to do with improvements in this toymaking niche....Yamato did not have a single competitor when it went from 1/60 VF-1 V1 to 1/48 VF-1 to 1/60 VF-1 V2+......I assume you wouldn't include Toynami since that would be ridiculous...
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When life gives you "anniversary schemes"....cover them up!!!
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Nice...I thought that configuration would be one of the better ones
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yes...there is no ambiguity on how it connects to the booster...maybe someone just goofed up on the way they connected it on the pic...I hope... The "backpack" when folded lies way closer to the front of the VF....
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With Bandai, competition is irrelevant....it's all about the profitability of the license/franchise......no TV shows = not enough profit incentive = no interest from Bandai....skip to Macross Frontier and we now have a franchise that's cooking with gas! Bandai is well positioned to make better or as good as toys as Yamato/Arcadia...so not really concerned about any lack of competition. The concern only comes when the creators and/or fans just get bored of Macross and this is then reflected by a lack of TV shows, which is the catalyst needed for the franchise to be profitable for a company, like Bandai, to invest in merchandise from it to sell. But that is not to say that no company would be interested in making Macross toys....look at Yamato and the lack of TV shows during most of it's existence. Yamato/Arcadia was/is an anomaly. It prospered due to the lack of competition. And it did just fine. And even with the lack of competition, they became and arguably still are, the greatest purveyor of PT VFs ever. But look at them now. When it comes to quality Macross PT VFs....competition is clearly not required. All that is required is someone at the helm that loves and respects the franchise and knows how to properly run a business. We did great when Yamato had no competition whatsoever....who was complaining then about bad product due to the lack of competition (aside from the quickly rectified VF-1 V1, which was improved not because of competative forces but because it was just not good enough)? All Yamato improvements were driven internally....not due to a fear of being out-done by the competition. The whole competition argument, when it comes to the Macross PT Toys, has no merit.
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I agree the DX 1/48 is a dream toy....but honestly, it is now just a re-occuring dream we had before...just slightly better. I have not seen anything on this DX 1/48 that could not be replicated on a resized 1/60. Bandai is just probably running out Arcadia's clock...playing the waiting game and the long game. It is ironic how things have seemed to have flip-flopped in this Macross Game of Thrones.... Then: Bandai held the license for 1/55 DX VF-1's....and did nothing but re-release the same mold....then got outplayed by Yamato Now: Arcadia holds the 1/60 DX VF-1 license....and does nothing but re-release the same mold....and just got outplayed by Bandai In the Game of Thrones: Macross Edition....I'm afraid John Snow doesn't come back...
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Will need better pics....but I will just say this...the OWL-1 gets a pass because it does not need to be line-art accurate since it is not even canon.... For something like the canon VF-1 Booster......I prefer it to be lineart accurate, not lineart "inspired" 'nuff said
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Everyone knows more than a handful will sprain something or other....
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The dumb thing about Arcadia and it's Zero license....where is the VF-0C? VF-0B? They have the technology...they have the capability....they have the parts! Only missing the common-sense. The DX 1/48 is cool, but not sustainable as an easy to manage collectible for most customers/collectors....neither was the 1/48 Yamato....thus they repackaged it at 1/60...again....and also in that specific odd scale probably because of Bandai having the death grip on the 1/55 scale... The HMR scale works for exactly the opposite way why the DX at 1/48 will likely not work in the long run.....people want to be able to not only "catch 'em all" ....but also to be able to "display 'em all".....just my 2 cents
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I'll get the popcorn ready....
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I had already stopped supporting Arcadia "reboots" by the time the VF-0A came out, plus did not approve of their "meddling" with the canon colors of it....did get some VF-0D though since it was all-new... I did ended up purchasing their VF-0S later from a MW member once the Armor was released, which I bought only because I knew it was never going to be made by any other vendor at that scale for a long time. And after Delta came out....it now seems there is no limit to what Bandai will release, albeit not necessarily at 1/60 while Arcadia has the kung-fu grip on the Zero 1/60 scale license...
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Speaking of the old days.......you think another "panic" is coming? This time it would be the reverse of the original great panic of 2013.... A post from April 30, 2017.... http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/topic/38871-macross-collectibles-market-watch-current-auctionstore-sold-prices/?do=findComment&comment=1338808
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Not being "pinkish" is now considered a selling point! Hope Arcadia isn't reading this....I may have just given them another way to raise their prices.....pinkish regular edition, non-pinkish regular edition, pinkish PF edition, non-pinkish PF edition....
