jenius

Man, if the VF-0 were released in 1/48 scale I'd have a serious problem finding room for it around the house. I also tend to think that Yamato has picked a scale and it is 1/60. The 1/48s are like the uber premium line but in 1/60 we've gotten all the VF-1 varieties and Q-Rau, now the Zero, and maybe someday the Monster (crosses finger). 1/60 makes more sense (even if the VF-1 toys do suck) because in 1/48 scale many of the items in Macross would be gi-normous. For me, that'd be horrible because I'd have no place to put everything. I'm already cutting it close as it is. It's also great news to hear that the LV and Camo VFs shown are just protoypes that may not even resemble the finished product. I do think that Stealth could grow on me but that Camo guy needed more work. I do hope that the new LV isn't too similar to the old one though, maybe just a different heat shield and trim color with a slighlty darker main color? I could go for that

I'm an idiot

I've owned about a dozen MPC VF-1s and the only flaw I remember seeing (besides finger prints that could be wiped off) was a paint smudge on the foot of a Max VF-1J. I'm not saying they're great toys but only one significant flaw out of 12 isn't too bad a ratio. Ooh, wait, I just remember I owned a Ben Dixon one where it looked like the "eye" of that battloid was twisted a bit to the side. Still, I'd say that's right on par with my Yamato 1/60 experience. The Toynami Alphas... well, let's just say they're a bit more fragile. I still love 'em but I've definitely learned to treat them like completed models rather than toys. I've probably owned close to a dozen of those also and at least four had some pretty bad problems (that's ignoring the crooked neck and slightly arched fighter mode that almost all of them have). You're going to have to keep (or start) praying that Harmony Gold goes under for that to happen. As you probably know, they have the worldwide rights to MOSPEADA which has helped fuel speculation that the Shadow Chronicles OVA they're producing is going to be released in Japan as a sequel to MOSPEADA. Sorry, no Yamato MOSPEADA or Southern Cross goods for you... ever (in all likelihood).

Will the Stealth come with the strike parts??? That's what I really want to know. I've been looking at it closer and I think that it actually might look pretty sweet in Battloid mode. I can't wait to see more pics! I wish the Camo VF had black trim instead of brown. It really feels like they just over-produced the CF-s so now they're dippin' 'em in a bit of green to sell off the rest.

I don't like the bandai Mac7 toys but the metal plated ones are pretty fun. I know it's tacky but if Yamato did a super limited metal-plated (appearance-wise) valk I would totally buy it.

So they're going to release a shiny metal version of the launch arm eh? Well I think the camo version looks like an easy custom someone made of a cannon fodder... which I guess is exactly what it is. Does the writing indicate that these will be Limited Versions? The stealth looks unfinished. What's up with those strike parts? Is this going to be the first valk that actually comes with strike parts?? Why do the strike cannon and missile tower look completely flat gray? No GBP shown. Does that mean the next GBP offering is just a reissue? WHY NO TV Max 1A?? They're going to put out these wierd one-offs and avoid official schemes? LAME. I would rather have had an Alaska Base green valk over the camo one Yeah, I'm buying them both, but they won't be getting much love in my display cases.

<--- crossing fingers

I'm confused. Are you telling us that someone should be able to provide pics or are you saying that they must have changed their minds?

Toynami's creation is as much a product of Japanese in-fighting over the rights as it is Harmony Gold's. Didn't I hear that HG actually did try to make an arrangement with Yamato only to have Bandai throw a fit? I think it was something like that.....

That was my initial response when I read what Graham said but then I remembered the first thing Graham said, "This is not a reissue."

overboard?? Man, i think that's like 1 BILLION pictures. All very nice though. -

GOO! (again) $99 should get you the chrome version of the toy...

Are those ball joints in the hips???

Wow UN Spacy, that Legioss model looks SHARP. I don't understand why the models came with that center missile rack and the ability to clip the gun on it though...

Really? This I did not know. Do you have a picture of the MPC Alpha suitably close to a 1/48 Yamato Valkyrie for scale comparison? 371080[/snapback] Hold on, let me don my scale nazi hat, if you do the math the MPC and the Imaii kits are neither accurate 1/48s nor 1/55s. They lie squarely in between. This probably made Toynami feel a lot better about taking them and "changing" the scale to fit their previous line. You want proof? Alpha in battloid is 28.7' tall. Convert to inches: 344.4 divide by 48: 7.175" divide by 55: 6.26" Actual height of MPC: 6.7"

The smallest Gakken Alpha and the Tread toy were both 1/72. If you own one of them, you know just how bad they were. Now imagine trying to do that toy even smaller. OUCH!

You dare doubt me? I smite you! Edit - joke about comments you must make to your girlfriend about the size of other things has been removed Edit II - you're probably talking from the tip of the nose to the tail of the fighter. I'm sorry, I always meant to be talking about how tall the thing is.

Flop is a bit intense. It wasn't the dramatic hit people were hoping for but enough people were bummed about its being ended early that they did produce the Love, Live, Alive send-off.

Me too and it bums me out

I would like it to have "Limited Version" scrolled on the front of the box also. I like LE toys Why do people want LV fast packs and GBPs? It doesn't make any real-world sense. Ah crap, I just said 'real world sense' on a forum about giant transforming jets. Nevermind, I guess they'd look cool but I'd rather see a color variation to match one of the TV valks.

Robotech.com is certainly no well-spring of information anyway. As far as I know the Beta has gone underground temporarily. I heard nothing about it being at any subsequent toy fares.

D'oh! Another one. You can't make MOSPEADA stuff in 1/100 scale... it'd be Teenie (your Alpha would be between 3 and 4" tall), the Invid Scout would be like 2". The MPC Alpha is about 6.5" tall and it's 1/55 scale. Now I don't mean to harp on this like some sort of scale nazi but I think it's important to note because it significantly diminishes the propsects of seeing cheapy MOSPEADA goodies. The cheapies would have to be made in a very similar scale to the MPCs.

Couple issues. 1) A 1/100 Alpha would be less than 4" tall. 2) The rights for MOSPEADA were not a winner in Japan. The original toy line failed to gather very much attention so no company in Japan wanted to jump on the Legioss project. 3) You should be grateful that Toynami did make the Legioss/Alpha MPC. It has certainly helped rekindle interest in a toy design that was fading off into the sunset. 4) While I supported the Gakken about a year ago, it has since become apparent to me that the Gakken is inferior to the Toynami. I've made several rants on why so I won't bother you with them now.

Good question? It's probably something picked up from an RT source when I was like 10. In Robotech wasn't the island already called Macross when the spaceship crashed on it? Eh, maybe I'm pullin' it all out of my arse... Makes sense then that the'd first part would be pronounced "macro" like the actual word "macro" then. If we're applying that logic though then it should be pronounced "Mac-rows" That's a totally different tangent though.

I'm hoping that is a bad joke. Yes, the "tlead" is a little distracting but otherwise all of the dialogue is actually comprehensible in the Southern Cross and MOSPEADA boxsets that ADV released. Hong Kong dubs often have inconsistent naming conventions, absolutely incorrect verbage, words that were invented, and no attempt at all to keep puns present. I don't recall ever rewinding a scene to try to make sense out of it in the ADV sets but I have definitely done that with several HK subs. In other news, is Macross supposed to be a Japanese word? I thought it was supposed to be a French word (maybe that's an RTism though). How would a French person pronounce the name "Macross." That would be the *proper* way to say it (if it is indeed a French word, not a Japanese one). Either way, it's just a name right? If a Japanese person were to say my name should I take that to be the only way my name should ever be pronounced?