MacrossMan

http://www.yamato-toys.com/event/200907/in...l?infolnk=index

Can anyone tell if those are 1/60 scale waterslide decals on the link? If so, does it explain how to get them or will these be available at Wonderfest 2009 or something?

someone bring a laptop and usb for a camera so whoever has their camera can bring us hourly update for those who are out of state, pretty please

Excellent idea Kicker. Some sort of twitter page might have been cool to for those attending to tweet throughout the con.

ruskii, you are sick with it man! You come up with stuff to do with these things most of us would never think to do! I'm gonna try to copy these two.

Keep'em coming guys!

Whoa! Nice to see you guys getting in on the action. Totally expected ruskii's awesomeness here. If it's not too much to ask please explain which length rods used for the poses. About to call it a night, but I am looking forward to see more amazing stuff!

Awefully quiet around these parts tonight. Everybody must be gearing up for tomorrow. Lucky!!!

I know there is already a thread for posting pics of members' favorite poses, but I was hoping we could have one dedicated soley for Flexi-Stand poses. Since becoming a member of the site I have seen the some of the most amazing and creative poses be done with Flexi-Stands and think it would be cool to have a thread dedicated to what can be accomplished using them.

Who's up first?

Oh man that silhouette is looking devine! I'm hoping they sell this as a bundle as well since I already have the stand alone Hikaru VF-1J.

I have to agree with what some have said in regards to collector value of the 1/48's. I have several, but when I think about collector value I think along the lines of hopefully having bragging rights of owning awesome and rare Valks one day. Regardless of their "dollar" value my attitude will always be "well that's cool", but I aint selling because I enjoy them so much.

Bump.

Last time I was in New York, the entire city had a black out.

So that explains the trouble on your end.

Anybody else?

Pete

Pete's on one Explain the problem here in Little Rock!

A little help please

Just got my first V2 today the VF-1D. Having problem figuring out battroid transforming. Mainly how to separate the legs from the body. See page 12 steps 01-03. Do I push the leg towards the body and then forward? I've push it about every direction but it isn't giving. I sure I have to use more force but I don't want to direct that force in the wrong direction.

There's a very good video on this process on Youtube. I am at work right now and can not access it, but do a search there and you should find it without any problems.

No "Just Married" decals or tampo printing?

Why don't you and a few people in this forum direct it like Exo, and some other people.

Not sure what you mean here bro. I was actually piggy-backing on some other posts that there is still plenty of Macross stuff that could be made by Yamato or another company. I'm not even sure I read your posts in the thread. As far as the movie comments, if it ever comes to fruition, the story and all its mecha has such great potential I just hope it doesn't get "hokied" up like Transformers did. I can forgive Transformers because in my opinion it was okay for it to play out on the big screen the way it did, but Macross has a more serious tone and layered plots to get watered down. To change the Valkyrie to some other new fighter would just be bloody wrong.

I believe there is plenty left to do with Macross and my hope is that Yamato will continue to produce toys from the series. If a movie is ever made I hope it has a serious tone. Transformers was "fun" to watch, but disappointing that it didn't really remain faithful to the the cartoon.

I believe the problem is that there are too many investors with their hands tied to studios and production companies and this is where things go sideways. I'd like to see a no namer director who's a fan of the show come in with full control and direction with no outside entities driving designs and story lines.

The movie would probably have to be rated "R" to keep all the silly hokiness from bleeding into the story. Flavor Flav would definitely have to play Exedor...that is an idea for Yamato or any other company who makes action figures! Singing Flavor Flav as Exedor...Kyuun kyuun! Kyunn kyunn!!!

If the powers that be could ever get past all the silly licensing and copyright crap; and a Macross (not Robotech) movie was made, a whole new generation will be exposed. There won't be a need for any new ideas. Talk about a cow with an endless flow of milk? The VF would rain in another wave of collectors.

hey guys thank you so much for appreciating.. it was an overwhelming experience.. from planning the display (which made me decide to do those first two scratch builds) to choosing which to display (I had a hard time deciding whether to stick to scale and display my version 2 VF-1(s) or be more of an aesthetic display setup and display 1/48s.. trust me for people/non-mac fans who doesn't know much on scaling for these mechs, the 1/48 valkyries are better when displayed with the other mac series valks.. they give your display an overall balance).. and setting it up.. which by the way took me two straight days (from unloading those from the boxes, mounting the amored factory, doing the acrylic labels and putting them inside the cabinet) Cabinet is also custom made by the way..

my place is always open to fellow fans.. as much as possible im trying to get people here to plunge into the macross line.. as not much of hobbyists here are willing to, given the fact that these don't come in cheap prices..

i have another cabinet that i'm currently renovating right now (which i will house my V2 VF-1s and MacF valks.. and an ongoing project (4ft SDF TV) in line with my plan of converting my room into a large scale space battle scene diorama.. will definitely share it again when everything's set up

Curious to know what you are using for your display cabinets Mave. Would you happen to have any work-up pics or better ones of the cabinets? If so, please share. Thanks!

Thanks for clearing that up guys. The Youtube link provided some clarification as well; this one in particular Copyright issues. The Jetfire toy was a remold of the VF-1S Valkyrie from the Macross/Robotech series. Because the toy was from an existing anime series, the character had to look completely different, as TF was also released in Japan For some odd reason I see Jetfire in the cartoon though as well as him being referred to as Jetfire.

I do not know if this has been asked or is just a plain dumb question, but here goes. I've been watching the first season of Transformers from 1984. My question is what happened to Jetfire? I do not remember him looking the way he does in the cartoon. I specifically remember him looking exactly like a VF-1. That is what drew me to Robotech. I thought it was in-depth story about Jetfire originally. They also refer to him as skyfire in the cartoon. Was this always the case or is there a different version out there with the original Jetfire?

FOURTH LEVEL - My Scratch-build Macross Armored Factory and Maintenance Bay

TOP LEVEL - Macross PLUS (New Edwards Base lolz)

DAMN DAMN DAMN MAIN!!!!

something new from me........testing out my new camera

Yo congrats on the new cam Vegas! These shots puts me in the mindset of eugimon's pics. Don't know if you are using the same techniques or if you were not able to pull these shots off with your old cam. Anywho, looking good bro. And dust bro!

I saw a second and third version of the Thunder Hammer Minmay Guards. I didn't take pics... now if the owners would post it....

Where did you see these at?

almost done... so close.. i can taste it.. the shrine.....

Tip-toeing behind Kicker to see what he's up to. Third eye's open!

Too lazy to browse through it.

Anyways, I'm really glad I got rid of some of my 1/48s. These 1/60 V2 seems so right in terms of design, size and price! I'm so looking forward to the MG, LV1, LV2, Stealth Strike set and the Angelbirds.

No, no, and No!!! Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

Gotta leave something exclusive to the Yamato 1/48's bro! I'm desperately trying not to sell mine, but I believe it was Graham that stated the obvious about the new 1/60's; it's the recycled real estate that the 1/48's take up some much of. As I start displaying more of the 1/60's with 1/48's it's starting to look rather silly. I can only imagine what the Max & Milia's are going to look like with my 1/48's. I will probably never sell them. Just box them up for nostalgia's sake.

I will be buying these as they will replace my now under performing version 1s which I already packed away in anticipation.

This little piggy will be double-dipping and will certainly pack away my 1/48 M&M versions as well. Never thought I would do that. Seems to be the only therapeudic reasoning for purchasing another set.

IMHO, I suspect my last haul from HLJ was over charged in shipment to cover the lost from their "On Sale" items. What is more disturbing is that I placed much larger order with Orverdrive and the shipping was about what HLJ charged me and both were EMS.

HLJ lost my business when it comes to bulk orders!

Gotta love Overdrive's "immediate" shipping cost once you are ready to buy. SAL was not even an option when I ordered two v2 1/60's and two sets of Super & Strike part sets. Besides easy navigation of their site I received my goods in 3 days. I'll still purchase from HLJ because they have supported the MWcon over the years, but right now Overdrive is my first preference.

It looks YUMMieeeee! Wow, I'm quite impress with the VE-1!!

However, I'd would have loved it if it came with some weapons just like the old 1/55 despite it not being an attack vehicle.

I do suspect the VE-1 to be delayed just like the VT-1.

True that, but I'm sure you've got extras after shelling out a mortgage payment for that last haul from HLJ.

release date on vt-1 pushed back to august

http://www.yamato-toys.com/items/detail.php?gid=1316

My wallet breathes a sigh of relief at that news!