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lol. look at that price..

1/60 1A is like less than ten bucks more compared to the Hi Metal VF-19K..(combined shipping)

I agree with that as well..

maybe us in the lower end section are used to low end yet quality products from other franchises(TF's, Gundams)

the lower end market of macross just isn't great enough...most people like macross because it is their childhood,so people or more willing to pay big bucks. Although Frontier tried to attract new fans, the prices of the high end products kept some of the younger fans away...

BTW, I'm offtopic...

It's a thread about something that EVERYBODY has a reason to hate. it's like starting a thread about the flu or colonoscopy and expecting a positive reaction.

not neccessarily,there are people who like partsforming...to a certain extent(like me) this to me is like a perfect valk(that is yet to be owned)

http://www.hlj.com/s...eries=All&Dis=2

The 19's are still in stock in HLJ. But then of course you cannot draw conclusively that there were low numbers because of limited overseas distribution/stock. Anyway my point is that I don't think they were as low in production as some of the other later Bandai stuff (like the invisible VF-25 Renewals). Two years on and I still see them on store shelves. Like I said, they are shelf-warmers and Bandai got wise so decided to limit the rest of Skull Squadron to made-to-order online exclusivity to minimize losses. Sad but true. Even then they never brought out the Millia 1J.

yeah...I agree..I guess i was just comparing them to the more popular and longer living toy lines from bandai...

A quick question though, are the ones found on shelves typically the 19's? or the VF-1's? since there is a chance of me being at japan in the near future, and I really want a 1J..

Like I said, I would disagree because I still see them on shelves.

really?

well, that is true for japan locally..but outside of japan, these are pretty hard to come by for us in the US(at a good price)

I have never seen any VF Hi Metal toy while i was back in Taiwan last summer, but that might just because of copyright/lack of distributors.

for a gundam fan, I would say this is the probably the best valk available out there. The scale fits, and it also saves shelfspace. It is probably the most inexpensive valk out there that is fun to play with..too bad they were pretty low on production and disappeared quickly.

pm'd....

are the bonus parts the cockpit pieces and the side covers?

They're still not as expensive as the 17, 19, or Bandai Chogokins. If you have patience and can wait for the HLJ sale, they're pretty "reasonable" even with shipping but, sale or not, the V2 VF-1's are totally worth it.

I actually really want a 1/100 sized...considering my shelf size...and my budget now... Although if there was ever a V2 1J kit..that would be kinda cool..

oh ho ho...

now even I kinda want a V2 valk...

despite the price..which is completely student unfriendly......

yeah, the cannon fodder scheme really looks a hell lot better. But we need people to buy the Alto Ver. in order for them to make one!!!!

damn...another expensive valk.

or were there ever cheap ones?

although I think the 17 is less complicated in transformation?

Itll happen, I'm waiting. That and the egg plane 21 lol wheres my 1/100 BANDAI?

it seems like that line has been gone for a long time...since the focker strike 1S... Really hope they do a new 1J for the origin color with a new head..

In the OVA Macross Plus, Guld goes into De-limiter mode in order to destroy the new Drone Ghost Fighter, and if you look closely, he actually drops off all his limbs as he transforms to fighter mode. This, in the anime, speeds him up to extraordinary levels, and allows him to destroy the X-9 at the cost of his own life.

thanks for the info.. That makes much more sense to me now... Never noticed that!

somebody wanna explain to me what does the limb removal gimmick do?

don't think I've seen it in the OVA..and doesn't make much sense to me....

it is probably a dead line by now...

some of the other robots in this line got canceled...even before a colored prototype. It is highly unlikely to see it revive, since people don't seem to like tiny robots at such a high price, even with some diecast.

that would be very hard...,i know for sure I would not buy one, and I don't think it will sell well at all...it might not be worth the mold to make profit, and probably not worth trying out new technologies...and really? Milking such a huge valk would be very hard...

Couldn't you just redesign the shoulder hinge so it just tabbed in with plastic nubs instead of using a pin. I think that might get rid of some of the issues.

I guess if some guy can make these

I dunno what that says about the quality and durability of the plastic. I know DOTM Ironhide isn't that much bigger than a Valkyrie so those hands can't be that much larger than some finicky Yamato or Bandai part.

that is a diiferent matter...

shoulder joints are to be much durable, since it holds a much bigger piece(part of a finger vs whole arm)

the resistance level is different as well...

there is just no comparison.

this is not because of the choice of material(ie: metal)..but because the platic is not high in quality..

although yamato is good at their parts count and detail, their qc is just horrible...

I'd rather have only the main bridge. Since this part of the bridge is much smaller it could be done in 1/60 to pose Hikaru's 1/60 VF-1S Strike saluting Misa

Pic courtesy of Macross Mecha Manual.

damn. Great idea. Although I would probably want one in 1/100..

this would really really be a hardcore macross fan item... Like most SDF-1 items....

that looks like it is around the 1/48 scale.

there is also always the macross zero ghost booster(does that even count?)

sometimes I find super/strike parts to be very overpriced....especially the 1/100 hi metal pack..since they are web exclusives...

so I want to ask.... Do the toynami packs attach to either the hi metal or gnu dou VF-1 without(or with little)modification? Or is it possible to take some 1/100 packs from model kits and easily mod it?..the GNU dou seems like a very good toy that needs some super(strike) goodness..(same for Hi metal)

most wanted(in want order):

hi metal 1/100 1J

toynami 1/100 1J with or w/o fast packs

or a good price(like ultra cheap) for a yamato 1J..(V2, would like the gray goggles or the super set, don't want shoulder problems, loose is fine wth me)

might also take 3 trans 1J revotech if you are willing to sell it for a low low price or just hate it so much you want to throw it away....

not sure bout trade, but maybe will do..(depends)

thnx