PointBlankSniper

Got jumpscared by the pv on the official Bandai yt channel. Nice scheme I guess, but I don't got a particularly big attachement to the theme or the 25F head, so I can just appreciate the rare occasion of wallet being safe. Here's to hoping I don't monkey paw it and get a regular Macross release simultaneously announced...

Saw a JP video showcase of this. Seems like they love it. Anyone that dares mention the side and bottom view in fighter mode is getting lynched lol

The 25, 27, and 29 are identical structures and transformation with cosmetic changes on the surface. But as I said, there is 0% commonality between Chronos and Seigfried. And unfortunately that's not how Bandai works either. There are recolors with 100% parts commonality with high demand that they still won't ever make, because they like having salty fans. Then there are kits that have large identical sections, yet they somehow waste time and energy to redesign whole new runners to rearrange the same parts differently. Other times, they will make a recolor, but since the paint jobs are different, so they will give you a runner in multiple colors to have single pieces match different sections of the new paint job, and inflate a kit to triple it's price and size, just because they are lazy. You can't guess how Bandai works with any logic. It's more likely that Bandai would bust out the 30 to avoid completing the Delta or SMS teams, or they finally run out of every other design to make and lose the coin flip for cancelling the product line so they need one last kit to make. Whichever farms them most spite with the fans is the way they will go.

Don't think anyone asked for the Miku, and it barely even looks like her, not to mention it doesn't even look good as its own doll/figure tbh. We are a decade past the age of vocaloid hype too... Idk if there is even a target audience for that thing. I'm sure diehard worshippers that buy every single piece of merch ever made would buy it, but I don't think many are like that... Wouldn't be surprised if it sold worse than the VF-17S

I didn't think that far, but that sounds like the way they'd to go. Glued on gunpod skis, while the landing gears are there to dangle for giggles. Originally, I was thinking they'd design the skirts fresh, by following the same ground clearance specs. Or they could just tell us they actually designed the 22's skirts first. So when they worked backwards to make the 21. they kept those external dimensions out of equality considerations for how they knew the 22 would eventually end up...

The 25, 27, and 29 all have identical transformation. There's no way that means anything for the 30. Assuming you mean that in relation to the 31's similar transformation, that thing's torso still contorts totally differently no matter how vaguely similar it is in looks and lore. Even the arms stow in totally different places. The 30 also has a unique gerwalk waist articulation mechanism too. The rest are all externally visible in all forms with no common geometry. It just doesn't make sense that there is any structure to share. All they can recycle is the gunpod from the 29.

Ain't no way they are done doing M7 and Gamlin dirty. They still need to sell you a partsforming 22 with integral gunpods that drag on the floor, to really seal their bean counters' narrative on popularity of the franchise. But I'm still willing to believe they are open to waiting a year or so and then coming back with a couple new molds to release a 17D with "minor updates", and then giving the 17S a revival based on that though.

Kind of off topic. This reminds me of the recent SMP announcement. That's Bandai's collector model kit line for classic mecha like brave series and sentai megazords, disguised as candy toys and packaged like retro DXs for nostalgia. While everyone has been begging for reprints, Bandai announced a spinoff line of smaller scale, monochrome, non combining, low parts seperation and articulation kits of some of the most requested zords. Everyone is as pissed as they are confused. JP comments even roasted it as industrial waste plastic lmao. Back on topic. Bandai could have used production capacity of that unwanted line to make the dozen new parts on a single runner to make the VF-17 look right, and they would lose less money from both product lines. SMP is also made with ABS in their China factories after all. Instead, they are hellbent on incurring ire from every fanbase possible lol. On a different note, I still don't quite understand what yamato did differently that let their elbow guns line up with the end of shoulder block in fighter, that allows it clearance to be tall enough to have space for two missile ports, that Bandai's 171 based proportions simply can't do nicely, even if they had made new molds for it.

If these are the release week prices, it should be reasonable to expect the price to approach 10k within a quarter... especially when even the jp fans are sharing the same sentiments as we do

The comments under Mark's video speaks for everyone lol

Are those joints made of granite speckle pattern plastic? After getting it right with the revivals, they have to be intentionally trolling now by introducing heterogeneous materials that invoke thoughts of their mythical explodium plastic...😱

Nice family photo lol

Wow. The model is looking sharp 👍

Looks like it's coming along nicely. 👍

All hail procrastination! lol Despite that, it's getting close. On the bright side, you only need to make one arm and mirror it.