{"id":6314,"date":"2012-12-31T23:32:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T23:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/?p=6314"},"modified":"2013-01-07T16:10:03","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T16:10:03","slug":"2012-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/?p=6314","title":{"rendered":"2012 In Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello everyone and thanks for spending another year with anymoon.com!\u00a0 It was another exciting year for toy collectors, and I’m gonna break it down for you and drop some hints of what’s to come.
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This year started off with a bang as Yamato announced it would make a VF-4G via a pamphlet included in the 1\/60 VF-17 toys released at the end of 2011.\u00a0 The VF-4G was released at the end of the year and you can expect an in-depth review here shortly.\u00a0 A licensing debacle led Yamato to make a VF-X themed VF-4 rather than the one from Do You Remember Love make it an even more odd niche toy.\u00a0 While the VF-4 is clearly unique, there were really three franchises to track in 2012:<\/p>\n

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Super Dimensional Fortress Macross celebrated its 30th anniversary:
\nYamato released a series of VF-1 toys and included\u00a0 “option parts.”\u00a0 The option parts.\u00a0 The option parts included side and neck covers, and elevated pilot seat(s) for battroid mode.\u00a0 You would recognize the seat gimmick option parts from my post on the T-rex accessories that they sold at WonderFest a few years back.\u00a0 I’ll be updating my Yamato V2 VF-1 post soon with an updated log of which toys were released when and for how much soon.\u00a0 I’ll also give you lots of good pictures of the installed option parts so you can judge how much they’d be worth to you.\u00a0 There were two entirely new releases for the Yamato V2 as well.\u00a0 The first was the “Cavaliers” scheme, a navy blue with red accents VF-1 shown briefly in the hangar in the original show (the box says this release includes the option parts, it doesn’t).\u00a0 The second was a DYRL themed cannon fodder VF-1A which has slightly different trim and the DYRL specific VF-1A head that separates it from the previously released TV cannon fodder VF-1A.\u00a0\u00a0 There were a couple things we didn’t see this year: the\u00a0Phalanx destroid and the Britai vinyl figure that Yamato has teased at several events.\u00a0 Are they permanently shelved?\u00a0 It seems likely at this point but a sufficient enough lull between productions\u00a0 could make them reconsider.<\/p>\n

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Macross7
\nYamato continues to support their newest license acquisition with more releases although most got pushed to the end of the year with the exception of the VF-19F.\u00a0 Yamato exited the year on a high note releasing the VF-17D, VF-17D Super Parts giftset, Super Parts for VF-17, and the VF-19P Zola Patrol version.\u00a0 You can expect to see all of these on anymoon.com, some sooner than others.\u00a0 The VF-19 has been amongst Yamato’s most praised productions.\u00a0 Word is that feedback has been so overwhelmingly positive Yamato is researching ways to capitalize on it further.<\/p>\n

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Macross Frontier
\nBandai has kept fans hungry for more in way of supply but continued to deliver by way of new things we want.\u00a0 The year started strong with the release of the Renewal VF-25S Ozma custom that quickly sold out and many are hoping gets reissued.\u00a0 There was a brief reissue of the 2012 YF-29 Alto release… so brief many people failed to notice it even happened.\u00a0 In April we received super parts for the renewal VF-25F and 25S that blew away the V1 parts just as the renewal toys blew away the V1 toys.\u00a0 Midyear Bandai hit us with the VF-171 toy and armored parts for the renewal VF-25 toys.\u00a0 Rumor has it the 171 toy had been designed long ago but Bandai wasn’t convinced it was worth the risk until sales of the Renewal VF-25 toys proved brisk.\u00a0 It appears sales were strong for the 171 as they’re following it up with a cannon fodder version in April 2013.\u00a0 In Q3 we received the renewal VF-25G Michael variant followed closely by an early Q4 release of the special Focker custom YF-29 (both toys that are being shipped to me with my VF-4 and will be on this site soon).\u00a0 Bandai finished the year strong releasing armor parts upgrades for the 171 toy (also being shipped with my VF-4) and announcing future releases of a renewal Luca custom RVF-25, a VF-27 with Super Parts (appears to be the same mold as the original VF-27), super parts for the Focker YF-29, and a MonsterArts Vajra figure on as well as the previously mentioned CF 171.\u00a0 So, 2013 hasn’t even started and it’s looking good.\u00a0 I’m not the best at making predictions but I would expect to see Luca go on sale in the middle of Q2 and announcement for Tamashii exclusive Luca and Michael super parts for late Q3 delivery.\u00a0 I also suspect we’ll be hearing about Tornado parts and reissues of the VF-25F and VF-25S soon.\u00a0 While it’s technically not a Macross Frontier piece of merchandise since it doesn’t appear in that show or the related movies, Bandai appears to be making a toy of the YF-30, a valkyrie from the PS3 game being released to celebrate Macross’ 30th anniversary.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sadly, other than some model releases Mospeada merchandise was nowhere to be found in 2012 but 2013 may bring better tidings as that’s the 30th anniversary of the show.\u00a0 If you’re a modeler you’re probably not reading this but I suspect you’ll get lots of great Mospeada stuff next year… even if it’s extremely expensive and hard to come by.\u00a0 Robotech continues to slumber with no news to be optimistic about.\u00a0 It’s hard to see the continuing success of Macross and not feel that Robotech has squandered away its last chances at continuing relevance.<\/p>\n

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As for site news, I’m continuing my efforts to revamp the site into more of a Wikipedia-type layout.\u00a0 I want to give my readers one page where they can learn all about a release and all of its variants rather than having to skim through several different posts just because the mold was tweaked slightly.\u00a0 To that end, expect to see more updated older posts throughout 2013 but it’s my genuine hope that the updating of old content will wind down by the end of the year letting me focus on new projects.\u00a0 If that’s the case, expect to see me track down more classic toys I haven’t posted here yet and more toys from different shows.\u00a0 I know Votoms has a very limited English-speaking audience (which is a shame, it’s an awesome show) but none-the-less I’m dedicated to making anymoon the greatest English language website for Votoms toys.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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As always, I appreciate all the people who come check out my site and hope you’re finding it helpful.\u00a0 Please feel free to email me at micronian_ace@anymoon.com<\/a> or post comments with suggestions for how to keep improving the site to make it more useful to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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