Wonder Festival This Weekend!

[Valk009]

Just got a chance yesterday to flip through the Wonder Festival catalogue yesterday! My Japanese is non existing but did manage to notice that S.H.E. will be re-releasing the variable YF-19 with Fast Packs...

...Liquid Stone will also be selling their version of the variable YF-19 at a whopping Yen30,000

Does anyone else know what Macross items will be on offer?

[Ishimaru]

Is the catalouage out of date or is it for this year's Wonder Festival if thier is one?

And what does S.H.E stand for on a compnaies name?I'd die to get those YFs anyways are they for sale by any chance ?

Edited August 19, 2005 by Logan

[Ido]

Is the catalouage out of date or is it for this year's Wonder Festival if thier is one?

And what does S.H.E stand for on a compnaies name?I'd die to get those YFs anyways are they for sale by any chance  ?

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Studio Half Eye

It's still in business? I tought it was dead, what a surprise.

I wonder if they improved their respective yf-19

[Ishimaru]

Oh these DAMM. I had a chance of getting one for a B-day present when I was 10 stupid me why did I reject why...My older brother had the YF-21 and I took a lousy cheesy looking $10 Robotech toy I slaped myself right now

Edited August 19, 2005 by Logan

[robokochan]

Edited August 20, 2005 by samurai_m

[wwwmwww]

S.H.E.  and Liquid Stone are the same company basically.  Same two guys..just 2 different names.  Usually Liquid Stone does the Girl Figures and Stuff along that line.  SHE does more of the Mecha.

Rob

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I think you are mixing up IHP and SHE. IHP is Liquid Stone and vise versa. SHE is another completely different group.

That is unless something big has happened over there that I'm not aware of.

Carl

[Major Johnathan]

Wait, is this the Japan Wonder festival, or that American deal? If it's Japan, is Blackaces going to be there for another great report???

Edited August 19, 2005 by Major Johnathan

[robokochan]

S.H.E.  and Liquid Stone are the same company basically.  Same two guys..just 2 different names.  Usually Liquid Stone does the Girl Figures and Stuff along that line.  SHE does more of the Mecha.

Rob

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I think you are mixing up IHP and SHE. IHP is Liquid Stone and vise versa. SHE is another completely different group.

That is unless something big has happened over there that I'm not aware of.

Carl

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Arggghhh you are right. That will teach me to answer a question when I am too sleepy.... Thanks for the catch.

Rob

[Valk009]

Wait, is this the Japan Wonder festival, or that American deal? If it's Japan, is Blackaces going to be there for another great report???

Noel is already in Japan, so we will be bound to get another great report Now the only question is, will he be attending Wonder Festival or the other big hobby convention (a joint venture of JAF Con and something else). Those Japanese had to put the two greatest hobby conventions on the same day

[wwwmwww]

Just got a chance yesterday to flip through the Wonder Festival catalogue yesterday! My Japanese is non existing but did manage to notice that S.H.E. will be re-releasing the variable YF-19 with Fast Packs...

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Is there by chance a picture in that catalogue of that kit?

I wouldn't quite call it a re-release if that's the case. Here is every SHE Macross kit that I'm aware of:

SHE never released is YF-19 with Fast Pack kit that I'm aware of. There is the YF-19 kit and there is the YF-19/21 Fast Pack kit. I'll have to see if I can find out a little bit more about this.

Carl

Edited August 20, 2005 by wwwmwww

[wwwmwww]

Ok... did some digging and I found this. Here is Studio HalfEye's Wonder Fest page for the 8/21/2005 event.

http://halfeye.m78.com/wf05s/wf05s.html

No YF-19...

I'm really curious what's in that catalog now. By the way, how do you get on the list to get these catalogs in the first place?

Thanks,

Carl

[e_jacob77]

Hi all,

IF there are any pics can you upload them??

[Major Johnathan]

Sometimes, I really wish I were Blackaces...

Wonder Fest and Jaf-Con on the same day... what's a fan to do? Your sure to miss something because so much sells out so fast. Japan really needs to work that system out better, most especially the licensing that allows only 10 or 20 copies of a kit. Baka!

[robokochan]

To get a catalog, just get on the mailing list. Or apply for a dealers table.

Your sure to miss something because so much sells out so fast.

That is why if you go, you should hook up with someone who has a table and try to get a dealer's pass. I had a table but my space will be empty as I could not go to this event.

You look at the catalog and map out a game path. Mark what you want the most and it's location. Then run like hell to get it.

At the event they won't offically open up the event until all dealers are at thier tables. Then they start the event and everyone runs like crazy. That's about it. But I am sure someone will contest what I have to say about it. That seems to be the theme on MW these days....

Rob

[wwwmwww]

To get a catalog, just get on the mailing list.  Or apply for a dealers table.

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Not being able to read Japanese can you walk me though the steps of adding my name to the mailing list? Would they actually be willing to mail it to a US address?

Carl

[robokochan]

Honestly I don't know. I do not see why they wouldn't. They send them to other parts of Asia. Hold on I think i got a catalog for this event. If I haven't thrown it away I will scan it and put it online.

Rob

[wwwmwww]

If I haven't thrown it away I will scan it and put it online.

Rob

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That would be GREAT. Thank you. Personally I wouldn't throw it away. Someone like myself would probably be willing to offer you atleast $5 for it.

If you still have it. Is there any mention of D'Stance being at this event? Noel had a friend of his email them on my behalf to ask if they'd be there but to my knowledge he never got a reply.

Thanks,

Carl

Edited August 20, 2005 by wwwmwww

[robokochan]

I just checked and I have thrown it away. I get catalogs from all the events and i just pile them together. My partner usually goes to them, but we never keep them. Sorry, I thought I still had it.

Rob

[Ishimaru]

The only thing that pisses most of us off right now is not being thier and getting the model

[wwwmwww]

I just checked and I have thrown it away.  I get catalogs from all the events and i just pile them together.  My partner usually goes to them, but we never keep them.  Sorry, I thought I still had it.

Rob

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No problem. I appreciate you taking the time to look.

Carl

[wwwmwww]

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Is this the VF-19 with fast packs that people are crediting to SHE? If so... I'm 99.9% sure that's NOT an SHE kit. If it is it's certainly NOT a recast of the VF-19 kit he already has out there. I think this a from the same group that offered the highly stylized VF-19 without fast packs at the last event or two who's name now escapes me.

Off to see if I can track down their name...

Carl

[wwwmwww]

Kantogakuindaigaku-Mokeidourakuka YF-19 Battroid 2005 Improved Articulation Version:

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The name I was thinking of is Kantogakuindaigaku-Mokeidourakuka. No wonder that name excaped me.

Carl

[Valk009]

Hmmm...guess my Japanese is after all non existenz

So, it is this other company who is releaseing the FY-19 with Fast Packs all in one go, not to mention it is a battroid mode and not fighter mode.

Any idea if one of our members here got lucky this time round with the Liquid Stone kit?

[Grayson72]

The one in gray looks better than the painted one. Couldn't they find anyone to do a decent build on their very expensive kit?

[wwwmwww]

Yes, thats correct Carl.

and that is the same YF-19 I mentioned packaged in a simple clear plastic bag

and yes, the same group , only this Summer they added the fast packs and are basically selling the same kit, 1000 Yen more.

and No, there is nothing Macross from SHE.

SHE was offering their usual getters

Noel

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Thanks for clearing that all up Noel. Great work as always.

Carl

[wwwmwww]

Any idea if one of our members here got lucky this time round with the Liquid Stone kit?

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Yes, I have an idea. And no ONE member didn't get lucky. I'll say more as I can.

Carl

Edited August 22, 2005 by wwwmwww

[wwwmwww]

The one in gray looks better than the painted one.  Couldn't they find anyone to do a decent build on their very expensive kit?

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I like that gray one better too. Personally I'm not that into kits that are this highly stylized. That painted one makes me think it's about to start break dancing and is winding up for a spin on its head from which it will pop up and say "You've been served." That's just not the feeling I'm after from a YF-19. Switch Blade also made a fairly stylized YF-19 too that I passed on.

http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/models/wf/sbyf19.htm

I now wish I hadn't as it was a variable kit and that makes up for the stylized aspect to me. But to each their own and I'm certainly not intending to knock Kantogakuindaigaku-Mokeidourakuka kits. That gray one conveys a very nice dramatic pose.

Carl

Edited August 22, 2005 by wwwmwww

[Grayson72]

The one in gray looks better than the painted one.  Couldn't they find anyone to do a decent build on their very expensive kit?

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I like that gray one better too. Personally I'm not that into kits that are this highly stylized. That painted one makes me think it's about to start break dancing and is winding up for a spin on its head from which it will pop up and say "You've been served." That's just not the feeling I'm after from a YF-19. Switch Blade also made a fairly stylized YF-19 too that I passed on.

http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/models/wf/sbyf19.htm

I now wish I hadn't as it was a variable kit and that makes up for the stylized aspect to me. But to each their own and I'm certainly not intending to knock Kantogakuindaigaku-Mokeidourakuka kits. That gray one conveys a very nice dramatic pose.

Carl

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Exactly the same reasons I passed as well. The reason I like Macross is it's believability which the stylized versions don't convey.