The much anticipated Rand MPC Cyclone Vol. 2 will be released in May 2009, MSRP $200. As with Masterpiece Cyclone Vol. 1 Scott Bernard, these will be limited to 3,000 units worldwide and will be individually numbered. Featuring sturdy die-cast and plastic construction, the Cyclone arrives in its trademark Toynami “book style” packaging. Certificate of Authenticity is also included with each figure. Very similar to and less expensive than the Japanese Mospeada version – Beagle’s 1/10 VR-052T (Ley), Rand will come with an exclusive head sculpt only available in the Toynami’s MPC line.

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Just found this new version of all that VF featuring the SV-51 and Zero

Though I am not sure why anyone would buy this, apparently Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles is coming out on BluRay! I guess this is a big hurray for all the people that liked the movie, though I was left with a bad taste in my mouth after I watched it.
Retail price is $29.99, but I can see this easily dropping below that price. Sometimes I wish HG would just die and stop releasing cr8p like this. If you are still pumped about it, the product description after the break.

The legendary Admiral Hunter is missing as a deadly new adversary threatens the vulnerable survivors of the Robotech wars. Vince Grant and Scott Bernard must race against time to unravel a treacherous mystery that could spell the end of the human race!

Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles is the latest exciting chapter of the Robotech saga. A heroic cast of returning characters, led by Scott Bernard and Vince Grant, fight to end a decades-long struggle against an enigmatic alien race known as the Invid. However, the mysterious disappearance of the legendary Admiral Hunter will unfold in a treacherous mystery that could tear apart our young heroes and threaten their very survival!

I haven’t been paying much attention to the Summer Wonderfest (WF) coverage as I probably should have.  Otherwise I wouldn’t have missed this stuff.  There were plenty of great toys revealed and quite a few that were exclusive to the show.  I’m just going to highlight a few that I’ve been able to track down.

Head over the CMs Homepage to and scroll down about a little to find pics of the WF exclusive metallic versions of Rey, Stick, Yellow, and a generic soldier version of their 1/18 scale ride armors. Each of them was limited to 100 pieces.

Not to be outdone, Mega House sold an all black version of their ride armor and rider at WF. Okay maybe it’s not ALL black. It’s two toned sort of like Yamato’s 1/48 Stealth Valkyrie but the colors are more similar than the colors used by Yamato.

And speaking of Yamato, they had shadow colored versions of their poseable GN-U versions of the YF-21, YF-19, and VF-11B. They were exclusive to WF but I heard that they will also be available on Yamato’s webstore starting September 1st. I guess it’s sort of like what Hasbro does with their exclusives after San Diego Comic Con. Anyway, you can see the figures at Yamato’s website here.