Scyla
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Hm Lucas Messiah is scheduled for June and the preorder window opened in March right? So assume that the preorders for the reissue might start on the first of April. Ehm I mean on Monday. *cough*
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I assume that the prices will go down a bit if the whole buying frenzy is over and people realize that the don't need all the Valkyries that the ordered in a hurry. If you can't get a toy at MSRP maybe it would be a smart move to wait a few month before resorting to ebay. I guess the Yamato prices are at a peek at the moment. Everyone in the business is thinking that now is the time to make a bag full of money because of the uncertainty of the situation.
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Yes I'm glad that nothing changed on the other hand it's sad the didn't change anything because it would made the bird better in my opinion. Where did you order it from Blues?
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Thanks. I was actually looking for a stand where I could display the Valk in all three modes. But since it's gonna be my only Yamato Valkyrie (hopefully ) I could invest in a Masters Light House and put it on my desk hm...... but it might be a little bit too large for it.
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I feel the same way. With a shorter nose cone and filled gaps between the canards and the wings you pretty much have the T-50. The J-20 has a very stretched fuselage (especially in the jet engine part) that you don't find on the YF-30 in my opinion.
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Really? Can you post that email or point me in the direction where to find it. I'm trying to collect all the data available regarding the Bandai distribution madness. Thanks for the clarification.
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Seems like my VF-19S got shipped today. I must say I'm a little bit excited about the toy itself. Still have no idea where I can get a affordable priced stand for the Excalibur.
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They sure don't but maybe they wont stock the DX Chogokin Macross toys anymore because they don't want to cope with Bandais distribution system anymore. It was just an explanation why there would be additional stock even if HLJ had decided not to sell the line anymore.
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I guess this is bad news for the VF-27 Renewal. Or good news because they do it after the reissues. I don't know. What I know for sure is that I hate the reissue because now I'm no longer one of the few people with these awesome toys. *cries manly tears* Glad to hear that. Hope this shows that Bandai recognize that the Renewals are highly desired items and crank up the production numbers this time. After the preoder slot for the YF-29 reissues I doubt that but one can dream.
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I assume that was because some of the customers who preordered the YF-29 canceled their order. HLJ could have decided to abandon the DX line with the RVF-25 because of the preorder madness that gets worse with every release.
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This looks great. I curious how shapeways parts feel like. Your head looks really smooth. Does it come this way or do you have to sand it down a lot? Just have experience with the HP DesignJet 3D printers. What I don't like are the sliver accents on the head. from the pictures it seems they are the only parts on the plane that have this color. Black or white accents would work much better imho but that are personal preferences I guess.
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I thought the board members who can read Japanese said that in the magazine article Bandai announced the Packs for the CF version.
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I thought the same thing about the color but then I guessed he is talking about the RVF-25 CF not Lucas plane.
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Personally I don't understand MISB collector especially when the toy does not have a flip-top box. But just because I can't understand it doesn't imply that is a wrong way of collecting. What ever floats your boat I guess.
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I'm sure your order is fine.
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I'm glad if the Macross line was profitable for Yamato because that means that Arcadia will try to release more Macross stuff (or at least try to secure the molds and licenses). If Yamato really went bankrupt then it was due to the other toy lines. The discounts show that the shops that carried Yamato toys could not sell the batches that they ordered from Yamato. It is true that this is a problem for the shop not Yamato at first as you said. So I assume if shop XYZ (fictional numbers) ordered 50 units of Valkyrie ABC and could only sell it partially and they had to sell the rest at a discount. If the shop did not make a profit overall then it would make sense to me if they only ordered a smaller batch with the next release. That said almost all Macross 7 releases were on sale at some point. And I heard it several times on this very message board that people said they wait with their purchase until an item goes on sale. They where certain that the given toy would be available for discount at some point. I want to make clear that I don't blame anyone for this behavior! I don't know any sales data from Yamato or retailers but I get the impression that the Macross toys sold not as well as they expected. I don't know if it still was profitable. I'm hoping for the best.
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I would grab my VF-25S Renewal and run for my life. Then sell the Valkyrie on ebay and buy a new home from the earnings.
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Without knowing any internal details I could totally see why Yamato would lose money due to the Macross line. The single pieces are very expensive They were released in quick succession They produced even obscure Valkyries in obscure color schemes Yamato Macross toys are always available for huge discounts That are all indications that the market was flooded with Macross toys by Yamato resulting in less consumer interest in the products. This is even more concerning since the production runs are very small. As I said I don't have specific information on the sales, the total revenue and the operational profit of Yamato Toys but for me the bullet points above are indications that the Macross line might not be profitable. One problem is that you can get the wrong impression when you look at the collection of the MW members but that is only a small part of the picture. If you have more information that indicate that I'm wrong please share them because if the Macross line was profitable for Yamato it is almost certain that they will continue with Arcadia. That the first Arcadia offerings that showed up on HLJ are only figures and no transformable robots is a bad sign already.
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True but it's still crazy.
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One thing I don't like about the Detolfs are that the do a bad job keeping the dest outside. But the main reason is that I really like wood and hate the plastic wood imitate finish of most IKEA furniture with a passion. A few moth back someone posted a nice cabinet but that was like $2000 iirc which is a bit too expensive for me at the moment and I wanted something similar.
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Just looking at a few picture of the VF-19 Blazer and Fire Valkyries and I recognized that the have no small fins on the lower legs unlike the YF-29 and the VF-19P. Do you think that Kawamori forgot to add them? I don't miss them but it strikes me as odd that they are not present on all derivatives of the YF-19 design (much like the canards).
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As I stated before I'm not a huge fan of the Detolf cabinets. But after a bit of research I found this in the IKEA catalogue: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40176342/#/00176344 Does anyone on the board know if this is a viable solution for displaying Valkyries? The windows look a little bit small on the image but that can be misleading. Size-wise it seems ok to me.
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Well, it seems that preorders are already sold out at amiami and incredibly fast too. I read that preorders where up and as I looked the window was already closed. I hope the Bandai madness does not continue with the model kits now that the DX Chogokin Frontier line is almost finished.
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Maybe toy collectors have to decide if the collect toys and put them into cheap cabinets or not to collect toys.
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Well my favourite will always be Macross 7 because I was exposed to it as a teenager in the mid 90s. It was just the right show for the right mindset I guess. M7 has a lot of cool stuff in it. Tons of Valkyries (granted most designs are based on Plus) and a lot of tie ins from the original tv series. Plus it has an awesome J-Rock soundtrack so all your arguments are invalid! One Gamlin Kick to all you haters!
