What will Hasegawa do next?

[wm cheng]

Exactly the same here, I just don't understand the appeal of SDs at all (other than they are the opposite of my aesthetic - fast and sleek).

[pengbuzz]

1 hour ago, wm cheng said:

Exactly the same here, I just don't understand the appeal of SDs at all (other than they are the opposite of my aesthetic - fast and sleek).

Same; I think the SD's are just lame.

[no3Ljm]

3 hours ago, wm cheng said:

Exactly the same here, I just don't understand the appeal of SDs at all (other than they are the opposite of my aesthetic - fast and sleek).

Same here too. I only appreciate it if it's super cute. But I don't buy them. The only time I bought an SD is the Makurosu figure which I already sold it last year.  

Edited March 16, 2022 by no3Ljm

[Big s]

Sd kits and toys don’t really do it for me either. I do think they have a roll in increasing the popularity of a franchise. There’s also that whole attempt at trying to get your girlfriend into your hobby, when she’s not into models, so you try something odd like getting her a hello kitty gundam kit and hoping that changes her mind. I guess they can be used as a gateway drug to the hardcore crack that is mecha modeling building 

[Sanity is Optional]

I picked up the Bandai transforming SD kits, and I actually quite like them.

Though I don’t think I’d ever spend the effort on building and painting an eggplane.

[Anasazi37]

6 hours ago, Big s said:

so you try something odd like getting her a hello kitty gundam kit and hoping that changes her mind

That actually worked for me (she named ours "Hello Kitty-San"). Not that she's actually building Macross kits now, but I get far less crap about them showing up at our house and she occasionally asks really good technical questions about the build process.

[joscasle]

18 hours ago, Bolt said:

I'm stoked that Hasegawa is giving Macross so much love. But I can't stand SD's😝

Same here!!!

[Big s]

1 hour ago, Anasazi37 said:

That actually worked for me (she named ours "Hello Kitty-San"). Not that she's actually building Macross kits now, but I get far less crap about them showing up at our house and she occasionally asks really good technical questions about the build process.

That’s a pretty good example. Now you can show her some of the delta stuff and get her into the whole idol aspect of macross and some of those kits. Then eventually she’ll see a regult and think it’s a super cute walking egg and then she’s hooked. The downside will be that you’re gonna need at least 2 of every kit

[no3Ljm]

Just want to let everyone know that HLJ is having their HLJ Spring Sale 2022 sale on their Hasegawa kits:

https://www.hlj.com/search/?q=macross&productFilter=manufacturer%3AHasegawa%3B%3BitemGroup%3ASPRINGSALE2022

 

[Big s]

Thinking a bout the super vf1 set. The super vf1a battroid and the fighter and Gerwalk to go with it. Maybe that weapons set to go with it 

[Bolt]

That's cool. But I've got nearly all those already and some doubles. I see they still don't have the SVF-41 Black Aces in stock yet. Too bad, that's the one I really need!

[Anasazi37]

22 hours ago, Big s said:

That’s a pretty good example. Now you can show her some of the delta stuff and get her into the whole idol aspect of macross and some of those kits. Then eventually she’ll see a regult and think it’s a super cute walking egg and then she’s hooked. The downside will be that you’re gonna need at least 2 of every kit

She's been eyeing the two Bandai SD Special Sets that arrived during the holidays, and I was looking at the box art for the Max and Milia Egg Planes the other day and she said they looked adorable, so I might be in trouble....

[Sanity is Optional]

16 hours ago, Anasazi37 said:

She's been eyeing the two Bandai SD Special Sets that arrived during the holidays, and I was looking at the box art for the Max and Milia Egg Planes the other day and she said they looked adorable, so I might be in trouble....

Those Bandai kits are surprisingly nice. Easy build, transform well/easily, and a decent amount of detailing.

[VF-1A Grunt]

I’m still trying to wrap my head around the DYRL pilots in TV fighters in the artwork!

Edited March 21, 2022 by VF-1A Grunt

[Goodman Models]

I wonder if a Fan Racer is coming down the line!

[Gabe Q]

46 minutes ago, Goodman Models said:

I wonder if a Fan Racer is coming down the line!

Maybe Hasegawa will repop an Angel Bird in either scale and pack in a resin Fan Racer as a limited edition release. I can really see them doing that. It's a tiny plane and they do limited release resin pack ins from time to time.

[Gabe Q]

I can't believe it's been 21 years since the release of these. Time flies! And we're just barely getting the GBP armor and Regult!

[Podtastic]

9 minutes ago, Gabe Q said:

I can't believe it's been 21 years since the release of these. Time flies! And we're just barely getting the GBP armor and Regult!

The slow pace of Macross  releases of  anything other than a valkyrie or an idol is beyond painful.  

[joscasle]

On 3/22/2022 at 10:42 PM, Podtastic said:

The slow pace of Macross  releases of  anything other than a valkyrie or an idol is beyond painful.  

YF-21 in 1/48???? almost 12 years waiting

Still hope for some Zentradi capital ships and other battle pods types and armor suits. PLEASE!!!!

[pengbuzz]

2 hours ago, joscasle said:

YF-21 in 1/48???? almost 12 years waiting

Still hope for some Zentradi capital ships and other battle pods types and armor suits. PLEASE!!!!

I'd like to see a factory satellite and maybe even Boldoza's fortress (TV and Mover versions) done out.

[Podtastic]

4 hours ago, joscasle said:

Still hope for some Zentradi capital ships and other battle pods types and armor suits. PLEASE!!!!

I bought 3D stls for the ships but still hoping for the Regult Scout and Powered Armour. Seriously, who wouldn't buy the Queadluun-Rau?

2 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

'd like to see a factory satellite and maybe even Boldoza's fortress (TV and Mover versions) done out.

Yes. The DYRL version fortress was at least done as a 3D print.

[KOG Water Dragon]

15 hours ago, joscasle said:

YF-21 in 1/48???? almost 12 years waiting

Still hope for some Zentradi capital ships and other battle pods types and armor suits. PLEASE!!!!

Oh geez, I would love a 1/48 YF-21. VE-1 and VT-1 in 1/48 would be great too.

[joscasle]

10 hours ago, Podtastic said:

I bought 3D stls for the ships but still hoping for the Regult Scout and Powered Armour. Seriously, who wouldn't buy the Queadluun-Rau?

Yes. The DYRL version fortress was at least done as a 3D print.

Queadluun-Rau!!!! PLEASE!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!

[electric indigo]

22 hours ago, joscasle said:

Queadluun-Rau!!!! PLEASE!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!

See you in ten years...

[joscasle]

1 hour ago, electric indigo said:

See you in ten years...

😨😭

[TMBounty_Hunter]

Or in less than 48 hours?

Hasegawa tweeted out that they're back to the usual thing of announcing June and July releases together to pre-empt Shizuoka Hobby Show.
Announcement will be April 1st at 13:00 JST
 

 

[Big s]

Hope they post something cool. I do still think that an easy one for them would be the missile variants for the regult or at least add on packs for it. But I’d love to be surprised and see some of the armors

[Podtastic]

11 hours ago, TMBounty_Hunter said:

Or in less than 48 hours?

Hasegawa tweeted out that they're back to the usual thing of announcing June and July releases together to pre-empt Shizuoka Hobby Show.
Announcement will be April 1st at 13:00 JST
 

 

Hope they have SDF Zentraedi stuff, and that its not just vapourware.

10 hours ago, Big s said:

But I’d love to be surprised and see some of the armors

That would be absolutely fantastic, especially if they did the DYRL version of the Nousjadeul-Ger that Bandai failed to release.

[TMBounty_Hunter]

awww, it's only a repaint 

 

 

 

Rereleases:

 

 

Edited April 1, 2022 by TMBounty_Hunter

[Bolt]

35 minutes ago, TMBounty_Hunter said:

awww, it's only a repaint 

But it's a good one !

And it's a 1-A.. I'll get it for the decals..

Edited April 1, 2022 by Bolt

[Podtastic]

3 hours ago, Bolt said:

But it's a good one !

And it's a 1-A.. I'll get it for the decals..

Excited for nothing...again. 😞

 

[pengbuzz]

Still thinking about the paint job on my Armored Valk...

[Big s]

At least they announced something. Maybe since the last armored type had a regult following it, the missile types are comin up soon

[Bolt]

I would hope Missile types are coming. But i am happy they're working the armored valk mold. Hopefully they'll milk the Regult mold too !

[electric indigo]

According to Digitamin, it has round fingered hands as bonus parts.

I like the colors.