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Cool, thanks for the info guys. As this is obviously a cooperative agreement between Aoshima and Nami Toy, I don't think that either party will be upset with the results... Nami Toi gets to make money which they otherwise wouldn't by licensing the design (and/or molds, or even possibly actual toys), and Aoshima gets to make money with a "new" enhanced product which sets theirs apart. With this deal, there may even be better reason to pursue Tread production. Competition in the form of the CMs pairing may not even be an issue. For my money, I'm thinking Aoshima has an option on the molds themselves (or derivatives thereof). It sounds kind of silly to suggest that they would want to modify already existent N.O.S. parts.

Slightly OT, but as long as a given body weighs less than the water it displaces, it will float like a duck (or a witch). Remember that the Valkyrie is a flyweight construct using advanced materials, and that it was designed to be 'airtight' for usage in space. It is not at all surprising that it would float.

Perhaps the 'limited' production status only relates to Toynami's home-market MPC line, and not that of other overseas distributions/derivatives? At any rate, it will surely be more costly to import one of the apparent overseas releases after currency conversion and shipping costs than the o.g. MPC did in the first place. I paid the high price for all four of mine, but strangely, I feel no outrage welling from within

Without any doubt, those ARE MPCs. <Nelson> HaHaa </Nelson>

LMFAO. I had forgotten about many of those shows. Thanks for reminding me I was really surprised to see that Dana Carvey was one of the Blue Thunder TV stars. I remember watching the show all the time, but didn't remember him as part of the cast... Trippy.

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=22156 Wrong subforum

I wouldn't exactly consider myself a 'fan' of theirs, but at the same time there seem to be many here who exhibit far higher levels of Toynami butt-hurtedness than I. I think that's about the best to be hoped for in these parts

Yup, ditto. Still nice to see more companies picking up the license and releasing merchandise, I think.

The toy that originally started it for me 'way back when' was one of the knock-off 1/100 Taka variables, the same type that EXO mentions. By 1987 or so, I had "outgrown" Macross toys and had given away nearly everything I had until that point (Stupid, Stupid, Stupid ) Around about '02 or '03, I became aware of new Macross merchandise popping up on Ebay, and this rekindled my interest, and indirectly led me here. My first modern Macross toy was a Yamato 1/60 CF. I now have about 30 Yamatos, and another 30 or so Vintage Takas, Gakkens and Bandais.

Thanks, that works for me. I'll be seeding in a moment.

Nope, no workie for me. I get the download link, but it just points back to the nag screen. I'll try back later.

Could you give me the exact filename you're using? I cannot get past the nag screen for BT download you link to.

I'm DL'ing now from Area88s server. I'll help seed as soon as I have the complete file.

Bump for the thread TMP now has these for preorder : http://www.tmpanime.com/index.php?cPath=246

Perfect Memory remains my overall favorite Macross book in general. I did score a nice gold book with poster for $80.00 on ebay some time back though.

There should be Strike cannons included with the FP sets... The earlier pictures all showed Strike cannons.

Update for me: DYRL 1/48 VF-1A (CF): 001 1/48 VF-1S (Hikaru): 001 1/48 VF-1S (Roy): 001 TV 1/48 VF-1A (Angelbirds): 001 Accessories 1/48 VF-1 FP: 001 Others 1/60: VF-1A Hikaru: 002 VF-1A Max: 001 VF-1A CF: 002 VF-1A CF TRU: 003 VF-1S Roy: 002 VF-1J Hikaru: 001 VF-1J Max: 001 VF-1J Millia: 001 VF-1S Roy Strike: 001 VF-1D Trainer: 001 VT-1 Super Ostrich: 002 VE-1 Elint Seeker: 002 GBP-1S Standalone: 001 VF-0S Roy: 001 VF-0A CF: 001 YF-19 Isamu: 001

Produce the bodies, please.

There's also lots of TopGear up on Youtube. Loved the episode where they set up an old rusty Mini with skis and rocket motors, and sent it down an Olympic ski jump.

Your wish is granted. However, we need some Gerwalk pics too. Also, the first pic of the VF-4 is mislabeled, iirc the caption should read 'VFX-3'.

...DVD? ...SOC? ...BOME? ...And?

Thanks for the piccys, Fort Max! These do look somewhat small and cheap for the price, but I'll be picking them up nonetheless. The Orgroid looks to have some pretty nice features for what seems to be such a small toy though (check out the doors in the arms that receive the hands - even the 1/40 Taka doesn't have those). I would also love to see an SOC or Spec Orgroid or Nikick, either would be bomb. It would be neat to see some of the lesser-known support equipment too, but I won't exactly hold my breath waiting for them

The Ostrich backpack is a little tricky. What I do is to first partially collapse the aft joint, then fold up the forward joint till it clicks. When the forward joint is locked, I wiggle/nudge the backpack down snug into the stop for the aft joint. Hope that's not too confusing.

Man, sorry fellas I think that just a few judiciously placed washers (and maybe reinforced thread bosses or captive inserts) could have helped prevent a great deal of the issues and breakages people have reported. It's never a good idea to economize a high-end design to reduce margin on hardware that is cheap in the first place, but it's a much-too-common practice these days. I still like my zeros, though they could have been even better

These toys go for way too much on Ebay. As absolutely craptacular as they are, I still have some nostalgic lust for them, as these were the accessible Mospeadas of my youth. Like Ghadrack, I think I gave all mine away when I was 13 or 14... Stupid mistake. IIRC, the Henshin Robo and Robotech versions were available concurrently - I seem to remember seeing the Henshin Robos for sale far more frequently though.