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    Macross Items of interest spotted on MANDARAKE!

    in Where to Buy Macross, Auctions & Dealers Specials

    Posted · Edited by Slave IV

    Anything that I ever got from Mandarake that was described as just “opened” was mib as far as I’m concerned. Basically, a new item but with an opened box and even the box is basically mint. If they say the box is “damaged”, it may have a minute crease that you have to examine carefully to even notice. Basically, their standards are better than any I’ve ever seen when it comes to grading the items they sell. I’ve bought a lot of items from Mandarake and have never been disappointed. Only problem with them is they are a endless mine of treasures and it would be great if less people knew about them for my own selfish sake. 😅
     

    Edit: Not helping my interests but will also go as far to say that it is actually better to buy opened items from Mandarake than new for items you are worried about. Why? Because their meticulous inspection will basically guarantee you won’t have a manufacturing defect and they will point out any areas of concern if there are any.

    What's next for Bandai? (Wish List)

    in Toys

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    Damn, I didn’t know there was a woke Macross collecting movement too. 🤣

    I buy Macross toys because I’m intrigued by the designs and especially the Gerwalk modes. All iterations of Valkyries are interesting and worth collecting to me. The original Chunky is the best toy ever made period imo and I love seeing how other versions of them have come out since and most of those are definitely worth collecting too. It just so happens I like all the media as well but I’m not dependent on any particular scene or bound to toys that must slavishly match every detail I see in them to be happy. 

    Hi-Metal R

    in Toys

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    2 hours ago, fenrir72 said:

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    Does this scale with the HMR Valkyries? Iirc they are 1/100. Is this 1/100 too?

    It’s a bit smaller. Can work if you are ok with using some forced perspective. 

    Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.

    in Hall Of The Super Topics

    Posted · Edited by Slave IV

    1 hour ago, sqidd said:

    That Senna Lotus is my favorite. It was my favorite when I was a little kid too. I used to have a picture of me sitting in one of them at the Detroit Grand Prix when I was I think 11. My Mom worked for Car and Driver at the time so we had passes for everywhere. I was drooling all over the JPS Lotus (I had a few die casts of them already) and the crew guys asked if I wanted to sit in it. I was stoked!!!!!

    Funny story. A friend from school went with me. We had our own all access passes and my Mom had work stuff to do most of the day so we were on our own. Practice was about to start so we worked our way toward the circuit. We kept going through check point after check point with no one stopping us (apparently they were great passes!) all the way until we got to the Jersey barriers and fence separating the racing surface from everything else. The place where you see corner workers and photographers. We thought that was the coolest thing in the world............until the first car came by! HOLY CRAP! They were so loud that it HURT! We literally ran away.:rofl: 

    Hahaha! That is awesome! Reminds me when I was in HS, I had access to military bases and there were a couple airbases nearby. I used to just go sit next to the airstrips and watch fighter planes takeoff and land all the time. Miramar was one of the ones that were decently close and I went there to watch the real “Top Gun”.😁

    Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.

    in Hall Of The Super Topics

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    I have some in other scales and lower quality 1:18 so they don’t really count. All the ones you mentioned would be considerations based on space and money if I found the right ones I want. I’ll pass on the Fusion but I bet it’s a decent value for what it is. 😂

    Yours is a good theme too but I fear that could get way too broad for me. 1/64 or around Hot Wheels size and those recent 1/32 Hollywood Rides cars are good and cheap enough for me to collect more of those…of which I have no idea how many I have at this point. It’s gotta be at least 10 large storage boxes full. 

    Macross in the States!

    in Toys

    Posted

    1 hour ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

    So, the question now is whether Mirage 31AX will make it to the States? 🤔

    Oh, it will make it to the States one way or another. Most likely by ferry from a Japanese retailer to my doorstep at the very least.:lol:

    Bandai DX GBP Armor Set and VF-1J Armored Valkyrie

    in Toys

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    1 hour ago, weiser21 said:

    What's wrong with mykombini? I got a VF-1J Armored combo set with them for $384 shipped via DHL. They only charged a little over 5k Yen for shipping. The most affordable shipping outside of AJ for the combo set.

    They’ve delivered items for me in the past, which is fine. But the VF-31A I and others had ordered through them and prepaid for were cancelled with an excuse that they didn’t have stock to fulfill our orders. Then they relisted the item they supposedly had no stock of the next day with a huge markup. To me, that’s the lowest of the low I’ve seen from any of these shops.

    Bandai DX GBP Armor Set and VF-1J Armored Valkyrie

    in Toys

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    23 minutes ago, sqidd said:

    The way things are going on the West Coast you may see that sometime in 2023!😲

    I’m not worried about it. Ports have been backed up since this all started and all my ferry shipments have taken 3 months instead of 1-2 months. All good with me as I consider it free storage until it arrives. Main point is NY sent out my order with shipping included for less than what most other shops charged for the figure without shipping and that’s my main reason for ever using them in the first place. 

    Bandai DX GBP Armor Set and VF-1J Armored Valkyrie

    in Toys

    Posted · Edited by Slave IV

    I've mentioned several times that I would rather not have something than buy from ninnin or mykombini if those were the only choices. Fwiw, I still use NY as a last resort and in this case, they sent out my combo GBP set for a total of 32900Y (ferry) last month.

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