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I'm used to prepaying a lot for preorders several months in advanced. Anyone who collects 3A would know the feeling

wow i guess this is gonna be a more normal thing now. peeps shouldn't really get salty how else u gonna get tamashii exclusives easily?

I thought the same thing until I Saw the nose pegs are reversed on the 1s compared to the 1j. PIcs when I get home. Dafuq Bandai?

Wow, these look kinda "meh" compared to the awesome charaworks sets we had like 8 years ago

New Vs Old So How does the new Hikky 1s stack up against the Old Roy 1s? Hikky wins on the head sculpt hands down, but that's pretty much it. It's personal taste but I like the old DYRL White and the lighter , greener fastpacks. Also Hikky's a whiny emo. Roy 4 life (Jet Jockey for life) Of course opinion will change once I get my Hi Metal R Roy Btw, I noticed that the hi-metal R's have a new locking tab that clicks into notches on the chestplate in fighter mode. Totally unneeded as the old hi-metals had no prob staying in fighter mode. IT actually makes it harder to transform hahaha. If you aren't getting ur fastpacks on straight like in these pics, ur doing it wrong. Just have fun freaking the hell out as you force click it into place. Memories of yammie 1/48 backpack anyone? tee hee hee *Pardon that crappy pics. Too sleepy to use a real camera and photo booth after work today

People shouldn't expect a VF-25 Renewal level of differences. The Originals Hi-Metals were already pretty good toys already. Just be happy you can now join in on the Hi-Metal love now. An updated Skull Squadron in the new Grey and the blue-er fastpacks like on the Hikky will look nice >;D Here's the older ones for reference

Here's the pic of the stand adapter difference. Left is VF-1j regular fighter mode adapter. The Right is the one that comes with the VF-1s strike. Just wish they included both in the VF-1s as it'd be nice to have all the display options Here's some quick comparisons between the old and new 1J. Basically nothing different cept for the color of the plastic, some tampo, the nose and shoulder joints. The Older 1J does have something the new one doesn't; the option to use round TV hands instead of the DYRLs. Despite the chest lines being perfect horizontal they do spread wider on the older 1J which looks a tad bit better. Also has smaller kite symbols on the sides. The Arms are Beefier on the Newer ones. I'll get comparisons between the new and old vf-1s later.

That's the wrong adapter. That's for fighter fast packs and was included in the fast pack sets way back when they were released separately. The Reg fighter adapter is more Flat and fits super snug on the fighters. I'll take a pic when I get home from work

So... I got my HIkky 1s in today from HS. For some reason it came in faster than my HLJ gbp hikky that's coming in via SAL. As a long-time Hi-metal fan I definitely can see that these have improved quite a lot in some areas, but also are lacking in others when compared to the originals. Better 1. Canopy is crystal clear in the R series. Looks much better 2. Feet are much more sturdy on the R. 3. Joints in general are tight for a toy of this size 4. Grey color is much more appealing and less yellow-prone than the pure whites from before 5. Metal shoulder joints look like a good improvement. 6. Head is a better sculpt with clear visor 7. inclusion of two extra sets of head lasers that are thin and nice looking. Worse 1. NO REGULAR FIGHTER STAND ADAPTER. 2. Little "nubs" leftover from sprue cutting are visible on parts like the wrists. REALLY? 3. NO REGULAR FIGHTER STAND ADAPTER. 4. The Head is a nicer sculpt but it's also really..really big now. 5. NO REGULAR FIGHTER STAND ADAPTER. 6. Legs don't lock in all the way in regular fighter mode. Also wings have that weird ass upward bend like on many of the VF-25's. 7. NO REGULAR FIGHTER STAND ADAPTER. DAMN YOU BANDAI. DAMN YOU!!!!

So...um... you'd be surprised just how many people can pony up $300 +

Seems like a lot of peeps expect early 2000's yamato pricing for mad playability which is just not feasible (like, no wonder they went out if business haha?) It's a tiny toy that sacrifices some accuracy for simplicity by using swappable parts. When battroid mode is like 10cm tall what do people expect? These things have been out since 2010 and the only real change is the nosecone tip popping off, new vf-1s head and some parts now being metal (shoulder parts) Honestly dont get why peeps so upset about stuff that's been known for like 5 years.

hy would it matter to you since you never open anything anyways ? ;D it has purty box art

Lol I sold like 2 of those for like 90 each with free shipping 2 months ago. That price is obscenely bad

Already got three super altos. easy pass here :0

Hey Kurisama, I was wondering if you'd ever consider doing the HMM's with Bandai Mounts ?

I still can't wait to get one of these, strip it and paint it dark ghost grey :0

Just realized the Hikky goes on sale on 11/28. Right after I get my Bonus....mwahahahah...gyahahahahaa......

http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN963155/Sup These were the official stands as denoted in the manuals of the previous Hi-Metals They are a kagillion times better than the crappy stands included in the DX'es. I would honestly pay an extra 10-15 bucks more for each DX if they made a big version of these for them and included them instead

the tamashii stands are ridiculously cheap, like 3 for 10. i buy the clear ones anyways so my ocd will make me use clear one for my roy :0

I just gotta say it again. I'm sick and tired of the yf-24 style transformation we've had these last 8 years. It's like Kawamori got lazy with the wings and just said fuggit, just have them fold back and stick out in order to annoy peeps

I love the look of the craft, but I don't know if I can get over the AKB48 turns Macross squadron thingamajig. I think I may end up like.... forgetting about Macross Delta's story completely, buy the cheapest (aka the "luka") of the VF-31's and then go crazy with my airbrush and the inevitable copy of VF-31 Master File. I will then put some of my spare CF-171 pilots on the cockpits and imagine I never saw Macross Delta (if it ends up being what I think it will end up as....)

"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of wallets suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced."

Man I love the rafale. is that the 1/48 from hobbyboss?

omg I wish we could have these in MS flight sim :0

And just when I thought the respite to my wallet would last a lil longer......