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Not bad, at least they kept the "transforming sound" pretty close.

Wow, that chick is hot.

Is that Megatron that the government is holding?

I've always thought the look of the SV-51 in black is like the Angel of Death.

Pretty scary looking.

Can anyone, if they get a chance, verify the top speed of SV-51? Mach 2.81 ?

They displayed this fighter on Macross Plus to be very agile and really fast, out-accelerating and out-manouvering the F-14s...which are not that slow at Mach 2.4 top speed.

we should try to run some sort of long term experiment with toy investing. basically each us would get an imaginary $200 to buy whatever toy we think will be worth something 1 year(or longer) from now and see if the value goes up. it could be fun.

with my $200, i'd probably buy something in the ways of disney and probably some power ranger toys. i'm pretty sure the kids of today will be paying out the ass for PR stuff when they grow up and disney toys is kind of a given. i wouldn't really invest in macross or any other obscure toy line...though sometimes that kind of thing can work for you.

Ooh, pretty neat idea! For U.S. toys, I'd say buy those Sigma Six figures, especially the Duke Parachutes and Destro.

If you're looking for investments, invest in a roth IRA or something similiar.

The Value of Toys is so volatile that you cannot base your future on them.

Buy Toys to have fun. Buy toys to play with them.

Amen to that brutha! And if you have enough for spare change, how about put more on that 401K.

At first I thought I could save these toys for later to sell, but I'm dishing out a lot of money for boxes that sits in the closet.

Time to open these babies up!

I am wondering if any members here have extras they'd like to part with: KAIYODO MACROSS SUPER DIMENSION FIGURE 02 - MBR-04-MKIV.

Here's a pic:

http://www.mercadolibre.com.ar/jm/img?s=ML...663.jpg&v=P

I'm looking to get 4 of them. A seller from eBay has them, ToyEast, for $5.50 USD each with $6 s/h.

I wanted to ask this forum first from any US sellers. Let me know, thank you.

Thanks for the input guys, on the BT-17 (& Hasbro version) & BT-18. I'd like to complete my Binaltech series, but it really bums me out when they come out with these limited exclusive figures that are 5x the normal price.

Yep, I was at the Con all 4 days trying to get Nemesis, but they're always sold out for that specific day...and they were only $25 each.

By the way, great pic Los. Hopefully tmpanime will have ours be shipped soon!

Hi,

Out of topic here, but have any of you guys bought the BT-17 black dodge truck...and are you guys also planning to get the BT-18 that's coming out...a transluscent Mirage?

Is it worth it to collect and complete the BT series? Do you guys think Takara will stop at BT-18?

The BT-17 is around $290 shipped from eBay...which is pretty "whack!"

What do you guys think?

Heh, pretty cool...finally arriving!

We met the creative director of the Postal Service Stamp Design group, Terry McCaffrey in a design conference.

The USPS is actually expecting for these Star Wars stamps to beat the top sales record holder; which are the Elvis stamps.

I like the Mill Falcon...very nice indeed.

Do any of our other members know more about this company, whether if it's legit?

How do they deal with copyright, or once submitted, with they own all the rights on our artwork?

Sounds interesting...maybe I'll send a sample to them...though I haven't illustrated anything in more than half a decade.

WOW! $221 USD WTH? $21,800 yen on HLJ.

That is insane!

Anyone else here thinks that those prices is too much?

Geez, you guys are a tough crowd.

Everyone looking for real facts on this movie, forget it, it's Hollywood...based on a graphic Novel. Frank Miller!

Those of you seeking ultra realistic special effects, forget it. You're the wrong crowd for this movie.

The special effects are wonderful and great...use of colors etc...most of the frames on the trailer are like Frazetta paintings...and I think that is what they're trying to achive. Like Sin City...the movie did great to capture Miller's art; looking like panels off the graphic novels.

And for those weird creatures...I think they're the Immortals.

So if you want historical facts and storyline, go visit the the History or Discovery channels/websites.

Like Wolfx says, you watch this movie to be entertained. I think fellow artists, comic fans and and sci-fi peeps will enjoy this movie.

geez...give us some slack this time...

the max & miria 1/48 VF-1J were around $175 USD when they first came out in the States.

i don't see this SV-51 (or the 1/60 VF-0A with ghost) having more plastic and packaging that the ones above.

...and over $200? come on!

$175

Hey Yamato, please take some packaging tips from Takara!

So far all the MP packages have been great, and you feel like you're holding a great product...well worth your spent money.

Yamato should quit making those huge flimsy, flood-varnished 1/48 macross boxes. Geeez luiz!

And the box artwork on these MPs are way superior than those photoshop styled, masked, whacked artwork on the 1/48s!

Somebody please show some pics of 1/12 or 1/18 Scopedogs !

Hey thanks Dampiel. I remember that fighter.

Odr78 and Fly4victory very nice collections indeed!

Too bad Hasegawa will not release a 1/48 version of Shin's F-14 with the Macross decals.

I've been going all around trying to find a Hasegawa 1/48 F-14 VF-103 Jolly Rogers, Last Flight? I guess it's all sold out....but I've been deciding for a while whether to settle for a Franklin Mint die-cast F-14.

Finished and painted 1/48 F-14 on ebay are selling up to $180...pretty crazy!

But anyhow, I thought it'd be nice to have a lineage of figures/kits next to each other bearing the "Skull" Squadron insignia or Jolly Rogers from the WWII F-4U, the F-4, F-14, VF-0S, and VF-1S.

Has there been another fighter after Roy's VF-1S bearing the Skull insignia?

Hmmm...do you guys think one will be better holding off from purchasing this release of Megs...and waiting six or eight months down the road in hopes that Takara releases a second version with the extended barrel and shoulder stock?

here's one just for the heck of it.

Hah hah, Dafunguy! Thanks for watching.

That vid's for you, Kicker773! I'm planning to do more of 'em for all the other figures I have not opened!

I finally got to opening 1/60 YF-19 after sitting on the drafting table for a couple of weeks. And after reading what you guys have talked about so far...I'll probably leave mine too in "plane" mode for a while.

Before hitting the sack last Saturday, I figured to release some steam and relax a bit. This was taken with a Canon S2 with a 256 MB SD card...so I'm limited 5 min per shot. My fiancée saw a peek of what I was doing, and she's finally convinced that I'm true, bonified nerd...she called me a dork, LOL.

This shot is one of three, I don't think I'll cover transformation process:

http://www.teamvariance.com/downloads/test/3393.html

I'll probably look over the plane closer this weekend...it's still sitting on the drafting table covered by a shirt so as to avoid sunlight.

1/60 for me...it'll go great with the latest release of the 0, 0A and YF-19...and go along good with perfect grade gundams! unfortunately, companies do not manufacture 1/60 accessories...people, missles and etc.

Work sucks and freelance work is stressing me out these two months, and I've been too busy to open the box. My YF-19 is till in its USPS box for a week sitting on my drafting table. I'm gonna read more of this thread tonight...then I'll take a video of my opening the box and take some photos.

I've never had any problems with any of the 1/48s and 1/60s...so I'm crossing my fingers.

damn these things look great in the color "gray"...is this the tooling and refining stage of the actual product, or computer generated? i dunno, i think the gray really works well in pushing out shadows...but they'll probably look silly once colors are applied.

I'm curious how often you guys take your 1/48s out of the boxes, and how often you guys transform the figures. You can't do it too often and you cannot handle them like hasbros transformers.

Personally I like to display one valkyrie for every two to three weeks to get to appreciate each one of them.

The only breakage I've experienced was with the back BP8 on my first 1/48 VF-1S Roy...while transforming from battroid to gerwalk with fastpacks on the back.

So far I think the 1/48s are pretty durable. I'm planning to get 1/12 Votoms...so we'll see how well those are made...and a 1/60 valkyrie to go along with the new 1/60 fighters.

You just gotta handle them with care.

Oh man, can't wait to see mine. TMPanime shipped last Wednesday, and just found out that my order arrived at work yesterday. Our shipping/receiving didn't mention a word....so damn, I'll have to wait till next Tuesday to get it at the office.

It took me 8 months before transforming my VF-0S...I'm sure I'll marvel the YF-19 for a long time also before transforming it.