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Do not think styrofoam has that much effect either. Having displayed some of my earlier toys out, in a room with indirect sunlight, Bandai's V2 Frontier toys just yellow much, much more aggressively compared to Yamato's. What's sad is that their model kits doesn't seem to suffer the same problem. A few of the Gundam kits I displayed in same condition as the toys, remain as white as new, while the much pricier Chogokins are really vampires when coming to UV light.
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Love it!
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Contrast with Frontier, where Bandai appeared to have released every valk in every color variant in that show.. but for Delta, they have been holding back. I really want the SV-262 Ba..
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Looks like they tweaked the sculpt a little? Previously he seemed lankier, but now I’m liking this more. Looks to be the best KC figure yet..
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The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread
MKT replied to slaginpit's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
@mpchi That's a very nice pic! I had a look at the original comic cover illustration and your pic captures the spirit of it perfectly!- 9240 replies
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It appears this break is common over the long term for all the YF-29s and renewal VF-25s.. Love these toys for the sculpt & engineering; not so much for the various durability issues.
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Not bad.. for a 'warehouse sale', they priced the stock at MSRP and pretty much almost everything is sold out. A far cry from Yamato days..
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Which is why I'm not that optimistic.. if I recall correctly, the last time this happened, it resulted in many people having their order subsequently cancelled.
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Roy available again at HLJ! DX Chogokin First Limited Edition VF-1S Valkyrie Roy Focker Special by Bandai (hlj.com) I'm kinda half expecting a sorry-out-of-stock / system error e-mail later on..
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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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I recently used FJ for the first time, & the shipping seem slightly, but just about noticeably higher than some other proxies or stores I'm used to. But I chalk it down to them calculating shipping charges before item is actually packed, similar to, say HLJ, Amiami or Mandarake Sahra. So its how accurate their packed-weight algorithm is, and how much margin for error they factor in for the packers to stay within the calculated weight, that affects the shipping charge. I think this margin for error for FJ is higher than others, because when I weighted the package that arrived to me & compared to their charged shipping, their charged shipping weight was higher by about 15-20% as compared to actual package weight. Stores like HLJ seem to have gotten the weight algorithm down pat, & Amiami from memory of a few packages before, was about 10% variance at most.
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I guess we won't know if stuff like loose wings & ankles has been fixed until release. But there's a good chance it could be, seeing how the recent VF-4 mold has tighter joints compared to the previous releases..
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The PF price.. is just hard to justify, not only just against Bandai’s, but against their own, normal version that’s been sitting below MSRP for some time now. Normal release circa 20k yen on secondary market, vs PF at more than double the price...
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It’ll be interesting what Arcadia will do for premium finish. It has to go beyond just more tampos, else it will look even more like Bandai’s with an even harder to justify price.. With this re-release, i think it’s also first time we see a valk license with similar scale being held concurrently by 2 companies? When Bandai’s YF-19 came out, I thought Arcadia has lost their license for that..
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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
I've also been collecting select 3rd party TF movieverse figures around the same time as I do Macross, and more than once I've been blown away on the ingenuity of the transformations. Yes, many seem to feature endless folding parts & overengineered complexity that makes the DX Chogokins VF-171 & SV-262 seem very simple in comparison, but they do achieve their end objective of being rather show-accurate in both modes, despite how the transformation process itself were never figured out by the shows' mecha designers. The one gripe all these while, especially as a Macross collector, was that no one could design a kibble-free underside for the movieverse jets, which is understandably hard since it's another surface to deal with as compared to say, the vehicle-bots since no one really cares about vehicle undersides. However, the recent 3rd party Bumblebee-movie Blitzwing toys have changed that and gives us an F4 Phantom that is essentially kibble-less. I'm so looking forward to receiving that! -
Really excellent pics! The way the lighting sweeps over the cockpit somehow gives it a nice dynamism..
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Just pleased that nothing drags along under the fighter now, although it seems to be something that's nearly an oversight on Sentinel's part. In this re-imagined Legioss, the Zeta can only take off from billiard-table smooth tarmac..
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Regarding Amazon JP, I've also changed credit cards few months ago. Then, I updated this new card into my account details, & payments went smoothly for all new orders I made after that update. However, there was an older PO under my old card, and it appears the card details on that PO are not automatically updated, even if you updated card details at the account page. I only found this out after, when within couple of days after item release, I started seeing others' payments getting charged whilst no movement on mine. So I looked closer at the order detail again, saw it was still under the old defunct card, and manually selected the new card for it. And presto, the payment was charged an hour later.
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After some wiggling of the head & neck joints, the fin clears the ground both ways. Although, when the fin points forwards, the clearance is really only a hair’s width. How’s that for tolerance? Managed to achieve both with the front wheel in its proper rearward position, without rotating it upright. The front strut has a rather stiff locking position which lifts the front end just that bit more.
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Is the Zeta's headfin supposed to be angled forwards or backwards in fighter mode? I find that if angled forwards, the fin will touch the ground. The whole head appear as though it can tuck up higher, hence giving more clearance for the fin, but it doesn't. However, if the fin is swept backwards, then the fin is off the ground.
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Just opened my Zeta, and briefly handled with it in Fighter mode.. Besides the much tighter Houquet figure now compared to Stick, there have been a number of tweaks done for more pleasant handling experience: 1. The lower arms peg firmer to their shoulders & the legs. I remember for the Eta, I had to do quite some messaging around that area to make everything stay together firmly. So there's less of that creakiness when zooming it around now haha.. 2. Both wing flaps have lost their slop and are properly tight. Which means the dreaded problem of left wing flap popping out is gone. 3. The left vertical stabilizer now stays in the proper outward angle position, so both stabilizers angle consistently. In the Eta, that left stabilizer always wanted to pop back to the straight position with the slightest touch. However, this time, I could not swivel both stabilizers out from the arms from its default out-of-box configuration. They swiveled up 1/3 of the way & felt like something will break if I forced them further. I had to open up both arms (as if to bring to hands out) for the stabilizers to fully swing out. 4. The rear landing gears can now be pulled out much more easily, as compared to the Eta which were so tight. Still wish they be made of metal though, as the plastic landing gears still feel quite fragile. Overall, just from fighter mode impressions, hats-off to Sentinel for having done admirable job tweaking various little stuffs for better fit. Except the intake covers though; one of it still wants to fall off all the time..
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Consolidated Megazone 23 Toy/Model Thread for 2017-2018
MKT replied to RavenHawk's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
CF version is unexpected news, but its insta-buy! -
Received email from AE it’s now in stock.
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Best pose ever haha.. We need a Max & Milia VF-1J to make a paired skating action
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I’m actually hoping this will sell-out soon at P-Bandai webshop, so there almost certainly be a 2nd round of pre-orders.
