sjoebarry

34 minutes ago, Bolt said:

Very cool ! A brownie CF version would be excellent. Of course, I would never expect it. Lol. 

Oh man brownie would be awesome. And I can’t say why though but hell yeah. The 171 has always been one of my favorite designs. 

2 hours ago, Big s said:

Honestly they don’t have too many small parts. The issue I’ve had is that the transformation can be a bit fiddly and sometimes frustrating. I bought two of each so I didn’t have to worry about that though. The figures are definitely more fun on the bikes though 

Truthfully, what ride armor you ISN’T a pain to transform?

34 minutes ago, jenius said:

This will probably be the first KO I grab of the Yamato/Arcadia design. 

Yeah I just placed a pre order

On 8/17/2023 at 1:23 PM, nightmareB4macross said:

KO YamArcadia V.2 renewed… as JETFIRE.

Deluxe (with extras) or standard.

I kinda wanna get it

1 hour ago, vladykins said:

It's also "Hi-Metal". As in, if you find a little bit of metal in there, you say "oh, hi!"

 

14 hours ago, Raikkonen said:

When reading the reviews, it appears the returns is down to expectation of the amount of metal due to the "Hi-Metal" branding, which, lets be honest, for the casual buyer that has just rekindled some Macross nostalgia, is very miss-leading. 

My take, if you consider yourself a fan of macross and want to get into collecting and you don’t use @jenius anymoon.com to educate yourself before making any purchase then it’s your own fault. 

7 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

I think people are disappointed in how cheap it feels, and maybe what feels like a lack of detail?  I don't honestly feel like there's anything wrong with it, but I think part of the issue is that it's got even less metal than the HMR VF-1, so it's very light.

I don't know what people really expected, considering it's a shrunken Arcadia VF-0 model.

Aha. Yeah I’ve steered away from the HMR line (with one exception) though I’ve been tempted a lot to dive into them. I’m all 1/60 except for the DX VF-1J because that’s my favorite VF version. 

16 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

Sheesh, at that price, I'll take a chance on a second one.

Is there something really wrong with it that I’m missing from prior posts?

47 minutes ago, tekering said:

I had a friend in high school who drew derivative mecha like that.  Very similar proportions.

We weren't impressed with them, either. 😒

…..jeze 

1 hour ago, sh9000 said:

My 3rd HMR VF-0S Genius Blue.

I’m really wanting to get the VF-0D HMR. but I know it’ll just start me collecting more HMRs after that and I have problems…..

i've decided screw it, ima get me one of these.  Reissue version has been going for 15,000-20,000 yen on Mandarake recently, so that seems a decent price point to take the plunge, regardless of the potential fit issues.

2 hours ago, fifbeat said:

I just love the size of it, man! 😃 I wasn't expecting it to be this big! 

4 hours ago, Convectuoso said:

Tempting

Yes. Very 

For how much?

1 hour ago, Convectuoso said:

More pictures of MoShow's Ride Armor

https://www.passion4fun.com/moshow-toys-robotech-cyclone-ride-armor/

 

Not gonna lie, I really like it. Don’t know why I’ve liked these reinterpretations so much but I do. 

7 hours ago, borgified said:

@sjoebarry - Isn’t that a blatant rip off of the Scout Trooper and the Speeder Bike off Star Wars: RoTJ in psychedelic colours? 

It’s a joke pic. It’s the scout trooper with the colors of the MASK figure on a speeder that has that figures vehicle color. The motorcycle that tuned into a helicopter 

Yes….. memories 

13 minutes ago, twich said:

I just received my copy of this from Mandarake. Comparing to my VF-31AX Mirage Custom, this toy is light years better. The tabs go right in, no trimming needed.  The only “thing” is the mini-gun pods not tabbing in all the way and the inherent looseness at the wing roots. I think this is a design flaw and not something that can be fixed. I have just handles it a little, have not transformed it yet. Have to say that my initial impression is a good one.

Twich

Reissue version???

just watched the video @shazam posted and DAMN that Legioss IS gonna be huge!!!!  y'all weren't kiddin

3 hours ago, twich said:

I assume this says “coming some time in 2024?”

Twich

1 hour ago, borgified said:

The upper shoulders/pectoral area with the huge gap between the lower and upper torso area still bugs the snot out of me although is looking good in battroid mode. Hopefully the valk mode formation will be up soon.   

I feel like the legs are up way too high.  They’re practically in its armpits

gotta be honest, the more i see it, the less i like it.......

31 minutes ago, tekering said:

Almost. These are barely a head shorter than Yamarcadia's 1:60 VF-1s, and barely a head taller than KitzConcept's 1:72 VF-1s.... 

I think I see what you mean (from anymoon.com)

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/248851?o=4
 

20.3cm in battloid is 0.7cm or 1/4 inch shorter than an V2 VF-1 so it’s basically 1/60 scale isn’t it?