Duymon
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Skull Squadon is complete
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Never thought of proxy fees. I have a bank acct in japan from when i was an expat and a buddy who mails stuff for me provided i get him beer (he loves trying american craft beers) I could have it for less than 210 for sure
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Hot damn did the 1J CF drop in value? THere's one for 13800 on YHJ with Buy it now. I'd buy it if I had any interest at all in the TV valks http://page3.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/c394283172
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Their business won't be afloat too long if they expect us to fund them by offering the same product at an 8000 yen markup with just a stand and decals to add to the value. To put it in perspective, the VF-1 30th annis were 9800 yen. An 8000 markup on a 9800 yen product is an 81% increase in price just for the stand and decals. The VF-1J 30th I've already preordered and prepaid because it's a limited release item but I'm on the fence on these.
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I have four altos and 6 cf's and none of them have this issue with crappy plastic. Must be that a good part of the 171's were made in a different factory or something to cause all this pain
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THe screenshot looks like it was taken while the PS3 was still loading textures. The fully textured YF-29 isamu looks way better. just look at it in the hangar bay instead.
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Time to order like 4 boxes of Tamashii Act 5 stands 4160 yen for 12 stands doesn't seem so bad
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That's a real shame :*(. Oh well, it's not like I care any ways I got a bunch of earlier realease (non 30th anni) bundles for less than 16000-ish each so I've no need to really chase after these Arcadias as much as I want to support them. If people wanted beautiful art they'd buy the book, not add 3000-4000 yen to the top of their valk purchase imho
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Not to beat a dead horse, but I recently began to look at prices more since I ignored the 1/60's (because I have a large 1/48 collection and was burnt out on VF-1's) I'm still at a loss as to why a stand justifies around 8000 yen increase in MSRP over the 30th ed option parts releases that were MSRP 9800. Even the super bundles retailed at 12800. At these price points, I wouldn't be surprised if the Fast Packs retailed for 7000 / 8000 yen plus. Is arcadia basing these price points off of what some overzealous macross collectors are paying on YHJ?
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Tempting to get some figures to flush out my displays. Just wish we had some more SMS in pilot suits :0
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THe VF-25A has always been at 14000. HLJ did not discount it. that's all. Not discounting is not a markup
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It was 14000 yen, so base price. HLJ never marks stuff up afaik
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VF-25A REOPEN HLJ GOGOGO http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN960616/Sci
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hot damn It's still on at HLJ lol. Shelf warmer?
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My theory is all the tampo is to take your eyes off the almost bare surface detail on most of the valk save the engine nacelles.
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LInk to instructions for the YF-27 posted on bandai's support page with Added instructions on transformation and things to look out for. http://www.bandai.co.jp/support/files/pdf/4543112814173.pdf
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I would prolly chalk the Hobbysearch experience off as more of a one-off than the norm. Besides, even if it was the norm it only matters for the like 4 people that can get an HS order in.
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My VF-25's don't have that problem. It just takes a minute to get all the angles right. The important thing to make them fit together well is all with the hip joint. You have to pull the hips out a tiny bit and then angle them up.
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My friends in Japan who have it have told me it's basically the V1 with different shoulders, crotch / hips and a sharper paint app with a buttload of tampo. They report that the panel detail hasn't changed if at all and some have reported the Tampo is subject to easy scratching so be careful O_o
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Bandai 1/72 fully transform able VF-1 plastic kit for Macross 30th Ann
Duymon replied to Vi-RS's topic in Model kits
The VF-25's were actually way better and didn't have falling off parts left and right. At least the 7-8 I own don't -
I've been going nuts on the HI-metal stuff lately O_o, but I'm almost done!! In the last 2 months I've picked up 2 x 1A hikky 2 x 1A max 1 x 1A kakizaki 1 x super parts 4 x Roys 2 x 1J hikky 1 x 1J max You're probably wondering... 4 roys?!?! Since the Roys have no yellow arrows on the heads some simple parts swapping and voila, instant 1S Hikky and 1S Max Well.. that's the plan once I get my huge shipment from Rinkya :0 ON the plus side, I can poach the fast packs from the extra Roys to have a fully souped up skull squadron (or Platoon as the kakizaki box says lol)
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Just prepaid for my order with NY for this sucker. I'm debating if I'll actually take it out of the box or just display the badass box instead........ What I might do though is take the stand out, make a template of it and try to copy it using plexiglass, my jigsaw and a heat gun.
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Couldn't...resist..... 12000 for a VF-1a super strike parts set with unused decals and a slightly beatup box。I called the Shibuya store on my calling card and confirmed the ヤブレ (breakage) is the shoulders, typical of all early V2's. Already got a set from shapeways on order http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-1351225.html
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I dunno.... Nobody stuck a gun to his head and forced him to preorder everything at a price he didn't want to pay. Everyone who bitches about NY willingly clicked through the whole order process to completion so I really have no sympathy for any of them.
