eggy99 Posted January 8, 2016 Posted January 8, 2016 Feel less disappointed about cancelling my HLJ preorder now (budget restrictions)
VF-Zer0S Posted January 8, 2016 Posted January 8, 2016 I want to slap the engineer for that arm. At least give us a separate arm to give a more clean battleship
derex3592 Posted January 8, 2016 Posted January 8, 2016 I'm still holding out hope for this one turning out better than the prototype pics. After all..it's a TV SDF-1!!! Hooooow many years have we all been waiting for one???!!!
barurutor Posted January 8, 2016 Posted January 8, 2016 caved in and pre-ordered 1 from amiami. looks good enough to me for the price.
fifbeat Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 Pre-ordered as well. If it ends up sucking, I can always re-sell and get my money back (plus profit)...
lavinrac Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 I wouldn't take too much stock in what those pictures on AmiAmi look like. To me it looks like a 3d printed prototype thats been painted. Look at how all the large pieces have rows of 'lines' everywhere that are characteristic of something that has come off a 3d printer and not been cleaned up yet.
fifbeat Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) I wouldn't take too much stock in what those pictures on AmiAmi look like. To me it looks like a 3d printed prototype thats been painted. Look at how all the large pieces have rows of 'lines' everywhere that are characteristic of something that has come off a 3d printer and not been cleaned up yet. Hopefully there's a possibility they made the "upper legs" bigger for the final product. Doubt it though. Edited January 14, 2016 by fifbeat
Chronocidal Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised at all if that prototype is still made of some sort of heavier solid plastic or resin, making the extra stands necessary. Looks decent, though the ship/arms still look a bit too narrow. It's still a nice size to park on top of a desk, which is all I'm really after.
fenrir72 Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 So I happened to click on the AmiAmi SDF-1 link and saw some newer pics (new to me at least) and wow it looks lame. Every single pic has stands holding up the arms and even cruiser mode is saggy in the middle. What is this, the Macross Quarter? http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=FIGURE-014860&page=rt_02 For its price point, that's kind of expected. What sucks is the parts forming. Wished it was at least a solid modular transformation.
treatment Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) taghobby just blog-posted these packaging pics from somewhere... http://www.taghobby.com/1-0/1-1/megahouse-2016%e5%b9%b43%e6%9c%88%e7%99%bc%e5%94%ae-cosmo-fleet-special-c-f-sp-tv%e7%89%88%e3%80%8a%e8%b6%85%e6%99%82%e7%a9%ba%e8%a6%81%e5%a1%9e%e3%80%8bsdf-1-macross-7000yen/ edit/update: actually it's from Megahouse themselves, per Toysdaily-forum: http://www.megahobby.jp/blog/article/702/ http://toysdaily.com/discuz/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=241309&pid=7655999 Edited February 13, 2016 by treatment
jvmacross Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) Nice...the colors selected for the front and back of the box are a very obvious nod to the old school Takatoku boxes... Still want a 1/3000....but I guess stubby legs will do for now... Edited February 13, 2016 by jvmacross
arbit Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Great packaging. If they follow Perfect Memory, it should look nice. I've read a lot of complaints here about it not being line art accurate here. But I don't have an eye for that.
mickyg Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 For what it is, I'm loving how it looks so far. Can't wait for it to be released. Also,does it look like it's been revised since that prototype was shown months ago?
Drad Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Wow, that packaging is all love. It looks great and so does the figure itself. This will be my SDF-1.
spanner Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 cancelled my pre-order with HLJ. Just isn't floating my boat if you know what I mean.. kinda looks a little crappy to be honest. I'll wait for Arcadia to re-issue or renew their 1:3000 toy instead. But if that never comes then wot'evs..
Gunn Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 cancelled my pre-order with HLJ. Just isn't floating my boat if you know what I mean.. kinda looks a little crappy to be honest. I'll wait for Arcadia to re-issue or renew their 1:3000 toy instead. But if that never comes then wot'evs.. But if it was ever re-issued, that would be a DYRL version not TV. I have incredibly fond memories of the TV version as a kid growing up in the 80's. Although I slightly prefer the design of the DYRL version, my emotional attachment for the TV SDF-1 is much greater.
derex3592 Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 For what it is, I'm loving how it looks so far. Can't wait for it to be released. Also,does it look like it's been revised since that prototype was shown months ago? Totally agree! Can't wait for this little guy! I think it looks great for what it is! I mean the damn ship never looked the same twice in the old anime anyways!
Drad Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 I think this is the first time I've ever looked at packaging for a toy and felt anything for it. Isn't the Hi-Metal R line doing something similar with their packages? Takatoku. Man, that takes me back.
Lolicon Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 Not too enamored with what I've seen so far, but I'll keep my preorder. Only decent TV SDF-1 coming out and maybe, just maybe, we'll eventually see a Battle 7 and/or Battle Frontier join the Cosmo Fleet line (slim as that hope may be). A Macross Quarter that can hold its own arms up would be nice too.
jvmacross Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 I think this is the first time I've ever looked at packaging for a toy and felt anything for it. Isn't the Hi-Metal R line doing something similar with their packages? Takatoku. Man, that takes me back. Yep....Bandai is doing the same thing....basically going with awesome illustrated boxart for the HMR line.....and they may be going the "diorama" boxart with the upcoming Monster, which was also employed for their original Hi-Metal releases of the mid-80's.... Actually, this whole retro packaging revival started with the Orguss Hi-Spec release from Mega House last year or so.... Note the box styling, colors and fonts from the original Takatoku release.... As a collector of old-school Macross....I really appreciate the added effort on packaging being done for some of these releases
no3Ljm Posted February 13, 2016 Posted February 13, 2016 *snip* As a collector of old-school Macross....I really appreciate the added effort on packaging being done for some of these releases Looking forward also on the Olson one.
sharky Posted February 14, 2016 Posted February 14, 2016 This one will stay in attack mode on my shelf forever and always.
fifbeat Posted February 17, 2016 Posted February 17, 2016 taghobby just blog-posted these packaging pics from somewhere... http://www.taghobby.com/1-0/1-1/megahouse-2016%e5%b9%b43%e6%9c%88%e7%99%bc%e5%94%ae-cosmo-fleet-special-c-f-sp-tv%e7%89%88%e3%80%8a%e8%b6%85%e6%99%82%e7%a9%ba%e8%a6%81%e5%a1%9e%e3%80%8bsdf-1-macross-7000yen/ edit/update: actually it's from Megahouse themselves, per Toysdaily-forum: http://www.megahobby.jp/blog/article/702/ http://toysdaily.com/discuz/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=241309&pid=7655999 Based on the box alone, glad I didn't cancel my order! And damn.... their new Orguss looks awesome. Too bad I missed it
mechaninac Posted February 17, 2016 Posted February 17, 2016 ...And damn.... their new Orguss looks awesome. Too bad I missed it You can still buy one at N-Y, but beware the sticker shock...
fifbeat Posted February 18, 2016 Posted February 18, 2016 You can still buy one at N-Y, but beware the sticker shock... DAMN!!!! Thanks, but no thanks. $200 maybe... P.S. Sorry to get off course in the thread.
no3Ljm Posted February 18, 2016 Posted February 18, 2016 DAMN!!!! Thanks, but no thanks. $200 maybe... P.S. Sorry to get off course in the thread. True. But they do however sell it first for Y35000 MSRP. Like I said in the Orguss thread, if they lowered the price to let's say $200, yes, I will buy another one.
eriku Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 I came for SDF-1 updates and got another reminder of bummed I am about missing out on that Orgroid. Ugh. Anyway, back on topic - the box looks glorious. This is still set for a March release, right?
Sandman Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 Yeah i regret passing on that orguss but at the time i was swamped with other preorders and couldn't get the funds together. Hopefully they re-release it. Isn't the olson one out soon or was it already released?
no3Ljm Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 I came for SDF-1 updates and got another reminder of bummed I am about missing out on that Orgroid. Ugh. Anyway, back on topic - the box looks glorious. This is still set for a March release, right? Don't worry. You can get the Olson Orguss once it's out. Yeah i regret passing on that orguss but at the time i was swamped with other preorders and couldn't get the funds together. Hopefully they re-release it. Isn't the olson one out soon or was it already released? It's not yet released. There's no official date yet when they're going to release it. I'm thinking probably around 3rd/4th Qtr of this year or early next year. Like what they did with the Orguss, from what I remember, announce it early 2014 and release it the following year. So we still have time to save $300 for it.
eriku Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 I've actually never liked the Orson. I know it's popular but aesthetically I've just never liked the color scheme. I'll keep hoping for a reissue of the first.
no3Ljm Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 I've actually never liked the Orson. I know it's popular but aesthetically I've just never liked the color scheme. I'll keep hoping for a reissue of the first. That's true. Never liked the color too. It's too blue for me. If it were a little more greyish color, then it will be perfect for me. But I do hope they also make Nikick in the future. Back to topic, how I wish they sent out the payment request for this so I can ship it along with the VF-2SS.
ZorClone Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 Hmmmm end of March and still no word on this one? Any final product images anywhere? Really curious as to how this will end up quality-wise, and if it's well made and good material I am thinking of getting one for each mode.
jaylive Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 yeah. i just realized yesterday that i havent heard anything about it. still no pay request. nothing.
derex3592 Posted March 24, 2016 Posted March 24, 2016 yeh....same here...maybe next week by the end of the month...
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