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god, to true about bandai, yup the companies definetly want you to buy more thats all it is.

Whoa, for real? Damn glad I shelved that game and moved to other games instead of trying to finish it like most of my games. yup for real, i think it is only in the ps2 version and not the PC version

actually that is not what i am talking about i mean the new Master Piece collections (MPC) from Toynami. about 4 or 5 years ago they were nothing in price but now they have gone up considerbly, the other 1/55 are ok because most are vintage but the new Toynami ones have gone up way to much and i cannot figure why people are paying so much. edited: for errors

that sucks, i remember finding out the hard way on GTA vice city when you save at the Cherry Popper Ice Cream factory it sometimes deletes your game.

it looks like hobby search has all the pics up including the parts and the instructions. it looks like the all the fingers are now on one peice (yay!) Hobby search strike Gundam ,

you are going to love it, the Roy is awesome.

i am so envious of your talent i hope some day i can build like this. I cannot wait to see this finished

yup i am serious, we should start converting people down the right path today .and start showing people the the crimes commited against Macross by Lucife....I mean Harmony Gold. Serious though, has anyone here (if you do not want to be known you can just PM me) spent that kinda money on a toynami valk? if so why? maybe i should ask this question at robotech.com

thankfully i found out about macross about the same time i found out about robotech, and have been collecting on and off for many years, maybe that is my problem as to why i cannot understand since i have ben exposed to both series from the begining and am alittle more informed as to what is on the market, it just seem so ridiculous spending that kind of money on such a toy. I have no problem spending $200.00 on some vintage valk or musha gundam, but for a newer toy like this is just plain silly. man maybe we should go around to their houses and start preaching to loyal robotech followers about he wonders of the Macross series and the real merchandise, we can hand out little macross bibles like a bunch of Jehova Witness and try to start converting people , or is that what macrossworld is for

thanks i do not have any of these I always heard they were crap, so i passed on them i thought they were 1/60 sacle thanks for the correction, i hope someone can fix the title Graham or Dangard Ace maybe? that would be nice if you guys can. has anyone here bought any of the MPC for more than what they would normally go for? if so why?

just about to mention that

I got the Scott Bernard the blue one is my favorite of the bunch followed be the green one.

(Correction they are 1/55 Toynamis not 1/60, thanks ewilen, hopefully a mod can fix the title) ok I just mentioned this in the auction of stupidity section and the more I think about it really am wondering why?, maybe you guys (and girls) have some answers (mods feel free to move if this is in the wrong section it has to do with the Yamatos and MPC but I know MPC is in the other Scifi section). My question is why are the prices when compared to the Yamatos so vastly different? I know it is each persons choice as to what to buy, but why are people grabbing these up so franticly when compared to the Yamatos, we are seeing 1/55 reaching record prices some getting close to the 1/48 Low Viz. I cannot figure out why? in terms of quailty, size detail the Yamatos win, do the fans who buys these know about the import market? some times I think the US ROBOTECH fans are so segregated ( thanks to HG brainwashing) from the Macross fans that they are not even aware of the rest of the merchandise or series that exists out there, most of which vastly superior than the US market. there was a MPC ROY just up on ebay it went for over $200.00 (and it did not even have strike parts) i mean for that price you could get a 1/48 Roy reissue and Strike Parts for it, heck Haterist just bought a Low Viz for about the same price. I still cannot figure why people keep paying these prices for these. i myself think people see pics of the 1/48 Yamatos and think it looks like a masterpeice (of work and qaulity), go on ebay to see if there are any up and find the Toynami ones with the title Masterpiece on the box and figure it must be it (Yamato toy that looks like a masterpeice + a Robotech box that say Masterpiece= stupid confused fan spending $300.00 on crap). I cannot believe the 1/55s toynamis are worth far more in some areas than the 1/48 Yamatos (some even rivaling with the Low Viz), someone clearly does not know the difference between quality and defective. So what do you guys think? why are people spending so much on these, this thread is not about the techincal difference between the 2, i know those. just the reasons people are spending so much? do they know? more important do any of you know? sorry if there has ben a thread like this before. chris

just got mine in today, hey for a bootleg they really did a good job on it. i like alot i may pick up the blue one next

both of these worry me , the 1/48 strike parts worry me the most, because a few stupid people on ebay are paying alot i got a bad feeling that the prices are going to get jacked up higher and we are going to all have to start paying more, the MPC worry me bacause I did not realize how many stupid people are in this world. but after watching the news i should not have been surprised. i mean for that price you could get a 1/48 reissue Roy and Strike Parts for it, heck Haterist just bought a Low Viz for about the same price. I still cannot figure why people keep paying these prces for these. They are all probably new fans who do not know much about the merchandise . i myself think people see pics of the 1/48 Yamatos and think it looks like a masterpeice (of work and qaulity), go on ebay to see if there are any up and find the Toynami ones with the title Masterpiece on the box and figure it must be it (Yamato toy that looks like a masterpeice + a Robotech box that say Masterpiece= stupid confused fan spending $300.00 on crap). I cannot believe the 1/60s toynamis are worth far more than the1/48 Yamatos (some even rivaling with the Low Viz), someone clearly does not know the difference between quality and defective. chris

look at the cockpit window area for the valkyrie and you will notice that the canopy looks like it is missing or broken off.

somebody is looking forward to being stoned to death

even worse is sidearmsalpha is a member here and also a good guy. i have sold stuff to him before and if i recall i have also bought from him. it is probably just a stupid mistake. if you are interested i would recomend emailing him first.

i wish it came with a display stand , there was a cool one in those pics it was just a flat peice but it had the fancy writing on it and the strike looked cool on it. i hope the Aile pack comes with some sort of nice display stand like the MG freedom, (I doubt it will) but it would look awesome on a stand

I also like the Zone of the Enders series. some of the newer Gundam titles are good, not perfect but they are good.. i do not know if he counts but ( I saw megaman mentioned, so.....)Astroboy from sega looks pretty good.

i agree most of the box art i have seen for the pgs were good the GP01 and MKII had great art the CGI on the Dendrobium was real good to, this box looks generic, i would rather have the simple writing of the protype box, or like you said a nice hand painted or CGI picture. I usually use the boxes on my shelves for display the proto looked cool but i do not think i am going to display this box anymore,

oh geesh how could have I forgotten about the autobot and decepticons, 2 of the greatest logos probably ever made,

you are not alone I mentioned it as well. the new box is not as nice as the prototype box, i cannot wait to get it though, it looks freekin awesome. Chris

i am not to familiar with the ghost in the shell series (bits and peices), what is the word starting with the letter D that is half covered up?

incredible work as always i wish i had your talent.