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    I really think the VF-1, and maybe Macross releases as a whole, threw an orbital strike-sized wrench into Bandai's typical mentality and approach to exclusive items. When all of your exclusives are one-off custom upgrades to individual mechs that you don't plan on re-releasing, yeah, single-issue exclusives make more sense. Once you cross that bridge into releasing vehicles that all use the same standard set of equipment, you've introduced a huge problem to that way of thinking. You've now made an item that every release in the franchise can use. If you intend to keep releasing more things that can use those add-ons, you'd best revisit the idea of making more. At this point, I think they're finally at least slightly waking up to the ridiculous market situation their practices have produced. As insanely overdue as it is, if we're finally getting a reissue of Ozma's armor pack in any form, I think pretty much anything is possible. I think what prompted them to release as many runs of the missiles as they did though is a byproduct of their past history. Collectors know how Bandai behaves, and so they may have attempted to stockpile all the missiles for all of the VF-1s they ever planned to buy in the future. Bandai was probably not prepared for that level of demand, because the orders they received could very well have exceeded the number of DX VF-1s they had even produced by that point.
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    Oh I definitely remember how dark that transfer was, I had to max out the brightness on my old TV when I watched it.
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    And.. oof. Those giant stacks of plates for legs do not look even remotely conducive to any sort of ability to pose. Looks like we're getting another action torso.
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    I'm really hoping this release does fix that issue, but I've also never really been much of a fan of the 4-part story. I found the movie cleaned it up and streamlined it nicely, and since I saw it first, part 4 will forever feel weird for not having the same ending sequence.
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    It is a pretty minor issue to correct though, since the HMR doesn't pin the wings like the Yamato 1/60, and they just click in and out of place, so there's really no risk of damaging them. It would probably be pretty easy to make a permanent mod, I just didn't feel like messing with what worked. It's about as simple a mod as you can get, just about a quarter-inch square of a business card, doubled up, and bent so it wraps under the shoulder, and up through the gap next to the wing hinge, pressing it down. It'll fall out any time you transform it, but I keep this one in fighter mode on a shelf anyway.
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    Might have to just wait this one out, since they basically just flipped off the customers and made it an international webshop release. It'll probably show up down the road at various places like the HMR Max VF-0S.
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    I wouldn't be surprised if they do that later, but what I would like clarified is the situation with the dub.. and it's probably been discussed before. Did they lose the original dub audio for episode 4? The way this one is described sounds like it has two dub options for that episode. Really though, I'm mostly just happy to see the old Manga subs back for the movie version. The re-translation for the 2013 release felt weird after growing up with the other one.
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    Funny, with the current exchange rate.. that's about the same price as the new release.
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    Pretty much this, honestly. I would have rather picked it up from a Japanese vendor, since we're probably paying the same import premium we get applied to everything reaching the US these days, but the entire reason to pick it up locally is to actually get all of the materials in English. And.. looking back? The Japanese release in 2013 cost me about $170 shipped. If $20 is the premium to get it imported and fully translated, I don't feel too bad about that.
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    I think my one persistent nitpick with the HMR VF-4 is that they just completely leveled the wings. At least the Yamarcadia mold had them slightly drooping, but the HMR's are just straight across. I didn't make any permanent mods, but I ended up jamming a folded clipping of a business card into the hinge to force the wings down to match the upper surface of the inboard sections.
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    I will add that I'm.. "satisfied" that the artbook is significantly larger than the one included in the original Japanese release, but mostly I'll just be happy to be able to finally read it.
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    Up on Crunchyroll, but sheesh.. $190. Also, the search is broken. "Macross Plus" doesn't bring it up, doesn't even appear in the "Macross" listing, had to search "Macross Ultimate" before it came up. https://store.crunchyroll.com/products/macross-plus-movie-ova-blu-ray-ultimate-edition-5037899090312.html
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    Sheesh, that would have been the best option if anyone would have announced when those were going up. Stupid ninja listings. Just one is probably plenty though, I just like having a backup in case Bandai does a Bandai.
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    I'm actually kind of tempted. I already have the Japanese release, but I'd like to get the complete dub and sub options, since that one didn't include them all, and the new subtitles for the movie were.. a bit weird. I don't really feel bad double dipping on this one though, it's my favorite of the franchise.
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    I think the VF-0S Max release might have been the only other one, but obviously not a DX. I think that one did later wind up going to Amazon and places like BBTS, so who knows where this one will wind up in the long run.
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    I imagine so, but if it's going the P-Bandai route, that might complicate things. I'm not sure who will carry it. I did just grab one at Big In Japan though, they've been a solid site for me in the past, came to about $330 shipped. The exchange rate is really helping.
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    Eh, if it shows up on Amazon at a discount, I might bite on one, but I've already got a half dozen VF-4s at this point.
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    You know what I just realized, regarding the tilted-up Ghost... Bandai muffed the whole process by pairing the Yamato Ghost with the Arcadia VF-0 mold. They weren't meant to go together, and the issues attaching the Ghost to the newer 1/60 VF-0 mold are exactly the same as what you get from the HMR version. Namely, the chest plate is narrower, meaning the Ghost's canards had to squeeze together tighter, propping it up higher than it should have been. Bandai just straight-up copied the error by making the canards the original length. Not that there isn't precedent for this.. since they also copied the incorrect tailhook/gunpod positions...
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    Those are some incredibly fine looking hinges on those flaps, bravo! Can't wait to see where this project goes.
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    I mean, it's really easy when the original release came out several years ago.
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    Urgh, yeah, that's always painful when something just blows up on a model and it becomes unusable. I've had it happen enough times that I've just had to accept that doing something the second time (or third, or fourth.. ) usually does wind up in a better final result, and keep those lessons learned in mind.
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    Macross 30

    Chronocidal replied to Tochiro's topic in Games

    Really glad to hear this yeah, I'd love to see someone take up the task of providing a translation edit too, if that's even possible.
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    Well here's a fun experiment to do.. don't lock the backpack down between the legs all the way. I unlocked the tabs, pushed up the backpack at the base of the hinge, and it lines up much better. Go figure. It definitely fits more level if you don't press the rear tabs down though. I did wind up locking the backpack back between the leg tabs, but made sure to keep the backpack pivot as far upwards as I could get it, and that seemed to help a little.
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    Any details on where/when/how much for that Batwing? I've been kind of wanting a good one to remodel the UCS LEGO version from.
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