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Those are the Toynami/Aoshima "1/55" toys.

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I worked last summer with a model maker who worked on some of the aircraft models used in the film. They used actual quarter-scale RC models of the Spits (and I think a slightly smaller-scale HE-111) and filmed and controlled them from camera-equipped helicopters and ocean vessels, rather than going CGI. I think that should be applauded.

The Gakken 1/8 is a great toy, still well worth picking up even if you have newer versions of ride armor.

Thanks @no3Ljm for his friendly and speedy correspondence and an easy transaction. Enjoy the book!

The Rpi and other mobile-device versions of MAME tend to be based on pretty ancient versions of the MAME core. There's pretty much zero chance that an emulator update will fix the lack of sound since the later MAME builds that do have sound in these games require much more processing power than Rpi or other SOCs can handle.

The book and poster have been sold. Thanks GabeQ for the positive vibes, and thanks also to the soon-to-be happy new owner

I've got a couple of empty and untitled gallery folders that have been lurking on my gallery page for years. I would love to know how to delete them.

SOLD

For offer is a Macross: Perfect Memory book, including large SDF-1 poster. This book is an OUT-8 reprint from 1986 (2nd printing) and is a vintage, non-bootleg copy.

Book, dust sleeve, and poster are all in very good condition. The book's spine is stiff, un-creased, unbroken and pages are unmarked and undamaged. The poster does not have any holes from tacks and does not display any evidence of having been mounted or displayed. The bound-in Books Nippon return-mail postcard [for a translation project that never happened] is present and still attached to the binding. This example is the cleanest and most complete of all the copies of the title I've owned over the years.

Macross: Perfect Memory remains the best single reference for characters, art, and animation for the original Super Dimension Fortress Macross TV series.

Price is $85 shipped insured within the lower 48 in the Domestic US. I will ship international or overseas at additional cost. Please send PM for inquiries.

Zombie Goose wants his dogtags back.

3 minutes ago, Sandman said:

Wow, i actually remember that thread. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago but it's coming up to 2 years. Do you sell the rest or do you have some stuff left over?

It's all been sold, except for one Takatoku Gerwalk Nikick KO that never found a home. Send a PM if you'd like to adopt

I successfully sold a pretty large toy collection here at Macrossworld a couple of years ago. It was a little bit difficult for me to initially get "over the hump" with regard to a decision to sell, and it required significant time and motivation to catalog, organize and prepare all of the items for sale. But once I got started, I actually really enjoyed the process for multiple reasons:

Selling required me to to give each item a thorough check out. In the case of toys that had been stored in boxes for many years, there was a kind of rediscovery of what I liked or didn't like about any given piece similar to what I had experienced when I had first acquired them. It was kind of like "new toy day" for each item all over again. It rekindled my enthusiasm for the items and made researching prices and writing descriptions more of a fun exercise. An enthusiasm for the item you're selling helps you "sell the item".

Selling the collection required me to photograph each item - now that it's all sold I may not have the physical items anymore, but I do have a nice photographic record of it. The photographic record does a better job of reminding me why I loved that stuff better than sealed and untouched boxes in storage ever did.

Selling at MW in particular is fun, because there are a lot of great like-minded people here who share your enthusiasm. In many cases I'd end up having long chats/dialogs with other members outside of the scope of the sale itself. It's good to make friends.

Finally, I found the process kind of liberating once I had made the firm decision to sell. I was able to de-clutter, reclaim a pretty fair chunk of $$, and no longer had any vague worries about the mountain of vintage plastic in my closets slowly and quietly yellowing, degrading and devaluing.  

I'm offering my MP Vehicle Voltron 2.0 in excellent condition. This unit has been displayed but remains in like-new MIB condition with all original packaging and inserts. This is a fine example with no issues or flaws. The MPVV stands about a head taller than a Toynami Lion Voltron, with tremendous diecast content and lots of ratcheted joints - it really looks and feels great in the hand.

Price is $165 shipped in the Lower 48. I will ship internationally at additional cost with an agreed quote. Payment by Paypal - please add 4% or send payment as gift. I'm on the SSL and have traded at MW for many years.

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While the overall sculpt looks OK, I'm not super impressed especially given the price. It may just be prototype issues, but there seem to be several areas where the panel-fitting doesn't look particularly good - the winglet to intake interface, the sensor pod door, and the way that the head recesses under the cockpit all look kind of janky. Not a big fan of the CM's-style concave inner knee/shin joint either.

On 3/28/2017 at 10:27 PM, big F said:

http://www.yoycart.com/Product/538146807888/

 

That looks like the 1/55 KO's that were in all the Chinese tat shops a few years ago, myself and several MWers bought them to use as parts for custom 1/55 builds .

There were some that honestly the blister pack they came in was better and stronger. The better ones were like in the link, almost 100% part swappable with actuall bandai/taka ones, to make some horrific abominations. 

So if they use the same construction plastics and method then the KO's will be of good quality. Arcadia should be worried imo.

Ah, yes. The good old Galaxy Defender. There were also those red/white carded ones with the opaque canopies and LEDs - I believe that those may be the ones you describe as being poorer quality than the packaging they came in.

Very sad. Bill was one of those actors that, when seeing his name pop up on the intro credits, could make you look forward to see any movie. He was always just so damn enjoyable to watch.

Although my toy collecting days are behind me, it is frikken awesome to see a successor to the Beagle in development. The Beagle is still very close to the top of heap when it comes to transforming toy engineering, in my opinion. 

57 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Considering Isamu served there... you'd probably have to be enough of a frequent flier to the stockade that your CO wants to get rid of you by sending you to Space Siberia.

Well, I've already had a Deprivation Of All My Prises, so I think I'm well on my way to Spase Siberia!

Thank you for the recommendations and info, Seti! 

How do I sign up for the Outer-Spase Speial Sience Force?

Gundam newb here. I recently watched 'War in the pocket' and found it enjoyable. I'm looking for more to watch, but could use some recommendations. I'm probably not going to be inclined to go through the whole series chronologically, but if there are any series that you feel that especially stand out please let me know

On 6/26/2016 at 7:43 PM, jvmacross said:

Vintage Colo Comics poster insert/furoku......

Remember that episode when Hikaru went ape-sheit crazy on the Zentradi on a giant motorcycle? That was the best episode!

Never before has Macross recalled Steppenwolf for me. Now it will, forever.

I know it's an older post, my apologies.

It's been a good while since we last treaded a Tlead thread.

How are the values holding these days? Anyone see them coming up at auction recently? Any Red/Green sightings?

video of a early test sample at the live event.

you can see where some of the die-cast are at.

The SOC Golion content is at 3:08:45 (the linked video is 6 hours)

Miss Minmay, your Fanliner is ready to go.

http://www.cobalt-aircraft.com/#1

The prototype version was called the "Valkyrie-X" (hmmm), while the production version is being called the CO-50.

Final price drop. Items in OP are up to date and available as indicated.

I'm quite surprised that no one has hit me up for the Gold Book yet; is it just a case that everybody who wants one already has it, or is there something wrong with this one?

As always, thanks for viewing.