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SR, your Blue MPC is number 14K?? That blows my "hidden inventory" theory out of the water! Also note, the first 3K of Scott's MPC are different from the last 12K. As you noticed, the biggest difference is the color of the chest intakes.

This makes more sense to me than the GNU line but still, that'd mean Yamato vs. the model industry and inevitably people would just talk about how much better detailed the Hasegawas were.

Well we know they're not going to make more than 15K of the MPCs... what we don't know is how many MPCs they've already sold. It's been so long since they were issued though... My old theory was that Toynami held onto like 5K of each one and would only offer them as giftsets with the MPCs and then there'd be another number of MPC betas that were sold separately for people who already owned one of the first 10K Alphas that got sold. If I were Toynami, that's how I would have done it (or some number variation there of). EDIT- IIRC someone said they had an alpha in the 11K region though so if Toynami has more it'd probably be only like 3K more (again IIRC). Something else to consider, and something someone else brought up before, Scott shows up in TSC with his blue Alpha which means we might see a Blue Alpha TSC MPC at some point (with Aoshima improvements I'd presume sans shoulder missile). If it were the exact same blue paint scheme though that might irk a lot of people...

You gotta also figure that Toynami did make some money off Aoshima even if Aoshima isn't sticking around for a Tread. That money reinvested into the Beta project might have helped drop prices lower. Their initial price point always seemed more like an excuse for why things were taking so long rather than a truthful estimate of cost.

I imagine something will be done to meet the need of the many people in your boat. Toynami would be a fool not to have something to be able to sell you at some point. Still, it takes them forever to put out anything so you might be Alpha-less for like a year. ... there still might be more blue Alphas in their warehouse somewhere just waiting for a Beta release...

I really wouldn't mind if that were true... that's 3x $80 less I'd have to spend (or ALMOST enough money to buy a CMs Legioss Tread). Even if Aoshima isn't coproducing I wouldn't be too terribly surprised if some day some deal gets worked out for repaints. It makes too much sense for everyone involved especially if they learn what NOT to do the first time around.

I'm not sure if the shadow Beta shows up in the assault in Reflex Point. I do know it is shown before that in the Synchro cannon episode VERY fleetingly. I think you see a combined Shadow Alpha/Beta losing altitude and exploding in a cut scene. Tommy Yune and George Sohn later refuted that story though. I would think it makes sense Aoshima cancelled the deal after that quality control debacle but George said they were simply changing factories. Time will tell....

Hey, the 1/100s are up fo preorder too! April release, $10 each for the fast packs (Wave 4), $25 each for the super/strike valks (June release, Wave 5). No GBP. http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.as...2&company=1

It's hard to tell if the Aoshima hands are improved. They feel and look a little different but I didn't have the balls to give them a thorough working. The plan is to release the Beta as the Aoshima Tread following the MPC Beta release. If you get in Aoshima Legioss you should be able to get the matching Tread... you'll just have to wait a lot longer than everyone else. The good news is, Aoshima might find more things they want tweaked and you might get a better Tread. The bad news is Aoshima might use a different factory and you might get a toy that's crappy in all new ways.

Right now everything seems premature. Do let us know when you have more info though!

I still think Toynami has at least a few thousand blue Alphas they didn't sell originally. I may have asked this before but what's the highest number Scott MPC anyone on the board has? All of mine are numbered 1-4000.

Not mine but there's a vintage Taka that looks to be in good shape and very complete (planes and missiles off sprue but otherwise everything looks to be there) on eBay right now in the US with a BIN of $350.

$80? They must have fixed all their problems with Aoshima then.

What about Rob AKA Samurai Monkey? Isn't he in Japan? He offers valks for sell occasionally, he might have the ability to help us out too. I think it's a wee bit early to try to make arrangements. Wake this thread in six months.

Can't click the link right now but maybe I'm wrong. I know the box for Maia's MPC was definitely new so maybe we actually are going to see some releases this year. With George Sohn grousing about Aoshima not returning the Alpha molds maybe not...

Hmm... coulda sworn I've seen those fast pack boxes before... maybe at SDCC 2007?

Depending on which route they go, 1/10 or 1/12, they could be just a bit smaller than twice as large as the CMs.

LOL, I misunderstood. Fascinating read... but it ends by pretty much telling us "don't be concerned.... yet."

Seriously, the complaining about the complaining is the only laughably Internet fanboyism I see in this thread. A new pic was revealed, it showed yet another new crappy apsect of this toy. People began complaining about the new crappy aspect of the toy. More people checked the thread to see if some of the old crappy aspects were fixed. Those crappy aspects weren't fixed so they reiterated how lame it was CMs still hadn't addressed the obvious crappiness. Then the people willing to turn a blind eye to the obvious crappiness of these aspects (because they feel some positive aspects outweigh those crappy aspects undoubtedly) took offense and started complaining about the complaining. Okay, your vote's been counted. Instead of complaining about the complaining why don't you tout the aspects of the toy that make you so comfortable thinking it's worth $250? Many have laid out why it sucks, what makes it good? Are some of the reasons it suck invalid? Make a case for why something everyone else thinks sucks is a good thing. Nothing new to add to why it's good? Then let the complainers keep complaining about the new stuff that is revealed that sucks (like the awkward additional leg missiles with a gaping hole for a landing gear).

I think the issue is that people LIKE the vehicle(s) in the show and really WANT to like the CMs toy. So they feel a huge level of let-down when every time they see it there are all these flaws so prevalent. Then when one considers how easy most of the terrible design choices would have been to correct it becomes even more frustrating. I love Mospeada, I am very interested in this toy, I'm going to buy it, but I'm not going to turn a blind eye to all these laughably bad aspects of it. So I keep coming back, looking at it, hoping ot see something new or interesting, then laughing at it when it fails to impress yet again.

I pulled out my SDCC exclusive 1S for my review of the Revoltech VF-1S. It'd been a long time since I handled one of these (thanks to Toynami faltering on releasing more). It definitely has all the same problems that were prevalent on Wave 1, I should probably update my review of these buggers to talk more about the negatives that show up with more experience. Yes, in fighter mode it's very easy to disconnect the shoulders and arms because that peg on the legs is just a little too far back. Since everything is so easily removeable on the toy it's not a big deal but it can be annoying (i'd say it's not as annoying as the gun handle being loose though). I should check my Wave 2 to see if that peg placement was one of the improvements.

The GBP is new, the boxes are old.

Aw that pic makes me sad... they have a Seven Mospeada (4th one from the left). It's a piece of crap toy but i can never find it . Kubricks = Toynami Imen Series 2

I imagine what was meant to be said is that he's getting an Angelbird (which is a 2nd edition 1/48 with the fixed nosecone, flaps, and landing gear doors). Oh hey, if he got the info from my site, that's DEFINITELY what he meant to say. There's still just been one issuing of that paint scheme. There isn't a Kakizake reissue happening is there? I refuse to believe that. Where are you getting this info Ruskii? All I've seen is that some people have them on sale... and that's because they couldn't sell the first release.

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