wm cheng
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I'm awaiting your pictures with baited breath! Yeah, I hated the GX-57 sculpt, where did they come up with that "wide-mouthed" wave motion gun port?! I thought their 1/500 scale 2199 model was it 2yrs ago too, but now we have a much improved 1/500 scale model. Why do you think there will be no other 2199 renewal toy? Is there going to be another 2199 series - Comet Empire? The "renewal" toy GX-71 could come out to celebrate that series... unless you know something... I'd love to know as I don't follow this series as much.
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Part of me is worried that Bandai will pull a renewal on this toy, remember how they put out the initial 1/500 Yamato (based on the 2199 version) just 2yrs ago - which seems very much detail-wise like this GX-64. Now they have the new and improved 1/500 Yamato kit (also based on the 2199 version) - I would love that kit detail on this toy in 2yrs time. Ah, I'm just trying to justify it...
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Hahaha... I'm in Toronto, we've had our 18th straight day of "Extreme Cold Weather Alert" - last week we had a -20c day with -34c (-29.2F) with the windchill! So no sympathies here. When you get it, can you make sure to take a picture of the top of the rear deck just in front of the engine cone, I'd love to see if they've included any of the panel and slotted details in this area under the catapult. And can you confirm the overall length, I'm getting 42.5cm / 425mm in most places (I think some places must quote the box size) as the case I want to put it in is 44cm / 440mm which will be a tight fit.
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OT - What spat with Tamiya? (my two favourite companies)
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PLEASE waterslide decals as well if they're not all tampoed...
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It started out as a love/hate relationship - NY was the only place in town that I could get my Renewal pre-orders in, for some reason they consistently seem to have more pre-orders available than other online retailers. Now its become my retailer of choice mostly because of the way they under-declare the customs form which always saves me $50 at least in customs & duties in Canada, plus they offer Registered SAL for further savings. Even though they charge more, (never more than 5,000Y) I'd rather pay the retailer for obtaining the toy for me than the government from preventing these toys from being imported! Now, I've never had any problems so far... I'm sure if there were missing or broken pieces or if the package is lost, the under-declaring could end up working against me - but so far I've had nothing but good experiences. They used to include little hand written notes of thanks or a package of Japanese snacks in the box a few years ago, but I think they've grown so big that they are beyond those little personal touches now unfortunately.
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Yep, that's about all the time I have these days...
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It looks so nice... I've even seemed to have pieced enough tiny white decals/dry transfers from my box to apply those markings. Now its ether winter boots or this? If Nippon Yasan goes below 20,000Y then I'll bite (I know AmiAmi is already there, but they don't declare a lower value or gift, so its an extra $50 bucks in customs on top of the shipping)
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So is there an integrated spot for the controller?
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Thanks... Kyp, you're not making my case for me! I want to say, "hey honey, look, they all have kids AND THEY can afford it!" Yes, I do love my Andromeda (I head off that round because I didn't like they way they rendered the fat Wave Motion Gun opening). I keep telling myself that there will be a better "renewal" version that will come out later... they really have upped the game with every Yamato release... what is this, the third or more? I love everything about this GX-64 release except when I saw the 1/500 model, I wished for that level of surface detail or the tiny white & yellow warning markings to come out for this version.
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Wow! $50 bucks for shipping... you baller! Good on ya, can't wait to see you pictures. You're not exactly making a good case for me... with Christmas bills, my wife's SUV needed a tow and new water pump & expansion tank, then there's swimming, gymnastics class, chinese school, acro & dance classes for my daughter all needing to be paid for the Spring session... hmmm.
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I would have liked to use the stands on the old Yamato releases in my collection that never got stands. This bird begs to be displayed on the ground will all the weapons laid out like that classic "This is Animation" cover...
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Boo!!! My feelings exactly, there's no excuse... but that hasn't stopped them from NOT printing the stuff in the past.
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For those of you who bought a GX-64, how much was shipping to NA? (Canada would even be better) - just trying to justify it ;-)
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Are they really going to tampo all that? It would be great, but very un-Yamato-ish... I think its just all the stickers on. I'd be the first one to jump for joy if they really do tampo all that including the no-steps on the wings (they sure can do even smaller stuff with those Gundam Fix-Figuration around compound curved surfaces too!). Yeah, that grey stripe missing bugs me too. I really hope they include a stand too, but looking great (except for the intake lip - I will have to display it on a lower shelf so you're always looking down on it ;-)
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Yes, I saw it there for 20,970Y before shipping... tempting. I wished there was a bit more surface detail on it though. Or at least if there were some after market waterslide decals. Been a little crazy in 2013 catching up on all the Bandai renewals. I wished the stand was exactly the same as the Andromeda stand, I liked how the remote is integrated into the stand, where do you put this remote?
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Please I'm dying to see your review, I'm really on the fence with this... I want it next to my Andromeda, but its hard to justify since I have the 1/350 model, but that won't get built for years - hard to justify this toy with all the classes I'm paying for my daughter though. When will your review be done? Where is it still available at a decent price?
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Lucky you! I wished it had the detail of the 1/500 model - then it would be a no-brainer.
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1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
wm cheng replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
Another great job MJ!!! Looks fantastic... you managed to even make the minty green look good. Great photography too! Sorry I might of asked before, but what lighting setup to you use to get the background so black? Your photographs really do it justice too. I've finally finished my RVF with the super packs too - just never get the time to photograph them, my ghosts are still naked though. -
It would be great if they would make the slats and Fowler flaps moveable as well as the wingtips foldable too (but still be tight enough to zoom around the room!)
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Exactly what I've been thinking!!!
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YES! Really cheesy guitars... (not like Pacific Rim's guitar rift)
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1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
wm cheng replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
Stunning as always MJ!!! Hate it when you make mecha that I don't even like look so good. -
1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
wm cheng replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
YES!!! Even have the armour all weathered up waiting for the bird... -
I didn't realize its so politically charged I worked on the film for a year and didn't think I was offended (I'm Chinese). I guess you can read into anything, but knowing the writers and being present at some of the ideas meetings... there wasn't any hidden agenda at work (at least in my presence ) Crimson Typhoon needed 3 guys because it looked cool inside to differentiate it and it always had 3 arms since concept stage. The dual pilot system is a dramatic device, it allows what would otherwise be an inner monologue be voiced out with an opportunity for acting, drama and tension. From what I saw, the writers are usually cool guys, not really historian buffs or social psychologists - just some cool ideas got thrown out there and some sticked and some didn't. I don't know about the studios or if there's some hidden agenda, but its really not like that - at the end of the day, we all just want to get paid, enjoy what we are doing and the people we're with and go home to our families.