RavenHawk

Still looking for a blue Toynami Alpha/Legioss. Let me know if anyone comes across one for a not-too-insane price.

Don't care if it's new or used, just want it to be complete.

Slightly off topic here, but there are two upcoming anime which I am very excited about: "Viper's Creed" and "Rideback" (as anyone who knows me will attest, I'm a bit obsessed with variable bikes).

Both of these, I believe, premier in January.

Does anyone know if there is any way to see these, living in the USA, when they come out, or do I just have to wait for a DVD release?

Thanks.

I'd say yes.

http://www.hlj.com/product/ORG02151

I'd rather see a transformable one.

I should have clarified. The dark smoke screens look great on black bikes. I had a FZR400, FZR600, two FZR1000’s and a 98’ R1 custom painted back in the day all black with smoke shields. Loved em’ Yours looks great too.

But a red bike with a red screen……I think I just threw up a bit.

Ok, I'll definitely agree with you on that. Red bikes with red screens... blue bikes with blue screens... green bikes with green screens... might as well buy a half plastic Buell.

FZR400, FZR600, FZR1000, and an R1? Wow, you've got great taste. I'm a Yamaha junkie.

Thanks for the pics. The release date is great!

I just did a google search for pics of the CM and out of a billion picks not one good ¾ shot from the side. Go figure.

At this point I am torn between the two. I think they both look cool. I’m not buying both though, LOL. I sure would rather have a blue one too (for the kid in me) but the red ones can be stolen for almost no money at all. Too bad the red one has the red canopy. It just looks crappy to me, drives me nuts. I don’t care if it’s anime accurate or not, red “windscreens” remind me of sportbikes with colored screens which I think is the cheezest thing you can ever do to one (I race them, I have nit picky issues).

Though generally I'd agree with you, I personally like the look of the dark smoke windscreen on my Raven R1.

I just remembered I've got a MPC Blue Alpha in it's box somewhere around here. Don't care much for it. I might be convinced to sell it. There MIGHT be pieces missing, I don't remember (I can check) but I don't believe any pieces were missing or broken. I just wasn't impressed as it's the crappy first Alpha complete with potato-chip shape in fighter mode and droopy landing gear.

Vostok 7

If you could check and let me know, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks!

Yup... agreed. but bare in mind that $300 is for a mint one. They are pretty rare these days. If i see one i'll let u know

Thanks, I appreciate it. Don't need it mint in box, though would like it complete, including having the box for displaying.

Anyone have the Robotech: New Generation bookends?

Big Bad Toystore has them on clearance for $70.

there are still a couple of online retail places that have them but as everyone else has said..... be prepared to pay lots....

try this link

blue alpha

Good God! $300!?!?!?!?!

Some of the other stuff is insane too. $175 for the bookends that are available on Robotech.com for $99... and other similar things...

Well, I appreciate the link. That you very much. Let me know if you see it anywhere for... more reasonable. I fully expect to have to pay a premium, but $300 is way too much. Rather put that money towards a a couple different Garlands.

Scott's blue MPC Alpha is sold out everywhere. There's some conspiracy theories that Toynami never made 15K of them and may some day release the rest. For now though eBay is pretty much your only place to find one and expect to spend way too much.

Darn. I was hoping that there was some online retailer that somehow still had some stock left. I knew I should've sucked it up and bought it when it first came out.

MOSPEADA was just too influential a cartoon for me when I was a kid... can't say no.

Ok, after reading this thread for weeks... planning on saving my money for the various MOSPEADAs... watching Genesis Climber MOSPEADA on dvd...

I took the plunge and ordered an alpha and a beta. I say alpha and beta, since I ordered them from Robotech.com.

I ordered the Shadow Alpha and the Blue Beta. I plan on getting the Shadow Beta too, when it comes out. Meanwhile, I guess it's time to start searching for the Blue Alpha to match. Does anyone have any ideas where I could find one? It's Toynami, right? So a Toynami one will fit, but if I wanted the Robotech-labeled one, is Robotech.com (or possibly eBay) the only place to get it, or does anyone else resell Robotech items?

Thanks.

Does that mean no Garland E=X (sorry if I'm remembering the name incorrectly)?

Thanks.

I had the 4 original BGC poseable figures from Atelier Sai. 2 sets each. But the joint quality isn't good.

After that, I bought the revoltech stuff. Same disappointment. Then I bought the figma stuff. Same issues. Before all these, I had a number of Valks. Same sadness. So far no poseable Japanese toys have good quality joints. (except maybe the poseable dolfies and dollstuff but I won't know since I don't have 1)

So, to cut a long story short, I stopped buying poseable Japanese toys, including the Yamato Motoslaves. (I'm glad I did wait until after the reviews come out, which isn't very positive. Also, as expected from Yamato, they are reissuing the Motoslave, now in a brand new shiny metalic paint scheme. Re-issues in new colors seemed to be Yamato's favourite activity. Just look at their recent Ignis release or their Cobra-Kai sculpted Kanu)

Guess I will wait for the recommendations of my peers here in Macrossworld and other figure review sites before plonking down my hard-earned dollars for Yamato's Motoslaves.

Which Revoltechs are you talking about? The busou shinki stuff?

What is the figma stuff?

I'm VERY tempted to get the metallic Yamato motoslaves, since I don't have any BGC figures, though I think they're identical, just different colors (unlike MOSPEADA where we have actual different designs). You'd recommend against the Yamato stuff though?

Revoltech Assmeble Borg... check out the REvoltech thread.

I will. Thanks.

Can anyone figure anything out about what these are? Names that I can google elsewhere? Are they micro-man related somehow?

The google translation into English is completely useless.

http://micro100wars.blog114.fc2.com/blog-entry-396.html

Pretty sure that info is wrong. The original Japanese dates were Stig in November, Ray in March with no dates announced for the other two. Since then Stig has been delayed two months so it's quite possible Ray will also be delayed. Since Ray was all but done he may still hit the March target but I can't see a way in which Yellow would somehow be released before him... Yellow requires quite a bit of retooling.

There may be a lot wrong here, as this is the site using the old non-Beagle picture for Stig/Scott too. However, as they're priced a full $50 less than anyone else... worth keeping an eye on.

Any mention of Houquet? That's the only 1 I want. I only collect girl figures of teams. Cheaper, since there's usually only 1 (e.g. Jun in Gatchaman), unless it's an all-girl team, of course.

And yeah, I think hot pink is cool as a ridearmor colour.

http://www.toywiz.us/search.php?search=rob...ew&section=

Scott in January, Lancer in March, Rand in May.

So, are you buying all of the Bubblgegum Crisis motoslaves?

Me. But....I'm going to wait for others to review this thing. So expensive! But I've got my money ready for when I decide to get it. So is beagle doing all the characters or just stick?

Glad toynami decided to release the beta. The end of the world must be coming very soon for them to do that. Too bad the alpha are crap though. If only the CMs had the connection thing done properly. Oh well I am still happy with the CMs I own.

I forget which site I saw it on last week, but one of them, when you search for "MOSPEADA" shows the Stick one shipping in June, then I think the Ray one in March, and Yellow in June, if I remember correctly. No pictures though.

I believe you mean to say: "I'm seeing blue Aoshima Legiosses on eBay for around $60 to $70, but only one Scott MPC for $160."

Ok, I get your Legioss vs. Alpha point. The point I'm trying to make is I'm seeing Toynami ones that aren't in Robotech-labelled boxes.

Thought they were Toynami and Aoshima.

I'm seeing Toynami Alpha's on eBay for around $60-70, but only one Robotech one for $160.

Well, you can still find the blue one on ebay. Yesterday I got my sencond blue from there, at $130. (I'm a lucky bastard, as the price of this toy in the last months has been between 150 and 250).

That's good to know. Unfortunately, I'm a bit of a cheap bastard when it comes to these things. Too many regular household and family expenses, don't spend a lot of money on myself, so have trouble justifying spending a lot on, well, frankly, what is a toy that I will mostly display, rarely playing with.

Here's a pic from http://www.robotechcollections.fr/:

Gorgeous. Thank you.

The blue legioss are sold out, so my second choice is a dark, but I wanted to get one to match whatever tread I end up getting later, so wanted to make sure it would be available at some point.

I know, I feel the need for all color of MOSPEADA (not that I've bought any yet), but am content with one color of legioss/tread.

Thanks again.

I thought it was fine. I rewatched the original this weekend, and think the original is a better movie as far as acting and directing goes, as well as preferring the characterization of Klaatu in the original, but I will say that I went into seeing the new one with really low expectations (the reviews on it were terrible) and was pleasantly surprised. Some nice nods to the original, a more complicated story, maybe more interesting, though it did seem to rely on special effects more than characterization. It's just a different movie.

It is interested that it says that it is based on the screenplay written for the first movie, as opposed to being based on the story that that screenplay was based on.

*** Minor Spoiler ***

Really, my only complaint is that they never say "klaatu barada nicto"

That's an old Gakken 1/35 Legioss and the Tread is 1/55. It's an apples and oranges comparison that's causing your visual confusion. If the MPC Alpha was present you'd see the Beta towering over it.

Ok, thanks.

here you have guys i finally got mine

I'm not really a stickler for being "anime-accurate" but, looking at this pics, isn't the Tread supposed to be a lot bigger relative to the Legioss?