Hi-Metal R

[davidwhangchoi]

14 hours ago, Ignacio Ocamica said:

Back in stock at AmiAmi for preorder.

https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-043796

i got to start paying attention to this thread more... i slipping and missing this. maybe i'm too relaxed it'll be available eventually

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Just now, Dangard Ace said:

With a pole that large I'm thinking Five Star Stories.

All I know about FSS is that their Mechs are enormous... 

 

and other than the Deus-Vault-Samurai look that this thing has goin' on [Which I'm totally digging]:

...I'd need to know more about the series to be excited

 

MOAR VF's!!!!!

[wmkjr]

1 hour ago, Dangard Ace said:

With a pole that large I'm thinking Five Star Stories.

Either that of something from Heavy Metal L-Gaim like the Bat-shu. Looks like a Buster launcher.  Same guy designed for both series correct? Whatever it is, it's pretty big for Hi Metal R series.

Edit: Any display plates for the VF-4s? 

Edited November 6, 2018 by wmkjr

[seti88]

7 hours ago, spacemanoeuvres said:

 

lol if it turns out to be a mortar "headd", its definitely going into the back of that gify 
I originally tot as well (like everyone) it probably is a l-gaim but that long weapon shape reminded me of FSS too..

[seti88]

22 minutes ago, wmkjr said:

Edit: Any display plates for the VF-4s? 

No display dates for the variants unfortunately.

[sh9000]

I’ll want VF-4 variant preorders after more Destroid and enemy mecha preorders.  I’ll take the VF-4 Max and Milia set as a TWE.

[Mommar]

I'm going to hope Fext Hobby makes something funky like those Master File 25-like super parts so my additional VF-4's are still of use.

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6 minutes ago, Mommar said:

I'm going to hope Fext Hobby makes something funky like those Master File 25-like super parts so my additional VF-4's are still of use.

I'm not kicking myself for only securing 2 FB2012 schemes now...

 

Come on Fext... Take. Our. MONEY!!!

[sh9000]

There were quite a few of them so I’m good whatever way I decide to use the extras that I ordered.

[F360]

19 hours ago, seti88 said:

I was thinking...that cant be a mortar headd can it??

Looks like L-GAIM mk2 

 

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7 minutes ago, F360 said:

Looks like L-GAIM mk2 

Minus the Backpack maybe...

The Rifle is certainly the right profile.

[Sandman]

You it took me about page worth of threads to realize that Focker scheme wasn’t the FB 2012 scheme. My brain tricked me into assuming the Fokker scheme and FB2012 scheme were the same.

[no3Ljm]

42 minutes ago, F360 said:

Looks like L-GAIM mk2 

Maybe it's a blue version of MkII without the backpack and the shield? 

 

[Podtastic]

12 hours ago, jvmacross said:

Before getting a Max, Milia, or Fokker VF-4....I'd rather buy...

 

 

 

 

 

 

I like the Masterfiles two-toned "red and blue" VF-4's....

Indeed. 

STILL waiting for the phalanx and Nousjasdeul-Ger.

[fenrir72]

So those prototypes are already existing! WT frack ain't Bandai not releasing them surefire sold Macross mechs?

[F360]

The backpack and shield is removeable .

 

 

 

[Podtastic]

13 hours ago, Roy Focker said:

I guess they have to do their best to milk their design for all it's worth.  These variants are an easy pass for me.  I'm more about screen used and iconic mecha.  

I wish they'd stop releasing obscure Valkyrie variants and give us some iconic Zentradi mecha.

Like the TV Queadluun-Rau maybe?

[no3Ljm]

26 minutes ago, F360 said:

The backpack and shield is removeable .

True. Without that, it's not the MkII. It's Bat-shu.

 

[F360]

18 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

True. Without that, it's not the MkII. It's Bat-shu.

 

Hmm , you re right , but Are they really going to start this line with Bat-Shu?

[no3Ljm]

57 minutes ago, F360 said:

Hmm , you re right , but Are they really going to start this line with Bat-Shu?

I hope not. And to be honest, as much as I like L-Gaim mechas, I'm hoping it's a different mecha/series.

 

[Big s]

I really don’t think that mystery item has anything to do with macross. 

[seti88]

4 hours ago, Mommar said:

I'm going to hope Fext Hobby makes something funky like those Master File 25-like super parts so my additional VF-4's are still of use.

Considering Fext already ripped off the strike cannon and used it for the OWL armor, i would say vf-4 parts are a mere step away.

I just hope bandai produces more vf-4 variants for Fext to also jump on board.

[seti88]

2 hours ago, fenrir72 said:

So those prototypes are already existing! WT frack ain't Bandai not releasing them surefire sold Macross mechs?

They are waiting for inflation to go up and then price it higher. 

[sh9000]

16 hours ago, jvmacross said:

Before getting a Max, Milia, or Fokker VF-4....I'd rather buy...

 

 

 

 

 

 

I like the Masterfiles two-toned "red and blue" VF-4's....

I’d buy all of these plus all of the VF-4 variants before the mystery figure, which is probably not Macross related.

[ScrambledValkyrie]

I think it’s unlikely we’ll see any VF-4 variants released any time soon. I expect (or hope) that Bandai catches up on other previous “display only” pieces first. Given that we may only see 4-5 HMR Macross releases each year, there’s enough already teased to keep the pipeline full for the next 3 years!

[Podtastic]

8 minutes ago, ScrambledValkyrie said:

I think it’s unlikely we’ll see any VF-4 variants released any time soon. I expect (or hope) that Bandai catches up on other previous “display only” pieces first. Given that we may only see 4-5 HMR Macross releases each year, there’s enough already teased to keep the pipeline full for the next 3 years!

The impression I get is that it has just become a Valkyrie fest.  Not one enemy mecha in the whole of 2018.

 

[ScrambledValkyrie]

11 minutes ago, Podtastic said:

The impression I get is that it has just become a Valkyrie fest.  Not one enemy mecha in the whole of 2018.

 

I can see what you mean. This has been a slow year in general for Macross HMR, though, and even in the busier years, we only got like 1 or 2 enemy mecha each year. 

[Boobytrap]

Pre-orders open again at MK

https://mykombini.com/en/march-2019/12991-hi-metal-r-vf-4-lightning-iii-macross-flash-back-2012-bandai-spirits-4573102553812.html

12890y

Edited November 6, 2018 by Boobytrap
price

[Boobytrap]

And now no longer available. Hopefully someone else besides me from here was able to get one.

Edited November 6, 2018 by Boobytrap

[Sanity is Optional]

5 hours ago, Podtastic said:

The impression I get is that it has just become a Valkyrie fest.  Not one enemy mecha in the whole of 2018.

I'm not sure I can really blame them when all the Destroids shelf-warmed, as did the Glaug.

Pretty much the only non-valkyrie that sold well was the Regult.

[HardlyNever]

2 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

I'm not sure I can really blame them when all the Destroids shelf-warmed, as did the Glaug.

Pretty much the only non-valkyrie that sold well was the Regult.

This is my current fear with the line.  As much as we enjoy the non-valks, they just haven't done well, so we are clearly in the minority (when compared to the greater macross/toy-buying market).  So Bandai has basically zero incentive to give us the non-valk mechs we want.

I personally wouldn't mind subsidizing a lower run of the destroids and enemy mechas by paying a bit more for them, and I'm sure several others here feel the same, but there isn't really a way to communicate that to Bandai.  And I don't know if us paying an extra 10-15% more would be enough.

[Sanity is Optional]

They probably suffer from being less prominent in DYRL than the TV series.

[sh9000]

I’ll take the Tomahawk and Phalanx as TWE.

[fenrir72]

7 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

I'm not sure I can really blame them when all the Destroids shelf-warmed, as did the Glaug.

Pretty much the only non-valkyrie that sold well was the Regult.

Bad guys usually sell poorly. Same with TFs, well the original TFs that is. That or the Western Market just appreciate bad guys more.

[fenrir72]

The Destroids, though "good guy" mechs, are kind of the same CF types no one care for(except us that is)