KOG Water Dragon

I heard they are re-issuing Enterprise B in clear plastic as well. What I really need is a re-issue of the Excelsior decal set....

Ordered! Really hope they have Glaug and power armors in the works. And hopefully all in 1/72.

https://www.hlj.com/1-72-scale-vf-171-nightmare-plus-standard-type-macross-frontier-wavmc-075

I'll take a look. I tend to focus on the good guy suits.

Now all I can think of when I see the old rounded hands is Baymax from Big Hero 6...

In Gundam? I haven't seen rounded hands for a while... I think Witch from Mercury, Hathaway's Flash, Unicorn, etc use mechanical blocky hands.

All the angles covered. Nice!

That's a creative idea but... would soft cushioned hands be good for precision handling of the gunpod? Good for lifting or moving heavy objects? For punching Zentran in the face?

Cool! Still wish they'd done YF-29 in 1/72 to match all the other Bandai 1/72 Frontier and Delta kits but... oh well. At least the smaller size and cheaper price makes it more feasible to do an 'all 3 modes' display for these guys.

I do like the J head and Hikaru's TV colors though. So either I can live with the round hands or swap em out.

If the final kit doesn't include a mechanical blocky hands option, then yes, that would be a good way to go.

There's a part of me that has nostalgia for the old rounded hands (both in the show, and the old kits that had them), but a bigger part of adult me can't get past the fact that these rounded hands on this kit clearly wouldn't fit inside the arms. The 3d concept design work seems to indicate some mechanical style hands may be included as well? I'd probably opt for those.

Ah good. That probably applies to the Armored VF-1 kits as well then, I would think? Assuming they come with a gunpod. I haven't been able to look at an Armored VF-1 kit yet - mine are still sitting over in HLJ's warehouse.

I actually... really don't like these new rounded hands. I'm hoping this kit still includes the original battroid hands as an option. I'm going to want all my battroid hands to match each other, and I'd rather not have to buy 'donor' kits to replace the hands with the original style.

I was thinking the same myself. To be honest, I don't really like kits that allow multiple options out of one box... I always wind up getting multiples that have the same box art, when I could have had multiple different cover artworks to enjoy. 🤣

I finally picked up a VF-19 and decals at my local shop. I've gotten another set of the decals from HLJ, but they still haven't filled my order for the VF-19. I'll leave it on order since I'd like to have 2 or 3 sets to do 2 or 3 of the modes eventually. But I can't believe my first one came through my local shop.

Disappointed we still don't have a 1/72 version from either Bandai or Hasegawa. But at least this is something. I'll probably grab a couple.

Nice. I've been wanting to get another VF-0A/S w/ Ghost.

Same here as well.

I'd like to see the Dullahans in 1/48

I'm hoping we'll see some 40th anniversary themed livery repops from Bandai and Hasegawa, like they did for the 35th (and Hasegawa has done every 5 years since at least as far back as the 25th).

Maybe the battroids didn't sell as well as the fighters? They certainly don't repop the battroids as decal variants anywhere near as much as they do with the fighters. I think it's just the Minmei Guard and the Operation Bullseye Armored VF-1s?

Hasegawa managed to do VF-1D for 1/72 fighter and 1/72 gerwalk, so I don't think it's too outrageous to think they could do a 1/72 battroid. I'm not sure if it's popular enough to justify a 1/48... but it IS pretty popular right? What Macross fan doesn't know the scene it comes from? And er.... I WAS holding back. 🤣

If we're getting all wishlisty.... 1/72 YF-24 fighter 1/72 YF-29 fighter 1/72 YF-30 fighter 1/72 VF-2SS fighter 1/72 VF-171 fighter (yes yes I know Wave has one) 1/72 VF-27 fighter 1/72 VF-1D battroid 1/72 YF-19 battroid 1/72 YF-21 battroid 1/48 VF-1D fighter 1/48 VE-1 fighter 1/48 VT-1 fighter 1/48 YF-21 fighter 1/48 VF-11 fighter 1/72 Destroid Spartan 1/72 Glaug

We still need Regult Heavy Missile Carrier Type! 😀