Graham

Well, as you will have seen from the Wonder Fest thread by now, the news is looking extremely bleak for Macross toys . Graham

Sadly, it looks like Yamato are abandoning Macross, which is a shame, because my opinion is that if the did purchase the rights from Liquid Stone for this 1/100 scale design and tooled up for mass production it could sell in the ¥4000 to ¥5000 range as an ABS toy and would sell like hot cakes IMO. Still what do I know? Graham

Gunpod is different as well between the Fire Valk and VF-19F/S. Also, VF-19F/S have auxiliary air intakes on the LEX, the Fire Valk doesn't. Just my two cents, but I'd be up for a VF-19F/S, but not so interested in a Fire Valk. Graham

Gah, that really sucks big time. I was so hoping to win the LS YF-19. Oh well, I never have good luck with lottereris. Sigh, another dream crushed as it will be impossible to get one of those LS YF-19 now. Graham

Man, that sucks (but was not totally unexpected). It's a real shame that Yamato had nothing Macross on display. I was at least hoping they would have the 1/48 GBP sculpt there. Perhaps it's still in the CAD stage, or they don't feel confident enough in the sculpt at this stage? Rob, if Yamato are willing to talk, can you please ask Howard to ask them the following additional questions: - 1) Is the reason for the delay wth the 1/100 VF-0S due to further resculpting? 2) Will we be seeing VF-0 variants, i.e. VF-0A and most importantly VF-0D? 3) Can they say if there are any plans for an SV-51 toy? Seems weird that BW did not approve the licenses for most of the Macross garage stuff. Are they tightening the approval process? Graham

Old news, we saw that months ago when the Jan 2005 issue first came out. The latest issue of HJ will be the April issue out next week Graham

The VF-22S was the variant used by Max and Milia in Macross 7. The VF-22 (no letter suffix) was featured in the VF-X2 game. The Macross Compendium has the following to say: - VARIANTS: VF-22: Advance production version with no additional series letter designation VF-22S: Production version adopted by United Nations as special operations fighter. First manufactured by Macross 7 fleet factory ship Three Star under experimental license for two fighters. Graham

Sadly, I think you may be right. Let's just hope we are both wrong. Graham

We all go through Macross burnout from time to time. It happens to me usually once every two years or so and last for 1-2 months, but I always bounce back as committed to Macross as ever . Graham

No time, just stuff I picked up from spending a great deal of time with Yamato in the past. Graham

Ouch.....first time I've seen that happen. Were you using a lot of force? GRaham

It's not a Macross coin, it's a Row-Boat-Tech coin. IIRC they came with the Toynami I-Men Figures. Graham

As long as the game features elements of Macross, i.e. characters or Mecha from Macross, it is acceptable discussion material for this forum, even it is not strickly speaking a Macross game. Graham

Noel is going. See this thread in the conventions forum, which already discusses the Winter Wonder Fest this weekend. The following MWers will be attending: - 1) baribaru faita 2) Blackaces (Noel) 3) Min 4) Seichi Graham

I predict the next MSG game will feature 20 hours of movie that you have to sit through, followed by 5 minutes of actual gameplay . Graham

No, this forum is for discussing Macross games only. Topics about non-Macross games usually get locked. If you want to discuss non-Macross games, do it in the other anime & sci-fi forum. There are several long running threads there on other games such as the Ace Combat series, Air Force Delta Strike and I think a thread about those MSG games. Graham

This weekend. Graham

Not 100% certain, but I think Hasegawa usually don't have a booth at Wonder Fest. Of course I could be completely wrong. Graham

Looks like a digital image. Never heard of any toy or model of this, not to that one couldn't exist. Graham

There are only going to be 10pcs on sale at WF. As demand is likely to be high, Liquid Stone will be selling tickets for them, which will be drawn by lottery in the afternoon of Feb 19th. So there will only 10 lucky winners. Even if you win, you are still paying ¥30,000 for the toy. Very rare and quite pricey. I'm down for one . Hope I win. Graham

Err.....why not just order it from HLJ, it's in stock. Graham

Ya know what's annoying. I was just looking at my old pics of the 1/60 Destroid Monster prototype and the eyes are actually sculpted onto the toy. It's a pity that the same thing was not done with the VB-6 . I'm not going to show the whole pic, in case I get into trouble, but here's a small partial pic so you can see what I mean. Graham

Heh, does that mean you carry it on duty? Graham

Related to David Carradine by any chance? Graham

OK, so there's 4 of you going. So I want you to all arm yourselves with sharpened pencils (or other improvised non-illegal to carry weapons) and go to the Yamato booth together and start poking them with the pencils until they give you some answers . Poke....."Where's the YF-19FP"?....poke, poke, poke! Ok, you get the idea? Graham