anime52k8

I'm glad to hear future versions will be glossy. Glossy = sexy.

Like I said, they could probably fit a PT heat shield in the fighter mode that would cover the whole canopy in battroid mode, but it is going to be much closer in shape of the current heat shield only longer and with some different panel lines. Maybe they can take a page form the VF-19Kai's design and do 2 heat shields. One integral shield that's PT but not line art accurate, and a second one that just clips in place for battroid mode that is all bulgy and segmented.

BTW, I find it hilarious that BBTS is offering their collectors grade upgrade (hand picked C9 graded box with extra packing to protect the box) for a model kit that's meant to be taken out of box and assembled, and is probably going to come in a plain white cardboard box.

normally I just brush some over the whole decal once it's exactly where I want it, wait 10~15 seconds for it to soak in, wick away any excess liquid pooling on top of the decal with a tissue, then GENTLY start to work the decal into any surfaces it's not already hugging down to with a soft brush or q-tip or something. Solvaset Works on bandai decals, but only about as well as Microsol does on most other brands of decal.

that's kind of really awesome. I wish I knew how to play guitar.

ಠ_ಠ I just want a 2 seat VF-11, good god.

ouch... Before anyone else ends up dropping WAY TOO MUCH on this thing, BBTS has it for $250 plus estimated $12 shipping to the continental US.

sweet, war machine that isn't crappy or $200+

I get the feeling there's just a pile of pristine Macross related goods buried in a landfill in Hong Kong somewhere. thank you

No, Just... No. Right, well... VF-19Kai... I don't have one, and for that I am sad btw, I noticed that the crotch plate now transforms the way it did on the old 1/72 scale YF-19 rather than how it did on the 1/60 YF-19 (moving down on a double hing rather than flipping over and having it's backside showing in fighter mode.) wasn't the way the 1/60 YF-19 did it supposed to be more accurate? from Jenius' blog also, how's the color match between the painted die-cast and plastic? it looks surprisingly good in pictures.

Basically the entire front end after the hinged part would be new (make room for the 2 seats, the new heat shield, and the canards are bigger), but it wouldn't actually interfere with transformation so it would work. as for the heat shield, I think they could pull it off as an integral part but it would have to be far less bulbous and segmented than it is in the line art. WAT...

according to BBTS; Emile, Jun and noble six are series 1; Carter, Jorge and Kat are series 2. I'd like a couple but $50 is kind of expensive.

SO YEAH, VF-19 KAI... For those that have it, what is the glossy plastic like in person? I think it looks AWESOME in photographs. Is it a fingerprint magnet? Does it feel funny holding it (i.e. like it's greasy)? does it show micro-fine swirly scratches in it's surface? How glossy is it compared to a Bandai DX valk? If it's as good in person as it looks in pictures then I hope they stick to glossy for the VF-19F/S remolds. (although I guess it would have to be if the finish is a product of the surface texture of the mold, and they using the same physical mode to make parts for both. )

actually, If I do end up getting one of these that's totally what I'm going to do with it. TV style feet and paint job.

And all the money I spent this week on ThreeA toys is money I could have spent on a VF-19kai, and instead of getting a new laptop last Christmas I could have picked up an SDF-1. does that mean instead of making large scale perfect transformation Macross toys they should be Making super weathered, non-transforming Vinyl Valks and capital ships with internet access? Yes, there is always going to be more crap on the market that you want than you can actually afford, and people are going to have to pick and choose between disparate things based on which one better fills their unique set of needs and criteria for assessing value. That DOES NOT mean that it is in any way a fair comparison to take two toys that have completely different design goals and declare one superior to the other just because you happen to be part of the market it's targeted at or because you perceive the market that it's aimed at to be more substantial. Ok, now you're just changing the subject completely. Could Yamato be successful now with a smaller, cheaper PT line now? maybe. could that have been successful with a smaller, cheaper PT line 3 years ago? maybe, but a lot less likely. Right now, if Yamato where to do a 1/100 line, it may sell well as it's getting to the point where their current release are becoming prohibitively expensive. although at the same time, Bandai's own line seems dead in the water and we can't say for sure what killed it. I'd argue however that a smaller PT line in '08 wouldn't have done all that well. At the time, prices where still low enough that people weren't clamoring for a cheaper alternatives. the untapped niche at the time that Yamato thought would be profitable was was small possible figures that didn't compromise appearance for transformation. Of course, all this has nothing to do with your initial assertion that the Hi-Metal line are better toys than the GNU because you happen to prefer small transforming toys to small non-transforming ones. Except for the part where you can't mess around with a toynami as their about a 95% chance it will disintegrate as soon as you start handling it. The only reason anyone put up with them at all was because they where absolutely dirt cheap by transforming Macross toy standards. A yamato 1/100 wouldn't have been even close to the sub $20 prices you could get a toynami for and while it would have undoubtedly been more sturdy, it still isn't going to be as rugged as a $20 transformer. people bought the CM's legioss/tread because they where the first to market with a modern tread and toynami's QC is absolute crap. I have no idea how that relates to anything that's been talked about in this thread so far. actually I wouldn't as I have absolutely ZERO interest in a VF-0 (other than the 0D) outside of paring it up with my SV-51, and I'm not re-buying that beast just to get it in a smaller scale. now if they came out with a VF-0D in 1/100 and not in 1/60 i'd get it simply because it's the only option for a transforming -0D, but I'd piss and moan all over the internet about it being in the wrong scale. Or BANDAI could release a VF-0 in their own hi-metal line, then it would REALLY match. And while this might be a good reason to have 1/100 Yamato's NOW, back when the GNU's came out in 08 1/100 PT GNU's wouldn't be in scale with anything but Yamato's own crappy VB-6 and Toynami's even crappier VF-1 (which isn't even true 1/100 scale). sure, If Bandai's hi-metal line proves to be dead and Bandai abandon all of it's licenses for 1/100 valks, Yamato could come in and start selling scaled down PT valks and possibly be successful (although, that assumes they can avoid the things that killed Bandai's hi-metal line). But that is a completely different situation from Yamato producing a 1/100 PT line instead of GNU three years ago when exchange rates where better, prices for valks where lower and there where fewer good 1/100 Valk toys to pair them up with. Further, it doesn't change the fact that comparing the Hi-metal line to the GNU line is an unfair comparison. :edit: really this should be in the hi-metal thread and not the hi-Metal thread, shouldn't it? I apologize for going so off topic, and I'd ask a mod to kindly move this post and the one it's responding to, but apparently that thread is now about the negative effects of video games on the development of children

that's actually not too bad for a US site. after all the 16590 list price works out to about $200 US with the current exchange rate, and keep in mind BBTS estimates shipping for just it at about $12 to the continental US. once you tack on $40~$50 for international shipping, it's actually going to be pretty close. hopefully these aren't going to be too limited. I'd like to get one but the timing is right in the middle of a bunch of other stuff.*crosses fingers for winter sale*

this is a stupid comparison and bringing it up constantly isn't going to make it any less invalid. The GNU line is in no way shape or form comparable to the Hi-Metal line. The two have completely different design goals, target markets and price points. the hi-Metal line exists as an attempt to salvaged the failed VF100 line, and beyond that is meant to offer modern, intricate transforming VF's at a smaller size and lower price point than the current crop of High end DX's and Yamato's who's prices are spiraling upward with every release. The GNU where never intended to fill this niche, they where meant to compete directly with Kaiyodo's Revoltech line, offering highly poseable figures that forgo transformation in order to achieve greater anime accuracy. If you're going to compare a Bandai product to GNU, the appropriate line would be the Robot Damashii series, which likewise offers poseable, show accurate figures that don't transform. The GNU line was definitely not without it's flaws (they where way overpriced for what you got and the expensive fast pack sets where stupid) but not being tiny, crappy transforming toys what not one of them. Also the Toynami 1/100's where absolute crap.

God dammit, Now I want to go buy expensive toys AND fast food! If I hadn't just dropped way to much money on some 3A toys I'd be ordering one of these right now. At least I'll have time to save up enough money for the Blazer Valk. :edit: BTW, HAPPY RAPTURE EVERYONE!

NO! NO limited items, NO web exclusive, NO magazine order contest prize bs. If they're going to make the one strait VF-11 repaint I actually want, I don't want to have to pay out the nose and jump through ridiculous hoops to get it. alternatively I really want a VF-11D :edit: seriously; it's a mac 7 valk, it doesn't have a face, it sort of has a Low-vis paint scheme, and you can just pretend that the speakers in the sound boosters are sensor/jamming equipment.

I love how he's this Malingering, codependent psychopath who violently murders people and feigns physical disability to garner sympathy and compassion.

I don't see the fun of having these toys if you don't take them off the shelf and play with them every once and a while. tbh, how much I like any given figure in the long term is directly proportional to how much I pick it up and mess with it (which is why I love the VF-11 the most). That said, my favorite part of these things is popping them out of the box for the first time and trying to transform it into every mode several times without looking at the instruction at all.

hmm... I really don't want to be ordering DotM toys online if I can avoid it, but realistically it's only a dollar more than I'd pay after taxes and I can use my prime trial for free shipping... :edit: we've got piles of leader bumblebee's here. leader sentinel prime isn't too hard to find either, no Ironhide yet though.

well, it only took them 6 years to make a TV wing gundam after doing Wing gundam ver ka, so expect to see the rest of the TV versions starting 2017.

If by that you mean the single greatest thing to ever happen to the franchise, possibly. BTW, I 100% support tits and faces on robots. *cough*MAXL*cough*Make it happen yamato*chough*

how the...? ಠ_ಠ