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It's been so long since I've seen the pictures that I can't say for sure. I was under the impression though that they were new figures developed as part of the Superposeable lines. If they really were reissues of the old toys than yeah, I'm fine with them not being released. Honestly, it'd take a wonderful destroid toy for me to consider buying it so I'm not crying either way.

First, I want the Hik VF-1S!!! Man, everywhere I look though they want like $50 for it and I know it's not worth that. If anyone picked up extras LET ME KNOW! Actually, I think Bobe said that the armors count as volumes too so far we have: 0 - Hik VF-1S 1-3 - Hik 1A, Max 1A, Roy 1S 3-6 - Hik 1J, Max 1J, Miria 1J 7-9 - Hik, Miria, Max Fastpack TV 10 - Hik Strike Armor DYRL Does it strike anyone odd that the Fastpacks are hybrids? They come with strike cannons... that's cool. Why doesn't Toynami color the leg armor like Yamato does? They also left the leg armor grey on their MPC releases. Don't forget, Toynami has a nasty habit of claiming things will make it to production and then not following through with it so let's all just keep our fingers crossed. The good news is if they keep releasing these as 3 part sets then it'll be a lot easier for them to make unpopular valks and ship them with a sure seller. For example, we might get a Hayao 1A with a Max 1S and a CF or something like that. Either way, I'll delay excitement until I've actually handled one.

Hey, as much as I'd love to be optomistic here, we should also hedge our optimism by remembering the Destroids, SDF-1, and Cyclones that they started work on and have never finished. If I'm not mistaken, the Destroids and SDF-1 both made public appearances before they got S*itcanned so it's not like the Beta would be the first. I wonder if Toynami claims they're still working on those other items though.

I sent a PM to Neova but he posted a while back that he'd be too busy to respond to PMs until the end of July.

There's nothing but misinformation over at RT.com, whether it's what Nightmare tells you or anyone else. The last place you should look for anything concrete on either The Shadow Chronicles or the happenings of Toynami is RT.com. The HG folks don't seem too optomistic though so read from that what you will, Toynami, for its part, still keeps claiming they're making one.

I kinda think the "Buy a book" line of thought is a bit silly. First, I can't read Kanji and i'm not even sure I just spelled it right. Second, the absolute only thing I'd be interested in is the lineart. Since every book probably only contains a few pieces of plain lineart it seems like I'd be spending a lot for a small return. Third, I don't even own a scanner. So, if someone has been putting up like ten instances of lineart from the ten Macross-related books over the year you could see how hugely beneficial that'd be. All that said, if there was one book that was just plain lineart and nothing else at a reasonable price I could very easily be talked into buying it. I think the whole idea of piracy is a little lame here too. Remember libaries? Everyone used to just go in, take a book, and return it when they were done and pay like $1 a year for the priveledge? Seriously, if this book did exist I would use it for like a week and then I'd never need it again. In lieu of it ever being at a library I wouldn't find it so terrible for it to be archived online somewhere.

Somebody on RT.com said that the word from Toynami is that they're completely retooling and still expecting to make a 1/55 transformable Beta toy.

I was looking for this also. I wanted to compare Macross toys to their lineart in a few reviews on my website but it's hard to find lineart and when you do it's tough to know whether or not it's official.

The old Macross toy was 1/3000 scale and when totally erect it's a bit larger than a 1/48.

well, seems like you're not really asking a question of any type so I guess no one understands how you would like to respond. One way or another, hello and welcome.

Well, you have to watch the whole thing just in case there's some dramatic turn around where everything starts getting cool. I think, in order to properly be able to render a judgement, you should at least give the entire show a chance (unless it reaches some hideous point of no return). In the case of Macross, it's a Macross show so no matter how bad it gets we WANT to believe it's going to turn around and be cool at some point.

YES!!! That's all I have to say.

What's this talk about a VF-11? This thread is about the VF-1. I think Mephis is talking about the VF-1 but the first quote seems to be off target.

Sorry, I should have been more clear. Yamato made the Focker VF-1S in 1/60 scale. That toy, however, comes with a head sculpt that looks like it was done by someone who had never seen the show. The head is squashed and just all around looks horrible. You can see pics here: VF-1S So, I would like Yamato to actually put some effort into a new head that looks like the one in the series (simply scaling down the 1/48 one would be perfect) and then sell a Strike Hikaru VF-1S, a Super TV Focker VF-1S, and a Max VF-1S that's perfectly variable.

You got that backward, the Max 1A was the one that first implemented the fixes to the errors. The major problem with the first releases are the nosecone and wingflaps fall off in a breeze.

Here's an idea, how about if they just released versions of the perfect variable 1/60 that didn't get the imperfect version? We could get the following in perfect style: 1) Hikaru VF-1S (with new head!) 2) Max VF-1S (to do battle with our red QRau) 3) Hayao! 4) Gray Focker VF-1S TV I'm sure they could come up with some others -

search for the word "exhaustive" and you'll find a list of all the 1/48 releases and when they happened.

You know, I am so careful with my Valks but my GPB one just had the BP8 go... I guess I must have handled the backpack a bit tough. Anyway, PM sent to Neova.. or if anyone has a glue suggestion, like above, I'd love to hear it - EDIT - trying "cement for plastic models" Testors style first... Oh God I hope this works

I HATE removeable parts. I don't even like removing the intake shields on the 1/48 VF-1 series. I would MUCH prefer a landing gear that could be extended in some way or another. Spring loaded would certainly be cool but there are a dozen ways to accomplish it and I really wouldn't care which one they went with... just don't make me go digging for my box everytime I decide to display it in a different mode.

GTV is advertising that they will have the scoop on the TF moving from the San Diego con in a couple weeks... or something like that, it was pretty late last night when i saw the commercial. "NEXT SUMMER'S BIGGEST MOVIE, and we have the scoop!"

Is the landing gear really such a big deal? Why not make the landing gear collapsible? Have it so that you extend it outward and twist to lock it. Boom, landing gear size problem solved and you didn't have to ugly up the entire front of a jet to do it.

Will they sell a big mechanical horse for that thing to ride. I mean seriously, I haven't seen a gap like that since... well, let's not go there. I'm just kinda teasing a bit. I do think there are a few rough spots, and I did prefer the CAD design the other member did that was a bit narrower with upward sloped shoulders, but I do think it's well on its way to being great. The pelican area is definitely the biggest turn off, I really liked the sleekness of the Mac+ valks and that pelican gut kinda does away with that.

That fits in the "If it's not a 2-seater" section.

You're not the first person to think that: 1/48 Jetfire Click it!

I think LEs are badges of honor for the true diehards of the hobby. A lot of people shun LEs because they're abnormal in someway (not canon or otherwise unique) so the real diehards pick them up. If anything it benefits the diehards 'cause years later, when the investors have driven the price up, the diehards can reap the gains also. I don't find your fight against the LE so noble... if people are afraid of missing out they shouldn't hesitate. Besides, it's a great way for the company itself to make more money on the product through a reduced production run by slapping a higher MSRP on it, thus we get toys that otherwise wouldn't have made the cut.