Slave IV
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Yamato 1/48 is still the smoothest perfect transforming Valk and one of the best looking in fighter mode. Only main drawbacks are the hands and floppies when you start adding the optional parts to it.
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That is a fantastic collection. I loved this toy and brought it with me everywhere as a kid.
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It’s not the greatest and I was looking at how the glasses connect with the hairpiece but overall, it’s fine for me. Luckily, I’ve never been one to let small details that I can only really see up close bother me so I won’t be staring at Max’s face while admiring my collection. I’m more concerned with the overall look when standing back and seeing a whole shelf since that’s how I see my collection more than 90% of the time.
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For the most part, yep totally agree again. Especially those Toynami Valks, lol. But… Yep again. A good toy is a good toy. I don’t have one yet but @Steady you should check out the reviews on anymoon comparing the ThreeZero VF-1. It combines some of the best things about the Valks that came before it while having its own drawbacks but another one of its strengths is that it might be the best value in all the available VF-1 toys today.
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I don’t disagree with the HG hate but also see the other side that most people outside of Japan got introduced to Macross at least initially through Robotech. The Unix Square VF looks aesthetically the worst out of all the options in the last several decades but until we know more about it, I’m giving it a chance. Based on its looks, I feel like they may be going more for playability over looks and if it does end up to be the modern take on the chunky in terms of a hefty figure with simplified for fun transformation, I can justify at least one for my collection. But I also don’t have to worry about choosing as someone just getting back into it as I have plenty of 1/55s, Yamato 1/48s, Yamacadia 1/60’s, plus every HMR and DX release. And those also happen to be what I consider the best VF-1s ever made, all for their unique reasons.
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why he comes with an Xbox controller as the lone accessory, I have no idea but his greatest weapons are his Valks so I’m good.
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Got my KC Max figure the other day. I like it, it's good but I get the criticism. I don't mind the cloth at all but this is a pretty bare bones figure that comes with a modern XBOX style game controller and nothing else. Even if it isn't the right outfit or whatever, a knife, rifle or some kind of weapon would have been nice. Anyways, his greatest weapons are the Valks he pilots so it will do just fine posed with some of those.
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The 1/48 Yamatos still haven’t been topped in some ways even after these decades! It still has the smoothest transformation of all the modern perfect transformation VF-1 toys and it arguably has the best fighter mode. Plus it has the most extensive roster of variations and is the basis of all modern VF-1 toys designs. The worst thing about the Yamato are the hands that you mentioned and the fiddlyness when you start adding extra parts to it. the DX does have the best hands to ever come on a VF-1 but I’ve seen some complaints about it from some people. I think they are fine. It has its own quirks, most famously, the hip bar design that most people hate. The main gripe I have with it is overall, it’s a sloppier build compared to Yamatos (especially the V2 1/60 versions). Parts just don’t fit and tab together as well. Overall though, it is pretty great though and definitely has a place as one of the best VF-1 toys. There are several very good choices out now, all with their own merits. The newest one to see how it turns out is from Unix Square, which might be a modern take of the 1/55 chunky we all love from the way it looks so far.
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Got my first and only Tiny Sessions figure It’s cool and all and I’m glad I finally got the one I wanted for a good price to check these out but one is enough for me.
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That’s cool but just pointing out its less of a difference when you consider the $350 starting price is already about $100 more than the actual price of the item. Sure, you get “free” shipping but that cost is essentially built into the price.
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WWM is a Bandai thing but I get you mean the overall licensing changes. Whatever the case, WWM has been a complete non-factor due to the local markups so it’s still better to just preorder anything from Japan if you want the lowest price.
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Aw crap, I missed that part. So that probably answers any thought of this being PF unless it is some optional decal but I don’t remember that ever being a thing included with previous PFs.
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It’s interesting that the Reactive Armor won’t fit when the 0S was already an improved version so this means they made additional changes on this one. So it’s kind of like VF-0 Ver 2.2 at this point and maybe the others will get similar treatment? Also, the description does not mention decals so maybe this is a PF but they decided to take some input and not make separate versions? The other thing that I don’t care about but I know people do is even though the other two were released with PF versions, they were different levels of PF where the 0S just had all the markings tampoed and the 0D had that plus weathered painting. So no matter what, you won’t have matching looks from all three. If this 0A is PF, looks like it will be the same PF as the 0S though.
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Wow, that's a bit worse than I expected but not surprising at all. Take that and consider how many of those sat on clearance without moving shows us just how low the demand and fanbase for high end talks truly is.
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Congrats on getting the best release of the best toy ever! Also congrats on one of the best releases of any Valk ever.
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My guess for Arcadia and Bandai for high end Valks (DX in Bandai’s case) are in the low 5 digit range for the most popular releases. Probably most in the mid to high 4 digit range for the less popular releases. I’d be willing to bet I’m very close to correct based on watching the history of these toys and seeing the trends of some models selling out instantly while other very similar but less popular variants shelf warming. Whatever the case, it indicates very low relative numbers compared to top tier popular franchises.
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Most (all maybe?) Arcadia releases don’t have tape sealing the boxes.
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Exactly! Which answers all the talk of "Why don't they just make this or that or more of this or that?" or complaints of "artificial scarcity". It's the way it is because this stuff just doesn't sell enough to be any other way right now.
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I'm not sure prices for old items in the aftermarket they already sold out on matter to them. Again, history has shown that items often go on clearance in the relatively short term but then creep up sometimes to insane amounts when they haven't been available for a while. Any corporate business main goal is to sell whatever they have by any means necessary. I don't know about those other ventures of theirs you mention but yeah, not all ideas are great. Anyways, its all getting old to me and I'm just happy there are Macross.toys to get and if they make.more variations and versions I want, all the better but I'm not counting on them.
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My guess is even the third or fourth release of the main hero Valk still sold better than the first release of some of the others, which is why they keep redoing those instead. You know, because making money is their primary objective and the pattern is pretty consistent throughout the various series of Valks.
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Usually for niche items with small runs, once the initial supply runs out, prices start going up. That’s why we often see the Valks that sit on clearance that were probably made in less numbers than the main hero Valk to begin with sometimes end up being worth more years later.
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Lol, just in general but yeah, goes to strengthen my point.
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There are no official numbers but you can make a reasonable estimate based on the market and what resources are available online. It’s been discussed but Macross is absolutely a niche market, at least for the high end Valkyrie figures. The mainstream market for Macross is for idol concerts.
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Thing is, like any corporation that is out for profit, the reason why they would reissue something is because it got decent sales numbers and when dealing with a niche that has such low numbers overall to begin with, it means those other items that don’t get reissued or revisited with accessories probably didn’t sell enough to warrant any further attention. Hence we get multiple Hikaru’s and Roy’s before we ever see some other variations.
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Love to see this kind of passion put into anything. Thank you for doing so much for this great community of nuts (in a good way)😜