Raikkonen

Is that it for 1/48??? 😶

7 minutes ago, seti88 said:

May next year ...so preorders soon-ish?

That's what I was thinking... 

3 hours ago, MKT said:

Scheduled to be released on May 2024. @Raikkonen you got your wish. 

Glorious!!! 

Quite surprised there's still no hint of a SV-51.

And I was expecting the VF-22 with this 7 batch.

Also... they've stopped showing prototypes that are in limbo for a while... wonder if it's sign of permanently abandoning them?

All I'm interested for is for the 0A. Everything else is a bonus. 

But... I'm dreading it's all mostly going to be 7... 

On 11/2/2023 at 9:37 AM, locidm said:

On amazon US's site now for $110 + tax, free ship, seller is interestingly amazon Japan.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BX2L8X9G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Edit: Amazon.jp won't ship to US if you buy from amazon.jp. They will however ship it to US if you buy from amazon.com. So weird.

I see $141 on amazon.com. 

@MKT - Thanks!!!

I'm tempted of flogging my 1S Hikaru with non SP and getting this... but the potential yellowing on the bright white scares me... 

Anyone know if these re-issues with have the cavity fillers and if they'll be bright white plastic, or that toned down broken white? 

@Big s - Yeah, you right. 

The 19 is gonna need a major overhaul, especially the legs.

But the 22 is easy conversion for Bandai. 

About to start Pluto. Animation looks glorious. 

3 minutes ago, Big s said:

There’s a bit more like the shoulder detail as well as lower legs. I’m gonna have to take a look at the artwork to see what else, but I believe the internal parts and joints are the same, but may just need the outer armor changed up here and there.

Still curious if they'll add Basara with and without guitar. 

And happy this is coming soon eventhough I don't care about it, but as it will sell well, it will help getting going my only interest of Macross 7, which are Max's and fodder VF-22. 

What do they mean "each part is molded in 4 colours"?

Duel molded parts?

Or the spurs in different colours? 

2 hours ago, Big s said:

I’m pretty sure they are just gonna reuse the ones from the yf-19

Of course. 

Expect only the head and colour to differ. 

25 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

+1 to that! How many years has it been since people were singing Bandai's praises because the HMR line was "the most complete line" "the most complete prototype line" of Macross toys? 

5 hours ago, ScrambledValkyrie said:

I would say the main disappointment with the HMR Tomahawk is its non-existence.

I was talking in general about the Destroids they've released so far, all with pretty tiny pilotless cockpits. 

MKT caught what I meant😉

(But the HMR Tomahawk prototype does exist.)

6 hours ago, Big s said:

They’ll probably also do the vf-22 as an easy release as well.

This!!! 

After looking at the images again of all 3 modes... I think more than the nose being short, it's actually the back being over sized to compensate for the legs in plane mode. 

Definitely looks like Bandai prioritize transformation, then battroid, while the rest is what it is once it transforms. 

11 hours ago, Mog said:

The point still stands though:  the nose and cockpit in fighter mode looks short and stubby on the Bandai.

And then because of the design choices by Bandai, it still conversely looks too long in battroid mode.

A quick and dirty shot to try to mimic the angle of the Bandai pic:

I get what you saying.

Bandai's picture is taken so that everything around the central point is brought out as much as possible out of perspective, making the nose look smaller than what it is. 

Eventhough the nose looks shorter vs Yamato's, I don't believe that magazine image is a true indication of any proportions. 

21 hours ago, Mog said:

For comparison purposes, Yamato’s 1/60 fighter from a similar angle:

Not exactly a perfect match to the Bandai’s angle.  But with the nose closer to the camera, you would expect it to exaggerate the length of the nose a bit.

Not seeing that with the Bandai fighter pic is concerning.

Lol. No.

Angle's not similar (tip of red fin touches tail in first pic while in second no where near), and... focal point completely different.

11 hours ago, JB0 said:

Some people want a minty clean Pontiac Fiero, while acknowledging it is objectively a trash car.

I don't know how that relates to the topic at hand, but now you know my "suddenly rich" plan.

Well relates to it as personal preferences are being mentioned. 🤷‍♂️

Which I started when saying Delta isn't memorable while liking Zero, something like that, to others feeling the opposite. 

2 hours ago, Focslain said:

There was also a dub of Macross II and Plus. But agreed on the fact that none of the others (0,7, Frontier and Delta) will ever get dubs done. Which is fine.

But I have the original SDF dubbed. (Not Robotech)

Well, it's fine for you, but not for others 🤣

2 hours ago, Master Dex said:

If you mean subtitled in English, no because this will be, even if it has to be imported.

But if you mean dubbed... Honestly, I don't think anyone should expect this of any Macross series (except existing non-RT SDFM dubs).

I genuinely think dubs of any series outside maybe new stuff in this WWM era are unlikely. 

I meant dubbed.

I like to most times to just sit back and immerse myself into a different world without reading. 

You're all still gonna buy it. 😂

On 10/6/2023 at 7:52 AM, Graham said:

The only Macross music which to me is forgettable is that from Macross Zero. There was really nothing that grabbed me.

Feel the exact same about 7. 

Some like redheads, others blondes. Some want a Porsche, others a Ferrari. One of those things. 😅

3 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

I wouldn't say those other pictures actually look good, this one just looks even worse.  The nose has always looked far too short to me, but I would like to see an actual flat scan of that photo, as well as the facing page that looks like it details the transformation.

This doesn't look good?

6 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

I really hope that's just the magazine photo artificially foreshortening the fighter mode, because that looks REALLY squished up front, like bizarrely out of proportion.

It really is that. Check the profile pics in plane mode on previous pages here.