dafunguy

Is this thing ever going to come out? It's been over half a year, and the only thing that changed is the color. C'mon, slap some paint on it and start selling this sucker.

What magazine is that?

Dengeki Hobby Jan. 2004.

This one is from Dengeki Hobby Sept. 2003:

This one is from Dengeki Hobby Oct. 2003:

It's unlikely that they will ever be produced again.

Graham

So it's not a definite "No" ... there's still a slight chance? hahaha.

If it were just the helmet and priced around $300-450 range, I'd be interested if they got the Max blue right. I wouldn't want Apollo squadron's purple color. The Star Wars Master Replicas clonetrooper helmets went in that price range. And might I add that they had cushion support material inside the helmets so you could wear them.

Yes Star Wars fans are so lucky. Check out all the cool helmets they can get.

Imagine a whole wall of Macross helmets if Macross was like SW merchandise.

Here's a magazine scan of the different color helmets and a back view of the flight suit.

Yeah, flight suit vest was also available for about $2,300 US Dollars!

Didn't this is also came with a matching life support vest?

If the helmet can fit on Hikaru's crazy head of hair, it should fit on any head. From this pic, it looks like it can fit an Asian head. This guy is ready for battle.

they'd have to make it big enough for my asian head and make it a real motorcycle helmet and i'd buy one if price was reasonable

What a tease! Haha. Can't wait.

All i can say is wait till around Christmas, got a little suprise for you all.

I really want one of these helmets. Do you think Yamato will ever release these 1:1 scale helmets again. They seem to re-issue everything else when it comes to Macross ... why not these. I wonder how many were produced and sold the first time. I believe they went for $1,500 - $2,000 US dollors. Does anyone know where to located any? There are lots of companies producing Star War helmets and other type of helmets (Halo) at a reasonable price, so why did Yamato charge so much? Why hasn't anyone reproduced one yet ... it can't be that hard?

I'll reply since I don't like seeing a thread with no response.

Search "FlexiDisplay" or "Flexi Display"

Cheers.

Ah hells no! Wha up wit all dis exclusive stuff. Having us throw down 7 benjamins fo a hunny dollar valk. Forget all dat ... I'm done, I'm outta here, and I'm not coming back ... screw you guys, I'm going home ...

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

... until maybe next week.

(Pardon my grammer, but I get all ghetto when I'm pissed)

thanks dafunguy

where did you get your recast shoulder? silverdragon's shoulders were drilled

Got it from him also ... the screw entry side was drilled, but the screw exit side wasn't.

Step 1: Order recast shoulder parts.

Step 2: Wait patiently for your order to arrive, cuz seller is really busy.

Step 3: Once the parts arrive, perpare for surgery by removing arm from main body.

Step 4: Next remove shoulder from bicep by loosening elbow screw. Found out that the bicep piece was also cracked! Since this piece is not really a load-bearing part, I'm just going to crazy glue it back together.

Step 5: Perpare for recast installation. Jacked up shoulder on the left and recast on the right.

Step 6: Remove rubber gasket from jacked up shoulder to place on the recast.

Step 7: Drill a hole for the top shoulder screw, as recast doesn't come pre-drilled.

Step 8: Screw the recast pieces together and install the rubber gasket.

Step 9: Connect shoulder back to bicep and main body.

Step 10: Tighten all screws and you're done.

Step 11: Test out the shoulder by holding the gunpod straight out. Mission accomplished!

Looks like the 1/60 fast packs missiles are not individually separated like the 1/48 ones.

1/60 (They seem conneted in pairs/threes):

1/48:

Yeah, I wish I had a custom collection to post!

Want to sell me some?

The 1/60 looks so small compared to the 1/48! It's going to look tiny in my display case (if I get one). Wish they made all the improvements, but in 1/48 scale. Once you go big ... it's hard to go back. (insert ... "that's what she said" jokes here ... haha.) It's sad seeing the 1/48 being phased out.

What, no translation yet? Nobody knows Japanese anymore?

Well, the one thing that has me waiting for this the most is the fact that I only bought 1 1/48. I'm waiting anxiously for employment before I start giving in.

While I don't care so much for the new style of the legs, I don't think they're too bad (yet, have to see them up close to be sure). And despite the new backpack latch, there's one place the 1/60 wins hands down: the fast pack attachment. Every time I put the fast packs on or off my 1J, I'm afraid the back will just snap off. The 1/60 design has the fast packs wrapping around the entire backplate, looking MUCH sturdier.

I can't really see how the 1/60 fast packs gets attached to the backplate??? From the gerwalk pictures, it does look like it sits a little higher on the back compare to the 1/48.

Here's pics of gerwalk mode (with the chicken hands).

Now....back to the subject at hand. I just can't understand why Yamato decided to make the Macoss Zero and Plus 1/60 figures the size they did. I mean....I'm okay with it and all that...but why?

If they didn't make the Macross Zero/Plus in 1/60 scale, they would have been huge ... way bigger than the 1/48 VF-1!

Those hands on the 1/60 are huge! I'm still trying to learn how to use my new camera!

I didn't realize the big 1/60 hands were options. OK, I switched out the 1/48 chicken hands with bigger hands and put the arm armors on correctly (with the screws hidden and the gunpod holder showing). I think on the 1/60 picture, someone put a right handed armor on the left arm by mistake.

Here is the battleroid mode. This is where the 1/60 outshines the 1/48 ... better hands (even has a yellow line on them), bicep cuts, and shorther nose piece. Legs look skinnier tho.

I just noticed the 1/60 clear cockpit has chips to hold it in place. The 1/60 pilot looks better for some reason?