Escaflown4

Hi guys,

I have been kinda out of touch with Macross for a while, but lately a few ebay auctions caught my attention.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Elintseeker-VE-1-MINT-...1QQcmdZViewItem

So far I don't think this price has ever been realized for the Elintseeker in the past even though it did hit the four digits before, but $1356??

http://cgi.ebay.com/Macross-Robotech-Roy-F...1QQcmdZViewItem

Is this the current going price for a 1/48 Fokker?

My question is are these the actually going prices or is it just aggressive bidding from a few certain individuals?

well just emailed the seller abut when he can send the item, he didi nto reply, lucky i have not send the money over yet. if not i will cry...

Don't worry, if he flakes out, you can always go for this ultimate SDF-1

Ultimate SDF-1

Is it colored grey or is it from the dust??!?!?!!?

Well, although I am sad to see this beauty go, but I am no longer the owner of this custom. And yes the SDF-1 was colored with grey dust. j/k

The SDF-1 already got bought up, but there still plenty of other Macross stuff.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZescaflown4

well just emailed the seller abut when he can send the item, he didi nto reply, lucky i have not send the money over yet. if not i will cry...

Don't worry, if he flakes out, you can always go for this ultimate SDF-1

Ultimate SDF-1

Actually, that's a beautiful custom DYRL Macross that a member him made using the Matchbox toy as the base. Esaflown4, sorry if it was you, but I think it was originally built and sold back when I was only an occasional lurker. If it was you, it's amazing to see it again. I just wish I had the skills to build one just like it.

Hehe no I didn't build it, Kisimoto did. He has such awesome skills. However I am the owner of this and proud to say that it was his very first custom. Budget has been tight lately and I have been trying to sell it. We'll see if anyone on these forums wants the job of taking care of this beauty.

Hey how come the DYRL SDF-1 is not on the poll?

Here's mine. 

Massive pictures in this link

Why are you selling it then?

Welp, as said in the auction....trying to pay off my student loans asap.....

For some weird reason....I'm gonna know a few years down the road that this will be one mighty mistake if it does sell.....

Some of you might know about this, but to those that don't, I just listed this SDF-1 on ebay with massive amounts of new pictures.

Ebay link

Enjoy

Here's mine.

Massive pictures in this link

Just had to take advantage of the 5 cent insertion fee sale. Listed a whole bunch Macross customs and figures. Take a looksee.....

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZescaflown4QQhtZ-1

My VB-6 just arrived today and as usual the instruction manual proves to be useless for a Yamato figure. Does anyone have a link that shows step by step transformation?

Hey guys, I just put up some Transformers and Macross stuff for sale if anyone is interested.

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Sorry, didn't get the chance to get some nice poses and pics of the SDF-1. I'll try to get them within a few days. In the meantime, here's a quick teaser pic I just took of the SDF-1 inside the custom made box.

Thought we were talking about the SDF-1 here, but I wouldn't mind posting pics of my g/f that is if she doesn't try to kill me if she finds out. lol

wow... $450, it's high for me in these days. Maybe I couldn't realize it...

But I really like to see more photos of it, also the custom made box and the instruction book, if Escaflown4 would put them out.

Yeah I know $450 sounds alot, but it's the price I paid for it back a few years ago and a deter for me to let it go at a loss. I think this SDF-1 is worth it tho. If you really like the it and want to discuss the price with me, you can email me at Escaflown4@earthlink.net. I'll see what I can do.

I'm at my girlfriend's place right now, but I'll definitely post more pictures when I get home tomorrow.

I'll be willing to let it go at the price I bought it for which is $450. This will include the custom made box and a detailed step by step transformation instruction manual book made by Kishimoto. If you need reference, I am on the straight shooter list and my ebay id is "Escaflown4". Link Here

I have sold some Transformers and a bunch of comics and have received alot of positive feedbacks about how I package my items. My packaging style is pretty much bullet-proof.

I'm surprised someone brought this up, but EXO is correct that it's Kishimoto's very first custom off the taka 1/3000 scale SDF-1.  I bought it off him a few years ago on ebay and flooded this site with pics if anyone remembers back during the days when I was a moderator here.      Anyways I still have this in my possession and I still think it's the best representation of the DYRL SDF-1 out of all the customs Kishimoto did.  I also sent these pics to the valk factory to keep for archival.  Unfortunately I could not capture most of the details with the digi cam.  It just comes out mostly grey after the flash. 

Hi, I found these pics half year ago, I didn't know what it is, yesterday I just remember it again, so put it up here. It's a great surprise to me. What does Kishimoto do now? Does he have a site?

I haven't spoken with Kishimoto ever since I bought the custom off him a few years ago. I remember facing heavy competition with Jerry (VF1-X) to those that remember him. As far as I know, Kishimoto does not have his own site. Lately, I have been thinking of selling this SDF-1 along with some other Macross valkyries to pay off my student loan. However, the more I look at the SDF-1, the more harder it is to part with. The details are simply amazing, but if I do decide to sell this, how many of you would be interested?

I forgot to mention that this also came in a well made customized box. Kishimoto did an outstanding job on this custom.

I'm surprised someone brought this up, but EXO is correct that it's Kishimoto's very first custom off the taka 1/3000 scale SDF-1. I bought it off him a few years ago on ebay and flooded this site with pics if anyone remembers back during the days when I was a moderator here. Anyways I still have this in my possession and I still think it's the best representation of the DYRL SDF-1 out of all the customs Kishimoto did. I also sent these pics to the valk factory to keep for archival. Unfortunately I could not capture most of the details with the digi cam. It just comes out mostly grey after the flash.

Gee look at the bidding history. The guy could have at least done his shill bidding in a less obvious way. I wouldn't have bidded on this auction in the first place since it was rigged.

bootlegs¡¡, ripoffs¡¡, copias piratas¡¡ and anything else.

what i meant was because if japanese valkyries were released here their prices would not be much high.

still one question, why many companies have lack of vision?.

and why can`t the japanese see that macross is way cooler than gundam, in my opinion if it wheren`t for the gundaniom alloy the gundam pilot would have died several times unlike the main characters of macross.

but if bandai supported macross in the way they do it for gundam then they`d be forcing big west and studio nue to release several macross series on a regular basis and suddendly it would be the same case with gundam, same plot with different mechas.

I agree with you that Macross is definitely much cooler then Gundam. Question is why would Bandai want to waste money mass advertising Macross around the globe. Macross still needs alot of promoting to reach those that have no clue what it's about. I doubt Bandai would want to waste their time and resources to do that since they already have an established huge fan base for Gundam.

As Graham said, Bandai is a corporate company with only one thing in mind "$$". They only focus on whatever brings in the biggest source of revenue for them. The only reason they even made the reissues was the fact that the originals were selling through the roof prices on ebay. They first released Hikaru's VF-1J to test the market. The first production batch sold extremely well that they decided to release the rest of the line. That's when they literally flooded the market with VF-1 valkyries to the point of saturation. Once Bandai saw sales plummeted, they immediately pulled out. This is all business 101 here. They just wanted a slice of the market. Did they do any research prior to selling the valks? Probably not much, otherwise they would have known that the most desirable valks were the ones they didn't re-release. As far as business mind goes, Macross is something they rather stay away from since they don't any potential $$ in it. Pretty much any rumors of Bandai re-releasing the valks are just......rumors.

Yeah, the book has been just sitting there ever since I bought it like two years ago. I figure I might as well sell it and help pay off my student loan. For some reason, I have this feeling that I will regret it some time along the road if it does sell.

Hey guys, I caught wind of the 10 cent listing fees a little too late, but I still managed to squeeze in a few auctions. Got a few Macross and Transformers items for sale for those that are interested. If anybody collect Comics like the Uncanny X-Men, feel free to bid on those as well.

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I just remembered I've sent some pics to Valkyrie Factory a while back. Thank god he keeps a nice archive of his updates. Anyways here's a few of the pics and if you want you can look at his site for more pics together with the rest of my Macross valkyrie collection. Of course my collection has expanded from those years. Just go to his site and click on updates. Search back to July's 2001 and you'll see the link to the custom SDF1 pics.

I remember the flash from my digi cam killed off some of the details, but you can still see a good portion of it. He really put in alot of attention on this custom SDF-1 compared to the others.