thegunny

I've been getting the Hasegawa catalogue for years, and they've pretty much never advertised upcoming Macross models unless they were already announced at the time the catalogue was published. Last year's catalogue didn't mention the reactive armour VF-0, for example. So, I wouldn't let lack of notice in the catalogue get anyone down.

This years catalogue has an insert in it listing upcoming and new releases for 2007. No Macross kits are shown on the insert although that may not mean anything because as I said before the Macross models themselves are not in the main catalogue but on another fold out 4 page insert.

Does anyone know if there is a kit available for any of the HWT's (Humanoid Walking Tank) from Gunparade March?

I remember seeing a very small article in one of the japanese hobby mags but was unsure if it was talking about a kit or a one off custom and I can't find the article again.

Any leads would be appreciated, thanks.

darklord4 went above & beyond the call of duty. Thanks

specr0101 nice SC kits

Try these. Not sure if scale will be okay though.

Decal 1

Decal 2

Am I the only one that can't find any Macross kits on the Hasegawa site?

Is that the US site or the Japanese site?

I'm pretty sure they only have them on the Japanese site.

Try this Hasegawa macross kits

did you put some sort of sealer or clear coat over the decals?

Er if you mean did I do it properly, then yes

I usually put a coat of gloss (Testor's Glosscoat) then apply the decals using a setting solution so they conform to model's surface better, let them dry for at least 24hrs than apply either a gloss or matt (Testor's Dulcote) coat over the the entire model as required.

You can eliminate the gloss coat part by painting the model in gloss paint to begin with then applying a matt finish if required after completion.

I always apply a finishing coat as I weather my models using pastels and they will rub off or smudge if not protected.

Hello,

I just purchased a Hasegawa Ractive Armor Macross Zero kit and the parts on the white spruces all have a yellow color to them and are not brillant white as in other Hasegawa kits. Was this normal? Thanks. Any input would be helpful. I think they have prematurely yellow since the kit is fairly new.

No problem it's supposed to be like that.

Why does it have to be "brilliant white" when you'll be painting it anyway

(all decals no matter how good will eventually dry out and have a tendency to flake off.)

I've got 20+ year old models with still perfect decals. Guess I haven't waited long enough

Decals are thinner and conform to the surface better giving a painted on look if done properly. They require a lot more effort that stickers but are worth it if you don't want the toy with stickers look.

I have the current 07 Hasegawa catalogue and it has a seperate Macross insert. There are no new models listed on the insert.

My kit didn't come with decals.

getting my order today

DH had some pages showing transformation of the macross.

That's pretty much a colour version of the instructions that come with the figure.

Just got my copy today.

Certainly covered Mospeada quite well but if you sneeze you'll miss the Southern Cross parts .

oh crap now i'm worried about transforming it... kept in the box and i'm going to wait for Graham's step by step transformation if he will post any.

Be adventurous

It's not rocket science. I transformed mine in around 5 minutes. The only confusing part for me was how to unlock the hips but with a bit of brute force and ignorance all was well.

Must admit it's a bit disappointing So small. It marvellous what good photography can make something look like

You improve your distribution and I'll buy your magazine.

I live in Australia and I've got a copy coming and I reckon I'm bit further away from their location than you are

PM sent

HLJ lists the Max Q-rau as Feb 2007 restock

http://www.hlj.com/product/YMT00035

p.s.

yeah i know this is an old thread I just didnt want to start a new one

Just received an email from HLJ saying that they have cancelled my back order for the Max colour as they cannot get any and have been told by Yamato that they will not be making anymore any time soon.

Have you tried TAMARKET They are in Melbourne.

Not sure that they are that much better though.

If you're after figures & kits try HLJ, use them all the time.

Just finished watching Southern Cross. Better late than never I suppose On to Mospeda next.

Have to say I thought it was rather good. You can definately see the production company ties to Macross. Love old school anime.

I take it, it was not all that popular as apart from the Robotech toys I haven't seen any items for this show around.

Plus it's gonna have to be really, really good for me to get anything with the word "WHAM!" on it. Hey, Graham, do you want us to wake you up before you go go?

You'll have to lock the display cabinet to make sure it doesn't start hanging out in public toilets

Prices are way over the top

Because they knew, based on the interior of the SDF-1, the general size of the aliens that had previously inhabited it

The doorways in the SDF-1.

True some areas of the ship were "giant sized" but why would you design your premium front line state of the art fighter based on the size of a couple of doors in an alien ship that you had no idea where it came from on the off chance that the doors were for beings and not some sort of vehicle?

In answer to the original question, it was probably done so fluff freaks on sites like this could speculate the topic to death

The VF-1 was designed to have to fight zentraedi out of their pods and armor, however once the UN Spacy saw how big the pods and armor were they made sure to make their valks larger in order to be able to fight them more effectively. Afterall a zent or melt in power armor is much larger then a VF-1.

How did UN Spacy design the Valk to fight an enemy they didn't know existed until they come knocking on the front door in the first episode

[my conspiracy theory]

if you're close, they ship you nice boxes since it doesn't cost as much to ship it back if you're pissed.

but if you're a US customer, they specifically pick out the worst boxes because you're half way around the world and they know it'll cost a US customer an arm and a leg to ship it back.

[/conspiracy theory]

added:

when i say boxes, i don't mean the shipping box, but the actual box the toy comes in.

i bought the aoshima aliens dropship from them, its was $200 with the APC. the shippgin box was fine but the side of the toy box was completely ripped and there were fingerprints on the toy itself. thats all it took to add them to my permanent blacklist.

That's a bit of a bugger

Luckily it hasn't happened to me yet but then again I'm not much of a box man (well cardboard one's anyway )

if you're a box person, don't buy from HLJ.

if you read there TOS, they offer no guarantee on box conditions.

this means they can ship you the most f-ed box they got.

for this one reason alone, i don't buy from them.

I've purchased a fair bit of stuff from them over the past year and the only time the boxes have been damaged was when the mindless gorilla's in the postal department decided to stress test the packaging and most of the time it was the outside packaging that suffered, all inside boxes were fine.

The one thing that they could improve on is their order processing time, sometimes it is sooo slow.

I will likely be making one of each, with the cruiser first, if there is no demand for it i will likely not make an attack mode, but i hope that there is.

I'll definately be interested in one of each