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Finally, the best Valkyrie is being released by Bandai!
Eat your hearts out!
literally who
>>5635678
What is it? Hi-metal? Call me when they release the 1/35 vf-1.
Battroid pics of the new enemy valk
>>5635736
man draken have such awkward battroid
fighter and gerwalk were top notch though
>>5635736
that looks like shit and yes hi-metal
>>5635678
I really hope those thing are a lot cheaper (especially the A version doesn't seem to come with any extra junks.)
The previous releases are like 120+ a box since they are non licensed imports. The Focker edition costs even more for being a p-bandai release.
>>5635772
6220 yen on AmiAmi
Also Yamato pre-orders for my pic are open
>>5635789
what's with the pink lighting again?
>>5635815
It's not the lighting, it's the plastic. Yamato is using a slightly tinted plastic to offset any yellowing down the road, same reason Bandai isn't even using white plastic, they're just using grey plastic for their hi-metal releases.
All white plastic yellows over time.
>>5635765
ur shit
>hlj orders closed
>amiami open
...should I go amiami and lock in for a variation I didn't want or should I stick to the 1/60 roy focker?
I want the roy foker but the price, also whats the word on both in terms of design playability endurance over time etc
>>5635940
this one looks better
reminds me of the bad guys plane in macross7
>>5635940
still looks like shit from any generic animu with cgi robutts
>>5635948
The price is a bit high but the Yamato/Arcadia molds are pretty sturdy as long as you are not thrashing about with them. Awesome quality and THE best Valks made so far. Buy it if you want.
I got the Hikaru VF-1S myself and it is beautiful. Favorite toy next to my Arcadia VF-1A Cannon Fodder.
Hi-Metal durability over time, we don't know, they haven't been out long enough with this iteration. They added some diecast in areas that didn't really need it and diecast degrades over time. I prefer the Yamatao/Arcadia molds since they are mostly plastic and have optional parts to cover up open areas in battroid mode. They also come with better hands, a real weak point with the Bandai line (they look hideous)
>>5636048
You can swap out the hands thankfully. so it's a non-issue for the hi-metal line.
But I did receive my first hi-metal with stuck hand panels so I couldn't even get his hands out. That was a disappointing way to break into the line.
>>5635857
A better solution might have been using UV resistant clear topcoat. It would also get rid of the bare plastic sheen
>>5636088
It will still yellow as the plastic degrades over time
>amiami pre-orders now closed
I should of just bit the bullet rather than stare at it
>>5635789
That is simply beautiful. Just can't get over that price tag though. Stellar, but a bit rich.
>>5636366
You won't get a better build/model for a lesser price. PO and save up extra cash in the meantime. I'd buy it if I didn't already have Hikaru's version. Looks like this one has more tampos though. /jelly
>>5636366
The price is actually fair and cheap compare to the hi-metal Roy .
Hey all, I'm a super Macross noob here, just a fair warning. I'm watching the first series atm but not far in. I saw someone post one of these in a collection thread months and months ago, and while I've gleaned it's super obscure I wondered whether there's any precedent for it being re-released or redone at some point in the future? Appreciate any insight, thanks guys.
>>5636757
Possibly, depends on how long Arcadia is around for. They have the moulds, but it would have to come after more prominent valks.
>>5635857
first release V2 TV hikaru no yellow
>>5637040
just wait
>>5636768
>it would have to come after more prominent valks.
We're lucky they even made a toy for a valkyrie that was only shown for FOUR SECONDS. The yamato is really nice with the second most tampo on a vf-1 after the 30th aniiversary valk. Lots of little warning labels they didn't put on the other valks.
>>5637149
Some of my yamatos are over 10 years old now and haven't noticeably yellowed.
>>5636034
>muh hand-drawn
>>5637723
lame
>>5637723
Jesus that thing is ugly. Reminds me of some of the enemy valks in 7.
>>5635789
Valk noob here, Is this a re-release or an all new mold?
>pre-ordered this before hlj closed order stop again
whoo hoo!
Also destroid monster is still up for grabs if anyone is interested
>>5635678
Are there any of Mettaton?
>>5637892
>frontier has superb designs
Superb is a stretch. The frontier aesthetic got really old really fast for me. It brought a few good things to the table like variable armor, ex-gear and the vb-6 but overall the mecha were too generic 2000's anime looking and forgettable IMO.
vf-171 is more memorable with its odd shape but it's pretty much recycled from M7.
>>5637892
what happened? casual fag animu pandering is what happened.
same old slap something together that revolves around the latest trend (idol group animu) and attach an established franchise name to it for "legitimacy", we'll make moneys!
Of course the designs and animation are going to be uninspired garbage that can be interchanged with any other shitty generic 3d animu mecha series
>>5638079
what's more disgusting is how obtuse the fanbase are
>"macross always has idorus since forever"
>"alien magic always been there in the first place"
>"silly? no shit it's macross universe"
fuck them all
![ep32-vf14space[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/hM4nTHD.jpg "ep32-vf14space[1].jpg")
>>5637731
Except the VF-14 is great you stupid asshole.
>>5638181
How are those in any way untrue? Macross was idol anime decades before that became a genre.
>all this 1/60 shit
Will they ever rerelease the 1/48s? ;_;
>>5638221
The idol character was always just love interest/support role, not the main character, and not an idol group, unlike the current anime trendof idol group main characters
>>5638203
yeah if you have shit taste
![vf-14-m7plus-fighter-fanmade[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/WyjJrut.gif "vf-14-m7plus-fighter-fanmade[1].gif")
>>5638662
>SR-71
>Bad
lol shut up you contrarian shitstain.
>>5638250
But those were shit
>>5638702
come on, show me its battroid mode
>>5638079
Isn't that basically what Macross 7 was?
>>5638746
How so? I only have one but its really cool, fairly sturdy if lightweight, and a ton of features.
>>5638758
yes
![Luis_VF-14A[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/mqUBlTk.png "Luis_VF-14A[1].png")
>>5638755
Looks perfectly fine.
>>5638776
>useless kibble
>penis head
>retarded shoukders in gerwalk mode
k
>>5638793
All I'm getting out of this post is that you're autistic and have a mangled dick from some accident I don't wanna know about.
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>>5638815
Good to hear. Commencing dump.
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>>5638850
This looks really bad, anon
![131215j[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/kqsHffs.jpg "131215j[1].jpg")
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>>5638858
It's a resin kit, so things aren't going to come out perfectly like a Bandai/Yamato toy would.
>>5638882
Please delete
![vf-14-m7plus-battroid-fanmade[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/ckrNna2.gif "vf-14-m7plus-battroid-fanmade[1].gif")
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>>5638174
Modernization is good.
![7fdad845f4434616daa2c22768d1888e[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ytxhYUF.jpg "7fdad845f4434616daa2c22768d1888e[1].jpg")
Please stop pamming this thread. This thread is about the current toys.
>>5638253
Did you actually watch the fucking show? The main character isn't an idol, one of the love interests is a pilot, and the other is an idol. The idol group is still support but it still has Valkyries doing all the fighting. Typical idiot shitposting about something they haven't watched yet.
>>5638951
>being this assblasted
whew lad
ITT oldfags that only watched the original Macross and thinks it speaks for the entire franchise
>>5638962
The themes are the same throughout every series though, so you're not wrong.
>cute idol
>transforming robots
>alien invasion
>>5638962
disgusting
>>5638746
The 1/48's are still the best available if displayed in fighter or gerwalk mode and some people actually prefer the broad shoulders and correct head location of it's battroid mode. The big problem is it's not in scale with the 1/60's and there aren't any official 2 seaters.
>>5638755
People will forgive a goofy battroid mode if the fighter is pretty enough and IMO the vf-14 more than qualifies. I'd buy one for sure.
>>5638974
Yes it's the same mold more or less. The hip swing bar has been slightly changed since the original release and the shouldes have been fixed.
DX Draaken battroid mode. Looks great.
>>5639877
>>5639877
>>5639881
Still no gerwalk yet. It's transformation is pretty cool and unique how the arms make up the fuselage in fighter mode, the intakes wrap around and become the chest, the stabilizer fin splits down the middle and becomes the shield, and the cockpit is the head.
>>5639888
I disagree. Considering how regal the Windermere kingdom is it fits pretty well. And the sharp design is a nice contrast with the smoother and more typical VF-31 Siegfried. I guess you'd prefer the non-commander variant then.
>tfw poorfag
I should never have gotten into this franchise.
>>5639896
>It's got a little knight shield with a crest! See? That's because he's from the knight planet or whatever! Pretty cool huh?
I don't know anon. To me this is just a dumb as a mech from africa with a big spear and a bone through it's nose.
Do they really think the audience is so shallow and stupid they need these kinds of associations to tell what mech is from where and if it's a good guy or a bad guy.
>>5639940
It sounds like you're trying way too hard to hate this. I guess you'll have the live action Robotech movie to look forward to.
>>5639940
>I don't know anon. To me this is just a dumb as a mech from africa with a big spear and a bone through it's nose.
You would enjoy G Gundam.
>>5639948
Aw, someone is sad that other Macross fans don't enjoy garbage designs. Look, m8, the new designs are utter garbage. Deal with it.
>>5640247
I don't think it's garbage It would just would have been better without the gold bling and medieval knight theme, the revolutionary design would have been enough to set it apart.
>>5639877
>>5639881
I don't get the hate for this, but then again I WANT my macross designs to be really different. Part of the reason I think I'm underwhelmed from the Delta designs overall is that they just feel like more frontier designs. Part oft he reason I like Macross is how much designs change compared to Gundam, which sticks to templates. I love how the VF-1, theVF-19, and the VF-25 all look so different from each other. But I guess enough time hasn't passed in universe between Frontier and Delta(or in reality, for that matter) for designs to be really different.
Are they fighting aliens in the new one?
>>5638924
I know that Macross M3 is canon, but does Macross Chronicles make direct references to them?
They are comprehensive in terms of covering all the non-animated VFs eg VF-4 to 14, but I would like to know which non-animated scenario references take priority, otherwise it is probably just from Kawamori's MSV notes.
>>5640346
The Macross government fell apart and every planet was on its own. There's royal douchebags using fold magic to cause mass murders and UN Spacy forms an idol group in power armor with valk escorts to fight them
>>5639940
>why does this plane have a special regimental paint job?
I don't know, anon.
>>5640247
Sorry you're such an assblasted crybaby with no taste, anon. Enjoy your Robotech film.
>>5635857
It's the composition of the plastic that affects how it yellows, not the color. Yellowing still shows up on grey plastic, just like any other color.
>>5636048
>diecast degrades over time.
Gonna call BS on that. Source?
>>5641569
not him, but all metals will oxidize and/or show other forms of degradation
fact of life
>>5641582
>all metals will oxidize
>all metals
U fkn wot m8
From all the research I've read, zinc pest only forms in zinc alloys that contain impurities of lead and other metals, so it's something that only affects certain toys instead being an indusrtywide issue. The only things made after the 50s that seem to be affected are diecast car models made by companies that're probably cutting costs in production. Not saying it will never happen, but it's nowhere near as prevalent as you're making it out to be if there are still old school chogokins with their diecast parts still intact. I haven't found any evidence of any chogokin or other robot toys with zinc pest, so I'm assuming Bandai has their shit together when it comes to choosing alloys.
Surface corrosion is still a thing, but it's only real effect is cosmetic. Plus, it can be avoided by storing your things in a cool dry enviornment and washing your greasy mitts before handling your toys, which you should be doing anyway.
>>5641665
Look at that thread with a gobot zeemon that was dug out of the dirt 15 years ago. The diecast is still fine. The guy who keeps babbling about diecast is probably just fucked in the head or something.
>>5641702
Damn I kind of want one of those now.
>>5641702
I have a Shogun Warrior from 1977 on my desk that's seen better days but is still fine.
I dunno. For some reason I'm seeing more and more posts on this board and elsewhere saying shit along the lines of "your stuff's gonna be destroyed and there's nothing you can do about it :^)". We get it, nothing lasts forever, but you're just shitposting if you just say that stuff to get a rise out of people withoit giving useful advice. I bet >>5641582 is the same faggot that talks about bitrot on /vr/ from time to time.
>>5641727
Do it. Gobots/Machine Robo is the shit.
>>5641665
>implying diecast today is made of only one alloy
>ignoring the fact it isn't just impurities that causes it
>>5641746
>I have a Shogun Warrior from 1977 on my desk that's seen better days but is still fine.
I don't know if you noticed, but most stuff today is super fucking cheaply made. It's not even because of China, because even 10 years ago, products were more durable.
Shit is less durable now than it ever was because they're using cheaper materials.
Diecast from the 70s and 80s is made of different metals than today, and i mean that in plural.
>you're just shitposting
>because educating people is shitposting
Is this the /toy/ equivalent of anti-vacciners?
>>5641930
>that pic
God I hate HP.
>>5641930
>Hurr durr diecast toys will disintegrate!
>Ignore the millions of diecast items from the 70's and 80's that are just fine! Look at my pictures of things that aren't die cast toys
lol what a fucking retard.
>>5641959
>diecast toys and diecast anything else are different
lol what a fucking retard.
>>5641959
I bet it's the same tinfoil loony who thinks he works at the smithsonian but spends his days warning /toy/ about imaginary plastic-eating gasses coming for their toys.
>>5641930
>pic
Come on man, that's a completely different phenomenon that has nothing to do with corrosion. Metal whiskers are caused by stresses created by electroplating. To my knowledge, most toys with diecast are simply painted instead of being plated with something else, so that should hardly be an issue. I know the Saint Cloth Myth series has parts that are plated with copper and nickel, but so far I haven't found anything that suggests that those metals are prone to it. It can happen with zinc plating, but most toys are cast in zinc alloy instead of plated with it, so again it shouldn't be an issue.
If you have any evidence that suggests that /toy/ stuff is prone to the damage that you are talking about, please share it because I would love to read about it. But if you're going to cherry pick something that has only really affected electronics and say it applys to toys, yes you are shitposting.
Glass is literally a more suitable material than diecast for toys.
>tfw you realize that shitstain nostalgia fags having no taste is the reason Arcadia can't afford to take risks
>>5642810
No, they can't afford to take risks because they have no fucking money to begin with. They are just reusing molds that exist from when yamato did.
>>5642815
Because they can't recoup costs of designing new tooling because faggots won't buy it.
Was Macross Zero any good? I like the VF-0A design.n
>>5642754
>>5641959
Why you guys gotta be so illiterate?
The image is just to show how materials have changed in ALL our goods, as i spoke about in the bulk of my post.
So something that was made in the 70s and 80s was more durable and longer lasting, because the materials they used were pretty much the height of technology (for diecast anyway) and cost. So you got long lasting goods because they could afford to use better quality materials like copper.
So again, someone wanted to know if diecast actually has a tendency to rot or degrade in some fashion and it can. This is a truth.
The fact someone says they've had no problem is purely anecdotal and ignores the fact that diecast does rust or grade in some fashion or another.
It's also a fact that the materials they use today are cheaper, and less quality, thanks to the increase of the cost of production and materials, and also environmental laws.
>>5643288
>zero evidence
Fuck off sperg
>>5635789
Pre-ordered!
Can anyone recommend a good stand to use with >>5635789? I believe I've heard of third party stands before, but I'm not sure and can't find any info online.
>>5644058
Flightpose(?) and yeti stand seem to be popular. Arcadia only produce their stands in small batches that run out quickly. Pricks.
>>5644066
thanks!
>>5642908
I want more Macross 7 and Plus toys.
>all this talk about diecast degrading over time
Let me ask ONE important question.
How many fucking years are we talking and what kind of stressers must we watch out for the following
>older toys
g1 transformers, hotwheels cars etc
>newer toys
chogokins made within the last 5 years diecast mini statues joints in the hi metal R line etc.
From a non-educated standpoint I give older toys maybe 50 years and newer shit 20 years with joints and floppiness being the first signs, I don't see them being brittle like plastic which I know will hold out far less longer (especially with gold plastic syndrome still being a thing but not able to be proven with newer toys due to age)
Enlighten me, I know in my heart everything rots, but you guys give me the impression diecast turns into dust after a year in comparison to older stuff like>>5641702
>>5644200
I just want a good 21 and 171
>>5644205
I want those and VF-11 and VF-17. Bandai just needs to tweek the 171 so it doesn't shatter like glass.
>>5644204
newer stuff degrades faster
>>5642953
I really liked it. Most people hated it.
>>5644296
Fuck, I didn't know that the SR-71 could transform.
>>5644296
njoyee ur hurr durr 3DPD Robotech film grandps lmao
change is good!
>>5644470
Did you see "Robotech" on the op?
Then stick to /m/ robotard
>>5644532
I find it amusing that people still unironically get rectal fractures over robotech.
>>5643715
Other people who have been arguing found the evidence, as exampled by that guy who thoughlt only lead is the reason rot happens
Nevermind the reality that all these metals will oxidize. Fact of life for this and should be common knowledge.
>>5644204
>How many fucking years are we talking and what kind of stressers must we watch out for the following
Like with most degradation issues (as is the same with plastic), it's fucking random, unless it's a huge QC issue.
Living in armpit countries and areas, where heat and humidity is common place will only increase the chances.
>>older toys
As already mentioned, various laws and increasing costs has meant we've switched around the materials, and even QC, where previously solved problems using now-illegal-methords have been popping up again. Stuff like copper became too expensive to be used as much in diecast, so shit isn't as durable anymore and more likely to oxidize (faster).
As i said before, everything is so much cheaper and not as durable today.
We probably reached the high point of production methods in the 90s or early 00s.
>>5644296
It's funny because the VF-14 is technically in Macross Plus. Stick to Robotech, fag.
>>5644312
Nor could the A-6 or the F-117. That didn't keep macross from going all "hurr, dis planes is cool. Lets make them transformers."
>>5644470
This is a macross thread, dickhead. Not a thread about the changes that Carl Macek and his bastard ilk wrought. Go fuck yourself.
>>5645617
No. The VF-14 isn't in M+.
And no, you can't make me like Robotech.
>>5645662
The VF-17 is also in Plus.
>>5645645
That logic is fucking retarded. The VF-1 is pretty much an F-14 that transforms, the YF-19 is an X-9, and the YF-21 is a YF-23. All designs you supposedly like that are all based on real world aircraft. Just shut up already.
>>5645692
Well shit. Technically arcadia can do a VF-14 then, Plus is their turf. I'd be all over that
>>5645692
>that shitty animation
oh my
>>5645702
LOL. You're so full of shit.
YF-23 I'll give you, but that at least was a plane that never entered production.
But the F-14 and X-29? Go ahead. Post some anime/real-life comparison pics. Along with the early artwork concepts for what became the VF-1. I'll wait here while you flail uselessly.
>>5646233
hurr
>>5646233
I don't even know what you're trying to accomplish. Is your stance that VFs based on real jets are bad? Why do you believe this?
>>5646264
>“At the beginning the arms stretched forward and linked together, so as to form the nose of the plane. However, because of these arms the design looked too fat and didn’t look much like an airplane. So one day I was fiddling with a model of an F-14 Tomcat and noticed that between the two engines was a gap. I thought maybe I could fold the arms in the gap and that ended up becoming the basis for the main design of the VF-1 Valkyrie.”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2015/12/10/shoji-kawamori-the-creator-hollywood-copies-but-never-credits/#66789c9d1683
>>5646233
>>5646283
This doesn't explain why you don't like it, I think?
What's wrong with this thread? First we have some retard claiming that even though the diecast of millions of toys is perfectly fine, if you buy a new macross toy the diecast will explode and now there's an even bigger retard claiming the vf-1 was not inspired by the f-14.
>>5646283
I'm not that faggot. I love the VF-0/VF-1.
Macross Zero was great plane porn.
I too thought it was well understood that the VF-1's design was inspired by the F-14...
>>5646318
They even made a universal injoke about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9pZSggOA28
>>5646316
QUICK! SOMEONE MENTION ROBOTECH!
ALSO, UR FAVORITE IDOL A SHIT!
>>5646318
Keep in mind that most of the kiddies in here only got into Macross within the last 5 years and don't know much about it outside of their little CGI abominations.
>>5646370
>some funposting on /a/ about mecha
>try not to descend to their level and just innocently ask if they're seen Gundam 0079 and OG Macross
>someone says most /a/nons haven't seen anything more than 15 years old
Kill me now
>>5646373
>the current state of cancer infested 4chan
I hate it too, anon. I hate it too.
CF up on MyKombini if anyone missed pre-orders
>>5646373
What are you talking about? The macross threads on /a/ seems to be filled with people familiar to the early entries of the series.
>>5646373
So because some anon said that you immediately believed it? Are you retarded? They don't know much outside of Macross or Gundam but most of the people in mecha threads there have seen the original series.
>>5646739
Yeah, sure. And how would you know? Are you c/a/ncer?
>>5646892
>c/a/ncer
It's /a/utist. Are you straight from /b/ or something?
>>5646956
It's not the board's naming convention retard, it's what people say when mocking them.
>>5646370
Trying way too hard there.
>>5646370
>kiddies
I really doubt most people who collect Macross are that young. I consider myself pretty young for a Macross collector and I'm 24. If you're on a toy board for Macross you're probably buying the figures,and that's a considerable amount of money to be spending on something you're not familiar with.
>>5646956
>>5646963
Kek.
I love Robotech veritechs!
>>5648416
I do too! It was a good gateway drug.
Just got a 1/60 Yamato ver 2 VF-1S Hikaru Special with strike parts for 10k yen but I seem to be missing the right calf armor for the strike parts.
Any idea how difficult it'd be for me to get that replaced?
>>5648461
Very difficult. It's not the kind of item that breaks leaving you with an odd set to break up and sell off. Was it listed as missing or did you get fucked over?
>>5648416
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1381502542/robotech-academy/
I love it for how scummy the company is and the fact they have to beg their fans for money to fund a new series. Can't even do that.
>>5648489
I love hove Macross had to blatantly rip off an American franchise
>>5648489
That was the most unprofessional kickstarter from an established company I've ever seen. It was so cringey and horrible.
Some genius at harmony gold was actually retarded enough to taunt macross fans and ask them to bring it on. It was a fucking disaster. Most of the comments on their kickstarter page were people shitting on HG.
>>5648463
Bought it at mandarake in akiba in person, it didn't have any mention of missing parts, just that it was loose and came with the strike pack.
I'm thinking it's possible they misplaced it while packing it up for me to go cause they packed some accessories that it was on display equipped with in the same accessories baggie it was on display with.
I sent them an email in any case, hoping they actually bother checking.
I'm a bit miffed about it since gerwalk strike pack vf-1s is like my favorite thing ever, but I can't really complain about getting a 1/60 yamato for that price which was otherwise perfect save for a bit of dust.
>>5648525
Well that's different. Through mandarake you have a chance.
How good is your japanese? The super low price does make me wonder if it was missing the part. Did you check if the shoulders are ok?
>>5648525
>>5648534
hikaru vf-1s super is on the list
>>5648498
Yeah so sad they had to ripoff American Idol. Reminder this is where you belong.
>>5648545
>moderating robotech.com was my entire life
>nobody replied to my weak bait, better reply to myself.
lol poor maverick.
>>5648534
Shoulders seem fine.
>>5648545
Deculture basically means sugoi right
>>5648545
is this about Delta and the magical girl transformations.
I like Delta
>>5648638
Delta is too pure for this world desu
>>5648638
go home underage poster
>>5648693
I'm 23
>>5648416
Alpha fighters are way better than VF-1's. So sleek in fighter mode but so blocky and bulky and kickass in robot mode.
>there will never be a modern hovertank toy.
>when will the suffering end?
>>5648894
young enough to not have been around during 4chan's formative years, a true newfag
I love Macross and am watching them all again! I don't really enjoy the later ones as much but the first three were classics! I wish they would make a show about Earth fighting off the Zentradi and getting whipped in the original timeline. Would make for a good tragic story!
Anyways, did Arcadia ever re-release the Yamato Macross Plus valks?
>>5649554
>did Arcadia ever re-release the Yamato Macross Plus valks
I think the YF-19 is re-released like right at this moment.
http://hlj.com/product/ACA82042/Sci
>>5649554
The arcadia YF-19 is an update based on the VF-19 molds from Macross 7 that Yamato did. It's a spectacular improvement, and Arcadia's YF-19 has the most accurate fighter mode of any transforming YF-19.
>>5649554
But they did get whipped in the original timeline. How is losing 98% of the human population not getting whipped?
>>5649637
No, I mean that they should have a story revolve around characters battling for Earth during that time. Since they get destroyed, it would make for an epic story if done with a serious tone.
>>5649686
All the zentradi were in space prior to them bombarding earth so they wouldn't have anyone to battle. And a sidestory like that probably wouldn't be very popular with fans.
>>5649864
There was a space battle dude. Do you even Macross?
>>5649967
Sounded like he wanted a story taking place before the zentradi nearly wiped out all of earth. If not then he wants a sidestory during the first Space War? That'd never happen.
Macross Delta stinks!
>>5651020
Pls don't bully Delta. She is working her hardest to impress her siblings and stay pure for her fans. She is very stressed.
>>5651020
>>5635683
Pilot Lieutenant K. Warmaker
Rank the Macross Series
1. SDFM
2. Plus
3. II
4. Zero
5. Frontier
6. 7
7. Delta
Frontier
7
Delta
DYRL
SDF
Plus
Zero
2
>>5651722
1.Plus OVA
2.SDFM
3.Plus movie
4. Frontier movies
5.DYRL?(#1 as far as visuals go, though)
6. Frontier
7. Macross 7
8. Zero
N/A: II/ Delta(haven't seen them yet)
>>5651722
1. Delta
>>5651722
It's only had 5 episodes calm your tits edgelord. We know how hot it is to hate what's new but delta is better so far than it has any right to be. It could end up sucking awfully but for now I don't think it has a place on a list,let alone the bottom of one, since it's currently airing. Also macross 2 as number 3? That's pretty shit bait.
>>5652255
Everything after 2 was just spiraling cases of poop. Macross 2 at least has that it was the first extension of the franchise going for it, that's really it.
>>5652283
>robotechfag pretending he's seen anything other than robotech
nice try
>>5652283
Plus was good, not poop
>>5652288
>plus was good meme
Plus had really good animation and nice music but that's all it had going for it. The plot was shallow and the characters were incredibly childish.
>>5651722
They're all equally inferior to the SDF sequels.
>>5652333
If those aren't the sequels to sdf which are?
>tfw I missed the pre-order
>>5652330
>characters were incredibly childish
because adults and always mature and adult and rational and never ever childish
>>5652443
missed a preorder for what? You can't really miss arcadia preorders.
>>5652505
It's cringe-y when all of the adult characters act like high schoolers.
>>5646289
I actually own this book, but I am not sure where I put it.
>>5651898
What's wrong with Zero? The designs are great as well as the soundtrack.
>>5652523
>all three characters haven't seen each other since high school
>they act like high schoolers
that was the point?
>>5652523
I don't think you've been around many adults, especially ones that have been friends since they were kids m8
>>5652519
I missed the pre-order for the VF-1A in the OP
I have an unopened HMR VF-1S Roy I'm planning to sell (I preordered the Arcadia rerelease) and while checking how much I could sell it for on eBay, I noticed some were selling it with an exclusive Tamashii Stand. Is it included with all units in the brown Tamashii shipping box or is it from an even "exclusivier" version?
>>5653463
if you got it, it comes in a seperate little black box just for the stand.
>>5653469
I know but exclusive Tamashii items always have two boxes, the item box and an brown shipping one. Are the figure and the stand, in their own "item boxes", both in the same brown box or do they each have their own?
>>5653518
Also fuck grammar. I should go to bed.
>>5653521
Let's see. The Figure comes in three brown boxes, the third actually holds the figures actual box. The small black box for the rectangular stand should be in the final brown box.
>>5653537
Thanks, I assume everything is packed in the one I got then.
Anyone have the 1/60 yf-29b percival?
Can you take off the head lasers or are they pemanently affixed with a mushroom joint?
If I got one of the old vf1's from yamato will I get the same satisfaction I may of gotten from>>5635789 from arcadia?
I want a good decent transformable vf-1 but the prices are bullshit for either the high metal r line second hand or that new arcadia one, I'm aware of the yamato-arcadia link but were there any...significant improvements or did they literally just throw a new manufacture on the box?
Otherwise please list a good budget transformable vf1 of any kind that isn't toynami, considered the gimix line but after the few test kits I worry I'll glue them to death
>>5655050
Check the chart posted in this thread if you get a yamato. The first roys had shoulder breakage.
Besides that they're near identical to the arcadia.
>>5648544
That list is in dire need of images to make it clear which release is which.
>>5655088
I worked it out just by matching specific vf models and what the box says , problem is in the case of mandarake and their stock images.
Doesn't help when the caveat of safe or not being a tampo on the product, but when all you get is a stock image you won't know if its a reissue or not until its in your hand or a proper pic from ebay
>>5655050
do you mean the ones you have to take the legs off?
>>5653463
How much were you planing to sell it for?
>>5656232
$200 shipped
>>5656682
Good idea, sell it for as much as the 1/60 Arcadia release
>>5656682
That's a excellent price , hope you don't run into any buyers on eBay that like to sent you a item not as described message in return .
>>5656726
it's a limited edition
>>5656232
$120, it's in the bst.
is there a pink plane robot?
so is the 1/60 VF-2SS any good? its from a different manufacturer than the other VFs and it always looks so stiff and inarticulate in the promo images.
i just saw Nexx's VF-2SS SAP on HLJ but im not sure if i can justify $256 on a toy plane...
>>5659650
it feels like an unfinished model kit tbqh
>>5659653
Which is sad considering there just isn't much from macross II. It really looks and feels like a first attempt by a smaller company. The heart is there but the execution is sloppy and the price is ridiculous.
>>5659650
It was on sale for half off and still hardly anyone was buying it , pretty sad
>>5659650
$256 in this hobby is pretty reasonable sadly. In fact most of the 1/60 valks run $250 minimum. You might be in the wrong franchise if you want affordable high quality toys. I would reccomend the Arcadia and bandai DX valks though and if you do want good quality smaller valks Hi Metal R is good.
>>5660899
Is Macross still cheaper than Hot Toys collecting?
>>5660899
well as far as the VF-2SS goes there arnt many options, at least if i wanted a VF-1 or VF-25 there are plenty of choices to pick from.
>>5660911
Yes and no. You can get away with only collecting Arcadia and bandai stuff which is a relatively small amount of stuff released so far. But if you wanna get into Yamato then it gets pricey. Hot toys are just way too expensive though
>>5661347
Yeah bandai teased a hi metal years ago but who knows what happened to it. I would love to see someone take another crack at it but I'm afraid that the failure of the nexx toy will keep anyone else away from it.
>>5654838
... Anyone?
We Roy now! Well, more than we were before, anyways.
Gotta say, it's kinda cheap how the box art is just a recolor of the VF-1S Hikaru's box art, heh. Digging the minimalist style of the stand's box art, though!
>>5660899
>>5660911
Bandai's DX Chogokins are generally sub-$200, which is nice since they're now pretty ace toys.
>>5654838
>>5662322
They're just ball joints, so you can pull them out if you like.
