KOG Water Dragon

You may not need to join the FB group if they can send you a direct invite to the discord group. But the FB group is good. Lots of builds, news, etc.

It's connected to the Five Star Stories America facebook group. Contacting the admin of the group would probably get you headed in the right direction. I also messaged him to ask how you can get an invite.

Are you on the FSS discord? I feel like someone there was trying to collect all the Wave 1/144 LEDs...

It's a premium exclusive like the Vralgo version of the Siren F.

Yeah.... the stuff I have waiting is too hard to find elsewhere. Either brands not imported as much or stuff that's now out of production. A lot of Hasegawa/Wave/PLAMAX macross stuff, hobby magazines, Moderoid Thunderjaw, some Ikaruga kits from Kotobukiya, a Death Stranding 2 kit, PLAMAX Pacific Rim and Dunbine kits, the Our Treasure Gatexion mk III GTM... I don't really get Bandai stuff through HLJ anymore since they can rarely fulfill my order in any kind of reasonable timeframe. I actually still have VF-22 Max and Miria HGs on preorder which have not been fulfilled yet. Same deal with MGSD Aerial and RG Wing Zero (the latest one). And the HG VF-31C. I should get around to canceling all of these, but what's the rush? I doubt HLJ would fulfill the orders any time this year. And I still have a bunch on future release pre-order at HLJ. I just don't know a better option. Stuff sold from local retailers will just have tariffs and shipping baked into the price. So I have a bunch of Macross on pre-order, plus the Moderoid Mospeada kits, Kotobukiya Legend of Galactic Heroes ships, some more Death Stranding items, the new Kotobukiya Armored Core VI kit... I wish I was strong enough to say I don't need them, but I am not that strong lol. And I am too into FSS to miss the limited Japan only IMS kits. Especially that Colus LED Mirage. So I am relying on my local shop, which has access to the limited kits, to get them for me. But I know they will be expensive. It's just a really unfortunate time to be in this hobby...

I can't even begin to fathom when I can get my HLJ backlog shipped. Stuff like Glaug and the queadluun raus I have waiting are so astronomical to ship. Even a small stack of hobby magazines costs a lot to ship. I have 8 mags (combo of issues of Macross Mechanics, Gundam Forward, and an Armored Core model special) and it'll cost at least $49 to ship them. 3 PLAMAX battroids is $88 by fedex. A single plastic 1/100 five star stories kit is about $60 to ship on its own. I, too, don't wish to pay for extended storage on my stuff so pretty soon I'll need to start arranging some bulk shipments. It all makes the big box size of the TV Rau SUPER annoying, since clearly size is affecting shipping rates and not just weight. I checked and the TV rau costs a lot more to ship than the other Raus, even though they shouldn't be a lot heavier.

Items can't be in your private warehouse until they are paid for and received. Items on pre-order can't be in your private warehouse.

Oh wow. I love the RVF types. I'm still upset that Bandai didn't finish their 1/72 VF-31 line with a VF-31E. And sad that it seems Wave isn't furthering their VF-171 line with a RVF-171.

It is. The only thing I can think of is to ship it with a bunch of other stuff to spread the cost around. It should be less to ship it as a piece of a larger shipment than to ship it solo.

I rather like the turquoise canopies...

Looks friggin' great. Pre-ordered.

got it, thanks

What's the difference in the arms again?

I did a lot of the old Arii 1/100 fighters/gerwalks/battroids back in the late 80s/early 90s. Even back then as a young fellow, I was troubled by the differences in proportions between the modes. Nose cones being different shapes, chonky battroid legs compared to sleek fighter legs, etc.

Armor up to the shoulder is one thing. Armor up to the TOP of the shoulder is a little different. Anyways, I just know I like a battroid that looks like actual pieces of the fighter, and convincingly looks like it COULD turn back into a fighter if it wanted to. Some battroids are so changed and anime-ish that if you chopped up the pieces and re-assembled into a fighter, you just know it would look hilarious. With a stubby nose, tiny wings, etc.