Sandman

Tried ordering from Amazon japan. Won't ship to my address(Canada). Does anyone know a way around this? I know i've heard of people on this board ordering from them before.

More preorders are available at eToysJapan for $240. Preorder instructions state that you only need to pay 1/3 upfront but when i went through the order process i got charged the full amount. There didn't seem to be a way to modify how much you want to pay. Just a heads up for anyone considering this option.

I loved the show when it first came out. Had it on vhs. I'll have to get a hold of a dvd or digital copy and give it a rewatch.

If Yamato isn't going to release Macross7 toys till the end of the year then what will they release in the meantime?

We're now one step away from the vf-2ss. Now that all 3 other vfs from graham's poll from a year or 2 back have been released or confirmed.

Dude you need to hook me up. I can't find any for a reasonable price online.

I not sure how the vf-11c didn't sell well? I've never been able to get one before they sell out everywhere. They don't seem to come up on eBay that often either meaning people are hanging on to them. This seems to be the same as the weird Yamato logic in regards to the macros zero line which they also said didn't sell well even though they near to impossible to get as well. Well that sticks, I was hoping for a rerelease of the vf-11c so I can actually get one. Now I have to consider buying it for crazy eBay prices.

Did you get me as i was one of the ones that paid for postage in 2010. Or do i need to request again? Just want to make sure so i don't miss out on getting the hinges.

Is this line even still going. I've only ever seen the vf-25f and vf-25g though I don't really pay attention to this line. In think I would try one out if I can find it cheap. Like yamato's gnu line the price seems really high for the size of the toy.

Wow! i thought i was the only one around you watched this series. Awesome show.

The VF-11C seems to be out of stock which sucks. I've been trying to get a hold of one ever since they came out. Had a chance a few months back but decided to get the yf-29 first since the bandai valks seem to dissappear fast and go up in price a few months after they are released. Still happy to have the yf-29 but i need a vf-11c bad. Not bad enough to spend the ebay prices on it though.

Well I just went and checked mine. I only had two with the clear tips. One had a dx vf-25g on it - don' t see anything wrong. The other had the vt-1 ostrich - there was slight sticking from the back two prongs for a 10th of a second but no visible damage. However the front prong tip had a smudge of red paint on it. Looked over the ostrich where it was touching - saw no where where the red could have come from. I was puzzled until I remembered my Roy vf-1s used to sit on that stand 4 months ago. Checked it out and sure enough there it was -on the same place as pud's pic, the red clear part on it's leg. It's barelly noticeable unless I really look at it, still annoying though. At least it wasn't the ostrich. I don't know how the manufactor can claim there is no problem when there quite obviously is. These should not be sold at all. The sad thing is i just paid for 3 used ones from a member here about 4 hours before reading this thread.

Thanks for all the suggestions. Unfortunately none of them worked. I've done some researching online and it seems finger oils can react with the plastic and paint permently damaging the surface - ie. Leaving a shiny worn out looking surface. I've seen this effect before on laptop keyboards and casings that have been "well used". I'm not sure how I could have done this within a few hours of opening the yf-21. I did get this used off of eBay. I.m starting to wonder if it was like this before i opened it and didn't notice at first cause of the low lighting of the room where I opened it in.

Thanks for the quick reply. Is there anything to watch for? Anything that might strip the paint?

I was wondering what cleaning supplies everyone uses to clean their yamato valkyries? The reason i ask is that i have a 1/60 yf-21 that have skin grease/oil spots on the wings. I can't seem to get it off. They look like 2 shinny wet splotches that won't ever dry. Any ideas on how i can get them off?

I may be willing to do this as long as the costs of shipping don't become prohibitive. I live in Canada, I'll have to check with the postage rates and get back to you.

How about the MAX 1A DYRL version. Did that ever get re-released?

How big were the Macross the ride Valkyries in the last pic?

She's almost as sexy as the red sv-52.

The SV-52 is soooooo sexy. I want a yamato 1/60 version so bad.

Ditto. Love that color scheme.

Has anyone seen this yet? http://yokosonews.com/news/japan-post-to-halt-all-air-parcels-to-the-us/ Hobby Link Japan has said this won't affect them but i wonder how this will affect others if at all. Getting those Japan only exclusives is probably going to get a lot harder.

That is too bad, like others have said i think MZero has some of the best designs. I'm a fan of pretty much every mecha of the series. I wonder how Yamato came to the conclusion that Macross Zero is a dead property. If they are going by sales of their product i think they have to remember there was probably a major factor on why these didn't sell as well as they would've liked. Barring one or two releases, each release of this line had a least one major design flaw (eg exploding shoulders). I know this stopped me as well as many others from buying one. The VF-0a/s is one of my favorite designs and i still don't own one due to that shoulder issue. I hope to finally get one now that they've been re-released and i haven't heard of any problems with them. But still i don't think the Macross Zero line has been given a fair shot by Yamato.

So those stands are exclusive the same way the super parts, galla set and Luca's ghost set were? In other words we can't get them unless we live in japan?

Not sure if this has been mentioned but it looks like Yamato is rereleasing the Yf-21 without the display stand. http://www.hkcollectibles.com/macross-robo...-avf-yf-21.html