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  1. tekering
    30 for each design. 30 committed buyers at $300 each. Frankly, despite how badly I want 'em myself, I just don't see it happening for the Spartas or the Auroran. I'm sure there are 30 fans out there who would gladly pay $300 or more for a Moscato-quality Hovertank or AJACs, I just don't think we'll be able to find enough of 'em. Not on Kickstarter, not on Facebook, and certainly not on a forum like this. The Internet is just too vast and decentralized to reach enough interested people. But hey, there's no harm in trying, right?
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    Sorry, I didn't mean to give that impression. "Anime scale" simply refers to the inherent inconsistencies that result from trying to establish the size of a fictional object, or an imaginary character, in an environment that doesn't actually exist. What's the wheel base of a Mospeada ride-armor? How do we know how tall Stig is supposed to be? There's very little information provided for reference, and what published stats we do have (mecha dimensions, for example) are inconsistent with what's depicted onscreen. It's therefore next to impossible to have consistently-scaled merchandise, even when the same company is producing it. Well, it's unlikely to expect competing companies to produce merchandise at compatible scales with each other... Hell, we're lucky to get a consistent scale within a single toy line, even! Sounds promising. Will you be selling castings?
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    Yes, as previously reported, they're once again reissuing the 34 year-old Imai model kits. Despite their age, the 1:12 scale Mospeada and Brough Superior "variable type" remain the most accurate produced. I beg to differ, my viking friend... but it's an unfortunate issue Japanese modelers laughingly refer to as "anime scale." Allow me to demonstrate. Consider the following figures, all licensed kits released by reputable companies, all explicitly marketed and labeled 1/12: Assuming an average male height of six feet / 182cm, the Imai Mospeada figure is spot-on, the Kaiyodo Priss figure is absurdly large, the Aoshima hardsuit Priss is much too short, and the Southern Cross Jeanne is too tall... but not by much, considering her contemporaries. In terms of height, Imai's is clearly the most scale-accurate. Proportions, however, are an entirely separate problem.
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    Amazon.jp has it up, with some juicy new pics:
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    As seen at this year's Wonderfest: Just a picture on posterboard, announcing their intention to produce figures from a wide variety of licensees. Make of that what you will.
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    No, it just means they haven't got an overseas distributor. You'll have to order it from a Japanese retailer, or pay a mark-up through BBTS, Kapow, etc.
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    Manufacturing delays are often a result of quality control issues, and usually mean a higher-quality product upon release. I consider this good news.
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    Ah, but the new Legioss toy won't be out until Halloween, and a lot of people are waiting for positive reviews before ordering from Evolution Toys... so demand for in-scale baddies is likely to be highest in six to eight weeks, once the majority of your customer base has the figure in-hand. Could you maybe put the Gamo on the back burner until then?
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    Please just tell me that we get to the later part of the series!
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    Hi-Metal R

    tekering replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I love the casual spectators on the balcony there.
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    Neither. It's obviously meant to be Courtney Love. Just imagine her in an ugly jet-black wig.
  12. tekering
    No, it would be faster to start from scratch than try to modify a Matchbox/Playmates Hovertank to look accurate. Every last proportion on that thing is wrong. I'd pay $350 for a Moscato 1:48 Spartas Hovertank or Auroran AJACs without even batting an eyelash.
  13. tekering
    International operations won't be affected. http://fortune.com/2017/09/19/toys-us-bankruptcy-chapter-11/ Also from the article: "Suppliers such as Mattel and Hasbro may also be hit. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that those two companies are named in the bankruptcy filing as two of its biggest unsecured lenders. Mattel is owed $135 million for goods it has supplied, while Hasbro is owed $59 million." That's a lot of debt the big toymakers will have to make up for, by lowering production costs and raising retail prices...
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    No, not inches. 21-24 centimeters. Our illustrious Captain America is (ironically enough) Canadian.
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    Your colorful prose and gift for exaggeration is most appreciated, but you should limit your talents to expressing opinions, not stating facts. Statements like this are tantamount to spreading disinformation. While there were a lot of ancillary mecha designs produced for Southern Cross, few of them were actually depicted in the anime. Unused designs are typically published without specific designations (if published at all), regardless of who designed them or how much work when into their development. I do agree wholeheartedly with your opinion, however; many of Ammonite's mecha designs have a distinctly "phoned-in" feel to them.
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    Well, either Exedore got remarkably tall, or Breetai shrunk considerably... With stuff like this, right? Still superior to the crap Academy published. That seems a little too off-topic... but how about a "Worst Robotech Comic" contest? It's hard to imagine anything worse than that...!
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    Hi-Metal R

    tekering replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Markings? In the TV series? Hell, they were lucky if they were colored! Their production methods didn't allow for such detail. Macross was an incredible accomplishment for early '80s TV anime... ...but it's still early '80s TV anime.
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    Yep. Stands 240mm in Armo-Soldier mode. http://www.taghobby.com/archives/181795 Yeah, but how many of us are lucky enough to own one of those bastards busters? Evolution Toys has just greatly expanded your potential customer base.
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    I expect much greater interest next month, once the new Evolution Toys' Legioss is released. With in-hand pics, we can demonstrate just how accurately your Invid kits scale with their Legioss, substantially increasing demand for both their product and yours as well. Yes, folks, you heard it here first: Moscato's realistically-scaled 1:48 Invid are perfectly to scale with the new Legioss toy. Mospeada and Robotech fans rejoice!
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    As always, Bandai's instruction booklet includes an order form for replacement sprues, with specific prices; so you can get parts separately, if that's what you meant. The figures will require painting, but virtually every marking on the ship is represented by a waterslide decal: A dullcoat sealant and weathering should be sufficient to complete the look. Bandai's model kits are designed to be built without requiring paint or glue, but it's always recommended... and YouTube is full of great modeling tutorials if you need assistance.
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    Yeah, that's pretty much how the transformation is depicted in the series: An unmitigated partsformer.
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    An objective comparison between the 1:72 FineMolds Falcon and the 1:72 Bandai Falcon isn't really possible (seeing as they're based on completely different filming miniatures), but comparing the included figures is perfectly fair... and the difference is startling: FineMolds figures on the left, cast in grey; Bandai figures on the right, cast in off-white. Note FineMolds Ep.4 Leia was sculpted in a standing position: Also note FineMolds included additional display options, such as Ep.5 versions of Han and Leia, a standing Luke figure, and a couple of Stormtroopers as well (none of which are offered in Bandai's kit). FineMolds was the state-of-the-art twelve years ago, but we seem to have come a long way since then! Bandai was wise, I think, to focus their efforts on reproducing the studio-scale 1:24 Falcon built in 1976 for Star Wars, rather than the 1:48 Falcon built in 1979 for The Empire Strikes Back; most Millennium Falcon reproductions to date (including the larger Master Replicas and DeAgostini kits) are based on the ESB studio model, so focusing on the original Star Wars version makes their release somewhat unique and different, while keeping the FineMolds kit relevant.
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    Good Lord! I'd be afraid to transform that sucker.
  24. tekering
    Yeah, and Pinky can't believe how big it is...! I can't believe the level of accuracy at this scale. Look at the interior cockpit window detail...! Even the damaged sections are sculpted in! And it comes with photo-etched parts... ...and all the necessary LEDs and wiring... ...and a sixty-page instruction manual. 60 PAGES!
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    Arcadia Offices.

    tekering replied to nautilus's topic in Toys

    And yet, buying at these prices is the only way we ensure these things get produced. Without sufficient sales, they're not going to take the financial risk of manufacturing more product of this quality, so the inevitable result is lower-quality product (if we're lucky), or none at all. So if you want it, man up and buy it. If you want to see similar products released, man up and buy it. We, the small market they are catering to, have got to support the product. That's the bottom line.
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