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I don't know about crap but they were very poorly executed. Going against the Revoltech line they should have known how high the articulation bar was going to be set but they floundered. The later release of super parts with upgrades to the base toy's articulation was definitely a head scratcher. I get milking ever dollar out of the 1/60 toys but trying to stick people for extras for the action figure sized toys? Bad show. They should have spent more time with the prototypes, upgraded the articulation before release, and then given us the tiny super parts right off the bat (Kaiyodo did). Kaiyodo also gave us a display stand and special effects. I think what it really came down to though was that Kaiyodo was producing MacPlus toys for the Revoltech line so Yamato should have just known better than to try to compete in a market that probably isn't crazy robust in the first place. Someone referenced the Votoms toys earlier. I'm a big Votoms fan but I agree, that was definitely another misstep. Again, Yamato took up a license that didn't have a robust market but did have a big fish (TakaraTomy) already in the pond. Like the GNU, Yamato tried to be the premium player niche in an already niche market and didn't bring a dominant enough product. They really needed to invest in painting on some details on the exteriors of those toys. The arms and hands were also poorly designed and implemented. It was definitely a more premium product than the DMZ toys but not enough to warrant the huge mark-up and the DMZs popped more with much better paint. Another random thought, they really should have released a "Purple Bear Conversion Kit" to sell more Meliqua colored dogs and a "Marshy Dog Conversion Kit" to sell more of the standard or red shoulder dogs. I'm guessing they didn't because they figured they might make stand alone versions of those ATs one day but instead they just let those dogs become shelf-warmers.
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For those of you wondering "Why MacrossZero?" the answer is probably "cheap license" and nothing more exciting than that. Plus, the original Zero line probably sold decently enough.
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So Mommar, I assume you don't own a single DX release? Avoiding toys with potentially loose joints is actually a brilliant way to keep spending in this hobby in check since I can only think of a few releases where that hasn't been a complaint.
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99% of loose joints can be easily tightened up, often by something as simple as putting a piece of clear tape in a socket.
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Seems like max, miria, and hikaru are most likely. Hopefully its concurrent with super parts and gbp releases.
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I'm curious what Yamato's biggest misstep was. Was it the GnuDou line? The VFC line? The destroids? We'll never know.
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My review is finally up! Check out anymoon or click the link in my sig. It's in HD so make sure you watch it that way if you can! Also lots of good pics as always on anymoon.
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Wonder Festival is coming. Last year there wasn't much but I'm hoping we'll see something new for Mospeada... although if it's an Inbit it will probably be laughable compared to the Cap'n's work.
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Guys, Bandai had the Frontier license but that doesn't mean Arcadia can't get permission from Bandai. Also, WF has one day licenses.
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The "it would stand to reason they would all be built in Japan" because the J isn't significantly different from the S or the A. Why would you build the J in Japan but build the S in say... Russia? If you're already building a Valkyrie in Japan then wouldn't you build the very minor variants of that valkyrie there also? Maybe in the Macross universe though there were factories in Alaska (big factory) and Japan (smaller factory) and Alaska built the As and Japan built the Js and a few S/D/others could have been built at either.
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I assure you, Arcadia will not determine price based on an MW thread. They will leave that to the accountants who will likely use sales of the first 0 toys to come up with an equation based on the price of the new molding and the assumed number of variants and probable demand reduction as the price curve increases to find a sweet spot.
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Did not see that coming. I would have thought they'd go with N then for Nippon. Also, if the J is made in Japan then wouldn't it stand to reason they're all made in Japan?
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This may have been asked and answered already so I apologize if it has, but why did SDF Macross feature the A, J, and S variants most prominently while in follow up shows the 'J' type has been replaced by an 'F' type? Does this mirror real world designations?
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I don't think that's the most accurate interpretation. While Arcadia existed prior to Yamato's demise, it was hardly an old established toy company. While this is speculation, it seems like it was a pet project of a Yamato executive who saw the writing on the wall. When Yamato then folded he bought the Yamato molds and hired the employees he liked/could afford. Arcadia had what, like two items (naked girl statues) in its name before Yamato folded?
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This should bode well for YF-30 mold milking also right?
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You guys know the vf1 goes for 170 now right? A 0d will not be less than 250.
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I really hope that's an announcement. They have the Macross30 license so it'd make sense.
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I kind of liked the darker tint. I think the photos made it look darker than it was and people would have liked it in hand (like with the bandai renewal valks)
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The 1/48 was released in 2002 but in production for several years after. Arcadia did not buy the 1/48 mold s, the line is officially dead.
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4 paint schemes and a new mold is disappointing?
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I did not think the visor was a different color when looking at them under my lights.
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Man, reading reviews of these toys was rough. So many people expected a $15 1/100 toy to not need any part swapping like landing gears or a heat shield. It almost seemed like Toynami would have been better off just including the display stand and not even making the mechanisms in the legs to have landing gears. Of course, having the joints break, including the display stand connector, didn't help. The poor tolerances with the pegs that held fighter mode together were another big 'oops'. Hindsight being 20/20, if they wanted to do 2 seaters eventually they should have just made the canopies a smoke gray you couldn't really see through (or the prototype blue) and not bothered with a cockpit at all. For $15 I could live without a cockpit that didn't look very good or have a pilot. I think the moral here is that if you're going to go cheap, focus on the toy and make it solid and don't worry about any frills.
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Is it a V2 or V1? The V1s definitely yellowed badly.
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Got a phone call from a friend the other day asking me to stop by. When I got there he had a new arcade in his game room... Splatterhouse. Good times.
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I think Arcadia should make a toy dropping all internals but leaving the door open for a later "internals" set (that maybe even another company like T-Rex could fulfill. The Regult toy without the internals would be much less top heavy and would make a better toy and it should be so simple that the price wouldn't need to be astronomical.
