daBlah! Posted April 5, 2019 Posted April 5, 2019 Been constantly refreshing Mr.k Twitter this month just on the off chance some news is available wonder if the Proto Garland is any closer but more so eager for the Hargan and Carrier Seen these images also probably from the same posts as you RavenHawk. Quote
RavenHawk Posted April 6, 2019 Author Posted April 6, 2019 Nice find, daBlah! Can anyone translate any of the text? I'm curious what they're from, since they look better than the typical deviantart fan stuff. I wonder if they're from one of the 3 Festival Times MZ23 books (been wanting to get my hands on them, but can't quite justify the costs of using an intermediary to get them through Yahoo Japan Auctions, on the occasions when they show up). Quote
Bobby Posted April 6, 2019 Posted April 6, 2019 That is correct, the concept/design was featured in Festival Times and referred to as: Lost Possibility Megazone 23 – Special Contents: Concept of New Megazone. It's from c. 2008 and planning at the time: Keisuke Hirota and the mechanical design: R-AREA. It features: The Crossline Garland (has wheels for feet) Army Garland GR-II (featured in above post but in army green vs. traditional colors) Strike Garland (blue and white version with armor parts) Garland 1+1 (unique 2-seater garland) Moto Flagger (an updated flagger that looks like a Madox-01 flying head that turns into a motorcycle) Sport Garland (looks like a crotch-rocket, think Kawaskai Ninja meets MZ23) Maneuver Slave B-Type (updated Hargun from pt. I) Maneuver Slave A-Type (updated Hargun from pt. II) Maneuver Slave C-Type (maybe updated Hargun pt. III ?) Special Ghost Harland (highly stylized VF-27 lucifer-like: plane/quadruped/robot) Mystery Garland (looks like a cross from Maximilian from Black Hole and a re-imagined cylon) Quote
RavenHawk Posted April 6, 2019 Author Posted April 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, Bobby said: That is correct, the concept/design was featured in Festival Times and referred to as: Lost Possibility Megazone 23 – Special Contents: Concept of New Megazone. It's from c. 2008 and planning at the time: Keisuke Hirota and the mechanical design: R-AREA. It features: The Crossline Garland (has wheels for feet) Army Garland GR-II (featured in above post but in army green vs. traditional colors) Strike Garland (blue and white version with armor parts) Garland 1+1 (unique 2-seater garland) Moto Flagger (an updated flagger that looks like a Madox-01 flying head that turns into a motorcycle) Sport Garland (looks like a crotch-rocket, think Kawaskai Ninja meets MZ23) Maneuver Slave B-Type (updated Hargun from pt. I) Maneuver Slave A-Type (updated Hargun from pt. II) Maneuver Slave C-Type (maybe updated Hargun pt. III ?) Special Ghost Harland (highly stylized VF-27 lucifer-like: plane/quadruped/robot) Mystery Garland (looks like a cross from Maximilian from Black Hole and a re-imagined cylon) Good to know those pics are from that. Thanks. I've been trying to get my hands on this one, plus the two more after it (it was listed on the cover as Vol. 0, and I came across auctions for Vol. 1 and 2). Quote
Bobby Posted April 6, 2019 Posted April 6, 2019 (edited) Yes, Volumes 0, 1, & 2 and as a fan I can highly recommend all three of them! That was a tremendous guess you made btw! edit - after closer inspection the bike that daBlah posted is slightly different (way more pointier) than the way it is actually shown in Vol. 0 Edited April 6, 2019 by Bobby Quote
RavenHawk Posted April 6, 2019 Author Posted April 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, Bobby said: Yes, Volumes 0 - 3 and as a fan I can highly recommend all three of them! That was a tremendous guess you made btw! Thanks! So, I guess I should just suck it up and pay the fees to get them through an agent. Quote
Bobby Posted April 6, 2019 Posted April 6, 2019 (edited) Honestly, I don't know how else you'll come across them AND it be with a seller who's willing to ship international ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are some really cool lego builds (vol.2) and unique art in them I've never seen anywhere else (like Bahamote B.D Coffee Vending Machines - vol.1). Even one of our forum's VF-2SS gurus, SAVE, had an ad in one for his website otaku2.com (now defunct) in a fun, McDonalds-esque style, promoting a MegaMac 2 sandwich Edited April 7, 2019 by Bobby Quote
tekering Posted April 7, 2019 Posted April 7, 2019 8 hours ago, RavenHawk said: I guess I should just suck it up and pay the fees to get them through an agent. Just get 'em sent to me, RavenHawk. I'd be happy to ship them to you at cost, just so I'd have a chance to look at them first. Quote
Major Tom Posted April 12, 2019 Posted April 12, 2019 I found some more interesting designs on twitter Quote
daBlah! Posted May 2, 2019 Posted May 2, 2019 https://ec.toranoana.shop/tora/ec/item/040030723970 Quote
Bolt Posted May 2, 2019 Posted May 2, 2019 In the black& white, bottom panel. Looks like the mech BD flew off in at the end of MZ23 pt2 . It was also what his underling was piloting when they thought they finally captured the main character..I remember he used a laser sword to kill an invading “drone” as well and was ultimately killed in it. Top panel looks like concept art, as does the shiny cgi stuff. Are they gonna reboot MG23?? Quote
RavenHawk Posted May 3, 2019 Author Posted May 3, 2019 Stylistically, it's definitely very reminiscent of the Festival Times books. Is this a new MZ23 manga, which is reprinting some of that work? Super tempted to preorder it (assuming I'm reading the Google translation correctly). Quote
Bolt Posted May 3, 2019 Posted May 3, 2019 (edited) 21 hours ago, Bolt said: Are they gonna reboot MG23?? It sounds like yes.. at least they’re trying to.. Apparntly the “Strike Garland” I posted above is from the teaser. The production hasn’t really even started and it’s been talked about for a year. Doesn’t sound like anything new since it’s first been kicked around a year ago..we will see in August- October..no one hold their breadth... Edited May 3, 2019 by Bolt Quote
jenius Posted May 3, 2019 Posted May 3, 2019 I'm still waiting on my Arcadia crowd-funding Garland. Quote
RavenHawk Posted May 3, 2019 Author Posted May 3, 2019 1 minute ago, jenius said: I'm still waiting on my Arcadia crowd-funding Garland. ... and I'm still waiting to be incredibly envious, when you get it. Quote
Bolt Posted May 3, 2019 Posted May 3, 2019 1 hour ago, jenius said: I'm still waiting on my Arcadia crowd-funding Garland. Didn’t Arcadia release a new and improved Garland? Quote
jenius Posted May 4, 2019 Posted May 4, 2019 3 hours ago, Bolt said: Didn’t Arcadia release a new and improved Garland? Yes, but if you contributed a certain amount for the MZ23 crowd funding campaign you got a special blue and white Garland. Quote
Bolt Posted May 4, 2019 Posted May 4, 2019 THAT sounds pretty awesome.. I hope it happens for you so we can all see it! Quote
Bobby Posted May 5, 2019 Posted May 5, 2019 If anyone's interested in the 12" Sofubi Marmit Garland there's an unopened one at Madarake --> https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1103358099&ref=list&soldOut=1&keyword=メガゾーン23&lang=en Quote
jenius Posted May 12, 2019 Posted May 12, 2019 Oh my it must be getting close.... That bill is going to hurt! Quote
Numbninja Posted May 12, 2019 Posted May 12, 2019 Looking forward to this and hopefully Fewture's garland...fingers crossed for july 2019 Quote
daBlah! Posted May 13, 2019 Posted May 13, 2019 I see you can buy the strike parts an event soon! "AKIHABARA HANGAR 【THE AKIHABARA CONTAiNER × #メガゾーン23 There is also a limited sale of strike parts that can only be obtained by crowdfunding only. Please get it at this timing period May 11 (Sat)-May 22 (Wed) Details (link: http://akihabara-container.jp/event/256/) akihabara-container.jp/event/256/ " Quote
jenius Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) Just paid for my strike parts. Looks like they're selling it in two other flavors though? A kit version on the cheap, one version for the blue/white toy and then another version which has one yellow part and darker trim that will be a regular release maybe? If anyone has the scoop, let me know. Edited May 21, 2019 by jenius Quote
tekering Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 4 hours ago, jenius said: A kit version on the cheap, one version for the blue/white toy and then another version which has one yellow part and darker trim that will be a regular release maybe? According to the image posted above, jenius, the set on the left is intended for the regular Garland, and the set in the middle is intended for the blue/white release... and they're all event-only exclusives. Quote
daBlah! Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 12 minutes ago, RavenHawk said: Now how to get my hands on one... Same... Been watching for auctions of them after the event only seen 2 items for sale from the event Quote
jenius Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 Well jeeze, I want a set for my regular release too Quote
no3Ljm Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 1 hour ago, RavenHawk said: Now how to get my hands on one... 1 hour ago, daBlah! said: Same... Been watching for auctions of them after the event only seen 2 items for sale from the event 52 minutes ago, jenius said: Well jeeze, I want a set for my regular release too I posted the AmiAmi links for the exclusive white Garland and its Strike Parts on the Arcadia Garland thread back in 2017. Which is sad to say, besides that it's being expensive it's already sold out too. https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-034794 Quote
jenius Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 12 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: I posted the AmiAmi links for the exclusive white Garland and its Strike Parts on the Arcadia Garland thread back in 2017. Which is sad to say, besides that it's being expensive it's already sold out too. https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-034794 Those I bought, but now there's an event exclusive strike set for the red Garland I want also. Quote
RavenHawk Posted May 21, 2019 Author Posted May 21, 2019 13 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: I posted the AmiAmi links for the exclusive white Garland and its Strike Parts on the Arcadia Garland thread back in 2017. Which is sad to say, besides that it's being expensive it's already sold out too. https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-034794 This new ones appear to be priced significantly below what AmiAmi was asking (which I simply couldn't justify spending at the time), which is why I'm being slightly optimistic on maybe getting my hands on one of the new sets. Then again, as a convention exclusive, they'll probably be tripled in price by the time they hit the secondary market, anyway. Quote
Bobby Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 On 5/12/2019 at 10:01 AM, jenius said: Oh my it must be getting close.... That bill is going to hurt! I got my payment notification today and... ...it hurt! Quote
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