What will Hasegawa do next?

[derex3592]

I guess I'm gonna have to pre-order one of these to try it out.

[kajnrig]

1 hour ago, Sanity is Optional said:

That and color separation.

I wonder if they're trying to get some of the gunpla builder market? World of difference between that and a traditional model kit.

They have been getting into both color separation and snapfit recently... IIRC their MechatroWeGo kits were all/mostly snapfit and color-separated, as well as maybe another handful of small-scale kits the last few years. It wouldn't surprise me at all if it was all practice runs for this release.

[Kelsain]

On 12/1/2021 at 4:01 AM, electric indigo said:

Wow that's quite a surprise! Looks like the parts are color separated like their Crusher Joe line.

I hope for Regult, Q-Rau & N-Ger in the future.

[KOG Water Dragon]

Such a nice surprise to see this announcement before the Armored VF-1 is even out yet.

I too would like to see a 1/72 Glaug later on, as well as Regult variants.

Now if only we could get more 1/72 battroids and a 1/48 YF-22.

[wm cheng]

I was hoping for a little more detail, like smaller panel lines and rivets more like their 1/72 VF-1 instead of just the lineart lines.  I wonder how tall it would be built?

 

[captain america]

41 minutes ago, wm cheng said:

I was hoping for a little more detail, like smaller panel lines and rivets more like their 1/72 VF-1 instead of just the lineart lines.  I wonder how tall it would be built?

 

22.5cm, apparently. 

[Big s]

I think the lack of rivets is probably since those things were made using large automated factories without the idea of repair, that they would be just slap welded without bolts, screws or even rivets or possibly any major maintenance hatches or panels. I think the most maintenance they did was to make sure they had fuel and ammo, but maybe they only worried about ammo. If there would be rivets or bolts it’s possible that they would actually be massive and few and far between due to their size. Realistically for their size it may be more like a car body where they don’t show, but I’m not a giant alien mechanic 

[kajnrig]

Color separation and snap-fit assembly confirmed, at least according to HLJ. (Maybe this was already said somewhere, but first time I'm seeing it.) From their newsletter email just now:

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The star of the week is a new kit of a classic "Macross" mecha, the Regult! This is Hasegawa's first kit of the battle pod, so it's an entirely new mold! It will feature snap-fit assembly, comes molded in 4 colors, and includes decals - in other words, you don't need paint to make it look amazing! It will be posable after assembly, and even includes a stand to allow mid-air display.

And from the item listing description:

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.....It's jointed so it'll be posable after assembly; the left and right main rockets, the charged particle beam cannon at the upper front, and the laser anti-aircraft machine gun in the rear are all movable. The included stand allows you to display it in flight, too. And the legendary Hidetaka Tenjin is in charge of the package illustration!

[Sanity is Optional]

It bodes well that the regult is HLJ’s #1 selling a Sci-fi item for the las week, despite not even being up on pre-orders for a week.

Now give us the scout, missile, N-ger, and Q-rau!

[Big s]

I’m glad it’s doing well. If the demand is there then there’s more to come. The part separation and colors are neat, but there’s definitely gonna be some work for those that don’t like seam lines. Still can’t wait to see more pictures and definitely want to see how much this thing can pose. I also like that it has a lot of clear parts for the sensors 

[Urashiman]

Pre-Ordered the Regult at HLJ. Now ... let's wait for three months

[Podtastic]

Well pre-ordered my 4 kits.

If MEP Toy's oversized rightsized Gurab project backing had not wimped out, I might have ordered the maximum 20.

5 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Now give us the scout, missile, N-ger, and Q-rau!

Yes!

11 hours ago, Big s said:

I think the lack of rivets is

as it should be. I like my alien mecha to look clean, curvy and high tech.

[slide]

20 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

That and color separation.

I wonder if they're trying to get some of the gunpla builder market? World of difference between that and a traditional model kit.

Hasegawa'a Crusher Joe TR-5 Harpy was the first "non-traditional" model kit I've ever handled from them... and it's a WONDERFUL kit. I assume the Minerva is similar.

[Thom]

12 hours ago, Urashiman said:

Pre-Ordered the Regult at HLJ. Now ... let's wait for three months

Just forget you ever did it - until a nice surprise shows up in the mail!

[derex3592]

Yeh, I just pre-ordered one. If this is the way they are going to go, more like the Bandai model kit route, I want to support them fully! Whatever gets us a GLAUG and QRAU! 

[sh9000]

Preordered a Regult at HLJ and will be adding it to my neverending Private Warehouse.

[GMK]

On 12/3/2021 at 9:19 AM, captain america said:

22.5cm, apparently. 

About 10cm/4” taller than the Hasegawa 1/72 VF-1 Battroid. That’s a good size. 

[electric indigo]

Is that smaller than the old Imai/Bandai kit?

[Urashiman]

16 hours ago, Thom said:

Just forget you ever did it - until a nice surprise shows up in the mail!

Unfortunately- they won’t ship it until a shipping service is selected. No surprise 😕

[Thom]

1 hour ago, Urashiman said:

Unfortunately- they won’t ship it until a shipping service is selected. No surprise 😕

I did that once, putting it in the 'warehouse' and then shipping later. Ended up paying more for shipping then if I had bought/shipped at the same time.

[Shawn]

I miss one page of updates and whammo...a freaking Regult! Can't wait!!!
If it sells perhaps we could get the Quead and Nous down the line.
I still can't believe they are doing a regult-wow

[pengbuzz]

52 minutes ago, Shawn said:

I miss one page of updates and whammo...a freaking Regult! Can't wait!!!
If it sells perhaps we could get the Quead and Nous down the line.
I still can't believe they are doing a regult-wow

Right? I'm also hoping maybe sometime down the line they may do some of the capital ships too (Zentraedi).

[Thom]

2 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Right? I'm also hoping maybe sometime down the line they may do some of the capital ships too (Zentraedi).

They did do those, but they are squashed and deformed they are not even worth it. (For me anyway.)

[pengbuzz]

1 hour ago, Thom said:

They did do those, but they are squashed and deformed they are not even worth it. (For me anyway.)

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Sounds like the blueberry muffins I tried to make last night... O/o

 

[Thom]

23 minutes ago, pengbuzz said:

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Sounds like the blueberry muffins I tried to make last night... O/o

 

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Well that's how they're supposed to come out... 😉

 

[pengbuzz]

1 hour ago, Thom said:

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Well that's how they're supposed to come out... 😉

 

Now ya tell me....

[Thom]

1 hour ago, pengbuzz said:

Now ya tell me....

😜

[Podtastic]

On 12/4/2021 at 3:31 AM, derex3592 said:

Whatever gets us a GLAUG and QRAU! 

And why not armoured Zentraedi soldiers?

If snapfit works for Imperial Strormtroopers it can work for Zentraedi figs as well.🙂

[captain america]

On 12/4/2021 at 4:04 AM, GMK said:

About 10cm/4” taller than the Hasegawa 1/72 VF-1 Battroid. That’s a good size. 

Not really. My sculpt comes out to about 26.5cm when I pose the legs the same way. If a Zentradi is anywhere near the size of a battroid, the pod has to be bigger. This is the pitfall of officially licenced kits: you have to do what the licensor approves, and follow their nonsensical numerical values, even when those values violate logic and reason.

[GMK]

34 minutes ago, captain america said:

Not really. My sculpt comes out to about 26.5cm when I pose the legs the same way. If a Zentradi is anywhere near the size of a battroid, the pod has to be bigger. This is the pitfall of officially licenced kits: you have to do what the licensor approves, and follow their nonsensical numerical values, even when those values violate logic and reason.

To be fair, I said “good” size, not “correct” size. I take your point, however. 

[Big s]

16 hours ago, Podtastic said:

And why not armoured Zentraedi soldiers?

If snapfit works for Imperial Strormtroopers it can work for Zentraedi figs as well.🙂

I would absolutely love that idea. Give me articulated enemy soldiers in that cool armor and I would be the happiest bastard. It would be great standing next to any of the pods, power armors or even a gnerl. And speaking of gnerl, that seams like such a simple cool kit to go with the series 

[ahiachris]

If they want to make it to the correct scale, they may have to increase the size and number of sprues required which may increase the price.

[Podtastic]

19 minutes ago, ahiachris said:

If they want to make it to the correct scale, they may have to increase the size and number of sprues required which may increase the price.

That's OK.  One Regult is worth 10 Valkyries.

[no3Ljm]

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