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    Huh..... I'd heard people talking about it. I thought what was in the movie was fine if not particularly great, but this... Yeah, I like this. Is it canon? Hm... I think I'll treat it like the DYRL of Star Wars.
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    Bandai Sv-262 DX valk

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    Ah yes, the different striping. Forgot about that.
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    Macross already did mimic modern stealth "shapes" in Plus and Seven. Considering that 6th-gen fighters just look like takes on the contours originally sported on the F-22 and YF-23 three decades ago, I don't know how much inspiration there is to draw from them, and moreover I don't think Kawamori would find it very stimulating to revisit those design trends. He would more likely dig into aviation history again like he did for the SV-262, like he's done since the beginning of the franchise. Or draw from outside fighter jets: helicopters and tilt-rotors, space vehicles, the natural world...
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    Bandai Sv-262 DX valk

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    I take it that there's been no DX Ba announced yet? Not even with the movie release? It would be pretty easy to release a single Ba with decals to cover all the individual families. IIRC, the family insignias only show up on the wings on an unpainted section of the hull, no? Whatever the case, a Bandai Ba would be warmly welcomed. They've already released a Ba, or are you talking specifically about a pearlescent version? And yet here we are with still no VF-31A...
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    Had anyone asked Hasegawa USA, I wonder? It's a long shot, but it's a shot. Sorry to hear about the situation. Hope the damage to the rest of your stuff is limited.
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    This x1000.
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    In case anyone's looking to spend money today, Ebay's 20% off coupon has been live since ~6 hours ago. Some good deals to be found on gunpla. I found PG GP01 and 00 Raiser for $200 shipped, Exia (w/o lighting) for $160, Hi-Res Wing around $90. HGUC Dendrobium can be had for less than $200 shipped. $320 shipped for HGUC Neo Zeong. I had planned on spending something, but there's nothing I desire particularly strongly.
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    All my years in gunpla and I've never paid attention to this very prominent item. I'm gonna have to give this thing a look-see.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    They're considered the best DXes thus far. If you like the designs, yes. That, I wouldn't be able to answer you. Thus far there's no talk of a Renewal, and since it's only been a year... I think there was a 3-4 year span between the 1.0 VF-25s and the Renewals? I've been seeing them up in the FS sections for $200-275 USD. There was an SV-262 that sold for ~$125 on Yahoo Auctions Japan, but I think it's safe to say that's a lucky (for the customer) outlier. Yes. VF-31s have Super Packs (with Armored Pack and Lil' Drakens Pack teased). SV-262s have Lil' Drakens + Missile Pods packs.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Yeah, I just bought a model kit last night that'll cost ~$100 once it ships (which is no $900, but still ), and I could've used this coupon and gotten it State-side for ~$75. Oh well, there's other things I can still use it for.
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    As long as you don't lay it on super thick, you should be fine to still transform it. I don't know if those who've actually clear-coated their Valks have any specific tips, but some general tips: - Don't use on clear plastic. Whether you're using a flat, gloss, whatever finish, they will actually cause clear plastic to fog up. I and others have used clear floor polish on canopies and it works really well. - If you can, disassemble the toy somewhat to get better coverage. - Figure out which areas don't need top coating and mask them off. I'm thinking of Gerwalk joints specifically, since they usually don't have any important surface details (and recede into the legs anyway), and any top coat will only gunk up the joints making them stiffer (though that may be a good thing, depending).
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Go F360 Go! Spam all the threads!
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    One of the games announced is "Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido." "-do" uses the kanji 道, meaning "the way." The subtitle is literally "The way of the way of sushi."
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    I'm pretty sure I've asked this before and it's been answered before, but the Arcadia VF-1 is just a re-release of the Yamato VF-1 V2, right?
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    Add a hundred more points if you have a foot fetish.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Could also be explained away as mutations.Even if they're using cloning tech, that many clones across that many generations is bound to have a glitch or two or five hundred.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    She's three years old. (I will never be able to let that go...)
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    You mean the Clash of the Bionoids outfits.
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    I don't really know the scale range of Figma/Figuarts figures. How tall are they on average, and how tall is this?
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    Turns out I do have a Bandai VF-31F. Huh. Anyway, I took a couple pics illustrating fit issues. As I suspected, the hole in the pod is slightly too big for the 3mm peg. Easy enough to fix with tape, glue, etc. Apologies for the phone camera as always. The speaker pod:
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    Whoa, I didn't even know this existed! Definitely gonna have to search for one myself now. Congrats on the vacation and the HMR. That Juri, though... I didn't like her when she first came out, but the artwork and figures of her have won me over handily. I really wish they'd bring back that costume for SFV.
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    G Gundam went from the absolute bottom of my list as a kid to tippity top as I grew up.
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    ^ Um... que?
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    The TG3 gets the same contrivance, losing its railgun from one battle to the next. You can assume that when it lands on Earth the Preventers re-prep it, but none of the Gundams have facilities on Earth (or in space, now I think about it) to accomplish the same feat. I know you're supposed to suspend your disbelief, but on this particular point I never could, even at 12.
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    Got my alt pods in the mail today. @Sanity is Optional, you weren't kidding about the fine details on the shell pieces! I'm glad that snafu with them happened that forced me to go with FUD. A head's up for modelers: Both @Sanity is Optional's missile pod and @Xigfrid's speaker pod have holes designed to accept the pegs on the 1/60 DXes' central rotating platform. I think the 3D models were just shrunk down and said hole not redesigned to fit the 1/72 Bandai kits' pegs. If this is the case, you'll probably have to drill the proper size hole for the 1/72 peg. I'd tell you what the correct size is and whether things fit, but I don't have a Bandai kit on me. If I get one in the near future (preferably if Bandai announces an E or A variant), I'll see what the fit is like and get back to you all. On the Hasegawa kit, the default charging pod doesn't actually peg into the central platform at all. Instead it just slides in from the rear of the fighter, with small tabs on either side of the pod that fit into matching slots on the insides of the legs. In order to mod these pods to fit on the Hasegawa kits, you'll either have to add those same tabs to the pod or, probably the simpler route, cut off the slots on the legs and glue the pod into place. Anyway, thanks again for the amazing work you two did.
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