Raikkonen

I'm almost done with the Robodoc, The Creation of Robocop documentary.

Loving it how this project was held together by Paul's vs the world drive. 

Started with Unluck Undead. Promising so far. 

I'm glad the YF-21 is not my personal definition of Macross, cause then I'd have to buy multiple of these and lie to myself that it looks great. 

19 hours ago, ScrambledValkyrie said:

Here's the real clown force...

 

@sh9000 That's a good looking Max. A true TV version of both Max and Milia's 1J would be nice to see.

Which episode was this? 

3 hours ago, Graham said:

Surprised they didn't show the HMR Q-Rau that was shown last time.

Usually when they do that with Figuarts... means the item is no longer planned... 

The Dysan looks great!!!

11 hours ago, sh9000 said:

As there were no attachment parts included with the VF-0S Roy but were with the VF-0S Genius Blue, I hope the VF-0A comes with an extra set of attachment parts in white.

Would they do that when they can release a Ghost pack with the 0S attachments, or re-release the 0S with the Ghost, and make more money off us?

That's a lot of different 19Kai's planned, from HG right down to Tiny sessions... They're obviously going to ride it with some special anniversary blue ray. 

10 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

And here's Drax's reply: "I'll do you one better! Why is Tomahawk?"

LOL

Bandai still wins. They well know almost everyone is going to buy it regardless the proportion issues. 

6 minutes ago, Froy said:

I'm just wondering how Bandai is going to give the 0S a ghost booster.

I know is day dreaming but, could they just bundle 2 boosters with the extra notched fuel tanks for the VF-0S?

Won't happen. It's confirmed only x1 Ghost with this release. 

I'm expecting the extra Ghost to either be a Tamashii web exclusive, or 0S re-released with it, or not happening at all.

1 hour ago, seti88 said:

Live..talking abt gundam at the mo..think the vf-1s portion is region locked..

Viewable here via this link... https://tigmedia.jp/live/watch?id=d8d7e0368eda9f95089a&ta_tag=tw

But just finished.

Edit: Full video now plays in above link, but nothing new revealed. Just chatted what is displayed. 

2 minutes ago, Guyffon said:

Where is the tomahawk?

Here's Bandai's reply: "What Tomahawk?"

7 hours ago, seti88 said:

lol...so many new macross products...all revealed before the live stream...

HMR M7 sound force, VF-0A w ghost, YF-21 DX, VF-1 Super Ostrich...i dont think there will be anything else in the live stream......

You forgot the ultra limited editions only available to one person in whole of Japan via lottery. 🤣

1 hour ago, grogall said:

True, Just hope the live stream can be watched outside of Japan or someone can grab it and repost for the rest of the world! 🤔

Videos from Youtube Macross channel generally open for global viewing a few hours after it's streamed. 

Otherwise is there a specific Tamashi stream? 

Edit: The stream today appears to be solely focused on the shooting insight game.

22 minutes ago, MKT said:

Yeah I conflated the traditional Gerwalk joint with the upper knee joint. Double jointed knees is good to have in many figures, but I think it's not supposed to be used this way for Battroid as how it was posed lol. 

I'm curious to how long these double knee joints will hold up with all that weight on the back. 

9 minutes ago, grogall said:

Wasn't meant to be negative! I'm new to this series as well, having purchased the complete series this year, 2022 was really sad with no release at all. 

So already one really anticipated release already made my year. Let's see how the rest unfolds... Very hopeful 🤗

But didn't you get these in Japan?

Bandai's original release and re-release timeline doesn't really help other new collectors that don't have the accessible to take a trip to Japan. 

36 minutes ago, MKT said:

Also none of the Delta items they showed last year in sight..  

True. It's strange, as they generally use this event as their grand one for the year. 

46 minutes ago, grogall said:

I think for most people here, this is one of there most anticipated releases! It also opens the door that the VE-1 (Elintseeker) is around the corner!

2024 is going to be a great year with D.Y.R.L. 40th Anniversary, They will probably also complete the Skull Squadron next year!

I for myself am happy with this ONE release for 2024!

Oh no, I've got nothing against this release.

But one release a year is quite thin, especially for new collectors. 

5 hours ago, Lolicon said:

I was about to say that the other 2 look like 3D printed mock ups rather than actual transformable prototypes. 

5 hours ago, jenius said:

The other two in sound force look like half-baked 3D prints with no engineering.

I think this is it for them... non transformable HMR? 

I can't see any possible transformation with these proportions, unless they're just display fillers because they haven't started working on the actual intended models? 

3 minutes ago, m0n5t3r said:

Excited for the VF-0A. It's gonna look great with the 0D. Crossing fingers that it really will come with the Ghost set and Bandai doesn't get any ideas.

It's confirmed with the ghost. 

18 minutes ago, MKT said:

And the wait for the HMR Tomahawk & Phalanx continues... I want to say the other released HMR Destroids will be well yellowed before we ever get to complete the whole squad, but thankfully they have very little whites on them.

It's concerning this time round there's no displayed prototypes of them... 

On 11/9/2023 at 10:57 AM, Graham said:

As someone who studied the lineart extensively back in mid-90s when Plus and 7 came out (and also from my many discussions with Yamato, back when I was friends with the CEO), from what I remember, it's pretty much nearly every part of the VF-19Kai/F/S/P that is different from the YF-19. You cannot reuse the same molds/tooling.

From what I remember, it's maybe only the hands, biceps and feet that are similar (and the gunpod for the F, S & P). Every other part requires completely different tooling.

Basically, there is very little comonality between the YF-19 and VF-19Kai/F/S/P.

Yup, I did correct myself with my follow up post below.  

On 10/28/2023 at 2:23 AM, Raikkonen said:

 

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

But the 22 is easy conversion for Bandai. 

@Graham Does this 19Kai get your approval? 

1 hour ago, grogall said:

Maybe we get 5 and Minmai is showering nude in the tent! 😱

The heads of collectors will explode when unboxing this.