TheLoneWolf

As usual, awesome scans. Also, thanks for the review Graham!

I'm with Sebastion on this one. With the exception of the Valkyrie booster, all these kits have already been produced in one form or the other. Also, I wouldn't plop down $100 for a kit that Yamato may or may not produce in the next few years. I'd want a kit that has never been done before and has almost no chance of ever seeing mass production, like a 1/48 Stampeed or Thunder Hummer conversion kit.

I've got a watercolor Super Valkyrie. I know the scan is horrible, I made it 7 years ago when I was a newbie. The res, cropping, and angling all went to hell, which is why I named it Valerror.jpg Anyways, I think it's a nice picture and I could rescan it, but the background clashes with the white & yellow bg of the wrap-around. If someone would be willing to make the bg lighter, or even had a white frame around the image, it might work.

Wow DA! You've outdone yourself with that last design. It has everything past submissions didn't: - similiar and/or matching background colors - focus points flow much better - all the art is by the same artist, no more clashing styles - all three series are represented! Finally some balance! The only nitpick (and a minor one at that) I have is that there are no mecha nor SDF-1. The lone top cover would be the best bet as it won't mar the wrap-around. Btw, MW has a very nice Mikimoto-ish piece with both SDF-1 and Skull-1. Hell, it's probably close to the target dpi too. http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/art/vf1s_valkyrie.jpg

Am I the only one who's noticed that most of the people who ask whether they got a good deal on e-bay usually did get a good deal? Looking at e-bay's past auctions? Nahhh. Bragging rights? Nahhh. Khyron, I'm not singling you out or anything. Just something I've noticed for the past 3 years.

11, 14, does it even matter?

Very nice box art. The design itself reminds of me of vintage anime posters and covers, which suits Macross perfectly.

Please take my name off the potential buyers list. I was looking for an SDF Macross box, not a DYRL box.

Yes, and I'm sure several of us here noticed that a long time ago. Toynami's been known to read these boards, so you've just done them a tremendous favor. I can see Toynami's future ads for this one: Toynami: "We did so much research into bringing you DYRL accuracy, that the arm armor is even different! Bet you guys didn't know that!" Robotechies: "Oooooooh!"

shensei, since your old post got locked, you may want to try to post a more in-depth version and post it to the review section. Just make sure it includes several details and objectivity.

Way ahead of you, G. When the proto pics of the MPC armor first showed up, I mentioned that their booster tips were meant to come off for a reason. Toynami's probably had the Strike Cannon done for a long time now. I guess that they were just too scared to release it before, or they decided it would be better to milk the armor some more with a v2.0 release. Edit: Pic taken from http://www.valkyrie-exchange.com Kevin, if you've got any problems, just PM me and I'll remove it.

Could you point out your source on this? At first I had heard that Toynami had compensated the creator of the Wonderfest kit for using the design as their SuperPoseables. But then someone told me that he wasn't compensated, and wasn't asked, although they did officially credit him in some way. I'm just curious what the actual story is behind this. I know for a fact that Toynami didn't have Banpresto's permission when using the Banpresto SD Keychain designs, nor did they have Bandai's permission in using their designs for the MPC (as much as people say it isn't a copy, it is. just deal with it.) So I'm curious what the actual story is between the Wonderfest kits and the SuperPoseables*? I don't have any sources, just a good memory. I don't remember any talk of Toynami actually paying for the designs - just getting permission to use the overall design. It would make sense that if they got permission there would be money involved but it would not be in Toynami's character to pay for designs. I can back up Jawjaw on that, I definitely remember reading an official statement that Toynami did get permission to use the Wonder Fest kits as Super Posables.

I don't see that happening. We all saw what happened when Bandai competed against Yamato in 2001 - 2002, the market just wasn't big enough. There's absolutely no logical reason why Bandai should try to compete with Yamato. Similiar to what I wrote before, the only M0 toys Bandai would produce would be gashapons or figurines. They're cheap to produce and easy as sin to sell.

After the 1/55 reissue debacle, the only things I see Bandai releasing for the 20th will be cheesy gashapons, keychains, and figurines. The 1/55 line will be dead for the foreseeable future. But Yamato, I think they'll probably go the repaint route (as usual).

Hey garoquel, did you ever make a design for the boxcase's slipcover? If so, would you mind us using it? Btw, your individual DVD jackets are amazing. Another thing, am I the only one bothered by the fact that despite that while DYRL is only 1 disc of the 13, it makes up for 50% (or more, depending on the design) of the box's art?

Check your PM, I've got spare Yamato parts for sale.

The videogames also have some pretty slick artwork. Here's the cover to the Famicom game: Someone needs to make a larger scan, as the piss poor resolution does not do that art justice. Another cool one is the Scrambled Valkyrie box cover. Too bad it's got writing all over it.

It hasn't yet happened on VHS after at least 2 releases past when they announced it would be the last time the movies were going to be available in that cut. I find that enormously refreshing that they're sticking to their word instead of milking it more. Hmm, good point. For the past 10 years, VHS has been less than an afterthought in my mind. This could be the one instance where Lucas will forego the dollar in order to preserve his warped sense of pride. If that's the case, I wonder why the LD's aren't skyrocketing in price?

Wha? No Super Valk?

Laser discs, baby! Contrary to popular belief, not all the OT box sets suffered from laser rot. You might get lucky and find one that is still pristine, I know mine is. Also, the LD box wasn't the only SW releases on that format, the individual un-enhanced films were also released individually back in the 80's, but those could be a pain to track down. I suggest waiting until Lucas releases them on DVD. And yes, it will happen. But only after Lucas is done thoroughly milking the SE DVD's.

So, do they have the original Macross intro played to Robotech music?

That's exactly what I was thinking. I think Harmony Gold's primary purpose here isn't to sell more toys, but to force BW's hand in resolving the DYRL license issue. After waiting 19 long years, this issue could finally be resolved by the year's end. From HG's standpoint, this is a win-win situation. If the courts rule against them, it won't hurt them as they've never pushed DYRL merchandise (worthless comics excluded). But, if somehow, the courts rule in their favor (imo, an unlikely situation), they stand to exploit a whole slew of merchandise at a fraction of the cost. Personally, I'm thinking that HG is hoping that Big West will try to resolve the issue out of court by selling them a DYRL license for x amount of dollars.

If someone forced me to buy one, I would definitely go for Milia. I love the red color Yamato gave her valk, but Max's blue is too light for my taste.

My answer is B. The only other VF-1 I'll buy at this point will be a 1/48 Elint or Ostrich. Unfortunately, Graham said that this will probably not happen. I'm just tired of repaints, at least the latter two will require some new molds.

Hey Blaine23, I've got a few Macross artbooks at my parents house (both TIA Macross Plus', the Gold Book, and some random SDF books). I'd gladly sort through them for suitable images if you'd be willing to show me the best way to scan them.