Hi-Metal R

[seti88]

2 hours ago, Rogueload said:

Is that blue stand a bandai trident stand?

Yes, that’s the most straightforward reuse. Just slap on a macross kite on a blue stand. Others tho, not so much..

[Duymon]

Trident stand can hold 5 Valks btw. You can use two of the stage 5 arms on the two front holes on the base as well

[sh9000]

There should be another hole somewhere at the front because I’ve put 6 Valks on the Trident stand before.

[sumyumgoy]

4 hours ago, seti88 said:

Give me more HMR stands first. I am ok for waiting on HMR mecha at the moment to let my wallet breathe...

Is that image of minmay available anywhere?  Tried to look for it but couldn't find it.

[Drad]

I wonder why Hi-Metal R has been the only Macross line to offer enemy units? Do Japanese collectors not like enemies alongside their hero characters? I'm glad we're finally getting them. It's just very odd that it's taken this long.

[Sanity is Optional]

Technically Yamato made the Queadluun, though not sure if the Max/Miria pair count as "enemy" or not.

[jenius]

7 minutes ago, Drad said:

I wonder why Hi-Metal R has been the only Macross line to offer enemy units? Do Japanese collectors not like enemies alongside their hero characters? I'm glad we're finally getting them. It's just very odd that it's taken this long.

Correct, collectors in general, do not appreciate enemy mecha as much as the heroes. Even the SV-262, which is a particularly cool enemy mecha that transforms, sold like a poop in a box (though unkind reviews didn't help). For manufacturers it's a lose/lose: no cheap repaints to pad production costs and low sales volumes. 

[Drad]

That's kind of a bummer. I don't have loads of disposable income, but I was stoked to snag two Regults and a Glaug. Need my enemy squad.

[Ridden001]

HMR is so damn cool.  

 

 

[sh9000]

1 hour ago, Ridden001 said:

HMR is so damn cool.  

 

 

Agreed!

[twich]

I would like all the VF-0 variants and all the VF-25 variants, plus a VF-27. Don’t even need super/armor packs, but maybe some ordinance on wing hard points.

Twich

[sh9000]

I’d take everything from Macross Zero which wouldn’t be too many to release.  A Destroid Cheyenne would be lovely and a retooled Monster would be cool.

[Sanity is Optional]

HMR VF-0D in correct shade of blue?

[borgified]

9 hours ago, Duymon said:

Trident stand can hold 5 Valks btw. You can use two of the stage 5 arms on the two front holes on the base as well

 

9 hours ago, sh9000 said:

There should be another hole somewhere at the front because I’ve put 6 Valks on the Trident stand before.

sh9000 is right. You can put 6 HMR valks in the Trident stand.

Three on the back and three in the front (the attachment for the connectors are at each of the nubs in the center).

 

[505thAirborne]

52 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

HMR VF-0D in correct shade of blue?

Yes please. 

[Big s]

I like so macross designs much and I’ve probably already mentioned that I want them to finish all the og and dyrl designs as well as plus. But as far as zero I like the vf0’s and the restrooms. It would be nice to see some more armored units like the vf11 or vf0.

[Penguin sushi]

Isn't there a new stand coming out like next month...

[DewPoint]

9 hours ago, Drad said:

I wonder why Hi-Metal R has been the only Macross line to offer enemy units? Do Japanese collectors not like enemies alongside their hero characters? I'm glad we're finally getting them. It's just very odd that it's taken this long.

Imagine 1:60 scale Monsters, Regults, Glaugs, etc.  We would like them, but where would you put them?  Lack of display space becomes a major issue.  HMR offers a reasonable size for these things.

[Sanity is Optional]

I've come to appreciate the quick and intuitive transformation of the HMRs once again, as I box them up for transport.

Boxed several HMRs in the time it took to get a single Arcadia VF-1 from B to F and back in it's box.

[Ignacio Ocamica]

3 hours ago, DewPoint said:

Imagine 1:60 scale Monsters, Regults, Glaugs, etc.  We would like them, but where would you put them?  Lack of display space becomes a major issue.  HMR offers a reasonable size for these things.

I love my 1/60 Regult 

Edited May 10, 2019 by Ignacio Ocamica

[Lolicon]

3 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

I've come to appreciate the quick and intuitive transformation of the HMRs once again, as I box them up for transport.

Boxed several HMRs in the time it took to get a single Arcadia VF-1 from B to F and back in it's box.

It takes me longer to transform the HMR VF-1 because I have to dig through my drawers to find the canopy. Also have to swap hands as the transformation hands are awful. 

Seriously, aside from the the arm slider, the transformation is identical... 

[tekering]

4 hours ago, Big s said:

But as far as zero I like the vf0’s and the restrooms.

Oh, I love the restrooms in Macross Zero!  

[onnasake]

It's been two months but I still love my VF-4 Lightning.

The right side kite tampo has a big rub on it from transforming, though, and that bums me out.

Now I'm tempted to get Hikaru's other rides...I didn't like DYRL as much as the TV show, so I'd want the TV H-MR of Hikaru and Fokker's planes.  were they released in HM-R or only the original Hi Metal Revival from 2010 or so?

Also, I don't like the one that looks dark grey.   What do you guys think of that one....too grey, no?

[Convectuoso]

11 minutes ago, onnasake said:

It's been two months but I still love my VF-4 Lightning.

The right side kite tampo has a big rub on it from transforming, though, and that bums me out.

Now I'm tempted to get Hikaru's other rides...I didn't like DYRL as much as the TV show, so I'd want the TV H-MR of Hikaru and Fokker's planes.  were they released in HM-R or only the original Hi Metal Revival from 2010 or so?

Also, I don't like the one that looks dark grey.   What do you guys think of that one....too grey, no?

Hikaru's VF-1J was released as part of his original Hi-Metal line, and also as part of HMR. 

I don't like those grey versions. Valks are supposed to be white. Period. 

NY has Hikaru's in stock:

http://www.nippon-yasan.com/17291-hi-metal-r-vf-1j-valkyrie-ichijou-hikaru-custom.html

The price is a bit high, though 

[technoblue]

51 minutes ago, onnasake said:

Also, I don't like the one that looks dark grey.   What do you guys think of that one....too grey, no?

Are you asking about the Messer 35th Anniversary livery?

It isn't horrible; however, as a fantasy scheme with Macross Delta elements it was a miss for me. Also, back when it was announced, I was hoping that Bandai would give us either a Roy TV VF-1S or Max DYRL VF-1S custom so that added to my disappointment.

To give context, I ignored Messer's HM-R 1S for a while but eventually picked it up when it went on sale. I will say that it looks better in hand than in the promotional photographs, but aside from the unique paint details and tinted cockpit it's a very basic release. I kind of wish Bandai and/or Arcadia would do something a little more inspired with the special Anniversary Valkyries.

[rdrunner]

1 hour ago, Convectuoso said:

Hikaru's VF-1J was released as part of his original Hi-Metal line, and also as part of HMR. 

I don't like those grey versions. Valks are supposed to be white. Period. 

NY has Hikaru's in stock:

http://www.nippon-yasan.com/17291-hi-metal-r-vf-1j-valkyrie-ichijou-hikaru-custom.html

The price is a bit high, though 

I also agree that the colour of the Hi-metal R VF-1S is too grey.

[Ignacio Ocamica]

This is an old pic taken at night but shows the size difference between the 1/100 HMR Regult, and the 1/60 Yamato Regult. Bandai should finish the remaining HMR Destroids and start with more enemy units ASAP.

[nightmareB4macross]

36 minutes ago, Ignacio Ocamica said:

This is an old pic taken at night but shows the size difference between the 1/100 HMR Regult, and the 1/60 Yamato Regult. Bandai should finish the remaining HMR Destroids and start with more enemy units ASAP.

Are the joint giving out on the Regult?

[Saburo]

[vlenhoff]

45 minutes ago, Ignacio Ocamica said:

This is an old pic taken at night but shows the size difference between the 1/100 HMR Regult, and the 1/60 Yamato Regult. Bandai should finish the remaining HMR Destroids and start with more enemy units ASAP.

OMG

[vlenhoff]

On 5/9/2019 at 12:09 AM, treatment said:

Don't you have the regular Hikaru-1J or CF-1A to swap stand-adapters to try with your VT-1?

I've never tried it that way, tho...

I need to find my 1J Hi Metal [not R]

I can't recall if it came with adaptors for the stand. I hope it does. I need to find my 1J anyway, I have enough stands for them now. Also, I got a super Max J from @kkx, and a possible VF-4 from @sh9000. I think that is enough HMR for me. Unless they release the TV Max, TV Kakizake, or the Tomahawk, then i'd go bat shiz-crazy! Bandai, are you listening?

[Sanity is Optional]

6 hours ago, Lolicon said:

It takes me longer to transform the HMR VF-1 because I have to dig through my drawers to find the canopy. Also have to swap hands as the transformation hands are awful. 

Seriously, aside from the the arm slider, the transformation is identical... 

The HMR has much easier tolerances to work with. The backpack swivels into fighter position easier and the chestplate snaps into fighter position more easily. The legs and arms get into position with less tweaking.

[Ignacio Ocamica]

45 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Are the joint giving out on the Regult?

It IS top heavy. But the stand is just in case, to be safe. 

[nightmareB4macross]

Oh good. I was afraid the joints couldn’t handle the weight.

I still have mine in the box. One day it will be built

[Chronocidal]

16 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

The HMR has much easier tolerances to work with. The backpack swivels into fighter position easier and the chestplate snaps into fighter position more easily. The legs and arms get into position with less tweaking.

My experience with pretty much every HMR has been the exact opposite.  Legs and arms don't snap into place solidly, and don't line up properly without a lot of massaging (mostly due to the sliding mechanism), while the Yamato/Arcadia ones just click together.  The HMR backpacks never seem to want to snap down between the legs for me, because it seems like the arms are too high to let them fit properly, and even when everything is "together," the backpack, legs, and arms still look like they're not lined up right.

End of the day though, I think people are just going to have different experiences with this, depending on the tolerances of the particular products they receive, and which one they have more practice with.  For me, the HMRs are the ones I keep in a single mode and display so I don't have to dig for spare parts, while I transform my Yamatos back and forth depending on my mood.  

Edited May 10, 2019 by Chronocidal