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Yes, they definitely should. Even if it's terrible it won't magically destroy the original. If it's wonderful it might help bring another generation into Macross fandom.

I hate to be a picture spammer (well, not really) but Graham: Are you talking about the two guns next to the Rand figure in this pic? They look like they should be in the same tray as Rand... doesn't seem like it should be too easy to just pop out in normal transit.

It does not have forearm filler pieces. The 2 seaters all had the collapsible guns as did all super and gbp variants.

Thank you! I love takin' 'em... and love it even more when they prove helpful.

Maia's did. Not the others

After this... full armor!!

My demand for it overwhelms me... does that count for anything?

If the date coincides with a visit to my in-laws it'd make a great excuse for ducking out for a while.

The 171 has like six variants that can be milked... If I'm at Bandai I'm making them.

What about an 11S with 2 head lasers (like the 0S) and instead of one laser sticking out a center notch in the back of fighter mode each laser would stick out its own notch in the back of fighter mode?

A VF-1D with a shoulder crack? Perhaps there's no such thing as a "safe" V2... just "less prone to breaking".

There was a custom made and displayed at a show that was a 1/48 with missiles firing.

I agree with Graham. The VF-27 isn't as stellar as the V2 VF-25 but its still a good toy. I could think of many other toys I'd rather have than a renewal VF-27.

Not anymore! Sweet customs Kicker!

I get your logic but I really doubt it's true. The Invid items are in hot demand because there are only like 20 of them being sold and they're being sold to resin model-makers... it's a different cup of tea from toy fiends. The incremental costs of releasing more Regults for Toynami were next to nothing after the first version. Putting out a whole new mold is expensive. Other companies sniffed at the Gosu, and considered doing it in vinyl, all have concluded the market just isn't big enough.

I was told not to show pics of these before wonderfest because demand was already too great.

Man... this is a tough crowd. I'm debating which one I want to keep, the 17S or the 17D (because I'm sure I'll own both at one time but they're so similar I doubt I'll hold onto both).

Looks like it's all molded out of one piece... could actually be a fairly cheap item. They should just include it with a reissue or something and bump the reissue's price up just a tiny bit.

I think it's highly unlikely Yamato would ever consider the Mospeada license. From what I understand, many of the people at Beagle had a Yamato affiliation of some sort. Having seen such an awesome toy crash and burn would no doubt make Yamato think twice before ever considering that license.

Only if you conveniently overlook the word "presumably" in my post. So I've got logic and some truths on my side... seems like a good basis for an opinion. I sound educated on economics and how businesses in general operate because I have a degree in business economics, am a CPA, and am in a position where I decide what projects live and die frequently. If we're discussing the CM's Mospeada line it came out before the big economic downturn and the most expensive items that are most comparable to the Beagle products (the legioss/tread sets) were duds. You're also just guessing the runs were successful. It's my understanding that CM's went through an economic crisis in 2009 and there are numerous Macross products that didn't sell particularly well as the economy soured. There are numerous other factors conveniently being overlooked when you assume the only variable in what lines were "successful" is whether or not the toys were exported globally. It's math. Ultimately what killed the Beagle line was that it was generating enough revenue. When you figure out all that parts that go into generating revenue it's pretty hard to come to the conclusion that the international sales component somehow led to the lack of revenue. The only way you can get there is to instead say that Beagle priced the product too low because Beagle anticipated much larger revenues from international sales. The problem there is that Beagle then should have adjusted up the domestic price which may have negatively impacted domestic revenues due to the decrease in demand. So then you have to take another step back and say that Beagle should have made a simpler toy so they could have priced lower but again, the question is how would that have impacted demand. It seems to me (not fact, my opinion) that Beagle designed a sophisticated toy at the peak of a market and then were victims of the rapid decline in that market which reduced demand to a point of unsustainability. I disagree with your opinion and have provided my own which I feel is better supported by what we know of business, economics, and recent macroeconomic history. You're still free to disagree, no hard feelings if you do.

I am very curious to see what gimmicks this thing will have and at what price range.

The Gosu that was discussed years ago was killed by the great recession.

For what it's worth Graham, I'm kinda surprised we're not talking about Yamato's other projects either.... but I'm sure you know what I mean.

2 years before: Holy crap, the whole world is rich! 2 years later: Holy crap, the whole world is poor! I don't get the logic that Beagle could have done better by staying within Japan (but I'm a bit drunk). Their deal with Toynami presumably would have only reduced their profit on toys exported out of Japan. So, even with reduced profits from toys sold outside of Japan that's better than no profits from not trying to sell toys outside of Japan. Beagle needed either A) greater demand within Japan so they wouldn't really care how many toys Toynami ordered or B) a way better international entity that could push more toys and order many more of them... but for that part it seems like the US market for premium ride armors just doesn't exist. Stroll over to RT.com if you dare and witness all the would be purchasers complaining that the toy is too complicated and they'd only buy a ride armor for $79.99.

Agreed, Toynami doesn't have the skills or the ability to play in the premium market and they've now discovered the hard way that the premium market is the only market left on 25-30 year old niche market anime. The Beagle toy might have done a little better teaming up with anyone else but the Beagle toy was doomed by REQUIRING another company be involved in the first place. Beagle had the very unfortunate circumstance of being two years late to a party that was fantastic at one point but they showed up just as it was ending with a thud.