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As for Macross - I've paid the normal prices. The only time I've overpaid for a toy is for my Marvel Legends Goliath - $65 I just had to have it.

...in my toy collection? Macross - Right now the 1/48 Lo Vis Non Macross - TIE: Marui 1/24 R/C M1A2 Abrams & Marvel Legends Goliath, very scwheet!!! sports toy - Giant NRS Team custom, Uber Scwheet!!!

Yeah, they're the HEAT!!! I have 3 of 'em at work sitting on my desk to fiddle around with during the day. Pretty cheap ($) and high marks for playability at work. Plus I dont worry if some muldoon picks em up and sez "cool transformer thingie, dude"

I consider the 1/48 as an evolution of the Yammie valk toy and an improvement (scale & quality) over the 1/60. I still love my 1/60s and they share space on my display shelves in harmony with the 1/48s

No, you havent missed a hundred or so episodes. The show started about a month or two ago on MTV. I really dig the show too, it's way betta than the old skool Spiderman and Friends that aired on thesaturday morning cartoons. I hope they keep it up and betta yet, put the first season on DVD.

Like you I'm eagerly awaiting the upcoming -19 FP. But I kinda doubt that they'll make any big changes except for the additions of the FPs. Just look at the previous 1/72 Mac+ valks: -11B improved the hip joint, -21 improved the fuselage belly to make it streamlined. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

I bought some Sakura markers to panel line my MPCs, but I havent summoned the courage to use them on my 1/48s. I kinda dont want to panel line them in black/too dark. I just may try hirohawas suggestion with the Tamiya clear smoke.

Cool... Kevin to the rescue I used to buy from HLJ, but the shipping options sucked (at least in my experience). SAL was cheap, but it took a month for orders to get to me. EMS wasn't any better - over $30 US to ship a 1/48 and it took longer than UPS (about 2 weeks). I just feel the need to armor up all my 1/48 valks

I've been checking out my usual valk pimps - VEX, BBTS, Twin Moons... And they're all sold out. One would assume Yamato would produce enough to outfit all the 1/48s the produced and a bit more for future releases. I've already picked up 2 sets from Kevin/VEX but after drooling over the pics in this forum I wanna pick up a few more for the rest of my 1/48s, including the verified future releases.

I've ordered decals from both takatoys (1/48) and anasazi37 (1/60) and they're definitely much better than the yamato originals. I HIGHLY recommend both of their products, you won't be disappointed. I just missed out on placing an order for decals for my Lo-Vis from anasazi37, but I guess I can wait till he's finished with the 1/48 FAST Pack upgrade set, 1/60 VT-1 set, and 1/60 VE-1 set - they're worth the wait.

You bastard I'm Jealous, I don't have mine yet. j/k LOL Thanks for sharing your pics R_E. (wipes off drool)

The display stands from sithlord are definitely one to get They're great for dynamic valk displays. But not to get OT, I'm still eagerly awaiting the delivery of the FPs I ordered from Kevin/VEX. Drooling at the pics in this thread is just increasing the anxiety level

Schweet, thanks for the pics and review Tam!

thanks for sharing Kurt. I'll have to take a stab at making display bases for my valks on display.

Agreed, Yamato decals truly suck. I'm pretty much back what everyone else says about Takatoys decals, I've got them on all my 1/48s and they look great. I've also bought excellent decals from Anasazi37 for my 1/60 scale valks - they definitely make my M&M and 1D look better.

Since I don't own any "vintage" valks, It would be my whole macross toy collection - great variety and as a kid I always dreamed of owning at least one transformable valk Now I've got all the Bandai/Yamato/Banpresto releases. I also admit to owning 3 MPCs

The majority of my valks came from VE, HLJ (not anymore, though...EMS/SAL sucks ), but I have bought a few from BBTS -really great selection of other toys, eBay -primarily to pick up the MPCs on the cheap.

I love the GBP-1S armor cuz it makes any schweet valk into one bad@ss fightin' machine

I voted for my avatar. It's a thing of beauty.

Gotta vote for the Big Bad@ss Monster

Nice work Mathieu. Can anyone get rid of the japanese text to make it look cleaner?

Here's a link for Windows Media Player, SWkid

I'd like to see a 1J CF released. The 1A head is getting a little played out IMHO.

I'm assuming it's an anti-personnel gun so that the crew/gunner would'nt have to use the main guns on little "crunchies" (dismounted enemy troops that should be taken out by running over them/stepping on them in this case)

Wow, the Robotech "books" sure look good on the shelf.