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@saburo awesome old yammie 0s new arcadia 0a together in the pic. cant wait till you have it with the new 0a. speaking of which looks awesome in promo pics http://masterfileblog.jp/news/2015/08/28/6385.html however i am bugged abt the promo pics having UN Spacy on legs and fuel pods but probably not in actual....as per the 0A promo pics as well...

0a battroid never gets old...i like the way the legs are posed ...hip, thigh, knee flow highlighting the seperate forms of the legs... plus from this angle the thin hip bar connectors arent so obvious...

Wow been a long time since i heard that title... animation still amazes me till this day... The amt of hand drawn details... Very often the vhs would forward to the giant robot fighting across town bit...

hmmm point taken. It would be good to know the extent of stress marks but i guess only time would tell. Plus also it would depend on how you squeezed it in in the first place. However if it looks solid and for display only, i thk it would likely work. Although they havent announced any yet, i would thk rereleased ghosts would be more expensive. Knowing if it old yammies work may save up some cash...There was one selling at my local flea market but i passed up on it as i wasnt sure how well it would fit...

after what wmkjr did with the VF-0D and VF-0A in the 0A/0S thread...my bet would be on the VF-0B/C!!!although i wont bet big

what! a double seater vf-0a? did you just make it a......vf-0b!!? I would like to hear if it could pass as the 0b version.. ​ edit* Just to add, you may have accidentally revealed the next arcadia release after the vf-0a CF!! @no3ljm just trying to imagine the squeezing of the ghosts canards to fit you mentioned.. From vf5ss video review it doesnt seem possible and would end up scratching the top 0a paint or worse breaking the ghost canards?

@spanner nice tight shots esp liking the details on the black vents! arrrgggh am too busy to even open mine....will have to examine it later.... yea liking the ghost boosters...though i guess its not the perfect fit...will await more pics of it in different angles hopefully the booster wont drop off... if it stays well, might try to hunt one down too... ahh nice tip on the backpack! cant wait to try it!

purchase from NY has arrived! woohoo!

Going out on a limb here... The suspicion i have on the high prices of arcadia, has nothing to do with cost of manufacturing. Looking at the resale values of the old yammie's, would you as higher mngt price your new valks at resale value territory or rather cheaper? Yamato's MSRP and today's resale values are significantly higher. I think aracadia have figured that the perception of scarcity is powerful indeed. (as reflected in yamato's demise) Hence they are taking a business risk to maintain a 'luxury' toy at 'luxury' prices. If they get their QC more consistant...they would have a viable biz model. The risk here is the world economy, and an aging macross fan base......(hopefully delta would maintain the fan base) Look at #ForceFriday SW toys are still going strong (and pricey too) due to maintained fan bases...

I wouldnt think that he would be the best person to explain the final cost but its clear they had to explain somehow why they are breaking the barrier on prices. Its a nice read of the processes though and its not unlike many medium sized companies out there ..

was kinda bummed when i saw ur disaster pics...though magically it looks so gorgeous after you fixed it, must be the pose holding its own.... either that or get it from yeti!! although i wouldnt want to need to fix the joint for the amout of $$ its costs, but somehow with the fixes available, it seems kinda like dissambling and making your toy more bionic! i wonder if there would be 'BIONIC' parts...haha.. replace steve austin with VF-0a to get ...SIX MILLION DOLLAR VALK!

Nice review VF5SS! glad to see its quite solid though i had chills whenever u had to use a lil force esp the hips appreciate the effort reviewing it....only negative would be its making want to get the CF now also...

@saburo waiting for your non quick shot! early production sample vf 0s http://www.metal-box.jp/blog/ the vf-0s looks quite nice but i hope nothing would change until the actual christmas release dates....no color shifting pls arcadia! suddenly tho that figurearts iron man really captured my attention with the reflection of the lights....dang.....perhaps vf-0s needs a wing'IRONMAN'!!!

for making all the important decisions ........and for barking orders while wearing oversized hat and flared collars.

totally depends on the state of my finances but looking at the forums do pump me up at times! It used to be couple hours each day when i first started collecting again, trying to pick up missed items. Mandarake is a notorious time killer.....to buy or not to buy.... But nowadays its more time spent posting in here mwf! I just need to lock up my credit card should there be nice postings on collectables...which is often....

Somehow my purchases via paypal end up costing higher than i calculated due to processing fees or their exchange rates. Wont go too much into that..

i got a pop up msg saying the BIJ website might be vulnerable to the heartbleed security bug. Did anyone else get that message? Am using chrome w AVG software. Again, its not reflective of their reputation as i have not used them and am not trying to discourage anyone using them.

Opps i forgot BIJ was also in the 29 k range... retail wise NY is cheaper approx 160 yen but thats not much.... am sure others have been using them but havent used them so far ....

Been refreshing HLJ, amiami, biginjapan, hobby search, CDjapan its looks like its available. but NY is the only one retailing at a figure starting at 29,xxx. The rest start with 3x,xxx.

looks like a good deal compared to others.. congrats on your double order! Mine is definately going to be battroid mode only due to the reactive...

finally roy came out of stealth mode in NY...gotcha!

maybe the vf-0s sold on NY is the stealth version

vf-0A available on NY...no sign on the S yet tho....

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Yeah was referring to the pelvic joints, more of a critique to the angle of the photograph. They could have had it angled a bit to reduce the gap shown of the hips to the body or not pulling the hips so far away from the nose cone. i thk it can still hold the kneeling pose with the hips closer to body. Been waiting on that also...perhaps they are doing up their discount and evaluating if they would get enough volume to justify it... perhaps being the last to list has the best offer...