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What is this? A YF-21 for ants? How can we be expected to play with such a toy... if we can't even fit inside the cockpit?

I thought the Toynami looked decent and could stand of its own volition. I'm gonna own all these toys so I guess it doesn't matter.

you're smarter than Yamato.

Please take Toynami release dates with a grain of salt people... they've NEVER hit a single date and their track record shows they're usually late between 3 and 6 months.

Hey everyone, I'm selling a 0A right now. It has two arms that aren't broken and a perfectly fine head. Maybe if someone needs one arm, another person needs another, and another person needs a head it could get parted out? I dunno, just a thought.

Looks like the VF-25 is a combination of a VF-11 and an SV-51. The more complicated these transformations get the less I'm thrilled with it. It definitely promises that we'll get fragile toys and it just seems to make less sense than the VF-1. Oh well, guess it looks cool enough.

Grandpa???

Wow, that's the first time I watched the M25 video. I can tell I'm not going to be a huge fan of the VF-25 but whatever, I'm looking forward to that. I hate how complex the VFs have gotten in their transformation. Anyway, I can't seem to download this guy's rant. I get a IE Can't Connect error.

Maybe this pic will help:

Wow, the Accountant in me would just love to do some demo number crunching right now... but there are just far too many variables. Honestly though, "Nope.... not going to make one right now" seldom boils down to less than an economic decision. The thing for a company like Aoshima would be opportunity cost. You have twelve different proposals each with some form of market research telling you the projected consumer base (and granted, that research is prone to error). Typically, you look at the twelve and pick your best choice for profitability as the next production model. In the case of the Legioss there's a lot going on. The Aoshima/Toynami relationship might go all the way back to Toynami's original purchase of the molds. Toynami purchased the molds... shortly thereafter Aoshima re-released the model kit. So, go back to that board room where you have 12 different viable projects and now you have a strategic partnership for item 5 on your list of profitability. Obviously, you elect to go with your top 3 for what your company will actually produce and you get project 5 as a bonus at very little involvement from yourself. Had the Legioss been #1 Aoshima might have done some big super cool toy, as it never made it that high it got the treatment it did. Obviously there are plenty of exceptions. Some times a company wants to make an ultra high-end product more for reputation's sake than profitability. In that case it's probably all about the ease of licensing rights, the demand, and then ancillary factors like boosting the sales of existing products.

I don't have a picture of each box variant but you can find every Gakken ride armor here: http://anymoon.com/blog/category/cycloneride-armor/

My gun comment was just to say it looks too fat in bike mode. Really I think it's just a scale issue more than anything. They had to do what they had to do.

LOL... they didn't do so hot with the gun in bike mode on Rey's bike. Glad to see it as a variant... but that one's definitely getting posed in armor mode.

The rider's sculpt/proportions without armor on are frightening but I think I can deal.

Okay, I think I'm leaning back to my original hypothesis that this is some sort of 1/35 prototype. Here's my thinking. If you look at the Ride Armor toy that clearly is a 1/8 prototype pic. There are certain details that give it away like the yellow circles in the boots and the articulation of the rider. Now, the arrows have to indicate transformation but the prototype bike-mode Ride Armor doesn't look like it can transform (close, but there are some elements missnig from the final version). So, on the other side of the page, I think we're seeing the same sort of situation with the Legioss. I agree that it's three different mock-ups but I believe it's sort of a teaser. "We're making a large scale toy that will transform into all three modes and look roughly like this in each mode." Back to the original photograph though, I think you might be right and we might be seeing this legioss fighter mock-up attached to an incomplete Tread mock-up.

looks to big to be 1/55 scale. I'm thinking it really must just be a toy that evolved into other toys... like maybe the 1/35 takes some elements and the 1/55 2x changer takes others.

Are those just super early prototypes of the 1/35 Legioss and the 1/8 Ride Armor?? Interesting stuff no matter what they are, thanks for the scans!

I don't think we need to hope that the new Aoshimas will sell well enough to justify a Tread. I think the Tread is a pretty much forgone conclusion at this point. Aoshima probably ordered a bunch from Toynami so as far as Toynami is concerned they've already sold "well." Now, obviously if Aoshima can unload them easily then Aoshima will likely order more Treads and if they sold horribly then Aoshima will probably buy less Treads so there is that piece of the puzzle. I suspect though that the deal that got Aoshima any Legiosses involved some sort of order for Treads as well and was the reason why Toynami finally finished their Beta prototype and announced its impending release. This is all a bunch of supposition but I think it all makes sense.

Not so quick, 0A = broken shoulders still. 0S 2.0 the jury is still out on.

I'm guessing the banana wasn't fixed by the fact the pics from the latest person show they didn't transform it properly (small winglets not attached to intakes) which was most likely done to hide the banana-ing.

I think the most I've spent on any of my American JMs was $50, maybe $60, and they were in better condition than this one. One of mine was purchased loose for $35 shipped.

I gotta disagree with Eugimon, that's the first earthquake in a long time that made me start wondering what items I should grab on my way out the door. Fortunately for me, the only valks in my newest place right now are all of the Mac Zero variety and I could care less about them. First I checked my TV mounted to the wall, then I went back and grabbed my keys.... then I grabbed my cell phone... then everything was done and I never stepped out the front door. Still, in Burlingame, that was the best ride I've had in a long time so I would qualify that as a quake. Anything that makes me get out of a chair is worth respecting... and this earthquake certainly rumbled long enough to manage that.

Update: Too Many... expect to see some in the For Sale section soon.

Wow, sounds like a repainted MPC to me with a funky shoulder! I'm still going to buy a Stig version and review it on my site... I was really hoping they'd cost less though. The hands sound really interesting. I guess they went from terrible soft rubber to bad painted plastic... can't believe they didn't figure out a way to get this toy right. Aw sigh, I guess I'll just have to hold out hope for the CMs toy even though their prototype left so much to be desired.

Hey SaveRobotech, what's the going price for these bad boys?