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Hiya, Im interested, but i could only make it at the end of January, to visit my fiancee as well as celebrate Chinese New Year with her family. Besides that, i would be visiting the local toy shops to stock up on Macross goodies and other stuff. By the way, may i recommend, a hotel which i find their service, accomodation and standard quite up to par to that of 4 stars, rates are quite relatively cheap and inexpensive too. The hotel is BP International, forgot the street name, but base on its location makes it easily accessible to central parts like Mongkok, Causeway Bay and so on. I always stay there when im in hongkong. Cheers

Hiya guys, Im from singapore, can testify for sure the 1/60 VE-1T and VT-1 Super Ostrich isnt out in the local market here as of yet. If they were out, most of the local shops here would have stocks of them not to mentioned especially the toy retailers in HK who directly gets their stocks from the factories. As what you said, it maybe true in a sense, that the local retailers have received news that the shipment would be arriving end of this week to early of next. This gives plenty of time for the seller to process orders and shipped them out. Whats saddens me is that such local people resort to such methods to win sales before the market is saturated with the release of these valks. <_< Sorry to say i do not support nor encourage such acts to promote sales even if it was for a valid reason. Sorry guys if this created any unpleasantness or displeasure in anticipation of this release. Cheers

Hi, Not to be a wet blanket, but building a GPB armor for the 1/48 VF-1J or 1S would be a major feat, considering the width of the 1/48 chest plate as well as the complications in the fit and joints. Please Yamato show me you could surpass my expectations and give me a GPB sculpt fit for a king..erm rather the 1/48 VF-1J/1S. . Cheers

Hi, I got mine from RapidCulture, Wondershowcase (Noel's shop), Toyscollector in Singapore. When i go to HongKong to visit my fiancee, its usually the toys shops in CTMA, Sino Centre and CausewayBay (Sugar street)...Animate, Kanto Hobby are the few shops i always keep in mine. Cheers

Hi, Mine are the 1/72 Hasegawa super and strike valks as well as battroids, no price could be worth the effort, time and work put in to build those model kits. Next in line would be the toys category, first are the 1/48 range followed by the 1/72 scale all from Yamato, sorry no bandais in the Macross category. . Lastly would be followed by the non Macross range is my SOC range, Mazinger, Grendizer, Evangelion and so on. Cheers

Sorry me bad, lapse in memory there, must be getting old. The helmet is estimated around $1300. Cheers

The YF-19 maybe that of the 1/72 Hasegawa range, but if you look closely at whos beside the 1/48 VF-1J, its the 1/48 VF-1S Hikaru!!! I wouldn't mind closeups of the babe, as im gonna to purchase 2 sets of the 1/48 VF-1S Hikaru. And adding to that 2 sets of Fps, to equip my VF-1A Max and VF-1S Hikaru. Back to the topic, the helmet looks beautiful and awesome but too rich for my blood, as i work out before its roughly around the price of USD$1500. I would get it if i win the big sweep. , only in my dreams. Meanwhile i would just focus my attention of the 1/72 and 1/48 scale. Cheers

Hi Graham, Thanks for the pictures. Graham, will this 1/48 VF-1S Hikaru be molded in a grey/white sculpt, as of the VF-1A Max or would it be the beige/white version of the VF-1S Roy. If you noticed carefully there is a difference between the base color between the VF-1S Roy and VF-1A Max. Im hoping for the former as well a deep tone in the red stripes as in contrast to the first version. Anyways i would be getting 2 of these babies as well as 2 1/48 Fps. Graham, another question is regarding the 1/48 VF-1J, would it be coupled with Fps? If no i maybe to get another Fp to equip it with. Any ideas when will the VF-1J will be released. Thanks for the help and assistance and time. Cheers

Hiya, Patience my friends, this is just the icing on the cake. We have yet to see what surprises yamato can dish out. The quality , beauty and sculpt of the 1/48 1/72 and 1/60 is so far the best as compared to its counterparts bandai, toynami, atlas sometimes undesirable QC problems are present during the production runs. We have yet to see what they can do with the M0, M2 and maybe M7 line if bandai gives the license for it. As for now, Yamato is fairly a new growing company whose main line of products lies in Macross. We could be seeing plentiful from them in years to come. Ok back to the topic, i maybe getting 2 1/48 Fp sets, maybe another 1/48 Fps and VF-1S Hikaru when im in Hong Kong next Janurary 2004. Cheers Cheers

Agree totally. Thats why initially skipped out on the first few 1/48 releases and got myself a low vis and max VF-1A after the improvements were implemented. Its a sort of market strategy to switch between product lines by altenating their frequency of releases to create sufficient interest in the local and overseas market. If they would to release the whole complete range at one go, probably you wouldnt see the 1/48 or 1/60, 1/72 scale doing so well. Im restricting my options to the 1/72 and 1/48 scale at the moment, probably a few 1/60s destroids or zentradi units in the future Cheers

Nods Nods Same sentiments as imode. Thats why i sold away my 1/60s. Now only concentrating on the 1/72 scale from M0 and M+ as well as the 1/48 series from the Dyrl or TV series. Cheers

Nods Nods What to do? But we cant seem to get rid of these endless addiction for macross goodies. Must stop myself, but my limbs dun seems to listen to me. Hey drifand, will you be getting the 1/48 VF-1J or the VF-1S Hikaru, cos the VF-1J is your fav battroid in Macross line? Boy i do hope they would release the GPB armour in the future as an addon. Thats the only thing missing from completing the Dyrl or TV line. Cheers

hiya guys, Yaps same sentiments as drifand as i always love battroid mode. But on the positive side, its the best sculpt that combines 3 different modes, fighter, gerwalk and battroid. Theres aint any toys thats comes close to perfection in regards to this but it aint perfect yet, whereas for the price, its a bit on the high side. Wish yamato would consider lowering the price abit afterall its being a while since the first 1/48 was released. Cheers

Hiya guys 1/60 = 8 (Sold all of them) 1/72 = 2 (VF-11B & YF-21 with Fps) 1/48 = 1 (Max) Awaiting future releases 1/48 VF-1S Hikaru - getting 2 sets 1/48 VF-1J - 1 set 1/48 Fps - 2 sets 1/72 M0 range 1/72 YF-19/Fps - getting 1 or 2 sets Trueblueeyes, boy you need to curb the pairs addiction of yours. Sithlord you too... Cheers

Hi Graham, Thanks for the info. Its a bit disappointing to hear that the guy in charge of the development macross products aint so keen on the panel lines thing. Nevetheless, its great news that the VF-1A Hikaru Strike will be scheduled for a release in October. By the way Graham, will the mold of the VF-1S Hikaru be the same white/beige as the VF-1S Roy or the grey/white tone of the Max VF-1A? If you compare the1/48 valks closely enough, you will notice the difference in mold colors. Im hoping for the latter, which is the grey/white tone of Max. Another request for our sithlord, could the tone of the red/black stripes be darker as the former has a slightly lighter red tone? Another question, for our sithlord, any idea when will the 1/48 VF-1J be released, will be it be couple with fast packs? Thanks. Thats settles my purchase for the upcoming months. 2 1/48 Fps, 1 or 2 1/48 VF-1S Hikaru, 1 1/48 VF-1J. Cheers B)