A friend of mine was just telling me about these as he has been a fan of them himself. Given that right now I've blown all my cash on yamato macross stuff, I like to think of myself as the macross guy and him the transformers guy. If I had enough cash to get it all now, I definately would be buying them. sigh, I'm still playing catch up to other ppls toy collections.. I haven't been following up on new stuff since the 80s you see...
If you can live without the diecast offered in the Japanese BinalTech line, the all-plastic US Alternators line is only $20 at your local Walmart. I've been picking up all of the recolored "clone" items through the Alternators line.