Sildani

With you there. I only collect Macross, and not many of those. Everything is bloody expensive, so I have to choose what I get in advance. Helps to have limited display space, too!

Huh. So the 30 is the amalgamation of a lot of Froating Head's passions. Thanks for that. Perhaps he could make a book of ALL his mecha designs with some explanation of his thought process while designing them. That'd be very interesting... provided a good English translation was available.

That's a good point. Hadn't thought of that.

Good question. Hopefully there's an armature that folds down to hold it, like on the Renewal 25's.

I may well make this my first foray into Sunday madness. Is payment required up front, or closer to release day?

Why do people like the S so much? The paint scheme, or the fact it was Ozma's?

Oh, anyone else notice that on the Tamashii site the target release date is the 8th of May? Could that be a Google translation error?

Google Chrome Translation, my friend.

That article was a fascinating insight into what Kawamori was thinking when he designed the Valk. It's also nice that he expressed confidence in its transformation sequence - he apparently designed it to be "stress free" - and that while transforming the finished toy, he describes the process as feeling like shifting a well-made manual car transmission. Of course, that could all be crap.

I'm getting one because I like the design. Only thing I'd like them to have done was make the missile pod removable, so it could be replaced by other mission packs, like guns, large missiles, or an ELINT package. And because of the way the pack curls around when it's deployed, anyone else think a better name for would have been "Scorpion?" Granted, it's not as... evocative as Chronos, but still.

Can I ask a dumb question? The 29 was supposed to be, basically, a 25 with Tornado armor bits built-in, correct? So what's this supposed to be? Super armor parts for a Valkyrie that... already had other armor parts installed? A Super armored, Tornado armored Valkyrie?

Thanks to all for the replies. Still waiting for mine to ship. Hmm... what's with the plain gray plastic codpiece? Is that shade of grey represented anywhere else on either the Super parts or the Messiah itself? Can't find any on mine.

Question; what does NY mean when your order status is "Preparation in progress?" Is shipping imminent? Is shipping possible within the next month? Are the Super parts being molded? Help!

Good idea, but most aircrafts' flight control systems can handle mild to moderate asymmetrical loads without any trouble. For those craft which are analog, like the A-10, asymmetry was still allowed, but kind of limited, such as having an ECM pod on one of the outer wing stations, and having a couple Sidewinders on the other wing's outer station. The drag may be comparable, but perhaps more importantly the weight was comparable. From a purely aesthetic stand, though, asymmetric loads don't look quite right to me. But please don't mind my eccentricities, I never thought F-16s looked quite right carrying AMRAAMs on the wingtip rails, either.

Same here, for Super parts only. Hope they're worth the price I paid.

Please do. Please, please do. I speak not just for myself but others. I need more of the yin-yang flower decals you made for me 10 years ago.

I want a VF-5000. Too obscure?

The o-ring situation is why I voted for black. Even if I get outvoted and only clear becomes available, it won't bug me too much.

Checked out. Voted. Love the new right-angle joint you came up with.

Cats and Valkyries! This thread is complete. Nice generic stand, as well.

Erm, perhaps "why Siegfried 001"?

Well, you can print these in black, suggest the proper size bolts, nuts, and o-rings we can buy ourselves, and you can see you have an eager (overeager?) market. What are you waiting for?

ChaoticYeti: you sir, are the savior of Messiah stands. Also, it seems as if you could offer both "climb/dive" and "bank" top pieces, and we could swap them out whenever we wish.

There you go. Problem solved.

So the Tamashii Nations logo does not automatically mean webshop orders only?