dr_vandermeer

BRILLIANT!!!!

Actually Bandai did make them ... for the re-issues, that is. Bandai made several "new" head sculpts in the 1/55 tradition for the re-ssiue Macross Valkyrie line several years ago, but unfortunatley the new sculpts only made it as far as the prototype stage. New 1/55 heads & paint schemes were made for: VF-1A Max (DYRL Blue) VF-1A Hikaru (DYRL Red) VF-1A Cannon Fodder (Brown) VF-1J Hikaru (TV Series Grey) VF-1S Roy (DYRL Yellow) VF-1S Hikaru (DYRL Red) VF-1D (TV Series) There are @ 3 prototypes of each style valkyrie known to exist. There were even new "new" prototype sculpts for the TV & DYRL pilots; as well as an incomplete sculpt for a 1/55 scale "Tomahawk;" roughly about 80% finished. Rumor also has it that there was even a 20" SDF-1 prototyped, but no images have ever been seen. The prototype is still believed to be at the Bandai studio. The re-issue line did not do as well as Bandai had hoped, due to fierce competition from Yamato & Toynami releasing thier toys, so it therefore lived a short life. Bandai did not think the retail price of new sculpts justified the mold costs. Perhaps in another few years Bandai may release the line again; but there are no current plans to re-release 1/55 toys such as the Strike, Elintseeker, or Super Ostrich from Bandai. Anyone at the last MWCon got to see these amazing prototypes in person thanks to XSToys!

TOO cool! Love the little Minmay on the right leg back!

Looks great!

Excellent excellent work. I'm very jealous of your immense talent as usual!!!

Check out these insane customs someone did based off the exclusive Rei (and upcoming Asuka) figure... http://www3.osk.3web.ne.jp/~kaiten/gallery...rence1/6-28.htm http://www3.osk.3web.ne.jp/~kaiten/gallery...nce1-2/7-23.htm http://www3.osk.3web.ne.jp/~kaiten/gallery/rei/rei.htm http://www3.osk.3web.ne.jp/~kaiten/gallery...0yen/1000-1.htm http://www3.osk.3web.ne.jp/~kaiten/gallery....5/04-02-12.htm http://www3.osk.3web.ne.jp/~kaiten/gallery...e2/04-08-27.htm See more great work here: http://www3.osk.3web.ne.jp/~kaiten/ http://www3.osk.3web.ne.jp/~kaiten/gallery/

Gone gone? What happened?

What place in LA did you go to? Was it in Little Tokyo?

fixed the pic, click the link to see the rest of my retarded lego collection...and thats barely half of it. HOLY CRAP! I'm surprised you don't have a Lego Death Star to hold all those guys! ;P But seriously, how did you get so many single figures?! And the Legio of Cobra figures is insane too. Gotta love it.

Ha ha! That's funny.

Well done, sir!

Dark Knight Strikes Again = Crap

Good stuff! Awesome! Show it displayed in the CD case holder complete!

The story, according to English anime journalist/author Jonathan Clements is that a production team were stuck for ideas for a new show one day, so simply emptied the contents of their pockets onto a table - and got their idea from there! That's sad.... That's brilliant!!!

I like it. I wouldn't kick that out of bed in the morning. And I like the heatshield color too.

BLASPHEMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

$9.99?! Where?!

um...I'm pretty sure he didn't get the part he was auditioning for... http://www.kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID...AT=movies&NSFW=

If he wins his own auction, doesn't he still have to pay ebay their percentage? Seems like he's willing to lose a little money to snag unsuspecting buyers.

A MOTOSLAVE IS THAT MUCH CLOSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! C'mon baby, come to papa. Those figures look nice. I wonder what the final size'll be.

Hey guys. So none of these versions come with the behind the scenes footage that I've seen online?

Really sad and disappointing to hear some of the problems people are having with their Alphas, after it seemed like a lot of people walked away from MWCon4 pretty impressed with the toy that we had seen. Though in hindsight, I guess if it were me, I would also try to bring the best piece I possibly could to show off. I thought that Toynami had done the Alpha justice. Now...

I've always dug this image. Just bad-f***ing-ass. Anyone know where i can find a larger version? A larger non-linking Alpha/Legioss will probably happen after the 1/55 MPC Beta/Tread. Toynami would be foolish not to do either of them.

Yum yum, gimme some.

Does anyone know what a Legioss/Alpha would be comparable to in real world terms? For example, is it about the size of a 18-wheeler truck? A little bit smaller than 2 18-wheelers? Something else to compare it to?