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it looks like there's the soundbooster in the background, do we have more pics of that?

Glad you like the site! I would pick up a reissue of the Maia MPC but I'd have to find it at a very steep discount. I'm not much of a Shadow Chronicles fan but I heard they're decent as far as MPC Alpha toys go.

Both are dead due to poor sales.

Even if it is a D you'll be getting your S later and I'm pretty sure we all have a long while to save for this bad boy.

Ooh we've entered the irrational exuberance phase... this is always the best time. Let's hope it's not followed by the "did anyone else have an arm snap off?" "OMG AGAIN?" phase.

Glad you like the site. If Yamato says they are selling a YF-19 with fast packs then they are selling both boxes together as Renato has seen in some stores. They never did release a version with the toy and the fast packs in one box. The box with the fast packs also includes "upgrade" parts. These parts let you attach the fast packs and also increase the articulation of the figure.

That makes sense. HLJ had the upgrade parts sold separately, that's what I had to do to get them.

I have never been able to do those magic eye things. 3D movies work fine for me though.

I just double-checked to verify, the Beagle Ride Armors have the Tatsunoko seahorse on them so Tatsunoko still has domestic rights. Even if HG owned both Japanese and international rights Yamato could still play ball. BW's licensing agreement doesn't prevent the companies they work with from dealing with HG entirely, it just prevents them from dealing with HG for Macross-related goods.

Get three HPZR24Ws! Run all three in displayport! WIN WIN WIN! That was my plan... but then my job got insane and when you're working 70 hours a week there's not much time for gaming any more.

Yamato can make Mospeada merchandise without issue. It's BigWest that prevents the Macross deals from working. Yamato(or any other company) would have to license the Mospeada goods with Tatsunoko for domestic distribution and then arrange a separate licensing deal with HG. This is the same for Macross but with Macross when a manufacturer asks for the domestic rights BW structures the agreement so that the manufacturer in question agrees not to attempt to merchandise the same or similar products internationally. Tatsunoko would make no such stipulation and HG would be extremely eager for any licensing income. Of course, that's not going to happen. The 30th anniversary for Mospeada is only a couple years away. I've heard that this is generating some interest... but I think it's more the "sweet resin kits at Wonderfest" kind of interest rather than the new toys kind of interest.

I have two reviews up on anymoon.com, one for the toy and one for the upgrade parts sold separately. The upgrade parts are sold separately, they do not come in the same box. So, if someone says they have an upgraded version for sale they should also show two boxes.

The Hi-Metal Bandai line is a wonderful second choice... I hope that line doesn't die.

It depends, initially the replacement parts people were sent were from the initial production run so they basically sent you the same shoddy part. I remember I received two replacement hinges and before I even put them on my toy one had broken in its little baggy. They sent out more replacement parts when they did their next production run and those seem to be holding up just fine. I was burned by saying "Yamato V2s should be safe now" once before (then Yamato shipped out their VT-1 and Hikaru GPB with problematic shoulders) but I think we may have finally rounded the corner on these issues.

Jason, do you have the CMs toys? They come with some figures you should check out. I haven't measured them but they should be very similar in scale. -

Assuming pristine condition, this would be my approximation of value: I also have seen a pristine Strike valks go for $300-$400, Elintseekers and SuperOs are more like $600. Obviously it only takes a couple keen bidders to make this way off if you go the eBay route.

Seriously guys... the name is irrelevant (although, to be fair, this whole conversation is also irrelevant). It's not called a Mustang 'cause it looks like a horse. It's not a Messiah 'cause it looks like a king with a fiery sword. It's just a cool sounding name... sure, all of them are appropriate in their own way but you're stretching it to say that Kawamori wanted us to view the battroid as a big boobied Norse woman with a shield, flowing golden hair, and wings. I think it was more the whole "winged warrior" thing (or, if you go into the mythology, there are even cooler things you could read into it). That said, if you see the shape of the VF-1 in battroid mode an you think "that looks feminine to me" then more power to you... Lord knows women (like men) come in all shapes and sizes anyway. I still think the VF-25 looks frail and spindly. I don't hate the design by any means, just not my favorite.

You should steer clear of it. You're not going to like it. Eugimon also. If you've been burned by the other DX toys and hate them then this thing might "suck less" to you if you're lucky but I find it highly unlikely you're going to be stoked on that big a purchase. It looks like it has lots of improvements but I'd bet dollars it's going to feel very familiar in your hands. If that familiarity makes your recall your contempt then it will be a very short-lived honeymoon.

Pure awesome. I laughed a bit harder than I should at work.

The saddle bags ALWAYS fly off during transformation... 'cause even if they could stay on, they'd look hideous.

You know, when they did the "name the VF-25" competition. I was like, "Why bother? That thing is a dead ringer for Jesus. They should either call it the VF-25 Jesus or the VF-25 Messiah. It came as no surprise when "Messiah" won.

Perhaps you are thinking of the dimensions of the VF-1 Yamato V2 toy rather than the line art. Think of the hands from the cartoon... those girl hands to you?

SV-51s could do similar magic right out of the box.

It depends on how faithful to the source material you wanted to be. If you were going to reuse all the names and mechanical designs and try to show the film internationally and produce merchandise for it it'd be a nightmare where all three could potentially be involved (HG/BW/Tatsunoko).

The fun is posing the toys. You can have more fun posing a Macross Quarter in battroid than you can an SDF-1. Similarly, you can have more fun wooshing around an SDF-1 than you can a Macross Quarter (which is essentially useless off the stand as pointed out earlier). I did no whining about the SDF-1's poseability, in fact I thought I displayed a pretty decent pic of the SDF-1 in action.