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I just had an unpleasant surprise. I live in the bay area and there's lots o' fog about. Usually I don't think the inside of my house gets it too bad but every now and then I notice mold build up around the windows. Anyway, I just pulled a cardboard box out of my closet that I had stuffed with toys and a few of them have what appears to be the very early stages of water damage. The toys that I just threw in that closet all appear to be fine but for some reason, a few of the toys in that cardboard box look like they got the worse of it. I'm wondering if that cardboard box didn't somehow facilitate the water damage??? I dunno, glad I caught it now!

Well of course you did. I'm kinda surprised you only got one!

A while back a guy unloaded a ton of these on eBay for about $20 a shot. I don't know anyone who has built the model but it looks interesting enough. Certainly can't be worse than the Matchbox toy.

Ouch man, that's not fair. JM V2.0 was made illegal before everyone could get one

Well, if it weren't for the fact Low Vis and Camo paint jobs make absolutely no sense on fastpacks I would have loved to have seen those. I guess economically that'd also make no sense for Yamato. I'm all for a more gray less blue like the original Takatoku fast packs.

Wow great deal. If you wanna turn a quick profit on that I'm looking for one I was actually fortunate enough to get one eons ago for $400. The valk itself is minty white but the decals were applied and some have been worn off. I've been looking to replace it with a mintier one for quite some time now.

Or you could have loaned it out to a recaster and then sold it and we'd all win Oh, except me, since I don't build models... but you know what I mean.

Oh no you did not! The TV Q-Rau has several other differences besides the green paint. Wait, is that your point? What the hell happened to this thread. You kids drop this TV vs DYRL talk right now. You're giving me a headache and you're all WRONG. Why are you all wrong? Because I decree it so. Turns out, the only difference between DYRL valks and TV valks is whatever I tell you they are... and I'm not consistent so good luck. How do you know you like Macross toys too much? A) You have an entire room dedicated to them B) You have heated arguments with others about their forearms C) You know the differences between TV Q-Rau and DYRL Q-Rau besides color D) You've scored a "deal" on a toy that cost over $200 E) Even when English is your second language you're still willing to engage in verbal brawls over what is and isn't canon toy design in English. F) ANY OR ALL OF THE ABOVE This rant is completely non-sensical ignore it. So, how 'bout that Wood Land Valk eh? Don't you think the matching GBP is kinda silly since it will just cover the camo?

Someone needs to buy it and display it next to a 1/35 Gakken Legioss. That'd be SCHWEET

And knowing is half the battle! (Yes, that's a GI Joe reference)

Not to question an obvious uber-collector, but I've found the bone white Taka, when no yellowing is present, still easily demands $400+. I do remember seeing one go for less than that but only once.

For the record, I purchased my so mint it never seems to have been touched VF-1J Hikaru HCM for $220 before shipping. Box is immaculate and nothing has been removed from the sprues. A boxless one or one with minor yellowing will go for a lot less. I haven't seen one go for much above $220 though. Agent GHQ, nice pick up the other day on eBay. I placed my $480 bid just in time to tell me I was already outbid

Nope, as mentioned previously, the MOSPEADA license resides with Toynami regardless of Tat's involvement. Toynami is the only toy manufacturer that can sell Genesis Climber Toys globally. I suppose it's possible HG could work out some other deal separately for Shadow Chronicles licensing but since Shadow Chronicles is heavily MOSPEADA-based (thus creating this very conversation) it would seemingly give Toynami grounds to sue HG and I think no one wants to go down that path.

Super minty (almost) never touched =$185- $250ish (shipping might run it up higher) Minty clean everything present no dings - $160-$225ish Beyond that is a little too random to guess. EDIT - these can be found at prices lower than I've stated also, such would be the nature of eBay of course. I'm just giving averages from what I've seen.

Isn't Tasunoko working with HG on Shadow Chronicles? I thought I had heard that and that was one of the items that lead to the rumors of Shadow Chronicles becoming GCM II in Japan. If they're working together than no doubt they've learned from the past and structured their deal more coherently.

Harmony Gold owns the right to Genesis Climber MOSPEADA in Japan. They probably also own the rights to Southern Cross but I couldn't swear to it.

Anybody notice like six VF-17Ds got posted on eBay today? Okay, it seemed like six... then again, it might have been one guy with technical difficulties who just kept reposting the same ad -

This thread is worthless without pics... I'll try to post some

Oh hey, that's great news! That reduces the number of official toys I don't own by one!

Pat can correct me if i'm wrong Japanese: VF-1A Hik VF-1A Max VF-1S Hik Strike VF-1S Roy VF-1J Max VF-1J Milia American Robotech: VF-1J Max VF-1J Miriya VF-1S Roy

Morphers feature arms that are permanently outstretched and slide on pegs outward. In fighter mode you push the pegs in and the legs go outside of them. To transform you swing the legs down and pull the arm pegs outward. The knees and elbows don't move on morphers. The "break apart" David referred to pretty much means the morpher has a hinge in the middle so to go from fighter mode you just apply pressure on either end and that opens the hinge. You then fold the ends together to form battloid mode.

Um, rather than pissing and moaning why don't you prove me wrong. You're gonna have some pretty big hurdles to overcome though. HG is a private company and I'm not financing them so I don't have access to their financials. That said, they've been developing a new show, they no-doubt invested heavily in a toy company, and they're off advertising. You tell me which one of those doesn't deplete a budget. Besides, I didn't say they're broke, I merely implied they're better served being frugal. I suppose you think it makes good business sense to invest in a toy company with your license being the biggest thing it has going for it and then pull that license from them? Who's being ridiculous now? PS - find a single one of my posts where I've ever bashed HG or jumped the wagon on anything Macross vs. Robotech. My comment stemmed from common sense, not bashing. When you put it that way, it does sound terrible. The way I heard it was different though. More like a legal stalemate was reached with Toycom being dead in the water. The Sohn jumping ship/Yamato acquisition was then a convenient way of resolving everything. So, having heard it that way, that's why I said it didn't sound backhanded... more like the only way out that didn't completely screw Sohn.

I don't think the deal that bore Toynami was "backhanded" at all. Toynami has no small roots in HG and HG's attempt to try to maintain the American market free of Japanese competition but it didn't seem like either company was ever sneaky about it. That said, Toynami likely represents no small expenditure for a depleted HG budget so it'd have to take some real convincing for them to pull their licensing. However, that doesn't mean the license needs to be kept exclusive. What if Toynami became the future source of 1/100, superposeable, and Shadow Chronicle toys and Yamato was provided the license to distribute the 1/48 series and 1/60 series?? Sounds like a winning situation for everyone... EXCEPT Bandai who would then sue the asses off of everyone.

You'll get one. At the very least there's gotta be a line of superposeables right? Seriously, what the hell does Toynami spend their days doing??? I think they're keeping very mum while they wait for the Shadow Chronicles to get figured out. Once HG makes their "big" announcement I think Toynami is going to show off a bunch (think 2) of new prototypes and start scheduling new release dates so all the new marketing efforts can coincide/benefit from/with each other. Okay, a lot of that might be wishful thinking but I refuse to believe Toynami is just twiddling their thumbs right now.

Gotcha, pro M7 is okay, anti M7 is not okay. That sounds fair. When my comments seem completely unprovoked, you let me know. For a guy who hates the series I think I was completely amicable about the whole thing (until my "crap" filled response to Roy). You obviously haven't been a member long. Then again, maybe with AgentONE no longer here maybe there's hope.