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Another vintage IMAI promo poster.....

So many small parts involved....a production line assembly video of a VF being built at the factory must be pretty interesting to watch from start to finish....wonder if Yamato/Arcadia has one of those lying around....

ouch!

...or just copy the "gimmicks" from the 1/48....done! Everyone is happy!.......maybe.....

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=39246

1/60 Yamato VF-1 Super Parts TV V2 http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d141368328 1/60 Yamato VF-1A Cavaliers http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d141563792 1/48 Yamato VF-1S 25th Anniversary Edition http://page16.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/u47254973

Anyone in Japan going to the Genga Exhibition? If so, can you help me get this postcard book....will gladly pay ahead of time...thanks!

We sure don't...but i think the logic behind it is that Arcadia needs a "V3" to appear as if their PT Valk is "different" from Yamato's V2.... The only thing I don't buy about this argument is that wouldn't that also entail needing to "retool" the molds for all other VF's if they are to be re-released??? Do we really need a VF-19 V2??? a VF-17 V2? a VF-4 V2????? Maybe that is the hold up?

1/60 Yamato VF-1S Max Type: http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g127309175

Canopy doesn't swing open????

Maybe it looks off due to the scale they decided to go with.....perhaps a 1/55 or 1/48 DX will better accommodate their "gimmicks"....but if this goofy thing doesn't sell.....that possibility may start fading away.... In Arcadia we trust!!! Right?....Right!?!?!?

Straighten out the legs and it reminds me of the skinny legged Kaiyodo mini transformable figs.....maybe whoever set it up did a bad job....

maybe they were going for the 80's retro look?

1/48 Yamato Super VF-1J Max Jenius http://page12.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/p339498570 1/48 Yamato Super VF-1J Miria Jenius http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r101474108

Added this 3D poster to the collection.......part of the merchandise available for the Macross: The Design Exhibit during September 2012..... But no luck with this one so far....also 3D.........can anyone help me acquire one? This one was available at the Oshare Macross Exhibit in Kyoto during the final days of March 2013

Macross Collecting 101 is now in session....

Nope......dreams must be pre-ordered 6 months in advance and only during half of a standard Bandai pre-order window!

...or just wait for Arcadia to start re-releasing the valks collectors really want and the remaining VF-19 store stock may see further price cuts???....

Wouldn't you prefer a general, non-web exclusive re-release VF-4G........with "optional parts"?

It's not the Feds you need to worry about....just check with local/State tax laws to see their rules regarding goods purchased abroad.... https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/295/related/1/session/L2F2LzEvc2lkL01jUVpwZnFs/~/state-sales-taxes-on-goods-purchased-overseas-and-brought-back-to-the-u.s. https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/446/related/1/~/state-sales-taxes-on-goods-purchased-overseas-and-brought-back-to-the-u.s. For example, FedEx sends me copies of the bill of lading they provide US Customs (showing declared value)...you can be sure they would supply the same info to your state tax agencies.... With many states in the red on their budgets....this may become more of an issue as they try and find ways to "plug holes"...

The only time it would matter is if your state requests that you declare internet purchases.....and actually enforce this.....if for some reason they decide to audit you....a lower declared value on any shipment would work towards your advantage.....so say the actual value is 1000USD...but you change it to 100USD....the tax (penalty?) would be on 100 rather than 1000...of course an audit would also potentially dig deeper than the declared customs amount and then you would have some explainin' to do!!! It's a gamble, but I just go with actual value.....so far so good....if your state doesn't need you to declare web purchases...then you are fine...otherwise, it depends on how determined they are on cracking down on collecting taxes from web purchases.....yes...even foreign bought items......

The pics are from Toybox DX more stuff there you may not have seen before....http://www.toyboxdx.com/datafiles/data/ohsato/ I own samples of the bottom 2 toys/kits .....but the top 2 have eluded me so far..... ....If anyone has them and would like to sell them, let me know....

That's the Ohsato toy I mentioned...tough to find... ...and also these....which are smaller....