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Here's the thing, doing Macross the First doesn't make much sense. It easily leads to this line of thought: "Hey, we're revisiting the era, let's finally get clear of these licensing problems". We might get new/unrecognizable characters and mecha. Hikaru is a girl, Minmay is a boy, Max and Hayao are twins, Gloval is gay, Misa is in a wheelchair, Roy is black, Claudia is hispanic, and of course they all have different names, slightly different backgrounds, and slightly different wrinkles to their stories. The SDF-1 is now the UNSS-1 and it's purple and still looks like a Meltrandi ship from DYRL with minor tweaks. The VF-1 is now the F-99 and looks like the VF-0 had a baby with an F-22. Add some dialog about spiritia at some point. Now, that could still work out to be an awesome show but it's gonna be a real punch to the gut for anyone that was in the "Just do the show over and make it look pretty!" camp. 

I'm going to see dune in IMAX in Sunday.

6 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

They could, but for a variety of reasons (e.g. respect for Hikaru's VA having passed) they almost certainly won't.

The folks who this matters most to are less and less involved in the franchise. Money is a powerful motivator and it's only a matter of time before someone reboots! 

8 hours ago, Raikkonen said:

Thanks. The pages here confirm they're diecast and 9cm long.

I like small! I'll grab 'em. 

I have spent the limited free time I've had over the last few weeks just doing odd missile mash-ups. Maybe this will inspire some of you:

Huh, didn't know that existed.

4 hours ago, Radioguy said:

I'd love it if you could really go into the quality of the plastic when you do your review. I mean, not just that it's like the previous valk quality (if it even is), but how fragile or durable it is, and how far above model kit quality (if it is).

We live vicariously through you, you know.

I with there was a more objective way to judge that... feel can be so misleading. I thought my threezero scopedogs felt good but all of them had breaks.  Sadly, time these days is super limited so anyone living vicariously through me is going to have to be very patient!

My order is in, looking forward to them!

The hurdle of secondary prices will face you everywhere unless you go with Kitzconcept, but they are Robotech/SDF license limited. Macross goods get limited production runs and remain out of print for years. The drop in quality going down the price spectrum from HMR is steep; worth it to hunt and be patient for secondary market deals rather than collecting something you're not thrilled with.

Hi-Metal R sounds like it fits your parameters pretty nicely. Small, mostly affordable, varied line up. 

Was this in the show as one of the bad guys?

At the end of the day, it still has to be a toy. They want you to be able to put an actual pilot figure in the toy? Imagine how heavy that cockpit is going to be. with lights, doors, and equipment. HMR style joints aren't going to pull that off. I'm guessing they've greatly reduced the knee articulation and hopefully added a ratchet. 

EDIT - Is the pilot articulated or is it just something that stands next to the Battlepod and never goes in?

3 minutes ago, Spark-O-Matic said:

Could you post the complete Email Chat minus Names and Personal Info so some of us can get a better idea of how the discussion took place that lead up to you being asked to go elsewhere.

It always helps to provide more info for a better contrast of the events.

This isn't the thread for that... that goes in the BL thread.

Used them once and got what I ordered.

Maybe the Ostrich has different behind the leg armors but Bandai is using some standard ones painted orange as a stand-in for these early displays. 

I wonder if they're going to fix the side of leg armors to cover the back of leg armor more completely. 

They showed them at a convention but so far, it just seems like something they did for fun. Someone said they're homages to 80s Motorcycle paint schemes. 

Frozen 2 makes zero sense but Frozen felt much more sequel friendly than Moana. I'm very skeptical of this.

Not likely. There are a great many factories within China. Moving factories is a pain in the butt so I wish them well. 

As much as I'm looking forward to this, I am REALLY looking forward to the renewal version five years from now. 

Which UN Spacy livery? Got a pic of your inspiration?

Oh I think the marketing people are over the moon with the response. 

Why not 0A????

I'm with you! Attics are no good for storing toys... they cook and yellow quickly. We have members in places like Sweden and members with very nice finished attics so for some folks it's fine!