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  1. myk
    It's what most of us will probably pay on release day, anyway...
  2. myk
    Too late! In any case, I remember the absolute rapture I experienced when my mom took me to a hole in the wall comic shop and spent $60 on a takatoku VF1S for me. I was 11 at the time and couldn't understand why the words ROBOTECH or Roy Fokker didnt appear on the textured box, but I was so happy because to me that particular mecha with those markings was the holy grail of any toy. F**k man I miss those days...
  3. myk
    That's why I mostly gave up toy collecting. As I get older I can't justify spending hundreds of dollars on a piece of inanimate plastic/metal/resin or whatever, no matter what it transforms into or how much clothing you can remove off of the figure, but I WILL make an exception for Roy's 1S and come out of retirement for him, no question...
  4. myk
    If it wasnt for robotech I never would've discovered DYRL, Plus, Mospeada and everything afterwards. Can you imagine a life without the 1/60 YF-21? Robotech is fine, its HG that needs to go to hell...
  5. myk
    You wont miss out. They will be all over ebay after release day. Dont give in to PO hype and panic like some of us did; the sky definitely is not falling...
  6. myk
    I'm a solid Kakizaki. All bluster, ego and pomp; virtually no talent and use other than being cannon fodder and existing so that others will look superbly talented...
  7. myk
    You running brushless on that rig? I have my original Kyosho Optima Mid that I bought in 1989 and I'm contemplating brushless, but I'm worried about grenading the original drivetrain...
  8. myk
    The guy who played sam Flynn is actually Hayden Christensen's twin brother. You can tell they attended the same acting school together as well...
  9. myk
    They have to cancel enough of the MSRP orders to scalp them to the late comers, first...
  10. myk
    I see a lot of complaints about price and availability, but as far as I'm concerned this is the golden age of Macross toy collecting. Were any of you guys around here or collecting Macross toys in the late 90's, and early millenium? Now THERE was a time of misery when it came to collecting. First of all, what was there to collect? If you wanted a variable fighter there were two choices: Bandai and Takatoku, both of which were 1/55 scale "chunky monkeys" that are aesthetically hideous when compared to even a V1 Yamato. I remember scouring ebay for whatever 1/55 valkyrie's that I could. The holy grails back then were the Bandai Strike Valkyrie, Super Ostrich and the 'Seeker. Do any of you guys remember the prices back then, IF you could even find one to bid on? Oh about $1200 or so, and that was just for the Bandai Strikes; I never got into the Ostrich and the 'Seeker because they were even more expensive and harder to find. Hell I remember even missing a mortgage payment because I was so feverish trying to get a Bandai 'Strike that was MIB for about $1300. So yeah, these PO sessions suck because they're hard to succeed with and you've got unscrupulous sellers like NIN NIN marking things up by almost 100%, but try and remember that even at $500 for a Roy, you're getting a far SUPERIOR toy for a fraction of the cost of a much more simpler toy that cost that much more when there was virtually nothing to buy. If you had shown me a DX 'Roy back in 1999 I would've sold my soul for it. Today, you've got Yamato, Bandai, Arcadia, and even Toynami and the reissue '55s if that's your thing. Ultimately everyone needs to lighten up; if you want these new generation toys you'll get it, and it won't be as hard to do so or nearly as expensive as it was for old-time collectors like me...
  11. myk
    I think a lot of people here are forgetting that bandai is taking care of its primary market, which is Japan. They're not conducting these new releases and preorders for the sake of the rest of the planet. If they did, you could be sure that it would go much easier, smoother. Any talk about the brand drying because of westerners not being able to buy their products isn't an issue, because they're not focusing on the world, they're focusing on japan...
  12. myk
    Not me, I'm just in this for Roy...
  13. myk
    When is the release date for the '29?
  14. myk
    ................................would still smash...
  15. myk
    Gonna be a long wait to see if they come through for us...
  16. myk
    Im Sure they thought of that, if only jokingly, but their bottom line would be affected $$$$$...
  17. myk
    Baby Yoda will just levitate the variable fighter to safety; ratchet will treat anyone with injuries. I've been buying macross stuff since 1998 and that has ALWAYS been how I thought Bandai's attitude has been towards outside buyers...
  18. myk
    That's quite an eclectic group you got there...
  19. myk
    Fornicate hot girls?
  20. myk
    If you're not in a hurry, then like anything else theyll show up in mandarake, ebay, etc...
  21. myk
    One of my favorite purchases of all time. I have it parked beside the similar era yamato '19 and a V2 Roy...
  22. myk
    We've had enough of that, thanks...
  23. myk
    If it wasnt for Roy I probably never would've logged on to MW again for the rest of my life lol...
  24. myk
    Wait, what did he do?
  25. myk
    Stupid me didnt even think about the different variants; I'm all about the movie version and i braved the shark infested waters of the TV preorder out of ignorance. Good thing I'm a fighter mode-only sort of collector as I wont have to see the different head too much, lol..
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