strikevalk

10 hours ago, kanata67 said:

Great to see this thread is still going all these years later.

    Like my brain, the collection has gathered dust over the years...

ayyy, Set inna house!  I'm still tryna rank up my Angry Birds flock!!! 

Not sure how I feel about Riobot's 1/12 figure's head sculpts still....

47 minutes ago, shazam said:

BBTS shows that this figure should of arrived last month.

PRE-ORDER

Estimated to arrive November 2023

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/127580?o=4

I did pre-order from BBTS, but I knew I made sure to not hold my breath.  I guess i'll just put together this relic in the meantime?  lol

4 hours ago, tekering said:

Someone at Kitz Concept has been tasked with assembling and packaging Dana Sterling figures.  Apparently, it's lot of work for one person, as it's taken him over three years and he still hasn't finished one... 🙄

.... oh my

3 year!!! lololol

On 11/27/2023 at 11:37 PM, Convectuoso said:

what is going on here?

4 hours ago, Spark-O-Matic said:

I've just back back from the toy convention with a new horse for my stable 

1986 Hasbro 1/55 Scale Jetfire European Edition! ... this is Much Rarer then the 1985 Milton Bradley European Edition(That one I'm still looking for as it's still rare)  what makes this one special is it's complete, almost unused contents and box is not totally worn out.  I really got lucky with this as not many even know they exist or that they made a 1986 Jetfire.

 

 

very nice.  the MB box tho... in my opinion... is still the Grail!  I saw one a few months back in box, not really mint... and it still went for a Loooooot.

5 hours ago, tekering said:

That reminds me of the "Missing Link" Optimus Prime toy:

Adding articulation does nothing to improve the awkward proportions of the original toy, nor does it make it any more accurate to the animation model.

It's not the "desecration of a classic toy" some bemoan it to be, but it's hardly a significant improvement, either... 😐

Yes, that has crossed my mind, trust me.  I've mentioned the missing Link Convoy as an example... like you mentioned, to various people.  Oh wells, i'm pretty much at the point of no return now... 

TBH, I do like how its progressing.  Much better than the stiff brick that it was prior. 

Hi guys, here's my WIP so far... still learning as I go! 

On 7/18/2023 at 11:05 AM, Anasazi37 said:

I need to get back to this project. I'm a lot smarter about 3D design now and should rework these a bit. The RMS-1 is almost 100% ready to go, but the UUM-7 still needs some tweaking. It mainly comes down to tolerances between parts that have to fit together after printing, but I'd also like to make a pylon to hold two RMS-1, like what we see on Yamato, Arcadia, and Bandai valks.

awesome! please keep me posted!

On 10/27/2022 at 12:56 PM, Anasazi37 said:

The simplified version of the RMS-1 would look something like this:

interested in these if they are ever produced....

a buddy of mine picked one up earlier this year, courtesy of our very own NightmareB4.  did not know about them until that point! 

On 6/22/2023 at 9:10 AM, jvmacross said:

Macross pocket change holder....

 

now this is incredible to me... just wow

oh, there's alot of variations.... in bubble is going to be hard to find... 

KOs are crazy wonderful, aren't they

a 1A Miria eh.  with neon green gun for both.  interesting.

7 hours ago, jvmacross said:

Is the Super SD valk from...Toynami?

yes... in fighter mode they are so cute! lol 

I have the Yellow and Red KO, would love the White and blue!

16 minutes ago, transjet said:

I have seen it on Korean websites too.
They said that this was not tampered with either.

Wild!  Thank you so much for the pictures!!!

Okay @nightmareB4macross, you were right... it's really cooking in here!  The mythical Joons 1A!  Just incredible.  Since we're on the topic of Joons, just last week I found that the "1996, Patriot" colored Joons leg fin had either blue paint, or left blank.  I had my original from the late 90s that I converted to a 1S, with Jetfire arms and legs, repainted most of the valkyrie to a Max blue.  Fast forward to a month ago... worked on reverting that same Joons back to its original colors and parts, minus the 1J head... which had been traded away over 2 decades ago.

Here's the back of the leg fin from my originally purchased one late 90s. Blue paint.

Here's one from a listing online.  Blank.

Here's a friend's one from Wisconsin.  Blank.

Here's a friend's one from Northern California.  Blue paint.

Seems like the ones with the blue paint on the back of the fin also have the top quarter of the outer leg painted blue originally, then painted over completely with red paint.

I finally completed the "restoration" of the "converted to Max 1S Joons that I had... he still has a 1S head, inspired by Alex's earlier pictures from this thread.

Hmmmm, I also found this listing on the web... it was sold in 2017?  Claimed it was not tampered with... could this have been an end of the run, just get rid of left over stock version?

On 5/26/2023 at 10:41 AM, nightmareB4macross said:

Just a side note. 
 

Some company in Taiwan decided to oversize these. Just not sure of exactly when. But all signs currently point to late 80s early 90s. And yes the heads and weapons on these are from Transformers jumpstarters. 

 

Robert's pic?? lol

On 3/22/2023 at 3:06 PM, jvmacross said:

Macross 7 VF-19 Fire Valkyrie....by Movic

 

 

 

 

This Fire Valkyrie is crazy lololol

oops, looks like the last few links aren't working?

hmmm, I remember those black stickers from the first Strike I purchased early 2000s. I pulled out the 3 I have now, took some pics.

Strike 1

Strike 2

Strike 3 (slight over spray chest)

6 hours ago, Shawn said:

Going into the MW Wayback machine...had a request to see if I had the old wall of takatoku/bandai pic from 20+ years ago
I think this was it...who's collection was this? I can't remember.

 

 

Thank you Shawn... my request is fulfilled!

Not 1 regret. Love this guy.

wow!  I love it!  Lots of awesome customs here!