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Yep. PS - my full review will be going up sometime in the next few days. Lots of comparison pics... I think you guys'll like it.

I'm probably going to buy a box and just keep one of each type of plane for comparison purposes. If people are interested in just one of any particular type I'll be sure to put up what I have available for sale here.

That's too bad about the foot, mine popped in two but nothing was broke, it looks like they were supposed to put a dot of glue on one of the pegs but forgot to.

www.xe.com EDIT - uh, $273??? That can't be right.... the thing retails for $30! EDIT 2 - When using XE.com, be sure to use the right country... I used the wrong country above with disastrous results.

Someday, when I'm older and I have to sell off all my toys, I imagine setting up a little work bench and taking on modeling as a hobby. It's news like this that has me convinced that that is the road I will eventually go.

You gotta figure that if they put the hip back where they had it on their first release then there is a reason for that... like stability, cost or less partsforming. Everything is a trade-off in the toy world.

I'm afraid in battroid both will look very dull... need more pics

Toynami's MPC collection does not include Shinobu. It's four volumes, Scott, Rand, Rook, and Yellow with an asterisk that indicates there may be Shadow Chronicles variants to follow. This doesn't mean 100% they won't wedge Sue in there but it seems far more likely she'd be tacked on to the end. The contradictory release information that has caused some vendors to stumble comes from Toynami's initial release order when they were making their own product (Scott, Rand, Yellow, Rook) and Beagle's announced release order (Stick, Ray, Houquet, Yellow). Some vendors chose to go off Toynami's list since Toynami was still the one distributing the toy to them. The orders were all announced long ago, I don't know I can dig up an article at the moment, but while the orders were announced long ago they were short on dates.

Overdrive isn't really offering replacement parts. What Overdrive offers is to submit your request to Yamato for replacement parts. If Yamato hasn't responded in 4 months that pretty much tells you Yamato doesn't have the part you want which means you're currently in a circling pattern until more SV-51s get made. People are getting the arms and shoulders they need because those toys are still in production so Yamato responds to requests for those parts. EDIT - you get a payment request and start getting responses from Overdrive only when Yamato responds to your request by sending the parts.

Not likely, they've announced the order already, no Shinobu in there. That doesn't mean we'll never see one, I would just be very surprised if they decided to squeeze her in since it wouldn't work with the Toynami volumes very well.

Ah, I got you Troyness. Hey, if anyone wants a good panic, here are some other items to think about: 1) Lack of news on Bandai's VF100 line. Michael is due out in a few weeks... but? 2) Lack of news on Bandai's VF100 VF-19Kai. 3) Lack of news on Bandai's DX Quarter. 4) Lack of news on Bandai's DX Alto figure. 5) Lack of news on Yamato's Phalanx Destroid Alright, I'm sure there are more. It seems like Yamato has been the only company ramping up the PR machine. There should be more news as more hobby shows happen.

Is this what you're talking about Troyness?

Now that's defintiely not something you normally see.

I find it highly unlikely that Beagle is having problems, they just showed Houquet a little while ago. Ray is just a reworked Stick, I suspect it will hit the shelves with little hooplah... I would expect Houquet to make more of a splash as we get closer to her release. Also, it's the dead season for toys, this time of year always tends to be quiet.

Seriously, you can never judge the cockpits of any toy until you see the final product. In just about every single prototype the canopies start as painted blue plastic from Toynami's MPCs, Toynami's 1/100s, Bandai's DX line, Bandai's 1/100s, etc etc. And, while we're talking about constants of prototypes, you can never tell the amount of tampo printing or the final paint scheme either. These are all things that should not be complained about until you see the picture of the toy someone just purchased or a magazine article that specifically states "this is the final product."

I spoke to Overdrive yesterday, they said they were confused how other shops were taking orders on the toy when they had been specifically told by Yamato NOT to take orders yet as Yamato was still figuring things out (including the paint scheme on one of the 19s). I think it's likely that Overdrive waited and then got their MSRP after most other online retailers simply assumed the MSRP would be similar to previous ones. In this case, it will probably burn Overdrive as I find it highly unlikely other retailers are going to hike their MSRP now.

I'm actually back at the moment, leaving again in another few days. I'm pretty sure Overdrive just did a photo shoot at a Beagle event, I haven't heard word from them about actually handling one yet.

VF = Veritech Fighter right? I kid.. I kid

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=29848

The problem with your theory is that 1/60 is the DX scale also. The second problem with your theory is that Yamato is only showing one Mac7 toy and it's from a subset of Mac7. The third problem is that the GNU series isn't made to a particular scale (hence the VF-11 being the same size as the YF-19 and YF-21).

I wonder why there's no Mac+ listed... maybe because there was only three valks and a ghost to choose from? EDIT - Let's play GUESS THAT CHASE! My guess? VB-6 FTW!

Well, while we all wait for Phalanx news I've updated my Weathering Destroid post to include the defender: Check out more pics here.

Post some pics if you can

that's not really how prices tend to work... if an item sucks and no one buys it then prices go down.

LOL, I had one eyebrow up on that one for a bit too. I ended up wiggling it out with a toothpick.