ScrambledValkyrie

22 minutes ago, Delta said:

Sadly there's a black paint smudge on the other side of the nose.  What would be a safe way to take that off?  Just a bit of rubbing alcohol?

I think you'll need something quite a bit stronger. I was trying to strip an HMR (the tampo, which might be tougher) and 90% isopropyl alcohol wouldn't touch it. 

3 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Just wondering, does anyone know if the old HM VF-1S and the HMR VF-1S share the same head connection? I've been wondering about swapping the new (and better looking) VF-1S head off my HMR Messer onto my old HM VF-1S Roy.

Yeah, it will swap. Though in my experience, the peg on the HMR head is just a tiny bit smaller, so it's a bit looser on the body. And you'd still have a blue visor of course.

Very nice Milia, @locidm. And I think you hit the highlights of the SDFM VF-1s there.

Those VF-1D photos make me really hope that Bandai eventually does one in HMR.

I think you're onto something there, @Chronocidal. I also think the VF-1 is such a classic, beautiful design that "busy" paint jobs like this one, the 30th VF-1J, and the recent anniversary HM-R VF-1S hide its naturally good-looking design and make it hard to appreciate. That's why the simple original "canon" schemes work so much better, in my opinion.

For some reason, someone's been downvoting almost every post with a photo over the last 2 pages. Not sure what's up with that; since they're on topic with HMR, and I personally always love seeing new pics. I decided to pass on the VE-1, so it's great seeing all the shots from others here.

So, I've never seen 7 or Delta (partly due to opinions I've read here on MW) but I will say that I think Zero is the weakest of the ones I have seen, save maybe Macross II. The main things that make Zero interesting for me are the connections back to SDFM (and now forward to Frontier) meaning it doesn't hold as much value on its own. And the psychic/supernatural elements in Zero got a little far out there for me. If a new series comes anywhere close to Frontier (which honestly owes a lot to SDFM) then I'll be very interested.

That's encouraging (or at least refreshing) to hear that the movies are apparently getting a reboot. I saw the first Bay movie in the theater in 2007, and never bothered with any of the rest. I enjoyed almost almost of the TV series (especially G1, Beast Wars, and Prime) and would be interested to see what they could do in live action that was more faithful to classic canon and characters, with TF designs that were actually recognizeable instead of a mass of various pieces. Case in point: I thought TF Prime was an excellent modern interpretation. Bottom line is that it's got to be more about the robots than the humans.

Great use of the trident, @sh9000! Is Roy on a separate stand? Or an extra arm branching off the front?

The trident is such a fun piece. Here's what's on mine currently: 

@sh9000 - Those armored valks are looking sweet. Looking forward to seeing the red one for Milia. When it comes to the CF color, I think I prefer the VF-1A you did over the 1J.

11 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

VF Hi-Metal VF-1 Super Parts (Finally!)
 

I finally caved and both these two books from Mandarake after seeing @valkyriepilot's post a few pages ago. I assumed this is a 1992 reprint since it didn't came with a negative film. I totally forgot about the Gold Book before but now I have one too.  
Macross DYRL Databank
Shoji Kawamori Macross Design Works
 

 

Congrats on getting the HM Super Parts. Those seem to be getting scarce.

And the books look pretty cool.

4 hours ago, amptor said:

Waiting for my nine orders to ship.  Sorting things out with my paypal preorder to AE so nothing has shipped yet unless Mykombini shipped mine already.

2 hours ago, Mommar said:

Nine VE-1's?

Yeah, that's a lot of ELINT Seekers. Not sure if even @sh9000 is getting that many. 

@amptor -- Are you just a really big fan of this and the VT-1?

Speaking of VT-1, I'd also really love to see a PO soon. But with the last HMR releases being VF-1 variants, I'm guessing Bandai will mix it up and announce something else, like a destroid maybe (hopefully the Tomahawk).

On January 13, 2018 at 12:15 PM, Sanity is Optional said:

Thanks for the heads up. Yoink

I've been jonesing for a HMR strike pack, and I needed a -1S Roy as well.

I guess you got it? I had been eyeing that page as well, since the price was so good. But I've already got multiples of the HM Strike Roy.

2 hours ago, anubis20 said:

I dislike Minmay so i got 1/60 Hikaru and Misa commissioned for my VT-1 and got them today 

 

Cool. Did you happen to notice that this figure combination is exactly how Bandai teased the HMR VT-1 a few weeks ago?

By the way, here are some goodies that arrived this past week:

On 1/18/2018 at 8:24 AM, Atheonyirh said:

I wonder just how they're going to handle the fighter mode stand adapter for it. They'd have to make a new one due to the VE-1's ELINT pieces on the arms, surely? Not that the lack of good connection has stopped them from just using the super parts adapter even with units that don't have those parts for a good connection.

There's really no way that the current super parts fighter mode adapter would work. I also think they'd sculpt another one. I can't see them leaving that out, given that fighter mode is likely how most would display this. Wasn't there a photo of it on a stand at a recent show a few pages back?

And that's a good price for the VE-1 at NY.

Because of the exclusive release and the uniqueness of the design, I would expect the Regult missile set to climb in price into the future, even on the secondary market, similar to the first couple of HMR releases. I'm glad I decided to get a set on PO.

Now Bandai, how about that Tomahawk?

2 hours ago, easnoddy said:

Anyone else waiting on NY to ship theirs?  Mine has been in "Preparation in progess" since 12/26.

Mine was Prep in Progress that date as well but made it out about 3-4 days later. I think Nippon Yasan was closed all last week for a Japanese holiday. My Regults have apparently been sitting in customs in New York for almost a week at this point. 

And @tekering, those are some really cool light effects! Great job with those.

On 12/30/2017 at 6:34 PM, Tking22 said:

Got my two Hi-Metal R Missile Regult sets in from NY.

Awesome. Cool to see that they come in brown shipper boxes. Being a Tamashii exclusive, I should have expected that, but still good to have visual confirmation. 

I think we discussed the Regult markings back around PO time but I can't remember any conclusions. 

Thinking it was about that time of the month for another HMR PO, I noticed that Bandai is releasing a Blader from Technopolis 21C for May, so I'm guessing no new Macross HMR until next month, likely for a June release.

Box art notwithstanding, Max is looking good! Almost makes me wish I'd gotten one. Though with limited space at this point, I'm going to stick mainly with HMR. Just wish Bandai had used the same color scheme on the HMR.

For the toys themselves, is Arcadia's blue and red for Max and Milia essentially the same as Yamato's?

4 hours ago, F360 said:

Looks like N-Y wasnt able to ship my Regults out before their vacation. 

Sorry to hear that. Thankfully mine just made it out yesterday. Though I did use SAL, so it will still be a while before I get them.

And while NY typically does that (offer items at much higher prices after the initial PO is over and regular stock has come in) they have very little competition on these since there were exclusives.

Speaking of PO, the HMR Elint Seeker seems to still be available for Y7990 at MyKombini.

https://mykombini.com/en/january-2018/8561-hi-metal-r-ve-1-elintseeker-macross-do-you-remember-love-bandai-4549660192923.html

Preparation in progress from NY on my missile regults!

And @sh9000's armored CF 1A is incredible. Agreed that Bandai should eventually do this one.

6 hours ago, Atheonyirh said:

http://tamashii.jp/item/12267/?wovn=en is the specific page for the VE-1. http://tamashii.jp/item_schedule/201801/?wovn=en is the general page where you can check these things once the info is out there.

I mean coming out in that I mean it's being released on that day. Pre-orders for it were months ago.

Thanks. And for some reason, I read your post as referring to VT-1, which I didn't think had been formally announced yet. Must not have been awake enough earlier. 

I do remember the VE-1 PO back a few months ago.

12 minutes ago, Atheonyirh said:

Hi-Metal R VE-1 Elint Seeker is coming out January 27th.

By coming out, you mean PO date? If so, that would be awesome! You happen to have a link for that news?

And @sh9000 -- I'll just say that your collection is an inspiration to me, I'm impressed at the deals you find, and I really like where you're going with that custom CF armor. Looking forward to seeing it complete.

I don't know that much about Minecraft, but this appears to be an incredibly ambitious project. Very impressive!