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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
MKT replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
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This must be the first reviewer that runs through the entire transformation tutorial using only the manual & not the toy he has in front of him.
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@Slave IV in addition to its design, it’s also a testament to both Yamcadia 1/60s & Bandai HMRs (now why not the 31AX dammit! ) were well implemented in their fit & finish. There are no obvious tell-tale gaps that show which parts come apart for transformation & this help sell the non-transformability factor.
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Loving it! Recently I’ve been thinking the YF-21 has the sleekest Fighter mode, but seeing these VF-4A pics in both its anime & toy form again just makes me think it should be right at the top for best Fighter design.
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Still in stock after so many hours.. which could be a good thing long term for WWM releases.
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Bit of a shame to see the WWM prices for HMR. Unlike previous 2 Chogokins, pricing for this is as if Bandai is getting their stock into Japan first, then posting every box individually by EMS to the toy shops worldwide. This on top of the HMR base price looking to have jumped quite a bit more than the recent increases in Chogokins. Err.. blame HG?
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The hip joints should not loosen so easily and turn its legs like a rag doll's, requiring Kiki's / nail / floor polish to tighten them up. Older VF-25s / YF-29s only had one screw and if I remember reports, the hips still loosened even if the toy spent a significant amount of its life in Fighter. So far, since the YF-29 Alto Full Pack release about 1.5 years ago that started this (and among others) improvement, there hasn't been significant accounts yet of loose hips..
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No pics of any improved hips with 3-screw arrangement yet as per YF-29, but we'll find out soon enough.. HLJ just charged me, will be able to ship this out before the rate increase.. Edit: found on FB the most important pic!
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Proxy informed my copy of super parts arrived their warehouse. Hopefully can get it packed and shipped by end of month before the shipping rate increase..
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10,500 Yen? That's an insanely good price!
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Yoyakunow, supposedly staffed by ex-NY people, still has PO open. Have not shopped there before though, but I remember someone on these boards reviewed experience with them recently. Payment is upfront, although if I'm understanding their process correctly, you can still cancel and get full refund by 26 June. https://www.yoyakunow.com/en/robots/12310-hi-metal-r-vf-0s-phoenix-roy-focker-s-custom-macross-zero.html
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Good thing Amiami's PO opened later than the rest. Just got one order in..
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For some reason, I thought PO is tomorrow and just my luck that it’s quite sold out quick everywhere, which hasn’t really happened for HMR’s before…
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And today I learned the same person who did most of the dreamy Final Fantasy illustrations is the character designer for Stick and gang..
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I hope whoever at Bandai overseeing the Chogokin 31AX doesn't get to do the SV-303 toy or any other new molds. So far the implementation of near everything that is different from the older 31 is quite a disaster. Only the excellent, carried-over base 31 mold parts in the AX kind of saves it.
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This pic shows the landing gear. The rear doors has a pin which shows that it does open. It is likely the gear doors are integrated to swivel open & close, but just the landing gears itself are plug-in. So, sort of a middle approach here as compared to the VF-1 in which both doors & landing gears are plug-in. And are Bandai's landing gears finally white now?
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That area looks very similar to the HMR VF-1, so more like a sliding mechanism to me.. There's a trapdoor on the arms for the hands to swivel inwards for Fighter, unlike Arcadia's sliding mechanism for the hands to be partially hidden under the backpack.. But really, the 14cm size.. such a turn off. Even the VF-2SS was made larger than the VF-1..
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Lol the one feature really looked forward to, but not given But it’s a good thing smaller wings for battroid are included. If they ever come out with the Reactive Armor later, the smaller wings will make that armor around it look much more balanced & line art accurate than Arcadia’s.
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Love seeing whole display rooms!
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
MKT replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Congrats and that’s quite a few achievements! What better way to reward yourself by picking up a new valk? https://www.amazon.co.jp/Chogokin-Macross-Delta-Movie-Pre-painted/dp/B09KLLPHKK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3SLB7OA9N6G12&keywords=vf-31ax&qid=1653236249&sprefix=vf-31%2Caps%2C426&sr=8-1 -
I don't really know where to put this, mods please move or delete where appropriate.. Got notification from proxy today, that Japan Post will have another rate change come next month June 2022. And looking at the new rates, this look to be one of biggest increases ever in my short few years of toy collecting. The coming new rates: https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/2022fee_change/index_en.html Roughly eyeballing the new rates to the the existing EMS rates here, unless we are at China/South Korea/Taiwan, most other places will see something like up to average 30% increase.
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We already speculated before from previously release pics that this will likely have integrated landing gears, and for its size it should be easy to have integrated heat shield for a total perfect transformation for the first time in a HMR valk, unless some sort of parts-swapping & forming is to be some sort of unstated but mandated 'feature' for the HMR line.. Now will the arms swing out from Fighter like Arcadia's for transformation, or will they employ the sliding mechanism like the HMR & Chogokin VF-1?
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
MKT replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Thanks These old Yammies 1/48 arrived separately but on same day. Always chuckle a bit seeing the size of these boxes compared to Bandai's similarly sized Chogokin VF-1.. I wasn't planning on getting any canon-colored valks at all from this line, but Hikaru's at only Yen 6000 from Mandarake is just too good to pass up. Even though fit & finish is not as good as the succeeding Yammie v2 1/60 VF-1s, for a 20-year old release it is still so much fun to handle in Fighter. Everything can be locked together properly, and easy to swoosh around. Can't say that for a certain other, very recently released magenta colored valk. Still, for a 20-year old design, the underside shows its age, with head and arms hanging down too low. Nevertheless, landing gear detail is still the best till today of all the VF-1 toys out there.. -
Doesn't say when PO will be up, but since it says WWM, it should be easy to PO at BBTS just like the recent VF-25 and YF-29 Max's..
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Release date Oct 2022, and its WWM! Very nice..