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They should have done the blue and white paint scheme from VFC 2 as the 30th anniversary scheme.

Was that kind of random venting? I think you need pics:

Agreed, major box improvement. Too bad it's not just a true reissue.

You'll need to add ball joints in the feet now too right? Great improvement already though.

I thought that box art was pretty terrible. I think the only good Yamato box art was on their Turbo Custom Scopedogs.

That's confusing to me though. Sheryl would be with Mao right? And Mao would be with Ranka right? So how were things split up so Ranka goes with Ozma and Sheryl goes with Mao/Grace? I guess one idea might be that Sheryl/Mao/Grace/Ranka were all part of a group of ships and that Sheryl/Mao/Grace were on a ship that pressed further into Vajra territory while Ranka was on a different ship. One would think Ranka would be with her brother though... I'm also a little foggy on the V-type infection. It seems like it's a disease that can be contracted by humans and if it's contracted outside of the womb it will end up in somewhere other than the gut and eventually kill the host. Was Mao infecting people or was she treating people that were infected environmentally? I suppose the nicest way to think of it was that Mao was a doctor and a pregnant lady came to see her who then gave birth to Ranka before succumbing to the disease. The question then is why didn't Brera have the disease? Eh, maybe he did and maybe that's why he's a cyborg now.

It's been a long time but long time but just in case people haven't bothered to watch Frontier or its movies, there are spoilers ahead... I finally just finished watching the Macross Frontier movies and overall I thought they were pretty poorly done (but thanks just the same to the member that hooked me up with them!). One of the many things that kind of rubbed me the wrong way with the movies was the story of Macross Galaxy. I think I've kind of put it together but do we have a thread already someone can point me to (my search came up empty) that lays out the story of Macross Galaxy? Here's what I've surmised (it's only based on one viewing of the TV show a long while ago and the one viewing of the movies recently so there's lots of room for error here): 0) Macross Galaxy bucks tradition with most emigration fleets in that it's very cyborg/implant friendly. So there's a culture of enhancement on the ship up to the point where very few of the passengers aren't enhanced in some way and all of the leadership now has completely foregone flesh and blood form and dumped their consciousness into a network of some sort. 1) This fleet picks up the survivors of the long range research mission Mao Nome was a part of. Dr. Grace joins the leadership of Galaxy in abandoning her corporeal form. She continues Mao's research with Mao's granddaughter Sheryl. Ranka's brother Brera is heavily 'enhanced' although I don't think we know if this was so he could survive wounds from the attack or just because that's what happens on Galaxy. If just about everyone from the research vessel ends up on Galaxy, how does Ozma end up with Ranka? 2) Through Grace Galaxy learns of the ultra powerful Vajra. I think Sheryl is infected with the V-type virus from her days with Mao. So Galaxy uses Sheryl and her singing to draw the Vajra to Galaxy so they can study them some more. They quickly realize that having Vajra around is bad so... 3) Galaxy sends Sheryl to Frontier. This is where things feel really forced in the movie-verse because there's talk about the Vajra home world and 'untold resources' or something like that. The idea though is that Galaxy needs to see some more interactions with mankind in order to hopefully break the Vajra communications network (essentially, they need to learn to speak Vajra). So the plan is that Sheryl will sing on Frontier and the Vajra will come to Frontier and Galaxy can then observe and crack the code. 4) In the movie-verse it seems that Battle Galaxy and the core components of Galaxy have been lost to the Vajra but that the core bio-data unit the Galaxy leadership now resides in has been smuggled aboard Frontier in the vessel Sheryl, Grace, and Brera have arrived in (or in one of the many other ships that must have smuggled a couple hundred Galaxy soldiers in). Without Battle Galaxy the emigration fleet is undefended so Sheryl hires SMS to help (SMS is moderately successful in helping some of the ships elude the Vajra). 5) Without a fleet of their own any more, Galaxy must take over Frontier. Somehow though, Frontier has figured out this plan and ambushes the would-be aggressors. 6) Galaxy ultimately succeeds because Brera is a cyborg ninja who can't be stopped. Why aren't all the other soldiers that Galaxy brings over to Frontier nearly as bad-ass as Brera? 7) So at this point it seems that Galaxy has completely given up on their own emigration fleet with the leadership of Galaxy instead intent on universal domination using the Vajra as their weapon. Unfortunately they don't have a physical form any more so it seems like they wouldn't really have much in the way of motivation but I guess that's beyond the point. So, are there some key parts I'm missing with regard to our knowledge of Galaxy? Did I screw some stuff up? For the main bad guy I feel like the story was tucked into the background most the time.

Too bad they didn't keep up with the Tenjin box art. I'll echo the C- sentiment but I'll also echo the sentiment that I take the toy out of the box and that's about the only time I'm really worried about what the box looks like.

Try the Bandai renewal vf25 toys, I think you'll like the feel of the plastic. Also bandai's hi metal 1/100vf1. It's also worth noting the v2 Yamato Arcadia toys feel very crisp. As for recast 1/48 parts, I have no input but good luck.

I have no idea who that even is...

I do like the word "toyetic". It was discussed earlier in this thread a while ago that Isamu's reflection can be seen on the YF-19 so that's the answer to the 'more anime accurate' bit. Otherwise, part of why I collect toys is out of sentimentality for my youth, so I appreciate the glossy look. I appreciate all the strides to look ultra realistic but the matte look always makes me think of models and since I didn't make models in my youth there's less of a sentimental connection there. I realize though that most collectors are looking for something that agrees more to their adult sensibilities and perhaps a gloss finish doesn't make them feel sentimental, it instead makes them feel like they're spending a lot of money on a toy. WM Cheng, you don't consider yourself an expert? I consider you an expert. I'm pretty sure you can build a very sweet looking YF-19 model if you haven't done so already.

For those of you who didn't want anime accuracy I suppose... And for those who lack modeling skills and want a toy to fill their modeling niche. Fortunately, I'm flexible, matte is fine.

I don't think black kits would sell all that great... black toys and kits definitely have a cool factor but they don't pop on a shelf so I don't think they sell very well.

What about doing a layer of saran wrap over the joint? I haven't opened it up to know what it looks like but I wonder if that might work out alright.

Yeah, this seems like one of those classic cases where the company was damned if they did and damned if they didn't. The payload and all the extras are sweet... but 90% of people are going to leave 90% of them in the box. The smarter alternative would have been to sell an appendix with a display stand but then 90% of those people that would leave 90% of the extras in the box would bemoan that the extras should have been included with the original toy ignoring the savings they almost certainly would have received. In the end, I would have purchased all the extras, so it doesn't bother me, but it's a shame there isn't a bare bones option (nothing except the toy, pilot, and gun) for like $50 less.

Aoshima has a very similar quantity of diecast. The only diecast it's lacking is in the hips where they replaced the diecast hips with plastic hips so they could add a ratchet mechanism... that almost never works because the thing is built so poorly.

Rather than the crash-landing of the ASS-1 it looks like a scene from the show that didn't happen, like the ship crashing in a Canadian forest after the anti-gravity modules burst free.

Are you serious? I can tolerate KOs in some circumstances but the recent spat of KOs during times of actual release/rereleases seems very bad to me.

Have we seen any listings yet? I want to see this bad boy.

It also needs to be shiny right? 'Cause it was shiny in the anime.

Because moving slow is for 80s robots.

It's bound to be my least viewed post ever but I've got another Votoms oddball up on anymoon!

I have a 16 month old,that's why the updates on the site aren't more frequent. I hope you find the video helpful, give me feedback on how to improve it if you don't.

Tighten the screws in back of the hips.

So.... it's a bromance?