jenius

Hey guys, glad you enjoy the pics! No doubt the 1/48 trumps all. There's a few little things I do like about some of the others though. The 1/60 comes with the stamped Reflex weaponry logo on the missiles. Seems a little odd that that would be missing from the 1/48s. The 1/60 and the MPC armor also comes with kite/jolly roger already on the fast packs. I know it's not on the 1/48 since they're sold separately and meant to be applicable to any valk but it's still a nice touch on those smaller versions. Finally, the MPC does have a couple little booster nozzles you can actually move around which is another nice touch. Still, the detail, paint application, and the little removeable missiles (not pictured) on the 1/48 are just too cool.

very nice collection Toonz! You already got your LVII?? Lucky.

What about Agent One's image of Graham out killing hobos, that was pretty funny. There were a few funny images in the "great moments in Anime done in MSPaint" thread too.

Here it is, the evolution of the fastpack!

Those are computer generated?

Who buys from a guy with 50% feedback in the first place?

Back in the mid 1980s my brother and I amassed a gi-normous Star Wars collection before switing to Transformers. When we switched to Transformers my parents told us they were putting all of our Star Wars toys in the garage to store them. We found out a few months later that that was code for selling them at a flea market for next to nothing. After I outgrew the transformers my parents moved them into the garage... and they still are in my garage now due to the tyrade my brother and I threw over the Star Wars toys.

Well Toynami ripped off Takatoku's Paro-Valkyrie to do their morphers. They probably couldn't get permission from Bandai to do a jokemachine and these things would definitely cost a lot more to produce than those craptastic morphers.

This thread needs a sense of humor. Perhaps some joke machines could help?

I can't wait until the new Toynami 1/100s come out because I guarantee one of those will end up in my office. I'll probably just leave it in fighter mode and I doubt anyone will say anything. I would never bring any toy nicer than that though as I'm sure it'll yellow and be coated with dust in no time.

The biggest problem has got to be the knees. I did a project once where I took one apart and used snips to remove plastic from a few areas so the toy wouldn't look so darn stiff and it was amazing how much more articulation I was able to get out of it. Seriously, all it takes is some minor trimming around the knees and this toy gets a lot better. I think it's a fun toy but I would definitley stop short of saying it's one of the better Macross toys out there. It's overly chunky, it feels cheap, landing gears are poo, and over all there's not much detail. Oh Yamato... if only you could make your own version of this beast in 1/60 scale....

it's gonna take another month for the GBP Parts to come out for this thing???? ARGH!! I ordered my 1/60 OS, Super Stealth, GBP II, and LVII at the same time and all will be shipped when all items are out...

If I can interpret that to mean Yamato has no plans of letting its Macross license collect dust then I'm happy enough with that little inkling

Yes, on one of the three I have the whole leg section seems to constantly want to pop off. There are little tricks I can do to make it not want to pop off quite so bad (if I position the outer leg shell just a little off center it seems to reduce the pressure for some reason). Basically, it just kind of sucks. I just checked my other pics I took at the same time as the one posted here, it looks like there may have been a tiny bit of separation at the very bottom parter of that missile boom. In the pics with the top shell on the seam is only noticeable right at the very bottom. You're right, that could cause it to look like the fast packs point out a bit. That said, even in the pics where they're sucked right up, the fast packs still do point up much further than Yamato's.

I like every suggestion here. I would love to see them get the Mac7 rights so they could do the Mac+ valks in 1/60 and then release variants from Mac7. Also, a VF-17 would be schweet.

Are you talking about the missile booms? They're on as tight as they can go unless there's some sort of latching trick I don't know about. All the plastic looks flush with each other. Next time you have yours out take a look and let me know if there's a little trick I'm missing.

It's like a eight hour drive to get to San Diego but rest assured I'm on my way to kick your as s . Okay, maybe not, but did you just diss the VF-1? You're lucky I'm not a character in one of the gospels 'cause otherwise I'd be smiting you.

I think Yamato is done with Limited Versions... there's not as much potential for profit there I suppose. They have plenty of other opportunities for limited versions too. Max TV 1A, Hayao TV 1A, Alaska Base Green, VF-1J CF, and I think skull squadron had a green VF similar to Kakizake's DYRL scheme during the reconstruction period. I'm probably missing a couple but there are certainly more paintjobs from the actual shows they could be opting for rather than camo, "stealth", and the Low Vis we already have. Basically, it appears they have determined that, of the remaining canon paintjobs available, newer paint jobs of their own design would be more popular.

Wood Land Color! Similar to the Shadow with the chest outline. No "Limited Version" text. Boooo!!!!

That's a neat idea. Where it says "Who is online" it could list everyone's names and the number of valks we all own There are currently 45 members online with 2000 Valks. Okay, maybe not, but I do like the sound of having something in our profiles for that..

ya know, looking at Godzilla's numbers, and my own thoughts on the manner, is anyone really buying the stealth without FPs? Is that going to be a 1/48 we can all score at super discount somewhere down the road because everyone opted for fast packs? Even worse, will no one still buy it because it's completely black and thus nearly impossible to customize? EDIT - Godzilla, reading your response, I have to wonder if there isn't some element of an addiction to what you're doing? You're not investing, you're buying for sentimental reasons (and I think I do the same) but I can't really see why you'd get more than say... 4 of anything. Then you could have one for each mode and one sealed in a box. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with this being your addiction though, you'll have a hell of a lot more to show for it than cigarettes or cocaine would get you.

LOL, okay. It still reminds me of Thing from Fantastic 4 punchin' the crap outta something but I could see where his lean might be a bit excessive. The clean room white makes the toys stand out better but I guess this explains why some people prefer all black backgrounds.

Hey guys, someone asked in another thread recently what color the YF-1R MPC was (Volume 6). I'm currently taking review pics for it for a website I'm working on and thought I'd post them here since a picture is apparently worth 1000 words right? Hopefully whoever asked the question will find their way to this thread.

So you're saying it succeeds at being a Noir film but you don't really like noir. No big deal, different strokes.

yep, tampo printed right on a seam no less. That's pretty cool. I agree, thought the 1/60s were too small and the 1/48s are magnificent.