KitzConcept Battlepod Review

[@ScorchedEarthToys]

If you're looking for Battlepod, head over to KitzConcept.com and tell them I sent you (I don't know how you would do that). If you're looking for something to pose with that Battlepod, head to HobbyLinkJapan and use my URL to show this channel some love! www.hlj.com/?

[@krtos7514]

Looks great, I'm glad we have a enemy for our VF-1, hope they continue to make more Zentradi mechs.

[@vlenhoff]

You're my favorite macross reviewer. Greetings from Macross World Forums!

[@bh47]

Finally, premium 1/60 scale Regults! Seems like we've been waiting forever for this. Thanks for the detailed review. Love the comparisons the most.

[@yellowmartian]

Youre doing the Lord's work. Thank you.

[@Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P]

H U G E !!! 'Macross' fan!! I Totally remember this from the early/mid-80s, coming home from high-school to watch this show on TV! I have been collecting off-on throughout my mid/late 50s now.... as a-matter-o-fact, I purchased a model of the 1/72 'Battlepod' with the small missile top, electronic, and a Regular "grunt" BP all in the same scale. Planning on building it with a VF-1 within some building diorama..... You know, the scenes of the First battle, On Earth in Macross City!! But This "Toy" Really Rocks!! I'm going to look 'em up, Thanks for the posting!!

[@allyourmoney]

I'm glad I preordered the two artillery-pod special when I did. I'm totally psyched that they're doing the recon pod, too! I may just buy another pod just to display in the crouched position. But overall, I'm just glad I now have Valks & Battlepods in the same scale now. I missed out on the HMR line years ago.

[@lucasignorini7078]

Thanks for this review... it was worth to wait two years for this product

[@demokratorkodo]

Oh!! This thoroughly redeems KitzConcept in my eyes!!

[@frankschuler2867]

Great review! It seems like I've been waiting for this guy forever! I ordered one from BBTS a long time ago...super happy to see they are finally real and seem to have turned out pretty well. Hopefully the pilot figure isn't too far behind. I am overjoyed by KC's humanoid figures and really want some more of them. And yeah...this thing is huge. I guess the advertised specs were correct, lol. I'm surprised it's that heavy, though. As long as it's solid, I won't have any complaints. I think KC has a winner here.

[@ConstantineCydonea]

Be sure to support the KITZCONCEPT'S Kickstarter campaign

[@frankschuler2867]

@@ConstantineCydonea I really want to see it succeed! It has a long way to go, though...and it's actually lost some backers in the past day, unfortunately. I honestly think they need to try a new smaller campaign comprised of the Zentraedi soldiers and some of the human characters they have yet to do (Miriya, Gloval, Claudia, etc.). It wouldn't hurt if they could finish off the products already in the pipeline as well (I'm still waiting on my Battle Pod and Max Sterling).

[@allenhondaaccord1725]

Thank you for the review of Battle Pod. I am buying one

[@malcolmar]

Thanks for the review. This Battlepod looks AMAZING! After all these years it was definitely worth the wait. I will be adding this guy to my collection. Also, I really appreciate the comparison shots.

[@Williestyle-RobotechxMacross-x]

Oh goodness gracious, great Zentreadi in the sky! It's here! It is here!! But no "pilot" figure is so freaking dumb and totally misleading!¡! This "battle pod" looks nice and fairly innovative with the lights and cockpit opening (back and front! ~). Wonder how this will "scale" with my smallest VF - 1 toys?¿ (the Bandai "Hi - Metal R" line or the Banpresto "Super Valkyrie" or "Valkyrie" ... so many questions, because KitzConcept so rarely explains scale or why things change - what happened to the Zentradi "pilot figure" that was totally indicated was going to be included with this toy"). Thank you so much for the great in-depth size and scale comparisons at 12:17 That well presented information and commentary is truly appreciated, Micronian!!

[@phomua1980]

I was on the fence on purchasing this to go along with my Fugu Model FG-01 but your review has me really wanting to purchase this now. Thanks for your thorough review sir!

[@DamaramuHQ]

Yup! This a fantastic toy! Best Regult toy yet! I'm really impressed with the diecast content and the weight is no joke! Scales great with my 1/60 Arcadia and Yamato Valkyries!

[@lorcannagle]

The size compared to the Arcadia 1/60 and the reasonable price has me very tempted to pick one up

[@tmoore2010]

It made me contribute to the kickstarter for the officers battlepod.

[@PStrangerX]

Great review! I'm committed to HM-R, but if I wasn't, this KitzConcept line looks great.

[@R3n7on82]

Probably the best Battlepod and good scale with KCs variable fighters.

[@robohobo7106]

Absolutely great review. I will be adding these to my collection, fo sho.

[@bagea]

kinda cool how you place the batteries in each compartment separately, feels like your doing mechanical repairs/reloading of the thing

[@ThomasMusings]

Exceptional review

[@bobdobalina8910]

Excellent Review Hopefully they will make the Marauder

[@Dadlevelpodcast]

This is awesome. I have been thinking about picking this one up at somepoint. Thanks for the review.

[@steadyalbatross]

Wow, after how good this figure came out I wouldn't be sad if KC just started focusing on non transforming mecha! I'm super excited to see what they could do with the Battlesuits after this

[@zamoragera13]

Always liked this design.

[@mattdrase7493]

Would love to see the new ThreeZero Veritech in your comparisons as well!

[@t_c3po304]

Thank you for the detailed review. When I preordered it, I was under the impression it would come with a zandrati pilot. Unfortunately it doesn't when it is released now😢.

[@ScorchedEarthToys]

KitzConcept says they are currently designing a Recon version Battlepod and once it's done, they'll design a pilot figure that can fit any type of Battlepod and will ship it out to everyone that purchased it (and presumably also sell it separately).

[@t_c3po304]

That would be great. I believe in the Hong Kong toy show, they (KC) were taking preorder for a 3-pod combo with the other two being the large and small missiles version. The Recon is my favorite, so that is certainly good news.

[@triem23]

Think I may have to pick one up. Although my Veritechs are all 1/100, so I guess I'd need some 1/72 Veritechs as well... Hmm... Could grab that Max and Mirya set... I don't actually have that livery - just a Skull One and Rick/Hikaru's VF-1J... I REALLY wish someone would make some Invid Shock Troopers, but, and least I still have my old Matchbox Invid and that's the right size to pose against the B2Five Cyclones... I do wish more companies made more "Villain" mecha. Sure, as you've noted here, those are treated as accessories for hero mecha, but what's the point of having hero mecha without foes to fight?

[@Williestyle-RobotechxMacross-x]

I don't wanna tell you this because I still haven't got mine, but.... MEP Toys made a red Invid scout in a small scale, before they stopped working on the toys from the Robotech "license". Good point about the old reliable Matchbox Invid "shock trooper(s)" ! against the B2Five Cyclone ride armor's... Man I tell you, ScorchedEarthToys spoils us when he gets time for these review videos (and his transformation videos too!)

[@triem23]

@@Williestyle-RobotechxMacross-x I have six of the MEP Toys Invid Scouts. If I only had a Riobot 1/48 scale Legioss/Alpha to pose them against! If you don't know, MEP Toys engineering partner, MaxLabs will sell you the STL files for the triple transform Hovertank, and transforming Logan Veritech that never went into production. Scorched Earth does damn good reviews. He's been a great resource.

[@keyoske]

Great video!

[@tangtangmiao]

Looking good. Need to order one now. :)

[@MarcoGarcia-i4o]

Excelente

[@lareh5501]

15:46 I remember when you used to mention the original MSRP for figs... any reason you didn't here? Even an explanation as to why you're not mentioning it, or ranges would be nice info to include.

[@ScorchedEarthToys]

I normally state release date and MSRP in the first couple minutes of a video but I couldn't find the original listing on the Kitzconcept.com website. I talk about it a bit more in the article on anymoon.

[@starscream512]

Any plans on reviewing the 50th anniversary VF?

[@ScorchedEarthToys]

Yes, looking forward to tackling that one also.

[@Leopardo_Bianco]

I think it fits well against the HMR valks...

[@seed4212]

that cool..light effect for awhile.. yeah we need cheap version for army build.

[@bamvideo]

Awesome review, thank you! would you please put a comparison to the 1/48 macross bandai chogokin in robot mode? Thanks!

[@ScorchedEarthToys]

Done. A pic has been added to the review on anymoon

[@masterlex34]

Awesome review!!! Really enjoyed it! Now if you would be so kind to show how to fit the Micro Zent into the cockpit =) i have one but can't seem to get him to fit lol

[@ScorchedEarthToys]

Maybe try lying the battlepod on its back with the cockpit open. I was able to get it with just a bit of fiddling.

[@masterlex34]

@@ScorchedEarthToys oddly didn't work for me. The head of the Micron Zent either suck out the back or hit the roof =/ you could Make a how to vid like the transformation ones lol =) I'll keep trying as seems most likely user error

[@loganholmberg2295]

ok now i want one seeing how it scales to 1/60.

[@augustofabriziocianferoni689]

Is there a video of your guys full collection?

[@ScorchedEarthToys]

Sadly no, it's all in storage. That's why these videos take so long... gotta go find everything and drag it out then put it all away when I'm done.

[@augustofabriziocianferoni689]

@@ScorchedEarthToys Of course because if you show us that storage you're going to ruin our day... out of envy! hahaha

[@lareh5501]

12:20 thanks for this lineup, but still seems small for 1/72 scale. While 3.75" figs can fit in, as shown after 11:14, the zendrati should be the same height as the battroid modes... Based on 13:06, I'd probably have this/these with the 1/100 scaled valks... Let's see if these are around for, and part of, Singles Day sales to potentially troop build.

[@ScorchedEarthToys]

Here's the official height scale courtesy Macross Mecha Manual: www.macross2.net/m3/sizecharts/sizechart-1.png

[@bagea]

i really want a kit of this thing

[@Daniel-z2j2v]

We need a live action Robotech movie

[@Battling_Seizure_Robots]

4:48 that's the kind of sugar papa likes

[@Razgriz911]

im still waiting on my pre order from bigbad >.

[@wewyllenium]

Hmmm. Maybe I'll make those missile pod . Nice share. At least it's 1/60.

[@MrX20XX]

They have a pair of Missle pod versions coming out as well, both styles.

[@wewyllenium]

@@MrX20XX Nice. :D Now I'm glad I still have my v2s.

[@oscarjeong9438]

The original design of the battlepod might be inspired from T-34...that featured a tight inner space.

[@BlakJak206]

Agreed. I would much rather spend less on a figure to get one without all the pointless light up gimmicks, or spend the same to get nicer paint instead of lights. Who actually wants those? Sure they're neat for the 5 minutes you have them on while you take pictures for your Instagram or whatever, but 99.9% of the time the lights will be off anyway because I imagine the batteries don't last that long.

[@curtisnewton895]

one don't pronounce the last S in "sans"

[@ScorchedEarthToys]

I believe you meant 'doesn't'. :P

[@darkestcloister]

Sans is from Latin

[@ScorchedEarthToys]

the root is latin, the word is French! I declare us both right.

[@darkestcloister]

@@ScorchedEarthToys that's like saying tomatoes are from Italy

[@curtisnewton895]

meh

[@jester9970]

I disagree

[@djaltam1986]

It is incredible that with all that technology applied, they could not design a single power source for the lights.