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Got a notice from HLJ that my Glaug is shipping!

On 3/9/2025 at 11:14 PM, Big s said:

The hg ones are great. As far as mg and real grade, I kinda want them to get some more advancements in their tech before trying things too complicated. They’re getting better all the time and I’m sure sometime in the future they’ll do better than their 1/72 offerings as far as stability and sturdiness 

Yep.  Bandai's new production facility is open and is supposed to be in full production by summer.  Can't imagine all the stuff they are going to crank out!

Finally got both of mine from eBay.  Very nice kits.  Gate removal and cleanup has been a breeze so far.  I hope Bandai keeps adding Macross.  Maybe one day we'll get RG or MG type kits from them.

22 hours ago, Big s said:

Moderoid will be more likely since they’ve done three new Orguss kits with the standard Orguss , the Olsen one and the upcoming Nikick. They’ve done quite a few items for Patlabor completionists and maybe they’re gonna continue with that treatment for Orguss fans as well 

Woah!  Thanks for that.  Just picked up the Orguss kit!

Yep...the 1/48 Strike boxes are a good size because of the extra parts for the Fast Packs.

Also...keep in mind that Hasegawa does not give you an option to build these with landing gear up.  No idea why they couldn't give that as an option.  If you want the gear up...you'll have to do some surgery and get them to fit in.

The Max/Millia 1/48 Super does NOT come with a female pilot either...which is baffling.  Another cop out.  I ended up creating one in Blender and printing her out.

Such a shame because these 1/48 kits are superior to the 1/72 ones in my opinion in both build and detail.  I hope they give us more variants...and Battroids!

Awesome!  Always need more Orguss in my life.

I would love for Plamax/Wave to re-visit these designs.

Hmmm...I might get that just for the Alaska Base version alone.  Always wanted to do one of those, but I'd like to do it in 1/48 as well with a Hasegawa kit.

I wish Plamax/Max Factory would finish out their 1/20 line and give us the Super Battroid!

Some of the blue/white color separations are actually separately injected into one part!  Two different colors of plastic on one piece...wild.

There's a video of it out on Youtube somewhere...can't find it right now.

Cancelled my order and just said f 'it and ordered off of eBay.  Not sure what's going on with HLJ these days...but obviously they didn't order enough or Bandai did not produce/allocate enough of these kits to them.

Seems to be a trend with Bandai on producing very limited runs of kits.  Plamax seems to be doing this as well.  Some of their recent 1/72 Macross kits are already listed as "discontinued" on HLJ!

I'll have to try Mandarake at some point...never ordered anything from them before.

Thanks.

Wasn't aware their other Zentradi stuff was snap.  Haven't gotten to them yet, but I always use cement most of the time anyway.,  I hate seam lines.

I agree...this is a great time to be a Macross modeler.  I have so many kits to build from Hasegawa that I've collected over the last 20 years.

Preordered!

I noticed they mentioned "no adhesive needed" for assembly.  Seems like they are trying to go the Bandai route with these kits in the future?  Competing?

It also seems like Bandai has an increasing interest in Macross lately.  I always wondered why we never got Master or Perfect grade VF-1's from them...even if they weren't transforming.

The nose wheel is there...it's just obscuring the left rear wheel at that angle.

Yeah...weird seeing wheels on these.  In the actual design there is a panel that opens on the ventral fuselage and inside is a joystick.  The joystick allows the ground technician to move the craft around via repulsorlift if necessary.  Wheels aren't needed.

In Rogue One we see one of these being towed...uh...somehow.  I guess they put wheels in the landing skids or something.

Great stuff!

I always wondered why Wave didn't do 1/100 Destroids to go with their 1/100 Valk line.  I assume the 1/72 ones are just re-pops?

I missed that YF-29...if that was announced earlier.

Sigh....

I wasn't going to get one of these...but damn if that doesn't look good!

Most of this should be a new tooling...except perhaps for the non-limb parts.  The original VF-0 kits started coming out 20 years ago and it shows compared to newer releases.

Well...at least they aren't abandoning 1/48.  Still hoping for something new in that scale like a VF-0 or VF-11.  A VF-25 would be a dream.

The YF-19 fast packs are nice...but I've already got 2 of those to build as is.

Now *THAT* is f'ing awesome!!!

SDF-1 perhaps??  Zentraedi ship??  Though you'd have to put up with the spikes, but maybe they could be recessed a little.

True statement of the year right there...

I am completely out of room in my closet with kits from 20 years ago as well as recent.  Some are getting so old I worry about the decal viability.

I always build in sub assemblies and try to paint as much as I can before assembling.  Depends on the kit and parts...some are easier than others..  I find this gives the advantage of having a neater build and paint job.  It can make masking difficult areas easier as well.

For finishing/weathering...same thing depending on the situation.

Those VE's are beautiful.  I hope Hasegawa makes those in 1/48 one day.

Can't believe it's the 40th anniversary...and NO PG VF-1 from Bandai.  Perhaps if things were better economically...

A 1/32 or 1/24 VF-1 in PG form would've been incredible.

On 1/5/2023 at 10:36 PM, TMBounty_Hunter said:

No new Macross kits in March, but they are repopping some 1/48s

1/48 YF-19 http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/product/mc01/
1/48 Super VF-1 Max/Milia colors http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/product/65827-3/
1/48 VF-1 photoetch http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/product/65793/


But in non-Macross news, they're doing a 1/72, full action Xabungle which might be a good indication of how any future all new tooling battroids kits from them might work

 

 

YES!  Finally they are re-releasing the photo-etch for the VF-1 1/48!  Those are going for stupid prices on the auction sites.  Need about 3 or 4 of them.

Amazing box art...the art really sells the kits. 

Got my shipping notice!

Usually you see these kits...once and a while...here and there...like on eBay or some flea market.  What an incredible inventory and time capsule!  Not only extremely rare kits...but brand new and shrink wrapped in some cases.

That name...GTC...jogged my memory and I hadn't seen that in probably 35+ years!

Incredible.  I miss the 80's quite a bit.  What a incredibly creative time that was.

Thanks guys.  Taking a break from Macross for now...but I just bought a few Hasegawa VF-25's and VF-31's and my Regult is getting lonely.  Still not happy with the photos...so I need to work on that as well.

Very nice job.  I especially like the metal pieces like the feet and exhaust back-plane.