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I'm been looking into this for a while, especially after some of my white lego pieces from the same set yellowed yet others haven't. Same story with another set but with light grey peices. It's like those really used vintage Stormtroopers from the 70's, where every peice is completely different tone of yellow except for one that is still reletively white. There's many factors behind yellowing and a lot of times is a combination of many elements to even just a single one like humidity or sunlight, or to artificial like cigarette smoke or the chemicals released by it's packaging. Sometimes, and here's the shocker, it's not even about coming into contact with any external element, but just the quality of plastic simply aging. At the end it really comes down to that, the quality of plastic and paint. With plastic it's initial reaction could be when exposed to the air too soon after injection or when the mold isn't cleaned sufficiently between a certain number of castings. While for paint, some external element got mixed during application, and for both plastic and paint a likely probability are the chemicals that form them just weren't mixed 100% properly, or some batches just weren't at 100% exactly of all the compounds that form them. And... there's no escape when yellowing starts. Followed quite a lot of video fixes where the white returns to it's pristine state... but guess what? The yellowing returns and sometimes even faster after each treatment. I have one interesting item however, a Bandai Gundam Fix Figuration from 2002, the Gerbera Tetra I believe it's called, which is painted all matt white minus the disguise armour. Anyway, it's 23 years old endlessly posed, displayed in humid enviroments, displayed in hot dry enviroments, displayed in a very sunlit room, moved between 3 different countres, even left it closed in some cheap plastic packet for years and... it's still pure white. Meanwhile, other Bandai items that were once white and barely touched while stored in cool and dark cabinets, are now fit for a desert storm sequel. That said, along with the dreaded yellowing, most of the early 2000s figures and toys made with PVC like the early Kaiyodo Evas or Bandai statues, have an even worse reaction when going against time... they release a sticky goo which is almost impossible to remove, and if successful in clearning it off, eventually returns. I can testify to this nightmare with many casualities. And at times, this PVC instead of releasing that sticky goo, dries up so much that it begins to brittle apart especially at the joints where there's less paint. Diamonds are forever, but toys sure ain't.

When something costs more, sometimes people fall into the notion that it's the best due to the higher price, while at times it really isn't.

Quite a particular first post on a Macross forum. 😅

Price at times plays a physchological factor in determining the quality of an item.

I utterly dislike stories that flash back and fourth in time. Disconnects viewers from where they are with the actual build of present events. Writers think this type of mystery box gimmick might keep viewers further engaged with questions (as if they're not confident of their own writing so have to over analyze "mystery"), but I wholeheartedly just want to see a story unfold as I'm there.

Epic. Thanks for the detailed feedback. Greatly appreciated. I see Mandarake as it from 48k to 50k Yen.

How much is the now general price of the Yamato Macross 1/60 VF-1S Low Visibility out of curiousity.

I guess there's global time for it's release as still nadda over here.

Very click baity. Noticed it's pretty much the same with other items by different vendors.

That's from Google translate... it seems like it but could be wong. I though doubt it...

And that there... is a Lego Death Star!!!

It's recycled mass produced plastic that barely has a lifespan of a few decades. Certainly not even $400 on my end... let alone $800... 😅

From April 12th to August 17th, 2025, Masamune Shirow's World Exhibition ~ "Ghost in the Shell" and Trails of Creation~ Tokyo venue limited pre-orders are available: PLAMAX minimum factory MF-94 1/20 scale model of "Ghost in the Shell" Motoko Kusanagi with Fuchikoma 6,800 yen including tax

From April 12th to August 17th, 2025, Masamune Shirow's World Exhibition ~ "Ghost in the Shell" and Trails of Creation~ will be available for pre-order at the Tokyo venue only: MAXFACTORY 1/7 scale plastic painted figure of Motoko Kusanagi from "Ghost in the Shell" for 29,800 yen including tax (Remark: Includes a special gift limited to the Masamune Shirow exhibition venue)

Don't recall this mech in any of Macross... Tamashi effects - Sold seperately.

When I first opened the link, I was like, "what 18 Euro for a bootleg of this size, yeah, I'll have to try it regardless of the potential lead hazard". Then I realized the price is actually for the stickers. 🤣

Because Lego + Disney know there's a large number of SW fans that got to have it all regardless the price. They could package in a SW branded box actual rubber dogpoo and sell out. First key in any business "Know your customer". And do they know it. As I brought up earlier, this isn't a Lego toy for kids nor an actual display piece for adults seeing all the inaccuracies for that price. It's just a expensive slapped together "homage" gimmick for those willing to spend this kind of money for home deco. PS, the shuttle section really is intended to be from ROTJ.

The largest section is the Shuttle landing from ROTJ. But why is Vader's meditation chamber there (beneath the meeting room)? It also includes figures of Galen and Krennic on the base.

Ask yourself this? How bad do you really need it? Lets be honest, once you get, you'll play and admire it for a week, and then your attention will be on the next thing, and 20 things later, it will be well forgotten to the point of an ordinary vase in your home.

Would have thought after the success of season 1, they would have moved away from the cheap TV lighting...

It's literary one of these... 😑

A toy company that takes a kids brand to make a playset for kids as a display piece not aimed for kids, instead for adult collectors but only for the 1% of those collectors and cost's $1000.00. Their marketing team is drunk during office hours. I would have rather had each room sold seperately over the span of some years to assemble the full final Death Star as above. Covers both toys for kids and the displayability for adults, and gets money from all of them.

Maybe. But I've expereinced the same with all my Amazon Japan orders of the last couple of years, sometimes even an increase to what it showed me initially.

Hulu doesn't cares much of a sending off. It's got it's money and it's already absorbed by Disney minus the rebranding launch. There seems to the usual online demand for the eventual new cross over. Perhaps the success of this series and Badlands will lead to it.

At least they're not doing Netflix's gimmick of releasing half a season, then the other half some months matter.