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Thanks for the replies guys. I was leaning toward the blue one myself because I have never seen the other two in action and thought that maybe they aren’t real “characters”. Secondly the blue one looks the a Macross Mech. It’s well…..cartoony. Macross is a cartoon after all. And lastly the blue one has a “presence” the other two don’t. I purchased one of the VF-1’s in the “stealth” paintjob, and yes it looks very, very cool. But is disappears on my shelf, go figure. I need to take a peek at the 1/60 (or was it 1/55’s, I will check the post). The Yamoto ones certainly do look over chunky a little. There certainly isn’t anything about them that looks agile. One again, thanks for your help.

I never noticed that. I just went through the sellers list of items and it looks like they have two locations. The stuff out of NY is more expensive than the stuff out of HK but the shipping evens them out. That makes sense, they are paying duty to get them into the US. I have not been paying a ton of attention to where the stuff I am buying is coming from, but it gets here fast and I know I have seen NY on some of the return labels. I certainly know I didn't ever pay $45-65 in shipping. I have no answer. I have purchsed way too much stuff for it to be any kind of scam. It's not like they are waiting till I buy 15 things and then screw me. Maybe I just lucked out the few times I purchased something through eBay and got the cheap ones out of NY. 75% of the stuff I have purchased through them has been off eBay. I just tell them what I want, they send me an invoice, I pay, toys show up. I just went back and forth with them a few times today about getting 4 1/48's in a package and they have been more than fair with the "bulk" pricing. I am just figuring out exactly what I am going to get still. I'm sure the board has done it before, but if there was a super popular toy released (like a YF-21) we could do a group buy and save tons of $$ with the right seller. There is always someone willing to drop their pants all the way for a big order.

I swear I am spending more money on Macross toys this month than a full blown crackhead spends on crack! This has got to stop............but not quite yet. I gotta get one of these chunky fellas here. But, I am undecided on which flavor I like. I know, I know, a real addict would get all three right? Well, I don't like this version/design/combination/whater you want to call it as much as lets say a YF-19. Oh no, did someone say YF-19?! Don't do that, I will buy another Ok, back to the task at hand. I have three versions here. I can't decide which to get. I have not had a chance to watch the entire Macross saga yeat (yes, the DVD's are on the way) so I don't have any "history" to work off of. The only one of these I have ever seen in a "show" was the Blue one and that was in one of the first five episodes of R___________ (I won't say it ). So which one is the coolest and why? Blue guy? (this is the one I have seen in action) Low Vis? Camo guy?

I have purchased almost all of my new Yamoto stuff from this guy in New York. The prices are good, shippings fast, etc, etc, etc. I have at least 10 transactions with this seller and they were all as smooth as silk. YF-19 with booster for $190 on eBay Tell him departmentofsuspension sent you.

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I just ordered the Yamoto one the other day. Maybe I should get another. It would be too bad if they didn't make a 1/48 version. It is sooooo cooool with that big dish hanging off the top of it I can't stand it. The first time I saw a picture of one I had to have one. Very cool indeed.

I like that one. thanks jason

I am about to order one of these. What powers the light? Battery? thanks jason

I roadrace motorcycles, so my office is full of old or crashed helmets. I thought it would be cool to have one of these to go with my "collection". Are there other/ better quality options? Whats a fair price? anything that could help me from making a dumb purchase would be appreciated thanks Jason eBay auction

I currently have a not so healthy love affair with the YF-19 right now. I LOVE THEM! I don’t know if there were ever any YF-19’s in Macross with “Stealth” coloring. But I was thinking about it last night and that would look outstanding. There is only one problem for me. I can’t do it. I will end up ruining a perfectly good $150 Yamoto 1/60 scale model/toy if I give it a try. Do any of you out there have the skills to pull this off and make it look “perfect”? If so I would be interested in commissioning one from you if you are inclined. I am no cheapskate, but I can’t spend $500 getting one painted either. If you think there is a deal to be struck please PM me your thoughts. Thanks Jason

Maybe I need to take another shot at rotating the joints. I thought I hit every combo, but it sounds like there is a "secret" setup in there somwhere. thanks

I have it in Gerwalk mode right now, which is probably where it's going to stay. No matter where I rotate the arms it's a floppy mess I may take it apart and re-make the center section of the arm out of Delrin on the mill and create an interference fit. That won't be for a while though. I am too busy in the summer. I need to wait till the dead of winter when I'm not doing anything (my work is seasonal). It just bums me out a bit. It looks so sweet except for the slightly droopy arms. Droopy just doesn't work with the look of that thing. It should have the presence of a brick $h!thouse. A 1/48 of this sucker would be cool. What a great display that would be. My Veritechs could stand under it in bad weather.

I got my Yamoto Konig Monster today and the arms.....um.......suck! I can't get them to do anything short of "flop". I considered taking the screws out and putting somethig in the joints to tighten them up. But I figured I would ask the pro's first. thanks Jason

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Wow, thanks for the homework. I didn't know there was that much stuff! I'm excited

I agree, some art of somekind would help out a lot. Right now it's so very one demensional. Great call!

I'm going to do something here soon. I just need to figure out what. It will come to me eventually if I just let it come. I think I am going to go for a complete “Do Over” on the shelf situation. I think I am going to go for something out of stainless steel or aluminum….or both. Maybe some heated (it turns pink and blue) titanium for uprights and accents. I pretty good with the whole metal forming thing and my best friend has an entire machine shop that I have the run of. I’m thinking a very industrial look that is a little rough around the edges (battle damage) and unfinished in spots would be cool.

I am hoping that Macross does the same thing to me! I got the Robotech box set a month ago (that’s what started the toy thing) and I have watched two discs ad the only reason I am still watching it is sentimental value. The purists on this board are purists for a reason, Macross has got to be great. The subs on the other hand…………..I won’t survive! As much as I agree with you that to get the whole experience I need to watch the dubbed version, I can’t do it. It’s just not in my DNA. I have tried watching all sorts of great movies that were dubbed and I can’t make it past a half hour. Your urgings are very appreciated. The timeline and some direction towards a place to purchase would be great (assumptive close ).

I tried searching for the answer to this, and I swear I have seen part of my answer somewhere so I apologies if this is one of those noob questions. I want to watch all of the Macross stuff start to finish. I found where to get the first 36 episodes in English, but I don’t know what comes next in the “series” and if it can be had in English. So how about a hand? What is the order of all the Macross stuff and the name of it? Is it available in English? A good place to purchase it? I would like to get everything “Macross” in English and to have a weekend of it. Thanks Jason

The “prototype” would certainly cost a fortune. But, once that was knocked out it more could be made to offset the prototype costs. I designed a set of triple clamps for Ducati racebikes last year and by the time the production shop had the CNC machines programmed the first example cost me about $4000. But I washed it out in the first 40 sets that I ordered and it added it only added $100 per set. My base cost per unit is $420. Of course a VF-1 would be very, very complex. But the shop that does my work has this 3D scanner deal and I’m sure they could scan one in. The size is effectively irrelevant as long as it can fit in the CNC machine (aside from materials cost of course). I don’t know what my shop is limited to as far as media though. Everything I have had them make for me has been metal or Delrin. I also work with another shop that does 3D modeling for the big three. I have used them in the past to make a mold for some carbon fiber bodywork. They have a 5 axis milling machine that can do things as big as a car! I have seen this thing knocking out a “model” car for the SEMA show, it was amazing. I am totally talking out of my “A” here, but I would guess that $5000 would cover the design work. Then you could probably get units for $500. They could probably be made to be a little bit poseable too. They wouldn’t be a 1/48 Yamoto, but you could probably get the head, arms in a couple spots and legs in a couple spots. Then someone with some skills would need to paint them. I am well aware that its irresponsible speculation, but I’ll bet if you ran 50 of them they could be had for $600-700 a unit. I would pay that for a 6 foot tall VF-1 with strike armor.

I thought the costume thing was a joke. There's a guy in there? Ok, he gets more credit. I thought it was a big display.

I mean this in the nicest possible way. Bwwwaaaaahaaaaaahaaaaaahhaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

I am watching that one right now

Holey smokes! Thats great!

They would probably need to invent some sort of very advanced joint system to keep those heavy arms, etc "up". And the feet would need to be made out of depleted uranium!