MikeRoz

Just got a shipping label creation notification from FedEx on behalf of Bandai. They don't usually do that for P-Bandai purchases, and I've already gotten my shipment for this month anyway. The weight is also 0.1 pounds, which can't really be a model or anything else I'd have purchased. I think we domestic US customers are finally getting our head lasers.

They've released revival versions of the 25F, 25G, and the 25S with their add-ons. They have to release the RVF-25 with its ghosts, right? Right? Right? There's no way they'd start a squadron and then never finish it like that, right? Right?

USAGS has this up for pre-order, now it's just a matter of waiting for a crazy discount code.

I have the original Renewal Tornado parts but, aside from a test fitting/swooshing, I don't think I've ever displayed them. I wouldn't mind having a backup Revival 25F but the price is making me hesitate.

Person I just bought a VF-27 from is breathing a huge sigh of relief right now. I bought their VF-27 and held off on their VF-25G + supers combo because with the 25F, 25G, and 25S all getting combo releases, surely the 25G was right around the corner? Never would I ever have thought an "enemy mecha" would get a release before the fourth member of the protagonist's squad. Called that completely wrong.

So you received a unit with a Bluefin sticker from Amazon, and you're sending them back one without?

I'm shocked. Nozomi Crunchyroll finally delivers on a Macross title, and it's not even one of the ones that was previously announced. Here's hoping whatever logjam was there is now broken and we see Frontier soon too. And yes, even Delta and 7, I suppose.

I was about to pull the trigger on a CDJapan order that included this and the 4K DYRL? release, but blinked when CDJapan said they'd make me split it into two orders. I wish I knew the chances of this getting a US (not UK) release, and of that release having all the same extras as this release, just fully translated/subtitled (like the audio commentaries and booklet).

Word-for-word what they put on my ticket yesterday.

My USAGS order has arrived and my head laser is definitely bent. (Just in case this post is read out of context at some point, this is almost certainly not USAGS's fault given how widespread this issue is even in Japan.) Is there a single post that gives a checklist of all the other potential issues I need to check for?

I know they're probably not in any of the upcoming slots in the near term, but I have to wonder if they'd ever issue revival versions of: YF-30 VF-19 Advance w/Supers VF-27 w/Supers

I feel like there has to be drugs or a very young toddler with a short attention span that's a part of this decision making process too. How else do they dredge out every possible canon and non-canon YF-29 design possible, so much so that they even re-issue the non-canon 30th anniversary Roy scheme (have they ever re-issued a non-canon scheme before this?), but seemingly get bored in the middle of releasing their VF-31 lineup or their 1/48 VF-1 lineup? I could see the WWM stuff causing their interest in the VF-1 line to cool, but they can export all the VF-31 toys they want overseas. Hasn't Mr. K done work for both Bandai and Yamato/Arcadia at this point? Or am I misremembering something I read here years ago?

Nooooo, you can't let these toys see the sun!

JUN30 seems to still work, though I wouldn't expect it to last long given that we're 2 days into July.

Down to $154 before shipping and tax at USAGS.