I suspect part of the reason Hasegawa's stuck with the Valkyries for their
Macross line is because they're originally, and still primarily, a maker of
AIRPLANE kits (and generally a darn good one). Their VF-1 kits were a great
way to expand their expertise into a new field and get new customers, but
I'm not sure how much interest there is within the company of going beyond
Macross mecha that turn into airplanes.
That said, I'd love to see them do a VB-6 Koenig Monster...
From: "Reynolds, Jason M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [gundam] Models of the Month (Jan '07)
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:34:22 -0600
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
True, but so what? Glamorous to whom? I would love those clowns to
finally
acknowledge the existence of all the other designs in that universe. So
what if they aren't as cool, any kid who buys a good guy model wants to
have
the bad guy model next to it. And the Destroids can certainly reuse part
of
their designs, three of them share the same hips/legs sections. And think
of the challenge of building a Monster in the same scale as the other
Destroids and Valkyries. I bought a 1/48th scale Valkyrie toy (Yamato)
because of the cool detail. I'd buy one of each Destroid at that scale
before I bought the rest of the Valkyries, to say nothing of owning a
couple
of the Pods.
Really, Gundams are the most glamorous of mobile suit designs yet there are
plenty of lesser known, plainer, less exciting models coming out for other
designs, yes?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I totally agree with you. I am just showing the perspective of the
marketing department. Personally I would rather have the Destroids, Pods,
and TV Queadlunn Rau any day over a Valkyrie. In the same vein I prefer a
Monoeye kit over any Gundam kit. The only reason I haven't picked up a
Glorious Dom is because Eddie told me how crappy they are. But back to the
topic at hand...
Gundam has a lot more designs to choose from so they have more incentive to
fit in the occasional non-Gundam. But when you look at the overall
selection list, they still tend to cater to the Gundam fan over the Monoeye
fan EXCEPT when the Master Grade line started and they had 4 different
Zakus
to only 2 Gundams.
I also think a big part of the problem with Macross is that so many
companies seem to share the same product. Bandai is making the 1/55
Valkyrie toys while Yamato is making the 1/48 Valkyrie toys. On the other
hand you have Hasegawa making the new 1/72 kits while Bandai has been
producing reprints of the old 1/144 scale Queadlunn Rau kit as well as the
Glaug and Nousjedal Ger on occasions. With Gundam Bandai runs the entire
line. How do they determine who has the right to produce what?
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