Megazone Question

[wwwmwww]

Hello Guys and Gals,

Here are some picks I took off Yahoo Japan while Macross World was down. Is this a new variable Hurgund?

It seems to be made by the same people making this Garland.

The reason I say that is I found this pic of the two of them together.

So my question is... who's making these? The only variable Hurgund that I'm aware of is the 1/20 Kip Resin kit shown in the first post of this thread:

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=5721

And I don't think that is what this is. The Kip kits are very rare and I've seen them sell from anywhere from $200 to better then $800 a kit. This Hurgund is under $100 and it hasn't been selling as I still see it on Yahoo Japan.

http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m32896458

I'm not even sure if its a resin kit. Maybe these are toy prototypes. Anyone know the story behind these?

Thanks,

Carl

[kensei]

I thought Max Factory were also making their own Garland? Wonder if they moved on to others too? If so Yamato is slow off the mark.

Has Max Factory released their Garland yet?

[wwwmwww]

Running the text of the auction through Babel Fish gives me:

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Aside from being almost impossible to read even in English it doesn't tell me all that much. And even what I make out doesn't make sense. How could a 1/144 Hurgund be 12.5cm? At full scale that makes the Hurgund 59 feet tall (or long).

Carl

[EXO]

Seems like a resin piece because you have to untighten and retighten the screw for transformation. The 1/144 size polycaps may have been the kits they got the polycaps from. Just guessing based on the babelfish.

[rnurmin]

Looking at the pics of Hurgund, it seems that the Legs are add-on parts. From the bike mode, it doesn't show the legs section.

[Beltane70]

Looking at the pics of Hurgund, it seems that the Legs are add-on parts. From the bike mode, it doesn't show the legs section.

That's because both the arms and legs of the Hargun are add-on parts. In the anime, the Harguns had to drive into a truck to transform. Unlike the Garland, the arms and legs of the Harguns aren't part of the bike mode.

[yf19vsyf21]

Ah Hargun truck sequence.

They look like toy prototypes to me. boxy looking in an 80s type of way. But polycaps ...

http://openuser.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/user/towa140306?

The seller has a couple of the Garlands in color. If I didn't have a Yamato, I probably write off 9500 yen for one.

[wwwmwww]

Can anyone here ask the seller a question in Japanese? I want to know if he's making these himself? If these are a recent kit release (maybe from Wonder Festival) or what? This seller has had these up for atleast a couple weeks and they don't seem to be selling. I notice they all appear to be built though some are unpainted.

And where does the Garland stow it's shield while in bike mode?

Carl

[yf19vsyf21]

I take it back. The rotating leg joint doesn't look 80s to me.

I see that shield in the Hargun section of my Megazone 23 book but the markings on the shield slant in the opposite direction. The concept arts section has a Garland GR2 like unit also with the same shield.

Edit. But There is also model in the book that has the same leg joint. I give up!

Edited September 14, 2006 by yf19vsyf21

[Lonely Soldier Boy]

This is not the Maxfactory Garland. Maxfactory's is way better in proportion (although the last known pictures of the toy showed it in a very early stage). I'm patiently waiting for those to be released, even knowing they'll probably be very expensive gokins.

These would make great cheap toys a la 1/100 Toynami Valks tho', but 100 bucks a piece, no way.

[Lonely Soldier Boy]

That's because both the arms and legs of the Hargun are add-on parts. In the anime, the Harguns had to drive into a truck to transform. Unlike the Garland, the arms and legs of the Harguns aren't part of the bike mode.

Which is why I'm not that much of a fan of the Hargun. I'm a PT guy