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  1. spanner
    this project simply cannot progress along fast enough! Cant wait to see the custom paint jobs!
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    hey Derex, so how does that pre shading process or technique actually work? You then paint over it and those pre colored areas show up darker? Is that like a form of panel lining? Pardon my ignorance!
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    I guess I can hold out till then.. Im still weighing up building a whole new gaming pc or just doing a few key upgrades such as video card and maybe larger ssd capacity.. I only built the pc I currently have back in Feb 2013 and since then already upgraded the video card once now a GTX780Ti, fitted a larger cpu water cooler to enable clock speeds of up to and over 5ghz.. I can run my 3770K at 5.2 in the winter and 4.8 in the summer. I think the cpu should suffice for another year or two. Well here's hoping anyways.. so yeah not sure what to do. Video card seems easy.
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    Nice pics DuffCon! I should definitely put some stickers on my 17S.. at least the kite & unspacy logos anyways..
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    130 usd for each 22 is pretty good yes! I paid more for mine! And so is 110 for the 17S with superz! Great deals! congrats!
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    I have to say I kinda had the inkling it would happen sooner or later to be honest.. Technically its the freshest of the old molds being the last ship to sail from the Yamato fleet so it would most likely be still warm and ready to go! And I bet Arcadia are banking on the fact that this bird has strong historical significance and know it will be a good to strong seller especially in Japan. I have no doubts that a good lot of people will buy up multiples of this Valkyrie and the price will drive up once again. The VF-11.. not so much. In fact I will be reeeaaalllyyy surprised if it ever actually gets a re-issue at all! But then again the world works in mysterious ways so who knows what the future will hold.
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    well funny enough the space in and around his Macross collection has always been very tidy, its the rest of the room which is a mess! he left a few Valks with me as he didn't have the room to display them all but now hes re arranged his room quite a bit and made more room so now he wants his other Valks back.
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    Hehehe! yeah maybe! actually probably! Thanks mate! im spewing that I didn't get one when I restarted collecting.. at the time I told myself I was only going to stick to the v2 VF-1 line but that idea soon blew out the window.. and now I spent a right fortune on one. I don't regret it as its an absolutely lovely Valkyrie and I don't see them doing a re-issue with them any time soon.
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    good to see some Arcadia YF-19 love! Great photos Yeti!
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    hmmm! they look delicious!
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    Hmmm nahh i cant say they are.. yes both brands are essentially making the same thing through their own interpretation and both suffer similar issues when it comes to certain joints or just design / build methodology but they do look and in particular feel very different each with strengths and weaknesses of their own. Personally i love them both, not only for what they produce but also for the fact that they are indeed producing at all! Damn it! i need to go to bed..
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    Hi-Metal R

    spanner replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    yes indeed.. the world can be a cruel place at times..
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    Warning! Rant ahead.. Actually the more I think about this.. If they don't do this release as a repaint then simply re-issue the VF-4 unchanged then this is just gonna totally piss me off.. If it is unchanged then I sure as hell don't want another! Yes I know there are a lot of people who still want one of these things and the current second hand markets bull%hit pricing makes them unreachable for many but... there is still a lot of other stuff out there that needs or at least deserves a re-issue / renew they could have chosen instead! There's no doubting that the VF-4 is already a good toy, yes it may have a few small issues but they are mostly easily forgivable and I think those hoping for any fixes are going to be somewhat disappointed when either little or nothing gets done as I just can't see Arcadia spending any money reworking the original molds or design. To me I only see it as Arcadia using this as a quick cash grab even if that is their sole intention or possibly even using this to help fund further developments down the track (which I kinda doubt anyways) im still not impressed as them re-issuing the VF-4 will only add a whole chunk of extra time before Arcadia's next all new toy release. And the last thing Arcadia needs to do is go any slower than they already are. The VF-4 is most likely going to be set for an end of 1st to 2nd quarter 2016 release after or possibly in between the upcoming Zero releases (MPT-0 & Reactive Armor) thus slowing down other potential release candidates for those of us already waiting for them.. Sorry as this may be a little choppy as maybe im on a high from too many coffee's this evening but can anyone see my point or am I being unreasonable or jumping to conclusions too early? Maybe I need to go to bed..
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    hehehe! unless its mint AND cheap then it ain't happ'nin!
  15. spanner
    This is fantastic! The finish of the parts even at this early stage looks very impressive! I'd definitely be interested in one for sure!
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    after seeing another trailer for this before The Martian came on, it looks to have some good potential! Betteer than the last few Bond flicks which were pretty bad.. Loving the new Bond girl too! Léa Seydoux is quite lovely!
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    Lovely photos Ignacio! Its funny that by the official Macross timeline there is only about 4 years difference between these two birds! And with another generation of Valkyrie between them!
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    Lots and lots of Love!!! And who says money can't buy you happiness!? They cost me a lot of money and make me a lot of happy! hehe! you see its perfectly sound logic!
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    I had my son's Alto VF-171EX on display while he was cleaning the atomic test site that is his bedroom but now he wants it back.. So I went and bought my own!
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    oh yeah.. I totally forgot about that.. geez I must have totally absorbed M7 pretty well eh! NOT! I think by the time I finally got to the end of watching the series my brain was pretty much fried! hehehe!
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    well yeah it was.. till he took over the reigns at Diamond Force and inherited Kinryu's 17S!
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    Team Gamlin! Post Captain Kinryu of course.. not a bad pairing.. not too bad at all.
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    Yeah I see no point getting another identical to the one I already have so this is gonna be an easy pass if it ain't a repaint..
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    yes indeed that is very possible! but knowing our luck it isn't..
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    that also means that my dreams are indeed NOT prophetic! hehe! I was sooo sure it was what we were gonna see next from them but that's clearly not the case! Kinda disappointed in some ways but not in others! damn! that totally skipped my mind.. I'll be and im sure MANY others also will be terribly disappointed if they don't do a Hikaru repaint.. I mean it makes the most sense to do so especially considering it made an appearance in Flashback 2012. c'mon Arcadia bloody well give us what we want and deserve! or at least an interchangeable nose cone and some decent water slide decals so we can do our own if they not willing to do that off the bat.. ok so that might be a little extreme but hey desperate measures call for desperate acts!
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