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!