BlueMax

haha... true, so it is somewhat included

Thats easy, just break them yourself.

I remember grousing about pretty much the same thing a while back. Basically, as Yamato moves on to more niche products (Lets face it, the most popular VF til date has to be the VF-1, of all the valks released by yamato so far), prices will get higher and higher, as only the correspondingly more hardcore fans will get those items.

Found a nice pic of the TV SDF-1, and whipped up a photoshop (actually, GIMP)pic of what the TV version might look like beside the current DYRL version.

Yeah... technically, but 1/60 is pretty a non-model scale and a very big portion of people who are concerned/ interested in it are pretty much owners of the 1/60 VF series which are toys, so it would fit into both sections....

Not just exclusive to Japan, but also exclusive to Japanese who buy/read Macross Chronicles.

Looks like they are retractable, as seen from this picture from Graham's review, but of course, best to have Graham confirm it for us

And all MW denizens rejoice!

Size comparison. Images from http://nov.2chan.net/y/res/2112990.htm Eagerly waiting Graham's review!

I've asked the seller, and even he doesn't know and thinks its more 1/72. So, the jury's out on this one...

Glad that you got your M&Ms unoppossed! Backordered stuff get filled pretty much most of the time. Sometimes, after a perticular item is sold out after a sale, they just list it as "discontinued", which pretty much snuffs any chance of getting it in the short term. There have been exceptions though, like the 1/60 Super and Strike Packs, but this only happened because the manufacturer (Yamato) decided to do another run.

Hey guys, just a heads up regarding Macross Decals for customisers out there, sicne they seem to be pretty in low supply these days. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170482935608#ht_500wt_922 My preliminary guess is that they are more for 1/48 scale. Anybody bought from them? Any comments?

True... but at least there is a consolation if the Bandai VF-171 doesn't arrive. The Yamato VF-17, *probably* will

If that means Bandai will let go of their exclusive hold on the VF-25 sooner (in one way or another), then I'm all for it.

I quite agree with you. Yamato has completed my dream of collecting the whole line of VF-1 valks. Now we even have the VF-X and Virgin Road! I believe that Yamato know that they may not make good money in making certain models, but they for some reason ....they manage to complete the project (except the obscure Dark Bird and HQ Guard maybe). Yamato, you still owe me the Phalanx and Spartan. What they said.

If any of the main characters piloted it more... especially Alto or Ozma, then it will sell. Sales of valks are tied to the popularity of the pilot and also, how much the valk is identified with the pilot. hah... same thing for just about every other mecha anime.

Actually, Graham will release the review on the 28th, presumably morning, HONG KONG Time. That means, folks in US can get to read it by the evening of the 27th. So, slightly lesser wait for you guys

If it has to be released by the DX team, then it better be done by the folks that gave us the VF-27 rather than the 25.

Hm..... the background colors of the front (and back too! )of the box makes it looks as though the valk is posed before a French flag... Not that there is anything wrong of course, just an observation. Hm.... somehow I can imagine a picture of the mustachioed AB in a Basque-style beret playing an accordion...

I think thats pretty much it as well.... not much left to be done, maybe just a couple more obscure schemes, like the all black scheme we saw in the series as well as the Alaskan guard scheme. Either way, all mass release 1/60 VF-1s are pretty much done... and if ever these 2 are released, its gonna probably some exclusive stuff. At least we can look forward to year 2011 as the year of the VF-19s!

I don't think they are meant to be mounted on both the yammie stands as well as the mighty blocks. Flexidisplays are your best bet

Fantastic! When Graham speaks (in Macrossworld at least), everyone listens! Definitely looking forward to the review! The last review Graham done on MW has to be the 1/60 Yamato Version 2 Strike (Roy back in mid 2008.)

Looking at MaveRick's displays always awe me......

I can't teach you how to deal with this, but I can only offer some possible suggestions to why he is behaving the way he is. I guess your father must be about close to 70 years old or so? I guess you have to accept the fact that he came from a different socio-economic background with a different set of upbringing and worldview, and also we must also understand that people of that era are not trained to look at perspectives other than their own, and they have no/little chance to have been exposed to different perspectives as we have Thus some things you do just seem absurd to him no matter how hard you try to convince him. its pretty much like some of the things/attitudes the teenagers/kids do/have nowadays that seem perfectly normal to them but yet we look sort of disapprovingly at them... eg, the amount of time kids spend on Facebook and uploading photos and other intimate details indiscriminately I suspect he is outraged by what he deems as frivolous spending, spending money on "kids' playthings"/ extravagant stuff that doesn't serve any purpose, in contrast to his time where he might have had to scrimp and save and take on jobs even as a teenager, and things he bought were for the sake of family rather than for individual amusement. He might be unimpressed with the re-sale value of the toys, because he might be of the opinion that only "crazy" people would be interested in these things, and none of the people around him are that "crazy", and therefore, isn't convinced. The things he mentioned are the "mainstream" collectors items of his time and thus what he considers "normal", and basically what he knows. What he doesn't realize is times have changed, and he cannot apply his previous experiences to what is happening in the world right now. Maybe you should just hide your collection the next time he visits.

There is no guarantee a certain item will go on sale. For example, the Max and Millia 1/60 V2s. Not only did they not go on sale, they pretty much sold out soon after release and it is hard to get them at a good price. You can think of it this way: By buying early, you eliminate risk (of it being sold out), because you pay not to run any risk. By waiting, you might get it at a lower price but you risk the ability to owwn it (like the Max and Millia) at all later on. As they say, he higher the risk, the higher the potential for return so if something is that important to you, you decide whether you want to run the risk. On a more macro scale, if everybody thought like that: ie, hold out for lower prices, this will affect retailers' confidence in (in this case) Yamato products. Orders will drop and eventually yamato will deem it not worthwhile to continue making any more Macross products, and we will be the biggest losers for not having qualty intricately designed macross products. Basically theis is what essentially "deflation" is , and it is extremely damaging to producers. So regarding the 1/3000 Yamato Macross, you have to decide if the risk is worth it to not get it sooner. I have decided it is not worth the risk, and I have pre-ordered. What about you?