phatslappy Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 This guy showed me this and he was so proud of it. Said that he got it from some guy in Brazil who used to work for Takatoku. Quote
EXO Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 except for the super thick paint job, I would want that. Hopefully they didn't spend a fortune on it. Oh yeah... telling him the truth doesn't make you not an a-hole Rob! lol. I mean you still have that poor retarded guy as your avatar. Quote
aceoftherebellion Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 (edited) Huh. That's interesting. I don't care if it is fake, I gotta say I'd be pretty damn thrilled to own that too. Especially that box. It's a pretty well done fake, IMO. Edited October 25, 2012 by aceoftherebellion Quote
vt102 Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 No... i dont think so. But the truth hurts sometimes.... On a side note... that is a sweet custom box and valks. Quote
Hoptimus Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 Telling the truth is good. I would but that though just for the crazy custom job they did!! Though they did flip some of the Japanese kata kana so its mirrored... Quote
phatslappy Posted October 25, 2012 Author Posted October 25, 2012 damn Alex, I should have called you to have lunch with me today. I ate in Cerritos. Quote
505thAirborne Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 (edited) A shame its not the real deal, that would be one very rare Macross item, still I'd take it and proudly display it! Edited October 25, 2012 by 505thAirborne Quote
EXO Posted October 25, 2012 Posted October 25, 2012 damn Alex, I should have called you to have lunch with me today. I ate in Cerritos. That explains it... the quickening! There can be only ONE! Quote
ff95gj Posted October 26, 2012 Posted October 26, 2012 Damn. How do you tell that it is fake? I don't get it. Quote
VF5SS Posted October 26, 2012 Posted October 26, 2012 Because Takatoku never released any gift sets with two 1/55th scale Valkyries. http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/toys/takatoku.htm Quote
aceoftherebellion Posted October 26, 2012 Posted October 26, 2012 I was also under the impression that they never made a Max or Kakizaki TV type VF-1A, unless I'm just horribly misinformed about that. Would have been a badass set if it was real, but too good to be true. Quote
MichaelS Posted October 26, 2012 Posted October 26, 2012 That toy section needs a pretty large update it's missing so many toys. Quote
VF5SS Posted October 26, 2012 Posted October 26, 2012 http://mactama.com/mt/toy/macross/takatokutoys/takatokutoys_top.htm this site is pretty complete for Takatoku Quote
MichaelS Posted October 26, 2012 Posted October 26, 2012 Anyway somebody went to alot of trouble for that if the toys are decent they would make a great display piece without risking real Takatoku's. Quote
Hikaru1234567890 Posted October 26, 2012 Posted October 26, 2012 (edited) nvm Edited December 8, 2012 by Hikaru1234567890 Quote
VF5SS Posted October 26, 2012 Posted October 26, 2012 (edited) http://www.macrosswo...art/mcr113l.jpg Guys I think some of the artwork came from Macrossworld's own gallery page. I know that's a screencap but the clarity matches the old Animeigo samples Edited October 26, 2012 by VF5SS Quote
izzyfcuk Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 Its a real VF set Sorry to burst your bubble. that is definitely fake...or shall I say custom... This came up before when the old boards were still online and apart from this there were two variations of max and millia marriage set and at least two versions of 1D trainers. Used to fetch crazy money during the time yammies 1/60 just came out and takatokus were still much priced Quote
MichaelS Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 Ug I remember thous days didn't the Takatokus go for like $1000 around that time?. Quote
EXO Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 These customs were made in the early 2000s. They didn't make it to fool people, they were just custom boxes made by awesome customizers. There was a Max and Millia one also. Who ever got a hold of it passed it off as a rare original. Quote
izzyfcuk Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 Wasn't the ones who made them called "team alpha" or something like dat? think i still have some pics lying around Quote
coronadlux Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 I would take that fake and display it with my other fakes. Hahaha... Been duped before. Luckily, I didn't pay much Quote
TheLoneWolf Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 You tell 'em, phatslappy! That's definitely a fan custom set, not an authentic Takatoku product. You can tell because of the use of those two screencaps on the front, especially the screencap from "Bursting Point." Takatoku couldn't use screen caps on their boxes because their boxes were designed before Macross' TV broadcast. That's why all of their boxes just use preproduction artwork. Nevertheless, that doesn't take away from the fact that that's a beautiful custom box. Quote
MichaelS Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 Well it is still Macross glad you did not pay much, that means you can play with them more and not worry what happens to them now. Quote
Kicker773 Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 You can have that easily made on this board. Where's Miriya...he did my VF1D box. Quote
Valkyrie Magnus Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 These customs were made in the early 2000s. They didn't make it to fool people, they were just custom boxes made by awesome customizers. There was a Max and Millia one also. Who ever got a hold of it passed it off as a rare original. If I remember correctly they were not Bandai Valks but Joons Valks. The box looked cool but the Joons valks were a bit floppy. I ended up giving mine away. This set looks cool. I wish takatoku made a TV Max and Kakizaki valk. I am glad Yamato did. Quote
jvmacross Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 You can tell because of the use of those two screencaps on the front, especially the screencap from "Bursting Point." Takatoku couldn't use screen caps on their boxes because their boxes were designed before Macross' TV broadcast. That's why all of their boxes just use preproduction artwork. Interesting....I believe at least one of the catalogs that comes with the Takatoku Macross toys has a few screen caps.....guess it must have been a later catalog or the catalogs were printed/designed much later? Quote
EXO Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 If I remember correctly they were not Bandai Valks but Joons Valks. The box looked cool but the Joons valks were a bit floppy. I ended up giving mine away. This set looks cool. I wish takatoku made a TV Max and Kakizaki valk. I am glad Yamato did. Yeah, at the time Joons were more readily available. If I had those boxes, I'd replace the contents with Bandai reissues. But then again I would never play with them, these customs make great displays though. jvm, I think the boxes with art from the show never got released. Takatoku folded up before the could sell them. I think one of the toys was a Max TV-1A. Quote
Ghost Train Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 Transforming airplane toys... SERIOUS F'ING BUSINESS. Quote
jvmacross Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 EXO...I was referring to the screen caps on the toy catalogs included inside the boxes...like this: And it looks like all of them are from the first episode.... Quote
TheLoneWolf Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 Good catch with those catalogues! Usually, catalogues and other paper inserts are the last things to be made during the manufacturing process, since they can be printed off relatively quickly. And it makes sense that they only feature screenshots from episode 1. IIRC, Ishiguro said that episode 1 (and possibly episode 2) was the only episode that was actually finished well in advance of Macross' debut. As we all know, the remaining episodes were notoriously finished at the last possible minute. Quote
skullmilitia Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 That's a fantastic custom box, what a great display piece. and no one is ever an Ass for calling out fakes, it's needed in these toy hobbies. It's too easy to reproduce now. Quote
Renato Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Its a real VF set In as much as it exists... Quote
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