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  1. arbit

    Hi-Metal R

    arbit replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Explain your passion for the vf-9. I dont get it.
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    Hi-Metal R

    arbit replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I think all of these announcements can happen successfuly for Bandai if they do them right without stepping on their own feet. For example, first mistake is not selling Regult with add-on missiles. You need to give mass market everything at once or they will end up shelf warmers. Macross is huge all over the world, europe, south america, china and USA. Even if its not licensed, Japan imports can cover all the production. Bandai has just never done Macross right and now they are discovering its a gold mine at the right price point and product mix. Un the past they would just keep reissuinf the 1S or 1J, and then complain that sales arent there. Now they have realized there is an appetite for variety in this name brand.
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    Hi-Metal R

    arbit replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Looks like a Nosdeju... Could it be a Figuarts rather than HMR?
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    Hi-Metal R

    arbit replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Some images of the Glaug show it needs a stand to support the arm weight. I sure hope they use a lighter weight die cast for the gun hands so no stand is required. The technology is there now to do lighter die cast. We dont need another Macross Quarter.
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    I hope you will be covering MW 2015. Your coverage of MW 2014 was awe inspiring.
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    The VF-2SS has always been a strange valk. I am not sure the design really works to allow a great toy. Reviews of the original Bandai model kit also show it had a lot of challenges dealing with the transformation between three modes through parts swapping. Never designed to be a toy I guess.
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    I can see how it would be better to focus on Macross activities, unless a recommendation is really needed for something great. What does Save think of the new VF-2SS images? Will this thing hold together based on your experience with the kits it is based on?
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    I couldn't get through second season of Aquarion. Shoji, why, why, why? I'm into anime for the story and passion, not large pecs. I am looking forward to Shirobako. Glad to hear another recommendation. I did enjoy well-scripted shows like Genshiken and Welcome to the NHK with strong character development.
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    Given the Moe Apocalypse you regularly mention, I was enjoying the "What are you watching" section from previous podcasts. So what HAVE you been watching to get you through? Very few series have captured my interest the past decade or so. Some I've enjoyed for example are Dennou Coil & Steins Gate, but not too much actually comes to mind right now. (BTW, who coined that phrase- Moe Apocalypse? Its very fitting.)
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    Hi Carl, You seem to be the authority on this. Do you know if Half Eye or Yamato were doing VF-1 garage kits as back as 1990? Im trying to figure out a mysterious kit I bought in New York at that time of a VF-1 TV Max kit that was surprisingly similar to the 2001 Yamato V1. i.e. similar in terms of being a parts-swapper with legs that pin on the nose cone. I no longer have the kit, but I have always wondered what the hell it was.
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    Since I'm reading subs, I may not even notice a lip sync problem!
  12. arbit
    Ooops. The "Biggest Macross II Fan in the World" may need more emotional support than I can provide.
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    I have to show some support to the Macross II fans on this podcast. My experience with it was that I first saw a couple episodes English Dubbed, and I absolutely hated it. Then later I finally got it subbed on DVD, and I've enjoyed it ever since. Lots of Zentran love in the last few eps of that series.
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    Oh yes, that was a great podcast. I think I heard it 2 or 3 years ago. I love the part about the broken valkyrie you unknowingly bought, and the guy gave you some diagrams for how to fix it!!! That's truth in marketing for you....
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    Enjoying your reviews of live shows and fan gatherings. Since I'm up to date on all your recent podcasts, I've finally gone back to listen to the earlier episodes I missed. I love how episode 5 starts with an immediate apology!!!!! Great stuff. Renato, I have to agree with you that Frontier would be better if it was targeted to my grandmother You guys talk a lot about 7 and its positives and negatives. Here is my wish: someone should go back and add all the great music that was released after the series, in order to remove some of the repetitive songs from the show. There was amazing stuff released after that could help the pacing. I think I would re-watch that version. I can't stand hearing the same song pounded into my brain over and over.
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    Hi Renato, Thanks. I'm aware of all that history from 2001 onwards. But what I'm talking about is something I bought around 1990, long before 2001. Could Yamato have been a design or garage kit or distribution group before? Need to look further into Yamato's history. I understand there were other related groups that became Yamato afterwards (Toycom?). I used to be certain that my kit was by Yamato, now with all the data available on the net, I am not 100% sure. As I said, I was well aware of Yamato or its related companies long before they released the v1 in 2001, which is why I did not go for it having already had experience with their stuff. As soon as I saw the name Yamato in 2001, I remember thinking "no thanks, no parts swapper for me. Been there done that". On the other hand, this model I had was probably a Bandai or Imai model, with a sticker from Yamato's antecedent companies that were distributing toys in the USA at that time. Which is why I mentally linked it to the same group. It was easy in those days to confuse distributors such as Toycom with manufacturers.
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    Hi-Metal R

    arbit replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I agree with you...That is basically what I was saying, in anticipation of all the gripping that will ensue when people see its just a reissue. Also hoping that more fun items will come out of it if sales are good. But if you look at it from a market and financial perspective, this line was not successful for Bandai when last released as Hi Metal, and they stopped after just a few valks. So with this reissue, they seem to be banking that the market for Macross has grown big enough following Frontier to succeed this time around without a major re-design. I hope they are right, but if people are not happy with the quality, then we will be back to square one and the line will stop before we get many rare items.
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    Great podcast guys. Enjoying every episode. One question for the modeling episode. I didn't hear mention of Yamato's scale valk models. I bought a model of a VF-1J TV Max version around 1990 that I could swear 99.9% was manufactured by Yamato and had their logo. I got it in a large comic store in New Yok I believe on Broadway near Columbia University. Anyone know anything about this model? I don't have it anymore because when I realized it was a parts swapper, I destroyed it from youthful fan rage. However, I clearly recall that when Yamato released the V1, I noticed that it was basically the exact same scale and transformation design concept as the model I had almost 10 years prior, and made by the same company, i.e. The legs pegged on to the nose cone, so I never went for it until the V2 came out. I have always wondered about this model. I am definitely sure that this was Yamato, however, there is always a chance of being mistaken.
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    Is Isamu a big enough draw to be a part of Delta?
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    Hi-Metal R

    arbit replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I don't want to attack Bandai. I love Bandai. But lets look at facts here: The toy color and design is fine for a low priced small figure. However, Bandai clearly has not put its A team on Macross in recent times, if ever. With this release, they are basically re-releasing the failed old line of Hi-Metal that nobody wanted, without any improvements. So this is really just a reissue. I was hoping it wouldn't be the case, but there you go. Secondly, and what is really confusing, is that there Bandai has not applied any of the significant manufacturing advances in the past few years from groups like Sentinel, Yamato, Fewture, and even Bandai's DX Chogokin and Metal Fig lines, which have made amazing strides in joints and tolerances. Lets face it, this series is geared for mass market to turn a profit, not geared for fans. On the bright side, if this means that Bandai will use the lower manufacturing cost (by avoiding a full redesign) to give us more rare figures, then I have to agree with them.
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    How much did it cost you and from where?
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    Hi-Metal R

    arbit replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    No missiles on the Regult? Don't tell me it will be an additional pack....
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    3P SD VF-1S

    arbit replied to skullmilitia's topic in Toys

    Any video review of this? Would love to see it in action.
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    I loved that podcast. Most Macross World Podcasts are just amazing. But the two on the history of scale models were exceptionally great. I had always been lost in terms of all the macross models out there, so it was really helpful to make heads or tails of them all and to know where to start.
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    Yes I meant resin. I think I heard you mentioned it on the Macross Podcast on scale models as one of your grail items that you found. That was you right? Amazing podcast!!!!
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