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    Congrats on the haul, but more importantly, I have that same knife. Internet High Five.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    With the October 27th deadline approaching, I figured I should update my VF-31A preorder summary post for anyone still on the fence about purchasing. It's been updated with the MyKombini link, otherwise it's the same as it ever was. I decided to bite the bullet and try out Mykombini, since they demand a 50% deposit (not including shipping) instead of the whole price the other stores except CDJ charge you, and their total is only about 500 yen more than NY's. I'll let you all know how it goes with MK.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Is it only AE that has this deadline? I really don't want to stretch the funds... I was hoping preorder would last at least more than a month. Or actually, it's only been a week or two, right?
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    Thanks. @Valkyrie Driver I started a test run last night, and some initial thoughts in no particular order: - Very much an RPG, not so much a board game. Lots of stat-tracking. Pen and paper would be useful to reduce clutter. - Enemy behavior could be handled differently, namely a dedicated enemy player/DM. (I'm thinking up rules for that for when I play with my friends.) As is, it's a bit clumsy but functional once you know what everything means. - Relies on cards for EVERYTHING. All sorts of cards, a good number of them not labeled very well. - Takes up a LOT of real estate. - Figures are frickin' awesome, especially the boss/mini-boss ones. I hear there are expansions, too... - Once you know what you're doing, the game gets fun really fast. Once one person knows what he's doing, it's (presumably) easy to guide the other players through the game without them having to worry so much about the rules. (Another reason why a DM might not be a bad idea.) Anyway, that's that. PM me if you want to talk about it more. (Or start a thread, if others want to join in, too.)
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    Ah, good to know. I'll wait 'til next paycheck, then. Hopefully preorders won't have closed by then... Thanks for all the links, by the way. You da real mvp.
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    Is it pay up front? EDIT: Also, there's a 5% off coupon you can click during the checkout process. Brings it down to $~193.
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    Regular Forbes readers must squint quizzically every time their business news is interrupted by this weird show called Muh-cross.
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    Sigh. Couldn't get in on the preorder madness, gonna have to just wait it out for someone to cancel, I suppose. Thanks for all the links, anyway.
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    Spent the weekend out of state visiting a friend. Had a blast, and I decided to splurge at their local comics store. I got the nephew a nice Overwatch cardboard poster, but he snuck it away before I could snap any photos. And I got this for myself. Upon opening the box, my immediate reaction: "That's a strong start."
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    When I saw the original low-res shots of the VF-31s' heads, I bore out hope that the VF-31F would feature a head design similar to this one from Armored Core 4's Aaliyah designs (also by Kawamori). Even as the series progressed, I didn't really get any clearer, sustained shots of the head, so it wasn't until the toy/model kit came out that I got a good idea what the F's head (and all the others', for that matter) looked like, hence my disappointment. The F's head looks fine by itself, but when the expectation is something like this, it's... unimpressive.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    It is, I was talking about the head design in general, not specifically about the toy.
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    Is this "extended" trailer just the newest one with the older one pasted on at the end? This channel does that a lot, it's pretty frakking annoying.
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    Hasegawa VF-31

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Model kits

    ...each, or total? Before taxes/proxy fees/shipping, or after? Because one way I'm only mildly jealous, and the other way I'm super super jelly. I'll be sending mine out of PW once the month ends. I can barely wait.
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    Hasegawa VF-31

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Model kits

    They might renew it somewhere down the line. They have October re-releases of the VE-1 and VT-1 incoming (should be coming into stores in a week or so), and the VF-19EF/A, which was released just in March, is getting a second production run in December.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    I just wish the visor wrapped around the front instead of being two separate eyes.
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    The couple or so reviews of it I saw claimed it's a real looker that falls to pieces in your hand. The hands don't hold the rifles especially well (not surprising, given its redesign), and getting it into its iconic shooting pose is a nightmare. They also expressed some issues with the frame and parts fit, something about the frame being made in China while the armor parts were made in Japan so the quality control of the two halves don't quite match up 100% of the time. That's all hearsay, though. Best to look at some video reviews. EDIT: Actually, I remember seeing someone with it in the recent purchases thread. You might want to look there a couple pages back and see if you can find who it is.
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    Hm... Color-corrected how?
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    AKA through the sea, on a boat. I'm glad his items came out in one piece. Last time I used Surface mail, it took roughly 6 weeks and the shipping box AND individual item boxes were mangled. The items themselves were spared the worst, but phew, I'm gonna think twice about using it again in the future. Lesson learned.
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    Man, I was humming this earlier and I'm still sad that he's gone... (the director not the singer)
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    ...why is "sister" in scare quotes? Typical Japanese creative use of Latin punctuation, or typical Japanese looseness towards the Westermarck effect?
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    "Do you think we'll really find airbenders?" "Do you want me to be like you, or totally honest?" "Are you saying I'm a liar?" "I'm saying you're an optimist. Same thing, basically."
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    Anyone here use a trackball mouse? I've always found them really interesting, and this weekend my curiosity got the best of me; I bought a Logitech M570 on sale for $16 at Best Buy. It's been an interesting experience so far, and I got used to it way faster than I thought. I haven't tried it for any gaming, though; apparently I don't have any FPSes installed, so it's time to install me some L4D2 and test it out on there. What's your experience been like?
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    What's the difference? *perpetual Macross scrub*
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    ...didn't M+ visit the actual Edwards AFB to get reference photos and fly in fighters?
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    Is this the same kit that was being worked on in the Workshop thread? I need to get back in there, see what the latest updates are... EDIT: Whoops, never mind. I was thinking of the VF-5000 that Tage is working on. Still, the need to get back in there still stands.
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