Shawn

That is definitely legit...and wow...did not recall it was at Jafcon too, but makes sense Club-M would be there too...nice find!! When the models page was done for that, we had only see the WF versions in the field...that is super rare Buy!

Gwyn posted another update today-some pictures of the inside. Horrible. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-beloved-creator-recover-from-tragic-fire?viewupdates=1&rcid=r01-164722746171-c5fcacf83b5b4cdd If you do have the capability to help out with anything, please do. Understand things are rough right now. S

I think 1/72 scale was always great for OLDER Macross kits..like from Imai, when they used larger/simpler parts. When Hasegawa actually made them with the correct amount of detail, the complexity went off the scales...the design was amazing,but the parts are just so damn small, they became too frustrating for me. The 1/48 scale removes all the stress on assembling the 1/72s...you have room to BREATHE. There is also an element of my old man eyes being able to see where the parts go too LOL That is a beautiful build, can't wait to see more from you!!

Yep-#1 is my favorite too!

Wow-those are awesome, great work! Its like watching the opening of the Fox intro for Star Wars!

If it helps...if you have a Buyee proxy account, you can order vol 3-7 here...you simply add to cart, then at the cart page it switches you to the buyee account order page. https://honto.jp/netstore/search_10ホビージャパン ヴィンテージ .html?srchf=1&tbty=1 They are pretty cool magazines...definitely focus on the 'vintage' (god we are OLD) stuff. I just point my phone at the cool stuff and use google image translate. Vol #4 had some cool Macross stuff-including some never seen before mockup/rough drawings of what was given to Takani to do the box art. Hoping the upcoming volume continues to show more of these unseen items.

Another Macross featured HJV coming end of this month-get your orders in. https://honto.jp/netstore/pd-book_31522857.html https://www.hlj.com/hobby-japan-vintage-vol-7-hbj62787 This is a Japanese-language book or magazine about science-fiction subjects related to anime and/or modeling. This issue of "Hobby Japan Vintage" introduces and thoroughly explains the plastic models produced for "Super Dimension Fortress Macross," "Super Dimension Century Orguss," and "Super Dimension Cavalry Southern cross." The transition of the planning and design styles is explored with comparisons and interviews about products from Arii, Imai, Nichimo and LS, all of which were manufacturing plastic models from these series starting in 1980. Comparisons between the anime and how each company's model kits interpreted the animation image will also be discussed.

On a side note...seeing the Hasegawa Zentradi alphabet posted above again I remembered seeing it on the himetal regult box recently...and yup...says Regult 😛

Thanks to everyone who has donated! Adrian posted an updated, a message from Kawamori. Shawn

Another nice GBP build, paint style mimicking Tenjin's box art http://plamobiboroku.blogspot.com/2022/02/172-vf-1j.html

I have to nominate our own @takatoys for this incredible build...it deserves to be in this hall of fame thread Wow!!

I could see this thing kicking @ss and taking names in the SF3D / Macross mixed universe Love seeing these built, great job!

Had a 1/48 Sonic Birds in the HLJ private warehouse, and just got notificaiton about the regult finally being in stock (only had a week left in storage on the VF-1A, so every day was saying 'release the regult...release the regult already') Lowest non-sea shipping option was 5160 yen to socal, which is just a few dollars higher than my last purchase from December (similar box sizes) Just posting this additional shipping comparison info if it helps anyone.

And the latest update...incredible this is real model kit!

In addition to a normal donation from us, we'll also donate our 2xGBP sale to the cause. Send me your donation proof info for $240 under your name (to confirm), and I'll send you the 2 Armored GBP set in the For Sale section as a special thank you for a good cause! PLEASE VERIFY WITH ME (message me) FIRST FOR THE GBP pair SO I CAN MAKE SURE IT IS AVAILABLE IN CASE THERE ARE MULTIPLES https://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/topic/49810-macross-world-2022-web-sale-get-2-sealed-dx-gbps-for-240-shipped-to-your-door/#comment-1612715 Shawn

Gwyn, aka @Tochiro ,sent me this today...lets all particpate with what we can! Miyatake's wife was the famous L.Cat, whom you've ALL seen her incredible art of the decades. https://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/topic/49308-rip-kazutaka-miyatakes-wife/#comment-1600187 Lets show some MacrossWorld support back to the people who have provided us with so much joy. Shawn Shawn, On Saturday, a group of us in Tokyo, under the leadership and guidance of Tenjin, launched a GoFundme campaign for SDF-1/Destroid/Zentradi/Yamato designer Kazutaka Miyatake who has been living in temporary housing ever since a fire destroyed part of his home studio and took the life of his wife last year. Reception to the campaign has been both overwhelming and humbling. While it's already met its initial goal, every bit helps, so we were wondering if it would be possible for you to make a post about it in the MacrossWorld Forums to help raise awareness? Details are in the links below but please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. Many thanks and best regards, Gwyn. GoFundme Campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-beloved-creator-recover-from-tragic-fire Forbes Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2022/02/18/respected-artist-kazutaka-miyatake-gets-crowdfunding-campaign-to-help-him-find-a-new-home/?sh=2895d5091afb Anime News Network Article: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-02-21/gofundme-campaign-launches-for-macross-mechanical-designer-kazutaka-miyatake/.182812

omg..they are doing Tenjin too...not just Takani...what a crazy time this is!

that regult is just amazing!! how is this real life and not art? I don't believe it. they are imitating BRUSH strokes from a painting on the real model...we've come full Inception.

I've seen a few sellers with more than one, so perhaps Bandai did no strictly enforce the 'one only' rule 😛 maybe it was one 'transaction' in the lottery

When they were selling for 19000 yen 1 weeks ago it made sense, now not so much at 12000-13000 since the market got resaturated. Maybe you could put in a unique CC# for each 'entry' or something to get around the limitation, but yeah..with just one now are getting a couple decent lunches out of it when everything is done.

Same for the strike...one each

did this, and put yahoo.co.jp as my IP LOL https://www.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/16f722/access_region_restricted_websites_such_as_the/ closed the browser and re-opened but it worked mentions one item per person, so that was a nice thing for them to finally do!

I am region blocked but this is the vf-1 info https://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000168587

doh...too fast! https://hobby.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1379453.html BANDAI SPIRITS will sell two types of DX superalloys from the "Macross" series by lottery on the online shopping site "Premium Bandai". Both will be sold by lottery from 11:00 on January 21st to 23:00 on 27th, and the price is 4,070 yen for the "DX Chogokin VF-1 Compatible Missile Set" and the "DX Chogokin Movie Version VF-1 Compatible Strike /" "Super Parts Set" is 8,800 yen. 　The lottery sale will be carried out from "Super Dimension Fortress Macross" to "DX Chogokin VF-1" compatible missile set. It is an item that can reproduce the AMM-1 missile equipment specifications that appeared in the opening and the play, and a large anti-ship reaction bullet and a micro missile pod are set. 　On the other hand, "DX Chogokin Movie Version VF-1 Compatible Strike / Super Parts Set" is an item linked to the VF-1 series. This can reproduce the strike Valkyrie by combining with "DX Chogokin Movie version VF-1S Valkyrie (Ichijo Kaiki)". In addition to the strike pack set, the HMMP-02 micro missile pod, 4 types of skull mark parts, etc. are included in the set. Maybe we should start watching this for some news in the future....it was apparently posted in Jan https://hobby.watch.impress.co.jp/category/figure/chogokin/

In many of the auctions I see stated some variation of "It was won by lottery of Premium Bandai." Here is the lil drakken info, so suspect there is a VF-1 version out there somewhere https://hobby.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1379466.html Lineup items include "DX Chogokin VF-31F Lil Draken Set for Siegfried", "DX Chogokin Sv-262Hs Draken III (Keith Aero Windermere) Lil Draken & Missile Pod", "DX Chogokin" There are three types of "Super Parts Set for VF-31C Siegfried (Mirage Farina Genus Machine)".