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Drifand, OMG NICE DISPLAY!!! Right up there with Sithlord's! I need to break my Yammies out of their cardboard coffins for some display action! Graham, you gonna come over and help me? heh...

I hope thats a commission job! Looking good actually!

I have both Max and Millia Super 1Js in stock. All MIB as can be from Yamato. Let me know.

Can anyone just rip the subs for us with the R2 DVDS? Heh

What about 2B w/o Macross Plus on top but the Sharon Apple Cube on the spine? The mechanical look is a perfect compliment to the two cockpits.

I would say model glue plus some filler for smoother sanding. You can epoxy if never ever intend to split again. While SUPER HARD, it can be tough to sand.

Ido, Here you go: Five min. Easy gun strap mod Missing gunstrap ring

Get both if you can and if you had to get one, either would be great. Personally, Hikaru's Red Strike VF-1S with FP is my favorite since it was my first ever Yamato. I need to get more to pose in all 3 modes.

You can do this: Create 2 paypal accounts. one account for funds and bankdrafts, and one to take CC payments. This helps both you and your customers to save as much as possible. If there was another option to take CC with no service fees, I would switch in a heartbeat.

I've been thinking about this for a while but what would you guys want to see from a SF Bay Area High End Toy shop? I mean, its cool to go in and just go ga ga over all the possible toys, but what would you actually buy? I can set one up or allow local pickups but note the pricing will be more inline with what's local vs from overseas due to the added shipping cost and operations cost. It might actually be the same as with shipping. Post your thoughts here and I'll see if I can make it happen. There is also a new store in SF named Giant Robot. Lots of new HK and Japanese designer toys but not mucn in terms of Old school or mechs: http://secure.giantrobot.com/ I haven't been there yet but the place looks nice (online). Edit - I forgot the store is based on the Magazine of the same name. More Asian pop culture than for anime fans.

Ug... I wish I could help you after working in the gaming field not so long ago. Game balance is key and I remember spending a big portion of our development time on that. Its a continuous process that never seems to end, even after shipdates (read: patches). But I do not possess the Weapon's table knowledge like Nanashi, Egan Loo or even Graham. If you want I can help go through it but it would have to be after the first week of Feb. My day workload is crazy right now (yet I find time to post on MW during work). hehe

A without the Macross Plus on top, like B.

As a person with a science background, that really cracked me up! Great photo! LOL

Sweet Caroline! Captain, is it posable? Can ball joints be added to most the little feet?

That was awesome! Great writeup! I bet it was written by a MW'er... Heh

I'll post some pics of my kits when I get the chance. The VF-11D is the sound force variant from Macross 7. There is also a VF-11C from M7 (CF actually). I have the 1/72 Reptuu so didn't get Wave's small 1/100. I wish there was a way to scale these kits up to 1/72. Grayson72, are you still working on the supersizing resin kits?

Cockpit gets my vote!

How the heck did the VB-6 thread became the "Guess when / why Yamato will give up on Macross" thread? Yamato is a business. As with any business, there are both creative and logistical reasons why things are made and why some may be dropped. I'm sure Yamato must have shown all of the early prototypes to Big West and Kawamorie. If there were any disapproval, everything goes back to be re-designed. Once a toy is finalized, it is shopped to gauge sellable interest to store chains, buyers, etailers and whoever else legally can buy it (EG no one outside of Japan's market). If a designer or some guy who called the shots didn't like any of the designs, or if someone hated the line or if there were not enough interests to warrant tooling, the project would be pushed onto the back burner. I doubt most projects are killed outright as potentials such as Macross would be brought back up for review, redesign and reshopped. That’s the nature of the business. If I was working for Yamato TODAY, as much as it hurts me to say it, I would probably have made some of those decisions to delay some Macross projects and refocus the company resources elsewhere so we can make money. When the time comes where someone influential person backs Macross, those projects can be jump started again, despite the potential for small sales. I think it would best serve the fans if Yamato gave up on the license and let a new start up company with creativity; vigor and wide eye innocence take the reign and churn out all the fan boy items. The small sales and small market may be a better fit for them, unless Macross grows bigger and can be sold outside of Japan directly. On that note, I give HG the finger for keeping Macross down.

I've yet to get display cabinets and while I don't have a kid, I am in the same boat as Graham. I rarely have time after work to play with my Valks after eating and cleaning the place up. Perhaps its because its so cramp here or work is just crazy. I can't wait to find some room and time to break out my 1/48s for a dio display.

Would you guys mind listing the old Hobby Japan, Dengeki Hobby or etc... that has this stuff? I would love to pick up a few old copies for reference. Amazingly fresh even after all these years.

Holy! Those are Wave's 1/100 resin Battroid kits or recasts. Normally goes for 12800 YEN ~ 125 USD. I just picked up a couple of kits just to fill in any holes in my collection. The originals are VERY NICE but I don't know about the recasts (says preorders). Lacking in decals but has nice panel lines and the resin is super smooth. Good price for a recast if they can get it 95% close to the original. If anybody wants the original Wave 1/100s YF-19 Battroid with FP or YF-21 with FP, let me know. I saw it around a while ago.

UN Spacy arms buildup project "Godzilla" exposed... Read the details at 9 and 10 pm tonight. Looks like we have a new Macross King today! Hail to the King baby! <looks over shoulder at XSToys, Kensei and Sithlord>

Toonz and Jin, You two ROCK! Hikaru's VF-1S is now my desktop! How about some Gerwalk or Fighter action? Or maybe even Custom 1/48 action? Can't wait for more...

At this point, I just WISH on almighty Kawamorie to approve and have Hasegawa make a VF-0S battroid kit and then have someone make a PV conversion kit for it. I can live with 1/72 scale with all the details from Hasegawa. Tell me this is not beautiful! Blasphemers goto Robotech.com! More pictures here: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=8312&hl=

follow up screenshot taking from HK bootleg. Can someone with the R2 can brighten up the gamma and confirm. In the beginning, Misa was talking to Skull, Angel and Apollo squardrons (Apollo leader was shown in the PS2 Macross game as a Grey 1S but I don't know the color scheme for the rest of the group).