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Don't really collect doujins...but this one had Misa on the cover...

This one seems to be priced lower.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Recast-110mm-Macross-DYRL-Robotech-SDF-1-Fully-Variable-Resin-Model-Kit-/301745724730?hash=item4641725d3a

How about a Macross the First version to go with your Macross the First VF-1J.......you'd be the only one on the planet with such a set!

This is more DYRL than SDFM.....so making it bright white like the first release would have been wrong....unless they were going for the "anime white" as seen on film....or like the recent Arcadia movie edition VF-1's... The question is if this is too grey even for the fans of more "realistic" colored valks... Personally, I like it....I agree with others that is it more like the old Takatoku in color...that it is old school... R = Respect

Pretty sure you would have no problems selling any of them at those prices

HMR GBP looks closer to the Suzuki art...which IMO is the ultimate depiction of a GBP armored VF-1..well, besides the Takani version... The Yamato/Arcadia GBP armored VF-1 always looked too skinny to me... Non-armored -1J award still goes to Yamato....Arcadia's version is too pinkish to deserve any recognition....

Judging from what has been said about it so far....the review would end something like this....

Web-exclusive missile parts?....will need three minimum....

If a 1/60 is not possible, I'd like a 1/100 to go with my existing DYRL Hi-Metal and growing Hi-Metal R collection!

Can't wait for Disney to make a FULL live action version of Song of the South!

Guess they are out? http://page3.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/c528841802

Wonder if they can fit in an SDF-1 TV version in the Hi-Metal R line? ......(as long as it is done in 1/3000 scale ) So far Bandai has not seen fit to give the SDF-1 the Chogokin DX treatment....after Hasegawa's blunder...now would be the perfect time for Bandai to take everyone else to school!

Thanks Barutor! awesome dedication sounds much better....than obsessive compulsion! Thanks Glane.....yes, at first everything had to be at least free of tears to the box and complete.....as time progressed and the pickings became slimer....I settled for missing accessories or catalogs and such, but the boxes and toy condition still had to be at least very good...absolutely no yellowing.....which is how I ended up "frankensteining" multiple pieces to make one whole complete set....I probably have done that to maybe 4-5 pieces......and it was mainly for better boxes... I have no plans to "upgrade" anything....the only thing that would bring me out of "retirement" would be the uncovering of a new Takatoku Macross toy product...but at this stage, I really do not think there is anything left to find.....Ohsato Toys have become my new "target".....I am missing a few known items from that toy line.... Oh, one thing that I would still collect from Takatoku would be any promotional items.....I already have the promo posters and the mini promo booklets....but I know there must be at least a few more Takatoku Macross-related promotional items out there from back in the day.... So, as far as toys....the hunt is over!

Thanks Benson!

"...It's over Johnny.....It's Over!" - Colonel Samuel "Sam" Trautman, First Blood Although I remember the month and day of the week…I can’t remember the exact date…. The Year of Robotech…1985….it was just another trip to the “south-side” Swap-o-Rama (Drive-in by night!) on a hot Sunday in July, during a typical hot Chicago summer…but as it turned out…this was to be the first day of my 30+ year quest to collect everything Takatoku had ever produced for the Super Dimensional Fortress Macross TV show….a collecting journey spanning 3 decades had begun! Immediately after the show debuted, I saw the ads for the Macross toys in magazines and comic books….for whatever reason, I never got around to ordering any via “mail-order”…..instead, I did buy all the bootleg Valkyries that seemed to have overrun the local dollar stores and flea markets in the area….the coolest being the mostly die-cast 1/100 VF-1’s…..the most invasive being the bootleg henkeis! I remember drooling over the illustrations on the boxes….I had no idea who Takani, Suzuki, or Masami were at the time…but thought the art was the coolest thing ever…..as for the descriptions of the “story” none of it made any sense….but I found it fascinating….Centrady Army? Inspecting Army? MICROSS!!!!?? What exactly was I missing out on? Anyway….there I was, checking out the usual selection of knock-off “Robotech” valks then I came across a seller that had boxed Macross toys…but these were not the ordinary Taiwanese knock-offs….these were original Macross toys from some company called Takatoku Toys? I recall that he had the 1/100 VF-1J, VF-1S and a few of the larger 1/55 scale VF-1s (don’t recall which)….and the 1/6300 SDF-1!!!!.......for whatever reason, I settled on the 1/6300 SDF-1…bypassing the 1/100 VF-1’s (probably because I had so many of the KO’s) and forced to skip on the 1/55’s because the seller insisted that they “were not for sale” (guess he was just showing them off!)….. And so began my quest to collect every toy Takatoku released for the legendary Super Dimensional Fortress Macross TV show….a show that I would soon find out had actually began in Japan in October of 1982….I had some catching up to do if I was ever to acquire everything! Flash forward to 2014….29 years after having acquired the first in my Takatoku Toys Macross collection and I was still short 4 pieces!…..the Takatoku Henkei VF-1J Milia Type, the mini sofubi 4-pack “Valkyrie Type”, the Takatoku Henkei 3-pack “Vattroid Variation” set, and the Takatoku Henkei VF-1A “Soldier Type”….29 years of searching and I was still not done…At this point I had practically given up all hope…but my obsession to complete the set kept me searching….. 2014 turned out to be an epic year in my quest to collect every Macross Takatoku toy release…..almost within the span of about 4 months….I was able to acquire the Takatoku Henkei VF-1J Milia Type and the mini sofubi 4-pack “Valkyrie Type”…..I was suddenly down just 2! Takatoku Henkei VF-1J Milia Type Takatoku mini sofubi 4-pack “Valkyrie Type” ……and then came the “find of a lifetime”….or simply The One Macross Collectible To Rule Them All.... In late 2014, something showed up on YJA that was unbelievable….an object that had been widely considered to never have existed beyond a Takatoku prototype….The Takatoku Super VF-1S Henkei #6!! Takatoku Super VF-1S Henkei Although I was still down 2 Takatoku Macross toys….adding the Takatoku Super VF-1S Henkei was both completely unexpected and a nice “reward” from the Macross Gods for not abandoning the quest after all these years! 2015 came and the start of a whole new year of “hunting” had begun….. I had only two more Macross Takatoku Toys left on my list….the Takatoku Henkei 3-pack “Vattroid Variation” set, and the Takatoku Henkei VF-1A “Soldier Type”…..was this going to be the year my quest would finally come to an end?…..yes! In April 2015…I finally found the Takatoku Henkei 3-pack “Vattroid Variation” set….incidentally, this is the only piece in my Takatoku Macross toy collection that I actually missed out on acquiring once before….it was a YJA that I had completely forgotten about….I was bummed out about it to say the least….but at last I finally had added it to my almost complete Macross Takatoku Toys collection….oh...and I actually found two, which together will make one complete set! Finally, on August 23rd….the quest was finally over! The final missing piece was finally mine! Almost 30 years from the date that the quest had started….it was finally over! The Takatoku Henkei VF-1A “Soldier Type” was finally found and thus immediately ended my long 30 year quest to complete the entire collection of Macross Takatoku Toys!!! The quest took longer than I expected to complete, but the hunt, for the most part, has always been fun and has lead me into so many other Macross treasures along the way! As soon as I have more time to take some proper photos, I plan to gather the entire Macross Takatoku Toys collection for some group shots….for now I leave you with some pics of the first piece that started my quest along with the last piece that brought it all to conclusion….. A Macross Takatoku Toys Collection Quest comes to an end....1985-2015....

I wonder if the entire cockpit assembly can be removed....perhaps it is held in place by a screw underneath? It's funny, because I own one but must have never bothered to see if the pilot was removable....I can check it later, unless someone else has one handy and can take a peek underneath the swappable landing gear area.... Well, if not, at least you can add the clown hands and have an accurate "looking" SDFM GBP-1J!

....and no clown hands? So, basically, more of a DYRL version of a GBP-1J.....they just messed up the missile tips.... I guess if you own the original Hi-Metal VF-1J SDFM version you could swap the pilot and clown hands to cobble up an accurate TV version! Guess it's too much trouble for the folks at Bandai, Arcadia, etc to spend a few minutes to watch some key scenes or do a quick web search.....

So....DYRL/TV hybrid pilot uniform? I guess Bandai also missed the opportunity to just go full DYRL and sell it as a GBP-1J "DYRL" version..... Still looks good and look forward to more from the Hi-R metal line! "Hi-R" metal content?

Minmay Shogakukan Video promo poster...23,161 http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/201824749 SDF-1 Shogakukan Video promo poster....22,439 JPY http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e162157224

I'll still remember what it really was!

Yep....maybe in a year or so they'll fit my son

Perfect...thanks! I know no one will agree, but I think that Yamato's version is more representative of what the VF-0 Phoenix was....a more bulky, less advanced, less sleek variable fighter that rightfully lost out to the VF-1...the Arcadia looks like a revisionist take on a VF-0...or perhaps an in-universe never produced VF-0.5....