BlueMax

Oops! Oh well, I'll be careful next time...

For those who were kicking yourselves for not getting what you should have gotten before Christmas, this is your shot at redemption: Yamato Sale Part Duex Mostly the same from the Christmas sale, less a few items, but a couple of items are on even steeper discounts, like the Max and Millia VF-22s. For those looking for 1/60 VF-1 Super and Strike packs, this is your chance.

Hm... one more. the fact that no fiction (that I remember) attempts to reconcile the life expectancy of Zentradi and humans. I get the impression that the life expectancy (assuming peacetime) of Zentradi was in the thousands.... and we all know how long humans live. So.... Max will be long gone before his wife goes? What about Zentran/ human offsprings? How long do they live?

You guys are not the only 2

Looks really nice.... really wish it weren't so darn expensive....

Ah... thanks for posting this, it is always a treat to see Masters of modelling/ customizing chronicling the process. Eagerly awaiting any updates!

I'm interested in some 1/60 support vehicles and figures, though I still have to recover from my spending over the last couple of months. More pics would be very helpful to gather more interest. Some people might be on the fence, and need something convincing to tip them over. Also, as customers, we prefer to have some pictures of finished products, or at least concept drawings available to help us visualise and should not have to hunt high and low or them. Hope this goes well for everyone!

I also had this problem with the newer type flexidisplays. It was on the leg fins of my 1/60 Hikaru DYRL VF-1A. Basically it kinda smudged the paint slightly where the pressure point was, right at the dividing line where red meets black... thought it was because the paint on the toy wasn't fully cured yet, but now I know better. Nope, I'm not tossing them out yet, just that I have to be more careful when posing, to prevent re-occurence.

I'm pretty sure the shop is falcon's. However, I also believe the preorder price was higher.

Fantastic! that means hope for the TV version! Maybe the New Macross Class ships too!

I look forward to the comparison as well!

Of course toys are more impt! You can fix that fence anytime you want, anyway, as long as it works, but you can't get the Quarter @ half price anytime you fancy.

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