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On 3/3/2018 at 7:24 PM, Seto Kaiba said:

Macross II fans have been waiting ages to finally get our due... unfortunately, the VF-2SS Valkyrie II's design is such that we'll never get a toy that's faithful to the proportions of the fighter in the animation AND have a removable Super Armed Pack.  With the Macross II Blu-ray apparently having gotten Evolution Toy's attention, and then Bandai's, hopefully we'll have at least a modest number of toys in the future.  I'd like to see at least the big three (VF-2SS, VF-2JA, VA-1SS) and Feff's custom Gigamesh.

 

You'd be hard-pressed to find a fan who didn't think Macross Delta was an unbalanced series to its own detriment.  There was something of a recurring joke coined a while back that the show was pretty open about its intentions... "Welcome to Walkure World", all Macross content strictly incidental.

 

Macross Frontier is pretty much the new gold standard for Macross.  No previous series was quite as successful as Frontier, and most fans would agree that the balance in that series was damn near perfect with maybe some problematic pacing in the last few episodes.  It created a whole new, more diverse generation of Macross fans.

The next series really does need to be something with the same kind of "Something for everyone"¹ appeal that Frontier had.  You can't have a series where 80% of the cast are flat stock characters² or focus on one aspect of the iconic formula to the exclusion of everything else without sacrificing a big chunk of the franchise's appeal.  Walkure's music is great and all, but Freyja's the only one of the lot who got enough character development to have a bio that wouldn't fit neatly on the back of her business card.  Half the main cast had less characterization than some of the background characters.  You gotta develop these characters as people if you want the audience to give a toss, y'know?

 

1. A comedy tonight!
2. Unless you're working for Sunrise on a new Universal Century-era Gundam series.

Yes would definitely like to see a better vf-2ss or metal siren released. Feff's custom gigamesh power armor though is by far the coolest non valk mecha design in all of the macross series. Hence the avatar i will admit Frontier and Delta are very watchable. The animation was excellent. Most of the music is very good. Especially the scores. They really enhance and drive  some of the scenes forward.  I basically got introduced in anime through the mid 90's. Although i have vague memories of the early macross and dyrl as a kid. Street Fighter ll the animated movie was the first anime movie i ever watched and after that the 12 part ova series of Guyver. Safe to say that set the standard for my anime watching career. It was regular trips to HMV to see what new anime movies on vhs were available. The manga entertainment trailers were out of this world. i'll include some links below. They led me to likes of patlabor, akira, ninja scroll, the cyberpunk collection etc. all amazing anime and definitely my favorite era. Street fighter ll the animated movie has one of the best soundtracks in any anime.

And apologies if these are frowned upon in this thread. Nostalgia trip  and they highly recommended if you haven't seen them.

55 minutes ago, slide said:

 I'll never winge about Canadian Customs again...

That message wasn't meant to be on here. 

Ha sent that previous message to the wrong bit doh. 

Looking forward to it  thanks Dave! 

6 hours ago, Mommar said:

Know what’s sad, back in 2011 the 11C was such a shelf warmer I bought my second and third on sale for $120 each at Hobby Link Japan.

It's a good looking Valk. Well if you ever want to be rid of one give me a shout. 

1 minute ago, Mommar said:

I made the mistake of never buying the 11B but I’ll just take solace in the fact I own three 11C’s.

The vf-11c is big bucks now. $900 for the one i saw

The yf-21 i got too. Mac plus was one of the helping hands that got me into the series. That and Mac ll.

1 hour ago, Mommar said:

Ebay?  That must have been $500+!

Yeah must of been The first release Yamato yf-21 was similar money too.  You'd be hard pressed to find one these days for less than that new. These are sealed new items.

4 hours ago, Mommar said:

Hard to tell.  They usually put the super parts up a month after the release of the valk (except for mirage which was a longer wait) but we haven’t had any Delta Valks with two additional teleases before.  For the Frontier Valks they didnthe Supers before the armors for Alto and Ozma so it could be longer.  We also don’t know if they’ll make the armor for the 31A but my feeling is since it’s P-Bandai and it’s an excuse to use the mold more it makes sense for them to put out as many as possible.  That was a long way to say don’t know.

True, just curious on what it would look like. It's been awhile since I watched delta but I'll get around to watching it again it after I get through Mac 7 and Frontier.  A super pack would be cool. They did one for the 25a so hopefully the 31a will get one too eventually. 

1 hour ago, Mommar said:

Where did you manage to track that down?

Ebay, wasn't cheap either but worth it. 

Every time i look at the kairos it makes me want to buy a third one. When do you think the armor will be previewed?

Thanks, must of missed it 

31 minutes ago, borgified said:

 I was actually looking for that thread again (it's been a while since I've last saw it) and your jaws are going to drop when you take a gander into there..

 

That thread hasn't been updated recently since the last post in October 5th/2017.  

 

 

Hey thanks! Oh I can imagine some collections being rather large. I definitely take a look. It's a appreciated no matter how many valks are on display. Plus gives me a chance to see types I might have overlooked. One day I'll have mine on display as they should be. 

Just wondered if there is a gallery or such for people to display their valk collection?  Would love to see everyone's collections on display. Doesn't matter if it's one or 100 valks etc, it's still appreciated. 

Thanks

Just got a grail piece finally

32 minutes ago, Mommar said:

You’ll see the three in formation soon enough, anyway.

Sounds good! I will probably grab a third after launch. That reminds me... Is there a thread or page where members can show off their valkyrie collections? I'm not speaking for myself (mine are in boxes)  Well, except for my hi metal r vf-2ss. But would love to see everyone's collections on display. It doesn't matter if the collection is one valk or 100. Just be good to appreciate the various types of valkyries available.

@Seto Kaiba 

I have it here  just waiting on the tamashii trident plus stand for it. And glad I am not the only one who thinks there wasn't a good balance. It's important the have all three but not at the cost of the others. Although I'd gladly just have more mecha than the others lol Delta was a bit too j pop for my liking. Even Frontier had scenes I had to skip also because it doesn't add to the story. Hopefully it will all level out next time. 

I still need a lil draken parts set for my two Keith Sv 262 valks. Will be interested to see how the new ones look above. And if there is another 31a I could be pursuaded. 

14 hours ago, Mommar said:

If it’s wrong to want a third then I’m positively evil for wanting a fourth (and fifth...)

A Squadron sounds interesting! 

34 minutes ago, CrossAir said:

Agreed. But the hunt can also be a pain. But I think we love it all, don't we?

Living the dream mate

1 minute ago, CrossAir said:

That's true, I'm so glad I got my YF-30 at a good price. Right after the price for this one went up really steep.

I recently bagged a vf-25a (cannon fodder) off jungle for less than the cost it is on NY. It's new and sealed so the deals are out there. Just have to hunt for them.

2 minutes ago, CrossAir said:

Yeah, f**k reality 

Right on!

1 minute ago, spacemanoeuvres said:

I wouldn’t bet on these going down in value!

Get em while they’re widely available or you will figuratively and literally pay the price haha

I fear i already have! lol i was late to that pre order party having only learned of its existence last week! I definitely paid the price! ha  

3 minutes ago, CrossAir said:

Ah, that's it. Just forgot about that money thing 

yeah, sometimes we need a reality check now and then

2 minutes ago, CrossAir said:

Not wrong at all. I want three too, but unfortunately my conscience says no  Wait and see how long I can resist. 

1 minute ago, spacemanoeuvres said:

I also want a third; but there is more stuff coming out this year and a new series. Have to pace myself for the marathon that is Macross toy collecting haha

I'm thinking i'll wait till the release then i'm sure they will go down in price...eventually. I think the 31a is probably the most exciting design i've seen since the ozma 29. True, the vf-0s and sv-51 are on the horizon along with the 31s.