Graham

I have never said that an SDF-1 is definitely going to be made. As with many Macross items, it's something which is under consideration for possible future production. Which means it may or may not get made. My personal opinion is that the chances of seeing an SDF-1 toy from Yamato are only poor to fair as unlike the VF-1, they can't release endless repaints to recover tooling and design costs If it does get made, I'm pretty certain they would make the DYRL version though, rather than the TV version, which suits me fine as IMO the DYRL version looks much better. Graham

I haven't heard anything about this for ages and every time I talk with Yamato I keep forgeting to ask I'm pretty sure it's a dead project though. probably the interest from Japanese fans wasn't high enough to warrant going into production. Graham

I'll try it when I get home tonight in about another 5 hours. I doubt it would work with the FPs though as those things are just so darn heavy. Graham

Movie # 9 with the VF-1 in space shows the wingtip roll thrusters in use, which is pretty cool. Graham

I'm sorta glad the MPC Alpha has been delayed as it means that hopefully Toynami is taking their time to work out any bugs and improve the product. Also, it will help to give my wallet a rest, although there's still lots of other stuff I want coming out this year Graham

It looks like the first run of FPs sold extremely well, so a second run should be coming October or November. Graham

Hmm...wonder if I can do that mode with a Yamato 1/48? Have to try when I get home. Graham

Actually, that mode might enhance the battroids atmospheric flight characteristics. At the very least, the wings should provide some extra lift. makes it look sorta like Dragonar Custom. Graham

Don't forget Macross Zero is going to be 5 episodes altogether, so they might make us wait until 2005 for the final episode Graham

They can jump pretty high, but I don't recall seeing them flying. Anybody else seen them fly or not? Graham

After much thought, okay about 30 seconds worth, I voted Macross 7. I'd love to see super-detailed VF-17S/D with FPs, VF-19F/S with FPs and a VF-11C with FPs in 1/48 scale. Heck, I'd even buy the VF-19Kai, although I'd probably draw the line at Mylene's VF-11MAXL Custom. Of course, I love all Macross, so whatever Yamato decides to do next in 1/48 scale be it Zero, Plus, 7, D7, II or FB2012 I'd be as happy as a pig in crap I'm just imagining my display cabinet filled with 1/48 VFs from every series. Now that would be a dream come true. Graham

You are probably thinking of the big Jusco department store in Whampoa Gardens, although there are also one or two toy shops in that area which stock Macross toys. Graham

Buying Macross toys in HK is easy, just don't bother with the Department stores, when there are lots of toy/hobby shops that specialise in Japanese toys located in Mong Kok, Causeway Bay and Wanchai districts. Graham

While the game looks great so far, there are a couple of minor thingsI've spotted in the movies that bother me: - 1) Regults flying in the atmosphere. Should not be possible. Space - yes, atmosphere - no. 2) Some of the cut sceen movies show the VF-1 with all 4 wing hardpoints carrying AMM-1 missiles, but the gameplay show a mix of AMM-1 and UMM-7. Graham

GBP-1S full armor or VT-1 Super Ostrich would both be cool in 1/48. A Stampeed would rock, but I can't see it ever happening, unless whichever MW member was making the resin conversion kit finishes it, so I can show a sample to Yamato, hopefully so impressing them that they decide to put it into production Graham

There was already a 4 page thread about this with pictures. Here. If you want to carry on discussing this kit, please post in the linked thread above. Graham

I've overpaid for so many toys it's not even funny. I'm just so impatient and like to buy toys as soon as they are released. I can never wait a few weeks or months for the price to drop. Graham

OMG! Don't let my wife see this. I don't want her trying to remodel my guts Graham

Saw topic title. Must resist replying. NOooooo.............can't stop fingers from typing! OCAA = Obsessive Compulsive Anime Associiation? Just joking. Graham

Luckily none of my 1/48s have a problem with the landing gear collapsing under the weight of the FPs. Anyway, for fighter mode with FPs, I prefer to use one of s i t h l o r d s display stands to have it flying with gear up. Looks way better that way IMO. I agree about the arm FPs not locking in place firmly enough. I wish Yamato had designed this area a little better. When I pick up the toy in fighter mode, I usually just squeeze the legs together slightly, to stop the arms w/FPs drooping. And there is no seperate left and right FP missile pack. This is correct, not Yamato being lazy, as shown on page 40 of the Macross Design Works Book. Regarding the closeness of the double RMS-1 missiles to the rectangular UMM-7 micro-missile pod, when you watch DYRL, you can see that in the space scenes, the VF-1's have their wings full open (or near full open) to gain maximum benefit from the wingtip roll thrusters. Graham

Heh, if Yamato released a pink-with-yellow-polkadots 1/48 VF-1, then us crazy Macross fans would probably still rush to buy it....................in multiples Graham

If somebody could make the words "Macrossworld Superdimensional Shopathon" in the style of the original Macross logo, that would be cool! Graham

Ah, if you are talking about Department Stores and not Supermarkets, which are a completely different kettle of fish, then yes, the Department Stores here in HK (Jusco, Sogo & Mitsokushi) all have fairly large toy sections with lots of Japanese toys and models like Gundam MSiA, GFF & plamodels, the Bandai SOCs as well as the more kiddy stuff which I ignore like the Kamen Rider toys, Transformers, Ultraman, and toys from those Power Ranger type shows. No Macross stuff at all though. The department stores in HK are usually very overpriced. The only department store here which doesn't have a decent toy section is Seiyu. Graham

Great Idea Graham! But it's going to be cold in January...how about a embroidered jacket with Macross logo on the front, and "our" own logo on back?! (are custom embroidery in HK cheap?) But if we really do wear T-shirts, are we going for Iron transfer or silk screen? Hummm, I am not big artist...but I hoping someone from the Macross community could give us a hand? Paulo I have a friend with his own garment factory, so getting either t-shirts or jackets made up should be possible. Although, I'll have to check the price for such a small production run. I was thinking silk screen and/or maybe even a small embroidered logo. iron-on is just so tacky and wears/fades/cracks too easily. Graham

I'm glad this topic has been started as there are a few things I want to discuss about the SV-51's armament. TheMacross Compendium, lists the SV-51 has having "One fixed Gsh-231 12.7 mm mini-gun." There are two things that bother me about this. Firstly, I'm wondering why calibre 12.7mm (.50")? This is such a weird choice of calibre for a combat jet/mecha. No modern jet fighter has used internal .50 calibre guns for years and years as they lack the range, penetration and destructive power of the 20mm, 23mm, 25mm, 27mm & 30mm cannon used by most modern jets. Basically, 12.7mm guns would only really be effective against infantry, or soft skin vehicles, i.e. trucks. I presume the SV-51 was designed to fight against contemporary jets & tanks, other VFs and also possible future alien threats. Against these threats 12.7mm, would be next to useless. Secondly, staying on the subject of the 12.7mm gun, all the line-art and CG art of the SV0-51 clearly shows it to have gun ports in both the left and right wing roots. So why is only one 12.7mm gun listed. Is this perhaps just a typo and the SV-51 should have two internal guns. If not, what is the other wing root port for? targetting equipment? Moving on to the SV-51's gun pod, which the Compendium lists as "One standard Gsh-371 55 mm gun pod with 120 rounds and one standard spare magazine stowed in unit's special aft gun pod rack". I find it strange that the SV-51's gunpod is 55mm, the same as the VF-1's GU-11 gunpod, whereas the VF-0's gunpod is 35mm calibre. So which came first? Did the SV-51 copy the calibre of the VF-1's gunpod, or did the UN Spacy decide to adopt the 55mm round later after seeing it's combat performance. This would then mean that the VF-1 was originally to have a 35mm gunpod. Graham