MikeRoz

The thing that killed the Yamato 1/48 for me was the way they shoulders hung down way too far in fighter mode. Ruined the lines for me. I probably wouldn't have bothered with the 1/60 v2 line if not for that. Though, now that I think about it again, the PF releases probably would have been enough to get me to break.

I didn't get the impression that Michelle Yeoh was in any way a victim here. Maybe I'm the victim of successful PR, but it always seemed to me like she'd been pushing for this series/movie to happen and enjoyed playing the mirror version of the character. I felt a little bit like I was watching a Stephen Segal film or a later Rock film.

The usual US stores have gotten all the TWE items (except VF-1s) since the revivals started. What's different about this listing? The usual US stores have gotten all the TWE items (except VF-1s) since the revivals started. What's different about this listing? The usual US stores have gotten all the TWE items (except VF-1s) since the revivals started. What's different about this listing?

My replacement head laser was fine, but the original head laser was in there really snug. I pulled and pulled, and what finally gave wasn't the laser itself, but the yellow housing it comes in. It has a flared base that should have been big enough to keep it from popping out. I was terrified things were glued together underneath it, so I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to shove the housing back in from above, even though it didn't fit (yet it got out somehow...?). Don't do this, it will make marks (which are fortunately very hard to see once the housing is in, but still...). Eventually I gave up and realized that the 'face' was held on by a simple ball joint, the 'head' and 'cowl' assembly was also held on by a simple ball joint, and the grey part behind/above the face in the cowl is held on by a single screw. Pop that out, pop the yellow laser base back in, then reverse the disassembly steps, and you're good to go.

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.

Freespace would be crazy for me but I doubt it has the audience to make bean counters happy. My money would be on Halo or Mass Effect. I think there's a much higher chance you're right about B5, but I still worry about the popularity and the fact that the franchise seems a little cursed at this point.

Yeah, I'm waiting for it to show up somewhere like USAGS or Crunchyroll before I make that judgement. I'd normally expect the 'markup' to be higher if BBTS was self-importing, but with the pricing of recent WWM releases that's definitely not a given.

TWE stuff should show up on US P-Bandai, right?

Summer Time Rendering was a show that ended up in the 'Disney+ jail' where it was available internationally on Disney+ but nowhere in the US. Eventually it was added to Hulu in the US rather than Disney+. There wasn't any censorship I noticed as opposed to the version I acquired from elsewhere.

The fact that a -0D PF re-issue is even on his mind is fantastic. Hopefully it will happen eventually. I won't sleep on it this time if it does.

They've had a store for a while, which apparently was infamous for poor packaging practices. The Robotech soundtrack CD set I bought from them a couple years ago (please don't judge too much) was pretty hard for my CD drive to read, so maybe the rumors are true, or maybe Harmony Gold isn't big on quality control. Last year they completed their merger with RightStuf, who they had bought earlier. Apparently they are keeping RightStuf's facility open and staff on board (or so they claimed), and had promised in a FAQ that this wouldn't lead to worse shipping practices for customers coming over from RightStuf. I've had a few grandfathered RightStuf pre-orders that came from the new Crunchyroll Store, and the items were packed as well as RightStuf items always were in the past, so fingers crossed that they don't smother what made RightStuf good.