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Palladium mentioned a couple of days ago in one of their all-property updates that the steel tooling had just started being cut, and that the Valkyrie design was undergoing some revision. With that as the case, I'd estimate we're probably 2 or 3 weeks away from seeing press images of fully-assembled test shots (of earlier approved pieces, like the Destroids and Regults, but not the Valkyrie modes undergoing revision) at Palladium's offices, assuming there isn't some significant failure on the part of the manufacturing contractor.
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From the album: My Macross Collection
Happy Well has recently repackaged their "Galaxy Defender" knockoff-retool of ther 1/55 VF-1S, into their "XBOTS" line.© Ray "AcroRay" Miller
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Mo-Suu-Pii-Dah Inbitoh in 1/48
AcroRay replied to captain america's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
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Those are solvent-based paints. They attack the plastic itself, the paint particles invading the plastic surface and binding into it. Pigments like black & red & yellow will actually dye the plastic material. You'll have a heck of a time removing these paints, especially in a manner that won't require priming & repainting those areas, because you'll have to scrape or sand down the 'invaded' surfaces below the paint. Your best bet would probably be masking & repainting them with something like MonsterKolor, which is a hobby version of the same sort of solvent paints. http://www.monsterkolorstore.com/ You might also try working it over with acetone, after the PineSol and other degreaser-style cleaners do their work. That may clear away some of the paint in the plastic surface that the degreasers won't lift. However, you're unlikely to get rid of all the pigment.
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Oh, that's beautiful! I so wish those kits would be reissued...
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I don't understand the concern with gaps in the seams and other issues with the demo models. None of those come from injection-molded tooling. They're 3D printer outputs, or at best low-yield RTV mold casts from 3D printer outputs. That's like crabbing at Bandai for all the little funny lines on some of their trade show samples... "That looks horrible. I hope Bandai fixes that, or I won't buy it. People will be mad."
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From the album: My Macross Collection
All three of the 1980s editions of the diecast, 1/144 Destroid Defender toy.© Ray "AcroRay" Miller
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From the album: Personal Macross Kits
Haven't decided if I'll build this or not. The base kit is terrible. I've got two other Metalize kits that I WILL build, but I didn't much like this design to begin with.... -
From the album: My Macross Collection
My vintage Takatoku mini-vinyl collection at one stage a couple of years ago. I've added a piece or two since then.© Ray "AcroRay" Miller
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From the album: My Macross Collection
My original BGM vinyl from the 80s, autographed in recent years by Mari Iijima!© Ray "AcroRay" Miller
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From the album: My Macross Collection
Some of my vintage Takatoku mini-sofubi... during the battle of Mars!© Ray "AcroRay" Miller
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AstroPlan YF-11 Variable Fighter DX #4 "Zi Jing"
AcroRay posted a gallery image in Macross Collections
From the album: Astro Plan
Largest size toy of the Astro Plan YF-11 variable fighter for character "Zi Jing". This is the confirmation photo TaoBaoRing took of it when it arrived at their offices. -
AstroPlan YF-10 Variable Fighter DX #3 "Jin Gang"
AcroRay posted a gallery image in Macross Collections
From the album: Astro Plan
Largest size toy of the Astro Plan YF-10 variable fighter for character "Jin Gang". This is the confirmation photo TaoBaoRing took of it when it arrived at their offices. -
Tobot (a.k.a. "Korean Transformers")
AcroRay replied to areaseven's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I stumbled across this weird show called "Music Knights" 音乐奇侠 with some pretty nice toys of figures with "Moto Slave" styled motorcycle armor suits. Like Bubblegum Crisis, Power Rangers & maybe Dunbine, all mixed up in a blender... http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjYxMDc1MjY0.html -
Toy Fair is to offer product to attract retailer interest. These are products they've done enough R&D on to comfortably offer to retailers, but if not enough retailers order them, then the items won't go into mass production. Just because it is at Toy Fair doesn't mean that the stock is ready to ship. Toynami certainly still has the tooling for the 1/100 toys, so they can offer them as often as they want. But if no one orders the minimum quantity to go into production, then they won't go to retail again. The other items might be far enough along in product development and determined to be of potential interest to retailers that they're offering them even if they're not ready for production, so they'll go into tooling & production with enough commitment from retailers. The reason the vinyl Regults aren't there is probably because Toynami believes that the market for those is exhausted, regardless if they still have the molds to make them (Regults). I'm really a fan of those and bought every one. But if they were still offering the line I would only be interested in the Glaug or other new items.
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Mo-Suu-Pii-Dah Inbitoh in 1/48
AcroRay replied to captain america's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I should have sold a kidney for a pinkie... -
Oh, those are absolutely beautiful, sir! Congratulations!!!! He might have gotten the CONVERTORS versions, released in the US from repackaged old Takatoku stock (and later recolored and shot from Takatoku's molds). There were piles of knockoffs of them as well, available at discount dollar stores or wherever cheap Transformers-craze toys were sold. I've got about a dozen of them in various formats and editions. (No original Takatoku boxed ones, though.)
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Oh, that is beautiful! And inspiring. Amazing craftsmanship and creativity!
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Mo-Suu-Pii-Dah Inbitoh in 1/48
AcroRay replied to captain america's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
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Krylon Crystal Clear does yellow, in spite of what they say. I coated a white model rocket with it, and - while repairing damage from a crash and sanding off some clearcoat into the white paint under it, I noticed that the Krylon clear had yellowed noticeably. The rocket hadn't spent that much time in the sun, either. A lot of my rocketry friends have sworn off Krylon products because they don't react well to each other, yellow after time, or generally don't behave in a consistent manner even under the most controlled conditions - especially in the last couple of years as it seems Krylon has changed a number of their formulas. In short: buyer beware. American Acrylics make an incredible multi-material gloss spray, if you ever need one of those. Amazing stuff.
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Offhand I'd say it looks to be based on in-scale Macross included with the Arii Zentraedi warship kits, minus the arms, with little turrets added from something else (maybe a GHQ mini naval battleship) to the shoulders. The mini included with those kits has details and carrier arms, but lacks a bridge. This looks like it was made from the main body of that mini, minus arms and rail guns. I don't believe it looks like the Nichimo kit. My Zentraedi warships aren't accessible to me at the moment to compare.
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From the album: My Macross Collection
My 1/100 Toynami Milia Super VF-1J and Yamato 1/100 Variable Monster, shot at the pile of paving stones I've got on my front patio, with a Photoshopped sky added to the background...© Ray "AcroRay" Miller
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Europe seemed to have gotten a handful of kits that weren't included in the North American line. I've seen an Olsen Orgroid from ORGUSS, and a tiny thumbnail of "Khyron's Battle Pod" from the Ceiji/Revell line.
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From the album: Personal Macross Kits
Gerwalk it I recently bought very cheaply from the generous owner of Cosmic Connection, from some of the leftovers from his 1980s mail order company. This is "The Last Gerwalk At Cosmic Connection"... -
From the album: Personal Macross Kits
This catalog from the 1980s is from Cosmic Connection - the folks who I got so many Macross & other kits from 'back in the day'.