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Yeah, these are full on coming off the sprues without much effort and then the tubes and rings on the clasps instantly shattered with any force.

Congratulations on the score!

Talked about it here but wanted to give it more attention. Are the black stand pieces for the Isamu / Max / Shammy wave extremely brittle or is it just mine (being kept who knows where sealed in Japan for the last 20 years)? The clasps and the rods each are breaking and cracking without much provocation. I did get a first concert Minmay separately and noticed she came with a white stand. So I'm figuring that it may have broken or the person who sold it got confused. Thank you. Edit: I'm seeing it may be common but hoping to hear more from the forums.

Managed to get a sealed box / case of wave 3 from Japan for about $100. Lucked out in the selection of figures. 2 Meltrandi Max 2 Valkyrie Max 3 Shammy 2 Isamu 1 Minmay 1 Flower Girl 1 Roy Cockpit I have a friend that is going to take the extras, but I feel I really lucked out trying to fill in my collection as I originally never bought this wave and had hoped I'd be able to get both Max variants. Edit: I don't know if it's just the ones I got but the black stand pieces except the base are extremely brittle. Shattering and breaking without much provocation.

Very cool!

Song by Junna. https://youtu.be/T4nBc4zfvRc?si=_Vlxa7iNUi8Rq2x2

Seems to have worked pretty good for the interim. She feels perhaps a little too smooth but not sticky or slimy in an unpleasant way. The dress one perhaps less so than the other two. This week, I also managed to find my originals from when they were first new and they are about as good as the newly opened ones after several washes. It makes me think it has a lot to do with humidity, as my original have been kept in a humidity controlled area for most of the time.

Started going back and recollecting these. Things I will point out is the second Minmay at the desk is almost completely different than the original. The desk and chair are the same, but most of Minmay is entirely different than the original. Also, the glow and the dark Minmay is easy to spot as the main part of her dress is almost all white while the normal version has pink and blue coloration. Here is a photo of three "lost in the Macross' Minmay's (not to be confused with the better, IMO, first concert version). The two on the right are glow in the dark versions and the left is the normal version. You can see some pink, blue, and gloss in the dress of the normal version. The glow in the dark are more flat.

Popular YouTuber Yuuki Sakuna's version. https://youtu.be/eMfo8NoyyIM?si=ngQlACzeVrQ12bfK

Hatsune Miku's version of the song. https://youtu.be/LoqefvRyWcE?si=GkRjj1vIY6LvY6_n

It's here!

Mine is due Monday. I'm excited, as I haven't watched this series outside of a fan sub of episode 1 over 20 years ago.

Thanks for the advice. I followed what Big s had suggested and washed her in some detergent a few times. That did the trick for now. I will follow your advice with the Goo Gone for my Anakin FX lightsaber, as the black strips have gotten sticky like your Vader's.

Good advice, thank you.

Does anyone think a coating of mat finish spray may help? Glad to hear I'm not the only one to have this problem and that Miria 639 is the worst of the bunch.

I had purchased a Yamato Miria 639 figure set when they were first released. In the 20 or so years since it first came out and moving out of my parents' place to my own home, I have since misplaced my original. In trying to rebuild some of my collection, I started rebuying and buying for the first time some of the PVC figures, including rebuying this Miria set. So I purchased a brand new sealed set from Yahoo Japan, and upon opening it, there was a slimy residue over all three figures. I don't recall this happening with the ones I had 20 or so years ago, but knowing how things can age and potential residue. Has anyone else had a similar experience or know what it is and how to deal with it? I have her soaking in some warm soapy water currently hoping it helps...

New song.

She shouldn't understand the language at that point. Does Max speak Zentradi later when he's big, I can't recall other than he has the large echo.

It's there blue rectangles instead of three red.

Watching the hybrid version on Disney+ I noticed an error on Misa's rank designation when she chews out Hikaru in his quarters. I was surprised to see they didn't try to correct this in the 4K, considering some of the other corrections. Guess it's not super noticable.

Started watching DYRL on Disney+. Interesting that they use the version of the film from the hybrid pack. Kind of makes sense chronologically.

Ah, thanks. 😅

https://screenrant.com/new-macross-anime-announcement-mech-anime/ The Abema service is going to stream a live program where they will talk about the new Macross series. I know there is another closed topic about the new series but this seems like the first time we'll get some actual info about it.

Great to see it's doing so well!

Looking at some other cels from the film, the concert definitely gave her more of a greenish blue hair, like my cel, than in later scenes. I personally like the very blue hair in the 4K.