jenius

Ugh, it's really come to this old debate. No one disagrees that HG holds the license outside of Japan for merchandise for the original Macross. That means it's totally in their rights to insist people include them in any profits made on Macross merchandise outside of Japan (again, related to the original show). To sit their and make it sound like they're bad guys for insisting they get what they paid for when they acquired the license is wrong. The reason this is affecting you is because BW and HG can't come to any sort of agreement. HG would love to have all that merchandise in Japan being sold here under the Robotech name but BW refuses to work with HG (for valid reasons). Where HG screwed up, and created the hostile environment with BW, is when then started claiming all derivative Macross works as falling under the original agreement. That was a ham-fisted, bone-headed, and greedy move... but it doesn't suddenly invalidate their rights to the original Macross show and merchandise. If all they're trying to do is get BBTS to stop selling original Macross show toys then that's something BBTS should have always known could happen.

No flash, just in a well lit area.

This toy is really difficult to photograph because of how bleached white it is. The light reflects a bit more off the surface so my lighting rig isn't soft enough. Since the shoulders exhibit this same problem with reflecting a bit too much light that the surrounding bits do I'm of the mind to say they must all be made of the same material. I've examined several pictures close up now and I can't discern a change in shade I'm afraid.

Yep, go to figures.com and look around and you'll see pics.

I've finished photoshoots of all the other recent releases, I pulled the MPC Alphas and Aoshima Legiosses out of storage, and the photo area is ready to roll. Unfortunately, I haven't even gotten a shipping notice yet. I'm excited to put this thing through its paces though so turn around time from my getting it to my putting up a post shouldn't be very long.

I think what you're seeing is actually the effect of the arms casting shadows. When I look at them in person I can't see any real difference in hue.

Maybe these will help.

This was just asked a while back and answered with "there was a mock-up at Comicon so presumably so"

Would extreme close up pictures of the shoulder hinges help you folks? I could do that (speaking of the 1J). Darkhawk, consult your magic 8 ball... no concrete info is out.

Instead of asking "will Yamato ever..." you should state, "I would like Yamato to make the following, do you agree with me?" The answer to the question "Will Yamato ever..." will always be "Maybe."

whoa late to the party.... These were just Bandai origin valkyries being released in the US (they're essentially reissues of the 2001 reissues). There was talk of more 1/55 later down the road with different heads but it was stuck in the "gauging interest" arena.

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Yeah, but no one could have anticipated this extremely long (probably indefinite IMHO) wait. It seemed that these were going to be released immediately following the Japanese release originally. Kevin, has there been any more word from Toynami? Are you going to carry any other Toynami products any time soon?

I'm pretty sure the vast majority of pegs on toys are made from ABS... including the pegs on the hands you'd have to remove to replace them with the fixed posed hands.

Of course, why wouldn't you have?

That picture has me stumped as to how the missile scope works.

Enjoy it now... we might be complaining about that very same fact when the dollar finds its feet and starts plodding upward.

I love group shots with these toys. Here was my contribution: or if you're more of a fighter guy...

US dollar was down to about 92 Yen to $1, a 13 year low. Measuring the cost of these toys in $US is only a good way to see how it will affect you, it's not a good barometer against the cost of prevoius releases.

Toynami had the hardest time trying to figure out what to do about the cockpit in soldier mode... then they apparently gave up. They also probably took quite a while figuring out the connection between the two toys. I'm curious to see how that turned out. The Alpha also looks really plain without its stickers... Toynami doesn't exactly do a lot of tampo stuff.

Your being able to tell doesn't help me. Buy a 1/60v2 and let us know. Speaking of ABS though, isn't it easily the most logical choice for what the fists would be made of?

Pete, you have an incomplete understanding of economic theory. Not trying to bash you, just letting you know. Really, we should all work hard not to get into heavy economics discussions here on MW. I do that crap from 9-5 and sneak on to MW to get away from it.

Blame him? No, I said he gets to do what he pleases, which is niiiiiiiiiiiice.

That's the old Imai 1/48 kit the toynami MPC is based on.

Man, those comparison pics are rough... the MPC is mistransformed so that ain't helping anything. The Imai does have a more bubbly canopy but is that it?