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amazon.co.jp has them, I paid $209 https://www.amazon.co.jp/超時空要塞マクロス-マクシミリアン・ジーナス機-約300mm-ダイキャスト製-塗装済み可動フィギュア/dp/B07QC9VHJC/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_ja_JP=カタカナ&keywords=bandai+macross+dx&qid=1570466009&sr=8-1

I just bought one Max. Overpriced toy but had to have at least one "TV" version max in my collection. Now to wait for a Roy Fokker strike valkyrie and more VF-1s from the other line of Bandai toys.

I'll save my money for more VF-1s, pass on this. Hopefully hobby show this month displays some new stuff

I'm a scalper. Doesn't bother me one single bit. I even stated that before on here and a few other things and got banned. That doesn't bother me either. LOL. It surely did not affect my collection or my capability to purchase more Macross stuff.

I tend to disagree on the basis that no Bandai valk is rare. I emailed back and forth with a guy a few years back and he pretty much explained the entire thing. Without going into too much detail, there are people out there that buy all of 1 item on ebay and keep buying it til the price gets artificially inflated. This guy in particular did that with all the ""rare"" (not rare at all!) 1/55 valkyries and he was hoarding dozens of them, only to later on sell them all back on ebay because his wife wanted him to make room in his home office. It all comes down to supply and demand. If there is little supply and high demand, then the price goes up. We learned this what in the 7th grade?

I just transformed one of my VF-1D and I can't agree more. Also yeah when I was a kid, my parents didn't have tons of money to spend to begin with so yeah I kinda doubt they were in the market for a valkyrie back then as a gift. We didn't get many toys, nowhere near as many as these millenial kids do these days.

More like supply and demand than anything else. If you think about it for a minute anyway.

Honestly I sometimes buy 2 or more Valkyrie of each to keep one and sell the rest later. Is there a problem with that? Well you will get negative opinions from some people but it really doesn't matter in the long run because you know what they say about opinions, "a-holes are like opions everyone has one". On a serious note, I did purchase 2x each 2000 Valkyrie 1/55 reissues and I did that so I could have one set for "free" later on. You wouldn't believe how much those valks sold for, especially the Max and Millia unopened and as-advertised. I also had one fresh VF-1J that was not only mint/unopened but it was still in its original shipping bubble pack from whoever imported it probably Spidey Jerusalem, not sure if I purchased any from anyone other than him. It's basically business and it isn't illegal. Immoral or unethical? Not really. It isn't like we are keeping anyone from purchasing toys when we aren't insiders and we are purchasing through the same exact channels everyone else has access to. We only wish we had direct access to the manufacturers so we could make more profit, but the majority of us don't. Anyway good discussion and feel free to flame me and whatnot, it won't make any difference What's done is done. I own 20x VE-1 and VT-1 Bandai Hi-Metal R, an "opinion" isn't going to make a dent in that at all lol. Actually come to think of it I just remembered by looking at this VF-1D that I own 10 of those.

Mine spans across the top shelf and I have boxes with my VT-1s and VE-1s in various places in the room. It's nice to be grown up and be able to get all this stuff. When I was a kid, I was so young I didn't know what this stuff was called so I didn't know how to ask for it (what I mean is, the 1/55 Bandai valkyries and whatever else).

This is almost exactly what my closet looks like.

It's more convenient in here, when it is OT. Helped several of us place orders.

Will let you know if another one pops up on there. I just wish I found out about these when they first got released. The armored valkyrie costs too much. Aren't they suppose to be releasing another one? I guess we have to wait til October to see if they are releasing anything else.

I just paid for my CF VF-1A on Mandarake. Wish I bought it ages ago when it was at its low point. No idea why they command upwards of $150 or more now, weird. Anyway still I think 3 or 4 more valkyries I don't have may or may not buy them. Let's see. That would be the armored valkyrie, the vf-1j, both of the vf-1s strike valkyries and not sure if there was anything else I'm missing but I don't think so.

I saw that and this is by far my favorite non-valkyrie mecha in the series. Kinda want to buy but have other things I want too Maybe some time.

I found this little gem on Mandarake for 75 dollars plus shipping: https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1119223442&ref=list&keyword=macross hi-metal r&lang=en

Saving my cash that normally would go to these for a 2020 Corvette since it looks like Bandai abandoned us. My original account got banned from this forum anyway. Good luck to you all it was fun while it lasted. I have used this forum since maybe the year 2000 or earlier. Always has been a great place for Macross toy information. I even purchased a boatload of 1/55 Bandai reissues from a guy called Spidey Jerusalem whom ran Blasto Toys I think it was. Anyways greets especially to sh9000 always top quality posts. And jenius great site you have, anymoon. Good stuff guys.

Hi-Metal R releases seem dead. I moved on to collecting more Yamato 1/60ths that I am missing. I don't really expect anything more from this line of toys. Was great while it lasted.

Did it happen to be MyKombini?

Still no news on the next valkyrie that is coming out hmm.. I still have room in my closet for more. Tons of valkyries in there already but always on the look out

Oh, simple answer to that. My original account is banned. Doesn't keep me from coming back and creating a new account though

Just more VF-1 valkyries hi-metal R are on my wish list. Looks to me like Bandai will keep making them as long as we keep buying lots of them. They will stop if they flood the market and can't move product. From past experience with 1/55ths, that is how they do things at Bandai. I have an eye on this forum almost every day for releases. Been using macross world since about 2000. Great forum for information about upcoming releases and deals. Once this hi-metal R series is done, I think I'm going to be done with it til Bandai starts releasing something else. Bandai FTW.

When will the next announcement be? I'm hoping for TV VF-1A Max, TV Kakizaki, another armored valkyrie. What else is likely to come out?

+1 on VF-0

It was tilting the head back and snapping it into place. Fortunately I prefer this in robot mode so I'm not really planning on transforming it again. I already have one of my VT-1 in fighter plane mode so I'm good.

Also I would like to take this opportunity to mention that YES the head of this latest release is difficult to snap into place when transforming into fighter plane mode. It takes some force and you will feel like you are going to break something. It makes a loud snap when it releases and goes into the proper position. That is the only thing I don't like about this toy. Everything else is good.