Whats next for Arcadia?

[treatment]

re: Ghost Booster for the VF-0

https://x.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/1888740745416523954

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[davidwhangchoi]

1 hour ago, treatment said:

https://x.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/1888737084560842906

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1 hour ago, treatment said:

re: Ghost Booster for the VF-0

https://x.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/1888740745416523954

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[Radioguy]

Lots of Wonderfest vids on YT right now.

Here's one Luna Park took, and I skipped ahead to the Arcadia section.

 

[MKT]

On 2/10/2025 at 12:32 PM, treatment said:

https://x.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/1888737084560842906

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Well ok at least it hasn't been straight up cancelled. By not showing the VF-5000G in the exhibition, it doesn't really portend well for that project, but I hope it doesn't go the way of the only other unreleased Arcadia Macross item - the CF VF-0A.

At least the Hargun is still visible.

Oh, and both reissue 1S Roy & Hikaru still not out yet. Man, that is approaching KC levels of delay. 

 

[Radioguy]

Mr. K, when asked about a Virgin Road VF-1D reissue:

[jenius]

LOL, a virgin road reissue? That's a LLLLLLLLLLLLLLong shot

[Radioguy]

5 minutes ago, jenius said:

LOL, a virgin road reissue? That's a LLLLLLLLLLLLLLong shot

At least he addressed it!

[m0n5t3r]

3 hours ago, Radioguy said:

Mr. K, when asked about a Virgin Road VF-1D reissue:

I'd bet on threezero beating arcadia to it. I really regret selling the one I bought for cheap in HK long ago. 

[davidwhangchoi]

14 hours ago, Radioguy said:

Mr. K, when asked about a Virgin Road VF-1D reissue:

[treatment]

 

https://x.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/1893073499117257048

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[m0n5t3r]

IMO, Arcadia should be able to release updated versions of their valks by now, like the VF-1 and VF-11 mentioned above, with better articulation and gimmicks. Reissuing the VF-11 as it is is like Bandai re-releasing a 20+ year old SOC without any improvements, just a different paint scheme and selling it for double the original price.

Plus all releases should have sufficient markings without having to make them "Premium Finish" versions that come at a premium price. The other smaller companies that are making macross/robotech/mospeada products are already doing this and not pricing their stuff astronomically, like what Arcadia is doing... and include a display stand, please.

Edited February 24 by m0n5t3r

[Froy]

Me waiting for a VT-1 reissue...

It is interesting how Arcadia is putting the money makers aside.

 

[Graham]

I think that Arcadia must be struggling financially.

Maybe the last few releases haven't sold well enough?

 

[borgified]

Did you guys have ZERO CLUE in who here in this board just wrote to Mr. K??? 
I recognized who this member is if I’m not mistaken (and he hasn’t been on here that frequently). 
 

It’s @EastwindS2k! 

[EastwindS2k]

9 hours ago, borgified said:

Did you guys have ZERO CLUE in who here in this board just wrote to Mr. K??? 
I recognized who this member is if I’m not mistaken (and he hasn’t been on here that frequently). 
 

It’s @EastwindS2k! 

Haha, now I hope Arcadia actually makes it happen!

[davidwhangchoi]

On 2/23/2025 at 7:47 PM, treatment said:

 

https://x.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/1893073499117257048

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i would take this as this means not in the foreseeable future.

we won't see the VF-5000 till 2026 or 2027, perhaps even as late as 2028. maybe if things stabilize in 2028/2029? 

[Bolt]

There's a silver lining in Mr K's response. I can wait.

[Lolicon]

I would buy multiples if they reissued the VF-11 as a PF. Although I would also welcome a brand new version redesigned from scratch.

[M'Kyuun]

I hope whatever the roadblocks they're facing, Arcadia is able to pull through and achieve stability. I really want that VF-5000, even if I have to settle for the anime colors (teal, white, and yellow) which I'm not crazy about, but I love the design itself. Moreover, it's a valk that, to my knowledge, has never received a toy, so I want to support it and future releases of n'er before released valks.

[twich]

1 hour ago, M'Kyuun said:

I hope whatever the roadblocks they're facing, Arcadia is able to pull through and achieve stability. I really want that VF-5000, even if I have to settle for the anime colors (teal, white, and yellow) which I'm not crazy about, but I love the design itself. Moreover, it's a valk that, to my knowledge, has never received a toy, so I want to support it and future releases of n'er before released valks.

I totally agree with you....The Yamato/Arcadia lines for the VF-1 are so iconic and sound that I cant wait to see how they do with this VF-5000.

Twich

[M'Kyuun]

10 hours ago, twich said:

I totally agree with you....The Yamato/Arcadia lines for the VF-1 are so iconic and sound that I cant wait to see how they do with this VF-5000.

Twich

My POV, too, is that the VF-1 has been done to death, in virtually every scale and every version of it by various companies in all matter of forms. The YF/VF-19 has also received its fair share of toys and models with various versions represented. I want to see Macross designs that haven't had much time in the merchandising limelight, if any at all, get some appreciation in toy form. The VF-5000 is on that list, as well as the Variable Glaug, the VF-9 Cutlass, the VF-14 Vampire ( and perhaps M7 variants, which to wit have never gotten toys), Mylene's VF-11, the Octos, and even the variable tiltrotor featured in M7. 

A little OT, but I'm very much surprised that none of Kawamori's variable mecha from Satelight's Juushinki Pandora (renamed Last Hope for Western audiences, available on Netflix) received toys or models. While the show was so-so, the mecha were pretty cool and I would have happily picked up a toy or three, especially in the HMR line. I just thought the absence of toys based on Kawamori designs was odd given both his pedigree and the merits of the designs themselves.