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Me either. I just use my mobile phone camera or normal digital camera. Doesnt have to be professional quality. But the video brings it to life a bit.

Huh?

Lookin good!

Xigfrid, could you do a video review of this so we can see the articulation and balance? That would be awesome.

Gee thanks guys. Now I know what a silicone lubricant is.

Gundam guys get all the cool stuff. We need an SDF-1 platform base.

Looks great. What kind of resin are you using? It has a nice pearly quality.

The news digest I receive is not indented enough on the right side, so its wider than I can view. I'm using Yahoo Mail and there is no way to view the right hand side of posts. Is it just me? Thx!

Hal9000, Looks gorgeous already. You can certainly put Tamiya Panel Accent on the future. The Panel Accent is enamel, so you want to wipe that with a hobby enamel thinner or lighter fluid. But I don't know how lacquer interacts with Future. Others might know..

Does that include the normal model parts? I think they are polystyrene.

Your cruiser looks great. Its hard to get Attacker mode right.

Nice Derex. That is Macross! How do you compare the proportions of the Comso SDF-1 to the SDF-1 kit you built?

That's a BIG Mylene!

Good idea. First thing my son said wasn't, "wow that's cool", it was, "can you make it smoother?"

Great work. You've really advanced with the city from where it started. Could you point out what part of this is still paper on the outside?

I've always used FromJapan. Is Buyee better?

The mysteries of paint properties... That's why I have a life-long fear of painting.

True. I wouldnt apply it to Bandai or Arcadia. But if we share our data, its starts to paint a picture.

Mechtech, this Bud's for you. Literally.

Mr. K had a long post about that. Its very interesting because it seems a lot goes to waste during QC.

There are a lot of questions on the boards about MOQs, licensing and manufacturing costs. I thought that we could share our real data here to get to the bottom of it. I will start with these responses I received from a premium toy manufacturer that is often discussed on this board. I wont name them for confidential reasons, but suffice it to say they are a medium level premium brand, not the best, not the worst: ------------------------------------------------------ What is the licensing fee: For the licensing cost, it will be ~4-6% of selling price in Japan. What is the manufacturing cost: Depends on item, but ~55% of selling price will be the production fee (including prototype charge) How many units have you manufactured of different items? MOQ 3,000-5,000 pcs. If too cheap item, 10,000 pcs is necessary. How many units do you need to sell to be profitable? if over 3,000 pcs, nearly all items we can start to get profit

Will do. Thx!

Pretty darned cool. Glad I ordered a set.

Have you made any brown ones for the CF?

Interesting.