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MEP has adjusted the backer counter since it was hard to tell if it is moving. We're a long way from the 800 for a 209mm.

They could have put a picture of Lt. Warmaker on the box! He was my favorite character!  

44 minutes ago, RavenHawk said:

Are ANY current/previous MOSPEADA items in scale with this?

I mean, I'm ok with a manufacturer essentially having a scale all their own and planning on building out a whole like of items to match, but it would sure be nicer to have something at a matching scale for ride armors or other mecha, especially considering the price point.

 

(To be clear, I don't think the price point is crazy for something that obviously fits our particular niche market, it just feel a bit tough to accept for not having anything else currently on display where these would be sort of filling out that display)

As sqidd says, these 1/48s will scale with the Sentinel legioss and with the older Toynami/Aoshima alpha fighter/legioss, their beta fighter/tread, and the CM's legioss and tread. (The Toynami technically billed itself as 1/55 to match the Masterpiece valkyries but it is definitely closer to 1/48 and not anywhere near 1/55- the Aoshima advertised as 1/48).

If the oversize one is built, depending on whether it is the 167mm or 209mm version that is built, they will be 1/29 or 1/23 scale roughly (assuming a 4.8m height- Mospeada scales are difficult at the best of times). While not to scale, the 209mm won't look terribly out of place with the 1/18 CM's or 1/15 Megahouse ride armors.

Here's the Megahouse with the old Matchbox ones- the 209mm would be about the same size as the old Matchbox Shocktrooper.

8 hours ago, edstuff said:

Do we know what the final date of the pre-order is for the big one? 

July 28 is the current deadline.

Not sure if the "backers" graphic changes dynamically with each order, but it doesn't seem to have moved since I ordered the other day.

I know it goes without saying, but @jenius is great. Smooth transaction, fast shipping (I wasn't expecting it until after the holiday weekend but it snuck across country in two days).

8 hours ago, tekering said:

Please scan those covers before you do!  Awesome acquisitions.

I'll get them scanned up and loaded!

Thanks to @jenius I've got a great new edition:

On 5/26/2021 at 12:43 PM, jvmacross said:

There is also an Armored VF-1A that makes a brief appearance in Ep 27....

This is really tempting me to get another cheap HMR 1A and another GBP armor to make a custom.

7 minutes ago, tekering said:

Speaking of getting names wrong:

LOL- the funny thing is the Palladium 1E game got the *Robotech* names wrong. I don't expect them to come close on the Japanese Mospeada names when they can't even get the RT ones right.

15 hours ago, sqidd said:

Is a Shock Trooper and a Graub the same thing?

Yeah, my RT is sowing though.

Ha, don't worry- it's why I tend to put both names up. This is even more so to help out the 1E Palladium Robotech folks because they totally got some of the original names wrong (like the Malar being called the enforcer instead of the Gamo). at least they fixed that in the 2E version, but you'll still find pockets of people with the wrong names due to the 1E game. So it reduces confusion to pop up both correct names.

2 hours ago, sqidd said:

Am I stupid? I just went to do some PO's but they're all showing out of stock and won't let me add them to the cart????

As @Podtastic said, preorders are now open. Here's the direct link:

https://www.meptoys.com/pre-orders

55 minutes ago, Grey728 said:

I have even more questions now.. What if you want BOTH sizes (the medium and large ones) provided they hit their PO quantities? What scale is this and where are the 1/48 scale ones that are in production?

I think it is either or on the two "oversized" ones. So the options will be:

1/48 scale $50

Oversized $150 (though MEP notes if it only makes enough POs for the 167mm one that he'll likely drop the overall price/refund any PO cash in so far). There is no option for getting both a 167mm and a 209mm, only the small 1/48 ($50) or the larger ($150).
 

Also, looks like the gamo/enforcer and gosu/RCB have designs put in by MEP to Funimation for approval as 1/48s.

Confirmed from looking at followup discussions that what I posted above appears to be the situation. Two month window to get in to PO, it is number of units POed and not number of backers, and at 800 POs the figure gets larger for the $150, with the only difference at 1000 is the articulated pilot or two non-articulated pilot figures.

Note: This is separate from the 1/48 scale ones that are already being built and is only for the "oversize" version.

With the inclusion of Dog Fight and Space Fold, I’ve now got all the Tsukuda Macross and Mospeada games. It took some patience with these last two but finally got them for decent prices on Yahoo JP.

Now to rearrange some of my display stuff to get these last two in.

I also fixed the bottom graphic to match more to what is said (the smaller current figure doesn't match the text):

Here's my understanding from looking. For $150:

If there are 200 POs, get the smaller shocktrooper- that's it.
If there are 400 POs, you get the smaller shocktrooper, a cockpit is built in, and you get two static driver figures (a standing and a sitting).
If there are 800 POs, you get the larger shocktrooper, with cockpit, and two (now larger) static driver figure (a standing and a sitting).
If there are 1000 POs, you get the larger shocktrooper, with cockpit, and a single articulated pilot figure (no need to have different poses now, because articulated).

The picture makes it a bit confusing, but for less than 800 POs, they will only make the smaller version (about the size of the old Matchbox "scout" (which was actually a small trooper, but anyway). At 800 POs or more, the figure will be the size of the old Matchbox shocktrooper.

8 hours ago, seti88 said:

back on topic? Oh you mean like a 1/35th scale GBP?? 

j/king j/king

But back on topic...i dont think we would quite see alternate schemes for the GBP.

Not especially if the new delta movie is coming out and there will be new valks to release...

 

4 hours ago, tekering said:

I'd watch this show.

18 hours ago, sqidd said:

Roger that. Thanks!

Does MEP have a sales cutoff like Bandai or do they build to order like Arcadia?

I think I may have to get a couple of these dudes.

He builds somewhat to order plus a number of extras- no PO madness or anything like Bandai.

For example, the 1/100 Breetai from a few years ago is still available on the website.

https://www.meptoys.com/product-page/6-zentradi-commander-breetai

Just now, Sanity is Optional said:

Oh, they do now, but they didn't last April when I ordered it.

Yeah, I ordered earlier in May, but had them ship DHL in August last year.

3 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Yeah, Jungle wouldn't ship FedEx/DHL/UPS and it took until Feb of this year before they gave in and let it ship Surface.

Now I need to replace the cracked shoulder hinges with the shapeways replacements.

Weird, Jungle shipped DHL for me no problem.

4 minutes ago, Podtastic said:

Uh...and the Hellcat?

Assuming that will be the same time given MEP's previous statements but no formal announcement yet (though they have a placeholder on the preorders page for it):  https://www.meptoys.com/pre-orders

Looks like MEP is putting up preorders for the Scout/ligaa later this month. $45

I know the Robowreck label will kill some interest, but I'll likely get a couple to put with my Sentinel legioss.

7 hours ago, tekering said:

Are you that guy who keeps buying Super7's deliberately bad "ReAction" figure lines?

I mean, somebody must be buying that retro crap, 'cause they keep making it...

I'd buy it- off someone's dollar tablre at a flea market. No way I'm paying more than that for those terrible figures. I don't know how anyone can pay those prices, but then I don't understand the appeal of Funko bobbleheads either.