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  1. MKT
    Mine arrived today. So just some info on the weight. The toy with the Tamashii brown box weighs in at 1892g. Without the Tamashii brown box, it is at 1676g. As side note, after using plastic wrapper for the VF-1D within the brown box, Bandai opted to use tissue wrapping this time. I ordered from a non-conventional source from Hong Kong this time (I'm also based in SEA). The brown Tamashii was wrapped in a layer of bubble wrap, and went into a shipping box just a smidge larger than it. Shipping box stock was of a thin variety, but crucially all corners were protected by the black plastic corner protectors which folks who get stuff from KC will be familiar with. Due to the smaller & lighter than expected shipping box plus protective packaging, the whole weight came to 2349g.
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    I do know that NNG's private warehouse is a very rigid system, and doesn't really work as most other vendors do. They really shouldn't name it Private Warehouse anyway due to how inflexible it is. The closest to NNG's system appears to be Amiami's, but I've never tested combining orders from the latter as it was always single-shipment orders over the years. But yeah, the restocking fee that they try to force upon customers due to screw ups on their part is pretty scummy. This might be useful - at Mandarake the 25S Armored is listed with the box dimensions and weight (1670g): https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1281161426&lang=en Mandarake's shipping carton weight for item this size is usually around 800-1000g, so the 2600g shipping weight sounds about right. You can also log into Mandarake to see the various shipping costs of this item to your location, and see if they line up with what YYK has quoted you.
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    Thanks for sharing. I guess the same shenanigans are still happening at NNG then, even if it feels like these incidences have reduced quite a bit during the past 1 or 2 years.
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    I guess even if they did, folks would be skeptical seeing how the 3-screw set up for the past few 25/29 releases were supposed to solve the looseness but half the time it did nothing & in cases went the other way instead (loose hips straight out of the box). At least Bandai is showing some pro-activeness for revising yet again this design quite so soon instead of waiting for the next... Reborn version or something lol. If only they show the same initiative by fixing the arm & leg connection issues for the DX VF-1 in Fighter mode.. Must have missed your issues with NNG.. what were they again? I'm cautious but mostly optimistic with my experience with them so far.
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    So weird that the Japan-only rule is being enforced more tightly than Macross releases. At least with the Macross international embargo, the Japanese web stores are still able to list them for international customers, but not this Tread.
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    So, in addition to dual screw at the hip, the other improvement is that the ball that goes into the hip is now fully metal instead of half-plastic. Too bad reviewer didn't compare with the previous Revivals with the 3 hip screws..
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    I guess we can expect this version of Alto to also have dual thigh screws..
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    I'm expecting this to be released again, but by Bandai instead.
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    Aside the panel lining, the paint on Rick's 1J give off a nice impression of painted metal like real jets. The M&M 1J continues this impression under that display lighting and looks lovely.
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    Another nostalgia fest watching this lol. It didn't have the best gameplay but was very serviceable and captured the mood nicely.
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    The 2-screws on the hips for this release is a surprising change.. It’s quite a head scratcher how 2 is better than 3 when 3 wasn’t that effective on the other Revivals. I wonder what other stealth changes were made..
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    Great price for something that is the equivalent of the DX YF-19 Full-Pack, but for the bare-bones re-issued DX YF-19 price. How times have changed in the DX vs Arcadia pricing..
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    The thing that sticks out most to me is that shiny, exposed screw head at the missile arm hinge joint lol. Charming in an old-school way.
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    Yeah the 60fps interpolation is definitely a bit jarring. I usually never favor de-noising as well, because film grain does lend it a certain look appropriate of its era. On other hand, this does such a great job to make everything crystal clear, and pausing it anywhere certainly makes each frame look like how a crisp cel is when freshly produced before any degradation over the years. Edit: The more I watch it, the more impressive it looks. The color is vibrant, the contrast is great, and details in darker areas are so much more noticeable than before.
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    Hi-Metal R

    MKT replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Yup raw acrylic sheets aren't that cheap, and when converted to ready-made consumer display solutions the prices go up a fair bit. Back when I set up my display room, there weren't many cost effective, dust proof wall display options. So I decided to use spare Ikea Billy shelving to make some wall-mounted boxes and bought acrylic sheets as the cover. Here's one example: I always thought I would be making more of these, but now the ready-made acrylic shoeboxes are available and they work great being so flexible. Put on top of Detolfs, or line a couple or so on a wall shelf, on a desk, between books in a bookshelf, or just simply stack them up.
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    Hi-Metal R

    MKT replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I have some of these boxes too and they do make nice little displays that can be slotted anywhere. For a long time, most cheap acrylic boxes do not have enough transparency until these became available.
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    Nosecone issue sucks. But doesn't look to be a release-wide issue, based on other pics currently floating around. Fingers crossed.
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    I'm just wondering, how canon are the missiles? I'm so used to remembering micro-missiles being fired instead that I don't really recall full-sized ones being used. But then again these Sentinel Mospeada mechs are technically reinterpretations.
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    Quite a lot of awesomeness here. I've never paid much attention to Wipeout but the Piranha here looks fantastic.
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    Banpresto DXF Batou from Ghost in the Shell Arise.
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    Missed this tread before. @sc_planet this VF-2SS looks really great and elevated the HMR to another level!
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    No critical feedback, but just big kudos on the awesome pics & great build @tekering.
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    That's looking good @Graham. The cockpit canopy on the previous Renewal 25S have a very light purple tint, but on this Revival it looks to be almost entirely absent. Not expecting new engineering changes, so likely it'll have floppy joints almost immediately once the armors are installed lol. But am just happy to be close to getting this after so many years. AE just notified mine is now in PW.
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    Mine is pretty flushed too, no issues there.
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    'Put on hold' is the best thing that can be said now while the KS is still running.
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