Otomo

Thank you all for the kind welcomes, as well as the replies....for now I guess I'll sit tight like everyone else and wait patiently for the new YF-19. I mean, it's not like I even HAVE the money for it now anyway, so I'm really not in a HUGE hurry to get one....I've waited this long, a little more won't hurt! I'm just glad tha it seems like it WILL happen eventually...

Hi I'm "Otomo" and I'm new here. Well, new in the sense that I've never posted here before. But I have been lurking. For a looooong time. I collect Japanese toys and have always loved the mechs from Macross, but I've never really gotten any of the high end Yamato stuff cause it's just too expensive. I am after ONE however, even though it will be pricey...I want a YF-19 from Macross Plus, one of my favorite animes. I remember waiting patiently back in '99 for Toycom to import it, like they said they would....only to find after about a year or so of waiting that it would NEVER get released here in the States due to legal red tape. By that time, HLJ had long since sold out. I did go to Japan for a while myself actually. I saw the 19A in the blue color schemes several times. But I didn't want that one. I want the anime colors! I only saw it once, behind glass in a display at a toy/hobby shop in Akihabara....they told me it was not for sale. I looked all over Tokyo, going to several Mandarakes.....NOTHING! I resigned to buying it on ebay, but jeez, the price! And they are not on there that often, and there are the different releases to consider, etc... Finally, about a year or so ago, I had a new ray of hope....it was understood that Yamato was releasing a NEW, BETTER version with the fast packs!! Hoorah! My dreams are answered....this time I'll just pre-order it on HLJ and be done with it... Or so I thought.... Months and months and months went by with no news. I'd check in here every now and again....no news.... Around December, it seemed like Graham was hinting at a BIG update in our near future.....so I lurked and lurked...I checked this website DAILY!! Still....nothing.... Until that one day..... When was it...a few weeks now? I saw a post by Graham and it said "YF-19" and I got really excited!! And I looked and it said that the post was deleted, and all discussion was deleted...and that PICTURES were deleted!! ARGAHGHHH!! Apparently I missed something big. And now I'll never know what it was. But the mystery has been driving me CRAZY. So I de-lurked and decided to just ask, as politely as I can, and see if anyone knows what I'm talking about. I know I'm probably comitting a HUGE faux-pas here, and that even mentioning that thread will probably get this thread deleted...but I don't want to do anything wrong and get in trouble. I just want to know if there is still hope that someday I'll actually be able to OWN and play with that awesome toy from the cartoon I like so much. If anyone has any info, please let me know at otomo1977@yahoo.com.... Again I apologize if this is totally against the rules...but thanks for understanding and thanks for reading!