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I agree that Bandai has released many new builds in recent years, in addition to re-releases of old ones, and there are improvements in the new builds. But at the same time, many new builds still contain traditional flaws. For example, I am afraid to change the hands in all my metal builds (except for Albion), because the joints are impossibly tight. The stand has not changed for decades, although if you look at other / variants, you can find something better, more aesthetically beautiful, or movable, or functional (like the Tastier assembling model has, for example). But the most frustrating thing is the lack of support if you do not live in Japan, while problems with products (such as scratches and breakage) might happen right out of the box. And their GFFMC Unicorn literally fell apart while standing on the shelf, its knee joints, palms, and bazooka ammo belt burst and crack. I would not complain if I could get support and spare parts from them. Companies that provide service all over the world look more advantageous, especially if the quality of their products is not inferior, or even higher. As for the Chinese Gundams from UC, I only have the antagonist machines, such as Zaku (Metal Soldier), Kshatriya, Sinanju and Sazabi. They are all well made and I have not had any problems with durability with any of them (except for Kshatriya, its adapter for the stand cracked, but the manufacturer replaced the adapter without any problems). And what's most interesting is that there are no such models from Bandai himself, and to have an antagonist machine you have to buy semi KO (but after the quality problems with Bandai himself, it upsets me less and less). -
Hello everyone! I've been collecting Bandai (mainly Metal Build and Dx Chogokin) products for a long time, but the attitude towards customers bothers me, so I'll just leave this here for comparison (I asked about the possibility of ordering spare parts for my F91): And this is an example of a different approach that I received today along with a spare part for the product. After this, I don’t even want to order new metal builds.
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This is difficult to judge, for example with my light the white colour looks almost the same with the original shied and the shield from the launcher set. Probably the shield from the launcher set is a bit more matt than the original shield like it is in this replica.
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But sometimes they released the weapon as an add-on set. I wish to have such a set for my QAN[T].
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After the original S.E.I.T.E.N. and the beautiful Albion this dark version looks strange to me. Now I have to agree with @68whiskey in terms of recoloring the same mold.
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Hey! Thank you for your reply and interesting tips! I have only this old MB Astray Red Frame Kai and I don't remember such adapter there. It seems like I need the MB Astray Red Frame Kai Alternative Strike Version. Probably such adapter may be included into another sets? I really don't want to duplicate my Astray with almost the same figure.
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Thank you @no3Ljm so much! Your reply really helps me! The detail you mentioned, I had found exactly that detail somewhere via google search, but without an official site. Regarding Knock Off, I found this picture a few minutes ago here.
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Can someone help me please with this topic: What is the difference between these two sets? 1. Bandai Spirits METAL BUILD Mobile Suit Gundam Seed [Launcher Striker METAL BUILD 10th Ver.] Example 2. Bandai Spirits METAL BUILD Mobile Suit Gundam Seed [Launcher Striker] Example Is it possible to combine Aile Strike Gundam (2018) with the Sword set and the Launcher set to recreate "GAT-X105+AQM/E-YM1 Perfect Strike"?I have found somewhere 3p additional detail for this, but I can't remember where I found it and is this 3p detail is necessary in any way or not. Unfortunately, I only found a description of the strike itself: And I found this review with the pictures proving the possibility of the perfect strike, but without details for me.
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After having a closer look at Albion (it arrived a few days ago) and handling some of the last MBs (Kampfer, Sirbine), I would say that there are some positive improvements in the MB line itself and especially in the Dragon Scale line. With Kampfer and Albion, you don't need to worry about breaking the whole arm or some parts of the arm (hello Destiny and any Gundam with separate movable wrist elements) when you changing the hands. You don't need to apply too much pressure. The overall quality of the painting has improved. There are less paint rubbing problems "out of the box" (maybe I was too lucky). Albion's top pin of the stand arm is finally replaced with the metal part and it has a really tight fixation. Even the packaging is improved! In the case of the Dragon Scale series (Sirbine, Guren S.E.I.T.E.N., Albion), the top flat sheet of the cardboard is replaced by the plastic with special shapes in the figure package (like the plastic cover from the VF-31 series of Dx Chogokin line).
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I can agree with you about the Macross and Gundam series, but as the owner of both Code Geass figures, I can't agree with you. The outer armour and details, as well as the inner frame and connections between each part, are improved and over-engineered from the red Guren S.E.I.T.E.N to the white Albion. This is the step forward. They don't feel like the same mould as the VF-31 or 00 series.
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Wow! I commiserate with your problem, because I understand it well. I don't know, how to act: waiting for the end of COVID can be problematic because it can be end in the 2022 or late. The order was placed in the Nov 2019, the item was released in the June 2020. The PayPal can't help here. I can try ask about Tenso address, but i'm not sure that they will answer about it, thank @sqidd for the tips!
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At first, they told me than it is possible to send my order by DHL but it will be expensive. Then I asked about price and didn't get answer since middle of July. I sent a few emails and requests with repeated question by webform but with same result. So, the problem is with customer service, i think the Tenso will not help in my case. I don't know how i can contact with AE!
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Had anyone here issue with anime-export? I asked him about shipping, they provide me an answer and then after the question about details they stop answering.
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It looking cool and i will order it, but in my opinion the last KO looking better and has more details.
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Hello! due to the pandemic, I had difficulties with delivering one parcel by EMS from the ShowZStore. It was delivered about 3 month (here is the tracking number EV924676767CN)! So, i asked ShowZStore about another shipping method, because regular post service working more faster for me now than EMS, and they answer that only EMS possible for parcels with big weight in my case. Maybe in your case there are the same situation with shipping due pandemic?
