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    I just wonder if they make CF VF-1, will they include swappable heads for TV & Movie version like they did for HMR?
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    There’s a DYRL 40th Anniversary exhibition at Yokohama later this month from 25th. https://macross.jp/contents/852393 New visual by Mikimoto for it:
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    This was from a few pages back..
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    That is a bit of good news. At least the wheels also look higher now.
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    Whats next for Arcadia?

    MKT replied to w8kbrder's topic in Toys

    Also been waiting for a VT-1, but now I rather a Virgin Road more than that, since the VT-1 is already available in other scales.
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    I cancelled my order. In the end, I only PO-ed just for the new art, stand and maybe some FOMO. If it goes on discount after release maybe I'll get it, but NBD if not.
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    Terrific! I'm usually ambivalent about light up features as usually they are more trouble than they are worth, but this really elevates it. I'm so tempted but already have a couple of other Tumblers.
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    Another interview with Kawamori: https://www.animeherald.com/2024/09/25/the-master-of-mecha-shoji-kawamori-talks-with-anime-herald/ Quote: “But the one thing that bothered me about the car robots… I had fun developing how they would transform, but there are all of these slight paradoxes in the design of the robots. In the robot the car seat would disappear. Where would the engine go? That always bothered me, so when I designed the Valkyries for Macross, I always kept in mind that everything would exist physically in the robot as well.” I never really thought this way before, but I guess this is a large reason why valks are so appealing as transformable mecha.
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    Alter 1/100 FRX-99 Type Hammerhead. There were times over the past few years I passed on this, but always knew I would regret that decision and I did. So I jumped on it when another chance surfaced again.
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    Looks pretty cool. The lightsaber weapon sort of reminds me of Radiant Silvergun, but not sure if here it can be used to parry enemy bullets as well. Ex-Ranza was really a great game back in the day, with pretty innovative mechanics. The high point was in a later stage when you get equipped with a BFG, that straight recalls the SDF-1 main gun! And that it goes across 2 or 3 screen lengths obliterating almost anything in its way is all the more stupendous. The downside was the game was a bit too short, which really begged for a sequel that never came.
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    Awesome! Color's somewhat on garish side, but I like it!
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    Just only realised this has been released a few days ago. Such a snooze lol, but secondary prices already went straight to discount. https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1273210886&lang=en
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    Bandai DX YF-30 Chronos

    MKT replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    I'm just musing, these Macross 30 paint schemes or molds will likely not be reissued, unless the game itself is remastered in some way for modern consoles as a tie-in. After all, any new fans coming into Macross collecting can still easily pick up media for any of the old series - but Macross 30 is really quite inaccessible now.
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    No timeline given to release yet, but folks could already PO with early bird 25% discount when this was shown at AGK 2024. Retail is at HKD1250, around USD160 smack in TZ territory.
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    Hi-Metal R

    MKT replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Haha it's too bad Mac Zero's the only series that has no emphasis on music, so that last pic can't even pretend to be a single cover.
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    Bandai DX YF-30 Chronos

    MKT replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    +1. It could be the only DX mold Bandai hasn't milked yet. 31A Kairos is another, but its technically 89% the same as the other Siegfrieds.
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    I just looked this up, & gotta say this thing is pretty amazing. The icing is how the Batpod integrates into the Tumbler, even though imperfectly but Modoking must be the first one to attempt this.
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    200% agree with this haha
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    Hi-Metal R

    MKT replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Nice reviews on the HMRs, and the earlier Fugu VF-1 write up @mikeszekely. It's interesting to read your viewpoints coming from a Transformers collector. It is a surprise to hear the plastic quality of the HMR VF-1 feels better than the Fugu, but as I do not own any KO 1/60 so far, I can't assess except the original Yamcadias do subjectively feel better than the HMR to me. As @Slave IV pointed out, the tolerances on the >15-year old Yamcadia also trumps both Bandai's, including the KC 1/72, and from what I'm seeing based on reviews the ThreeZero's as well. Because the joints on the Yamcadias move fluidly, I've never once felt if the joints are questionably sized or fragile. However, your experience with Fugu with some joints feeling too tight to the point of squeaky & some feeling too loose sounds like the same experience I have with KC's mold, leading to the same scrutiny about the size & strength of the joints, materials etc. Within the HMR, the VF-1 does have thicker & more robust feeling plastic compared to the VF-0, but the sculpt suffers a little as a result. We see this when compared to its larger cousins the Yamcadia & Bandai DX, for eg the HMR profile is a bit wider at the rear section from the top down view. The VF-0 on other hand is really a proportionately shrunken down Arcadia 1/60 (which is not a surprise as the same design studio worked on both) and so the plastic is as thick or thin as needed in areas for a more precise sculpt. For eg, we can see that the rear of the wing gloves, where it meets the leg shins in Fighter, have very thin plastic to look more accurate. Nevertheless, despite the thin plastic they never felt particularly fragile. This also extends to other very small joint parts like the chest clips & the neck pole joint, which feel like they are made of durable POM plastic. I empathize with fighting the clearances while transforming the VF-0 though. The first time I transformed my VF-0 into Fighter nothing popped off, I just worked it slowly and everything fit into place so it was rather an enjoyable experience. But if things are off or askew by a little, the usual wiggle jiggle will not work and we have to go back a few steps in the transformation to seat other stuff properly first. On my second VF-0S copy much later, things popped off exactly like yours did during transformation, and I wasn't really sure why but it's likely I rushed it through a little thinking my familiarity with the mold helped, but somehow didn't. On the heat shield, I think all HMR VF-0S suffers from the same tightness - it does take a disproportionate amount of effort to pull it down all the way, and compounding the problem is that it may be initially difficult to tell where it actually stops when deployed. A lot of initial pictures I saw then of the heat shield always have the final mm or so of the canopy peeking through, but rest assured it does completely cover the canopy if deployed correctly. On the subsequent repaints the 0D & 0A, the heat shield tolerances have been adjusted & is much easier to slide up and down.
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    On the Tread, it does look like the cockpit disappears deep inside the chest, and the top panel where the head is needs to open up to do so. The cockpit can then either swivel or slide all the way in under the head panel. I'm hoping the latter, because then it maintains the proper pilot alignment like what they did for the Legioss. The boom is a bit of puzzle, because even if it is shorter than other toys before it, it still shouldn't be able to wholly retract into just the crotch housing. But seeing that the boom has a folding joint, I'm guessing the boom retracts out the other end into the butt booster piece, and the folding joint is to accommodate the butt housing's articulation. The Tread is gonna be heavy, and I hope the landing gears are now metal instead of Legioss's plastic ones.
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    Is this the first time Risa Ebata illustrating valks? Looks good!
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    Agreed.. the wheels also look weird sitting so far out instead closer to the body. But this pic now brings to mind yet another issue.. Earlier I was rueing Moshow didn't make parts like the arm pieces and hip armors connected (to the backpack) in Ride-Armor mode with option for the joints to be detachable for articulation even if the transformation scheme is parts-forming. The additional issue I'm just realising now is that having every part connected really sells the real robot/mecha idea of what the Ride-Armor is supposed to be - an exoskeleton or powered suit that helps & enhances the wearer's abilities. That's the core fantasy of a powered suit, and I had some kicks how after so many years of seeing it debuting in Mospeada and BGC, we are now seeing real-life implementations of them being in used in certain industries today to augment the wearer mostly in physical tasks. Once the bike pieces are separated and individually worn on their own like the pic above, they now appear to encumber the wearer instead. So Stick / Scott looks like he's carrying this ginormous weight on his back and might as well be strapping dumbbells on his forearms going into battle. The only thing that can bring this back to making some sense in this head canon, is that in Moshow's alternate universe Scott isn't wearing individual body armor pieces in his base suit (without the bike), but instead first wearing a complete head to toe powered base suit like Iron Man, to which the bike parts attach to in full Ride-Armor mode. So the red segments, which are cloth in the original show, are now imagined to be metal and the toy's aesthetics actually aligns with this. Likewise the pistons at the legs would be easier to make sense of if he is first wearing a full body powered suit, and the other little touches that Moshow did such as moving panels on the base suit to receive the bike parts feel as cool as they look.
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    Eh so even the base white color's painted? I was under impression earlier it has some sort of clear coat on top of white-molded plastic, but if the whites are painted then it would be good news for longevity against yellowing.
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    Couple more images. Earlier on we speculated that the Legioss forearm slots are possibly where the Tread pegs on to, but looks like that is not the case now.. Are those slots now redundant?
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    Meanwhile, a nice in-hand video on Moshow's Cyclone. It weights in at a pretty hefty 1.2kg, but the good thing is it’s able to stand on its own in Ride-Armor mode. And though its parts-forming, each part have additional transformation steps on its own to go from one mode to other. I guess I’m starting to come around to the parts-forming, & the size really gonna have presence. It’s even cheaper than USD180 in Asia. For eg, in Singapore: https://www.tfh.com.sg/product-details.php?p=40337
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