Duymon
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On a side note, made a small stand adapter for my YF-25 so that I can have a low fighter mode display without the giant ugly stick. It's thermal form moldmaking material that's been formed around two plastic pegs for support and then molded by the stand slot itself. After cooling off I trimmed off all the extra for re-use elsewhere. Here are the results.
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Six is enough. ENOUGh! >_<
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At that point you minus well just buy the arcadia release. Even with the cheapest proxy fees at buyee that's around 24000 JPY before shipping
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I would settle for a more mature Macross like Macross Plus or Macross Zero. No Moe, a darker feel and a main protagonist like Shin, Isamu or even Leon from Mac30.
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Still very widely available near retail on Amazon.co.jp. Prices would end up being a lil higher if you use a proxy, so NY is still "cheaper" :0 http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/offer-listing/B00IP3H7S2/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1403790579&sr=8-1&keywords=yf-25&condition=new
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Got three of them panel lined and displayed. Have 3 more in storage O_o. I love 2-seaters too much
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Based on the dimensions from the macross mecha manual it's 29.78m x 24.42m x 6.77m, which in 1/60 translates to around : 49.6cm Length, 40.7cm wingspan and 11.2cm height. the length and width aren't really too killer. the footprint won't be different from most modern 1/32 fighter kits from Tamiya / Academy / Trumpeteer. However, with the main fuselage hitting ~11cm in thickness it would be pretty heavy. It could be a deadly weapon even I'd still buy one though the price would be pretty steep. It could easily cost more than 4-5 VF-25's
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You can pop the knee cap off the shin armor super easily on the armored parts sets. It's just held on with some blue-tac in that pic
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The pilots are not packaged in the plane, they are separate just like in every other VF-25 release. Can't wait till my 2nd and 3rd arrive then I can complete my VF-25 display case. Oh, if only I had some color-matched orange paint and a lance... Also, now the hard choice. Regular blue crotch (Just blue paint over white, i checked by shaving off some of the inside with a knife) VS White crotch from Alto
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Duymon replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
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Mine came in today Looking nice. NO scratches on the lerx, but the blue line in the middle is not super clean on the edges.
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if it really bothers you use the matching abs antennae for symmetry. If u use the long one you need to remove the cover on the other side (the extra cover is shown in the toys daily review, it's where the short antenna lies in fighter mode)
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The YF-25 is NUNS so it gets the NUNS stand.
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Yeah, I also built 6 of them on my own thus far. the only hard part is carrying the box up and down stairs, which is easily solved with a dolly.
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I would love one but the noseart is actually a turn off for me lol.
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Looks like the YF-25 at AE got snatched up by somebody
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The Billy shelf can be configured into a pretty badass display. Just look at what this guy did Here's a preview of what he made out of the Billies. They'll cost you about 200 USD for the basic shelf plus glass doors, then it's 10 bucks per glass shelf and 50 bucks for each lighting set O_o This pic of his display below looks seriously badass, even though it cost him 1320-ish USD before tax
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Duymon replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Lol that's the Alto I bought for customizing. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Macross-Frontier-DX-Chogokin-VF-29-Durandal-Valkyrie-Alto-Saotome-Custom-/221465550866?nma=true&si=bH6N%252Fu%252F5W7Fhbyca5LpjcKRZ2p8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Loose joints aren't an issue at all as it takes just a screw driver and some nail polish / super glue to re-tighten them. The mistake people make is they try to use the nail polish on the ball joint itself. I instead use small layers of glue and do some buildup under where the plastic friction piece is placed. By increasing the height of the piece you can naturally get better friction when the whole joint is reassembled and tightened. -
Rakuten has these up for retail and willing to ship to US http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/marchenshop/item/2014062003/ Only 1 left *edit 2* OMG the price went up from 13500 yen to 15100 yen after somebody bought some... booooo
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Flowery Valks
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I had to mix my Detolfs
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Toynami didn't win. The Hi-metal's just didn't do well in Japan for some reason. The Hi-metal VF-1's made 1:100 look sexy
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I just panel line on the plastic as is. Have had great luck using Reaper paints black wash. Cleanup is very easy with a folded paper towel and some rubbing alcohol (just don't touch any painted areas when wiping). When panel lining painted areas usually I use a microfiber cloth and rub off the excess wash as you really don't want to put rubbing alcohol on the painted areas.
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You know what's sad is even if Bandai re-released the 25S peeps would still gladly pay even 100 bucks prem on the 25S from NY because it beats the @ss-r*** prices we have right now. On a side note, finally got to panel-lining one of my Alto F reissues from last year. Hard to believe I left it sealed for 11 months before opening it. Just need Tornado packs now On a side note, imagine if Bandai Trolled everyone and re-released the VF-25S w Armored Pack, but the itasha version
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Updated my Display shelf >;D Tried to fit almost every valk I own into one wall display Saving a spot for the YF-25's coming out this month The row of VF-171's. The tiny 1/60 and 1/100 vf-1 collection No clue how I'm gonna re-arrange everything to fit the YF-30 and Luca VF-171 (O_o)
