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Very odd that Toywave would be the first place we'd see it. I haven't heard a peep from domestic retailers and the MPCs were released stateside first previously. EDIT - I also wonder why there's transparent tape shown inside the box.

Bandai VF-25 1/100, "More swapping than a swinger's convention."

Crap, now I gotta buy like 20 more of these greenies to build an army... okay, maybe not. EDIT - I'm guessing with all those greenies around there weren't any T and/or F Black Ride Armors? So anyone who is a stickler for "from the show" schemes can probably skip those.

Sad, note how the nosecone is too short and the neck/head too high on the new 1/60 in the battroid pose. Why Yamato, why did you have to change it?

You guys make me so happy I decided to stick to Macross and Mospeada toys.

Model folks are definitely bigger sticklers for accuracy than toy folks (as they should be). It would make sense that Bandai would have their model division keep things to as close as they could for show semblances and then have their toy division go with a different approach.

Exclusives make a lot of sense when they allow manufacturers to make toys that may not sell well enough at volume. That said, a lot of companies aren't using exclusives for this reason any more which sucks. An exclusive Alaska Base VF-1 would be great because there's only enough demand for a couple hundred to sell and I'd rather it be made and made exclusive than not made at all. Exclusive stuff that's central to a show and will have huge demands (like a weathering VF-1S or Alto super parts) is just lame.

I'm with Ruskii, the revised Tread looks very promising. The new-wave Legioss isn't quite my cup of tea. I'm all for a Legioss redesign, I would just like it to look a bit more like a contemporary vehicle (like with a cockpit and canopy that are visible).

I have a post waiting to go up on the green armors over at my site. Unfortunately I gotta take a couple more pics and I was feeling burnt out on ride armors for the moment... especially with the Shinobus and Fukes about to be released as well as the Beagle (although that's less of an issue now that it's been postponed).

Too bad the attachment didn't come over with the quote. I think the redesign had potential but the Inbit were wonky.

Release pictures of the VF-0S? We all have seen pictures of the VF-0S and all they're doing is tweaking the shoulders slightly. It might continue to be delayed (it's already a couple months late) but I don't think you'll see pictures of it before it's released.

In March the 1/48 TV Max 1A comes out (magazine limited). Around the same time the 1/48 Hikaru 1S Strike comes out (limited to like 100 pieces). The end of this month the 1/60 Weathering Edition Tomahawk comes out.

All the mecha in the last assault wave we see have the black gray scheme so even if it's not shown I think it's a pretty reasonable assumption that there'd be Stig and Ley type black/gray ride armor. I'm really trying to remember if we see any in the first Reflex point episode but I don't think we do... I do remember that there are Dark Legiosses present right at the onset (they actually mark the beginning of the assault be destabilizing the bubble shield over the complex). I think it's also reasonable to assume that there are lime green Barkley type ride armors and maybe all of them come in blue and white also.

Yep, there's a Ley variant (most rare) and a Stig (very rare). If I'm not mistaken there are 100 Ley types and 300 Stig types. They're definitely canon but whether or not they actually appear within the show is another question. I believe they do either in the gathering at Reflex Point, the episode with Rainy Boy, or the soldier town episode.

And that pic is missing the two soldier (greens) and the three sparkly/clear variants.

I've never dealt with them personally but CollectionDX gets many of their samples for reviews from them.

http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=27514 Read that thread then consider yourself as up to date as everyone else.

LOL, they didn't even try with Luca.

Well let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. Right now I think we're still at the point where reverse installation of the pin is the leading hypothesis. We haven't actually been able to prove it. The thing to do would be to have people with no problems with their shoulders look to determine if their pins are installed with the smooth end up (regardless of which 1/60 2.0 it is). Then, we just track who has shoulders that break and who doesn't. If the only people who report broken shoulders then are the same people who reported an upside down pin we'll have our irrefutable proof.

If I wasn't at the office now I'd try to be more help.... I know how unfruitful searching this forum can be.

That's what it sounds like to me. Rough ends up = bad. That said, I don't have nearly enough personal experience to do any vouching for that method, just seems a good hypothesis. EDIT - darn, I told Overdrive to hold my VF-1J until the next set of CMs ride armors came out... now I'm gonna be jealous of a lot of folks I suspect.

Roger clarified shortly after that post who were the players who were actually involved. There were a couple scans shown in one of the old Mospeada threads here also but all I remember seeing was a revised Legioss, Tread, and some new Inbit creatures. I don't think there was an updated ride armor.

Yeah, have we confirmed now that the real culprit with the shoulders was actually the pin placement? Essentially, if one pin (or both) is installed upside down then you know you have a ticking timebomb. Judging from SDK said it looks like the first thing you check on your 1S would be whether or not there are any rough ends pointing upward. This would also explain how the 1A was magically fixed. Yamato simply called the factory and told them to yell at the guy putting the pins in. Easiest fix ever.

So like, you enjoy deadhorse beatings and want to see them continued?

I never found how low down the nosecone went in battroid mode to be distracting. I do find the elevated head a bit distracting. That said, the elevated head is so minor that most the time I don't even notice it. It's only when it's put side by side and looked at from straight ahead with a 1/48 that it looks bad to me. On it's own it actually looks a bit more natural than the 1/48 since it has a more human-like figure.