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Yamato 1/60 VF-19 Fire Valkyrie (v2.0)
jenius replied to UN Spacy's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
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The Gosu that was discussed years ago was killed by the great recession.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hmm, one of these pics look familiar?
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I have not heard of a YF-25 release.
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Kinda surprised we're not all talking about the next DX toy. Is there a Bandai event coming up soon? From what I understand, the next toy is dropping in the not too distant future.
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Hmm... pics of the 30th anniversary paint scheme Yamato are oddly missing here. Edit: Knock knock Who's there? I'm blue and black with white stripes on my wings.
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No pics of the wonderfest Gosu on MW yet? TravestY!!!!!
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I was told "probably most expensive valkyrie yet, but not supposed to be too much more expensive than the latest offerings. Price isn't fixed but under 30,000 Yen, goal is probably 25,000." Of course, that's before we pay for someone to get this for us and then ship it to us .
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Did Maiden get frustrated and leave or was Maiden let go because Toynami was throwing in the towel on Macross/Robotech. I thought it was the latter. Toynami didn't quit the Robotech or Macross licenses because they didn't think the toys were cool enough, they quit the licenses because they weren't making enough money from them. Robotech is dead and Macross is hot on its heels (in the US). Long live Yu-gi-oh or whatever the money makers are.
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Did they ever make a VF-11S head? This project has me curious what that would look like.
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and a comparison shot
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need more pics... MORE! PICTURE SPAM!!
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I have a review up at anymoon.com
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1/6 scale so it could fit the toynami pilots
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I think almost all of this could be done in 1/48 or 1/35 these days. 1/24 or 1/18 is too big.
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The timing on selling the MPC version isn't really ideal. I just bought one from RT.com last month for $199. If I were you I'd hold onto it until next fall and just put it on ebay and take the ride. These toys were selling for $400 for a bit there and there shouldn't be any more surprise restocks anywhere.
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Bandai DX Chogokin YF-29 Durandal Valkyrie
jenius replied to UN Spacy's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
It's not that it wasn't available, it's more likely that it's not available yet. This is why so many online sites jump the gun and put up preorders before all the info is out... to grab the earliest converts. -
Only half the intake is for air, the other half is for a maneuvering thruster. I aasume the chest intake feeds both the arm and leg engines.
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It's amazing what just fixing the paint job does for the old Gakkens.
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I think that"s the version with improved parts but the improved parts were in a second box sold with a reissue of the eta. Those are all the promo pics from when the improved parts version originally came out. EDIT - that is to say: those promo pics show the improved parts installed and the gun, but you get those in a box and you have to install them onto the toy. The Eta toy itself is an exact reissue of the first release, upgrade parts are in their own separate box.
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