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STAR WARS Merchandise Episode - 2
Graham replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Picked up the Bandai 1/72 T70 blue and white X-wing kit from a toy and model shop near my office yesterday. Got it for HK$169.00, which works out to US$21.66. Graham -
Maybe it's my aging eyes, but I've never been able to detect any pinkish hue in the plastic of the Arcadia VF-1S Hikaru and Roy. But yeah, they are certainly bright white.
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Reduced my preorder with HLJ today from 2pcs down to 1pc, due to the news that a version with SAP is coming.
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If Bandai release a 1/60 VF-19S or F worth the same quality as their VF-19Advance, I'll be all over multiples of that.
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I think Bandai has enough experience under their belts with VF toys now, that we don't have to worry so much about Ver.1 toys. They have improved a lot.
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I'd love to see Bandai's updated take on a VF-17D in 1/60 scale, but I can't see it ever happening.
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I'm actually getting very excited to get my hands on this toy.
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Just I find it interesting that Bandai seems to be deliberately targeting Arcadia and to a certain extant Evolution Toys, by announcing many of the same models that both companies have done or are plannng to do:
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Macross Δ (Delta) - announcement thread
Graham replied to renegadeleader1's topic in Movies and TV Series
Actually, I meant +1 to Gubaba's statement about just wanting to see cool dogfights with a great soundtrack. -
Macross Δ (Delta) - announcement thread
Graham replied to renegadeleader1's topic in Movies and TV Series
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Macross Δ (Delta) - announcement thread
Graham replied to renegadeleader1's topic in Movies and TV Series
Yeah, I also suspect if we do see NUNS make an appearance in Delta, they'll be flying a mix of VF-25s and maybe some old VF-171. I doubt the 8 years since Frontier is enough time to replace all the frontline VF-171 in service with VF-25s yet. -
Macross Δ (Delta) - announcement thread
Graham replied to renegadeleader1's topic in Movies and TV Series
Maybe we won't see NUNS in this at all. Although if we do, I wonder what VF they will be using in 2067? I'm also curious how the faction that is using the VF-31 got them? -
STAR WARS Merchandise Episode - 2
Graham replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Just picked up the Black Series double pack of the First Order Riot Control Storm Trooper and Poe Dameron in brown jacket with blue and white flight helmet. Sorry for the crappy phone camera pics. Graham
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Seems these would make great table-top wargame pieces.........hahaha
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The VF-19Advance is close enough to the YF-19 color scheme for me that in my current cash-starved state, I can't really justify the expense of buying a YF-19 just for a red head arrow (and a couple of other minor differences). Honestly, I'm more excited by the news that Bandai will release a VF-2SS with SAP, even if it is only 1/100. Graham
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I may be tempted by a DYRL VF-1S Hikaru, but not by a TV VF-1J. I'm a far bigger DYRL fan than I am a TV series fan. Graham
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Not for me, it's a VF-1 and I've owned too many of those over the last 33 years. Kinda bored with The VF-1. I'll save my money for the new VF-31 instead.
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I still think the grey rectangular shape at the bottom of the weapon pod may be a gunpod.
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It's much thicker than the YF-30's arm shield and located right next to the arm guns, which leads me to think it's a magazine. If not then the arm guns must have a really low ammo capacity.
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I'm guessing that slab-like part on the side of the forearm may well be the ammo magazine for the arm gun. Certainly seems thick enough.
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Macross Δ (Delta) - announcement thread
Graham replied to renegadeleader1's topic in Movies and TV Series
Just to clarify, Macross for me has always been one of those rare animes where everything has gelled perfectly....., the mecha, the combat scenes, the music, the characters and the story, to present a whole that is greater than the individual parts.However, my main love has always been the mecha, the fight scenes and the music in that order, with everything else such as characters and story being less important. So far only the mecha kinda 50% impresses me about Delta, nothing else. -
Macross Δ (Delta) - announcement thread
Graham replied to renegadeleader1's topic in Movies and TV Series
But what YOU have to understand is that:(A) Most of us fans outside of Japan understand less than ten words of spoken Japanese. (B) Most of us only watched the trailer, not the lead up live stream (which we were told would be blocked outside of Japan), or if we did, we didn't understand a damn word of it anyway. Again, just to reiterate, the majority of us fans living outside of Japan don't speak or understand Japanese, so we are mostly going on the visual impressions we got from watching the trailer only. So, yes, we are extremely grateful for any clarification from those members that are fluent in Japanese and did have the luxury to be able to watch the full Japanese live stream. But at the same time, less high horse attitude would be appreciated also! We are not all so lucky to live in Japan and to be be able to understand the language. Please understand that most of us are like blind man groping in the dark for any understanding of the new series. -
Macross Δ (Delta) - announcement thread
Graham replied to renegadeleader1's topic in Movies and TV Series
I'm only here for the mecha, cool VF combat scenes and the toys. -
I wonder if they took the weapon pod off the display Battroid, to hide the fact that it is actually a Sound Booster.......Hahaha Listen to my song!
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I'm a bit disappointed that the translation of the official site spec says the arm cannons are shell firing, not beam guns. Now I've nothing against shell firing cannons, in fact I personally think they are cooler than beam weapons. But in the context of Macross weapons technology development, this seems to be a technological step backwards to go back to using shell firing cannons, as for the VF-27, YF-29 and YF-30, reliable rapid fire beam-gunpods had beam developed and replaced standard shell firing gunpods. Also, on the VF-31, the arm guns are only single barrel, so will have a slower rate of fire than multi-barrel gunpods, this reducing their effectiveness in fast moving aerial combat. Secondly, as seen from the attached picture, the arm gun pods are pretty small and this will lack space to carry much ammunition, so will run dry quickly.
