kyekye

These guys did fine and all with hydraulics everywhere :P

On 8/11/2019 at 6:29 PM, jenius said:

It looks like a live action film interpretation.

There is an idea!

I tried to make it like a scene from live-action -

8 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Keykey congratulations on your acquisition and I am truly happy you like it.

From your pictures, this is way too angular and It seems to loose that organic feel from the original design.

Definitely not for me.

Yeah I can see how the edges on the mouthpiece can bother some people who favors the smooth round curves in original.

Thankfully I'm not a big fan of that particular area. So I'm good there.

Quick photo review of VF-1S bust

Mostly good

Kinda wished the head lasers to have independent ball joint, but it's a solid piece

It has the same neck pistons, but you can NOT do much this time. Al you can do is rotate it a little to sides (like 3 degrees) and the neck frame gets stuck.

Just short sighted design.

The X-mas headlight is annoying as last one. I'll probably never use it.

Other details are mostly nice (except for the 'no step' decal.

This would be the last one I get

On 6/15/2019 at 6:30 PM, CHAVAKAISER said:

W.i.p

to Hm-r launch arm

Maybe 1/60

And 1/48 

Haha.. Looks like you copied my design.  But you copied my mistake as well.

The launch arm direction should be reversed (or the signal should be on the other side) I realized after I printed on my case.

That's one of the things I'm revising on my model ATM

*Edit: I realized the left and right side launch arm would be different and direction would be mirrored, so both cases are possible.

On 5/30/2019 at 11:58 PM, Penguin sushi said:

Isnt there a stand coming out soon that is for hmr line that looks like a dockung arm?

That was 2 years ago. I got tired of waiting and made my own..

Making of post here if you're interested

I must be incredibly lucky to be able to grab one from amiami last night..

I was traveling and happened to be at Beijing airport for transfer flight with really bad free wifi. I had to surf via VPN to get to amiami site. Tough luck, I should say!

I think these online sales guys are enjoying this....

Got 1 from amiami. As long as I don't touch any other button....it seems go through..

Quick unboxing and pics review

Box contents

Battery Box (AAA X3 - not included) front white plate is also a touch on/off switch

Details

With Lights on (not so annoying, but 2 small ones on left corner still blinks on/off)

Back side detail.

Head/Neck/Antenna articulation - I was actually impressed! They used ball joint and all 4 actuators are moving like endoskeleton in Terminator (Although this detail part is pure imagination of Kids logic side)

Got the shipping notice. Will post some pics when I get them.

10 hours ago, spacemanspiff said:

I love your work.  Thanks for sharing all the details. 

I don;t have your amazing skillset, but I'm hoping to add a simple Blue LED light into the same area you did to try and get a lighting affect.

Something like this (if it will fit):  

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LZUX07O/?coliid=I1KKVXZJ4N7659&colid=1KDLA1FIL2ETU&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

or this maybe:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UL543R0/?coliid=I4PFAM5TS2UWU&colid=1KDLA1FIL2ETU&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Thanks for the inspiration!

 

 

 

Thanks for the comment.

I don't remember the exact dimension of inside city block, but the first one might just work. the second one looks bigger/blockier.

You still gotta figure out how to place it in the city.

Have fun and good luck with your project!

On 2/11/2019 at 12:10 PM, mcfly50 said:

Definitely the coolest Macross piece I own now.

Did  it come with VF-1S Head bust statue? or are they shipping it later?

What about the lifeless eyes? LOL!

On 2/1/2019 at 12:06 PM, nightmareB4macross said:

Aren’t some of the helmet options already included with the sitting resin Hikaru? I honestly don’t remember if they do but I will have to go through the box to verify this.

 

I don't remember other helmet parts. Only 2 Arm parts.

I think we are mixing up 2 products here.

I guess their original plan was to release 1/6 scale figure separately - And include the base figure in the cockpit as a first release bonus.

Because they didn't include the Max action figure in his cockpit and the same case for Roy.

Honestly it's the first time I see that photo, They've shown different images of various stages of prototyping.

I'm not trying to defend them or anything, but the official photo when I placed my pre-order was this...

It's one of those " Actual product maybe different" category. They also made some changes to the cockpit itself, too.

Probably they will improve it and add extra items that's left out and sell as separate package.

This one is nice, but does look like prototype.

If there is demand, they will make it.

the first items in the packaging picture is all there is.

1 body 1 helmet 3 hands.  No base no space parts.

I tried to see if I can swap the head from fixed pose version that came with the cockpit, but didn't work.

The heads come out, but they have different ball size joint. Very strange why they didn't make it the same...

Oh, BTW the body does seem the same size as fixed pose one. So you can probably put this new guy in the cockpit, but he will most likely pop-out due to pelvis joint and backpack.

Just got mine (Hikaru)
It does have "Hikaru Ichijo" written on the box with Macross logo on front. Has Rick Hunter and Robotech logo on the back.

The whole body is soft over skeleton, so I'm guessing it's silicon body. Articulation is not bad, but won't stay in position due to soft joints

Inside box

Head close up

Helmet inside detail

got a shipping email and tracking number for 1/6 action figure!! Finally!!

20 hours ago, arbit said:

Hi Kye, It looks magnificent! Congrats on a great job.  This might work great for  lighter 1/100 scale model valks.

BTW, did you put magnets inside the valk?

 

I tried that first, but there wasn't enough room inside, I had to drill 3mm holes - put magnet and paint over.

18 hours ago, Xigfrid said:

that's nice! How or where did you find the decals if I may ask ?

Mostly left over from other kits.

Also I usually get from here

https://hlj.com/search/go?p=KK&srid=S1-4IADP&lbc=hobbylink&ts=custom&pw=decal&uid=322553694&isort=score&view=grid&w=Hiq Decal&rk=2

18 hours ago, Convectuoso said:

This looks just awesome! 

Great work 

Thank you!

17 hours ago, sumyumgoy said:

Great job!  Looks great.

Thanks

16 hours ago, derex3592 said:

Amazing work! 

Thank you

Here is final with painted + Decal + light weathering + minor cable work.  Now all secured with screws

Roughly 1/100 scale - Macross Movie version Launch Arm with partial Base - 3D printed

It turns out it can hold the Valkyrie just fine. I left it over a day and it's still there. I'm not sure if it's earthquake safe in Bay area - Probably not. Better safe than sorry -_-;

I guess I'll put it up on the clamps occasionally. Also, I might make more with some revision for other Hi-Metal-R Valkyries when I have time later.

Edit @ Major Tom - Sorry I just saw it after new posting. That's a great build as usual from wm cheng.

It's actually tougher when the model is smaller and heavier. You gotta hold more weight with smaller magnet

I got reply from Kids Logic staff that the figure will be shipped around end of January.

It would be best to get them shipped out before Feb. 4-5th - which is Lunar New Year

On 12/31/2018 at 11:53 PM, jenius said:

Well it looks great in a photo!

I guess that serves the purpose for now!

On 1/1/2019 at 4:29 AM, arbit said:

Looks awesome!

So how can we make it less risky? I would love to have one.

I don't know Maybe bigger magnet? Thicker support arm? More support arms?

Top-down hanger (instead of sideways?)

But all of the above will go beyond what I originally aimed for and will look like this (Again, which is not bad as a product)

On 1/1/2019 at 6:41 AM, sumyumgoy said:

Well done!  Looks great.

Thanks! It's not done yet thou. Gotta paint it

finally got to test the magnet before the New Years Day. It's holding up, but I wouldn't display it this way. It seems too risky. So, it's for photo shoot only..

Happy New Years Macrossworld members!