David Hingtgen Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 1)Escaflowne has been done in DIECAST! by our friendly manufacturer Yamato Yes and it was awful. I specifically asked for a good one. Quote
slaginpit Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Yes and it was awful. I specifically asked for a good one. Come on it wasnt that bad. Mine hasnt broken and is still in good condition after several transformations For a mid 90s to late 90s toy they did pretty good for being a fledgling company. I mean they have new valks that cant stand the test of time for more than 5 years Actually I like them alot. Didnt Matchbox make a few EDIT Sorry I just saw the pics that got passed the firewalls yeah um NO Quote
Frogze Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 what was wrong with the YAMATO releases? I love them and I have completed the set of all 4 but overall the figures are flimsy and the motoslaves are parts formers, fiddly and lack a proper paint job (except for Priss metallic edition which is a beauty) Quote
jenius Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Actually I like them alot. Didnt Matchbox make a few No, Matchbox made the Invid Scout and Invid Storm Trooper mechs but not the inorganics. They're certainly unique but I think they'd be a little cooler if they looked like they had some weaponry Quote
Major Focker Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 6) VEHICULAR VOLTRON DAMMIT!!!!!!! you mean this? http://miracleproduction.com/ma01/index.html of course, i would've preferred an SOC. but having been recently impressed by 3rd party Transformers, i am cautiously watching this one. Quote
akt_m Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 i'd love that too... still, no MACROSS in this thread!! AAGGHH!! Then i would like to see Space Gundam V by yamato. Quote
mechaninac Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) >snip< 10) Rahxephon!!!! Megahouse is releasing one in late May Edited January 22, 2013 by mechaninac Quote
Ignacio Ocamica Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Another vote for a 1/10 MADOX-01 Yamato needs to pick up the MOSPEADA license and finish the 1/10 ride armors and make a new Legioss/Tread. Quote
Lupin The Third Posted January 22, 2013 Author Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) For me it'd be something that will never ever get made because 1) I seem to be the only person on earth who likes them 2) I seem to be one of the few people who remember them The "inorganic" designs from Robotech: The Sentinels They are so different and odd and unbalanced...they don't look like anything else. Ugly, ungainly, otherworldly... I'd buy 'em up. Oh hell yes. Give me Cougars! whoops.....I meant give me Inorganic Cougars! what was wrong with the YAMATO releases? Small and really cheap-plastic-toy-looking? I would like Northrop Grumman to make a 1:1 YF-19...err wait.... In reality I would like a 1/12 Guges-D from the original Appleseed Oddly enough last night it occurred to me that I am a damned liar....the Kishin Corps aren't my most desired toy. The frigging Guges is! Can't believe I forgot about this one. Wonder what ever happened to the Yamato prototype.... ...sigh, maybe one day. And damn it Shirow stop drawing porn and give us Appleseed Book 5 you perv! Noooo! Yamato makes bad figures. All my Appleseed and GitS figures where pretty grappy. Maybe Figma or PlayArts. Would love the Record Of Lodoss War companions tho. I wish there was a direct sequel to the original. Sorry I should have been more clear. I meant a fixed pose figure like their Creato's Labo or SIF EX lines.... Fixed pose would be best for me. I don't tend to like poseable action figures with exposed joints (elbows/knees), they just tend to look weird. For example Parn and Ashram would work perfectly as Figma since they have armored elbows and knees. But Max Factory/Figma does handle their figures' joints well...crap, now that I've thought about it I would totally go for a Figma line of the original Lodoss OVA characters...staging Lodoss Figma battles...yeah, that'd be frigging fantastic! Given that Figma does everything from Big O to Kid Icarus to Cobra to Golgo 13 maybe just maybe this could be a reality one day. vf 2ss 1/60 No Macross damn it! But yeah, I want this more than anything else Macross-wise and Kawamori can grow up and get over it and stop blocking the Macross II stuff from happening. Crap we get the damned rocker boy YFs from M7 but not the VF-2SS? Ridiculous.... Edited January 22, 2013 by Lupin The Third Quote
troyness Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Characters & motorbikes from Venus Wars-manga/anime. And how about a Southern Cross Hovertank. Quote
sketchley Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) They're certainly unique but I think they'd be a little cooler if they looked like they had some weaponry That's the one thing I never got about those designs - they can't fly, shoot or blow things up... isn't that a step backwards for the Invid? At least the Waltrip brothers tried to rectify things with their black death destroyers version of the Inorganics (or whatever. I can't believe I still remember carp about Rob-tech!). Anyhow, on topic: the only thing coming to mind is a scale puramo of the VF-171 (doesn't have to be transformable). Sure, there's a toy, but puramo are more fun (albeit a Lego line of Valkyries would ROCK). Edited January 22, 2013 by sketchley Quote
Arthurius Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 lol on the "cougars", good one mate!!! Quote
DarrinG Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 1)Escaflowne has been done in DIECAST! by our friendly manufacturer Yamato 2) Line-barrels has been done by CMS. I have the Alter version too 3) Shezar's Guymelef I would like to see 4) really need a Lancelot Albion, I foresee this coming under the SRC Line because Bandai did do a less popular Armored Core Mech 4) I want to see Yamato do the Zoids Scorpian type and Gariyuki 5) MG, PG SOC crap anything with Kyshatria 6) VEHICULAR VOLTRON DAMMIT!!!!!!! 7) The other destroids! I want to see both 80s/200os Galactica done by either Bandai or Aoshima 9) GIVE ME A SOC DANN of THURSDAY DAMMIT!!!!! 10) Rahxephon!!!! A better this in SOC format Well look at this SHE did a Escaflowne???? But anyway SHE has practically done everything http://studio-halfey.../works_top.html VOTE AGAIN for SOC Dangaioh! A Studio Halfeye version finally came up on Yahoo Japan and it went for $1,000 - yikes ( ! ) Quote
slaginpit Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 VOTE AGAIN for SOC Dangaioh! A Studio Halfeye version finally came up on Yahoo Japan and it went for $1,000 - yikes ( ! ) Yeeahh I wouldnt. I bought their uber expensive shin getter 2. Although execution was pretty good but the materials like resin. Extremely delicate and fiddly. And that dangaioh I would imagine to be a mess So Bandai needs to bring aboard the SHE development team so we can get more cool SOCs Quote
slaginpit Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) you mean this? http://miracleproduction.com/ma01/index.html (Image Deleted)of course, i would've preferred an SOC. but having been recently impressed by 3rd party Transformers, i am cautiously watching this one. Yeah no friggen way. Look at that thing. Its like a 2 year old had a go and used the form from the original matchbox. Yeah no they can keep it. Give me a Proper updated Vehicle Voltron using today's tech and modern tools and make that thing shine! Edited January 22, 2013 by slaginpit Quote
Phyrox Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 The Crann Inorganic (the pink one) could carry a gun actually, so there’s that… I don’t understand the criticism regarding the lack of guns or flight. The addition of a gun would change the designs very little. A good or bad design should not hinge on whether the thing can shoot and fly. The original Robocop design doesn’t look like it has a gun at all, and that’s a great design, for example. Certainly within the context of the world they were designed for, a lack of armament is a serious flaw, but to base our appreciation of the design on that fact would be odd, in my opinion. I am not necessarily saying these are “good designs.” I like them, and that’s enough…but I can see they might be guilty of some aesthetic sins. PS- that comic-book flying Christmas ornament is no improvement, no way. Quote
Shaorin Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) 1)Escaflowne has been done in DIECAST! by our friendly manufacturer Yamato since when? YAMATO did a GUYMELEF ESCAFLOWNE all right, but the actual Die-Cast content was hardly extensive, thank god. high die-cast metal content is not a particularly conducive element to be complementing modern day design work on complex, physics-defying transforming toys. structural die-cast in key potential weak points is the most any die-cast lover should logically hope for in any of today's CAD/CAM transformational origami wonders, that is, unless you actually want to spend several hundred dollars on a complex model-like toy that crumbles under it's own weight after a few transformations at best... Edited January 22, 2013 by Shaorin Quote
slaginpit Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 since when? YAMATO did a GUYMELEF ESCAFLOWNE all right, but the actual Die-Cast content was hardly extensive, thank god. high die-cast metal content is not a particularly conducive element to be complementing modern day design work on complex, physics-defying transforming toys. structural die-cast in key potential weak points is the most any die-cast lover should logically hope for in any of today's CAD/CAM transformational origami wonders, that is, unless you actually want to spend several hundred dollars on a complex model-like toy that crumbles under it's own weight after a few transformations at best... I agree but metal inner frame is much better than a metal outer frame Quote
Twoducks Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Well look at this SHE did a Escaflowne???? But anyway SHE has practically done everything http://studio-halfey.../works_top.html That was to be a joint venture between SHE and Bandai. Thing looked great and would have made for an awesome line of affordable more resistant SHE products... and then nothing more was heard. NOTHING!! Like it had never existed... really sad about it going into limbo. Quote
Twoducks Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 you mean this? http://miracleproduc...ma01/index.html of course, i would've preferred an SOC. but having been recently impressed by 3rd party Transformers, i am cautiously watching this one. Preordered (and paid) for this one over a year ago and the company is still making up excuses about the release date. Miracle Productions (the company making it) is a running gag now over at Robotjapan. So pick up a chair and sit down if you are waiting for this one Quote
danth Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Hmm, did we forget all about the Southern Cross Spartas, or did someone already mention it? Quote
sketchley Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 PS- that comic-book flying Christmas ornament is no improvement, no way. Context is everything. Quote
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) I know its kinda weird to have a space helicopter, but I would love to have seen an Ajax from Southern Cross made in some kit or toy form. Ooh, and Wanzers! Front Mission mechs need big scale love. Edited January 23, 2013 by Valkyrie Hunter D Quote
Major Focker Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 Preordered (and paid) for this one over a year ago and the company is still making up excuses about the release date. Miracle Productions (the company making it) is a running gag now over at Robotjapan. So pick up a chair and sit down if you are waiting for this one well i got onto the 3rd party scene just a few weeks ago (bought a not-Devastator last week) and just found out about this Voltron a few days ago. so i haven't been standing in wait long. i'm not preordering though, like i said: cautiously watching. i'm not particular who makes them, but here's my not so short list: +1 on Starfleet, but i'd rather have the X-Bomber. bonus if it comes with 3 detachable fighters that combine into a 6" Dai-X the Sol Bianca. bonus if comes with a hologram valkyrie backdrop the Bebop from, er, Cowboy Bebop. not an obscure anime, but an obscure subject for a toy or model. i want it weathered of course Sniper Helicopter Platform from the GitS movie +1 for MADOX, though i'd prefer 1/16 to be in scale with the MaK Fireball from Sentinel (which i hope will continue as a toy line) +1 on Appleseed Guges, with opening hatches and Deunan in skimpy suit, naturally. again, 1/16 or 1/20 to be in scale with the Hot Toys Landmate, or 1/24 to be in scale with the GitS Arm Suit still Appleseed, the Dropships from Ex Machina. in 1/20 so my Hot Toys figures will have something to rappel down from last for Appleseed, a Spider Gun Platform that is more than just a couple of inches tall technically not-Macross, +1 on Spartas Hovertank in 1/48 or 1/35 +1 for Venus Wars monobikes not sure if this is a Japan or US production, but i have fond memories of Mighty Orbots. probably impossible given the amount of anime magic (round bodies becoming rectangular, torso robot growing in size) now don't get me started on video game ships (cough... Homeworld) Quote
Major Focker Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 forgot to add: Laserion. parts-former (jet-tank-robot) in translucent colored plastic as for figures... Claymore Theresa. they're gonna leave us with just skinny Clare? really? Madlax in a gown or at least a better sculpt than these: Erza Scarlett from Fairy Tail. not an obscure anime by any stretch, but a drought of figures. with her myriad costumes/armor, i'm surprised they aren't as numerous as One Piece figures. i'll be happy with at least just one in 1/6-1/8, even if it's in her kitten costume speaking of non-obscure anime, i have yet to see a Bleach Yoruichi figure that is both pretty and sexy. i'd go with the Kotobukiya Bishoujo treatment. just realized i don't have any dark-skinned figures yet. makes me want this even more Quote
arcoregon Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 This is a fantastic topic! I would definitely pick up a Southern Cross Auroran! Quote
Lupin The Third Posted January 23, 2013 Author Posted January 23, 2013 Yes and it was awful. I specifically asked for a good one. Yeah I have to agree. I bought two when they came out because "OMG its the Escaflowne!" But every time I looked at them I thought "damn...you're really ugly for such a beautiful mech design". Sold them on ebay, I just couldn't abide their presence in the collection. I love them and I have completed the set of all 4 but overall the figures are flimsy and the motoslaves are parts formers, fiddly and lack a proper paint job (except for Priss metallic edition which is a beauty) The Metallic was much nicer looking, it's really too bad they didn't do all the motoslaves that way. I was actually set to buy them all and then I saw a side by side, I believe on the forum here, of the Atelier BGC figures to the Yamato figs. I already had the Atelier figures; I had presumed the Yamato ones were the same just with Yamato distributing the new versions with the Motoslaves in the US or something like that. But the difference was staggering so i stuck with my Atelier lovelies. the Bebop from, er, Cowboy Bebop. not an obscure anime, but an obscure subject for a toy or model. i want it weathered of course Sniper Helicopter Platform from the GitS movie +1 for MADOX, though i'd prefer 1/16 to be in scale with the MaK Fireball from Sentinel (which i hope will continue as a toy line) +1 on Appleseed Guges, with opening hatches and Deunan in skimpy suit, naturally. again, 1/16 or 1/20 to be in scale with the Hot Toys Landmate, or 1/24 to be in scale with the GitS Arm Suit still Appleseed, the Dropships from Ex Machina. in 1/20 so my Hot Toys figures will have something to rappel down from last for Appleseed, a Spider Gun Platform that is more than just a couple of inches tall now don't get me started on video game ships (cough... Homeworld) Agreed on the Bebop. It's actually kind of weird that Bandai did the Swordfish but not the Bebop. Sure the Swordfish is a more "exciting" mech but the Bebop is so central to everything. Would like to see Faye's ship also. Crazy thought just now....Soul of Popynica Red Tail and Bebop in scale to allow both the SOP Swordfish and Red Tail to dock! That would be what, only ~4' long? Go for it Bandai! Sure you'd only sell 50 of these but at the $1500+ a piece they go for it would certainly be more money than selling all of the whopping 12 of the newest Frontier Valk that get released! Not sure if it's there still since I haven't been since late 2008 but at the Seattle Sci-fi museum there is/was a cool little display that shows CG rendered sci-fi ships that you can select and they fly around on screen and includes the Bebop. I also agree with all your Shirow wants! A Spider Platform would be friggin awesome! As to Video Game ships I really would like to see more of these, both Japanese and Western. I was thrilled when the Shooting Game Historica series tackled Thunder Force V but they haven't followed up with anything else similar. Their new Darius Burst and Metal Black ships are bigger than the old Gashpon ones but massively smaller than the TFV ship. I'd love the Ketsui Copters, any Dodonpachi ships, anything from the Raiden/Raiden Fighters series, and while the Ikaruga models are very pretty I really would prefer them as actual toys....I could also go for stuff from Wing Commander, Freelancer, Starlancer... Quote
Lupin The Third Posted January 23, 2013 Author Posted January 23, 2013 This is a fantastic topic! I would definitely pick up a Southern Cross Auroran! Wow that brings back memories...I only think of the Hover Tanks when I recall SC but looking back for some reason when I was a kid I thought the Logan Veritech was the coolest thing ever... It's like a Valk and a Shark had a child. Come on Yamato, you guys could poop this one out by next month! Quote
Twoducks Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 well i got onto the 3rd party scene just a few weeks ago (bought a not-Devastator last week) and just found out about this Voltron a few days ago. so i haven't been standing in wait long. i'm not preordering though, like i said: cautiously watching. The Voltron isn't 3rd party...I wish it was being made by one since those actually share progress information. The Voltron project is "official" but they only had the rights of Voltron in Asia or something so when the preorders started popping up in BBTS and other US stores they were hit by the holders of the rights in North America. Or so goes the legend. So far the company making it just gives release date after release date and repeats “It's gone into production” over and over. The pics in their webpage are reaaaaally old proto pics. I was going to add the Magic Knight Rayearth mecha/rune gods but they have lost a bit of their punch since I last saw images of them decades ago. Tastes change Quote
myk Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Capcom's rendition of Mai Shiranui is my absolute dream girl, and I already have this statue, but I'd like to see the face sculpt and the attention to her BREASTS carried over to different poses and/or outfits. I tolerate the current statue, but I'm not really a fan of the "here is my ass, can you see it alright" pose. Until that time comes, I guess I'll just close my eyes... Quote
Lupin The Third Posted January 24, 2013 Author Posted January 24, 2013 Capcom's rendition of Mai Shiranui is my absolute dream girl, and I already have this statue, but I'd like to see the face sculpt and the attention to her BREASTS carried over to different poses and/or outfits. I tolerate the current statue, but I'm not really a fan of the "here is my ass, can you see it alright" pose. Until that time comes, I guess I'll just close my eyes... Agreed it is a great version but the pose is a bit fanboyish. It would be cooler with her in a fighting stance or standing with arms crossed, etc. I am still kicking myself over missing the Nishimura Morrigan.... She came out right at the time I was making a cross-country move and I completely missed out, didn't even know the figure existed until late last year. Now after-marketeers want 10X the original price for her, ~$600-800! Hands down my most wanted reissue. I can't believe when Max Factory had that poll last year and promised to reissue the top figures voted for that the customers wanted that this one didn't win the scale pvc categoryl instead coming in 18th behind a ton of stuff that can be bought for a fraction of her price! Maybe one day... Quote
Lupin The Third Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 VENUS WARS would be cool. I'm surprised to see so much Venus Wars interest. It makes my nostalgic heart happy to see that at least some of us remember what anime used to be about. Quote
kaiotheforsaken Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 I'm sure I could think of others, but one that really stands out to me is Lazengann. As cool as Gurren Lagann is, Lazengann was substantially more bad ass imo. I'd love to see some huge die-cast rendition, but I'd be happy with an SRC from Bandai. I have the Revoltech version, but it just doesn't cut it. Quote
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