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Bandai can get maybe 7 VF-1's from the amount of plastic used to make one Monster....sucker's big!

Pretty sure Bandai plans their production quantities to match both local and international consumption. They may not want to know or care where in the world their Macross products are ending up, but they have to know that there is not that much demand for Macross in Japan alone that the quantities they are producing all stay in Japan. In short, whatever is being produced is more than what is required to satisfy Japanese consumers. Otherwise, these toys would be much more difficult to get if everyone had to compete with just the amount available to only meet Japanese demand.

I cannot say the entire new batch is doomed on the basis of one twit post....if it becomes a pattern, then that is another story.....maybe the guy isn't lying....maybe he is....All I know is I have never seen any collectible in that state of QC failure straight out of the box without even being handled, transformed, played with, etc... there have been plenty of pics showing the VF-2SS next to a variety of other VFs from Bandai and Yamato/Arcadia....appearance-wise it holds it's own and fits right in....it is basically a "set it and forget it" display piece......do not even think about transforming it too many times or you are asking for trouble.....I wanted a VF-2SS in my collection, and until a better one comes along....this ET version does a good enough job for me.... ....that, however, has nothing to do with it's quality, which obviously cannot hold up to anything other than maybe a toynami.....it is what it is....I cannot make any arguments in its defense for the QC, build, or engineering that went into it...or didn't.....but I give credit to ET for having the ballz for even attempting to make it.....A+ for dreaming it.......F- for execution... And I do hope the HMR version doesn't turn into more Bandai vaporware...we all could use more Macross II in our collections ....

They are not great, but as long as they do not implode out of the box, they are good enough to display next to any Bandai DX or Yamato 1/60. Those pics posted earlier probably were the aftermath of someone dropping it on the ground.....and in all fairness, that could happen to a Bandai or Yamato.

Glad everything worked out for you! Now post some pics!

If you have't called your local PO...do so immediately! Or head down there now as they may still have it if they just tried to deliver it yesterday.....good luck!

Great cels...thanks for sharing them!

Arcadia and Bandai reps:Wait...after the VF-2SS debacle...you guys can't possibly think collectors will buy more of your crap!? ET rep: Why yes...yes we do...and yes they will!!!

I'd say at least 50% by Black Friday....unless the retailers can't wait that long....no idea how they could release the green stripe version...I doubt it....probably just a custom for display only.... Not sure how they think they could pull off the Legioss....

Well....based on the only pics posted so far...I'm praying it'll stay together long enough to get the SAP armor on....

I find myself appreciating the genga more these days.

No one has a SAP combo in-hand yet? Another box pic....maybe we should just keep it in the box!

Physically, is it different from the VF-4G? I am not referring to performance or weapons...just looks. Hope the book's release date holds!

Sold for 50,000 JPY.... http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f184852233

Which is the version we see in FB2012?

"Free" shipping... http://www.yesasia.com/us/dx-chogokin-macross-delta-vf-31j-siegfried-hayate-immelman-custom/1051198253-0-0-0-en/info.html

LOL....what a crazy PO last night. Worst one in a long time. Woke up this morning and realized that my payment to AE had double posted. UGH. Now I need to make sure they refund it and hope they don't screw up and cancel out the whole order! This ever happen to anyone?

SV-262 next?

http://auctions.search.yahoo.co.jp/search?p=マクロス+VF-31J+DX&aq=-1&oq=&x=31&y=39&ei=UTF-8&slider=0&tab_ex=commerce&auccat=0

Is your avatar another one of your Macross cels?

VF-4 always looked like a valk with super packs already built-in to me....its lines are too sleek to "disrupt" with fast packs

Kooky custom units are the MasterFile's speciality!

Maybe they just got lazy on that one....

This one..... http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=15803&p=1290519

Official return of true late night madness with this one? I'm thinking yes....