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Consolidated Megazone 23 Toy/Model Thread for 2017-2018
jenius replied to RavenHawk's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
So was the Maneuver Book published first and the Yamato box set is sort of a bundling of cool Megazone things in new packaging? -
I spent some time today updating my Yamato 1/12 review.... trying to make it more of a Wiki as well as a review. Got pictures of the boxes up and the contents, etc. I've also started doing something that I hope people will find helpful. I've started putting complete scans of the instruction manuals into the review.
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I don't know why I'd go through effort trying to convince you your opinion is wrong when you're already choosing to ignore the evidence that's been presented to you. You like your opinion and you're entitled to have it. While my opinion is that the Yamato toys had plenty of QC issues along the way (even M&M), I would leave the door open to the possibility that Arcadia has somehow made it worse. It's possible some valks seem better made then others is just a reflection of how good the factory workers were at that moment in time. Maybe the sheering of the hard points does relate to application of glue when two pieces of the wing are brought together. Since the sheering of hard points seems to be a fairly random QC issue (from the first V2 to Arcadia), I would lean toward it most likely relating to a human element rather than a mold.
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You're making the assumption that there are more issues now then there were with Yamato and what you're being told, and what you're ignoring, is that that's not the case. The latest release will ALWAYS have the most vocal outcry about perceived quality issues. You've stepped into a recency fallacy and you don't realize it.
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Consolidated Megazone 23 Toy/Model Thread for 2017-2018
jenius replied to RavenHawk's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Is that true? I remember reading about Robotech: The Untold Story (sliced and diced Megazone 23) and in it said that one of the many problems was that it spliced footage from Southern Cross, a TV show, with Megazone, an OVA, so the Megazone footage had much higher production standards and there was an obvious drop off in quality every time the Southern Cross footage was shown. The point being that, for that to be true, Megazone was produced in much higher quality than a standard TV show which wouldn't jive with the notion that it's just three TV episodes stitched together. Unless that's to say the sponsor pulled out early and they had enough budget for like six episodes and instead made one movie or something like that. I'll say this, I never saw Megazone until my late 20s and I thought it was really boring... still like the Garland though. -
Right... And Yamato rainbow canopies don't crinkle. Not an issue. Edit: I'm being glib, if it doesn't reach the standard of "issue", that's fine and I don't want to go down the semantics hole, but there are several Yamato owners that saw it happen also so obviously Yamato was not immune to hard point breakage.
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This thread is all over the map in a fun way. 1) yammies have the hard point issue (probably all releases). That said, it's unclear what the issue is or what causes it. Is it rough removal of the part from the mold? Some of the disconnected hard points could be user error so it's super hard to nail down. Maybe it's rough treatment at the factory so maybe some releases are more prone to it. Maybe the Arcadia toys are more prone to it due to the condition of the mold or some reworking. For Yamatos, the issue is pretty rare but it would take really colorful valks to see early issues and we haven't had colorful valks in a long time. 2) a lot of Yamato's decision making process was probably spurred by investors or creditors. Ironically, they were probably told that if they didn't diversify their price points and products then they were doomed... So they did and got burned. Lots of other issues came into play as well but we don't know enough. Like maybe it seems like they released too many vf1 toys to rapidly and saturated the market but they may have been releasing them so rapidly to solve liquidity issues. I think HMR is a real sweet spot. For Yamato to do 1/60 it meant huge investments in super premium toys. Bandai is able to take smaller bites.
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No, the V2 didn't kill Yamato, far from it, but it's a company and no product exists in a bubble. Yamato ran out of cash, they needed to make more cash, ergo, they should have been generating more money. They may have sunk money into products that didn't sell but they would have survived had they generated more cash from the products that did sell.
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So are they planning on selling that as an unlicensed accessory? I might bite.
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Last I heard was Stick was scheduled for end of March, Ray for end of April.
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Yamato went bankrupt so... That pricing isn't a good barometer.
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I guess people are going to believe what they want to believe.
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But the Yamato ones have the exact same issue plus the canopy issue.
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There was a rumor that they were going to have PF VF-1S toys with the Arcadia stand, I guess that didn't happen? There are a few Battle7 models on YJA, maybe they sold those at Wonderfest 18?
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So there we go then... no reason to be grossed out by Mikumo. Max may have been banging a 3 year old Miria... Okay okay, we know Miria has been killing people for a while given her reputation so nothing quite so bizarre. The age thing just sounds crazy because it's absent the notion of programmed clones being born as adults.
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The Misa looks good (very good) but I think MaxFactory did better with Minmay's face.
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Sorry, thread derail in process, but I'm pretty sure it's Keith who confesses his love to Roid. Like I said, it follows the chatter about Keith never having shown interest in women. It's like totally shoe-horned into the end... like the writers suddenly realized that Keith's behavior made no sense as the guy who is supposed to be protecting the king. "Hey, let's just say he's in love with the villain!" "YEAH!" EDIT - sorry, I'll get back to DX toys. Hope we get Pope-head Mirage... and the other folks too...... but doubt it.
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Are Zentraedi ever children? Did the Protoculture grow them in test tubes until early adulthood? Basically, are they off fighting in space after only being in existence for a year or two? We know in Delta that Mikumo was basically born an adult, would the same be true of Zentraedi (initially, obviously the Zentraedi start doing things more naturally after the human influence).
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The Roid/Keith romance angle is a blink and you miss it sort of thing, there's even room to dismiss it entirely I suppose (but I think it helps make more sense because it always bothered me that Keith rolls with Roid after he killed the king). I've only seen the series once but toward the end, Keith confronts Roid and basically blurts out "you were my inspiration" or something more Windermerean like "You were the wind that lifted me" or maybe even "You are the wind beneath my wings" if Keith is a big Bette Midler fan. It's not long after the twin brothers are in the hangar talking about how Keith has no interest in women.
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That might have been too obvious with her grandparents having been there and done that... Besides, Keith liked Roid, but they should have made more use of that because it's so far in the background it's hard to understand why Keith doesn't stop Roid sooner. They could have done a Stockholm syndrome angle with one of the girls easily enough and made one of the Windermere guys more likeable to cause some conflict. The Drakens could have used more color also... Make the White Knight white and the other guys gray with colored trim, something more similar to what we're seeing here with mirage.
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I didn't realize the ET red legioss is a limited distribution item. Maybe that explains why NY and CDJapan aren't carrying it.CM's did that with their green and red legioss toys... then when they couldn't get rid of the stock they let every store have them.
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Are the Zentraedi (before Micron tampering) also "born" as adults?
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The good news is, she has the pope head instead of the Anubis head so if Bandai is going to milk it for a DX offering, they're going to have to make the Ba after all.
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Will the PF version have all the runner parts installed? I hope so.
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There were lots of Yamato hard points sheered off too.
