jenius

The only thing that sounds a little off in that argument is the 'skin in the game' statement since the reason we have ANY Macross after SDF is because Bandai has been ponying up. Sure, Bandai has been rather stringent about giving the shows a limited lifetime of support and has not taken many risks so their efforts have definitely been questionable. With Frontier, I think they were caught off guard by its popularity and by how savvy the consumers had gotten because of those other companies that had been producing toys for the series Bandai had long given up on. I mean, the first round of Frontier toys sure feel like a progression from Bandai's Mac7 toys rather than from Yamato's toys. Fortunately, they figured things out. I think the big difference now is the fairly rapid release of a sequel series keeping the license hot and the idea that Yamato proved a market existed and then exited that market. The Hi-Metal R line is a great opportunity because the smaller scale and cost reduces the risks pretty considerably provided they don't go crazy with over-production. I think that was sort of the trap Yamato had fallen into. Any missteps were very big deals.

Wow, did you just pat yourself on the back for finding a person who agreed with your negativity?

I think it's a Tamashii exclusive so I'm not sure you'll see many other listings.

Oh man, that's going to totally be a Tamashii exclusive now. .. HMR Box for all these little parts we keep giving you!

I don't think you can do a front landing gear and a rotating canopy. Also, not sure how easy rear landing gears would be if accommodating the gun in fighter. To the post with the pictures above, Bandai's monster is not 1/100, it's a robot spirits release so like 1/125, I can't recall.

They might surprise us with a notice of a reissue at some point or Bandai might surprise us with a 1/60 announcement at some point. All hope is certainly not lost but you may need to exercise a lot of patience.

Oh... then you really better check with Darrin to see if he sold his because as of right now, no one has any plans of making any 1/60 VF-1 toys.

Next Xmas Bandai should sell a HI-Metal set that comes with 1 Miria VF-1J and a DYRL VF-1A Kakizaki... so we'd get green and red and be festive. Actually, since Miria always sells so poorly (Max doesn't do much better) they should sell them together. Maybe they can get a Mars tie-in and sell them as M&Ms.

Gimmick might just mean 'press down' instead of just folding over. Maybe it 'seats' instead of locking. It's been years since I wrote it but since I only addressed it in that sentence I suspect it's not much.

Darrin was selling a set on the boards, not sure if they sold already. They are very hard to come by.

Another member just confirmed cracking on his Miria VF-1J in another thread. Maybe they tried to make it thicker for Miria to see if that'd solve the problem but when they saw more cracks they said "enough is enough."

I had to check my review of the original HiMetal line and this is what I found: Not sure if it's still on the HMR line or if it's not as strong on some toys as others.

It will be very small in comparison to 1/60 VF-1 toys.

Was there a VF-1S Hikaru Hi-Metal (first round of releases) toy or did that guy make one using a Focker and a Hikaru 1A?

They show up cheap on Mandarake often.

I would guess all HiMetal releases will have some metal in the joints. The Glaug will be big so metal joints will help it be solid.

The video intimates that George was planning on having Jar Jar be a sith which would be really cool but then Lucas got cold feet because of the backlash which seems unlikely. First, if the 'backlash' was that people HATED Jar Jar then leaving him the Sith would be PERFECT. Second, if he was worried about the backlash because like... maybe children loved Jar Jar or something, then that'd be stupid. I think people are just desperate to make the prequel trilogy more palatable.

WTF is that black and purple regult?

I really doubt the Glaug will be a problem unless Bandai produces very few of them. Unlike the Regults, it's unlikely people will make armies of them. They're not hero valks either like the Hik GBP or VF-1S Strike toys. It's possible Bandai will see this coming and cut production and it will be a pain in the butt to get but otherwise I think it will be our first easy one.

We have seen epic Black Friday sales before so the bar was set quite high... but that was back in the Yamato days when Yamato would flood the market and everyone would wait for tremendous sales to get their V2 VF-1 toys for less than $80.

What are they saying the new release date is? I feel like that bodes poorly for the idea of them making changes for this release...

You want to know if the VF-1J Miriia has the rainbow canopy effect? On my list it says: Version 2.1: These toys feature a tinted canopy and a similar crotch mechanism to that found on Yamato’s 1/48 line of VF-1 toys I never bought one though so let's see if someone confirms. If they disagree I'll make sure to update my list.

Both are a stark bright white. Unfortunately I don't have both to put right next to each other but I imagine in most cases you would think they were the same white.

Yes, but the only one I can remember is that the Arcadia has a yellow arrow on the head (DYRL type) whereas the "TV version" Yamato has a black arrow on the head.

I could see myself grabbing one just because I have the first release now and the GERWALK support isn't as sturdy as it was on the releases that followed. I don't know though... a lot of other things to spend money on right now.