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Good news. Also hope Big West sells some of that Anime Expo merch online.

Thanks! Yeah, it's a good looking box. Also need I find the super parts for the S now. 😅

I figured it was the wrong box but wasn't sure if there was a knock off with a Hikaru S in a Max J box.

I won this 1/55 VF-1S Hikaru. Anyone know if it's a matter of being in the wrong box or is it some other release or knockoff that came in a Max VF-1J box?

The colors are great.

I don't know if the length is different but the Minmay Collection version definitely has a hard time getting flush to the ground. I find that one not to fit as well as the other version, but one's mileage may vary as the watercolor version also has a hard time fitting everything together. I think over time that may improve, but yeah there is a lot of problems with the other version sitting properly.

Yeah, I think quite a bit of them look bad with the clear hair, while others look good or fine. Bad: Hikaru, Ishtar, Misa Good: Minmay, Milene, Moa, Sara, Roy, Basara The ones that look bad look bad because they either have hair on the side that is painted and therefore doesn't match the rest of the hair (Misa, Ishtar) or it just looks too translucent on its own (Hikaru). At this point, I've managed to get them all except for series 1 chase and the two WonderFes exclusives. I'm still not sure there is a clear hair DYRL first concert Minmay (I haven't seen any photos of it). I originally got some from series 1 and 2 about 20 years ago but had to go back and rebuy an Ishtar (her pinky finger broke off) and get some of the more expensive figures from each series (like both Max figures and solid hair Hikaru).

Purchased a sealed case of wave 2 to look for the evasive opaque hair Roy Focker (I had what I thought was the opaque hair Roy o only discover it's the clear hair version). Not only were each individual figure sealed but the case as a whole. So the figures hadn't been swapped in the case or with other cases (which is what I think was the case with my wave 3 case that had 4 Max figures in it). Here is the case layout for the two columns: Back Misa | Clear Misa Roy | Clear Roy Basara | Clear Basara Sara | Clear Sara Minmay (watercolor) | Minmay Front So even placement of each respective character with the variants being on the left and the normal version being on the right (watercolor Minmay being the normal version for this release and the other version being the variant).

I decided to go with the lower cost for this one having the YF-19 already (and despite having the Yamato from 20 years ago). Arrived intact. Haven't gotten around to transforming it though.

Yeah, these are full on coming off the sprues without much effort and then the tubes and rings on the clasps instantly shattered with any force.

Congratulations on the score!

Talked about it here but wanted to give it more attention. Are the black stand pieces for the Isamu / Max / Shammy wave extremely brittle or is it just mine (being kept who knows where sealed in Japan for the last 20 years)? The clasps and the rods each are breaking and cracking without much provocation. I did get a first concert Minmay separately and noticed she came with a white stand. So I'm figuring that it may have broken or the person who sold it got confused. Thank you. Edit: I'm seeing it may be common but hoping to hear more from the forums.

Managed to get a sealed box / case of wave 3 from Japan for about $100. Lucked out in the selection of figures. 2 Meltrandi Max 2 Valkyrie Max 3 Shammy 2 Isamu 1 Minmay 1 Flower Girl 1 Roy Cockpit I have a friend that is going to take the extras, but I feel I really lucked out trying to fill in my collection as I originally never bought this wave and had hoped I'd be able to get both Max variants. Edit: I don't know if it's just the ones I got but the black stand pieces except the base are extremely brittle. Shattering and breaking without much provocation.

Very cool!

Song by Junna. https://youtu.be/T4nBc4zfvRc?si=_Vlxa7iNUi8Rq2x2