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7 minutes ago, Valkyrie Hunter D said:

Ooh, could someone please share a US - friendly link for the Limited First Edition?

Most likely try thru https://p-bandai.jp/

If your proxy-shop has access to it...

Yeah. Me, too.

I've already completed it at the hardest levels using all pilots, and unlocked and beat all the hidden valks/aces as well.

I think my ps4-acct is on some of the scores-stats board there.

Not sure what else will the english-version will give me, altho it'll be kindasorta interesting if my game-stats from the jp-game will get imported by it if I do get the english-vesrion..

Standard edition goodies (besides the B3 poster(s):

LFE goodies and jp-only availabilities:

29 minutes ago, GGemini said:

There is a Fan Club version, but here are the links for the other versions:

 

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B0DDSXWB1F/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/BCQA-20

https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Macross_000000000548347/item_The-Super-Dimension-Fortress-Macross-Do-You-Remember-Love-4K-Rematser-Blu-ray-Set-Deluxe-Edition_15224023

Thanks! 

Only Standard edition for the masses for now, I guess (B3 poster for amz-jp specal bumps the US-shipping to 4091yen):

The "LFE" with all the goodies is exclusive on below entities:

17 minutes ago, GGemini said:

https://macross.jp/contents/774873

 

 

A bit confusing in the web-translation.

Seems the 4k conversion will be a theater-only on 1/25/2025

Then the 4KUHD versions (limited and standard) will start pre-order on 1/29/2025, but via Macross Soul Fan-Club only???

WTF? 

1 hour ago, 505thAirborne said:

Another fantastic review video from @jenius

Was @jenius ever as salty in this DX valk review as he was in his old DX VF-171 cannon-fodder review?

Just saw this over at TagHobby:

https://www.taghobby.com/archives/802211

web-translated:

Quote

September 13 to September 29, 2024 40th Anniversary TRANSFORMERS EXPO 2024@Tokyo Shinagawa Terada Warehouse – TAKARA TOMY is on sale at the venue: Transformers Missing Link C-01S Sentinel Prime 18,000 Yen including tax

can't find an existing thread, so here:

Bandai 1/65 DX VF-17 retro-review:

prolly still the best valk ever produced by Bandai...

fwiw, I quick-measured my HMR Fire-Valk:

fighter-mode = 205mm

battroid-mode == 145mm (without head-fin)

battroid-mode == 160mm (with head-fin)

so verify when you get your copy and then figure out the HMR's scale via the official VF-19 Custom specs at M3 ,..

from:

https://x.com/muko037/status/1822948192717308184

HMR VF-19 and VF-0A in fighter-mode:

1 hour ago, MKT said:

From Pigpig Wei:

Those are actually nice!

Wonder how they'll look like against Bandai's *cough* "non-scale" *cough* HMR VFs...

VF-19 Fire Valkyrie in Bandai Hi-Metal R and Arcadia 1/60 forms:

HMR VF-4 in background, too...

Got my HMR Fire-Valk today, and so here be initial pic...

Initial impressions:

The HMR is almost exactly like a simplified Yamato/Arcadia 1/60 in design and deformation/transformation engineering, aside from:

• non-rotatiing cockpit
• default "wide" ears needs to be replaced with the non-default ones ("straights") when transfoming into Fighter mode.
• gappy shield/leg-engines area.
• wing edges are safely dulled/not-sharp, so it won't easily slice-cut you like the Yamarcadias
• dull matte finish.
• codpiece does not tab in to anything to secure itself in fighter-mode, unlike the Yamarcadia

It's a nice valk, but the scaling against the HMR VF-1 in battroid is really quite a turn off.  It really looks small and skinny next to the HMR VF-1...

Robolabo J retro-reviews 2013 Takara G1 Constructions/Devastator:

https://x.com/simsim5479/status/1822165276646887690

web-translated:

2 hours ago, mikeszekely said:

 

Let's see... a 1/100 MG Gundam is about yay tall... and the VF-1 is shorter than Gundam, so... a little bigger than an Earthrise Seeker?  Maybe around the size of Top Gun x Transformers Maverick?

hmmm....

My HMR VF-4 is always in fighter-mode, but here's battroid VF-1 to C-01 comparo for you...

VF-4 is just so damn fugly in battroid mode, fwiw...

edit/add:

various HMR valks (incl VF-4) in fighter-mode sizings...

Hope it helps your inquiry...

Also, aww geez!!!

apparently, Bandai is indeed capable of painting white landing gears on valks...

https://hacchaka.net/archives/52111832.html

They're just being sh*theads on NOT applying them to other valks.

Also, seems Hacchacka don't like Basara, either, at least per web-translation...

Basara's definitely such a gasbag...

https://x.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/1821739886036316239

web-translated:

wish there is a better social media platform than xitter/fb that the japanese-fans uses, but :sigh:

from https://x.com/muko037/status/1820836573937905792

web-translated:

10 hours ago, MKT said:

Very different from other HMR, but cool box art nonetheless.

The box-art is very tacky and completely obnoxious.

Quite perfectly just like Basara's character...

2 minutes ago, David Hingtgen said:

It's August now---any consensus on best transformation video etc?  Have any of the new ones "discovered" anything that the  earlier ones missed?  (still eagerly awaiting AnyMoon/Scorched Earth's)

always rely on Wotafa's video...