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On 10/26/2019 at 5:39 PM, peroliza said:

Thanks. They are known as Henkei and they can transform into the three modes. I think there's a non-transformable Battroid-mode Takatoku toy as well.

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I had this in Skull-Leader paint. I never could understand why the wings were so damn small- would have made up somewhat for the hands that didn't hide and the backpack that was molded shut.

I eventually broke the little rail for the right arm to move when transforming and I probably ended up trashing it instead of thinking about how to fix it.

2 hours ago, Alphahorizon said:

I don't think that a sold a kidney would cover a third of the cost of that collection.

I guess my options are finishing the basement or buying all those valks. My wife will be happy with only one of those two choices.

18 hours ago, jenius said:

Was playing with my Q-Rau toys this weekend... until the power was shut off for a while there.

 

Grew up in Sonoma County so been watching the updates from folks back home and the KSRO website. You aren't too close to the fires, @jenius?

33 minutes ago, HardlyNever said:

If the Scout and Roy VF-1S do in fact end up being sold exclusively as a double pack, it will basically confirm what we've been realizing for the past few years: non-valks rarely sell well on their own.  It could be the new reality that in order to get a non-valk release, we're going to have to buy it bundled with a popular valk (either as a re-issue, or something they haven't made, but think will sell well).  

The GBP set is a prime candidate for something like this.  Probably the Hikaru VF-1S DYRL.  The Max VF-1J sold well enough, but maybe not well enough to serve as a bundle seller.  I would think the TV VF-1S would be a good match as well, but maybe we'll get that later?

Or we could be jumping way ahead of ourselves and this won't be a bundle at all.  It's fun to speculate, though.

I'll take a Phalanx with a TV Roy in a heart beat!

A few shots from the house. We built a bunch of gravestones.

And hopefully it has Tachikomatic Days. The surreal humor after a serious episode was always awesome.

The only thing good to come out of the LAM version was seeing Kenji Kawai's live performance for the premier.

I guess I have to go back to looking for the instructions on converting my Matchbox to a three-mode beast. 

12 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

Shhh, you're making too much sense, they'll never do that.  

Actually, going forward with DYRL releases, I bet they would include the piece with a Hikaru 1A or Max 1S.

On the other hand though, I'm really happy they included so many with each strike pack set, because that means we'll all have gobs of spare roundels to paint up in alternative markings.   I'm definitely thinking of doing a set with plain kites, as well as a some of the other ones we saw in DYRL.. I think there was a spade design, as well as a couple of arrow shapes?  Would go perfectly with a DYRL CF.

I kind of wish they'd put the kite on the opposite side of the roundels, so you could pop them in either side. BUt then they'll likely just release those with a TV super set later.

Any more info on the interior detailing?

11 minutes ago, jenius said:

Why not include the scout regult with a regular regult? Wouldn't that make 100x more sense? 

I've been lobbying for gift-sets in the HMR line for a while and when they put one together it's just a total head scratcher.

Or two Regults with a scout for an escort. I'd buy it. BUt hell, I'd buy more Regults at regular pricing considering the aftermarket now.

The cylinder does have an odd blue shadow block in the middle.

Them still sitting on one of the most popular destroids still is killing me. Throw the Tomahawk and Phalanx together in a package and I'll buy it.

13 minutes ago, Convectuoso said:

Just keep in mind that I reposted a pic of the Tomahawk prototype from years ago. It was not shown today

You are cruel. So cruel.

Scout Regult. W00t!

Have a bunch of things in various states of delivery on their way, but this bad boy came a little while back. Once i paint it up, it should look great with my Harlock and SB Yamato Mechanical Collection gashapons.

16 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

 Their toy partners are small time indie operators and East Asian bootleggers, one of which was in such dire straits it literally went out of business before it could produce anything. 

Still would have loved that three-mode Spartas hover tank. Damn you MaasToys!

If they dub, hopefully MGlynn does it.

3 hours ago, jenius said:

I could think of lots of VF-1 toys missing from my HMR universe and I would love to see HMR become the most complete Macross universe over time.

Mini Virgin Road release

3 hours ago, easnoddy said:

Will suck if Bandai only shows the DX VF-1S Hikaru and HMR VF-4G Fokker and nothing new/unseen.

If the "nothing new" they show again is the Tomahawk and Phalanx and we get a chance to PO, I will not complain.

On 10/18/2019 at 12:28 PM, teckno viking said:

Here you go.  Kaneda's Bike as substitute Mospeada.

Reflex Point is About to Explode!

On 10/19/2019 at 10:26 AM, sqidd said:

That explains why I can't find the others.

I've had a couple Yellow Belmonts on PO for a while now. Is the Yellow Belmont the same as the Lancer? Forgive me, I've never seen Mospeada, only RT 35yrs ago (Mospeada is on my watch list though). I'm not hip on all of the names, etc. Am I looking for a Lancer release? Or am I already in on that?

Thanks!

Yep- Lance "Yellow" Belmont = Lancer from RT

I'm awful at models so I passed as well. It's too expensive for me to unintentionally make a "crashed" edition.

37 minutes ago, theraiden said:

Re-issuing the Regult and Glaug would be welcome as well since finding them for a reasonable price is like searching for the holy grail.....

I find the Glaug fairly easy to find, but the Regults (especially the missile Regults) are waaaaaay tougher to get in a decent price range. A single Regult going from $160-$300+ is crazy- and the missile set going for $400 or more is nuts.

Just now, derex3592 said:

Coooome on DESTROIDS!!! 

Can I say Amen?

I thought about getting into RC planes for a bit but then I saw the $$ suck on that and decided I wanted to get my kids in college eventually.