TheLoneWolf

Hehe, I have. It's from the box of the 1/72 VF-4 resin kit.

The Bandai plated VF-19 and VF-17 had moderate production runs, I remember seeing them pretty often back in 1998. But these days, those that have them don't wish to part with them, that's why you don't see them around E-bay and Yahoo Japan are your two best bets for finding these guys. Oh yeah, don't worry, you've posted in the right forum.

Oh yeah, that's right, it was garoquel who did the cover art for the DVD's. I also remember seeing his original designs, they were indeed very nice! But, since they mostly consisted of 15th Anniversary Mikimoto artwork, HG didn't have the license to those so he wasn't able to use them. At that point, he was limited to what HG had given Animeigo, and that wasn't even a whole lot since the Robotech DVD's had already had first picks. Honestly, I don't like the R1 DVD designs, but given the situation, garoquel did the best he possibly could. Hey Vinny, could you post a picture of the VF-1 transforming? I remember seeing the special OP, but can't recall seeing the VF-1 transform. Btw, are you from the mmcafe?

sbarrett4, I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to post your pics here since geocities is stingy with bandwidth. That said, you've got guts using rare elint armor and a VF-1D head on a decepticon custom. Bravo!

I don't believe Shawn ever gave an explanation. But from the way he made it sound, he just doesn't want other people's money involved with MW. Either that, or his pride won't allow him to accept donations.

Forgive me for not being being on the Robotech cutting edge, but who the heck is Jack Archer?

Max and Millia 1/48's are on the way. Do you think Yamato would spend money on a 1J head for Hikaru only?

I also try not to be too hard on Robotech, but HG should stop giving the artists Super Posables as reference models. The proportions are horribly off. Or, it could be a marketing ploy to encourage sale of SP's. Perhaps they're hoping to brainwash newbies into thinking that this is how Veritechs should look and that the 1/48's are an abomination.

Omni, you should consider finalizing this piece. It's got so much potential, and how often do we see good pics of all the Macross sirens?

As long as the 1/48 line keeps selling, we'll eventually see an 1/48 Ostrich. Fortunately for us, Yamato isn't above whoring out their Valkyries.

Bottom line is, video wise, AnimEigo could only use what HG handed them, and unfortunately those weren't included. Which is odd, since both the first epsiode opening at the fanracer ending are on the Robotech Perfect Collection Vol. 1... Very true, Harmony Gold did have access to the original OP and fanracer ED. The Perfect Collection was released in 1993 or 1994, so it's possible that HG might have lost it since then. Or, HG simply did not bother to send the footage to Animeigo. Apparently, Harmony Gold was frugal with the materials they gave to Animeigo, which is why we got stuck with those lame DVD cases.

The first "Valkyrie" I ever came into contact with was my brother's Jetfire. The first Valkyrie, that I could truly call my own, was a 1/100 VF-1J variable bootleg that was given to me in 1986. It was a pretty sweet toy, my mom had gotten it for me in one of those giftshops in Miami's aiport.

I'm sure Shawn will re-activate custom titles eventually, he's just got a lot more important things to do for now. Sure, the mods probably thought that earning it might've been a cute idea, but we've all just shown how needlessly complicated that could become.

Sadly, I have yet to see Orguss 02. However, I do remember hearing something about the opening and ending tracks. They are very rare and I heard that they were released only as a single, or that they were only released on that particular artists cd? I'm not exactly sure, as it has been almost ten years.

I have to agree with Shin. If you're on a limited budget, definitely use the 'wait and see' approach. You don't have to worry about missing out on the boat; in the long run, very few of Yamato's products actually appreciate in value.

Actually, many of us love the 1/55's. MW's first year and half online, all we ever talked about were 1/55's. But for right now, Yamato Valkyries are the current "it" Valkyrie.

Amazing work, Nanashi! This should be required reading for all Macross fans. Hmm, no VF-0.

Part 3. Note that you can see the word "TV" appears several times in the above pic, could mean nothing or everything.

Part 2.

For the interested parties, I flipped through the Flashback 2012 artbook and there wasn't much to be found. Just a lot of screencaps with 2-3 line descriptions, a few pages of line art, and a few more pages with lyrics to Minmay's music. However, there were some interviews with Studio Nue, most importantly with Kawamori. Here's the first page of Kawamori's interview. This book is copyright dated 1987. Again, if anyone needs higher res images, lmk. Part 1 of the interview.

Pretty much. HCM's usually go for $150 and higher.

Nice paint job, was it airbrushed? Also, love those feet.

You can always sell your current VF-1S and put that money aside for the reissue. While you may have to absorb a $10-$20 overall loss, you'll be getting a better Valkyrie. I know it must suck, but I'm glad Yamato went back and fixed the VF-1S' problems.

Hear hear! Sundown for mod! Good stuff, man.

Actually, I've got a copy of that book. I'll peruse through it later for any sort of timeline or explanation and post it here. I'll also skim the Gold Book and Perfect Memory sometime. ewilen, I must commend you on those excellent post. Keep it up