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OK, so HK was cancelled. Any tips for toy shopping in Seoul?  Will be there end of the month.

Just saw this over the weekend.  It drags at the start, but improves in the later half.  Overall, I enjoyed it, but non-manga/anime fans may not enjoy it as much.  Given the complexity of the original manga (and even the anime film), I honestly don't know how they could have done it better.  I would rank it a bit higher than Zack Snyder's Watchmen.  Bottom line: go into it with low expectations and you may come away entertained.

Interesting. Hope it shows up on shapeways.  Would certainly like try and salvage my proto garland.

How do the Robot Damashii labors scale with the Revoltechs?  Got a lot of the latter.

Now that Arcadia are trickling out some of these "Exclusive" Premium Finish valks to HLJ, they ought to go ahead and:

1. Cancel the regular Strike VF-1S Hikaru

2. Shift all production to the Premium Finish version

3. Drop the price on the Premium Finish version just enough to make it noticeable, but not to the level of the regular version.

4. Make the Premium Finish version available to all the retailers that can normally carry macross merch

They won't be able to keep this in stock. 

And we'll actually be "thanking" them despite what in the end would be an across the board price increase for a couple of tampos!

This is a model kit, right?

Hi, friends.  Will be back in Hong Kong for a short vacation after five long years.  Got some great tips here for my last trip (thanks again, Neova!) and was hoping you cool folks can give some updated advice on where to shop. 

Priorities are Hi Metal R and Arcadia (dare I hope to see a stray Yamato or two?). 

I know some stores have shady reputations for selling opened stuff as "brand new" and would like to avoid those. 

An important wrinkle this time is that I will be going around with my wife and baby, so family friendly places would be best.

Thanks in advance!

They also display great with Yamato 1/48 Valkyries.

Hope they bring back Dual Model Zwei, too.

Reminds me of when Bandai started releasing "Marking Versions" of their Ka Signature Robot Damashii Gundams.  Now you're going to wonder whether that Valkyrie you're buying now will be rendered obsolete with a "Premium" version released later.

Maybe those more recent Jetfire toys can be considered 3P Macross toys!

Anybody know why the 0 Gundam Type A.C.D. and the GN-000 aren't included in the line up of Gundam Fix Figuration Metal Composite on the Tamashii website?

Can anyone shapeways replacements for the gold parts?  Mine crumbled to dust years ago.

That is some beautiful box art.  Wish they made clean versions of these downloadable.

Thanks! Didn't realize it was noticeably bigger than the GFF.

Any pics beside the GFF EX-S Gundam?

Jenius, great pic summary of the releases! Wasn't there a 30th Anniversary Edition of the DYRL VF-1S Roy?

Surprised no one has said it yet.

Dougram is B A C K.

Oh yeah? How come Harmony Gold hasn't gone after these companies infringing on their copyrights?

RoboTech Center

Robotech Labs

Robotech CAD Solutions

Robotech Eng Co. Ltd.

Robo-Tech

Because "Robotex" deals in some of the same product categories that Robotech does, and Robotex appears to be popular enough that it could dilute the Robotech brand, particularly in a marketplace as crucial as China.

What are you talking about? Robotech was brought to China decades ago. HG has released several Robotech DVD sets and comics there - some which never even got released in the US. China is undoubtly one of HG's most important markets.

I'm guessing this may be one of the reasons why HG is desperately trying to keep Robotech in the public consciousness:

Robotex

It's got an English dubbed Korean animated show on Cartoon Network Philippines and a full toyline in local stores.

Hey, friends. Might be in singapore at the end of the month. Any tips for finding Arcadias, Bandai Hi-Metal R's or even Yamatos there?

Any hope of seeing the recent uncensored and remastered DYRL video paired with that awesome DHE dub?

Just finished Southern Cross. Now watching Genesis Climber Mospeada

Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross

I'd be too nervous to attach one of my valks to something like that unless there was a cheat, like a clear clamp to secure the underbelly. Don't imagine the back plate would be sturdy enough to support the weight of the whole thing for long.