Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0 Posted February 25, 2005 Posted February 25, 2005 Yea they aren't permanent staff for yamato, just the sculptors that Yamato chose for some select products. This whole model issue makes me crave master or perfect grade macross kits. Then again it'll be a while before macross becomes missed in japan and demand skyrockets for more valk toys. Quote
1/1 LowViz Lurker Posted February 25, 2005 Posted February 25, 2005 Maybe if it made a cameo apearance in gundam as a prototype core fighter. Quote
Graham Posted February 25, 2005 Posted February 25, 2005 Heh, yeah it's probably true that if you stuck a 'V' antenna on every Macross Variable Fighter, painted them red, white and blue and called them 'Gundam' they would sell much better as toys or models. Sorry for the extemely crude photochop job, but here's my rendition of the only way Bandai would probably consider releasing a YF-19 toy or model. Gentleman, may I present to you............ the RX-19 Gundam . Graham Quote
1/1 LowViz Lurker Posted February 25, 2005 Posted February 25, 2005 The two tubes on the chest = two detachable beam sabers Quote
Graham Posted February 25, 2005 Posted February 25, 2005 The two tubes on the chest = two detachable beam sabers And we have a winner Graham Quote
AlphaHX Posted February 25, 2005 Posted February 25, 2005 Heh, yeah it's probably true that if you stuck a 'V' antenna on every Macross Variable Fighter, painted them red, white and blue and called them 'Gundam' they would sell much better as toys or models.Sorry for the extemely crude photochop job, but here's my rendition of the only way Bandai would probably consider releasing a YF-19 toy or model. Gentleman, may I present to you............ the RX-19 Gundam . Graham that scares me. Quote
wolfx Posted February 25, 2005 Posted February 25, 2005 That Gundam reminds me of that VF-19 bootleg in Gundam colors and shield someone posted up awhile back. Quote
shiyao Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 Going back to the Blue VF-19a vs. the Beige YF-19 debate, I just got both today. I've noticed that the beige one kinda has a shiny reflective finish, which isn't exactly pleasing to the eye - nor touch. That said, the color scheme is more striking and unique compared to the game version. I'm going have to say, for display the YF-19 kicks ass, but for play, the VF-19a fits the bill better. Which is probably prudent, considering how much more the former costs than the latter. Wonder where I could get that kind of matte-like finishing for the VF-19a? My matte spray cans always turn out crappy goop. Quote
Fortress_Maximus Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 please share pics of your finds. Thanks! Quote
yman1437 Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 yes, we have RX-19 Gundam.....now we just need a Zaku-regult give me shivers Ray Quote
Ido Posted February 27, 2005 Posted February 27, 2005 (edited) This new Zagult cannot be beaten by the RX-19 Alpha-Gundam, The Zeon's technicians who built it in one week says it is 5,09993 times more powerful than a Zaku, with this the White Super Dimensional Fortress will be destroyed ahahahahhahaha!!!! Edited February 27, 2005 by Ido Quote
Graham Posted March 2, 2005 Posted March 2, 2005 Oh well, I just lost the auction for a second Liquid Stone YF-19 that was up for auction on Yahoo Japan. This time the winning bidder paid 111,000yen for the privilage of owning it . For those of you that have been following this saga, the first one on auction a week ago sold for 94,000yen. Figured this time if I bid 100,000yen I could get it, but I was still outbid. I really could not justify going any higher. Yamato....Hello! When you have people willing to spend over US$1,000 on a nicely sculpted transforming YF-19, I think that says something about the market. Graham Quote
Mechamaniac Posted March 2, 2005 Posted March 2, 2005 Sorry, I love Macross and all, but $1000 + for that toy?. I just don't see the appeal. Quote
zeo-mare Posted March 2, 2005 Posted March 2, 2005 thats alot of money... that i can think of better things to buy with, i would love to have one and all, but not for that price. chris Quote
Chowser Posted March 2, 2005 Posted March 2, 2005 yes, but if they made 10,000 for $100 bucks, I'd bet we'd all be buying it and cursing that they only made 10,000. wish i had the $$$ to spend like that, had a scare last night, wife called and left me a voice mail saying, hey, she won the lotto with her lottery pool at work, first thing i thought of was Macross goodies to buy. i was about ready to park the cruiser in the middle of the freeway, tell the people to do their own accident report and walk my a$$ home, but i called her to verify and they only won $150. don't ever do that to me again!!!!! (the lotto was up to $112million) argh!!!! Quote
Aegis! Posted March 2, 2005 Posted March 2, 2005 Yamato....Hello! When you have people willing to spend over US$1,000 on a nicely sculpted transforming YF-19, I think that says something about the market. Graham Double edge sword there Graham the Liquid Stone is 10 in the world, if it was 10, 000 pcs in the world, it definitely cannot fetch US$1000. and it is only a few handful of people who are willing to break the bank for it. not the masses still. I defintely know where you are getting at, but the saga of the Liquid Stone really does not give a realistic and accurate reflection of the market , my friend Noel Worse yet. Imagine Grahams words came true and Yamato DID a YF-19FP , but now they wouldn´t just price it normallly as they would but now since they´ve seen people are stupid enough to pay $1000 for a 90g piece of plastic ( ok its a yf-19 and transforms but C´mon!) they would prob. price it higher than a 1/48 Quote
Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0 Posted March 2, 2005 Posted March 2, 2005 Yamato....Hello! When you have people willing to spend over US$1,000 on a nicely sculpted transforming YF-19, I think that says something about the market. Graham Double edge sword there Graham the Liquid Stone is 10 in the world, if it was 10, 000 pcs in the world, it definitely cannot fetch US$1000. and it is only a few handful of people who are willing to break the bank for it. not the masses still. I defintely know where you are getting at, but the saga of the Liquid Stone really does not give a realistic and accurate reflection of the market , my friend Noel Worse yet. Imagine Grahams words came true and Yamato DID a YF-19FP , but now they wouldn´t just price it normallly as they would but now since they´ve seen people are stupid enough to pay $1000 for a 90g piece of plastic ( ok its a yf-19 and transforms but C´mon!) they would prob. price it higher than a 1/48 Naw that would be stupid on their part. Something that small,? Naw, bad marketing position to price something that small, mass produce it @150$+. UNLESS it was itself a 1/48 scale. Yamato already saturated the market and killed off bandai's valk competition, I don't know why they would risk losing more profit by overcharging on a small YF19. I feel that they would price accordingly and it would be similar in price to the original YF190 toy, 6800 yen. And, you can't call the bidders who won idiots, hell graham got outbid twice and he just really wants a YF19 real bad. And graham is not an idiot. Quote
Black Valkyrie Posted March 2, 2005 Posted March 2, 2005 Another look at Graham's RX-19. Now Bandai should make one, since it has the Gundam marks HIKARU ! VF-GUNDAM ! E-K-I-M-A-S-S Quote
Black Valkyrie Posted March 2, 2005 Posted March 2, 2005 Thanx for reminding, now I really need some for customize Quote
eugimon Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 And proplr say the fire valk looks bad. they can both look bad at the same time... Quote
Fugly Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 I have a quick question, that I hope won't offend If you had, I dunno, a SHE VF-19, and you recasted all the parts (like if you wanted an army of them) and put it together blah blah blah, would that be illegal? I know copying one and SELLing one is illegal, but just recasting for personal enjoyment, is THAT illegal? Quote
promethuem5 Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Not at all... personal property is for personal use. As long as none of the copies are sold, you're fine. Quote
AlphaHX Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Wow, have fun with that. That'll be one EXPENSIVE army. Quote
AlphaHX Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 (edited) Yet worth it.... Haha, depends on who you ask. I wouldnt mind... but I cant imagine building all those variable kits to be a walk in the park. I dont see too many variable kits being built... let alone an entire ARMY of them. Hopefully I'll get the chance to work on my SHE VF-19 soon... Edited March 3, 2005 by AlphaHX Quote
promethuem5 Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 True....true... variable kits are a pain in the ass, but I think if you spread it out over a while, it wouldnt be so bad, and the final payoff would be killer. Quote
Graham Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Double edge sword there Graham the Liquid Stone is 10 in the world, if it was 10, 000 pcs in the world, it definitely cannot fetch US$1000. and it is only a few handful of people who are willing to break the bank for it. not the masses still. I defintely know where you are getting at, but the saga of the Liquid Stone really does not give a realistic and accurate reflection of the market , my friend Noel I'm not saying that Yamato should make a mass-produced YF-19 toy and attempt to sell it for US$1,000 a pop. That would of course be very stupid. But I do think that these insane auctions for the LS YF-19 plus the strong demand for them at Wonder Fest (120 people entering a lottery for 10pcs) do indicate that there is definitely a demand for a nicely sculpted transforming YF-19 toy. Let's say that Yamato made a high quality, larger scale YF-19 toy, then they could probably sell a production run of 15,000 to 20,000pcs at a retail of between US$100 to US$150 quite easily IMO. I do think the demand is there and the time is right for the return of the YF-19. Graham Quote
Jagull Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Heh, yeah it's probably true that if you stuck a 'V' antenna on every Macross Variable Fighter, painted them red, white and blue and called them 'Gundam' they would sell much better as toys or models.Sorry for the extemely crude photochop job, but here's my rendition of the only way Bandai would probably consider releasing a YF-19 toy or model. Gentleman, may I present to you............ the RX-19 Gundam . Graham hmm i do have spare gundam parts as well as a fire valk Quote
Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0 Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 me 2. But if the scale is 1/60, I hope they do use SWAPPABLE gear. Man all of the sculpt problems with the original macross plus toy trrio could have been fixexd, and had better sculpts had the landing gear been plug and play. Quote
Graham Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 As I've stated before, the white color of that bootleg VF-19Kai toy would lend itself very well to making a VF-19P custom. Graham Quote
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