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MegaHouse's needing a stand to... stand just dropped them down a peg in my anticipatory book. That's a shame... not entirely unexpected... but definitely a shame.

Graham let this drop in one of the 0S threads. He says everything was covered by an NDA so there is no real report other than we ought to be saving our pennies.

bad math, oops. Okay, a ride armor stands 85.2" according to RT.com. So, the toy must be 1/12 scale 'cause there's no way it stands a full 8.5" tall but it's definitely taller than 5.7" a 1/15 would be. There were 1/12 scale models so that'd all work out.

Toynami's MPC is 1/10 scale, not 1/15.

Hikaru's VF-1J was never actually produced... they did some ads but never actually sold him.

That CMs one looks TERRIBLE... might be really cheap though.

I have a conditioned response to questions about Toynami? Is my conditioned response to say "Yep, looks like they fell off the face of the Earth" in question form? Okay...

Zinjo, you're just as right as NB4M. It's an equation with an X & a Y and NB4M addressed X and you addressed Y. If it costs only a bit more to make then you don't have to sell as many, if it costs a bunch more to make you have to sell a ton. Both costs and the number you can sell are pretty important. In this case, NB4M has stated that the cost to make should be minimal so the cost of the very minor retooling could be covered even if only a "few" sold. If it would be a cheap alteration then Yamato's problem more lies in guessing demand and producing the correct quantity. So, if it'd take 1K in sales to cover cost but Yamato makes 5K and only 1K sell then Yamato has costs covered except for the additional cost from the production of 4k in unsold units. So the real question here is how good is Yamato at guessing demand and how much drive do they have to make this variant (if NB4M is right and the cost would be minimal).

does anyone know what happened to Toynami at all? Even their Aoshima product has failed to materialize... no Shadow Chronicles stuff, no more 1/100s, and when was the last MPC? Something is afoot...

Personally I think much of this (compromising) is a scale issue. A really great ride armor could be made at a larger scale. It's time some company man's up and produces an ultimate 1/6 creation!

wow, I was getting certain the Beagle project was dead! Still looks a long way off though...

Did I miss something, why no switching on the last two/ That keeps the switching alive. I wouldn't have a problem with that but I suspect if we couldn't get a VF-1D getting a VF-0D will be hard... but maybe if 1/60 is their go-to scale that's the reason of the death of the 1/48 VF-1D.

Close it? Graham says he's going to provide whatever answers he can in a future post right? Even if he can't say much I'm eager to hear what he can say... I guess that could get its own thread though.

OOps, I thought so, thanks!

So Carl, does your Japanese Tread/Tlead have a manufacturer stamp at all?

I'm not sure if the Gakken of Japan releases bare any stamp at all or if they are marked Gakken of Japan (I think they are marked Gakken of Japan). They do not bare the Gakken Singapore stamp that the Lansay does. Hopefully Carl will clarify. It doesn't look like there are any paint differences like there were on the 1/72 Legioss toy (the japanese one has white arms while the Singapore one has arms that match the color of the body). Yeah, but at the same time, why would you show a garage kit on the same page with a bunch of legitimate releases with the subject "Mospeada Toys"

Hurin, we need more pics! Carl, correct me if I'm wrong on this: There are prototype Gakken Tread/Tleads that were designed for future distribution in Japan and are stamped "Gakken of Japan." Some of these were used for marketing purposes and are decaled up but there's no official Gakken of Japan boxed Tread/Tlead as it never did make it into full production for the Japanese market. Gakken of Singapore however did receive an order from Lansay and shipped a bunch over to France. How much is a bunch? In all likelihood, a "bunch" is pretty darn few but I don't think anyone knows. These toys are all stamped "Gakken of Singapore" though and are almost always what you see up for auction.

You're probably right on the hump Carl, the blur had me thinking the hump was located on the center of the Tread. Edit - it looks like the Beta's arm only grabs the heels of the Alpha (RT terms) rather than extending to the crotch.

Sqidd, you gotta do something with the poor Roy VF-0S (non ghost) on the bottom shelf! He needs a kick butt pose!

Wow, you're not kidding about the detail being hard to make out! Going off just the Alpha I'd have to concur, that doesn't seem to be the 1/72 version. If I had to guess, I'd say it's an incomplete prototype of a 1/35. I'm basing this off the fact that the arm on the far side doesn't seem to have the bottom half attached (see how you can see the rounded end of the wing where it would swivel?). There's also a mysterious hump on top of it. PS - thanks for the pic!

I'm in the exact same boat! I spent $200 on cables alone for the new place. My God is it ever fun though! The list of stuff for your apartment you can get for the cost of a VF-0S is pretty staggering though... I got all my plates and a vacuum for about that price

Yeah, that'd be sweet to see. I wonder if it's the wood prototype...

Wow, Tehachapi... there's a name I haven't seen in a long time. When I was there last they had just installed their first traffic signal. I hope everyone makes sure to have their toys easy to move in case they're evacuated. Obviously, more seriously, I wish all the best.

To my knowledge, they never even mocked up a 1/35 Tread.

You're right, the prototype Takatokus had different heads on their VF-1S.