RavenHawk Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 am i the only one counting the hours until the secret item is revealed? im not ashamed too say, ...........ive waited 20 years to see a real fuke or blowsup ride armor toy! also, can anybody out there squeeeze megahouse for info on thier long awaited fuke/bartley?? I don't know what to think about what is going on with Megahouse. On the one hand, Houquet's bike is taking forever... and Robotech.com (the only official place to get US Megahouse ride armor releases that I know of) only ever released Stick/Scott and Ray/Rand, both of which are permanently listed as being on backorder, and never released a Yellow/Lancer. These two things make me think that Megahouse may not be getting much for sales from MOSPEADA and may be focusing efforts elsewhere. On the other hand, they keep releasing special editions, like last month's all-black Yellow, the previous toy show's all black Stick, and a black-and-white Stick. This makes it seem like they are either keeping their MOSPEADA line going, while encountering delays with new engineering or new molds... or are just trying to make as much money as they can off of existing molds.
Hiriyu Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) On the other hand, they keep releasing special editions, like last month's all-black Yellow, the previous toy show's all black Stick, and a black-and-white Stick. This makes it seem like they are either keeping their MOSPEADA line going, while encountering delays with new engineering or new molds... or are just trying to make as much money as they can off of existing molds. I'd vote the latter. I would like to see a MH Houquet, or a Beagle, for that matter. The Beagle Blowsperior and Bartley's will be most welcome. Edited March 18, 2009 by Hiriyu
EXO Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Here you go... The new Beagle Bartley... exclusive for Macrossworld. (Thanks to Hobby Menace)
danth Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Looks pretty good to me. Especially like the Bartley figure itself.
EXO Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 It's almost an entirely new sculpt... I gotta give Beagle major props for this one... It's SICK!!!
Hiriyu Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) Here you go... The new Beagle Bartley... exclusive for Macrossworld. Dude. I did not expect the very timely response. Whoaaa. Edited March 18, 2009 by Hiriyu
chowyunskinny Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) Whoa! Thanks Exo. Looks pretty good except for it's kinda lanky in Ride Armor mode. I think maybe it's because that front cowling is kind of small and needs to be scaled up IMO (not sure if that's the right terminology, basically the front of the cycle that splits to become the shoulders). Or maybe it's cuz the chest piece seems too big. Awesome first look, I just hope they refine it some more and don't rush it out. Edited March 18, 2009 by chowyunskinny
Hiriyu Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Whoa! Thanks Exo. Looks pretty good except for it's kinda lanky in Ride Armor mode. I think maybe it's because that front cowling is kind of small and needs to be scaled up IMO (not sure if that's the right terminology, basically the front of the cycle that splits to become the shoulders) The Bartley is very hard to reproduce. There's probably more anime magic gone into it than any other in the series.... The lack of shoulder armor is probably the biggest bugaboo. Beagle's rendition seems OK, but I would like to see what they come up with in terms of refinements.
Tober Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Thanks for the pics >EXO< I was wondering if they would go so far as to change the engine block detail - and they have
jenius Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) There's not much more to add but I've posted some additional pics on Anymoon.com. Overdrive was nice enough to email the pics to me after the event. I can't say enough good things about both Save and Overdrive. - CLICK THIS LINKY TO SEE ADDITIONAL PICS Edited March 18, 2009 by jenius
gilermo Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 I was planning on getting all of them anyway. hoquet looks great, the best ever made (just like stick and rey). This mold could be used to create a sue graham right? Maybe there will be a fifth MP cyclone after all
troyness Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 what a beautiful work of art.!!! The bike looks good,the figure looks good. some shots of the armor mode look good-some don,t ,it,s all in the angle of the shot ...plus it,s not a very good pose of it in armor mode..and it being a prototype at this stage. Once it,s all colored up, better posing + photography, there,s alot of hope there!!! It looks like it,ll have better posability in the shoulder area due to it,s mech design-no shoulder armor to restrict the figure,s deltiod movement.!!! Nice work Beagle lets hope for some improvements by this release...now if only I had the money...damn it!!!
troyness Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 I think the best type of pose for Fuke would be with her legs together alot of line art shows this for femininity...looks like Beagle are still going for the helmet/helmetless heads, didn,t it say somewhere that Beagle were considering working on a empty helmet/with one head.....or was that just rumour???
Save Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) Blogged with even more pictures of Fuke, Rei and the MPC Grimlock HERE! I tried my best to get as many angles of the toys as possible. Edited March 18, 2009 by Save
ruskiiVFaussie Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) hahah alright EXO!! Nice one posting it in the SCOOP thread coz you caught my attenion heh! Beagle win, i'm in love lol. wth is going on with Megahouse??? Also i can't stand Rey's face sculpt, so i'm hoping the Robotech version is much better. Any pics yet? Edited March 18, 2009 by ruskiiVFaussie
ruskiiVFaussie Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) Ahh, i just checked out Save's link, they did improve his face sculpt! much nicer than that gumby face they gave him at the start of production. Edited March 18, 2009 by ruskiiVFaussie
RavenHawk Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Here you go... The new Beagle Bartley... exclusive for Macrossworld. (Thanks to Hobby Menace) Looks gorgeous. Only problem is the same one all Bartley toys have: that big empty space below the handlebars, where there's no fairing.
RavenHawk Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Blogged with even more pictures of Fuke, Rei and the MPC Grimlock HERE! I tried my best to get as many angles of the toys as possible. I really like the shade of red that they picked for Bartley/Fuke/Houquet here. Much more real-world-militaristic looking, in my opinion. The CMs red, like all of their MOSPEADA toys, is just too cartoony-colored for my tastes.
jenius Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Looks gorgeous. Only problem is the same one all Bartley toys have: that big empty space below the handlebars, where there's no fairing. I think it's slightly mistransformed right there though, it looks like the piece the shocks should attach to ought to be rolled up a little higher into that opening.
RavenHawk Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 I think it's slightly mistransformed right there though, it looks like the piece the shocks should attach to ought to be rolled up a little higher into that opening. I think you're probably right, now that I look at the pic and compare it to my Stick ride armor from Beagle, but, either way, that gap is always kind of an eyesore, no matter which Houquet toy or model you look at. I guess it's just kind of an inherent flaw in the design of that bike, by not having the cowling pieces which go over tehe shoulders in armor mode. I was just hoping that Beagle might come up with some ingenius solution that everyone else had missed... still, it really does look gorgeous. I'm feeling so impatiet. As expensive as these are, and as nice as it is to have some time to alot some money for them, can't wait for my Ray... now I can't wait for my Houquet after seeing these pics (before I wasn't really interested, was just probably going to get her to have a complete set)... and can you imagine, based on their work so far, how incredible Beagle's Yellow is going to be??? So what do you all think? Stick, then Ray, then Houquet. Next Yellow, or Shinobou (making use of the molds from Houquet)? Then a Devastator/Super Cyclone, since I suspect a lot of their business is coming from the Robotech/Toynami side of things?
RavenHawk Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 As in the headlights of the MH had the headlights, the chest sensors and a third side that looked as if the headlights had revolved upwards into a covered position. The Beagle only has headlights and the side with the chest sensors. Still waiting for a pic of what you mean here, Alex. Or anyone else, really.
505thAirborne Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) Those pictures look so awesome, I always thought Rook had the cooler looking Cyclone/ride Armor. Her Rocket launcher mounted on the bike, makes it look pretty dam deadly!! With this mold already made, you know a Sue Graham/Shinobu will follow since they basically have the same model Ride-Armors. Edited March 18, 2009 by 505thAirborne
ruskiiVFaussie Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 she looks like she's got a nice arse under that mateial too! Hope the sculpted her correctly that way.
novaflo Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 I'M in LOVE!!!! i certainly will buy 2 of each of these...even at $200us beagle u are own are wallets!!!!!!!!!
troyness Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 Nice to see a close-up shot of Ray,that shot and pose makes him look alittle MH (to me atleast) ,hoping that he,s still at the prototype stage!! I know that they,re both in the early stages..but I hope Beagle is working on the cloth,to my eye Ray+Houquet are sporting the same cloth as Stick at this stage.
novaflo Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 i'm suprized at the lack of reponse to this news... ..it seems topics like "KRULL" are getting more posts....hmmmm..... i thought macross fans would appeciate mospeada over krull..but what do i know
RD Blade Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) I think the amount of views a thread gets trumps the number of replies. Personally, I've checked out those ride armor pics at least 3 times. Edit: Baad granmer Edited March 19, 2009 by RD Blade
RavenHawk Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 I think the amount of views a thread gets trumps the number of replies. Personally, I've checked out those ride armor pics at least 3 times. Edit: Baad granmer Not me. Of course, I downloaded them, and have gone back and looked at them in my "MOSPEADA" file at least a dozen times now...
novaflo Posted March 20, 2009 Posted March 20, 2009 Amen, brethren... -any idea when the release date might be for fuke?? personally i still cant belive im staring at a deluxe variable female ride-armor
EXO Posted March 21, 2009 Posted March 21, 2009 personally i still cant belive im staring at a deluxe variable female ride-armor No kidding... a few years ago I would have been happy with all four (or five but Gakken only focused on the main characters) ride armors if Gakken made a big version of them. But now I'm so happy we're seeing these Beagle versions. I rather have multiples of these than getting MW or the CMs.
novaflo Posted March 21, 2009 Posted March 21, 2009 yes indeed, 2 copies for me,of each beagle! ***Beagle...if you were a hot japanese school girl: i'd lF$^%k ya goooooooooooooooooooood!!!!!!!! sorry to be crass, but>>>i just love ya!!! though i wonder if the megahouse fuke will happen now. .... ....personally i'll buy 2 of each megahouse fuke/shiob, just because,,, ummm just because!
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