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Originally, it was yesterday. The new date according to the website is: VF100's(ブイエフハンドレッズ) VF-25F メサイアバルキリー(早乙女アルト機) 5,040円 2009年02月28日

Oh, ok. Thx! I hope these optional parts are sold as add-ins and not with new versions of the VF-25

They should replace the VF-1 with the VF-171EX. I hope that the poll they're making is just to decide the order of the releases... The box says: Macross Zero (2008), Macross (2009) then... Ai Oboeteimasuka? then macross Plus (2040), Macross 7 (2045), Macross Frontier (2059)... can somebody understand what the last part says? And they have the option for: Normal, Super Parts, Armored Parts, Fold Booster and Super Fold Booster. Which one is the Super Fold Booster? the Fold Booster with Super parts like the YF-19 ones?

According to ANN: The displayed list for Bandai's VF-100's toy line is for a future survey of what customers may want for the line. All of the designs may not be made into toys.

Also in Tokyo Toshokan

Since they appear to be following the toy releases, I think we can hope for the VF-11 to appear in March / April... and after that... back to the VF-1

Just got the Macross Frontier Official Fan Book by Gakken... haven't been able to check it out completely (I'm @ work) but I noticed it has many illustrations that have appeared before in magazines (sans text) and... finally a bit of mecha line art, mainly cockpits and an explanation of how the EX fits inside. Apparently there'll be a "Macross All Song" book being released in March.

I haven't said the VF-25S sucks (otherwise I wouldn't have bought it)... I actually don't care about the shortcomings of both VF-25s, BUT... for me, the VF-25S does look better with a longer neck. If a simple modification might fix that, why not do it? It doesn't involve drilling / cutting / painting or anything else. And I do prefer to watch the VF-25S from every angle not only from the one that makes the neck look better (and it's not just a matter of elevating it properly as you can see in Bandai's official pics) A small fix in the design could've made it look better... but maybe the guys @ Bandai decided to re-use as many parts as possible (to avoid any new molds). I guess that's expected from the guys that reused Basara's VF-19 gunpod for the VF-19S. Let's see if they ever decide to make the Armored Pack... maybe they'll include a new head with that one since the neck will look shorter still: Anyway, I'll go to look for additional parts... with joints this time, apparently those might work. And I'll post here the results... for those who are interested of course

I followed drifand's recommendation and went to check for hobby parts. Found these: On the right hand side is a comparison with the original joint from the neck. So the VF-25S went from this: To this: I think it does make a big difference. I can't believe the guys @ Bandai didn't come up with a solution for this. The only problem: it can't be changed to fighter. The head doesn't fit correctly and it is annoying to remove the ball joint for each transformation. Here's another pic:

Seeing this thread resurrected, I checked my VF-1J: fine... VF-1S: perfect. And I decided to check the second VF-1S that I have kept in the box, never been transformed... BROKEN.... Going to buy glue tomorrow... Here are the pics:

Looks good!! do you need to remove the "neck" to transform it to fighter?

I think these would be useful: Joint parts assort Kaiyodo Revoltech Assemble Borg BTW, if I understood correctly, for the modification to work an additional hole needs to be made in the head. Jenius: Thanks for the review!

From Yamato's latest newsletter: http://www.yamato-toys.com/items/detail.php?gid=1282

Here's one of the S-types... yes, there's a 1/65 in the mix

According to Yamato's website, it was released today : http://www.yamato-toys.com/after/index.html

No mention anywhere that this thing is 1/60 scale... I hope it really is

EXCELLENT!!! Gracias

I wanted that too, but I just got an e-mail from Amazon Japan stating that the release date has been delayed. They originally had the Dec 25th release date... so if it was changed and everywhere else December is mentioned... I think the release date is the 31st

I think the "confirmation" that there are 50 issues comes from this: http://books.shopro.co.jp/macross/backnumber/index.html It's the "back issue" section in the Macross Chronicles website edit: sp

Hi guys!! was waiting for the site to be "open" again... didn't know the board was already functional I saw my forehead! Glad to have met all of you. Sorry I couldn't post earlier... I was in KL last week for work (and I just found Pang's number today )

From ANN: Famed character designer and manga creator Haruhiko Mikimoto (Macross, Gundam 0080, Aim for the Top! Gunbuster) will be drawing the tentatively titled manga The Super Dimension Fortress Macross the First in the recently revealed Macross Ace magazine from Kadokawa Shoten. The January issue (on sale on November 26) of Kadokawa's Monthly Shonen Ace magazine will make the announcement. Vol. 001 of Macross Ace will debut on January 26, 2009 with 80 pages from Mikimoto's new manga. The manga will feature the star of the original Macross space war romance story that Mikimoto co-created, Lynn Minmay. The magazine will also feature a tentatively titled Macross Frontier: Secret Visions story from Hiroyuki Yoshino, the series script supervisor for Macross Frontier. Macross Frontier is the recent 25th anniversary television series that helped bring about a resurgence in this science-fiction franchise's popularity. Monthly Shonen Ace's Hayato Aoki (Macross Frontier manga), Monthly Comp Ace's Sorahiko Mizushima (Macross Frontier: Dakishimete, Ginga no Hate made manga) and the Sneaker Bunko imprint's Ukyō Kodachi (Macross Frontier novels) will appear in the magazine.

According to Amazon, the release date is Nov 25th

After the concert sounds ok to me! BTW, last call.... Diamond VIP ticket ... anybody interested? It includes the entrance to AFA by the way

Confirmed, she cannot make it So, I have a spare ticket that I'll pick up early tomorrow... please PM me if interested, price negotiable. And what time r we meeting on Sat? there's no consolidated schedule for AFA available is it?

Damn, I guess we'll have to meet later. BTW, the friend that was going w/me to the concert might not make it, so I might have a Diamond VIP ticket available in case anyone is interested (I'll know tomorrow for sure). I don't think filming is allowed... I'm actually concerned that they might not let us in with cellphones.