jvmacross

Well Golly! Best. Day. Ever.

LOL! Where's Treatment?

A second one?

I would say this is the holiest grail in my vintage Macross toy collection....if not my Macross collection in general....I no longer have any grail items that I am chasing down....feels good to be a casual Macross collector....so much product to choose from....and for the most part, new stuff is easy to acquire these days....

Unless a re-issue is released....

1/60 Yamato VF-1D Virgin Road...52,000 JPY http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g162561512

Hopefully Bandai sticks to their announced plans for this line...to me it's the best overall Macross toy line available. I can see it easily expand to other Macross series once they finish up with SDFM/DYRL.

Wonder if any Arcadia valks will make it to the Black Friday sale this year? Dang...this year flew by for me!

All I remember from the original show was the opening theme song....wasn't the original series in competition with the new Twilight Zone at the time?

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=43094

Close to 8 inches including the big guns

Maybe....But here's the back of the wallet for now...

My wallet won't burn, it's protected by a super dimensional barrier system...but it seems to uncontrollably space fold cash straight into Bandai's and Arcadia's bank accounts....

Wait...this is Megahouse....what are the chances for another nod to the original Takatoku-style vintage packaging? Just like they did for the Orgroid.... Looking forward to displaying this next to the original 1/6300 Takatoku!....

Well, apparently they also have the license for the DYRL "cactus" command ship......and we were all on pins and needles waiting for that one right? Right?!?! Maybe that is a sign of the limits of Arcadia's DYRL license......

A sneak-peek of my first and only "fire" sale......

No, just speculation...edited my post to be more of a "what if" condition....basically, if Arcadia lost rights to make 1/60-ish PT SDFM/DYRL toys, it would most likely be because Bandai would have paid BW more than what Arcadia could afford to retain them.....and Spanner76 would be forced to replace his entire collection with Bandai DX VF-1's!!!

LOL.....I'd be happy to lose that bet considering what the implication would be of Arcadia no longer owning the rights to producing 1/60-ish DYRL/SDFM VF-1 PT toys.... However, the ongoing HMR line kind of cools the idea of the prophesized DX VF-1....at least for now..... I mean Macross seems hot right now and about to get hotter...but could Bandai really keep a DX "legacy" 1/60 line, a HMR 1/100 line, and the new MD DX lines selling well all at the same time without canibalizing sales from each other? The only way that may succeed would be the complete takeover of the Macross PT toy market....in other words, no "Yamatos" around to completely flood the market and have stock selling at cut-rate prices.....so....Maybe? That would surely go against the whole new Macross marketing ploy of "Fight Together".......maybe that's just for the kits though.... When it comes to the toys.....Bandai may want it all...

Pretty sure the VF-1D will get a re-release....and when that happens they may do a web-only release of the Virgin Road....maybe But with the VF-4G now coming out......you can likely expect a VT-1 Super Ostrich and Max and Milia Super VF-1J's.....then maybe a 1/3000 SDF-1 TV or Battle 7...

Sounds pretty close to what it may run you after proxy fees and international shipping.....plus "finder's fee"...aka seller's profit..... Take a look here for what they have been selling for on YJA.....add around 10% for fees and whatever it would cost to ship to you and it will give you a good estimate on what it would cost you to find one on your own..... http://closedsearch.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/closedsearch?p=yf-21&aq=-1&oq=&ei=UTF-8&slider=0&auccat=0 Good Luck!

You know what would be really cool for Bandai to do....to offer free yellow tipped missile inserts..... Then.....we shall have peace.... Until then.....Bandai did not screw up anything on the HMR GBP-1J release except the missile tips... Also for the record....the GBP is 100% DYRL based on the pilot alone....why? Take a look at the position of the hands.....on the first HM VF-1J Bandai specifically molded the TV Hikaru pilot holding the flight stick between his legs....on the HMR the pilot has both hands to his side.....Arcadia and Yamato do the same thing with their pilots do differentiate between TV and movie versions.... Plus....these are nowhere to be found in the HMR... So basically, the Bandai HMR GBP-1J is the first ever DYRL version released as a set....a shame Bandai missed the yellow missile tips....

Ok....thanks for bolding them.... So Bandai screwed up the HMR GBP-1J release according to you for the following reasons.... Maybe coz Bandai or their distributors still have lots of unsold inventory of the older 1J variant. I haven't seen any at online retail shops for years....plus if Bandai has plenty of unsold stock....why release one in grey? Or maybe they want to somehow placate the early HM adopters. How so? This is an all new DYRL version....it is an all new offerring and adding the armor so early adopters don't feel totally taken...again, this is a DYRL VF-1J not a TV version flown by Hikaru... The only way to get a proper Hikaru pilot is to get the older HM variant. Exactly....why do you continue to say that Bandai screwed up when the current release is NOT INTENDED TO BE HIKARU....thus, you need to get the previous HM VF-1J if you are hell-bent on a true Hikaru VF-1J.... Again, the only thing Bandai screwed up on is not painting the missile tips yellow on what is clearly a DYRL version of a GBP armored VF-1J......

So the fact the box has a DYRL logo on it means nothing to you? Fair enough I guess.... And Bandai already released a TV version of the VF-1J in their HM line....it was bright white and had the SDFM logo on the box.....plus TV style "clown" hands and a TV style helmet wearing 100% Hikaru included....

Is the Bandai HMR GBP-1J a DYRL or SDFM version?