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    Yeah anime accurate & I suppose we can rationalise why it is drawn as such. Hasegawa’s do provide an alternate interpretation that’s also equally sensible, & am just pointing it out because these kinda minutiae might matter to some folks. I personally am not so affected by these details, but cool if pointed out which part has relevance to real-life jets to geek out on, & which ones are changed to accommodate sensibilities in Macross universe.
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    I've seen Hasegawa 1/48 missiles being modded to fit the DX. They might actually look better because Hasegawa's have longer pylons, so doesn't sit as close to the wings as the DX ones. I have a soft spot for these GNU-Dou VF-1s, and was trying to collect them all. Unfortunately, the price has shot up quite a bit recently, and doesn't seem to abate anytime soon, even if the HMR has displaced most of them. Another whammy that I found out recently, is that these VF-1s tend to yellow very easily just from oxidation, not at all like the white plastics used for late Yamato / Arcadia valks, and seem to be even worse than Bandai ones. My Max 1A has similarly discolored after being out of packaging for only about couple of years which is quite a bummer.
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    Well, after the BW & HG deal, FB2012 was officially available on Youtube almost immediately for a limited time so there's no blockade for that. Now, what mecha can we have from that.. The VF-4 and Megaroad. *hint Bandai* *hint Arcadia!*
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    Strike A Pose! revisted...

    MKT replied to dapro's topic in Toys

    I think you are right, it is the red that's predominantly at the biggest surface areas. I pulled out Isamu's 29 again, and the back-heaviness doesn't look as egregious to my eyes. Paint scheme can really alter appearances..
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    Hachette 1/100 Air Fighters Collection #13 - Saab JAS 39 Gripen. Quite stoked to have scored this. I think there were only a couple of diecast 1/100 Gripens ever made - this one from Hachette a few years ago, and an even older one from Italeri. I missed this Hachette release then, and since then due to rarity, prices have climbed quite a bit (2-3x, although the final $$ isn't that much). So when one popped up below MSRP recently, I've never clicked 'buy' quicker. Aren't the Gripens just a beauty...
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    Ramen Toys really doing great work!
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    Got myself a loose CharaWorks 1/144 VF-1A Max in Zentraedi uniform colors. Blister has yellowed tremendously but thankfully item inside hasn’t.
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    Bandai seems to have abandoned using the WWM logo & tagline recently. Only way to know now if it’s available worldwide is to look at the ‘Sales Area’ section in the Tamashii link. So far, sales areas outside Japan are shown to be available. My brain was winding down earlier & conflated FB2012 & DYRL lol. It was never any doubt FB2012 stuff can be available worldwide.
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    Pic from Lau Jason on FB.
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    Strike A Pose! revisted...

    MKT replied to dapro's topic in Toys

    And the last in this series of YF-29s - Alto's ride, in Revival matte finishing. I always feel the 29 looks quite unflattering from any angle around the rear. Even if disregarding the camera lens effect that accentuates it, it looks very back-heavy.. Which is why I like to capture it at angles around the front. Still, I always feel something is off about Alto's scheme, and it took some time to figure out why... It wasn't until I suddenly remembered what someone mentioned before, either in these forums or elsewhere, that Alto's 29 is missing the black anti-glare area ahead of the canopy. Is it the only VF that's missing this? Perhaps it was an oversight by Kawamori.
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    Putting it in its own thread, consistent with other HMR releases.. HMR Hikaru VF-4 being reissued, with a new stand featuring illustrations of Misa & Minmay, new packaging, and a colored insert sheet featuring Minmay for background display. Price: Yen 14,300 (likely already included 10% domestic tax) Release: October 2024 Will it be WWM? We'll find out soon I guess.. (Scan from Stone Cheung on FB:)
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    Hi-Metal R

    MKT replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    HMR Flashback 2012 VF-4 being reissued. New thread here:
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    It does look really awesome, and even the claws are individually articulated for fierce grabbing. I'd get him if I want a monster in collection, but I don't want to get into that rabbit hole lol.
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    I think i'll get Red Chun Li.
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    Ah that is true.. I haven't handled my 1/60 Sound Booster, so I just assumed it was further forward. Pic from Anymoon:
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    Lol I thought Season 4 had been stealth cancelled. Now it suddenly pops up again.
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    Like the way you custom set up the glass shelves. I’m not very familiar with Monster Hunter property, but do you have Kitz Concept’s Rathalos? It’s currently at 50% off..
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    I was hoping but sadly, no replacement Booster attachment parts for Roy's 0S that comes with this release. This just points more and more to a Roy 0S with Booster release sometime later.
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    Nice collection! Love the Amiibo line - they are really nice balance of functionality, sculpt, pose & display. I'd sooner display all of them in packaging as they are, as opposed to something like say, a Funko Pop.
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    The Soundbooster positioning change does make it look better from the top.
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    Releasing in 3 days.. Lovely HMR box art as usual by Tenjin. https://tamashiiweb.com/tn_blog/143/?wovn=en
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    Just IMO, there's no hard and fast rule when it comes to licensing. Perhaps we have just been too conditioned on scale-based licensing going by what we have been seeing for BW-licensed Macross toys release. But it does make sense to limit & give exclusivity for certain aspects or areas of the toy to individual toy makers, especially if the market isn't that big. Perhaps a loose form of licensing we see recently would be for classic Voltron. Not counting kits, there are currently Bandai SOC, Blitzway and ThreeZero (and I think there's one more from another maker previewed - I forgot its name) all making the same thing at the same time. As far as I can tell there isn't anything that explicitly identifies the unique aspects of each maker's in their product literature or description, just their own unique sculpts.
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    Max Factory ex:ride BK91A.
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    Hi-Metal R

    MKT replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Hahaha 10th Anniversary Blue Balls Memorial! Only at Tamashii Nations 2025.
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    Nostalgia day.
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