Radioguy

2 hours ago, davidwhangchoi said:

I'm in the Bay Area but all my Macross collection is still in East Coast.

Unguarded? (Looks at a map)

1 hour ago, grogall said:

Just transfer your mortgage to Bandai!

I'm picturing Tom Selleck doing commercials for them right now.

9 hours ago, sh9000 said:

The VF-1S head is fugly.

The J was worse, but let's see hat actually hits the streets.

If Hasbro has no input, I wonder if Takara would have the balls to integrate the Gun Robo line into this effort with new models; even if not Megatron. I mean, when even ray gun alt modes like Shockwave's is no longer even allowed via Hasbro, maybe we can get some output through here?

7 minutes ago, mark-1s said:

The 1-S head lasers look like Nimon horns

3 hours ago, Mommar said:

Outside of shipping my AE order is locked in.

Anything new on there worth checking out? I too, am waiting to ship from AE soon.

On 5/1/2024 at 10:50 AM, Radioguy said:

Has Massassi designed functional in-scale repair bays too? Since seeing the Revell versions of the IMAI kits when I was a kid, I wondered what they'd be like motorized too (crawler, turntable, inspection lifts, gate doors, etc.).

Be nice if CW mass-produced those too...

Anyone?

Chogokin gloves??? They sell those at the Tamashii store?

19 hours ago, grogall said:

Getting antsy for the VT-1 Super Ostrich, hope we get to see some unboxing's next month! Also wander if Bandai will release it at the beginning or end of July!?

But they will probable torture is till the end...! 🥵

Is the huge pile of...something in the background a subtle hint at something?😉

I really want that to feel good in hand, unlike a KC, but I'm not prepared to PO without handling one first. A place in NYC like Midtown Comics would def put one on display, maybe Forbidden Planet too. I hope that doesn't take long, but I expect it to happen as it's licensed for the USA and Diamond will carry ThreeZero stuff.

3 minutes ago, M'Kyuun said:

...If they get around to doing Megatron, I might bite, as I never owned G1 Megs.

Them doing a Walther alt mode would be amazing if they are permitted to.

How much will he run?

5 hours ago, sh9000 said:

Very nice.  I bought some Posca markers recently and tried the green on the VF-1A head so far.  The paint applies nice and evenly so I'll see how mine turns out once I find some time.

Does it match the DX DYRL Kakizaki green? I'd love to find a 1J head and give it a green stripe for a custom swap at some point.

3 hours ago, MKT said:

Heads up to anyone still looking for HMR VF-0S Jenius blue ver.

Mandarake has massively increased the price for this item, & they did it retrospectively to sold listings as well.

Consider this last unit sold at Nagoya:
https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1258197017&lang=en

Up till yesterday, its sold price was Yen 13k. Now it is shown as Yen 20k.

The other 2 sold listings in the page are now shown as Yen 18k, from Yen 12k yesterday.

Damn, that's underhanded.

1 hour ago, sh9000 said:

I'm buying another one.

No kidding? 😉

2 hours ago, MKT said:

Great news on the private warehouse imho.

Store credit, not such great news it seems.

Has Massassi designed functional in-scale repair bays too? Since seeing the Revell versions of the IMAI kits when I was a kid, I wondered what they'd be like motorized too (crawler, turntable, inspection lifts, gate doors, etc.).

Be nice if CW mass-produced those too...

Be interesting if they go so far with G1 Missing Links to get to Megatron, as it would be difficult to justify a non-Walther alt-mode going by the criteria so far, or if they went with a (originally) non-Takara mold like G1 Shockwave. I'd def go for Missing Links on both of those.

32 minutes ago, Black Valkyrie said:

 

ROBOSEN Megatron !  

 

 

She has that "Calgon take me away" away look, except it's Megatron.

2 hours ago, tekering said:

Can't be done...

...at least, not by Hasbro. 🤨

Twelve years later, and still reigns supreme. 

Yeah, this and the XTB Cosmos were the two 3P figures I HAD to own when I started getting into 3P. Not sure anything tops those.

9 hours ago, mikeszekely said:

I've got a little less to go on with their Pulsecon-exclusive, but it will supposedly be themed around the IDW Hearts of Steel miniseries.

If they go and do Shockwave, and top the Knight Morpher 3P version...ok, I just had to take a pill and sit down.

12 hours ago, MisaForever said:

There are KOs of Valks? I mean I shouldn't be surprised, just haven't ever come across any online.

Well, KO's of Arcadia VF-1 valks. I think they are still on eBay, and some third-party retailer sites. They are sold under the Valkyrie Factory "brand".

More recently, there's another "brand" called FuGu that solicited a VF-1S (presumably from the same Arcadia KO mold) in Jetfire colors to compete with KitzConcept's "God of Flame" VF-1S that tries to attempt the same color scheme. That's garnered some added attention lately.

My mind went elsewhere.

16 minutes ago, MKT said:

I got it at slightly above MSRP. This Midnight version don’t seem to have many fans, especially when the normal version have tripled in price going by Mandarake’s rates.

It wasn’t on my radar either as I’m usually not a fan of transparent toys, but Macross plastic crack kicked in strongly when the opportunity came up. 

If we had both seen it, it might have been thunderdome time. Despite the pitfalls, I love me some transparent variants.

Yeah, I only cited the KOs as existing and being a potential threat, but an Arcadia 1/60 is a must have. I'm glad to own a couple.