Shaggydog Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 Chinese toy factories have been shutting down due to the economy entering a serious recession. See, for example: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7733499.stm It's not uncommon for toy companies to miss release dates even in the best of times, especially around the end of the year when there are a lot of new products, but this toy factory issue may also be contributing.
ruskiiVFaussie Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 (edited) For those confusd by Ruskii's telling you how to buy the toy, the link to the blog is here: http://www.over-drive-inc.com/overdrive-blog/info/1864.html Ahh thanks for that, just that i always forget how to type Overdrive's web address, the double '-' and inc.com throws me. Only trying to help you know. That's too bad with the delay, i know how you guys are sweating on getting this one (i'm waiting for Houquet). Nothing worse than missing out on a Christmas planned toy/collectable. It bites! Sad for China. Great pics Save! love how they give a second gallant pistol form. The neck looks a tad too long, but hey everything else looks great. Edited November 19, 2008 by ruskiiVFaussie
Renato Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Maybe they can use the time to fix the "Armer Cycle" (sic) written on the stand.
gilermo Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 The nek is starting to freak me out, can't they put some cloth on that too?
ruskiiVFaussie Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Turtle neck sweater. It's ok, i've got my MH R/Armors, so it's not a big deal.
RavenHawk Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 Remember a while ago when that redesigned Mospeada art was published? I think it was Aramaki who did it and he said he'd like to revisit mospeada. I think one of our members here also managed to track down Terada who also expressed interest in revisiting mospeada. Chances of that happening? I could only guess nill. I never heard about any of this. Can you remember anything more? Anyone know anything about this?
jenius Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 Roger clarified shortly after that post who were the players who were actually involved. There were a couple scans shown in one of the old Mospeada threads here also but all I remember seeing was a revised Legioss, Tread, and some new Inbit creatures. I don't think there was an updated ride armor.
RavenHawk Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 Roger clarified shortly after that post who were the players who were actually involved. There were a couple scans shown in one of the old Mospeada threads here also but all I remember seeing was a revised Legioss, Tread, and some new Inbit creatures. I don't think there was an updated ride armor. I'm doing searches through old posts, but haven't had any luck finding anything yet.
jenius Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 If I wasn't at the office now I'd try to be more help.... I know how unfruitful searching this forum can be.
Save Posted November 22, 2008 Posted November 22, 2008 (edited) Hedeki Kakinuma told me personally he really wants to do a new Mospeada production, he didn't give any details about what kind of story it would be only that it wouldn't have so much narration. If it wouldn't be possible to do it he said he would write Mospeada novels. He knew about Shadow Chronicles and said if asked he would love to work on that as well if there were more being made. Hedeki Kakinuma was the one who did redesigned Mospeada art in the Hobby Japan issue. Edited November 22, 2008 by Save
Tober Posted November 22, 2008 Posted November 22, 2008 Hedeki Kakinuma told me personally he really wants to do a new Mospeada production, he didn't give any details about what kind of story it would be only that it wouldn't have so much narration. If it wouldn't be possible to do it he said he would write Mospeada novels. He knew about Shadow Chronicles and said if asked he would love to work on that as well if there were more being made. Hedeki Kakinuma was the one who did redesigned Mospeada art in the Hobby Japan issue. Is it known if he did the redesign on cover of the 'Animation Bikes' book? Click image to enlarge.
RavenHawk Posted November 22, 2008 Posted November 22, 2008 Is it known if he did the redesign on cover of the 'Animation Bikes' book? Click image to enlarge. I assume it was the same person who did the artwork on the author's website with his proto-MOSPEADA project bike. If it is one of the original creators, I don't think it would be him, since her did more of the Inbit design. Shinji Aramaki did the bike design for both MOSPEADA and Megazone 23 and seems to have personal contact with Nandy, the author of that book.
akim Posted November 22, 2008 Posted November 22, 2008 (edited) Hedeki Kakinuma told me personally he really wants to do a new Mospeada production, he didn't give any details about what kind of story it would be only that it wouldn't have so much narration. If it wouldn't be possible to do it he said he would write Mospeada novels. He knew about Shadow Chronicles and said if asked he would love to work on that as well if there were more being made. Hedeki Kakinuma was the one who did redesigned Mospeada art in the Hobby Japan issue. Save, you're a lucky man to meet Mr Kakinuma!! RavenHawk, are you talking about this? http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?show...st&p=549962 http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?show...st&p=564528 http://textfiend.net/zerohero/?p=330 (for Hobby japan 06/2007) akim. Edited November 22, 2008 by akim
SuperHobo Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 Hey guys! For those of you still wanting a decent legioss + tread set angolz has a sale on the CM's red version for about 63% off! That's right folks $110. Those who paid like $250 bucks for this go eat your hearts out now! http://www.angolz.com/home/productDetails....?PLU=0000106909
ruskiiVFaussie Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 LOL, that's just not right, a little puppy died somewhere after they placed this up on their page just because of it's awesomeness evil. f'n i'm one of the suckers that paid the ful price! still, awesome to own though.
Tober Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 I assume it was the same person who did the artwork on the author's website with his proto-MOSPEADA project bike. If it is one of the original creators, I don't think it would be him, since her did more of the Inbit design. Shinji Aramaki did the bike design for both MOSPEADA and Megazone 23 and seems to have personal contact with Nandy, the author of that book. Cool, thanks for the info.
Renato Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 Is it known if he did the redesign on cover of the 'Animation Bikes' book? Click image to enlarge. Aramaki did that illustration especially for the book.
will74 Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 (edited) Hey guys! For those of you still wanting a decent legioss + tread set angolz has a sale on the CM's red version for about 63% off! That's right folks $110. Those who paid like $250 bucks for this go eat your hearts out now! http://www.angolz.com/home/productDetails....?PLU=0000106909 Has anyone here purchased something from this website. I also paid full price but would not mind picking up another. Edited November 23, 2008 by will74
protostar8 Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 Hey guys! For those of you still wanting a decent legioss + tread set angolz has a sale on the CM's red version for about 63% off! That's right folks $110. Those who paid like $250 bucks for this go eat your hearts out now! http://www.angolz.com/home/productDetails....?PLU=0000106909 Wow, seems too good to be true. Too bad it's not the blue one...
jenius Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 Has anyone here purchased something from this website. I also paid full price but would not mind picking up another. I've never dealt with them personally but CollectionDX gets many of their samples for reviews from them.
Shun Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 (edited) These are from AFA08. CM'S. not sure if anyone posted them before... Edited November 23, 2008 by Shun
EXO Posted November 23, 2008 Author Posted November 23, 2008 I've dealt with angolz before. They're really helpful. I couldnt find a good source for Range Murata artbooks so I emailed them and they got me the whole set at retail price when they were going for 3 times on ebay. Man, that pic of all the CMs ride armors look so freakin cool. I want them all!!! Then replicate it with a Beagle collection! the thing that kinda worries me about the Toynami version is whether or not the face in the helmet will match the new face sculpt they're gonna include. I hope they thought of that already.
protostar8 Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 (edited) I've dealt with angolz before. They're really helpful. I couldnt find a good source for Range Murata artbooks so I emailed them and they got me the whole set at retail price when they were going for 3 times on ebay. Man, that pic of all the CMs ride armors look so freakin cool. I want them all!!! Then replicate it with a Beagle collection! the thing that kinda worries me about the Toynami version is whether or not the face in the helmet will match the new face sculpt they're gonna include. I hope they thought of that already. yeah, the pic is cool, but the figs are just too pricey. That's $600-ish worth of figs on display, it should be damn impressive! Edited November 24, 2008 by protostar8
RavenHawk Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 Aramaki did that illustration especially for the book. That's what I figured. There are a handful of drawings by him towards the end of the book. Do you have it too?
EXO Posted November 24, 2008 Author Posted November 24, 2008 yeah, the pic is cool, but the figs are just too pricey. That's $600-ish worth of figs on display, it should be damn impressive! considering that a $600 would usually consist of 3 or 4 macross toys, I'd say it's impressive. But you're right, I don't pay full price for the figs in that pic, I'll probably never have a complete collection.
jenius Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 And that pic is missing the two soldier (greens) and the three sparkly/clear variants.
emerson Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 And that pic is missing the two soldier (greens) and the three sparkly/clear variants. There are 2 green/soldier variants? I have one of these, but thought there was just the one green version....By the way, is the green variant canon? (Not to my recollection, but my memory is shoddy these days!)
jenius Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 Yep, there's a Ley variant (most rare) and a Stig (very rare). If I'm not mistaken there are 100 Ley types and 300 Stig types. They're definitely canon but whether or not they actually appear within the show is another question. I believe they do either in the gathering at Reflex Point, the episode with Rainy Boy, or the soldier town episode.
Shun Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 The Mospeadas (Stick and Rey types) are the most common, we see other soldiers using both versions from time to time in the show. IIRC, i've never seen a black Mospeada in the anime though... they're always the same lime green. The Bartley used by the spy/recon Shinobu is black, and i wonder if its becoz she's a spy, she's from moon base, or because of the new black/gray color scheme used by the "Dark Legioss" so maybe all mecha after that follow the same color scheme. Maybe it has stealth capabilities but i doubt it.
jenius Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 The Mospeadas (Stick and Rey types) are the most common, we see other soldiers using both versions from time to time in the show. IIRC, i've never seen a black Mospeada in the anime though... they're always the same lime green. The Bartley used by the spy/recon Shinobu is black, and i wonder if its becoz she's a spy, she's from moon base, or because of the new black/gray color scheme used by the "Dark Legioss" so maybe all mecha after that follow the same color scheme. Maybe it has stealth capabilities but i doubt it. All the mecha in the last assault wave we see have the black gray scheme so even if it's not shown I think it's a pretty reasonable assumption that there'd be Stig and Ley type black/gray ride armor. I'm really trying to remember if we see any in the first Reflex point episode but I don't think we do... I do remember that there are Dark Legiosses present right at the onset (they actually mark the beginning of the assault be destabilizing the bubble shield over the complex). I think it's also reasonable to assume that there are lime green Barkley type ride armors and maybe all of them come in blue and white also.
Save Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 These are from AFA08. CM'S. not sure if anyone posted them before... Kind of interesting these would be displayed outside of Japan with out any indication of Toynami being involved.
eriku Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 Care for a side of Mint? http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/iam-cybergundam/article?mid=16722
emerson Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 The Mospeadas (Stick and Rey types) are the most common, we see other soldiers using both versions from time to time in the show. IIRC, i've never seen a black Mospeada in the anime though... they're always the same lime green. The Bartley used by the spy/recon Shinobu is black, and i wonder if its becoz she's a spy, she's from moon base, or because of the new black/gray color scheme used by the "Dark Legioss" so maybe all mecha after that follow the same color scheme. Maybe it has stealth capabilities but i doubt it. The "green" we were referring to were the limited edition CM's Mospeadas featuring rider figures with green uniforms. This is the VR-052T MOSPEADA version that I have. I hadn't realized there was a VR-052F version as well. I don't remember any green-uniformed riders in the anime either. Blue, red and purple, yes. No green though. I'm actually only interested in anime-accurate colors, so am probably going to sell my green "Soldier version" if anyone's interested.
ruskiiVFaussie Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 Green looks cool, too bad the rest wasn't made that colour (including the Ride Armor) with a touch of camo. That would be an instant buy for me, camo green for the espionage/forest-esque missions.
jenius Posted November 25, 2008 Posted November 25, 2008 I have a post waiting to go up on the green armors over at my site. Unfortunately I gotta take a couple more pics and I was feeling burnt out on ride armors for the moment... especially with the Shinobus and Fukes about to be released as well as the Beagle (although that's less of an issue now that it's been postponed).
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