RedLion Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 This is pretty interesting, I hope it hasn't already been posted. Taking into cosideration that Yamato has produced a Ghost fighter for the Zero line I only speculate that ther is one coming for Plus?? While we wait for our Yamato YF-21's I hope these pictures provide some inspriation. Quote
miriya Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 Those legos are awesome! I hope that Yamato does release Macross Plus Ghosts and that they come in 3 packs for cheap! Quote
do not disturb Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 thats one of the better ones i've seen. nice find! Quote
Capt Hungry Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 It is truly impressive what some people can accomplish with Legos! Quote
badboy00z Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 I've seen those on MOCpages and brickshelf.com. I believe the VF-22 is made by a member here actually. Quote
1/1 LowViz Lurker Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 It'd be good if lego had a macross line like the star wars stuff. That transforming monster in lego actually looks better than the yamato one. Quote
wwwmwww Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 NICE!!!!! Do you know who made those? The VB-6 was made by Gla Gla and he also made a very nice VF-14. You can see the thumbnails here: http://web.archive.org/web/20030224134222/...ery.cgi?f=24092 But I can't find most of the larger pic in the archive. Here is one: Here is a list of the file names in this set if anyone wants to hunt them down. vf17.jpg vf17fighter_back.jpg vf17fighter_front.jpg vf17fighter_up1.jpg vf17fighter_up2.jpg (the one above) vf17fighter_up3.jpg vf17t01.jpg vf17t02.jpg vf17t03.jpg vf17t04.jpg vf17t05.jpg vf17t06.jpg vf17t07.jpg vf17t08.jpg vf17_b.jpg vf17_b_back.jpg vf17_gerwalk.jpg vf17_gerwalk_front.jpg vf17_gunpod.jpg vf17_gunpod2.jpg vf17_gunpod3.jpg Thanks, Carl Quote
KiriK Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 that lego vf-21 is badass.... dayam i wish i had the lego pieces to do this... Quote
wwwmwww Posted January 9, 2008 Posted January 9, 2008 Here is another nice creation of Gla Gla. http://web.archive.org/web/20030419043746/...ery.cgi?f=28731 He called this Transform II And a few pictures: Enjoy, Carl Quote
Fly4victory Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 What was old is new again. When I PCS'ed I sold most of the legos. Quote
Chindenathus Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 thats one of the better ones i've seen. nice find! Yeah it is. Bbut the legs are too skeeny!!!111 I keed! Quote
wwwmwww Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 When I PCS'ed I sold most of the legos. PCS... that is a TLA I'm not familiar with. Is that your bookcase? Are those your creations? Carl Quote
Razor x Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 WOW!!! now thats talent!! I wish Lego sold these kits!!! Quote
JuanJovv Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 La cago Awesome that yf-21 is very nice regards Quote
Vermillion21 Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Holy S---!! Those lego models are amazing!!! Quote
RedLion Posted January 10, 2008 Author Posted January 10, 2008 Here is another nice creation of Gla Gla. http://web.archive.org/web/20030419043746/...ery.cgi?f=28731 He called this Transform II And a few pictures: Enjoy, Carl SWEET!! Lego needs to get busy and make some New kits! Macross in particular They could make a killing on Mech other than the boring Exo Stuff! Quote
RedLion Posted January 10, 2008 Author Posted January 10, 2008 It'd be good if lego had a macross line like the star wars stuff. That transforming monster in lego actually looks better than the yamato one. I do Want a lego Konig! The color looks better than the green! If Yamato did a matte finish with glossy canopy and otehr parts maby it would look better?? Quote
badboy00z Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Lego needs to acquire the license to Macross first. Quote
kanedaestes Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 PCS... that is a TLA I'm not familiar with. Is that your bookcase? Are those your creations? Carl Its a military term. It means Permanent Change of Station. Basically he moved from one base to another, or one location to another. Quote
Grand Admiral Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 SWEET!! Lego needs to get busy and make some New kits! Macross in particular They could make a killing on Mech other than the boring Exo Stuff! No, they really couldn't. LEGO has a primary market of 6-10 year old boys. If they were to make a model as complex and containing as many bricks as some of the above models, the individual model costs would be easily over $100.00 for a small set. Macross is far too niche a market for LEGO to make any money on, even though we'd all like to see it. Quote
do not disturb Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 No, they really couldn't. LEGO has a primary market of 6-10 year old boys. If they were to make a model as complex and containing as many bricks as some of the above models, the individual model costs would be easily over $100.00 for a small set. Macross is far too niche a market for LEGO to make any money on, even though we'd all like to see it. considering they got the indiana license which no 6-10 year old has any concept of and have probably never seen the movies, it could happen. lego is starting to realize a majority of their "fans"(different from their target audience) are adults and not children. clearly indiana jones was not picked up in order to target kids. how many kids would even sit through raiders of the lost ark nowadays?, or temple of doom? they'd just say the movie is dated, complain how completely unreal it is, and simply change the channel. as far as complex models, how about UCS MF? at $500 with 5000+ pieces its certainly not 6-10 year old boys, its strictly for the adults as is most of their SW line. i forsee macross lego in the near future. all the other companies(large and small) see how yamato has made a killing off the license and they're just now starting to pick it up hoping to do the same. lego has more than enough money to pick up the license, the only problem would be the HG/BW bullshight. also, SK, mr macross himself, helped designed the exo force line so they could just as easily talk to him about doing some macross sets in the future. Quote
big F Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 No, they really couldn't. LEGO has a primary market of 6-10 year old boys. If they were to make a model as complex and containing as many bricks as some of the above models, the individual model costs would be easily over $100.00 for a small set. Macross is far too niche a market for LEGO to make any money on, even though we'd all like to see it. so a $200 or so Starwars DeathStar is ok. Kawamori did design some/one of the Exo Lego kits IIRC. Quote
Fly4victory Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 PCS... that is a TLA I'm not familiar with. Is that your bookcase? Are those your creations? Carl PCS: Permanent Change of Station. That was the book case in my office. They were really easy to build. I did them digitally in MLCAD and then built them with bricks. The one that was a pain was the non-transforming Monster. The way I did the legs did not support the weight very well and would fall apart due to gravity. I looked for pictures of the monster but couldn't find any on my laptop. Quote
badboy00z Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 considering they got the indiana license which no 6-10 year old has any concept of and have probably never seen the movies, it could happen. lego is starting to realize a majority of their "fans"(different from their target audience) are adults and not children. clearly indiana jones was not picked up in order to target kids. how many kids would even sit through raiders of the lost ark nowadays?, or temple of doom? they'd just say the movie is dated, complain how completely unreal it is, and simply change the channel. as far as complex models, how about UCS MF? at $500 with 5000+ pieces its certainly not 6-10 year old boys, its strictly for the adults as is most of their SW line. i forsee macross lego in the near future. all the other companies(large and small) see how yamato has made a killing off the license and they're just now starting to pick it up hoping to do the same. lego has more than enough money to pick up the license, the only problem would be the HG/BW bullshight. also, SK, mr macross himself, helped designed the exo force line so they could just as easily talk to him about doing some macross sets in the future. I never knew SK help design the Exo Force line. With SK using LEGO to come up with his prototypes, it's highly possible for a Macross LEGO line. SK himself could do the designs/ construction for the kits and LEGO will produce it like with the Exo Force line. It could already be in the works as we speak. Lol. Quote
M'Kyuun Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Actually, Kawamori-san designed a transforming model he called VAN-Force, but not an actual Exo-Force(EF) set. IIRC, the LEGO Co. approached him to design a unique model. The instructions were online, I believe, and the parts could be acquired by buying a couple of the first wave of EF sets. I think it was only intended as a cool publicity factor for TLC's then new EF line in Japan, but internet lurkers discovered it. Mr. kawamori designed a second model more recently, but I can't remember what it was called. I think it all came about due to his several appearances with his Valk models built of LEGO bricks, and given his reputation in Japan, TLC capitalised on it to give the line an extra boost in Japan. Incidentally, I've read some interviews with some of TLC's model builders, and there are a few among them who would like to produce a line of transforming toys. I think Exo-Force was a step in the right direction, but not quite there yet. I think they'd have to produce their own line, as Macross is still fairly obscure in most of the world, and Hasbro has an iron grip on the Transformers rights. They already share the Star Wars license, and have put the kibosh on TLC's early efforts to sell just the SW minifigs separately, which is why they've changed tactics and introduced Battle Packs, or army builders, which contain abt 4 figs and a small vehicle just to say that it is still a building toy. Personally, I'd love to see any transforming line from LEGO, except in Bionicle...not really a fan, though the kids love it. Quote
badboy00z Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 so a $200 or so Starwars DeathStar is ok. Kawamori did design some/one of the Exo Lego kits IIRC. If I had to guess which one had the most SK influence, it would be the Stealth Hunter. Although it's not very stealthy given the white color scheme. Lol. Quote
Fly4victory Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 All lego will have to do is get the rights. Fans have already done all the work. Here is what MLCAD looks like with the Monsters Leg. The hardest part was not designing the model but getting the correct color/shape bricks. Quote
big F Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Actually, Kawamori-san designed a transforming model he called VAN-Force, but not an actual Exo-Force(EF) set. IIRC, the LEGO Co. approached him to design a unique model. The instructions were online, I believe, and the parts could be acquired by buying a couple of the first wave of EF sets. I think it was only intended as a cool publicity factor for TLC's then new EF line in Japan, but internet lurkers discovered it. Mr. kawamori designed a second model more recently, but I can't remember what it was called. I think it all came about due to his several appearances with his Valk models built of LEGO bricks, and given his reputation in Japan, TLC capitalised on it to give the line an extra boost in Japan. Thats the one. Quote
badboy00z Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 I want to try out MLCAD but the whole installation process seems like a pain in the butt. There's way too many files/ programs to install. Lol. Are all the Exo Force parts uploaded to MLCAD yet? Quote
do not disturb Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 I want to try out MLCAD but the whole installation process seems like a pain in the butt. There's way too many files/ programs to install. Lol. Are all the Exo Force parts uploaded to MLCAD yet? every part from every lego line is up there and new parts are added all the time. at first, the program is a big ole pain in the butt, but once you start getting the hang of it, its no different than any other computer program. Fly4victory, did a pretty quick job creating the feet and as they say, practice makes perfect. Quote
Fly4victory Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 (edited) Yes, loading the program is a pain. But the downloads to update the brick inventory are very easy once the actual program is installed. Sorry but I should have been clearer... finding the correct color bricks is difficult in the "real" world. You can make whatever bricks you want in the digital world. I used Bricklink.com to order individual bricks that were not easy to acquire. Edit: The only Exo force parts I used were the blue and black hair for Max and Hikaru mini-figs. The best parts for odd joints were the bionicles. I am sure that Exo force has some great bits but I stopped playing with the legos. Edited January 10, 2008 by Fly4victory Quote
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