Vostok 7 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Thanks. Actually I just got off the phone with Yamato, and yeah, they said it should come with two. So I told them I didn't get my "regular versions" and they're going to send me some. You know what. Every one of the last three Yamato toys I have bought have had some kind of issue, this, the SV-51 which I had to send back because of its exploding legs (see the respective thread) and the silver Garland's Shogo figure, which has two right shoulders. I should really put them on speed dial. I do find it odd that every time I phone them someone different answers, though. Then again, with all the problems surrounding their products, I gather they need a large staff to man every station. Sigh. A- "Could do better". Toy itself is awesome, though. Seems they have pretty good customer service though, I give them that! Here in the US, exploding original Garland shoulders were completely replaced with new fixed units with just a simple email. I expected to at least pay shipping, but no! I've heard of BGC MotoSlaves just being completely replaced, sight unseen without requiring the defective unit back, by all new ones MISB. Vostok 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renato Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) Right... Except for that normal working weekday when I phoned several times and finally, someone who I guess was the cleaner or something, answered with "Wot? Nah, can't help ya, I think they're closed today, bye." Yeah, he would have been cockney if he spoke English. ....All in all, yeah, I agree, they DO have good customer service. But then, they need to. EDIT -- disclaimer Edited January 13, 2009 by Renato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logos Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) Destroids showed up today in all of their sweetness! FYI: OD green is awesome and pictures do not do it justice. Defender yellow is OK but if they offer a OD green defender I have to get one! Edited January 13, 2009 by logos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logos Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Oh and Frankin mechs..... I think I am too bored at work today. Sorry about the quality I took these with my Blackberry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miriya Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Logos! Thank you for those pics! I was wondering if the Tomohawk arms could fit on the Defender. That is my favorite!!! My defender is in the mail but the question now is where am I going to get a set of (original colored) Tomohawk arms?!! I wonder if someone would do a recast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thankheaven Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 If im only getting one Destroid, should i get the Tomahawk or the Defender ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miriya Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 If im only getting one Destroid, should i get the Tomahawk or the Defender ? For me the choice was clear. I just cant stand the visor on the tomahawk. It just looks too much like a smiley face. I have seen a kit or two in the past where the sculpt was done so that it did not look like a big silly grin but most tomahawks, not only yamato's, kill me. I love the Defender. The only thing that would make it better would be tomahawk arms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 If im only getting one Destroid, should i get the Tomahawk or the Defender ? Tomahawk. It just looks better and more badass. Plus, the Tomahawk's cannons are jointed (ala elbow-style) for better torso-twisting directionality and movement, in contrast to the fixed guns of the Defender. imho, the Defender is overpriced for the features and stuff you get with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thankheaven Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Tomahawk. It just looks better and more badass. Plus, the Tomahawk's cannons are jointed (ala elbow-style) for better torso-twisting directionality and movement, in contrast to the fixed guns of the Defender. imho, the Defender is overpriced for the features and stuff you get with it. Thats what im thinking too. The Tomahawk seems to give a little more "Bang for the buck" then the Defender does. But then the defender does look cool. And so it ends like it always does........i buy both...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vostok 7 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Logos! Thank you for those pics! I was wondering if the Tomohawk arms could fit on the Defender. That is my favorite!!! My defender is in the mail but the question now is where am I going to get a set of (original colored) Tomohawk arms?!! I wonder if someone would do a recast? Back when I collected the Exo Squad destroids (because you could still find them in certain stores even up into the early 2000s), I had a custom I did mostly just putting a Defender arm onto a Tomahawk. I loved it. Of course, back then I was primarily collecting them because I was a HUGE Battletech fan Vostok 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignacio Ocamica Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 If im only getting one Destroid, should i get the Tomahawk or the Defender ? Get the Tomahawk!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DestroidDefender Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) Get the Tomahawk!! Yeah, get the...wait a minute! Just because the Tomahawk is bristling with guns and the Defender is a glorified bofors AA gun doesn't mean the Tomahawk is "better". Okay, I'd get the Tomahawk too. But I'd definitely get the Defender over the Spartan. Edited January 14, 2009 by DestroidDefender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) Yeah, get the...wait a minute! Just because the Tomahawk is bristling with guns and the Defender is a glorified bofors AA gun doesn't mean the Tomahawk is "better". Okay, I'd get the Tomahawk too. But I'd definitely get the Defender over the Spartan. c'mon, dude! The Spartan's got hands! with fingers! and elbows! and can wield a club or something! Edited January 14, 2009 by treatment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruskiiVFaussie Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I dunno, i'm leaning more towards the Defender over the Tomohawk! Whichever one pops up for 30 - 40% off in the bargain bin will win me over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0n5t3r Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Whichever one pops up for 30 - 40% off in the bargain bin will win me over... my thoughts, exactly. but 40-50% off sounds much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logos Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) I'd get the Tomahawk in OD green if you can. I really like how it looks with that dark green color. Just screams for me to pull out a paint brush and add some light colored weathering to it. If they come out with a OD green Defender in the future........... Defender is cool but I am not loving the paint scheme right now. As for features on the Defender the Extra Large set of ammo pods are cool and the rotating radar array on top in movable sensor in the middle are pretty sweet too. It by no means has less features than the Tomahawk. Just less missiles. Oh and if the Spartan comes with the club I think it's going to look pretty pimp in a "rage" stance with all it's weapon hatches open. Besides in you could fit a couple of Valk gun pods in the hands that would look awesome too! Besides from the line art for the center weapons pod hatch http://www.new-un-spacy.com/sdfmacross/des...tan-details.gif it will look pretty cool I think. I keep thinking back to Battletech on these toys and it screws me up. What's sad is that I can still (after all these years) quote most of the weapon stats from all the mechs from the 3050, 3055 and 3058 tech manuals.... Edited January 14, 2009 by logos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidearmsalpha Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Got my OD Tomahawk yesterday (yeah, I couldn't wait, so kill me). Quick question: Is it supposed to come with two sets of stickers, or just one? I only got the special OD sheet with all the white stickers on it, but the main ones like the triangles for the missile hatches and UN Spacy markings weren't on it, so it seemed to me that they would include the standard sheet too, but it wasn't in there. I just opened up the OD Tomahawk I got, and it only comes with the special sticker sheet. Can anyone else confirm this, too? Man, I was hoping it would come with the regular sheet, too, and seeing as how I don't live in Japan, getting one would be a hassle and probably not worth the expense to get one from HLJ (though I got it from an eBay seller). It wouldn't be so bad if the OD sheet at least included some Macross kite stickers in the clear and white of the special sheet, or some of the other stickers found on the regular sheet like the numerals. Oh well, maybe takatoys will make some Tomahawk stickers. By the way, the knees don't really have any articulation, right? I was somewhat disappointed that the waist pivot articulation from front to back isn't tighter as it tends to flop either forward or backward sometimes. Not a bad toy, but I don't think it was worth the $115 I paid for it. They could have at least thrown in more ground crew figures or even some kind of diorama or more opening hatches with detail. Are those boxes on the sides of the legs supposed to be missile hatches like on the GBP armor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Thats what im thinking too. The Tomahawk seems to give a little more "Bang for the buck" then the Defender does. But then the defender does look cool. And so it ends like it always does........i buy both...... The defender is very cool. Lots of detail and fun to disassemble as well. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmareB4macross Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Here we go with that weathering effect...yet, again. http://www.yamato-toys.com/dev/release_015/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nghia59 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Just picked up a Defender. Absolutely amazing toy. IIRC, the next release is supposed to be the Phalanx. Graham Would be nice to see a black and red variant on this one as to get the aiwa nagareru version from the TV series climax battle. :D :D :D :D :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynx7725 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Just got my Defender, in Mustard Yellow. It's not too unpleasant to look at... My rating for the Tomahawk is a solid A-. The Defender gets a B++ in my books. Here's a quick rundown. 1. Very solid construction. What's not screwed down tends to be snap-fit plastic, sensibly designed. Very little glue from what I can tell. That's good in a sense, things that might break are designed to snap off instead of break. I managed to dislodge the back vent but a quick push got it back in. 2. Hip posability still sucks. Yes, I know about the drop down hips. It still sucks. The arms can be extended out and that's a nice touch. 3. Don't like the sensor eye. The gimmick is cool, the adjustment is not. Considering that you have to take the torso apart each time to tweak the position means it's really just decorative. That the torso had to have the drop down side clamps means more moving parts that isn't really that necessary. 4. Even with the take-apart torso, you can' frankenstein with the Tomahawk. Yes, I've tried. The Defender torso is just too small to use the Tomahawk parts. 5. Cockpit cover is fiddly, and can get lost. Keep an eye on it (of course I don't like it...) 6. Ammo containers, nice, but I've already got a paint chip. Read the instructions before trying to remove, this is one part that might get damaged on removing.. or attempting to remove. 7. Thighs lost the "heat sinks". That's good, less parts to lose. 8. Antenna feels nice and solid, but have to see how it holds up over time. Overall a fun toy to play with, decent posability especially with the extended arms. You can't expect much from a design that didn't include elbow joints after all. It's really a solid, no-frills design with a few fanciful add-ons. The solidity of the design makes it quite fun to play with, but it does lag behind the Tomahawk in terms of presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrinG Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 The Weathered Defender looks great. Will try for that one. Yamato should heavily consider including some missile installation or tech vehicles with the Spartan and Phalanx, and some extra ground crew. Those models don't quite have the universal appeal of a Tomahawk, and may need those extras to keep sales going. We won't be able to resist the cool diorama making possibilities and will have to get the remaining two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miriya Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Here we go with that weathering effect...yet, again. http://www.yamato-toys.com/dev/release_015/index.html DAMNIT!!!! I just paid for my Defender (was going to be the only destroid I get - probably), and it has shipped (SAL) from HLJ and now THIS!!!!?!?!?!? This is what I really want, the weathered Defender! Does anyone know if this is an exclusive or if it will be readily available via the normal sources? I may decide to resel my incoming defender to pay for the weatehred version. So how do I get this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miriya Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Well looks like Jan 23 at noon (Nippon time), will be the limited preorder for members only. After looking at the pics I think I will pass anyway (I am a member though) because I like the more yellow color of the non weathered version. I may try to do some weathering on mine anyway. Will definitly be doing some gundam marker lining and perhaps more. I am glad that I did not have to obess about this weathered version very long! However we will see what happens when I see actual production pics and reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoBe-Patt Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 DAMNIT!!!! I just paid for my Defender (was going to be the only destroid I get - probably), and it has shipped (SAL) from HLJ and now THIS!!!!?!?!?!? This is what I really want, the weathered Defender! Does anyone know if this is an exclusive or if it will be readily available via the normal sources? I may decide to resel my incoming defender to pay for the weatehred version. So how do I get this? Come on now, this was inevitable! As soon as they came out with the tomahawk weathered, the defender would definitely be next! It wouldn't make sense to just have the tomahawk weathered while the other destroids are all clean.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miriya Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Come on now, this was inevitable! As soon as they came out with the tomahawk weathered, the defender would definitely be next! It wouldn't make sense to just have the tomahawk weathered while the other destroids are all clean.... Do you think that all the destroids will have a normal, weathered and OD version? That would be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoBe-Patt Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Do you think that all the destroids will have a normal, weathered and OD version? That would be interesting. I would say definitely yes just so they can milk the mold since this is a new one for them to do so. Look at the tomahawk, it already has two versions, the OD one, and the weathered one. I'm sure they'll make a different colored defender as well. It's just a matter of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 DAMNIT!!!! I just paid for my Defender (was going to be the only destroid I get - probably), and it has shipped (SAL) from HLJ and now THIS!!!!?!?!?!? This is what I really want, the weathered Defender! Does anyone know if this is an exclusive or if it will be readily available via the normal sources? I may decide to resel my incoming defender to pay for the weatehred version. So how do I get this? From what i understand it's another Yamato website exclusive, for Yamato club members, available for order January 23rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger69 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) 1/60 Yamato Destroid Tomahawk Olive Drab Weathering Special Edited January 14, 2009 by charger69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoBe-Patt Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) 1/60 Yamato Destroid Tomahawk Olive Drab Weathering Special Whoops, gotta look more carefully. Edited January 14, 2009 by BoBe-Patt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrinG Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 While I like the Tomahawk its a little too froggy in the face for me. The green just makes it worse. Where's the lilly pad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miriya Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 First of all super duper props to charger69, the member of the week! Secondly, WTF??? 4 variants of the tomohawk? I guess they are selling well! No? Yamato is really pumping out the macross merchandise! And finally I am just so happy that I do not want this one. phew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miriya Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 While I like the Tomahawk its a little too froggy in the face for me. The green just makes it worse. Where's the lilly pad? Good idea!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger69 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Thanks miriya, I believe that MWers deserve to see new product images at first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Good idea!!! hey! It's the real Sgt. Frog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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