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Hehe, so you figured it out on your own Yup, that's the image I was talking about. Though, I think Nanashi would have a cow that his logo was removed. Credit where credit is due, the original image was small and purple & white, Nanashi did scan it at a higher res and recolor it in the traditional b&w color scheme. Aside from that lineart, the flyer is nothing to write home about. I'll post it here and at the MacrossNexus along with the Scrambled Valkyrie story once it's done being translated.

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I'm one of those guys who's apathetic towards Wave's Macross. First off, it looks like a hybrid model/toy which makes me question it's durability. Second, there are a lot of visible joints and gaps in both modes. It's safe to say that Wave did this to enhance it's posability, but the Macross was never supposed to be that flexible. Third, the pricetag doesn't justify the product. For a product that isn't very accurate to the lineart and features a relatively simple transformation, $130 is $70 too much for me. Props to Wave for releasing the Macross, I hope it does good business for them, but I'm going to have to pass. edit: I also prefer TV mecha over the DYRL stuff

There are only few more images that I didn't scan, like Kamjin and a Zentraedi mecha or two. Someone here (I think yellowlightman) scanned in the entire booklet about a year ago and posted it here. The Search feature is your friend! Just an FYI, the images I scanned of Komilia and Lott are actually taken from an obsure Japanese PC Engine magazine. The reason I chose to scan those images in, rather than the ones found in the games booklet, is that the PC Engine magazine contained a few extra angle shots over the booklet. I know know, minutia.

The lineart of the VF-1-SOL is not in the Scrambled Valkyrie booklet. AFAIK, the only lineart shown was on a Japanese flyer for the game. I have a picture of the flyer somewhere around here, but it's resolution isn't good enough to make out fine details. Nanashi actually has the original flyer, scanned it in, cleaned it up in PS and posted it here. It was a fine piece of work, but went down with his site. Hopefully someone here saved it to their hard drive.

Of course! You can't expect Harmony Gold to come up with something original, right?

Check out my WIP at the MacrossNexus: http://www.macrossnexus.com/index.php?opti...&Itemid=372 Most of the artwork at the bottom of the article can be found in the 2036 booklet. I hope this helps!

1/60 Destroid Monster! one can always hope

Those are Japanese prices that you're quoting. Even after converting the yen to USD, Japanese games are still more expensive than their US counterparts. That said, all those prices appear pretty unremarkable with the exception of Armored Core 4. Though I have no doubt that once the big budget titles that you mentioned (MGS4, FFXIII) are released, we'll start to see more expensive pricetags. I just hope that Konami and co. can throw in some free giveaways (cd soundtrack samplers, small artbooks, decals, etc) to mentally aleviate our perception of the pricehike

I think the nose is tilting downward in the lineart because the YF-19 is standing at an odd angle. The cod piece is definitely a lot thinner, but if Yamato made it thicker like they did with the 1/72 version, then fighter mode would look a lot chunkier from the profile view.

Nice screencaps valk1j! That's what I'm talking about! Do you have those in color?

Congratulations on your find, I too was checking out that auction on ebay years ago and figured it would make the occassional appearance, boy was I wrong! I honestly don't think Yamato would be interested in seeing the kit, from all the hints that Graham drops, I wouldn't be surprised if their 1/60 YF-21 was 90% complete by now. But still though, it's a nice gesture

Opinions are like 4ssholes, everybody has one. danth: I'll see if I can get those pieces scanned.

Awesome sketch! The ELS manual doesn't show the FAST Pack equipped VF-4, it just shows the standard VF-4 in fighter mode. Sadly, the ELS manual lacks any significant original art, most of it from 2036. The only images of the FP VF-4 are from the cut-scenes within the game, and your sketch comes pretty close to what it looked like.

You're absolutely right, it was Yoshi who posted all that material on the PC Engine games. I too was surprised when he stated that 2036 and ELS are not within the same universe as MacII. The existance of a playable VF-4 is ELS (which takes place in 2037) contradicts the existance of the VF-2 in MacII (which takes place in 2080). Man I wish I had saved his post. He even posted screenshots of the VF-4 equipped with FAST Packs.

The hatch that opens for the battroid head to move through snapped off mine. I wasn't stressing the plastic, just opening the hatch normally during transformation and it snapped right off. Shortly afterwards, the VF-1S' head also snapped off. I definitely got a dud. Even if my toy didn't break, these things are made of crap. They make the Banpresto's plastic look golden. To anyone who hasn't gotten one yet, save your money, these are not worth $20.

Excellent job! I don't think I've ever seen a VF-4 how-to before. Great work with the added locks, while they look like an easy mod, it must have been a nerve wracking experience adding them in. Was the kit too floppy before?

Actually Imai's Legioss models aren't 1/48, they're more like 1/52. You'll notice that the cockpit and pilot are small compared to Yamato's 1/48's

Who wants to take bets that this OAV will create more questions than it does answers?

Are you sure the Takatoku Henkei/Converters/Macres Bootlegs should be included? I don't even think that thing was MEANT to be transformed to fighter mode. You literally just turn the arms & legs backwards and fold the head in. Does anyone have a digicam? You'll know what I mean. Haterist is right, the Matchbox VF-1 should be excluded as it'd be the default winner. That's not fair to the rest of the losers.

Battroid - 1/72 HCM. The large chestplace, combined with the small head and long backpack make its proportions horribly inaccurate to the lineart. Gerwalk - 1/100 Takatoku/Bandai. Bleagh! Fighter - 1/100 Takatoku/Bandai. BLEAGH!!

I too would love a fold booster, but since no attachment points are seen I'll assume Yamato isn't gonna release one. The VF-0 didn't come with a Ghost, I don't see why Yamato would make an exception for the 19. If a Ghost is going to be made, looks like it'll be up to MW'ers to do it.

what? thats it? thats all you had to say? i figured if anyone was going to slam the 1/48 it would be you. nice to see you back. 425069[/snapback] Just admit it haterist, you created this thread solely to bring back drifand. Great to see you back, drifand!

Battroid - The 1/60. It's overall proportions come the closest to matching the lineart. While it's true that the S head was stumpy, the A and J heads look fantastic. The 1/48 battroid's arms are too long & thin, the chest to big, and the rat claws (hands) are an abomination to mecha. Gerwalk - The 1/48 without a doubt. Fighter - This one was close. The 1/60 has good proportions, but the 1/48 has equally good proportions, plus the 1/48's feet tuck in nicely and it overall has less gaps. 1/48's the winner here. Great thread, it's so simple I wonder why it hasn't been done before

When Ryuji mailed my painted kit, he broke down the kit into 4 large pieces and wrapped them in baggies. The small fragile parts were packed within their own small boxes. As for packing materials he used primarily air pillows and I believe (it's been a while) a little newspaper. It worked because nothing broke, and this was a very very fragile kit. All I had to do was glue the main pieces back together and it was done. Oh yeah, it was also shipped from Brazil to Maryland, USA.