Bariaburu Faita

The second one is Rainbow Man(watch Prefectural Earth Defense Force for a cameo). One of the 70`s live action heroes before the "sentai" format homogenized the genre.

I vaugely remember watching the others, will have to consult the bible and get back to you.

For the very first time all 3 of the Kansai region Macrossworlders get together for some Macross item hunting!

The guilty parties are; Bariaburu Faita(Howard), Monkey-Nugget(Rob), and Renato(Renato)

Starting out at Umeda station we hit the various hobby shops and look at all the poor club-M kits no one wants to buy for some strange reason.

At Mandarake Umeda we check out all the cute girls dressed up as Gundam seed boys.

We hit most of the main stores and then head south to Namba to do some more shopping, but since Blackaces was in town a while ago nothing worthwhile anywhere.

Then we finally pass by K-books.

Renato"I haven`t seen this place before, is it new?"

Howard"Yeah, it just opened up a couple months ago, Rob comes here every week"

Rob"Hey, Renato you can read Kanji real good, right? I need you guys to help me find some stuff to auction here"

Howard"Oh dear God, not again..."

Renato ????

And we to up to the infamous second floor.

Renato !!!!

Rob"Ok, ebay rules prohibit anything explicitly obscene, even if its censored by you or the comic so..."

Renato"Why are we looking at gay dojinshi?"

Rob"Hey, when one of these books can go for $300 you kinda have to overlook that. In the golden age of gay dojinshi a couple month back, I made enough money to pay for the hospital bills for my new baby."

Howard"That is just too wrong for words..."

Renato"Your daughter is going to curse you for bringing her into the world via gay dojinshi."

Rob"Nah, she`ll probably want me to buy her some. Anyway, start finding ones with Vash and Wolfwood"

And so after depleting the Trigun section we eventualy work our way to the Lord of the Rings section.

Rob"Ok, don`t bother with any of the ones with Hobbits, everyone knows they are gay anyway"

Rob does his impression of a gay Hobbit and Renato`s jaw just kinda goes slack. Howard having seen the routine before is only slightly shaken, reminds self to bring camera next time. Two 14 year old girls that were holding hands looking through the books nearby suddenly decide they have to be elsewhere, quickly.

Rob"So look for ones with Legolas or Aragorn. Especially if you can find them in the anime SD form."

Renato"like this one?"

Rob"Nah, more like this one, very cute"

Howard"Oh, this one is so wrong. It says "Gimli be closer to me""

And so Howard and Renato slave away finding more stuff for Rob. Eventualy we have a good sized stack.

Rob"Ok, I need to pay with my credit card and we need to make sure we have at least 3,000yen worth of stuff to use it, Howard add up all of those to make sure we have enough"

Howard"Yez, massuh"

Rob"Smartass"

Howard"Looks like we`re one short"

Rob"No prob, Renato, pick one more from... This section"

Renato"The Prince of Tennis?!"

Howard"Damn, that whole cabnet is Prince of Tennis!!"

Renato"Not just the whole cabnet, the whole row is Prince of Tennis!"

Howard"Look behind you, both rows are Prince of Tennis! I am so not every going to watch that show ever again."

And so we finally head over to the checkout counter... (to be continued, by one of the other guilty parties)

Guys, with the greatest respect, the reasons newbies and relative newbies such as myself often get turned off by searching for the answers on the boards, is that the search function only identifies the thread - *then* you have to hunt through 300 smart-a$$ posts to get to the information which occurs at a frequency about 1 in 8 posts. I nearly posted this in the sticky which is just as bad, but i reconsidered. Just a thought, ignore me if you want.

This is a very valid gripe. We need to make a info only FAQ. No smart comments just information. I`ve tried using the search function before and its not very helpful. Signal to noise ratio is frequently very poor. I`ve been guilty of making noise myself.

In fact there were several Liquid Stone items that sold very well at the last Wonderfest. Go to their site and check it out.

I looked for it before I posted but failed to find the link. If you have it could you post it please.

Thanks for the info,

Carl

I would like to clarify that I made a mistake in my earlier post, it should be Mr. Sakamoto, not Mr. Sadamoto. Very sorry about that.

His website is at; http://www.nn.iij4u.or.jp/~jab/

Please do not use the word "recast" near any IHP product. Mr. Sadamoto is one of the very few sculptors remaining who are still trying to earn a living making variable resin kits for the fan market. Not only is it a personal insult to him, but puts him at risk of loosing the chance to make more licenced products in the future. If that were to happen the loss to the Macross community would be immesurable.

Not to disagree with your point but does IHP still exist? And I thought the name of the man behind IHP was Mr Sakuragawa. Am I mistaken? The last kit he made was the VB-6 and though it was released under the IHP name initially he soon changed the name to Liquid Stone. Several here at Macross World were on a pre-order list to get one and he couldn't fill that order. The reason as I understood it at the time was he went to work for Yamato and didn't have the time. I don't believe he's worked on any resin kits since then. He's now done the VB-6 for Yamato and I believe he's still working on other projects for them. I'm under the impression we've seen the last of IHP and probably Liquid Stone. If you know something I don't PLEASE set me strait.

Thanks,

Carl

There are two people who work as team on IHP. Liquid Stone was made as a sidebranch of IHP to sell other types of kits, but ended up being more financialy successfun than IHP.

In fact there were several Liquid Stone items that sold very well at the last Wonderfest. Go to their site and check it out.

IHP is what they do because they want to. Variable resin kits are not cost effective based on how time intensive they are. They do have plans to make more variable Macross kits, but paying bills and putting food on the table comes first. As well as project comitments for other companies.

Please do not use the word "recast" near any IHP product. Mr. Sakamoto is one of the very few sculptors remaining who are still trying to earn a living making variable resin kits for the fan market. Not only is it a personal insult to him, but puts him at risk of loosing the chance to make more licenced products in the future. If that were to happen the loss to the Macross community would be immesurable.

Edit; that should be SaKAmoto

Damn, I cant believe how much easier things are now that I switched over to a Japanese OS and keyboard.

Check this site out;

http://www.terra.dti.ne.jp/~dossoull/data3.html

I think I found some info on the WF 2004 summer YF-19 batteloid.

Looks like Jika Norihiro of a group called Kantogakuindaigaku-Mokeidourakukai made it.

Here are some making of pics;

http://diary.fc2.com/cgi-sys/ed.cgi/edo-ki...Y=2004&M=9&D=30

and the homepage I got the link from;

http://www15.ocn.ne.jp/~kgumokei/

The people who made the wings are the same guys who did the YF-21 gerwalk.

if you need me to provide you with the name,

I am not able to at the moment

perhaps I will have to look at the program book of WF and have the japanese name translated

Noel

after asking around, only one person has done conversion wings from YF to VF-19. EMINENCE from the group Gokigen-Seimetsu. Just like Noel says, the same person who did the other conversion kits/lathe turned metal parts.

nevermind

Shin and Kira really do look like twins now that I see them next to each other...

Hmm, Ramius and Andy, wonder if Mwu's really dead, if those two will get togeather. They've both lost a lover so they know what the other's going through...

Uh, if I remember right, Andy lost his sister.

PIN!

why so cryptic? who is he... what does he do? what is an LV? you guys are being a little cloak and dagger... its a little silly.

I try to help people, and fix some of the damage done in the past. I am also trying to increase the amount of variable Macross toys/kits.

A LV is short for 1/48 scale Yamato Low Visibility VF-1A

And yes, take a look at my figure pic thread in the toys section, I am VERY silly

It would be very damaging to his future projects if he were to reply to this thread. This also makes my job much harder. Please call a truce.

Just a warning...if it says Yaoi...don't click on it!

Just for the record, I would like to state that I had nothing to do with his "yayoi" auctions. Rob did not ask me to accompany him to translate titles of doujinshi on the 3rd floor of K-Books, where in theory we would have been the only males present.

Once there, I did not help him find 6 copies of "Butt Pirates of the Carribean"

I never stop on the 3rd floor any way, its just someplace to pass quickly on the way to the 4th floor. Um... Which I dont go to either, what kind of sick, twisted, perverted worm do you think I am?

Howard put in me on a list after Jwinges, if you happen to cross them...

Will do, no promises though.

Ok here's some of the stuff Chris asked me for.

Here's the 19 Battroid, I can't make out the chicken scratch URL so we may never know who made the thing. Really brilliant of these guys.

Which wonderfest was that kit from? If it was from the most recent 2004 summer one, I might have a lead on it. I found a very messy handwritten entry in the program guide that mentions a YF-19 battloid. Can you send me a high resolution pic of the text in that pic?

Its funny how these guys can make super detailed resin kits but have such lousy handwriting, kind of like doctors and professors.

Whoa, that's new, Platz did PE parts for the Mac zero models, gotta get some of those.

And I totally missed that

ouch !

Yeah, I missed out on those too. Didnt see any at the Platz booth when I went. I only found out recently about them when I was re-reading the program guide. Is there anyone out there that has them?

And Noel, whats up? I asked you to let me know the next time you were in town. And then I find out that not only were you in the Osaka area recently, but called Rob several times and scheduled a meeting with him. I guess you dont want a wonderfest dealers badge for christmas eh?

Is it just me, or is there a ugly artifacting on the first Mylene is metal pic? If so, how do I fix it?

Even us members in Japan had a tough time finding the posable Rei. Stores just didnt get them in the numbers they ordered. So I`m not expecting to be able to find the Asuka either. Sorry.

Here is some more info on the various kits from Wonderfest 2004 summer;

Patemori Soba 1/72 scale Destroid series;

Defender

Spartan

Tomahawk

Phalanx

Edit; Patemorisoba did a 1/72 Destroid Monster for the 2003 summer WF, was not at this years though

Platz etched parts for VF-0 and SV-51 (does not say scale or model, I assume 1/72 for hasegawa kits)

UN Balance 1/72 scale fold booster resin kit for Hasegawa YF-19

All of the above info was from the program guide. Tough time decipering handwritten photocopied scribbles:P

Mylene is metal!

Quick! Look at the previous pic, hurry!

Mylene is metal!

Quick! look at the next pick, hurry!

I dream of Misa

Minmay as Kaifun`s prisoner