Slave IV

2 minutes ago, jenius said:

What's the retail at the NY store?

Over $150 including tax. I just mentioned in the other thread that considering that, this is not a bad price at all.

The price is not bad at all considering the item cost over $150 for people purchasing directly at the event. Now, the fact that Bandai charged over the standard if it was converted using the current exchange rate and listed MSRP in Yen, that's a whole other story but seems to be the standard case with WWM items so far.

18 minutes ago, MacrossMania said:

A "deck."  LOL the memories.

You used to skate? It’s never too late to pick it up again. I took about 20 years off but then my son started getting interested and we went to some skateparks and just like that, I got back into it. It’s been tough trying to get some tricks back but I’ve also learned new things I was never able to do before.

7 hours ago, MKT said:

Love the wall mount method! 

Thanks! That was my favorite way to display my Valks. No floor space taken, dynamic displays that I can see all the time, safe and secure but also easy to remove and play with anytime. I actually never bought a Yeti base stand because I preferred this method. 

8 hours ago, seti88 said:

and no cobwebs forming too!😅 yeah its still a cool way to display.

For me, I am paranoid that without a case over it, its bound to get hit sometime/somehow.

Anyway, am sure there would be ways to add a case to that too.

Yeah, I'm a bit surprised they didn't get very dusty there. I suppose it wouldn't be difficult to put a plexiglass case around those. Or, I think you could also just mount the stands inside a wall display.

I had a bunch of Valks displayed on the wall with yeti stands. They were super stable with no worries about knocking them off. I also had them high up and out of the way but still, they were solid. 

Is this just a reissue? Or am I missing something?

Haha yeah, it seems like an easy enough accessory to get. I'm just not sure it's worth it even though I'm big on these KC figures and have been all in so far. The only thing really calling me is that weathered helmet but again, do I really care?

1 hour ago, foundshaian said:

That's f^<<ing stellar

Thanks! I learned about this company pretty recently and wanted to try their deck shapes and when I saw they had this graphic, I had to have it. They also have this one but not in the sizes I want.

54 minutes ago, Mommar said:

How did you get Yondu already?  My pre-order is still waiting.

these have been found in store and Amazon even shipped.some out a while ago.  

37 minutes ago, MKT said:

God of Flames red & purple! 

Haha, yeah!

Check the graphics on this deck I just got.

They already announced another version.

https://www.kitzconcept.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=86

I've been all in so far on their figures but I might wait before I order this one.

KC is the hands down master of character figures for Macross. This Hikaru is another stellar release and they handled the soft goods very well imo.

HG has invoiced early and by mistake a few times for me.

 Nice finds @sh9000!

10 minutes ago, Mommar said:

Honestly, not worth the money or 29 month wait.

Sorry to hear that and I’m glad my preorder went away but it does look good. 

3 hours ago, starkiller239 said:

Hmmm, triple stand for a vermillion squardon set up or a quad stand for a pre-focker death skull squadron.

 

Do they even have options for triple or more setups?

Yeah, buying from Japan saves me more like $50+ probably closer to $75. I'll take those savings every time.

You don’t want to know how much a pain it was to rearrange my detolf just a bit.

 

Worth it in the end but painful.

40 minutes ago, Pontus said:

Has anyone gotten a reply/invoice after confirming their order?  I sent a confirmation Monday afternoon which was 3 days ago for Hong Kong now.  

Nah, I don't think they bother with that from what I remember. Just sit back and someday they will send your item.

1 hour ago, daBlah! said:

 

Is everything just crazy tight on this release 🤷 anyone keeping scores on breakages Vs no issue 🙈

 

Looks like it’s up to around 4:Several Thousand that are broken vs not reported broken at this point. 😊

As you just said, there is no such thing as the "S" part with Arcadia UNLESS you got some of their PF that were shipped in a sealed brown box. The only one I can think of is the VF-0D PF and maybe the SDF-1 PF.

Since Arcadia releases are somewhat made to order (mainly on the retail shop end), there is no preorder madness and depending on the release, there can often be remaining stock after the initial release date. Discounts will depend on the retailer and how quickly they want to clear their space. HOWEVER, due to the niche appeal, overall numbers for Macross products is relatively very low compared to something like Gundam so once the initial stock is sold out, prices are almost always sure to go up. Especially in the cases of "shelf-warmers", their initial numbers were probably even lower to begin with, making them the most rare items in the long run, leading to the highest prices in the long run. Happens pretty much consistently through the history of Macross toys.

19 hours ago, Pontus said:

Thank you very much for the reminder!  In my case, I ordered it on 7/2021 using an old email address I rarely check, so even though I have since changed and confirmed my new email address with them, they sent the confirmation to the old email which I don't check often anymore.  I would've missed it without your reminder. 

No problem! You might as well keep it though.