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All the above plus a few rereleases are up for preorder at the usual spots

That’s odd news with the YF-19. Max Factory has a VF-19 battroid coming soon as well. Hopefully Hasegawa has learned a few tricks on this kit. Although judging by the above picture, it doesn’t look like it will be as well articulated as the Max Factory kit
The Max Queadluun Rau was expected, but a definite must buy kit for me. Still hoping for standing pilot figures of the happy couple.

7 hours ago, Old_Nash_II said:

Nicky Frost Movie XD

I kinda want to see this one

1 hour ago, KOG Water Dragon said:

I don't care who streams it... as long as they don't squash the blu ray releases.

Disney has only just begun to finally release a few of its streaming original series on disc.

But Macross is licensed and not a Disney in-house product, so maybe the blu ray distribution agreement is safe.

I doubt that it would even delay plans for the blu ray releases. 

1 hour ago, jvmacross said:

LOL....some were p!ssed that the franchise was not available outside of Japan....now most of it will be but some are upset about who they need to pay to be able to finally watch it....

 

I don’t care who brings it, as long as they don’t edit it.

34 minutes ago, Urashiman said:

Nope ... real. I expect even more Macross stuff from wave now

I’m not sure if it’s a big Macross thing since Max is known for doing a bit of everything. As far as wave the big ones like Ma K and Votoms and I’ve seen him work on Macross as well. I’m hoping for more Macross, but I don’t think this news is really gonna be a huge flood of Macross kits from Wave. I’m sure they have stuff they were already thinking of releasing.

1 hour ago, tekering said:

I've been wondering the same myself.  I spent a lot of time in local model shops, where most of the stock is used (or rather, "previously-owned") kits.  There are lots of big Tamiya aircraft carriers, Bandai Perfect Grade mobile suits, and similarly large and expensive out-of-production kits, as well as a wide selection of WAVE, Hasegawa, Bandai, Max Factory, and even TomyTec Macross VF-1s. 

However, the only 1:20 Valkyries I've ever seen are the ones Amazon shipped to my house.  🤨

I've yet to lay eyes on either of Max Factory's kits at retail, either new or used stock.  They must have been produced in rather limited quantities. 🤔

Other than pro builds I’ve never seen one finished. I was thinking maybe due to size, the average person skipped them due to space. I know I didn’t buy any for that reason, but I still admire the kit. I was kinda pushing things just getting the 1/72 Queadluun Rau kit, but I felt that it was worth keeping some gundams boxed up.

1 minute ago, Mog said:

Careful, you burn it and it may come back all blue and the glowy. 👻

I’d take my chances, if I got one for free.

1 hour ago, no3Ljm said:

He’s one of the reasons I have a hard time trying to convince myself to rewatch the prequels. Rose might have annoyed people, but this guy was the true Phantom Menace. 

1 hour ago, no3Ljm said:

Nope. This is a fail. It’s also too expensive to buy just to burn it in the backyard 

33 minutes ago, pengbuzz said:

I think microset is just vinegar, anyway. Microsol....not so easy to figure out.

I’ve never checked. I don’t use it because the decal film usually has a glue, possibly starch and it sticks to the model. I’ve never had a waterslide fall off , but have heard of it happening. That could possibly be due to leaving the decal in water for too long, but I’m not really sure on that. 

1 hour ago, pengbuzz said:

Do you use decal solvent, such as Micro-sol?

I use it , but if it’s a flat surface and there’s no offending bubbles or anything I sometimes skip it. If there are panels under the decals or rounded surfaces, then it’s pretty much required to get them to conform to the surface shape. I’ve never had to use the microset or any other decal setting solutions yet, but I have some handy just in case the need ever arises.

I don’t know about the 1/20 kit happening or not, but I have a feeling things will just be a bit simplified between offerings of the companies. Something more like 1/35 Votoms handled by wave and the larger ones by Max factory or 1/72 MaxFactory battroids for the wave 1/72 fighter kits. 
I know the people that bought into the 1/20 Macross kits would love to see a battroid, but I’m curious about how well those sold. I have a feeling that if it happens, it will be in small numbers. But I guess we’ll see how things go over time. 

1 hour ago, Urashiman said:

yeah ... the illegible is hard to read, but the katakana here is "sensaadoomu", so sensor dome?

It senses impending doom, so sensadoomu works

1 hour ago, Urashiman said:

yep ... but the turpentine got through it too easily and killed everything. There are also other crazy methods when it comes to decals.
1. Gloss coat
2. Apply decals
3. Gloss coat
4. Sand decals, and carefully sand off the clear decal carrier foil
5. Gloss coat again

result: no small edges around the decals.

downpoint: it takes ages, so I am not doing it. haha

I usually do gloss then decal, then gloss and a quick light sand and if it still shows then just brush a little gloss around the offfending edge and usually the leveling will make the edges disappear. It really doesn’t take that much time, maybe an hour. I then put the kit off to the side and try to forget about it for a couple days. Then I do the weathering.

3 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

Good knowing that Godzilla is doing great in the box office these past few months. Maybe the STAR WARS and STAR TREK folk will learn from this?? Nah!!! 🤣

 

 

They did. That’s how the Obi show started. Lots of idiotic characters no one cares about, stupid plot and hope everyone forgives the bad writing by having big fights here and there. Same basic formula 

2 minutes ago, Warmachine said:

For right now I am looking for builder who can make macross , like design on various design softwares

Are you looking for custom parts or something built from the ground up?

11 minutes ago, Warmachine said:

Anyone can suggest me builder who can design and modelling  of macross and gundam, if you guys know anyone please suggest me , no need to share portfolio , i just want to have Google meet to see previous work

Thanks 

Maybe check out some of the folk on Etsy or Shapeways. Project V hobbies sells mostly custom gundam parts to places like USA Gundamstore and other anime related websites for hobbies.

What kind of project are you looking for?

2 hours ago, VF-1A Grunt said:

I’ve always wanted to build a diorama with a couple brown VF-1As defending a city street with a group of Regults rounding the corner at the other end of the block. I envision having one Battroid crouching in a huge bomb crater in the street with another taking cover at the corner of a building. I never thought the Hasegawa Battroid would have the flexibility to do those poses, but the Plamax model definitely looks like it could. Can’t wait to see them release the -1A.

I’m still waiting to see how much movement the knees and feet get, but I’m hopeful after seeing the shoulder and torso movement.

1 hour ago, Urashiman said:

I‘d do that too, but I am super horrible at washing. Last time I did that killed my decals.

Did you put a top coat on the decals after they were applied?

2 hours ago, Bolt said:

Yes, this is a very dynamic looking kit . And I'm looking forward to it dropping. 
Can't wait to see the dioramas with this one.

I bet there will be a few dioramas. Some where it’s fallen back into a building and some where it’s fallen forward into a Chinese restaurant/ apartment building 

I just checked out of curiosity and there’s one fairly close to me in Ontario CA

4 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Malls are still a thing? I thought most of those kind of shriveled up and died years ago during the lockdowns.

Nah, they opened up after, just with angrier kids

6 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

What mall still has a Disney Store?

I thought they all did 

29 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

It would be cool if Disney Movie Insiders has this poster available with their points.

Maybe at the Disney store at the mall. It’s a bit of hopeful thinking, but who knows where Macross merch may turn up in the near future