Mylene gets a call from Milia while she’s in the shower. Milia tells her that she’ll allow her to join the rock band Fire Bomber and will even send some jobs along her way if she agrees to look at a picture she’s sending. Mylene is happy and teases her if she’s supposed to kill the man in the picture. Milia says yes, by piercing his heart. Milia says that the picture belongs to Diamond Force’s Gamlin Kizaki and that she’s arranged an Omiai between them. Omiai is a Japanese custom (Chinese too from what I know) where people arrange two people to meet in the hopes of them ending up in marriage.

Even before Robotech came out I was already a fan of Macross. So I got surprised when somebody told me that the US version was different from the original series. And that the entire Robotech Franchise was just 3 Japanese cartoon series that had no relation to one another and was joined to create it.

Update: 01/24/2010: HLJ announced a tie up with Yamato Toys which allows them to sell exclusive items such as this. This is selling for 2857 yen at HLJ.

Yamato announced yesterday the release of the 1/60 scale Hikaru Ichijo Fan Racer model kit. The Fan Racer is limited to 1000 copies only for their club members. Since it’s a model kit it has to be assembled and painted. It will be sold for Y3000.

Macross fan’s will remember that this was the winged chariot that introduced Hikaru Ichijo to us. He was flying this when he arrived for the inauguration of Macross SDF-1 (hey that happened February 2009. This year!) upon an invitation from his Senpai, Roy Fokker.

Update: 01/24/2010: HLJ announced a tie up with Yamato Toys which allows them to sell exclusive items such as this. This is selling for 39800 yen at HLJ.

Update (10/31/2009) :Box shots of the Macross Replica helmets were updated recently, you can view it here.

Update (9/22/2009) : Yamato toys just posted in their blog some Macross Themed racing helmets.

Update (9/19/2009) : Over Drive Inc informed via email blast that Yamato is expecting this to be available by Late October.

Update: Oops, just found out from Hobby Link Japan that this can’t be worn and is actually just a display item.

Yamato Toys announced a couple of weeks back that they’re releasing some Macross replica Valkyrie Pilot helmets. The design’s offered are similar to the ones used by Hikaru Ichijo, Roy Focker and Maximillian Jenius. Based from my understanding of the literature, this is a re-issue and that the Hikaru Ichijo version will be a limited edition only available to club members. Is there an Official Macross Club out there somewhere?, or I guess they’re referring to the Yamato club members. Prepare to hold your breath though as it costs about Y41,790.

Roy Focker Version: