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Another challenge for sh9000..... Recreate that famous SDFM episode where Max is given the mission to clear out a division of Zentradi mecha at Alaska base! One of the top ten episodes for sure! The most memorable part being Max's customized arctic weather VF-1J with ski attachments! Can't wait for the HMR version...most likely a Tamashii Web exclusive!

TV-Kun, March 1984.....

Saw that one after mine sold...

You have to do alot to it to get it "right"....but I suppose if you just add the skull markings it could be a "member" of the squadron....just not Hikaru's ride.... Hoping Bandai releases a proper FB2012 VF-4, even at 1/100-ish....

Agreed, however, Yamato added some "parts" to their VF-X that basically made it un-transformable if you left them on, thus staying true to the lineart (aka - canon). Not sure why they (or more recently Arcadia) couldn't have done the same for the VF-4 to release a FB2012 version. Cost of the license? BW's regrets on allowing the "cheat" for the VF-X? I can accept the VF-4 prototypes being non-transforming...such as the XVF-4....but in its FB2012 form....that thing is a production model...now way that it wouldn't be transformable at that stage...

Well, at least we won't need to wait for Tenjin's Fourth Sortie to be published to see them all...

I may decide to get one during HLJ's 2017 Black Friday Sale.....

And why Yamato/Arcadia never released a VF-4 in FB2012 scheme... Bandai teased one for the HMR line....wonder if all that nonsense will finally go out the door?

It's all about the fighter mode!

Several places....here's one.... http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-1993031

Although comprehensive, it is definitely not complete....I collect these books (well, all Macross books really... ) mainly because they contain Tenjin's illustrations for most of the Hasegawa boxart.....Macross kits are among the few things I stopped collecting years ago....the other being the "official" movie releases.....well, at least before they made the correct move of adding English subs.....most of Tenjin's illustrations for the various recent releases are in the book....one notable omission (for me at least) was his VF-1J illustration from Macross the First.....luckily I have the calendar! The same goes for most of the other art in this book, which I already have in the form of the original source of either posters, artcards, postcards, or magazines.....nevertheless is it great to have many of it arranged in one fantastic, easy to thumb through book!..... Looking forward to the fourth sortie! Also, from what I can tell...there were no Tenjin Macross Chronicle illustrations in this book...so I guess if you need more Tenjin Macross illustrations you'll need to keep buying Macross Chronicle magazines...bring on V 3.0! (runs for cover!)

Tenjin Hidetaka Art Works of Macross - Valkyries: Third Sortie

So everyone is totally into Macross book collecting and is getting this one right? No need for more pictures?...

Glad to share!

Wonder if it'll make it to the annual HLJ Black Friday sale?

Then only printed material that can understandably be in rough shape would be vintage books and magazines....but as Spanner has noted....Mandarake is pretty good on stating condition, missing pages, stains, posters, etc.

For Spanner's sake....let's hope that tweak comes on a Bandai DX and not an Arcadia V3!

I have bought a few used books from Mandarake and have been satisfied with their condition.... Just get one and see if they will work for you...

I think Yamato just wanted to differentiate between their tv and film versions....with tv being anime colored and dyrl versions being less anime colored.... Personally....if there ever was a definitive "real world" paint scheme for the VF-1's....I would say it would need to be based off how they are depicted by Tenjin or from the Sega Saturn DYRL intro video...

Just responding to op's terminology.... With that said...not sure why Arcadia went with "special" instead of "type" (they went with "type" on the Hikaru release)...but the bottom line is they are movie versions which are referencing the way they are represented on film....which is bright white....

Like the original Arcadia release for the VF-1S (Roy/Hikaru)...."movie special" means DYRL anime colors....

just buy the MasterFiles books used off Mandarake or wherever else you can find them....they always have a good assortment As for the tenjin illustration....as far as I can recall, none of his Macross Chronicle work made it to the last Sorties book....so hopefully it does on the third one.