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Hasegawa updated with a bigger pic of the box art.

Hasegawa product listing

I think there are 2 different sculpts, because if I remember correctly,

Dengeki Hobby was featuring a contest to decide between which of the two sculpts

that Studio Half Eye was going to produce.

Wonder if that Prowl was inspired by these photoshop renditions...

Cool Photoshop Binaltech/Alternators

Check em out...He made Cliffjumper as a PT Cruiser and Bumblebee as a Mini Cooper.

I wonder if Honda is going to grant Takara a license for Binarteach/Alternators.

They should, they make a damn robot!

I think it's cool that Tracks has the shoulder mounted missile launchers....

but what about Smokescreen and Bluestreak??

They had em on the Old School toys, and someone on this board even pointed out that smokescreen has

holes on his shoulders which looks like Takara may have been thinking about it.

I just hope they make them, even as an afterthought as an e-hooby exclusive, or maybe

package it with a later Binaltech release (like how they included an Optimus fist to hold Megatron in gun mode

with the Collection 9 Starscream)

ebay auction for unpainted prototype

with the RX-8 and now this, this toyline just keeps getting better and better.

Can't wait to see the painted version. He had a blue paintscheme for the original old school toy.

Hmmm...Wonder why Yamato chose to make the canopy frames match the paint schemes on these...

On the 1/60 M&M, the canopy frames were black...weird

I got mine at Frank and Sons for $180 from Treasure Island

Yeah those are cool.

I just picked up Mirage-Bot and the bulldozer one for my Godson.

What's really cool is these two have the Autobot logo.

For some reason the rest of them have that G symbol.

Actually the one you posted pics of has the G symbol in the pics, but the Carded one

I saw at Target had the Autobot Logo.

Gotta get those kids started young with the brand recognition.

Here's an auction for the 1/48 VF-1J (no fastpacks) with pics

1/48 VF-1J (no fastpacks)

1/72 = 5

1/60 = 22

1/48 = 9

I think in the TV series it alternated between a grey and white visor.

In this screen grab from the TV series it's gray.

try that again

if they make DYRL style posed hands for the 1J release, then they can put out a hand upgrade to retrofit all the other 1/48 DYRL valks

I'm hoping that Yamato will make DYRL style, posed, non-articulated hands in addition to the TV style hands when the 1/48 Hikaru VF-1J is released.

Here's a screen grab I took for reference.

I hope they paint the area around the optical visor gray also, unlike the 1/60 version.

let's try that again

here's a screen cap I took that's a little clearer

Monkey-N

if it's not too late, or if you are taking request for a second order, I would like to purchase:

2x Gunpods (part S-1)

2x Catapult Latch (part BD-

thanks in advance

Picked up 3 sets from Treasure Island at Frank and Sons last Saturday.

First and foremost I want to make a disclaimer and say that I am completely happy with my purchase.

The fast packs make my valks Godlike. These are the toys I dreamed of since I was about 10 years old.

I did encounter 1 of the issues that WM Cheng experienced and 2 others I haven't seen mentioned in this thread or elsewhere.

1. The saggin arm thing? Well My Hikaru 1A doesn't have it but my Focker 1S definitely does.

2. I opened 2 of my 3 sets and for some reason in both of them, both the left side RMS missles on the rack (if you look at them facing you) are very loose.

3. The front parts of the boosters are loose and don't lock in place very good.

These issues in no way negate my satisfaction with the way these things look. No buyers remorse here.

just reporting my finds and was curious to see if anyone else ecountered these or if this was just a one off.

The boxes for my fast packs were a bit dinged up so I don't know if these issues were a result of the boxes being roughly handled during shipping.