Though I love Jay-Lew's mesh of the SDF-1, I had feelings that this project wouldnt go thru. There's a lot of factors that would make people shy away from getting this.
One is the looming 1/2000 Yamato Macross. Transforming and made of plastic and probably die cast joints.
Flooded market. Too many Macross products, Toys and models out there that people are saving up for.
Economy, 'nuff said...
After the Thunder Hammer, I was planning to come out with a transformable 1/1500 DYRL Macross. It was gonna be big and expensive. Then someone heard about the intention and told me about the Yamato version about a year before it was announced and I promptly put the project on hold. But now with the flooded market and the economy, I wouldnt even have offered the Thunder Hammer. What Cobywan is saying has merit though. I think the success of the TH lends to the fact that the project was done and pictures were posted before it was offered to the members of this board. The model/toy accessory sold out in less than three hours as I recall and we had a limited second run just based on the waiting list alone, no announcements.
But I was still hoping that the project would go thru.