What will Hasegawa do next?

[kajnrig]

Didn't Hasegawa already release all three Max 1Ses? Or maybe not, I can never keep track of all the variants they've put out.

Anyway, HLJ links:

Max VF-1S: https://www.hlj.com/1-72-scale-vf-1s-battroid-valkyrie-max-hsg65884

Milia Q-Rau: https://www.hlj.com/1-72-scale-quadran-law-milia-movie-version-hsgm32

 

I think I asked this before way back when, but have they ever officially romanized her name? Is it "Milia" or "Miriya" or...?

[Urashiman]

2 hours ago, kajnrig said:

Didn't Hasegawa already release all three Max 1Ses? Or maybe not, I can never keep track of all the variants they've put out.

Anyway, HLJ links:

Max VF-1S: https://www.hlj.com/1-72-scale-vf-1s-battroid-valkyrie-max-hsg65884

Milia Q-Rau: https://www.hlj.com/1-72-scale-quadran-law-milia-movie-version-hsgm32

 

I think I asked this before way back when, but have they ever officially romanized her name? Is it "Milia" or "Miriya" or...?

Instant pre-order done

[Big s]

2 hours ago, kajnrig said:

think I asked this before way back when, but have they ever officially romanized her name? Is it "Milia" or "Miriya" or...?

I’ve always seen it with the L, when it’s a toy or kit from Japan

[sh9000]

Preordered.

[Thom]

Pre-ordered that Q-Rau!!

[Shawn]

Unbelievable. Never thought I'd see the day. Hasegawa is kicking butt!
Ordered via HLJ!! 
Wow.

[derex3592]

YEEEESIR!!! Will be getting one for sure and doing the green TV scheme! I don't know what the minor differences between TV and DYRL are and I really don't care! Awesome news! 

[Bolt]

Ordered up ! I think (hope) it stands to reason that we will also get the male version..Nousejadeul-Ger..

Personally, I'd be thrilled if they ever did the Plus version. Though, I'm sure that's a long shot!

 

Edited September 6, 2023 by Bolt

[jvmacross]

I'll need to keep waiting for the HMR version....

I'm sure it's next in the production schedule after the HMR Tomahawk and Phalanx!...

[captain america]

48 minutes ago, derex3592 said:

YEEEESIR!!! Will be getting one for sure and doing the green TV scheme! I don't know what the minor differences between TV and DYRL are and I really don't care! Awesome news! 

You'll have to remodel all the surface detailing on the shin armor, forearm armor, face, mono-eye, antenna and feet. They have a similar shape but the details are very different.

[jvmacross]

27 minutes ago, Bolt said:

Ordered up ! I think (hope) it stands to reason that we will also get the male version..Nousejadeul-Ger..

Personally, I'd be thrilled if they ever did the Plus version. Though, I'm sure that's a long shot!

 

Pretty sure that is the MII version of the N-Ger....

Here is the DYRL version...

Not sure if a kit of the Macross Plus Power Armor has ever been produced...maybe as a garage kit?  Not much of a kit guy...but I'd buy one if made...looks awesome...

[Bolt]

19 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

Pretty sure that is the MII version of the N-Ger....

Here is the DYRL version...

Not sure if a kit of the Macross Plus Power Armor has ever been produced...maybe as a garage kit?  Not much of a kit guy...but I'd buy one if made...looks awesome...

Oh yes! You are correct sir!

[Big s]

1 hour ago, derex3592 said:

YEEEESIR!!! Will be getting one for sure and doing the green TV scheme! I don't know what the minor differences between TV and DYRL are and I really don't care! Awesome news! 

Honestly, there’s a lot of difference as far as the surfaces, the lower arms are very beefy in the show and the head has a different face and antennae. I think the movie version would look cool in green either way though. But I’ve kinda got maybe a bit too much hope that the TV version is in the works.

If I know Hasegawa though, the obvious reuse of the mold will be for a max version, and more than likely a recolor, as a grunt color.

Personally I’m gonna wait and see if they do the tv version down the line, to save my brain on modifications. Not only that, but it would probably have the proper decals. 
But don’t let my opinions stop anyone from trying. It would be a lot of work, but it would be great to see and there isn’t a guarantee that Hasegawa will do a tv version, just higher hopes after seeing how far they went with variations on the Regult and Robot Battle V kits recently 

[KOG Water Dragon]

16 hours ago, sh9000 said:

Dang it. I was waiting for a VF-1J Super Battroid Max to pair with the recently released Miria version. Oh well, hopefully that's still coming in the near future.

[Gabe Q]

Here's a comparison to show the differences between the SDFM and DYRL versions of the Q-Rau:

[SteveTheFish]

I never noticed any cosmetic differences between the show and the movie. For the male power armor, though, it is very different. The movie version looks way better while the TV version looks clunky.

This has inspired me to start working on the old Bandai repop of the Imai kit I own. I bought it over 18 years ago and all I did with it was paint the figure. Last night I did assembly on the legs and such, but I'll have to paint many of the parts separately before assembling, then do touch-up painting.

[Bolt]

Looking forward to seeing that sometime .

Edited September 7, 2023 by Bolt

[Big s]

4 hours ago, SteveTheFish said:

For the male power armor, though, it is very different. The movie version looks way better while the TV version looks clunky.

I think it’s mainly the flipper feet 

[sh9000]

https://anime-export.com/index.php?product=72414

Switched my Q-Rau order to AE.

[kajnrig]

I wasn't able to find the Amiami links yesterday, but here they are now:

Max VF-1S: https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=TOY-RBT-7443

Milia Q-Rau: https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=TOY-RBT-7442

I forget where I saw it but apparently these are Japan-only releases, so I wouldn't expect any international links.

[Big s]

7 minutes ago, kajnrig said:

I wasn't able to find the Amiami links yesterday, but here they are now:

Max VF-1S: https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=TOY-RBT-7443

Milia Q-Rau: https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=TOY-RBT-7442

I forget where I saw it but apparently these are Japan-only releases, so I wouldn't expect any international links.

The last couple Macross releases didn’t seem to appear at many U.S. stores. I had seen the Regult and I think the light missile type, but the scout and heavy were much harder to find and didn’t seem too cheap. Not sure if there was an issue distribution them here or lack of interest from hobby retailers or why the others seemed more scarce

[kajnrig]

I assumed it was ongoing BW/HG shenanigans, honestly.

[SteveTheFish]

Package from Amiami arrived this evening!

[Bolt]

Nice 👍🏼 

[Big s]

11 hours ago, SteveTheFish said:

Package from Amiami arrived this evening!

Can you show the parts for Kei. I’ve only seen the 2d art pics and haven’t seen how the figure looks in package. I was curious about the detail and parts mostly 

[TMBounty_Hunter]

http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/m32b/

 

 

 

Japanese twitter was begging Hasegawa to include a bottom half for Milia but doesn't look like that's happening sadly.

[VF-1A Grunt]

That looks very cool! I preordered one from HLJ. I’m sure they’re going to produce a TV version, since they label this one as the movie version. They seem to be pretty systematic with that, like they did with the SDF-1.

 

I’m still curious why the Regult Scout is already listed as discontinued at HLJ. I wonder if it didn’t sell well, even though it’s sold out everywhere. The Large / Heavy Missile variant briefly said the same thing yesterday but is now back to saying in stock in 3-5 days. I just successfully backordered the Small Missile version, which restocked a day after I ordered it. I hope they make the Scout available again soon.

[505thAirborne]

Hi all, I've never actually built a Hasegawa Battroid kit before, can the wings swing out with missiles attached like the pic attached or will some model magic from a Fighter mode kit be involved? 

 

[TMBounty_Hunter]

18 hours ago, VF-1A Grunt said:

I’m still curious why the Regult Scout is already listed as discontinued at HLJ. I wonder if it didn’t sell well, even though it’s sold out everywhere. The Large / Heavy Missile variant briefly said the same thing yesterday but is now back to saying in stock in 3-5 days. I just successfully backordered the Small Missile version, which restocked a day after I ordered it. I hope they make the Scout available again soon.

HLJ's "Discontinued" label is notoriously unreliable and is basically never a reflection of what the actual manufacturer states. Hasegawa has shown that their "limited" kits will eventually come back.

Speaking of which, something that got buried in all the Queadluun-Rau excitement is that Minmay Guard Battroid is getting a re-release in December

http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/product/65768/

[Big s]

17 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

Hi all, I've never actually built a Hasegawa Battroid kit before, can the wings swing out with missiles attached like the pic attached or will some model magic from a Fighter mode kit be involved? 

 

Yes

 

19 hours ago, TMBounty_Hunter said:

http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/m32b/

 

 

 

Japanese twitter was begging Hasegawa to include a bottom half for Milia but doesn't look like that's happening sadly.

The bottom half would be odd since the arms are flare out and I’m not sure if they detailed her back. It would be nice to see a separate figure 

[Bolt]

17 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

Hi all, I've never actually built a Hasegawa Battroid kit before, can the wings swing out with missiles attached like the pic attached or will some model magic from a Fighter mode kit be involved? 

 

Yep. Here's a pic of my custom VF-1S Armored. I removed the double strike pack for a better view.  The missiles would have to be glued on, of course.

[SteveTheFish]

On 9/9/2023 at 6:02 AM, Big s said:

Can you show the parts for Kei. I’ve only seen the 2d art pics and haven’t seen how the figure looks in package. I was curious about the detail and parts mostly 

I just opened the Kei kit and took a picture of it for you.

https://stevethefish.net/photostream/#16039252457827/16943140794097

[Big s]

3 hours ago, SteveTheFish said:

I just opened the Kei kit and took a picture of it for you.

https://stevethefish.net/photostream/#16039252457827/16943140794097

Thanks for the pic it looks like there’s pretty good part separation and the legs appear to be long and a bit thick like the illustrations

[arbit]

16 hours ago, SteveTheFish said:

I just opened the Kei kit and took a picture of it for you.

Hey Steve, Welcome to MW.

[SteveTheFish]

21 hours ago, Big s said:

Thanks for the pic it looks like there’s pretty good part separation and the legs appear to be long and a bit thick like the illustrations

The eye decals look better than those they provided for the little figures that came with the Lovely Angel kit. I finished that earlier this year. The eyes just seem a bit off somehow, but I cannot put a finger on why exactly.

https://stevethefishdotnet.tumblr.com/post/716114622462246912/hasegawa-dirty-pair-kei-yuri-1300-lovely

And since you like Dirty Pair, last year I finished my 1:4 scale Kei and Yuri sofubi figures. They are BIG! Painting them was difficult since I was getting used to using V-Color vinyl paints. Yuri was a bootleg kit from Korea to boot, so her surface had too many dimples. I had to use a surfacer to fill in the dimples, and that is the problem. V-Color paints are better going directly onto vinyl, so I had a lot of paint lift off with masking tape and it drove me crazy. Kei, OTOH, was an original Fukaya and did not have such flaws. Here is a photoset for that:

https://stevethefishdotnet.tumblr.com/post/680782257296916481/14-dirty-pair-kei-and-yuri-sofubi-photoset-april

These links are to my Tumblr feed where I have a bunch of modeling and other nerd stuff. My prize Dirty Pair possessions are my Kei and Yuri pre-painted cold cast figures by Epoch. These are limited edition figures I bought 16 years ago.

https://stevethefish.net/life/life035.htm