Boobytrap
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Keeping it rolling Nippon-Yasan Received: wm cheng, Not Yet: no3Ljm, Kinzoku, spacemanoeuvres, funkymonkeyjavajunky, Boobytrap Refunded: Vortech I plan on keeping my PO as long as NY will let me. If it is there I still have hope of it being fulfilled even if it takes months. If they do end up cancelling it then I'll just bite the bullet and pay aftermarket prices for it. There are some valks I'd be willing to let go and not pay that kind of price for. This is not one of them.
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Yes, there was an article last year where they said it is something they want to do. https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2017/09/08/arcadia-talks-about-how-it-makes-the-best-macross-and-megazone-23-toys-out-there/#4f591401e974 “Even though we are re-releasing the movie version of the SDF-1 Macross, we do want to do the TV series version as well but that is still undergoing approval from the copyright holder. Personally, I really want to do it.
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Also just got the 101 and 102F. Seems like a nice combo of the accessories so that I can mix and match to which ever configuration I want.
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I ordered and paid for mine on 10/27, about three weeks after most people based on the comments I have seen. For selfish reasons I hope that NY fulfills their orders in some random arbitrary manner and not based on order date. I'll keep hoping that NY will get their stock. If not I'm prepared to pay the aftermarket price for one. This is my favorite VF-31 design and there is no way I won't have one in my collection.
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That was an easy PO. Still up at HLJ and Amiami. Got it from Ami since they at least have a discount.
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Not that most people want to spend time or money modifying their expensive purchases but if the visor really bugs you it should be an easy fix. In all the picture I see the raised part appears to be on the inside, not the outside, of the visor. The light reflections over those lines appear to be smooth with no distortions or shadows. I also do not see any raised lines in the side profile pics. If the lines are truly on the inside then you can hit the visor with some clear blue paint. Each layer should make the lines less and less visible. I suspect this is why the first version looked different. It appears to have a darker/deeper shade of blue as if it had more layers of clear paint on top. If it still isn't to your liking then you could paint over it with an opaque color of your choice.
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Same... did Bandai ship them to NY individually... by carrier pigeon?
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Well not the item that would have been at the top of my list. That would have been a destroid or enemy mech. Even a Nexx VF-2SS would have been preferable. I'll still be getting this of course and take solace in the fact that the line is continuing so that hopefully one day I can have a complete line up of SDFM toys.
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I think it's 'To Be Confirmed'
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Woo hoo! Super excited about this. I really like items that are an easy pass so that I can save money. End of 2017 and the first four months of 2018 have/will hit my wallet hard so this is welcome news. Congrats to those who want it though.
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I hope you're wrong too. I really need some articulated Macross pilots in my life.
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This is wonderful news. While what we get in the future may not be any better than the steaming pile they have been dishing out at least now there is the possibility of an improved product.
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This item is being discussed in this thread The latest news is that they have been delayed by two months. We'll see if they hold to that or delay them again.
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Thanks for the info. You weren't kidding when you said it wasn't cheap. They are charging $200 + PP fees + domestic shipping in addition to the cost of the kit. Too rich for my blood, especially for a 3000 yen kit. I'll take my chances with YJA and if I don't get one I don't get one.
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I'm hoping they don't sell this as a bundle. I was planning to skip Arad but I really like the look of the armored parts. I'll happily buy them separately to put on the C or F. But if only sold as a bundle I'd have to bite the bullet and get that.
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Looks like it to me just based on the screw covers between the tail fins.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Boobytrap replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
I know you were asking Alex, but I also recently received the Megatron re-issue. I purchased it from NY specifically to ensure it would not come with the orange plug. -
Google translate says that there are even some movable joints. Not too bad for 3000 yen. Hopefully YJA has a bunch of these available.
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HLJ payment request for ELINT received and paid for. Hopefully they ship it out soon so I can get it next week.
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Gimme gimme gimme. Although it looks like the paint on one of the squares is a little sloppy. Hopefully that's not a regular issue.
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Super Macross Mecha Fun Time Discussion Thread!
Boobytrap replied to Valkyrie Driver's topic in Movies and TV Series
Ok that makes sense. If I understand correctly, we weren't like the Goa'uld in Stargate where we just took some alien tech and slapped it on things or just used it as is. We were able to reverse engineer the new technology and use that to fuel our own imaginations to make what was previously impossible possible. Even apply it in ways that it was not directly being used for in the ASS-1. In essence what was developed is what humans would have eventually arrived at anyway, the ASS-1 just gave us a cheat sheet to bypass all those pesky years of discovery and trial & error developing it on our own. When it came to the reverse engineering part, were there any technical manuals or data files or things of that nature found that humans could use (once translated of course) or did they have to do everything by breaking down the technology/materials directly? I know they were using the resources of the entire planet to understand it as quickly as possible but 10 years seems like such a short time to take such large leaps, not just in understanding but mass application as well. Give the people of 1899 an F-14 and I highly doubt that they could replicate it in 10 years let alone apply what they learned technologically to every mundane facet of life, like soda vending machines. -
Super Macross Mecha Fun Time Discussion Thread!
Boobytrap replied to Valkyrie Driver's topic in Movies and TV Series
So I've been reading though this whole thread (so much wonderful information) and I read something that got me thinking. It was mentioned that the UN forces designed the valkyrie to fight against the large aliens they knew had inhabited the ASS-1 but that they were unaware that those same aliens possessed personal war craft so weren't expecting to go up against the Regult's, Glaug's, etc... when the Zentradi arrived. I had always assumed that the valkyrie technology was inspired by the fact that the Zentradi craft had arms and legs but humans just decided to make it transformable (a feature the Zentradi had no need of since they were expendable grunts). So if humans didn't directly get the anthropomorphic technology from the ASS-1 how did they develop it? What technology did the ASS-1 provide to the humans? How much of what we see the humans using in 2009 is true alien tech? How much of it is human tech advanced by alien tech? How much of it was human tech that would have most likely been developed with or without the arrival of the ASS-1? -
I really hope they don't go this route. Arcadia prices for their standard releases are already at the high end of what I can afford to pay for a valk on a regular basis. If they get rid of those and only release premiums then it would have to be no more Arcadia toys for me.
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Nope not gonna bite on this one. Arcadia already charges a premium price for their products. Adding an additional $100 for tampo on the VF-0 will put it over $400. It's one thing to pay that amount (or more) for a special one time piece like the SDF-1. Paying that amount of money for a valk is way too far out of my budget. At least this release will give my wallet a chance to recover from all the spending I am doing the first half of this year.
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Thankfully, no.
