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  1. Mechapilot77
    while i somewhat agree, there is no excuse for charging nearly $180 for VF-1 reissues (no fast packs) where they've more than made the money back years ago. Where Yamato went wrong is they thought people loved M7 enough to pay $300 MSRP for a valk without being "built to order". Those larger M7 valks were the ones always on DEEP discount. Granted the less popular color schemes of the VF-1 did too (poor kakizaki gets not love) but by that point the money was already made on that mold. There is a reason takara tomy can release mp-10 in every color of the rainbow and sell out every run...its a popular character and design. Yamato clearly behaved liked they could do the same with any valk when its basically only true for the VF-1 (and arguably the vf-0 and yf-19 and its no coincidence these were the ones arcadia worked on). so in conclusion, low demand valks should be high priced and built to order. high demand valks should be priced competitively and reissued and released every so often as a cash cow.
  2. Mechapilot77
    i think the horrible casting of both leads is going to make this a stinkbomb.
  3. Mechapilot77
    way too much to want to add up. :-P
  4. Mechapilot77
    even though i'm not sure about this release i will be quite annoyed if they don't get decent elbow articulation and a bicep swivel in there. yamato's double jointed elbow should be standard by now especially at this pricing level
  5. Mechapilot77
    have kinda always wanted this in toy form. built the model kit as a teen. this thing doesn't have the giant strike pack though. for the price...it really should include it. also this looks a touch simpler, less refined and less involved than yamato and arcadias valks. not sure how popular Macross II is but to justify the price i am assuming it is popular somehow.
  6. Mechapilot77
    you said that it feels like bandai made it. does it basically feel like a dx chogokin valkyrie except...its an orguss?
  7. Mechapilot77
    thanks! looks good. scale and style is a little off but it still works.
  8. Mechapilot77
    god i kinda hate that i want that hikaru/rick figure with and without helmet. wonder how he scales (too big?) with the chibi minmay i have (she is in a dyrl costume but still would be nice)
  9. Mechapilot77
    it looks like the armarauders thing mixed with a tomcat....kinda don't like the look at all. gerwalks need bird legs IMO.
  10. Mechapilot77
    about mp-01. i will never ever ever forget it. its been basically a decade since it came out and it truly stands out at as a landmark piece. i still have my mp-04 (though the trailer is kinda messed up) and while its not displayed right now its still awesome. mp-01 speaks to a time when the true "collector's market" for 80s robots was still relatively small and untested. while i admit it was the binaltechs that whet my appetite, i can pretty much credit mp-01 and of course the 1/48 vF-1s with rekindling my love of transforming robots. i'm sure it did the same for lots on here. FWIW, i have an mp-01L MISB and despite what i could probably get for him, i'm keeping him.
  11. Mechapilot77
    i think mp collectors who won't get apollyon fall into a few categories 1. the official or GTFO crowd 2. kfc/xtb haters (somewhat justified i suppose) 3. those still clinging to the old mp-01 scale and mp-05 4. those that don't like megatron 5. super nit picky collectors (omg sink marks on chest!! etc) i can't see a reason to NOT get him especially at his price point assuming that bicep swivel issue is fixed (which it appears to be as tcracker has shown in his sample...btw congrats tcracker, who posts here btw, for getting an early copy for review!). he comes with a bunch of goodies too. i have one on order and may preorder another one or two.
  12. Mechapilot77
    heh..that orguss style armor on a vf-1a would be cool. haha. i need to stop coming in this thread though. its looking so tempting. dollar is weakening slightly now too making the price...less attractive even. gah.
  13. Mechapilot77
    bbts will not be $20 for shipping, plus already have POL going with them susually for one thing or another. the average cost per item to ship something from them for me (with my POLs) is about $4-5 at most. that being said, i've also preordered at a place that offers free shipping (bbts is basically my "reliable" backup) and isn't known for causing people to sign up for credit monitoring... TFS is truly a last resort for me due to their history (multiple instances) of issues with people CC and personal info
  14. Mechapilot77
    lol lets be srs here. one mode is awesome one is good...the others kind of suck lol. still i do like the design. i built revell's robotech nebo as a kid. lol
  15. Mechapilot77
    bbts hasn't failed to deliver for me yet for fulfilling items however there is always a first. I DID put in a preorder with another american vendor. hopefully at least one of the two orders goes through. i could always cancel if i feel like they are both going to come through. i wish this was a normal release so i could go through hlj. lol. either i'm getting this thing. nothing is goign to stop me from getting this thing.
  16. Mechapilot77
    depends on the texture...some deeper textures (not sure if this applies to these toys) are actually done by adding laser etched plates to the mold. the mold would have to be designed to acoomodate such a plate though.
  17. Mechapilot77
    evilastar by toyworld formerly called devilstar
  18. Mechapilot77
    believe it! if the designs were respectful of the source material the bad stories and plot holes would have been forgiven....like totally. give us ugly crap that is an insult to the original source material and u have fan rage. if peter cullen had not been the voice of optimus there is NO WAY i could get through any of those movies. in much the same vain if the updated veritechs are updated designs or homages of the originals....they've bought a lot of forgiveness.
  19. Mechapilot77
    man i want that x-wing so bad.
  20. Mechapilot77
    while some are fanatic about it...i'm guessing blue bluestreak has smaller deman overall than say regular bluestreak did. i think regular releases are say 5-10k at most, so this isn't THAT much more rare...2.5-5x based on that estimate i've seen thrown around again and again. Then again...i don't know those numbers for sure and perhaps wtih habro asia in the takra mp game fully now as well the runs are bigger....lost of new middle class rich in asia these days so demand is higher than when the mp line started. perhaps it really IS just a small fraction of what a normal run is....but i kinda doubt it. i also wonder if the limited 2K is just limited to 2K in japan. can hasbro asia go in and print copies for their customers? if so...how many? "exclusives" aren't always THAT exclusive. tigertrack was a toy show exclusive but easy to get (perhaps some were scared off by the grey market factory scrap being sold on the side), and i dn't recall silverstreak being hard to get either.
  21. Mechapilot77
    blue bluestreak MFing YES!!!! ordering from american retailers unless hlj or NY puts it up. as a side note (looks at ebay prices) i wish i ordered more exhaust!
  22. Mechapilot77
    hmmm, i think its only natural for us on a macross site to think they'd do that part of the story. robotech's format does lend itself to the by now classic movie "trilogy" format....BUT who is to say that this movie doesn't pick off where say....shadow chronicles left off? or something brand new. i would LOVE to have something brand new vs. a bastardized version of the original itself bastardizing robotech. throw in some fan service for the 80s kids (like me!) but do something new for once.... i can't beleive i think that since i have wanted to see a good SDFM live action since i was a kid but....i just don't think sony pictures here in america.....would do it justice. i'd be ecstatic to be proven wrong. also...who would sony cast as rick hunter? they guy with an anglo name but mostly drawn like a skinny japanese guy? would they do an adopted kid thing? or just go straight to white guy?
  23. Mechapilot77
    interchangeable heads woot! although....i think i'd only use the grace one. i'm not REALLY gonna troop build CF or this thing. or i might just display the CF head and pretend thats what grace had just because its different than brera's head.
  24. Mechapilot77
    looks good. if it ever goes on clearance i'll pick it up. i like it just not $274 like it.
  25. Mechapilot77
    looks nicer than the recent captain america II version.
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