What will Hasegawa do next?

[Big s]

27 minutes ago, GMK said:

Hasegawa pics. 

 

 

 

It looks great, can’t wait to get it. I need this to command my regults 

[GMK]

Hasegawa webpage has now been updated. Ships 26th March 2025. 

http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/product/34-2/

Includes a basic cockpit  

 

 

 

[Big s]

Found some more pics

[GMK]

Not as excited as this one as I thought I’d be. 

[Spacecore]

54 minutes ago, 505thAirborne said:

According to this, the Macross Cannons are huge vs the SDF-1.

No matter what, if Hasegawa ever made one, sign me up!!!

Always loved how they reused Zentradi ship hulls for the big cannons. Great bit of worldbuilding, literally fusing Zentradi and human ship design language. 

[Big s]

3 minutes ago, Spacecore said:

Always loved how they reused Zentradi ship hulls for the big cannons. Great bit of worldbuilding, literally fusing Zentradi and human ship design language. 

I don’t think it’s as much fusing it as just kinda slapping a few old ship designs onto a much bigger ship. But if it works , then a shortcut is sometimes the best solution to having a new design 

[Gabe Q]

1 hour ago, GMK said:

Hasegawa webpage has now been updated. Ships 26th March 2025. 

http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/product/34-2/

Includes a basic cockpit

It includes a cockpit but, sadly, no Kamjin figure. The Q-Rau got a pilot figure. Oh well. The kit looks great! Looking forward to this. Though I'm not as excited as I would have been ten years ago or so. Better late than never!

[Big s]

Glaug is up for preorder at the usual spots. Just put in my order. Merrymacrossmas to me

[Big s]

Seems to be between $31 and $36 depending on where you buy it from, not bad for that big beautiful bastard 

[ahiachris]

4 hours ago, GMK said:

Not as excited as this one as I thought I’d be. 

But at only 232 mm tall， it seems that it will be quite small compared to Captain's version

[Thom]

10 hours ago, GMK said:

Hasegawa pics. 

 

 

 

Yes! Give it to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

 

[Thom]

12 hours ago, Spacecore said:

I was actually looking at Macross STLs earlier today, funny enough. There's just not many Zentradi models out there, and none (as far as I know) do the cool opening cannon thing I like from DYRL.

I've seen one of Breetai's flagship on line, where the hull was split to show the open cannon. They are out there, somewhere....

[Casual.Plamo]

Fuk yes..... I can finally get a Glaug kit!

[Big s]

I was a bit on the quick side with the preorder. I didn’t even read the description. I wasn’t really surprised that there’s no Kamjin figure although it would have been cool. But I am disappointed by the fixed arm jointsI thought the picture was showing articulation, but instead it’s two swap out parts that’r either straight or bent. Hopefully there’s at least rotation. I may try and get some round style joints to replace these

[Return To Kit Form]

7 hours ago, ahiachris said:

But at only 232 mm tall， it seems that it will be quite small compared to Captain's version

Small and weirdly shaped at the nose compared to the line art. They messed up the Regults as well bu having the pod too small and the thrusters to high up. 

[Big s]

1 hour ago, Return To Kit Form said:

Small and weirdly shaped at the nose compared to the line art. They messed up the Regults as well bu having the pod too small and the thrusters to high up. 

The regult seems fine to me. Some of the artwork is at odd angles and may give a sense that it’s supposed to be thicker and the animation is all over the place

As far as the line art on the Glaug, it’s also a bit of an odd angle making the front a bit odd as though it’s turning in place and again, the animation is a bit odd sometimes as well

[GMK]

Looking forward to seeing what a painted & decalled build looks like. 

[Urashiman]

Sigh… preorder time…

[Big s]

2 hours ago, GMK said:

Looking forward to seeing what a painted & decalled build looks like. 

I think it will look great with all the panel lining and some cool weathering.

[Bolt]

I'll definitely get one. But it will probably sit around while i build the Moscato version first. 

[geck]

Preordered!

I noticed they mentioned "no adhesive needed" for assembly.  Seems like they are trying to go the Bandai route with these kits in the future?  Competing?

It also seems like Bandai has an increasing interest in Macross lately.  I always wondered why we never got Master or Perfect grade VF-1's from them...even if they weren't transforming.

[Return To Kit Form]

11 hours ago, Bolt said:

I'll definitely get one. But it will probably sit around while i build the Moscato version first. 

It's big! So it take a bit of painting with all that surface area 

[GMK]

7 minutes ago, Return To Kit Form said:

It's big! So it take a bit of painting with all that surface area 

That diorama is even better in person. So good, glad you brought it along to ScaleACT. 

[Thom]

15 minutes ago, Return To Kit Form said:

It's big! So it take a bit of painting with all that surface area 

Wow, great dio! Love it.

And I have also preordered!

[Big s]

36 minutes ago, geck said:

Preordered!

I noticed they mentioned "no adhesive needed" for assembly.  Seems like they are trying to go the Bandai route with these kits in the future?  Competing?

It also seems like Bandai has an increasing interest in Macross lately.  I always wondered why we never got Master or Perfect grade VF-1's from them...even if they weren't transforming.

They’ve been getting closer to snap builds for a bit now, I think just trying to appeal to the modern builder. You could snap up the  regult, although I’d still recommend gluing most of the parts. I don’t think it’s as much to do with Bandai, just more to catch up to everyone else.

as far as Bandai’s master grade, unfortunately that would be the 1/72 transforming kit. It’s got the inner frame and all kinds of gimmicks and unfortunately ends up a floppy mess. Too bad that company doesn’t even do master grade gundams anymore. Master grade seems to be on a break at this time.

And it’s not just Bandai with an increased interest in Macross, but just about every major player recently. Max Factory is pumping out a lot of stuff, Bandai is doing toys and hg 1/100 kits wave is doing 1/72 as well as 1/100 kits. And Hasegawais doing some oddball items I wouldn’t have expected them to try. It’s a good time to be a fan 

19 minutes ago, Return To Kit Form said:

It's big! So it take a bit of painting with all that surface area 

Great diorama. Definitely well painted. I can guarantee you that it’s gonna be significantly taller than the hasegawa kit coming up, but I still would like to see em side by side.

[sketchley]

56 minutes ago, geck said:

Preordered!

I noticed they mentioned "no adhesive needed" for assembly.  Seems like they are trying to go the Bandai route with these kits in the future?  Competing?

It also seems like Bandai has an increasing interest in Macross lately.  I always wondered why we never got Master or Perfect grade VF-1's from them...even if they weren't transforming.

Just wish to point out that the other Rigādo in the series (regular, light missile, heavy missile, and scout) were all "no adhesive needed".  Of course, to get rid of the ugly seam lines on the upper torso, adhesive is definitely needed.  Especially to make sprue goo to fill in the gaps!

[Big s]

2 hours ago, sketchley said:

Just wish to point out that the other Rigādo in the series (regular, light missile, heavy missile, and scout) were all "no adhesive needed".  Of course, to get rid of the ugly seam lines on the upper torso, adhesive is definitely needed.  Especially to make sprue goo to fill in the gaps!

Yeah, but even the majority of Bandai kits have seams on them that need filling.

[geck]

Thanks.

Wasn't aware their other Zentradi stuff was snap.  Haven't gotten to them yet, but I always use cement most of the time anyway.,  I hate seam lines.

I agree...this is a great time to be a Macross modeler.  I have so many kits to build from Hasegawa that I've collected over the last 20 years.

[tekering]

21 hours ago, Return To Kit Form said:

Small and weirdly shaped at the nose compared to the line art.

Glad I'm not the only one turned off by that. 🤢

[captain america]

14 minutes ago, tekering said:

Glad I'm not the only one turned off by that. 🤢

You're being generous! The Hasegawa offering is horribly disappointing in most regards: the surface detail is underwhelming in most places, the cockpit is a joke, and the pod shape and proportions are... WTF! I also don't understand where the gun pod molle/cheesegrater detail comes from, but seeing as how they consistently thumb their nose up at the source material on their Zentraedi offerings, this doesn't surprise me. It does have one advantage, though: it will be cheap (in every sense of the word.)

[Return To Kit Form]

57 minutes ago, captain america said:

You're being generous! The Hasegawa offering is horribly disappointing in most regards: the surface detail is underwhelming in most places, the cockpit is a joke, and the pod shape and proportions are... WTF! I also don't understand where the gun pod molle/cheesegrater detail comes from, but seeing as how they consistently thumb their nose up at the source material on their Zentraedi offerings, this doesn't surprise me. It does have one advantage, though: it will be cheap (in every sense of the word.)

You took the words right out of my mouth!

[Return To Kit Form]

7 hours ago, GMK said:

That diorama is even better in person. So good, glad you brought it along to ScaleACT. 

You were there? Damn I am going to have to put a shout out to Macross builders next year for a catch up! 

 

No more missed opportunities! 

[kajnrig]

The one thing that sticks out to me is how small the actual pod is from how I feel it should be. I want it to be either slightly more voluminous, or the limbs scaled down slightly. That aside, I think the proportions are actually better on the Hasegawa pics than the Moscato dio. The Moscato dio's limbs absolutely DWARF its cockpit, it almost looks to be a kitbash of two different scales. I dunno, maybe it's just the angle, or maybe that dio isn't using the Moscato kit at all. 🤷‍♂️

[Bolt]

10 hours ago, Return To Kit Form said:

It's big! So it take a bit of painting with all that surface area 

@Return To Kit Form that's a beautiful diorama. Thanks for the renewed inspiration