sh9000 Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Anybody finshed the Macross Factory kit (1/100 scale from Bandai)? Wonder how they look with Hi-Metals. I got the kit but haven't had time to build and won't have time to build for a loooong time. I'm sure it will look great with this line. I haven't had time to build mine either. Quote
calubin_175 Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) Glaug costs 13000 yen, almost 2 Regults. Destroid Monster won the poll as expected, so it will be released after the Glaug. 2nd and 3rd place were M&M. Sadly, NJ Ger got 9th place. Edited December 21, 2015 by calubin_175 Quote
warrhead Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Still no more news of the Hi-metal VF-2SS with SAP.............sigh That's the only one I'm interested in. To be honest, I'm sick to death of VF-1 toys. Graham I wish I could go 20 years back in time and show you this post Quote
Vifam7 Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Glaug costs 13000 yen, almost 2 Regults. Destroid Monster won the poll as expected, so it will be released after the Glaug. 2nd and 3rd place were M&M. Sadly, NJ Ger got 9th place. Where did you get the price and the results of the poll? I don't see it anywhere on the Tamashii site. Quote
Big s Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Any word on when preorder madness starts for the glaug Quote
Mommar Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Where did you get the price and the results of the poll? I don't see it anywhere on the Tamashii site. I was about to ask this. Quote
Loop Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) VF-1 toys will always have a place in my heart even though I have way too many lol. I am really in to this line for scaling bad guys with VF-1's. *Edit* Crap I logged in to my machine and forgot to refresh the thread. I meant this towards Graham being exhausted with VF-1 toys. Edited December 22, 2015 by Loop Quote
EXO Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 Looks like the results of the poll was pretty obvious... 4: Destroid Tomahawk 3: Millia Super VF-1J 2: Max SuperVF-1J 1: ???? So what's everyone's thought on the #1 spot? The Destroid Monster maybe? https://www.dcm-b.jp/cs/cpsite.html?url=https://sugotoku-macross.secureserv.jp/news/?id=121 Quote
Keiichi Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 My Hikaru arrived over the weekend and I absolutely love it! The new head sculpt looks wonderful and is a massive improvement over the old Hi-Metal VF-1S (though it is a bit of a shame that the visor no longer fully tucks away in fighter mode, worth it for the vastly superior look in battroid though). I always thought the whole swappable wings thing Bandai likes to do was silly, but the anime-style small wings for battroid mode are a brilliant usage of that feature. The grey they used for the body looks great (it is a shade darker than the VF-1J GBP's grey) and the added tampo detail is so nice to see. Extremely happy they included saluting hands, as that's always been one of my all time scenes from DYRL. Best of all, the joints are so much tighter than the old 1S' ever were. And man, that box art by Tenjin is so dang sweet. I was kinda iffy about forking over nearly $100 for the new Hi-Metal VF-1S Roy preorder, but I'm now so glad I did after seeing in-hand how vastly improved this VF-1S is. Cannot wait for the Regult and Glaug to arrive! With his big brother. Quote
EXO Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 I guess it HAS been revealed already... I don't know if this means this is what Bandai is going to go with. Quote
treatment Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 As nice as they are, it seems a bit fishy to me that the M&M placed 2nd and 3rd in the voting. They're gonna be mostly an easy recolor of the existing HM-R 1J mould and the FPs. Can't believe both the Q-Rau(tv) and the Spartan lose out to them. Heck! Armored-1J (tv) placed higher than the Spartan. Quote
koonfasa Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 Yeah, we would have voted the complex models over repaints. How different is the TV armoured version? I just figured each of the 1J/S/A all get armoured versions... Quote
treatment Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) Here's the reveal over at TD: http://toysdaily.com/discuz/thread-245719-1-1.html 10 Defender9 Nousjadeul-Ger8 Spartan7 VF-1J Armored Valkyrie (TV)6　VE-15　Q-Rau (TV)4　Tomahawk3　VF-1J Super Valkyrie (Millia ver.)2　VF-1J Super Valkyrie (Max ver.)1　Monster Edited December 22, 2015 by treatment Quote
Big s Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 The monster and q rau were my 2favorites. I knew the m and m would be popular but not that popular. I would have liked to see the n ger or Spartan a bit higher on the list. I would still like to eventually see them all produced. Quote
Mommar Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) This isn't that surprising really. When Hasbro had voting at SDCC 2015 for new Legends toys every idiot on the planet kept voting for Black Suit Spider-Man, like that wasn't going to get made anyway especially considering they have a million Spider-Man molds that could easily be repainted for it. Instead of voting for the new/more interesting molds a bunch of idiots went for that. So, yeah, even if some other HiMetal Destroids or Enemy mecha are more interesting you're still going to have a HUGE, idiotic, portion of the population vote for the easiest repaint option over something more interesting or rare. It's nice to see the Monster in first place though, at least somebody has their priorities kind of right. Edited December 22, 2015 by Mommar Quote
TheLoneWolf Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 I'm surprised that the VF-1J Max came in at 2nd place because it looked like nobody bought it during the original HM run. On the secondary market, it was the cheapest and most easily obtainable of all the original HM VF-1's, despite the fact that it was a Tamashii exclusive. Bandai must be perplexed by fans asking for a toy that they won't buy. On a side note, did anyone else notice that Max & Milia's Fast Packs are sporting strange color schemes on Bandai's colored line art? Hopefully it's just a snafu and not an official revision. Quote
jvmacross Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 Hopefully, Bandai goes websclusive/made-to-order on the Monster....as awesome as it is...that beast has the potential to be a line killer if let loose as a regular release.... ...I don't want this line to die yet...need that TV Q-Rau and Spartan! Maybe for the Destroids Bandai can partner up with some hobby mags and sell them as exclusives....that would be a fun chase.... Quote
Gunn Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 Anyone wanna take a stab at what the monster will cost? I'm thinking ¥25,000 to ¥30,000… Hopefully. Quote
jvmacross Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 On a side note, did anyone else notice that Max & Milia's Fast Packs are sporting strange color schemes on Bandai's colored line art? Hopefully it's just a snafu and not an official revision. I think they started that nonsense with the release of their recent 1/72 kits....it's more noticeable on the Milia I think.... But, I can forgive it at this scale and for this line....plus, the armor isn't exactly TV canon anyway....so I'll just think of them as some DYRL post-SWI variants... 18K-22K for the Monster....... Quote
calubin_175 Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 Monster should be towards 25-30k, with metal parts too. More than Penelope but less than Hulkbuster. Quote
EXO Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 I'm down with the list. I guess just replace the armored 1J with the Ostrich... Quote
Mommar Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 I'm down with the list. I guess just replace he armored 1J with the Ostrich... That's a good idea. Quote
jvmacross Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 I'm down with the list. I guess just replace the armored 1J with the Ostrich... Now way....this is the only way to guarantee a GBP with yellow-tipped missiles! Quote
treatment Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 I dunno if EXO posted this, yet, but just saw this pic from toysdaily: http://toysdaily.com/discuz/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=243475&pid=7634355 Quote
EXO Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 I dunno if EXO posted this, yet, but just saw this pic from toysdaily:Lol... was about to... Now way....this is the only way to guarantee a GBP with yellow-tipped missiles! I'd buy it too! Quote
UN Spacy Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 A big MEH from me. Aside from the Monster and Spartan I don't want anything on that list. Damn shame the Phalanx didn't place higher as I'd like to have a complete SDF:M Destroid team. Quote
QEssential Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 This isn't that surprising really. When Hasbro had voting at SDCC 2015 for new Legends toys every idiot on the planet kept voting for Black Suit Spider-Man, like that wasn't going to get made anyway especially considering they have a million Spider-Man molds that could easily be repainted for it. Instead of voting for the new/more interesting molds a bunch of idiots went for that. So, yeah, even if some other HiMetal Destroids or Enemy mecha are more interesting you're still going to have a HUGE, idiotic, portion of the population vote for the easiest repaint option over something more interesting or rare. It's nice to see the Monster in first place though, at least somebody has their priorities kind of right. I've always suspected such polls are rigged. Quote
Mommar Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 I've always suspected such polls are rigged. I don't think they are, I just think people are stupid. Quote
Mechapilot77 Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) #7...do people REALLY need a slightly different armored vf-1j? i mean that design was pretty much the same especially at this smaller scale the difference would be...even smaller? i do think poll is rigged though 2, 3, 7 are super easy recolors of already released stuff. the monster...#1...they already had planned before the poll. an SDFM (tv) Q-RAU does sound nice. The N- Ger making the list is nice too but so low...i think 7 should be removed and replaced with something else...like a vf-1d or super ostrich or a 1a brownie. at preorder prices i'd consider army building (welll 3-5 anyway) brownies Edited December 23, 2015 by Mechapilot77 Quote
EXO Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 No. It was just a joke... Not really sure why the armored 1J is there... Quote
sh9000 Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) It's a TV GBP. Different pilot than the DYRL GBP. Ask jvmacross. Edited December 23, 2015 by sh9000 Quote
Big s Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 They may not have been my personal choice, but max and millia Valkyries have always been very popular. These also have the super packs to raise their interest. Most of us are just thinking of these as repainted, but to a lot of others they represent favorite characters. I personally agree they were too high on the list for my taste but I don't believe the poll was rigged or that the people voting were just stupid. We all love macross just some people tend to personalize a machine rather than look at the design. I really do hope that all the choices get made and maybe a couple of repaints I don't need will give me a couple of months to recover from trying to get the glaug and monster which will surely kill my wallet. Quote
Mazinger Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 Has anyone compared the scale of the stiff, old Bandai 15th Anniversary toys to the HM-R line? I think they might been based on 1/100 ARAI molds, but am not sure. Quote
no3Ljm Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 THAT Destroid Monster is starting to grow on me and I don't want to start and buy another line. Gotta stay away from this thread. Hahaha! Quote
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