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it can overnight it to me before 7am lol I love having this crazy option when you gotta have a macross fix.

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I see a positive aspect is that new fans to the series are willing to drop $120 on a collectible they don't know much about. That is not an insignificant amount to drop on a toy. If this was your first Macross toy since seeing a Jetfire from the 80's, I could understand being underwhelmed at the size and plastic. These would not be the comments made on the upcoming DX YF-19. Hope Bandai can make any needed marketing adjustments and keep thing moving forward! Maybe they switch back to "HCM" - High Complete Model, it would seem to fit the line better, and there is history there.

Could you tell us more about this project? It looks very good.

You were not kidding, the negative reviews seem focus on the metal terminology in thr HMR name. example below. I suspect there could be a new localization needed for the non Japanese markets who don't know the history of the line. 1.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase Where is the Metal? Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2023 There is absolutely no METAL on this piece and I paid $150 for a cheap plastic imitation. I expected better from Bandai and Metal Spirits line. This is definitely going back. Please don't waste your time on this.

They never learned from Graham's Valkyrie Integrity Shake Test (*VIST") from 20 years ago! Nice to see you back in the game G!

I see the official non-at-a-con release has been delayed until December, anyone know why?

3rd generation? What we you, in Japan? In the 80's at my monthly anime meetings at SDSU where my mom dropped me off for the afternoon they were 6th+, and you were HAPPY 😛 and you then got to take a 7th gen home LOL

I missed out on the original Megahouse releases, they looked very nice. And could not justify the after-market $400+ prices yay!

The VF-0S was my first HMR purchase, I got it to support Macross for a World Wide release, primarily for the Tenjin Box art. My biggest gripe with the HMR line (I got the GBP release as my 2nd HMR for the Tenjin art too) is that the boxes have all these vertical striations that are visible at any sort of angle and light, across the wonderful art. Its like the carboard came off a roll and has folds for bending or something weird. Yeah that is a weird peeve to have.

Unfortunately no one knows Bandai's re-release schedule. I was surprised enough to see the Mechanic Edition coming with a VF-1S head-why not do an A so then they could be done with the Hikaru DYRL editions and have something else in the pipeline for the 1984/2024 DYRL anniversary next year. The VF-1Ds are still frequently seen on Yahoo Japan and Mercari via Buyee for around 40k yen new which is about $280 US, plus say $40 for shipping With the currently strong US dollar to Yen rate, that is effectively what I got mine for when they originally were released (I think mine was $260ish) Now that does assume you have the US dollar at your disposal of course. Recently sold examples: https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/closedsearch/closedsearch?p=マクロス+超合金+vf-1d&va=マクロス+超合金+vf-1d&b=1&n=100 I'm currently saving up for my Mechanic Edition scalping that will happen in November for the release. With that same strong exchange rate, many sellers in Japan know this and are marking up their DXes for overseas sales opportunities.

nice reminder just how nice the arcadia premium vf-0d was

grab your valkyrie pick and check out @genius review!

I believe these are for gunpods(large slot) or future fast packs

Will just wait until he gets distracted with more stationary, then I'll take the throne again!

Well if Swann is the new ticket King, what does that make me

Ah...so YOU are the one that has been buying these out from under me...I used to get them cheap, now I keep losing auctions LOL

ok, that takes the taco. Wow. Can we get a decal set we can apply for us non-skilled fans?

The original Mechanic Edition

I am sure we'll see them on YJ for 55000 yen when released. I'll just hope we still have a strong USD to Yen in November.

The parts are cool and all that, but I'm really more curious on the packaging This will be the first time we've packaged a valk and super parts Will they do the same split/folded/open box type like the GBP, or will they do something crazier...like the old school Bandai strike, and go side by side

Even Google's AI is a little disappointed with the released designs LOL Hello fellow commentators

Without de-railing the thread too much...what is the problem with the VF-3000...I love that design, was curious why they never did anything with it (in the Macross Universe)

found the orig display pics from 2018 ish or so on the map it would be a big arrow with a 'you are here' sign https://hobby.dengeki.com/event/652754/

there is something going on there that might allow a rotation...maybe it has a ball joint pivot there at the tip of the intake, and the display model just wasn't configured