woll622

Exo, I wanted see if you had an update on the saddle bags and cyclone gun. Thanks!

Looks like the Shadow Beta from Toynami is not going to be vaporware after all. The vendor I buy through said that he did not have a specific ship date, but I also saw this listing on ebay stating August 30th.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Robotech-New-Generation-Beta-Fighter-Masterpiece-Vol-4-/260643619639?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3caf920337

I hope it ships, I sure would like a full set.

HK Post says my Legios/Tread set left yesterday 3/4. Purchase 2/28. Definitely not as fast ami-ami.

I purchased my drone on Friday last week and it shipped on Monday. It arrived today, and was well packaged with nothing missing.

I just ordered the CM's set with upgrade parts from him, too. I'll be sure to report my findings.

I'm about to push the button on some Dark Legioss from HLJ, too... my wallet is hating me, but I've decided not to get the Macross Quarter (hoping for the repaint will have some improvements) or the Armored Ozma (hoping for DX VF-25 improvements in the VF-27). So this will be a Mospeada / New Generation month for me.

I will be receiving the Legioss Drone from him by the end of this week or the first part of next. I'll chime in as well.

Oh man.... Beagle?? Are you there Beagle? Can you please make us an alpha?

Seriously it looks like the alpha is never going to get the proper respect..

BTW. Hesperia CA eh? Cool! I used to live in Apple Valley. Whats up?

Hey there! Looks like you're a long way from this part of the country now.

505thAirborne - I agree, too bad something else couldn't be done about the wheels. The ones on this plane don't lock into place well, so if it slides a little bit, the wheels fold back.

Mog - The shoulders were stronger this time around, though I agree something a little different would be great. I haven't had shoulder problems with the other 5 alphas I've had. Instead, I have had problems with the extendable arms breaking, the shoulder sensor attaching thing breaking off, and the leg breaking off at the hip. I thought the color was a little strange too for the sensor. At least this time it actually fits iinto the hole! The messed up version I had last year was molded in some other plastic and gooped with sloppy white paint. I almost got out my exacto knife to try and clean off the post to fit it in. Thank goodness the recall came first.

Uxi - I noticed that the arch gone as soon as I took it out of the packaging. I was suprised, but obviously very happy about that. It was nice that it actually would set on all three wheels, instead of the back wheels and the chest plate.

I'm terrible witht his stuff, but I think I got all of the photos I took up on flickr...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47504398@N04/

It is not as weak as the first release, but the right leg is slightly split, and the head is wobbly. But overall, I am pretty happy. This will be my 6th alpha, and this one feels more secure.

The hand is made of better plastic, but the gun does not fit all of the way over the hand. Also, the gunpod fits securely into the peg between the arm thrusters where as my original shadow alpha does not do this.

Hey, I just openned up my Maia Sterling RT Masterpiece. It has all of the improvements of the aoshima legioss, like ratchet joints. Here are some pics.

Seems like we're all firing off questions with little answers but here's a random one from me too:

What is a reasonable price to pay for the T-Rex Saddle bags? $50 ?

And does anyone have a source for these other than Yahoo Japan?

I'm not sure if $50 is high, but they are near impossible to come by. Where did you see them on Yahoo Japan? I've been looking for them ever since they were sold at wonderfeast.

I guess I stepped on someone's vinyl tail. That's cool. I didn't realize it was still widely used as a material of anime toys. It just seems to be an odd choice from Toynami, but like it's been mentioned, I guess they're playing it safe on this. I hope their gamble works, and it sells out. Maybe, we'll see either more mecha, or a larger version with more bells and whistles, like a hatch that opens and a Zentraedi soldier.

By the way, anyone who has passed on the Masterpiece Robotech Rand Cyclone should check out this seller on eBay who dropped the price on them and is clearing them out at $119.95! He also has all the Betas down to $99.95!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ROBOTECH-MASTERPIECE-R...=item3efca8d67f

I buy all of my mospeada/robotech from that seller, in fact I will be receiving my Maia Sterling reissue from him this Friday. He is very honest and easy to deal with. I have been buying from him for about a year and a half. You can also go to his website where he has the same prices.

http://www.digital-toys.com/

I am not associated with the seller in any way, but he has really been helpful.

I'm pretty curious about the "improved" Maia version myself. Post a review for us when you get it.

I'll let you all know, especially since I was one of the unlucky ones to buy the first one.

With the first release, the plastic felt very soft, it had lots of glue marks, and crumbled in my hands.

I was just notified from the company that I buy my Mospeada/Robotech stuff from that the boat arrived yesterday in LA with the reissue of the Maia Sterling MPC. I should have it in a couple of weeks. I sure hope it's better than the one I got last year, the arm broke off just as I started to transform it.

I also wonder if they stuck with the same molds or went with the updated ones for the Aoshima. If I remember right someone here said that the Aoshima molds couldn't be used by Toynami or something like that.

Thanks guys for the pointers.

Sounds like the v.2 valk hip connection; just keep fiddling around, doing the same motion and suddenly it will just work.

As for the back view - is it supposed to look this weighted to the right?

The wheel arm on the right slides out so that they are both even. Just pull from the wheel arm connection point out. Don't pull on the wheel it self.

I'm probably late to the party, but did anybody notice that Toynami is releasing the Dark Mospeada sometime next week??? Since there's obviously no Beagle love anymore, Megahouse should help us out and give us the Fuke and Shinobu.

If you gotta have this, and ebay reseller in Hong Kong has it for $48 plus & $16 for shipping.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Megahouse-Mospeada-VR-...=item4a9b93e2f1

It would be cheaper than paying tax and shipping charges thru RT.com

I'm bummed out on the possibility that we may have a famine of Mospeada toys. I was finally able to talk my wife into letting me buy display cabinets so that I could get my stuff out of the garage and where it can be seen. Now I have the space for more items, but very few available in the pipeline.

Love it.

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You all gotta understand Whamhammer when unfurls this banner. You could kind of say last time he did this it worked. He did it on RT.com for the beta so long, it became a standard shout.

Keep it up Whamhammer!

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http://www.over-drive-inc.com/store/produc...products_id=949

The website isn't overdrive.com... see link above.

Thanks Jenius! I have their site as a quick link so I forgot how they are listed on the web.

I haven't had luck anywhere else on the forums, so I guess I'll ask this question here. I've been trying everyday to find a CM's Bartley/Houquet to no avail. The only place is evilbay, and the prices are crazy! Does anyone here know where else I can get one, or if anyone here might have an extra one they wouldn't mind parting with? I just ordered pretty much all of them from overseas, but I just can't see myself paying $90 for one, especially for it's size. Please help!

Your best bet is from www.overdrive.com. They are selling them at $50.99. Of course, you will need to pay EMS from Japan, which will be about $17 to me in California. But it's a lot better than $90 plus every where else.

I was in the same boat as you. I awnted to get a bartley, but didn't want to pay a lot. So when I ordered it from overdrive, I went ahead and bought the dark bartley from them as well, which is listed at $49.99. My total for both including EMS was $126.

My red Alpha/Beta arrived today from the RT store . courtesy of my lovely girlfriend who got me these and a green alpha

Thank you babe ! I'm loving the set as a whole. Still not transforming the Alpha though. I'm afraid it will disintegrate after 5 transformations .

Now to get a Green beta and a shadow Alpha/beta set and my MPC mospeada collection is complete. MPC Cyclone vol 1 and 2 are on their way.

Too bad we won't see vol 3 and 4 .

Your planes look great congrats!!

I just found a Hong Kong reseller on eBay that had the green on hand. So we might be seeing them hit the west coast in a week or two!!!!

You sure they weren't talking about the card for the Shadow Beta? I think Toynami is still using outdated cards at their conventions.

I don't remember where I read it but you're probably right that it was for the shadow beta. I wish we already had the green and shadow betas by now. But then toynami wouldn't have any masterpiece products left except for SC alphas. Being that the cyclones have gone away.

hey, anyone got news of when the Green beta be releasing ?

I read earlier this week that someone saw a card at sdcc that the release date will be in September. Since it has not been in stock on eBay at overseas shops, September sound right.

I don't think the shipping will be the problem. If something goes wrong or parts are missing or broken, i can't reach them.

They never answer any of my E-mails. And i just had some normal questions about shipping, costs etc..

I have ordered a few things from rt.com over the years with no problems. But last year I preordered the beta and never recieved a conformation email. So I emailed them and emailed them but didn't get any response. So I called them up and found out a third party takes care of the orders placed on the web. Anyway, they helped me out.

Micronian Ace says July or August for the green beta with his recent release update and I saw a listing on eBay that said delivery would be in August. So expect the middle to the end of next month.

I think they should sculpt a head based on your avatar woll622... lol.

I agree!

So far neither of the boxes released so far look like Scott or Rand. Don't get me wrong, the art looks good, But I think they could have done better. Maybe they used helmeted art for the cyclones because they used helmetless art for the Alphas?