Sanity is Optional
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10 units that have a different letter on the box, but are otherwise identical? Sounds like a production error I anticipate them selling for completely obtuse prices.
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So, what's the difference between A and D? Colors, details, stand? Just the box?
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It's a bit of a shame that Arcadia didn't re-do the -19 molds until they did the YF-19.
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Dunno, here's the email I just got from them (I put in the order and paid on the 5th): If the lottery's not closed, it's just a very delayed confirmation I guess. -
I think I just got confirmation from DeJapan that their lottery entry on my behalf for a Strike Freedom was successful. Yay.
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This is a kit that really begs for an inkwash. Those lines are too deep, and too big to do by hand.
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¥9448 shipped, via DHL. That's pretty sweet, frankly. Better than NY's pre-order pricing of ¥10,580+shipping.
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Well, I'm not going to be going for a anime-accurate look anyway, probably going to go for a more realistic low-vis look. Though I'll gladly keep the skull-and-crossbones markings.
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Yup, Just got dinged new shipping for CDJ, ¥17,800 Total price: ¥49,124, or $435.11 on the cc charge.
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They might just have not put the inserts in yet, it's an unpainted prototype purely to show the transformation.
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Looks like good timing, HLJ is now out of the Premium Finish SDF-1, finally.
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As a Mechanical Engineer: no, there are not plastics that would work. Ideally it'd be made out of a stainless or spring-steel, something with good ductility. Not from cast-iron like most of the metal bits in these are, or a plastic. There's a reason why Steel is better, because Steel has a thing called an Endurance Limit. As long as stresses are below a certain threshold, it will never fail. Even when it does "fail" most times it's just a permanent deformation (bending), that can be bent back a few times before snapping. Plastics? Plastics will always fail eventually, because any amount of stress will cause a build-up of fatigue. The whole design is overly complicated and fragile: you're replacing one bar with two tiny hinged flaps, which have to be much smaller so they can fold into the wing-roots, plus you need to cram an attach/detach mechanism in there too that'll also wear out. I've built the Bandai 1/72 kit, and it's a terrible idea to stick into anything that's supposed to have durability.
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Not in 1/48 it isn't. Even if it was made entirely of metal, it'd still be too thin for durability, because the whole mechanism has to fold up inside the wing-root above the intakes.
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Yeah, no. I have the 1/72 kit and that solution (while it's accurate to the anime) is 100% complete garbage from a durability and transformability standpoint.
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So, the swing bar is not accurate to the anime, but it's more accurate than not having one. In the anime (and the Bandai 1/72 kit) there's a little swinging panel above the intakes that flips the legs down, and then retracts after they're latched on to the nosecone.
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I was hoping they'd bundle the TV hands with TV reaction missiles at least. Or stick them in with the TV Supers.
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Eh, I'm alright with paying ¥4,000 for the armaments, since I can just buy 1 and spread it out across 3 different VF-1 figures.
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vf-31 siegfried WIP: Alternate Weapons Pods for VF-31
Sanity is Optional replied to Sanity is Optional's topic in The Workshop!
Dang, it looks great. What material did you get it printed in? Have you thought about using polycap inserts for the tilt? -
Agreed, and since the C was only ¥6,000 (while the A was ¥8,000) I have no regrets.
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Lower-left corner, I see a double-seat popping up from the neck area.
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Well, I put in an order for the C, guess now I get to wait and find out if someone beat me to it. edit: Also, there's an A ver for ¥2,000 cheaper at Nakano: https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1100811685&ref=dos
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They even gave it only one shoulder light, on the left-side.
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Ha! It even comes with Minmay in hand. Amusing addition.
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Considering that they had it listed alongside part outlines at the Tamashii show, yeah.
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Around $220-$240 shipped, and that's with slow shipping. Mine all took a good 3-4 weeks to show up (except the one from Amazon Japan).
