BlueMax

Yes, the 1/48s are yellowing on mine as well, most notably on my VF-1J. the difference between the heatshield and the surrounding "white" plastic is getting steadily bigger... and if you are wondering if it has been exposed to direct sunlight? No. It was hiding under its GBP-1S most of the time.

Sheesh.... actually I'm still okay with the shaving cream missles being exclusive, but I can't believe that they'll make the standalone GBP-1S in general a web exclusive! If we are living in japan, I guess it is no big deal.... but too bad we gaijin just aren't their intended market.... Graham-sama: Please help to feedback to Yamato not to make things difficult for us gaijin fans than it alrady is! Onegai Itashimasu!

The past few pages are already full of poses! At least for the valks anyway!

Finally got mine too! (thanks Gabriel aka GGemini!) Loving it, though some of the CG pictures wasn't exactly that photorealistic, but overall, still pretty nice pictures! Nice layout for the CVS-101 Prometheus, never really seen it before, but wondering what are the "fingers" (the protrusions on the bow and port of the vessel), seems to be something related to the launch of the "ghosts". I'm really looking forward to some translations for the text, and I'm sure, knowing what it actually says will add much more satisfaction than what I am already feeling right now. BTW, when they say the battroid mode is 12.68 meters tall, do they include the lasers?! The schematics in the book make it very clear for the plane mode measurements starts where and end where, but not so for battroid....

The shaving cream just needs a bit of cotton wool to make it look real smoky.... haha... Hm... so is the standalone pack a web exclusive (complete with the shaving cream missiles)? Or is there a general release without the shaving cream missiles?

Hm.... that means that you are obliged to do a review!

Ooh.... ouch, but i must admit the belly plates needed some patience to get on. Ironical, cuz the YF-21 was considered to be one of the better releases from Yamato. Anyway, I've read that some plastics degrade over time... a good example was the gold colored plastic that was part of the TF: Masterforce Black Zarak (Scorponok recolor). Over time, it seems that the plastic became VERY prone to breakage, sos much so that it is very rare to have a pristine piece... seems that some color additives/ dyes wreak havoc with polymers Don't know if this is the case for Yamato's ABS plastics as well.... any abody in this line care to comment?

Nice pictures JCsaves. real joy to look at them

Heh... actually I'm online just about everyday here for the past 7 years or so, but yeah, somehow i still manage to forget this is Macrossworld, where good sense doesn't really matter and random fingerpintingand mass panic is fun.... my bad....haha

Normally when yamato says release in a certain month, normally the ymean the very end of the month, eg July 31st. In this case, it it would be a delay slightly over a month. Besides, the CF 1A was suppossed to be out in August (as in later thanthe VT-1), but it kinda swapped places with the VT-1. So, it is not exactly 2 months delay, though it does stretch over 2 calendar months.

Really impressive! I'll say again that its a very innovative and handsomely executed. I wish I had a room the same size as yours (and the collection too!) Hm... only thing is that the detolfs seem almost to capacity... haha... time to get at least 2 more to daisy-chain them up1

Hha... i remember these were THE macross toys to get! I remember there wa sa pencil sharpener version of this. The backpack was the sharpener. Only thing abt them was that they spoilt rather easily..

Nice videos! haha... almost felt as if I was there.... magical!

Thanks man. Anyway, a fellow bro her has offered to order for me via yahoo jp.

Hm.... good question.... but I alot of people still have theirs MISB (mint in sealed box)!

Hm.... wierd.... guy at taka's Kino was not willing to put an order for me..... said that there is no tock from the supplier so can't take an order... hm... if anyone succeeds, pls let me know, thanks.

I enquired with the main shop (if any of the shops has it, it has to be the main one right?!?! How wrong i was...) @ taka. Sigh.... oh well... do you know know how much it was retailing here for?

I have just checked with my local kinokuniya store... apparently they don't have it in yet and while they usually accept orders to import books, in this case I was told that the print supplier is out of stock and will have to wait and see for a second run of it in maybe a month's time or so... darn...

Looks like a whole lot of fun! Kudos to Kirik for being the main man this round! You THE man! Hope you have a well deserved rest, and I'm very sure all who attended the Con are grateful for your sweat and tears. Well done!

looks real nice.... hm.... really? does it it come with the leg covers? but i must say, i've also noticed the more proportionate feets, ver nice indeed I already have 2 super 1Js..... guess i 'll be getting a new 1J bundled with the GBP-1S

yeah... seems to be a Kakizaki head with the 1J CF

really? I thought that the color was pretty ok. It just irks me to know that the CF 1A will have a different shade from the 1J.... sheesh...

Haha... some of your responses seem to have turned this poll into who is my favorite pilot instead of who is the best pilot! heh... I wwould've have voted Roy for fav pilot, but Max is THE Jenius in a plane. No doubt about that. regarding Basara, yeah, Max had openly praised Basara's skills in M7, but added that its still very far from when Max is at his peak! besides, who's the man who had to have Millia to teach him to go into gerwalk mode when he was bumping into buildings in battroid?

I had an outtage as well around 12midnight 13th Jul GMT +8... that makes it about 11 hours ago.... wierd. I'm in Singapore

Haha... it is knoen as a "half-S" retrofit.... in the stats it is suppossed to be a upgraded cannon fodder. If it was in toy form, it is simply a cannon foddre with a 1S head, thats all.