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Next... (please excuse the mess of a VF-1A and VE-1 Bastard Child... in the background)
Ah, looks like you found the Cool Girl. Was it at Volks?
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I have got pics of the following
1) Konig Monster
2) VF-0S
3) Garland
but will post them when I get back on Sep 2nd
as for NEWS
there is 2 version of the 1/100 VF-0 toy planned
the VF-0S & VF-0A
the 1/48 VF-1 GBP Armored parts are in the pipeline and will be announced next year.
the 1/60 Monster will also be finally released next year
however, the YF-19 with fast packs will still be delayed due to the difficulty of this toy. (looks like something superb will be produced, if it ever gets done)
No plans of reissuing the 1/48 Super & Strike Fast Packs
No plans of the Male Power Armor
and the Garland looks awesome
ok, thats it for now,
will have more pics soon
Noel
Sorry I missed you at wonderfest. Any chance of visiting me and Rob in Osaka before you go? I tried PMing you about meeting at wonderfest but no response.
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I voted Atelier-sai because he is very enthusiastic about his models and friendly. The fact that his stuff looks nice and doesnt requre parts swapping is also a plus.
wait...dude he designed the 1/100 VF-0 which needs immense part swapping.
Oops, didnt know that.
I still would vote for him though, the VF-0 looks great. And he is still a cool guy. I havent talked to the others enough to make a good judgement on them.
The guy that did the Q-rau is pretty cool also, but looses points from the Millia pilot figure.
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Here was my favorite. 1/144 scale perfect variable VF-1 resin kits!
So many display options with 1/144 scale. Just a tad larger than the variable KM gashapon, but with no parts swapping.
The interesting thing about the kits is that they are held together with wire. This gives the kit some "give" when transforming so you have a much lower chance of breaking anything. Infact he had a display piece for people to play with. He told me "Go ahead, transform it a couple times, and dont worry about breaking it"(in Japanese of course)
The downside is that the parts dont all fit tightly and has some floppyness in all modes. Think of it as a smaller banpresto that doesnt fall appart when you look at it. It is also quite pricey considering its size.
I asked if he had plans to do the YF-19 or 21. Unfortunatly those are too complex to do at this scale. I then asked if he could do the VF-2, and he said that was simmilar to the VF-1 so it was doable, but he didnt think he could sell any due to the low popularity of Macross II. I got his buisiness card so if enough of you guys show interest I might be able to convince him to do a VF-2 at a future wonderfest.
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Here are the Atelier-sai BGC action figures. They are articulated and are about 50% bigger than the Yamato ones(very rough guestimate since I didnt have a ruler on me)
He is still negotiating to find someone to mass produce it and market it. It will probably cost a couple thousand yen. He eventualy wants to make a variable motoslave but is first working on a simple exo suit that the hardsuits fit into.
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Ah, glad to see Noel was there taking pictures, my camera sucks. I`ll skip posting pics of the VF-0, Monster and Garland since he probably has better ones.
Here is a pic of the central area before the mad rush of people trying to get their promotional bottled water. Man, stick a cute underage girl on anything and people will line up to buy it at wonderfest;)
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I voted Atelier-sai because he is very enthusiastic about his models and friendly. The fact that his stuff looks nice and doesnt requre parts swapping is also a plus.
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Whew, sorry I took so long to post, but I needed to sleep. I need to go to work now so no pics for a couple hours. I apoligize but I was unable to take multiple close up shots due to limited memory card space.
The yamato Releases are all stuff you`ve seen already. I couldnt tell if the VF-0 had a new head sculpt since it was in fighter mode. Looks nice though, much better than the ones originaly shown a couple months ago.
The Variable Koenig monster looks awesome. One of the cannons was slightly droopy though.
The Garland seems to be the newest. It was only spray painted with primer. It is perfect variable. The leg linkage mechanism is big and ugly though. It might have been made intentionaly though, it keeps the bike from leaning over to one side. The display model at Atelier-sai had a articulated rider prototype, the Yamato one did not.
The Yamato BGC fig is a small trading figure size and will go for 630yen. The larger Atelier-sai BGS action figures have not found a distributor yet and price is not set, several thousand yen is a rough estimate. A motoslave is almost a certainty since the same guy did the Garland prototype.
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Could you recast the VF-1J shown here? I`d be willing to loan you mine provided I could get a couple.
ooo, that'd be neato. I was never an expert at casting, but I think it might be a little hard for someone to cast that VF-1J in one piece, especially with the slanted stablizers--as one piece anyway. That's why the taka 1/3000 valks have no legs and feature parallel tailfins, for ease of casting and moulding.
While we're on the subject, would any of the little valks from the Valhalla kit work any better for our 1/3000 SDF?
I`ll send my banpresto VF-1J to >EXO< to foward it.
And I`d love to have a Squadron of mini valks from the Valhala kit as well.
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People were already lining up yesterday! I was told I could have waved my yellow badge and gotten instant offers of 60,000yen. Will take pics and post later.
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Did you try asking over there? Possibly looking it up on HLJ?
I was about to ask in the toy thread, but felt if would be a bit off topic and end up flooding the thread with pics that dont contain the toy the topic was about.
HLJ would just have pics of the toy in question, I wanted to see pics from various non toy sources like the show, movies, artbooks, fan works, etc,...
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In the toys forum it has been mentioned that the new CMs 3pack of Millia looks nothing like her.
So what should she look like?
The character design reference drawings from the TV show?
The DYRL design?
Mikimoto watercolor painting?
Post pics of what you think the definitive Millia should be.
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They also had the Ostrich ELINT-seeker and tons of Bandai 1/55s for only
1,600 Yen ($9.75 +/=), a veritiable steal. I passed on the one w/out the fast packs and got the real deal, the VF-1S Strike Valkyrie baby!
wait a tick, you bought a VF-1S Hikaru STRIKE valkyrie for 1600 yen????
Either you've got it confused with the "SUPER" valkyrie or something's up...
You guys smell something?
Given the time frame he mentions, its very possible that what he says is true. Last year was when the Bandai re-releases were flooding the market and many retailers over ordered. I picked up a 1/55 VF-1s Roy(no fastpack)when the price dropped to 2000yen(at Gamers in Motomachi, Kobe) But prices dropped even further. In Tokyo where even more stores were overstocked, It is likely that even a strike VF-1s would go on sale for under 2000yen. Even the 1/48 was not immune, I got a 1/48 VF-1s Roy for 5,000yen.
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Why cant US TRU do like Japan TRU and get popular toys at low prices? It my hands down favorite place to get Yamato Valks. Best prices in all Japan. And they tend to have alot of model kits that sell out at other specialty stores.
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Use a pinvice and drill a long hole into Saras leg. Drill a hole into the base peg and coil up one end of the wire and epoxy it onto the bottom of the base, with the uncoiled end sticking up from the base peg. Coat the wire lightly with epoxy and insert into the hole you made in the figures leg.
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edit. Oops, missed the J
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Well, I`ve been walking on eggshells myself with the figure pic thread that I started. I contacted a mod to get better guidance and decided not to post most of my pics.
Although the intent of my pics is to show Macross related humor, the hentai aspect might be all some see.
And if I post some gross pics, someone else might post some grosserer pics in response. So I try to restrain myself.
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heheh, I'm tempted to walk down the block and eat at our local steakhouse.... for $13.00 I can eat a T-bone or New York strip steak that could stand up (on it's own) and whoop Bill Goldberg's ass....
And let's not forget the heavenly garnish of sauteed mushrooms and onions... the fully loaded baked potato. And what true red-meat lover's meal would be complete without a nice baked loaf of bread completely drowned in melted butter?
a true culinary orgasm purchased for mere pennies on the dollar. And as good as it tastes? It feels just as good coming out
What have I done to deserve this?! Have I wronged you in some way? I greiveously beg your forgiveness for whatever I have done. Please, make the torment stop.
WONDERFEST 2004 thread!
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After seeing the Yamato booth and comparing it to pics of previous years, I is most certainly a case of Macross content going down, and other content going up. It looks like Yamato is diversifying their product line, which is a good thing for any company to do. This is better for their bottom line and provides a much more stable income.
Plus they have a trend of spending more time on development on future products. I would much rather have 1 good macross toy a year than 6 poor ones. Does anyone wish that they spent more time on the GPB and released it late, but with less flaws?
They still have a ways to go on QC, they are no Bandai. But the VF-0 shows they are listening. I hope they keep on the track they are on now. I can wait a couple years for a good YF-19FP.