MacrossJunkie
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Sorry to hear that. This release is so widely flawed with so many having bad or missing parts, Bandai should be ashamed of themselves. More so for not admitting to it or doing anything about it. I would find it hard to believe that their heads are so up in the clouds... or their posterior, that they would be so oblivious to the issues with this thing.
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What does your cabinet look like?
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LOL. So true... So I guess Bandai went the extra mile to make it just like the show. Exploding bits and all. It's not bad QC, it's a feature!
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Yeah, that's basically what I said, aside from whatever additional costs they might have incurred to implement the change in paint scheme. I don't have the slightest idea how expensive that would be or how many they would need to sell to cover the cost of that.
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I wouldn't mind getting a second one. The one I have is slightly faulty as there is something that causes the right shoulder part that joins to the chest and backplate to get stuck so I can't bend it down very far and ends up looking a bit weird. I also wouldn't mind a re-release of Ozma's 25S. I want one for fighter mode as the one I have is in battroid mode with the armor on and that armor is such a pain to handle that I prefer not to touch it at all. I'm sure there are also plenty of people that missed it the first time around that are waiting for the re-release.
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If this is purely a wishlist, then I would prefer some more new molds. Top of the list by far is a Battle Frontier and/or Battle Galaxy in 1/3000 scale. Followed by Tornado packs, then maybe a Q-Rea, YF-24, and YF-25. But really, all I desire from them is Battle Frontier or Galaxy. Everything else is just nice to have icing on the cake.
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It has proven to be perfectly safe, or at least the kind I got has been. I have clear coats covering the entirety of my valks to worry about and not just the small areas of painted parts and I have not found any slightest hint of damage to paint or clear coats. No abrasions/scratches/sticking to coat/eating through or anything else of the sort. I've had mine hanging for a long time too so I can confidently say it's safe to use without fear of damage to paint or plastic.
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I personally don't really care for the Alaska base scheme. It was cool seeing people painting up customs of it themselves, but I'm not sure if selling this scheme is a good idea. It's very nearly just a color swap (with exception of the tail fins) with the Max and Kakizaki VF-1As and stores had trouble selling the Kakizaki versions even after Yamato had gone bye bye where everything else was getting snatched up first. This one is much more obscure, doesn't have any characters tied to it and, imo, not particularly interesting looking. Not really sure how well it will sell, but if they are made to order, then I suppose it doesn't matter too much. As long as the ones sold covers the cost to change the paint colors and they aren't losing money on it.
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I only took one shot of the two together in fighter mode yesterday in one of the picture threads but it wasn't anything like a side by side comparison. Nice pics. I especially like the GERWALK one and the battroid one with the light background. I think the ones with the white background worked out better. For whatever settings and lighting conditions you used in those, the color and contrast look pretty good in those compared to the dark background ones where the lighting kind of washed out the detail and depth. Oh! That's pretty clever.
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Should be fine. The kind I used was overkill. This is what I used - Berkley Trilene Big Game Monofilament Custom Spool I did it the hard way and tied the knots without taking any of the shelves or items off (too lazy to even though it made more work in the end). That required some patience and dexterous fingers. If you don't want to be dumb like me, I would suggest taking the shelves off to have an easier time
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That's not a bad idea. I had settled on placing bits of paper over the tips on mine which works, but kind of looks ugly. Whatever substance was used seems rather unstable or something. The feet on the stands are made of the same stuff and they fuse themselves to glass too. One time I tried to pick up a stand that had been sitting in the display case for a while and the whole glass shelf came up with it. Wouldn't be a bad idea to put it over the feet of the stands as well.
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1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
MacrossJunkie replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
I guess I'm just evil that way Forgot to do the obvious and take a pic of it with Isamu's 19. -
I would even be happy if they just released 1/60 scale decals for Enigma, Minmay Guard, Blue Roses, etc. and make some more blank kits to put them on. Selling the super parts would be nice too. I really want an enigma scheme VF-1, but I don't know how I would handle making decals for that due to not being able to print white and also not having good clear scans of the squadron insignia available.
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Yeah, I didn't understand the logic behind using HDP instead of the ABS they normally use on everything else. I'm sure that added quite a bit to the price of the kit.
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I would pay up front for it also. I missed out on it because at the time it was being sold, currency conversion was horrid and would have made it over $500 to purchase. I just couldn't fit it in my budget because I had other expenses as well and it didn't stick around at places like HLJ very long.
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nooooo... *sad*
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One of these days I need to remember to take more pics as I go. I've done explanations of my process several times in the past, but it would probably be easier to visualize if they were accompanied with pics for illustration.
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Finished! The rest of the pics are here: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=35121&p=1096450
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1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
MacrossJunkie replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
You have some of the best 1/48 VF-1 customs, g3173. I'll never get tired of looking at those. On another note, I finished up my YF-29 Isamu version. Here is the end result. Click for full size version of pic. Fighter: GERWALK: Battroid: -
1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
MacrossJunkie replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
Very nice, clean build, Ignacio. I hope Arcadia retained the molds for this and makes another batch sometime. -
I tie two pieces of line to the horizontal metal rods that hold up the glass shelves and place the valk on top of the two lines. I can tighten up or gain more slack by sliding the ends further to the front or more to the back. The filament is rated to hold 60lbs also so I have no worries about it holding up the weight of a valkyrie. Here are a couple closeups. There's no looping the lines through anything. I can just pick them up or put them back very easily.
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Thanks. I figured it helped to emphasize that they were display pieces rather than merely a collection of toys. I have to make some new ones for my more recent purchases still. I used clear monofilament fishing wire. Yeah... it won't fit. At least not without displacing 2 or three other things. Maybe when I am able to get another case.
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Roughly 3 weeks or so. The fastest I've ever gotten something via SAL was a little over 1 week, but that was a fluke. There could also be additional delays due to the time it shipped (busy holiday time) and severe weather.
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Nothing, it was just something I noticed while comparing. But since the arms are in the way, the old fold booster adapters probably won't fit since they clip over the angled part of the shield where the arms stick out, also the fighter mode shield is much thinner.
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I guess this thread is mostly concerning the prices of Arcadia/Yamato? Those I can see as getting a bit out of hand and out of reach for more and more people, but the Bandai stuff has been pretty decent price-wise. Most of their releases have been below $200, even after shipping.
