CF18 Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 (edited) They are now official. http://www.yamato-toys.com/items/detail.php?gid=1240 http://www.yamato-toys.com/items/detail.php?gid=1241 Edited October 31, 2008 by CF18
jenius Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 $100??? Holy Schnikes! I guess that's in line with what they cost originally... but I'm glad I paid much less by waiting for the bargain bins.
treatment Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 $100??? Holy Schnikes! I guess that's in line with what they cost originally... but I'm glad I paid much less by waiting for the bargain bins. Not quite. The original Miria Q-Rau actually was 12,800-yen back in the day. Of course, it included a figure. See http://www.hlj.com/product/YMT00030 The original Max Q-Rau was 9800-yen: http://www.hlj.com/product/YMT00035
drifand Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 What he said... "No improvements?" These don't exactly look like good play/display value next to the superlative destroids.
big F Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Still Im anoyed I never bought the one I saw in Tokyo for £20 back in the day.
CF18 Posted October 31, 2008 Author Posted October 31, 2008 no improvements? Interesting question. One strange difference I found is the red Q-Rau gun colour: Metallic grey in old version: http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/graham/q-rau-pics.htm Metallic grey in Yamatio's own site: http://www.yamato-toys.com/items/detail.php?gid=1241 Metallic gold/bronze in official pics to retailers: http://www.1999.co.jp/image/10079871a2/20/2 , http://www.hobbystock.jp/item/view/HBY-ACF-00001293
drifand Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Oh, for a Bandai DX Pixie Squadron Q-Rau! :-)
DWN013 Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Pass, but I would be all over a green TV version.
Ginrai Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 And people are bitching about the price of the VF-25?
ntsan Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 I guess people would want bargain priced Q-rau after what they saw at discount haha (I saw one with $40 sale, $71 with max VF-1S) But then no body complains about SV-51/VF-0A/YF-21/YF-19 with over $200 price tag hehe
505thAirborne Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 I'd rather see a Green TV series version 1st before I buy another one, But as to these re-releases, are there no pilots at all this time, Miria or Max?
nightmareB4macross Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Just wondering... Does anyone know if the CMS Max Q-Rau fit inside this? Or do the feet have to modified?
sqidd Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 I don’t usually comment on price. But $100 for one of these is ridiculous. Yes they are cool because they were in the show/movie but they don’t have anything near the artistic quality that the VF/YF/SV series does. I certainly wouldn’t be buying one so I could stare at it all day saying to myself “That’s beautiful”, which I do a lot of with my VF/YF/SV stuff. To me they are not worth more than $50 max. I don’t base that on perceived production costs, detail, etc. I base it purely on desire. I don’t desire one of those enough to pay more than $50 for it. I would much rather spend a couple more $$ and get another 1/60 v.2.
Sumdumgai Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 It's just being released to cash in on Frontier, since it's close to a Q-rea and Bandai isn't producing that. Glad I got mine back in the day. A Q-rau v2 to up it to the destroid quality standards would rock!
bluemax151 Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 I never picked up a Makushimirian before so I'm mildly tempted but the mold for the armour isn't too impressive. Like mentioned above these don't stand up well against the Tomahawk.
xsjado Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 I'd rather see a Green TV series version 1st before I buy another one, But as to these re-releases, are there no pilots at all this time, Miria or Max? it doesn't really fit well. my max tries to explode if i put him inside. his arms are too wide.
miriya Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 Yeah, I have the Milia Quedluun Rau and I love it but I would only buy another if it was a Green one. maybe if I had the $$$ I may be tempted for the Max.
Valkyrie addict Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 I got my miria q-rau a few years ago for 60 bucks shipped... fair price, I never cared to pay more than a similar price for the max q-rau considering it was only shown on DYRL for about 1 second the q-rau isn't very posable, you need to swap the missile bay from the legs and the interior cockpit detail is seriously lacking, no pilot figure and 100+ for 10 year old toy is very ambitious from Yamato
Fly4victory Posted November 2, 2008 Posted November 2, 2008 no pilot figure and 100+ for 10 year old toy is very ambitious from Yamato To make the Max Q competitive with the Miria Yamato needed to make some changes. Option 1 Add a Max figure. Option 2 Remove the Miria figure. Best advice for the buyer, wait a couple of months and buy them at a discount.
AcroRay Posted November 2, 2008 Posted November 2, 2008 (edited) I'm a total cheap-455, but $100 is a damn good price for one of these. I was amazed at the one I got pre-owned. They're MASSIVE! And it is nicely posable - at least as much as demonstrated in any of their on-screen appearances. Edited November 2, 2008 by AcroRay
Jasonc Posted November 2, 2008 Posted November 2, 2008 Well, $100 is quite expensive, but I will try to only get the Max Q-rau. That's one I've been waiting on. I'm looking for another red version to do a Macross Frontier Klan Klan custom. The CMS fig of her next to it should be a very nice display.
ruskiiVFaussie Posted November 3, 2008 Posted November 3, 2008 http://www.hlj.com/product/YMT00110 early bird
macrossnake Posted November 3, 2008 Posted November 3, 2008 http://www.hlj.com/product/YMT00110 early bird No early bird for Max's? Although I am running out cash for buying this... , after buying the Tomahawk and per-order Defender. However I won't be surprise if the 'Green' version come out sometime next year, after seeing all different versions/colour of Tomahawk being/planning made recently.
Cybergig1 Posted November 3, 2008 Posted November 3, 2008 yeah totally gonna have to snag one since I didn't get one before as for price......oh well I'm an anime fan I'm kinda used to it lol
treatment Posted November 3, 2008 Posted November 3, 2008 even with the hlj early-bird discount, i'm still passing (again) on the Q-Rau as it's still far too unnecessarily expensive just like when it first came out years ago.
ruskiiVFaussie Posted November 4, 2008 Posted November 4, 2008 They should have made a quick couple of new joints to ad to the poseability. Lazy.
Lonely Soldier Boy Posted November 6, 2008 Posted November 6, 2008 Or a poseable Miriya figure a la Chirico Cuvie
Guest sh002 Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 yamato should make the modifications and release a green one
BoBe-Patt Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Just wondering... Does anyone know if the CMS Max Q-Rau fit inside this? Or do the feet have to modified? If I remember correctly, the max figure came with instructions on how to put the figure in the Q-Rau. I think you have to take the feet off and then put them in. I gotta double check that, but yeah, it should technically fit in the Q-Rau.
eugimon Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) meh, I would never pay full price for another yammie q-rau, especially considering how poorly it measures up to yamato's more recent offerings. edit: actually, it measured up pretty poorly back when it was first released. I remember my first thought as I got it out of its box, "I paid how much for this?". Edited February 16, 2009 by eugimon
EXO Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 If I remember correctly, the max figure came with instructions on how to put the figure in the Q-Rau. I think you have to take the feet off and then put them in. I gotta double check that, but yeah, it should technically fit in the Q-Rau. It fits right in... you dont have to take he feet off.
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