505thAirborne Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Wait a minute is that Alto's flight suit behind the Macross Quarter? You know it!!!
ff95gj Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Good news. Reports from Japanese fans say Yamato is aiming to keep it around the 50,000yen mark (approx. US$500). As I thought!!! Darn, it's affordable in price, but then I cannot afford the space!
eugimon Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 gonna be hard to swing 500 dollars on 1 toy by the wife...
EXO Posted February 22, 2009 Author Posted February 22, 2009 gonna be hard to swing 500 dollars on 1 toy by the wife... 300 for the Macross 100 for ARMD-01 100 for ARMD-02 Bring it in one week at a time...
indigofx28 Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) ditto. Thanks Save for posting your site up with pix's. gonna be hard to swing 500 dollars on 1 toy by the wife... Edited February 22, 2009 by indigofx28
isa_o Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 cool, don't for get shipping that would also cost an ARMD-01 and ARMD-02 300 for the Macross 100 for ARMD-01 100 for ARMD-02 Bring it in one week at a time...
Cyclone Trooper Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 cool, don't for get shipping that would also cost an ARMD-01 and ARMD-02 *rimshot*
Valkyrie addict Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 WOW! I will definitely get this one! and at around 500...seems doable!
SchizophrenicMC Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 $500 should be doable if I get a job this summer... Even part-time at minum wage, I'd make enough to get that... What? I'm a minor! I still live with my parents!
Vostok 7 Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) HA! I was closest in scale (I guessed 1/2500). I think if they do ABS/POM/Die-Cast construction like the Destroids it won't be too expensive, most of the cost would go into gimmicks, also depending on quantity made. The transformation of the SDF-1 is relatively simple, so engineering isn't much of an issue. Considering this will be the biggest, and potentially most detailed SDF-1 ever made, I imagine it will sell like hotcakes, especially in Japan. I'm excited. I also wouldn't be surprised if this shrank a tiny bit to something closer to 1/2500 scale by the time it was released. Vostok 7 Edited February 22, 2009 by Vostok 7
chowyunskinny Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 in the words of Ric Flair... WOO!!!!! About f@cking time the SDF-1 gets the proper treatment
Mechinyun Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 GOOD: SIZE = AWESOME PRICE = FINE FOR THE SIZE BAD: NOT TV VERSION
ruskiiVFaussie Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) holy crap/// HOLY CRAP! HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! T________T HAPPY LAUNCH DAY! But agree, not TV version. Edited February 22, 2009 by ruskiiVFaussie
logos Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Like everyone else OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG! Now $500 is a bit step but I think most of us will find a way to swing it . Maybe cut back on the VF-1 1/60 purchases! Anyway all I really have to say is CAN YOU IMAGINE THE SIZE OF THE BOX YAMATO IS GOING TO PUT THIS IN!!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
505thAirborne Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) GOOD: SIZE = AWESOME PRICE = FINE FOR THE SIZE BAD: NOT TV VERSION On the other hand, everytime so far Yamato releases a VF-1 lately, its not just one color scheme or pilot like Max, its the whole line 1A, 1A TV and his 1S and so on. Hell who knows, maybe a TV version will follow when they see were all set to shell out the dough for this one!! Its a crazy theory, but then again............. Edited February 22, 2009 by 505thAirborne
nugundamII Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Like everyone else OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG! Now $500 is a bit step but I think most of us will find a way to swing it . Maybe cut back on the VF-1 1/60 purchases! Anyway all I really have to say is CAN YOU IMAGINE THE SIZE OF THE BOX YAMATO IS GOING TO PUT THIS IN!!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: for me its called cutting out the transformer toys since the movie ones suck donkey balls
Hikuro Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Hm Quarter looks good for a prototype. And 500 dollars isn't too far off from what I predicted, STILL it's going to get marked up by Retailers for US selling, and I'm sure the shipping will be a rape as well, probably 60+ cause of weight and cause international shippers like to fondle our wallets. It's a bit too steep for me right now...I'm got things planned and gotta save up as much as possible between now and July and that is very difficult.
logos Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) I just blew up one of the photos and it says that the SDF-1 will be 1-2000 scale that`s pretty sweet! Edit: Sorry I think someone mentioned this already. Edited February 22, 2009 by logos
Dangard Ace Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Price is around what I expected. Brave Max was around that price too, slightly cheaper but not by much. Less detail too. Can't wait to hear more info on this one.
CF18 Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 If they make TV version it will take another year - for customer to absorb the cost, and if line art accurate it cannot be a simple re-color.
macrossnake Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Good news. Reports from Japanese fans say Yamato is aiming to keep it around the 50,000yen mark (approx. US$500). Well, no one know how much this 'monster' going to cost, but it IS coming next spring. That means we all have at least 12 months to save up for this!
EXO Posted February 22, 2009 Author Posted February 22, 2009 twice the price of what I expected so I'll only get one. Haha.
eugimon Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Well, no one know how much this 'monster' going to cost, but it IS coming next spring. That means we all have at least 12 months to save up for this! next spring? wow, that's good news... hopefully things will be turned around enough where I can spend that kind of money on a toy.
MACROSSF Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 I just blew up one of the photos and it says that the SDF-1 will be 1-2000 scale that`s pretty sweet! Edit: Sorry I think someone mentioned this already. It says it will be available in spring of 2010 and the price is TBD...
isa_o Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 It says it will be available in spring of 2010 and the price is TBD... Yes, nice but at the current 86 yen to 1 us dollar it would be more than for 581.00 for 50,000 yen not to mention hlj only ships EMS for that dollar value. So add an additional 190. Dollars to the price. So yamato better rethink that price or they will lose out on the customers.
Mercurial Morpheus Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Nice. Though I'd also prefer a TV one. DYRL version gets enough love.
Vostok 7 Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Yes, nice but at the current 86 yen to 1 us dollar it would be more than for 581.00 for 50,000 yen not to mention hlj only ships EMS for that dollar value. So add an additional 190. Dollars to the price. So yamato better rethink that price or they will lose out on the customers. Actually, the yen is 93/1 right now, and has been slowly going down. By the time the SDF-1 ever gets to market, it'll be more like 100/1 or better. HLJ always shows an artificially low rate on their auto-conversions. Vostok 7
m0n5t3r Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 300 for the Macross 100 for ARMD-01 100 for ARMD-02 Bring it in one week at a time... LMFAO!!!!
anime52k8 Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 I also wouldn't be surprised if this shrank a tiny bit to something closer to 1/2500 scale by the time it was released. Vostok 7 I actually hope you're right about this, but I doubt it. A 1/2500 scale at about $300 would have been grate, but this? this is just ridiculousness to the point of nausea the quarter and the EX-Gear looks cool though... *runs to those threads*
Vostok 7 Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 I actually hope you're right about this, but I doubt it. A 1/2500 scale at about $300 would have been grate, but this? this is just ridiculousness to the point of nausea the quarter and the EX-Gear looks cool though... *runs to those threads* Well, the prototype seems to be in about the same stage the original 1/60 Monster was when they were first showing that off, and we all know how that (de)evolved into the 1/100 Konig. At some point they'll probably realize that 1/2000 is just a little TOO unreasonable and it'll get shaved down a little bit, just like the Monster. But we'll see. I know that anything SDF will probably fly off the shelves in Japan, I just don't know if 50k yen is a good price point. Vostok 7
eugimon Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Well, the prototype seems to be in about the same stage the original 1/60 Monster was when they were first showing that off, and we all know how that (de)evolved into the 1/100 Konig. At some point they'll probably realize that 1/2000 is just a little TOO unreasonable and it'll get shaved down a little bit, just like the Monster. But we'll see. I know that anything SDF will probably fly off the shelves in Japan, I just don't know if 50k yen is a good price point. Vostok 7 I hope you're right as well.
isa_o Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Actually, the yen is 93/1 right now, and has been slowly going down. By the time the SDF-1 ever gets to market, it'll be more like 100/1 or better. HLJ always shows an artificially low rate on their auto-conversions. Vostok 7 I hope your right, plus I hope yamato shaves it down in size it'll be easier to play with like the kong monster
EXO Posted February 22, 2009 Author Posted February 22, 2009 The monster is a one time thing. If anything they upsized everything else. Remember the 1/100 VF-0, the 1/72 19 everyone was waiting for. They'll probably go 1/32 with the VF-1s once they milk the 1/60s again... I dont really see the point of a smaller Macross. It should overtower the other toys Yamato has. Maybe they'll make a smaller one down the road. Besides, my source that told me NOT to commision a custom said that Yamato was pretty excited about this toy, that it's coming for sure.
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