kajnrig Posted January 18 Posted January 18 (edited) So I received the P-Bandai YF-29 Alto Expansion Set today and noticed that the runner for the SMS base actually dates all the way back to 2009. I've been trying to figure out what earlier kit might have included this but am coming up empty. Anyone have any ideas? In case it's unclear, the text reads: ©'07 BW/MFP•M ©'09,'11 BW/MFP BA3-E ベース3 (Base 3) BANDAI 2009 MADE IN JAPAN marks indicate Nov 2023 production Edited January 18 by kajnrig Quote
Chronocidal Posted January 18 Posted January 18 What does the full sprue look like? I know they released SMS stands for the original 1/72 VF-25 kits (just a variant base for one of their standard mecha stand designs), and bundled them with the armored kits, but I wouldn't expect this to use the same size stand as those. Quote
kajnrig Posted January 18 Posted January 18 44 minutes ago, Chronocidal said: What does the full sprue look like? The rest of the sprue is just the remainder of the base. 44 minutes ago, Chronocidal said: I know they released SMS stands for the original 1/72 VF-25 kits (just a variant base for one of their standard mecha stand designs), and bundled them with the armored kits, but I wouldn't expect this to use the same size stand as those. Yeah, I have a bunch of those around the place and they're a good size larger than this one. My guess now is that they may have planned to bundle this with some P-Bandai-/event-/etc.-exclusive variants of the 1/100 fighter kits that were scrapped due to a lack of popularity. Perhaps they even had a VF-27, and this would have been bundled with that and a YF-29 to celebrate the Sayonara no Tsubasa movie premiere... Wishful thinking... Oh well. Quote
Chronocidal Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Yeah, really is sad, those little 1/100 kits were great, I bought a ton of them. Nice little builds, and really affordable. Quote
Raikkonen Posted January 27 Posted January 27 12 hours ago, sh9000 said: These are nice customs. When these appeared in the video, I was excited thinking these are planned variants, then I turned on the translated subs and saw customs... crushing... Quote
Chronocidal Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Not really surprising, I think Isamu's YF-29 is probably the only TWE item I ever saw go on clearance. Pity about Ozma's though. That one needed another run. Quote
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