That one dude

Unfortunately not unless they take out the Original Macross series stuff.
That's still under Harmony Gold

What do you guys think, Official overseas sales announcement?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CV4lBftL1N6/

On 10/8/2021 at 6:36 PM, nightmareB4macross said:

I would have figured Bandai would have made a greater effort and promote the franchise more using attractive marketing ploys to garner more attention for the DX releases.  It seems like they did this just to satisfy a request and was not wholeheartedly meant to attract a large crowd.

Here’s to hoping Macross makes it big in the US (well at least officially).

It looks like this was just a toe in the water sort of a thing to see if there is enough overseas interest, The main announcement will probably come through "Macross ha

 tomaranai" or some official BW channel as they do with most of their announcements.

That explains it, I'll have to rip it later then.

There's this cool VF-1S video up on the Bandai Spirits YouTube Channel, but I tried to share it with my mate and he couldn't see it.
Anyone else having that problem??

On 3/15/2020 at 5:51 PM, fenrir72 said:

Maybe Bandai should re consider off shoring/out sourcing their assembly plants and start making them straight from Japan again.

Except that would mean a massive price hike.
At Oshare Macross in Shinjuku they made it sound like Kakizaki would be coming out in the next month, let's hope that hasn't changed.

11 hours ago, Draykov said:

 

There is also this from last November...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUgaeL_FnyQ&

 

Yup! that's the same figures they have on display at Oshare Macross, so nothing new other than Movie Kakizaki has been confirmed for web sale.

The one benefit being that they won't run out on pre orders.

Yeah it's real

Currently on display at Oshare Macross Danshi 2 in Shinjuku, I went and saw it on Sunday.

I asked the staff about it but  there's no info other than "Information coming soon on tamashii Web" on the display card.

The Web Shouten logo there means it'll be a web exclusive though.

A new 14 minute Kawamori video just went up on the Bandai Spirits channel, and it confirms the missile set will ship June 2020.

Also it's a really interesting video with the background choices for the designs for the strike pack.

On 7/24/2019 at 2:01 PM, Saburo said:

am praying Bandai announce Super Parts for the A, S and E and well as the Armored parts for the E. 

What crazy is that I am hoping they also announce Armored Parts for everyone! 

Sure it'll happen is they pop up in the new movie. Although probably no Armored Parts for Messer

On 7/17/2019 at 1:28 AM, HardlyNever said:

Assuming you mean the actual Bandai DX super/strike parts (not some old yamato ones), then yes, it should work on the VF-1J.

Technically no one has done it with this line, since they aren't out yet.  But it is incredibly unlikely Bandai made different attachment points/tabs for the GBP to work with the 1J, then other attachment points/tabs that only work with valks that had the super/strike parts.  Like, that would be taking it to a whole new level of scumbaggery, and it would actually cost Bandai more money to do that.  So I'd say it is very likely the super parts will work with the 1J.

Got a chance to check it out at the Tamashii nations store in Akihabara, the attachments are exactly the same on the VF-1S and the VF-1J.

On 7/16/2019 at 8:25 PM, seti88 said:

Tamashii nations in October or few weeks before that should be a logical time for announcments. Any HMR news before October would need to find a slot in midst of 1/60 DX and 1/48 releases, which seems unlikely.

This, September at the earliest but they'll definitely sneak one more in before the end of the year.

Alas you can tell that there's waaaay more love for the DX line than HMR

20 hours ago, sketchley said:

 

Sadly, the one way to have solved this and gotten BW to play ball with Tatsunoko was to have shown Big West how big a profit they can get from overseas customers...

I dunno if anyone noticed but they recently changed all their copyrights from the Japanese ⓒビックウエスト to the English ⓒBIGWEST which makes me think they were getting ready to move worldwide...

well at least until this Sh## hit the fan

15 minutes ago, apptt4 said:

it was shown at... either recent Kawamori exhibit or Crossover Live 2019. no release date or further details I'm aware of.

It just had one of those standard "Under consideration" tags on it same as the Armored VF-31J which means it probably won't hit shelves for another year or two.

27 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

Wait, are you guys talking about the YF-19 or YF-29? 

Sorry YF-29

But yeah they pretty much never re-release anything again unless its re-colored or re-packed with something else

1 hour ago, Sanity is Optional said:

1 hour ago, That one dude said:

YF-19 Full set displayed at the Macross cross over live

Is this different than the existing DX YF-19?

As far as I can tell it's just the Standard Durandal with the extra parts together

17 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

1 hour ago, Dobber said:

I wonder if they are still planning on releasing TV super parts. Don’t want to buy multiple Strike/Super parts as they are the DYRL style, and the first 2 releases are TV style Valks. Though, I know the 1J and 1A Max were never seen with Super Parts...but still.

I’m also assuming they will release Super parts each time a DYRL Valk is released? Kind of stupid not to. Would Bandai really expect people to PRE-preorder ALL the Strike/Super Parts they MAY need without knowing what Valks and when Bandai will be making.

Chris

Bandai does not have a history ever reissuing their web exclusives for Macross, so why would Bandai choose to start now? Better to order them all now and not have to risk paying inflated prices later, than take the chance of being gouged for strike parts later because Bandai doesn't do TWE reissues.

IF they do rerelease anything it'll be in some updated pack, as in the Valk and the parts together that way they can peg it as a new item without making any new molds.

(like the YF-19 Full set displayed at the Macross cross over live)

Not a pose but I got bored at work and messed around with the product photo

40 minutes ago, PsYcHoDyNaMiX said:

woahhh i dont know how i missed it the first time. XD

 wow the 2nd batch is like almost 4-5 months later. -=X

Wasn't there the first time they literally just put it up today, also much earlier than I would have expected.

So much for my wait till December for people who buy it in store theory lol

1 hour ago, Chronocidal said:

Heh.. suppose I need to spend more time watching things I haven't seen in a long time.  Entirely fair point!   I think the animation consistency there is still questionable though. They aren't even this long.

Really though, I see this as more of a case as "the animation is wrong by default, because it is physically impossible." You literally cannot operate an aircraft if the weapons physically impede the control surfaces, and they used those boxes in atmosphere in the latter half of the movie.  Just because it's drawn that way doesn't mean it makes a freaking lick of sense in the slightest.

But again.. Bandai doesn't "do" aircraft.  They prove it on a daily basis.

 

 

But every figure made by Bandai or whoever all gets checked and approved by both Kawamori and Tenjin. I mean you get people complaining about the Tampos but thats very little to do with Bandai and almost completely Tenjin.

2 hours ago, CharlesXavier said:

I am pretty sure the Japanese domestic collectors will be complaining so Bandai will pacify them and come up with a round 2 PO. We should see it open again by mid June,

I wouldn't be surprised if they wait till later on in the year so that people who manage to get a VF-1S in the store will be able to order their strike packs after they've locked down the Valk

1 minute ago, gerwookie said:

They use this channel to make actual announcements? I thought those were paid actors acting like they were interested in the hobby.

When Chucks Siegfried came out Macross ga tomaranai was the second place they announced it after the bakuon live viewing. Once in a while you get some good info.

Granted i can't vouch for their interest lol.

2 minutes ago, Atomski said:

Halleluiah !

The problem is they didnt say when...

Anyone else watching Macross ga tomaranai?

They pretty much just announced that they're going to do a second run of the strike parts.

13 minutes ago, Tenbatsu said:

Did NY bought them all? Lol

They have close to 2k sets of them last checked.

whaaaaaa, were does it say that lol
I'm here in Japan and having a hard time finding another set >.<