Slave IV

Did regular Hikaru or Roy drop in price later on? I think they just stayed available at original price for some time right?

They are the finest stands I've ever used. @ChaoticYeti is extremely helpful setting you up with what you need if you just let him know. You'll need a base or mounting option (like the wall mount or detolf mount). Then you need at least one arm and an adapter which will connect to the stand adapter that came with your valk. The standing or banking adapter will just depend on how you want the valk oriented depending on your setup. Basically, the stand adapter has a rectangular peg so you just need to see which way it goes on however you plan to display it and get the yeti adapter that lets you do that.

I love finding toys in storage that I don't remember having.

That does look pretty good.

Ah, it is LEKs work! Awesome! I'd love to have him paint a whole bunch of my toys someday.

Yeah, I don't think you could get the same results with the included stickers no matter how much time you took. Considering the many hours it takes to do either way, the premium is worth the cost from a time/value perspective.

haha, gotcha!

Well, I did say "more realistic"...A valk with a bunch of detailed decals compared to one without and painted with the cell shade look seems "more realistic" to me. Not all real aircraft are always weathered looking either...

Yeah, it's great that this is out there for those who want it. I'm lazy though and over a week of work sounds like a lot of work to me.

Holy crap! The time it would take to apply all those is definitely going to be worth paying the premium to have it all done better for me.

I think if I had both I'd get my regular version painted with the cell shading for the more anime look and keep the premium as is for more realistic look.

Oh man! I love the cell shaded customs!

It's obviously been available at some point because most people I heard from got it there. You just missed it. Like with Macross toys, you gotta be quick. Sometimes relying on an email alert won't be fast enough so you gotta check back often or follow threads where people post about it like here for Macross. Anyway, if I see it available again, I'll try to pm you.

I got mine from TRU.com (with the help of sh9000)...It's the only place I can ever get exclusive figures. They will show up again and you just have to be ready to pounce when it does. Pretty lame and I'm getting sick of the games we have to play as adults to get adult collectible items but just gotta deal with it or pay the higher price elsewhere if you want this stuff.

Looking good! the minifigs are a nice addition!

They are! I need to open mine!

Not your pics? They are great either way.

Odd...that's not my quote but I agree. I haven't shipped my Xabungle yet but looking forward to it!

Nice haul! I haven't picked up the Modular Iron Man yet mainly because I don't think it looks like the Modular Armor design from the comics and the look suits War Machine better to me. Still, it's a great looking figure and I see it's on sale currently...Hmmm.

LOL!

Wow, you're doing custom Marvel figures too @sh9000? Nice! I finally just watched Logan last night. Surprisingly good movie. I went to 4 Targets and a few Walgreen's over the weekend and saw 0 new ML or BS figures. I did find a TDKR Joker to pretty much complete my Batman collection. The only other figure I'd want is a shriveled Superman if someone ever made one.

How that's not the case. I want the rest of Walkure and definitely Britai. I've seen a bunch of Star Wars SHF figures go on heavy clearance and they still pump those out so no reason to be sure Macross SHF is done.

Conversely, some people prefer to deal with them as their #1 choice. It's going to be difficult getting support from most of the overseas shops although I haven't had much trouble.

NP! And you definitely want the Monster! It's artillery, not meant to be super agile but lays down massive firepower. It's one of the finest HMR, build wise. Full of ratchets, metal joints and surprisingly articulated for what it is. There are still deals on it and worth regular price even.

Their conversion rate won't be as good as the real rates. The only time it makes sense to use USD is if you anticipate the rates to go worse when it comes time to pay. That way, you pay the USD no matter what the rate at the time is. That's probably why their rates are worse too..to protect them from conversion rate changes. I always pay in yen.