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The comment from collectiondx on that same article states the guy thinks he remembered hearing the $50 mark.

I believe they said it wasn't getting released until Q3..

In case anyone else isn't clear, before NY Toy Fare things looked like this: 1) CMs 1/18 Ride Armor Release in February 2) MH 1/15 Ride Armor Release in late Feb, Early March 3) Beagle 1/10 Ride Armor release in Q4 4) Toynami 1/12 Ride Armor release in Q4 (I might be screwing up the scale on these last two) After NY Toy Fare the situation is this: 1) CMs 1/18 Ride Armor released in February 2) MH 1/15 Ride Armor release expected in MAR in both Japan (through Mega House) and internationally (through Toynami) 3) Beagle OR Toynami Ride Armor release in Q4 in both Japan (through Beagle) and internationally (through Toynami)

If Bandai has Mac7 rights couldn't they make the VF-1 in Miriya's colors?

Is that English packaging? I see some Japanese writing on it and was under the impression it was just the Japanese box with a Toynami sticker slapped on it.

What I'm eager to hear about is how the landing gears on the Tread are being dealt with. Early pics had them just kind of loitering there... I hope they're at least removeable.

Of course that's all true, and I have no problem with capitalism being brutal, but it just seems like an incredibly inefficient way of doing things. This is already an elitist hobby (we're burning money on toys) and to make it that much less accessible just seems dick. To use that model in a way that benefits random Internet savvy folks in Japan instead of the company producing the toys seems less than ideal. Meh, hopefully it all evens out with some patience and everyone who wants it can get it at a "reasonable" price.

I was incredibly tempted to get the 25th anniversary valks from Kevin but I had money issues at the time. Those issues are now gone and I'd be amongst the first to preorder if this bird becomes available.

MacrossMan, that's probably something you should PM someone about.

As to the question about whether or not Yamato's distributions have been similar in the past there are only three valks that got odd treatment: 1) LV1 was limited in supply right from the get-go but it could be ordered by whatever company (in the greater Japan neighborhood) wanted to sell them. 2) CannonFodder VF-1A had some funky ordering convention that made sellers think it was going to be limited edition... either that or sellers just all got shady and tried to scare every one into preordering. Maybe one of our resident sellers could explain what all that hooplah was but it seemed that Yamato made everyone order in a different manner than usual which caused some buzz. 3) CF 1/60 TRU was obviously only available at TRU. In the end all became readily available. This seems like we'll probably get hit with at least a bit of a premium as it sounds like you'll have to pay shipping twice, once to the re-seller in Japan's house and then again to you. Hopefully we have some crafty sellers here (Kevin?) who have friends in the area who can get a big bulk buy together and then ship them via boat to us so the premium isn't too high.

No, that black mecha is from another show. I think it is the blurry green leg... that gun looks a wee bit like a destabilizer.

I've got no problem with the ones currently available. They probably weren't easy to get so why not make a buck? I just wish that when these were released to the general public they were actually made available to the general public.

Yes Exo, but not all are website exclusives that only ship to Japanese customers directly from Yamato as seems to be the implication here.

Who? I'm with DnD on this one (until we hear otherwise). It sounds like this is being set up so the couple decent re-sellers we know won't be able to get this through their normal channels and we'll be stuck jumping through hoops. CMs is doing the same thing to us with their green Legioss/Tread.

That'd be good news, I'd really like to see the feature. I like the look a lot but it's a shame it appears to have so many decals instead of tampo printing and relies so heavily on impfect transformation. A non-moving visor would be one more let down to heap onto the list.

LOL, Yamato is always thinking one step ahead of what I expect. I was probably going to pass on that release but now...

I love Yamato's choice for sturdier plastic but I also love extreme pose-ability. I guess I"ll have to get both.

Oh Graham, don't be coy, we know you're already playing with these on your desk.

It would seem Arthurius might be right. If you watch the video the head gets man-handled and the helmet visor never budges. Maybe they skipped the visor function all together since the heads swap.

I got a box of 10 en route and if i don't get a complete set I'll definitely be looking to trade with people any of my extras. I think the Low Vis as we know it (Yammy LV1) is kind of a proprietary Yamato paint scheme so we couldn't see it here. The 25th Anni scheme would be the Hasegawa version possibly since, if I'm not mistaken, the Minmay Guard is a Hasegawa scheme. Here's my guess: 1) VF-1A Max DYRL 2) VE-1 3) VF-1D 4) VF-1S Roy DYRL (no fast/super) 5) VF-1A Max DYRL Super 6) VF-1J Miria TV Super Special: VF-1A Hayao TV

It appears as BlowSuperior and Blowsperior alternately. The more common is BlowSuperior so that is probably what should be considered "correct." I'm still hoping these companies do what Yamato did with the Millia name by converting it to Miria and fix the reference all together. Then again, that might cause some sort of licensing issue so maybe the seeming mistake is actually intentional. I could just picture these guys asking for permission to use the name "BroughSuperior" and being told "no" so they had a little fun and named it "BlowSuperior" instead. EDIT - I should credit Cyclone for most of this knowledge if he's still around. I was a late comer to the awesomeness of the ride armor.

"Ought" does not claim to be "is" hence why I chose my words the way I did.

If you want to get REAL nitpicky it OUGHT to be Broughsuperior after the English motorcycle.

Isn't that just a pair of sunglasses (the ones that come with the decals) applied to a Stig figure? Yellow Belmont IIRC.

I love how you're finding some statement here that drips positivity toward Toynami... I got an idea, why don't you try making a valid argument next time instead of letting me form one for you? What crap did I bring up that doesn't matter? What market analysis did I make up? Your contributions consist of bitching and moaning in the form of insults. Bring something to the table next time and maybe something will come from the conversation instead of circles.