Shizuka the Cat

YAY! I have not bought a valkyrie in 20 hours! And I wrote 5 more pages for my research idea paper! I accomplished something! Just felt like celebrating! Time to browse ebay....

*cough cough* Overboard? Nah, not at all *cough cough*

I noticed the HMR VT-1 Super Ostrich is available for pre-order for $79.90 here.. http://www.bandaionline.com/hi-metal-r-vt-1-super-ostrich-action-figure/ Anyone ever order from this shop before? I have not, so I am wondering how good or egit they are. Thanks!

Valkyries are my first love. I have always loved fighter plane design... so much so that I ALMOST declared aero/astro as my undergraduate major, but ultimately went computer science and mathematics instead. MIT's "Unified Engineering" is a required year-long course for the aero/astro major... and has a well-earned reputation for being a tough weed-out course and a GPA-killer. *sigh* By comparison, computer science was generally an easier and more flexible major, and let me study aero/astro-related stuff like navigational computation and predictive path finding. I do like Miria's battle suit though. Klan Klang and her Pixie team too. But valkyries are so cool! They are jets... that transform. How can you beat that?!

Based on @jenius's review videos of the Arcadia 1/60 VF-0 line of toys, I was under the impression that they have a nasty habit of breaking their legs off their hips.

Thunder hammer?

Is that a cannon on a guy's arm, with him wearing samurai armor and sitting on a Star Wars ship?

EEK! One of the tires for the leg landing gear from my Arcadia 1/60 VF-1J Super (Miria) fell off. I can put the tire back in place, but it can fall off again if I tilt the toy to one side. Is this a common occurrence? Does anyone know a fix for this? Now I am really glad I bought 2 of these.

SOLD OUT!

YAY! My post got @jenius to purchase a valkyrie. For some reason, I feel pretty proud of myself. =) CD Japan now has 1 left.

CD Japan currently has 4 outlet product HMR VF-1S (35th anniversary color) remaining for 2400 yen each, limit 1 per customer. http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-263329 *sigh* At that price, even I can't resist. CD Japan currently has 3 remaining.

I almost bought several Yamato v1 1/60 valkyries, but luckily I emailed @jenius right before I hit checkout on my shopping cart, and he was kind enough to warn me away from them.

The Toynami's are not as bad as I thought they would be. I noticed that the misaligned peg slot locking the legs to the arms in fighter mode that @jenius reported in his old review videos appear to have been fixed in my Wave 7 VF-1J Supers, so that made me happy.

Actually, it has been 10 days since I ordered my first valkyrie and joined the Macross World forums. In that time, I have bought... Arcadia 1/60 VF-1J Super (Miria) x 2, because Miria is the best! I wanted to be her as a kid. Arcadia 1/60 VF-1J Super (Max) Arcadia 1/60 VF-1S Strike (Roy) Arcadia 1/60 VF-1S Strike (Hikaru) Yamato v2 1/60 VF-1A (Max TV) Yamato v2 1/60 VF-1A (Kakizaki TV) Yamato v2 1/60 VE-1 Elintseeker Yamato v2 1/60 VF-1J (Hikaru) [shipping] Toynami 1/100 VF-1J Super (Hikaru) Toynami 1/100 VF-1J Super (Max) Toynami 1/100 VF-1J Super (Miria) Toynami 1/100 VF-1D Super (Comic-Con exclusive) Bandai HMR VE-1 Elintseeker Bandai HMR VF-1J Super (Max) [shipping] Bandai HMR VF-1J Super (Miria) [shipping] and preordered... Toynami 1/100 VF-1S + GBP (Roy) Toynami 1/100 VF-1J + GBP (Hikaru) Toynami 1/100 VF-1J + GBP (Max) Toynami 1/100 VF-1A (Kakizaki) Actually the aforementioned Yamato v2 1/60 VF-1J (Hikaru) has a broken shoulder joint, which is why I also ordered a few sets of replacement shoulder joints from ShapeWays. Having watched the videos by @jenius and CollectionDX on how to replace them, I figured why not... got a cheap valkyrie that way.... plus 15% off eBay coupon. I think I finally feel mostly satiated with my collection. The only toys I think I still want are: Yamato v2 1/60 VT-1 Super Ostrich Yamato v2 1/60 VF-1D Trainer Yamato v2 1/60 VF-1A Mass Production Arcadia 1/60 GBP Bandai HMR VT-1 Super Ostrich Fortunately, I don't really have any interest at all in getting Macross 2, Zero, or Delta toys. And, until I get the aforementioned valkyries mentioned in my wish list, I think I can resist getting Plus, 7, and Frontier toys for now. And yes... I do think I went *WAY* overboard and did not pace myself and let my fandom get the better of me and neglected my school work. But I think I am finally starting to calm down. YAY!

My first HMR arrived just now from AmiAmi. I blame you @jenius for this... lauding these HMRs so much, and producing videos that make them look so yummy!

Definitely with a grin. Fortunately, the notion of Macross missile death or "Itano Circus" is nothing new... obviously. I just have to keep secret whatever actual algorithms / approaches I come up with... because research scalping is a real thing. Until you publish, you don't tell anyone what you are working on

My mom is already pestering me... "When are you going to get married?" "When are you going to give me grandchildren?" "I'm not getting any younger." "You're not getting any younger." *sigh*

そうかな

Wait... what? what did I say? *confused look*

Funny you should say that... I literally have my laptop situated in front of my window, just so I can watch for USPS and DHL, Also, I have written about 2 more pages so far for my research idea paper. As for relating my love of Macross into my research... I sort of am. My research proposal is regarding distributed systems for computing flock-based path finding. You know how a large flock of birds see to be able to fly together in a big swarm, without birds colliding into each other or having a seeming leader? That sort of concept, except that each "bird" has a networked computing node.. Admittedly, in this case, my motivation is more inspired by Macross missile death, as I am looking at the swarm as objects meant to avoid each other while simultaneously approach a target from multiple attack vectors as a means of curtailing the target's ability to avoid the swarm. "Birds" that are determined to be unable to intercept their target "self-terminate" away from other "birds" to avoid collateral damage to outsiders or the rest of the flock.

I have wanted a VE-1 ever since I first saw one (a 1/55 scale Takatoku/Bandai version) at a Japanese toy store in Los Angeles back when I was 10 years old. I have fantasized about it ever since! I never liked playing with dolls growing up, but Macross mecha really sang to me. (Okay, I also liked stuffed animals and My Little Ponies when I was young. I'd play house with them with my cousins) Now that I am a grad student, I just could not wait any longer! I needed to fulfill this Macross toy desire of mine I have been harboring for the past 15 years! I am not getting any younger.

Welcome to my little fleet, VE-1 Elintseeker!

Yes.... I should be working on a research idea paper for one of my classes, and a final report paper for another class *sigh* I can honestly say that Macross toy collecting has made me less productive academically. I got nothing done Wednesday. I stayed at home staring out the window all day waiting for USPS to come with my VE-1 Elintseeker... which never came, so I guess I will be spending Thursday doing the same thing. *cry* Why can't packages be tracked via GPS like Uber Eats deliveries can?

Just came across this video.... *sigh* It only made me more hungry for Macross toys.

That is exactly what I was imagining. Thank you for identifying it.