djivaldi7

Great illustration. What does the order, rendering and production plan look like?

Yes, but, that's why I stated this is about how you compound the points and/or discounts from prior TOM purchases. In some cases, they'll mark down an item 50%, like recently with VF0S HiMetal, or in others like the DX SV262Hs offerred 66% cash points back, while in others they've offerred some combination of the two in varying degrees, immediate discount plus points. So, yes, a standalone, one time purchase on TOM may not wow anyone, even with free shipping, it's the cumulative effects over multiple purchases rolling consistent discounts and points, while monitoring their promotional windows opportunistically, that have made them unbeatable for me. Patience required because they don't throw it all on sale all at once. ....Kinda like momma did at the grocery on double coupon Wednesdays.

https://otakumode.com/shop/676366df9524f200284bab7b/Macross-Zero-1-60-Scale-Perfect-Trance-VF-0A-Phoenix-Kudo-Shin-Model?utm_source=tom&utm_medium=ec&utm_campaign=EC_20241219_FigureNews_US_CA&utm_content=IMG_10 As it's been awhile since I've explained the value prop from premium membership at Tokyo Otaku Mode... Getting mine for $198, free surface delivery, plus puts another almost $50 onto my TOM points balance. So...effectively $149 total! From the perspective of a loyal "TOM-boy"....They do let you daisy-chain purchases, did that for multiples of the DX Chogokin VF25 armored, VF25 tornado, YF-21 etc. The SV262Hs at one point was a whopping 66% cash back, others were similar around 50% points back during pre-sale intro periods and Black Friday events. (This Arcadia VF1A is a more modest 25%, but I'm not holding out because of my own FOMO w. Arcadia) And while the final cashback % earned comes AFTER applying TOM points from your prior orders, you still get decent points earned depending on how well you time these promo periods. Annual TOM premium membership is like $50. I amortized that quickly with a few of those DX orders, plus the 75- 90% off members get on some of the TOM clearance events. Insane values there. Next best is Mandarake "lightly used" a year or two post-launch.

Does anyone take an educated guess at Arcadia lot sizes? SV-51 Nora seems substantial, but I'm hearing for other types it mat be under a few 1000 globally? Not sure yield per mold based on tool quality. I mean, Yamato and Arcadia struck me as larger than a garage shop, studio or low tier licenser, but I'm starting to wonder if we'll get the chance at a VF5000G if a few K get snatched up quickly in the "primary market" of Japan?

Ever get a final paint job?

Prudent points. Nobody seems to be innovative lately. Just go tried and true.

As this sputtered out and we're into the Holiday season... any news on release date possibilities?

Hard to believe we're coming up on the Holidays again. I still believe this is one of the most meaningful projects out there because it fills a gap that the OEMs left decades ago. So how's it coming along?

Good news they acknowledged a problem on their end. I'm back in. They aren't sure why it happened, and apologized for the slow CS.

And yes, in this case, "size matters" because I wanted to pair the Minmay satellite with 1/200 3D printed destroids off Cults3D ( love and respect to @themechafactory )

Hard to believe Kawamori would start playing Mickey Mouse games. (There's an AI meme waiting to happen). Macross-II was the only part of the franchise in which he ever gave up some degree of control, righr?

On topic?

A bit of tape or glue ( let dry fully before insertion) to thicken it up...