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Or more accurately, you typed it... but it doesn't address the volumes of material that have come out of Japan... where Robotech doesn't have much to do with the price of rice. Even the Mega House deal seemed to be more an event of Toynami taking a toy that was being produced regardless of their efforts and then working out a distribution deal (without any Robotech re-badging). Two deals were influenced by Robotech, the Aoshima and Beagle deals. Everything else, including the new line art book, seem to have had nothing at all to do with Robotech. So, while it may be easy for you to say, it doesn't seem very accurate.

It's really hard to say Mospeada would have been forgotten without Robotech. Mospeada was at least moderately successful, look at the huge droves of 80s merchandise (granted, it's much less than was planned and not credited with selling particularly well... okay, and potentially credited with forcing Gakken out of the toy market). That said, during this economic boom toy manufacturers reached out for every avenue to make money and toward the end of that property grab they did find Mospeada and FOUR different Japanese companies made toys for it (Aoshima, Mega House, CMs, Beagle). Of those four, three companies profited from a Robotech relationship (mega house, aoshima and beagle) while the one that didn't profit at all was the only one to finish their line of toys. I don't know if Robotech really deserves credit for ALL of the Mospeada merchandise boom we just saw... I think it was more the economic boom. On that point, not a single new Southern Cross toy came out during those boom years so it goes without question that SDCSC would indeed be dead to the world if it weren't for Robotech. Now that the economic boom is over, it looks like SDCSC, Mopseada, and Robotech are all essentially dead.

That's a Max, he said he's looking for Hayao.

I'm definitely going to buy one of these. Looks simple and solid. On that note, I think Toynami really should have exploited their "super poseable" line more with a much better VF-1 toy (the two they offered were horrid) and all of the other mechs. A "super poseable" Beta should have been released 6 years ago...

allegedly the VF100 line began and died with the VF-25 and the full armor VF-25S never got made. It will be interesting to see if we get a "hi-metal" version of the VF-25.

I'm sure even the people who are saying "I want the VF-4!" realize that it'd be a pretty stupid way for Bandai to run a business if they started the series with the most obscure figures and then worked their way to the more mainstream. You make your money on the proven winners and then you work your way to the more obscure stuff. If anything it's pretty shocking they started with the VF-19Kai instead of the VF-1. Bandai is the only company out there who knows how well the VF-17 sells as a toy, they probably have good reason for it not being one of their first 1/100s. The VF-4 would get no "OMG I remember that vehicle from a cartoon when I was a kid, I'm going to buy it!" sales.

1) We don't have the 1/60 VF-19Kai yet from yamato to compare it to 2) Even if we did the Bandai toy is 1/100 scale so it'd be an unfair comparison

I'm totally okay with a swapping shield on the 1/100 VF-1... after all, the old Takatoku didn't have a heat shield and it practically defined "perfect transformation" back in the day.

My fiance just purchased a Tiguan. It's allegedly extremely safe which I know isn't a huge priority for everyone car shopping but it was something I paid closer attention to when it was my future wife making the purchase. She got a 2010, the interior is nice, ride feels much tighter than the other tiny SUVs we test drove. The build quality has seemed pretty impressive so far... not a single thing is "not quite right" yet. Moon roof is huge, stereo is decent, it feels peppy and has a tight turning radius, and has plenty of room for the kids... should they pop up. You do lose a bit of trunk space compared to a Rav4. She also loves that there are so few Tiguans in our area so she feels a little unique.

Yeah, I was actually thinking the same thing. Edit - at 1/100, that cockpit detail is superb. I'm impressed.

Too high up... or correct?

Fire up a video game with a sound test and lift away! (this comes from someone with no experience in such things... but it seems like an easy way of doing things).

Did someone say dual guns and fast packs? Oh, they'll exist... but you better expect them to be exclusives... probably with the fold drive or something.

Cool, that's what I thought but just wanted to be sure.

So what is Seto's source? Was it a UEG news post? I bet this is in the other thread... I'll go check there.

So what's the process for getting the replacements? If I requested via PM do I now expect a PM request for payment?

I can totally understand, for whatever reason, just not quite loving the color for whatever reason... it was just how violently some people seemed to react to what is really only a few subtle color differences in a universe of very bright colors that struck me as a bit much.

I still have a hard time following the criticism of the Mac Quarter's original colors. I have this image of people zooming around with Luca's Green RVF and Michael's Blue VF-25 and playing with their red Q-Rare then seeing the Quarter with some pale blue and going "WFT?? ZOMG NOZE!"

I think what we've seen kinda tells you whether or not you're right UXI... if you were right these companies almost certainly would have worked out some sort of deal. Companies have accountants, they review their options. BW/SN thinks HG should go fly a kite... I'm pretty sure they came to that conclusion after weighing their options. I think you also have to consider that HG brings almost nothing to the table besides the use of a name that BW/SN feels is their's anyway. It's not like HG has a rich distribution network, huge name brand recognition or loyalty, or any of the things you would want if you were sharing proceeds with someone. At best they could use Toynami's distribution network and would anyone really pay money for that? I'll bet you that'd be one more fee you could include in shipping things here. In the end, BW/SN knows it's better for them to let HG hang themselves with terrible merchandise and failing products... heck, that might be one more reason they choose not to do it. While Macross has had tons of success the name Robotech hasn't been relevant since 1985... why breathe life into a company who has done nothing but dick you when you can sit back and watch them die. As for "how many more valks would you own" even if I were to say "SIX more" when you think of the hundreds I have bought that BW collected 100% of the proceeds on it tells you BW is playing it right.

I think you're wrong Uxi. While they certainly would see some improved sales stateside, the vast majority of people who would buy Macross toys, especially the bread and butter of every company: the people who buy multiple toys and repaints, are already buying and importing from Japan. BW is not sharing any of those profits with anyone so why start splitting them up? They could easily add English subtitles to BluRay Frontier releases and accomplish the same sort of feat whereby English speakers can import them and BW gets 100% of its licensing fee. At this point, Macross is too strong of a name for Robotech to support. If Macross were going to be released here it'd be far more sensible for HG to release it as MACROSS Frontier and not bother with the shoe-horning. Why try to bring Robotech back after 24 years of failure when you can clear the table and start all over again.

LOL, I love your signature... you dropped a toy and that's Bandai's fault. You have a broken V2 VF-1 and that's just part of the hobby.

Is this thing going to get released? I've been looking forward to it since Comic-con where they showed us like a half hour of the film. Looks pretty good although anyone looking for them to keep it real to the book will probably find too much artistic license taken with the character.

Phew... it won't be released until after my wedding... I heart Civilization in the biggest way. Sounds like it's going to be more like Dark Wizard on the Sega CD My one gripe about Civ is that war, especially in the latter years, drags the game to a halt. It seems like I blow through the first 5000 years of my country's existence and then I'll have a huge war in the late 1800s and spend the rest of my time playing plodding forward. Unfortunately, it sounds like the plans for war won't make it go by any quicker.

You know, I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure if you've been advertising on HG's website for YEARS that you were making this show and HG did not act on it until now, you can argue pretty successfully that HG had to act sooner. Of course, since there was no money to be made from this project you can't really argue that HG's failure to act caused huge monetary loss but I'm sure there's an argument there to be had. HG is cute. They cling so hard to Robotech so the failure is their's alone. I'm guessing by Robotech's 30th anniversary HG will have a staff of one dedicated to the brand... one person to simply track where the occasional checks are coming from and calling obscure television networks and asking them to incorporate Robotech into 80s anime marathons. Robotech.com will simply be a redirect to robotechx.com... a site for the fans, paid for by someone else.

The Beta is in SC but it never transforms... it's just a booster and missile holder for the Alpha and gets a synchro cannon for the big end fight. There are other Alphas but they're almost all entirely non-descript with exception to Maia's... black with white trim, that sort of thing.