jenius

You realize MW is officially sponsored by Yamato right? I'm guessing they'd be very unhappy with that effort (not that I wouldn't love to see the outcome).

In the animation it does have a 1A head though.

I can think of at least one way of doing a "perfect transformation" heatshield on the VF-22 but it would definitely require some new tooling.

If you can put Luca's radome on Alto then you have a second edition.

If you have to ask "what does that have to do with what I said" then it probably wasn't said toward you.... my bad for not quoting Regult.

If you haven't heard of a pile of broken V2 shoulders then you haven't been listening. The first edition Focker they released has an epic failure rate... although not quite as epic as their 50/50 VF-0 toys. The Bandai DX 25 is still a long ways from hitting double digits in failures and when it "breaks' it's a screw that is broken... not a crucial part of molded plastic or something like that. People can't help it if their toys are broken from the get go, or break immediately thereafter, but there is certainly a proclivity toward panic in all toy forums.

Rumor I heard was that Yamato worked out a deal with Bandai for the VF-22 and they'd have to do the same for each future toy they plan on associating with M7... but that's just the rumor I heard. Interesting stuff to be sure.

That group photo is from my latest post, see it here.

I asked for a translation also: I placed an order anyway, it's unique enough for me!

Arthurius, all they did was paint over a YF-21 toy and replace the canopy for that demo pic... chances are they just didn't bother painting the gun yet, I wouldn't be concerned it's clearly just a very early demo piece.

So, was the "wind of change" the fan jet?

How about the Spartan comes with standing figures of all the main Macross pilot cast. That way there, if you want Hikaru and Roy standing next to their Valks then you have to buy the Spartan.

We all create the stories we read, not the authors... the authors just put us on a path. Many of these shows aren't at all what their creators wanted them to be but then some suit told them "make this so we can sell more that!" The final versions of the shows ended up often being nothing at all like they were originally envisioned. So, an author can intend for something to be one way but have it interpreted another, an author can envision a story and have it changed by outside forces to meet other demands, and then an author can have his work merged with others to create something completely new... and most of this is all crafted from previous stories that inspired the author in the first place.

Who was Ryno posting as? How'd it get figured out?

Maybe they could just make the Spartan a lot simpler than their other destroid toys so it's not such a huge pain to get the money back.

If you're getting a DYRL 1A, which is all but identical to the 1S, why even bother getting the 1S unless you were going to have it in battroid mode?

Ah yes, by the time they actually started taking preorders they had rolled the release date back to May. When Scott/Stick was originally hitting the streets the expected release of Rand was late March. It's probably just calculating in the two month delay that Stick had going from November to January that would push Ley back from March to May.

As others have said, I'm no mod, I didn't close any threads, I just had the dubious distinction of making the last post before the silent moderator lockdown.

I swear this exact same thread was here not long ago and the winner was a Japanese garage kit that was 1/144 but fully transformable including an integrated heat shield. Beyond that Kaiyodo's atrocious (from a toy perspective) partsforming gashapons.

the two 19s are too similar, mostly white with just a different color trim used but in exactly the same scheme? I don't find either bad but neither great, I'll probably just have to pass on both. I'm probably in the minority but I like my cartoon vehicles a bit more colorful.. I'd like the Angelbirds take to be blue with white trim and red accents.

Seriously, what happened to the poll options? I would have chose: 2) No, I'd rather save for a Beagle or play with my CMs

I believe Ley is already late which bodes well for people hoping Beagle was going to make some changes rather than just swap the gauntlet and call it a day. Then again, there are many reasons for possible delays and I would still consider any fixes a delightful surprise.

I believe this thread always gets locked because it falls under the scope of the existing Mospeada thread. If it could survive on its own, I think you should do it poll style. Do you want a Mega House Bartley Ride Armor: 1) No, Ride Armor toys aren't cool 2) No, I'd rather save for a Beagle or play with my CMs 3) Yes!

Overdrive has been moving for the last week... that may lead to some delays as they try to get caught up on everything.

OOps, typo, fixed to 50.