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  1. Lolicon
    At this point I'm just buying to scratch my completionist itch, not out of any real enthusiasm for the 31AX toy. Looking forward much more to getting a new VF-25 very soon.
  2. Lolicon
    Bandai's add-on parts always makes their valks flimsier, and the 31AX was already a bit dodgy to begin with...
  3. Lolicon
    Color balancing issue. It happens.
  4. Lolicon
    How do you feel about the pink armor?
  5. Lolicon
    Those are secondhand shops. Those units are already sold as far as Bandai is concerned. It'd be a shelfwarmer if units were still available at first run shops (HLJ, Amiami, Yodobashi, etc.)
  6. Lolicon
    I thought you liked big brown feet?
  7. Lolicon
    Hope it's just transformed badly. Pretty lame if the heat shield leaves a huge gap like that.
  8. Lolicon

    Hi-Metal R

    Lolicon replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    In short: the price increase due to shipping it from China/Japan to USA should be roughly the same per unit for the HMR VF-0 and RS Ez-8, being about the same size and weight each, all other things being equal. There's some shenanigans going on to inflate the price of the VF-0 domestically. Maybe all the guys at HG got bonuses for finally hammering out a deal with BW and that cost is now being passed to us.
  9. Lolicon
    Wow those look pretty sweet!
  10. Lolicon
    Watched the first couple of episodes. I'm not a huge Star Wars nut, so I'm not terribly concerned with all the background lore. But there was something in episode 2 that was just so stupid that I couldn't ignore.
  11. Lolicon
    Yes all that blank white space needs a little something to break up the plainness.
  12. Lolicon
    Thanks for the kind words all, though Arcadia did 90% of the work. I just did the painstaking last 10% to bring out the level of detail hiding in this lovely bird. I stared at that gif forever trying to remember which episode of CYE that was from and I finally remembered! It's when what's-his-face catches the baby from the burning building.
  13. Lolicon
    Me too. It'll be the player two Alto color.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Lolicon replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    This isn't a defense or criticism of the domestic pricing. I was just pondering to myself that the HMR VF-0 was developed and the pricing structure decided on probably quite some time ago, before the plummeting of the yen in recent months which is why it's so cheap right now to buy from Japan. If the yen maintained its level from late last year, the yen price would be closer to around $125 before shipping. With shipping it would probably be in the $150-$160 range if you chose a fast shipping and didn't slow boat it. I have no evidence for this, so I'm probably just talking out my ass. Just something I was wondering to myself about looking at the domestic pricing vs Japanese pricing.
  15. Lolicon
    I'm so used to Bandai cutting corners that the step back that the 31AX represented didn't come as much of a surprise to me. Want a tiny HMR VF-0 that costs almost as much as the DX VF-1J from just a couple years ago? Bandai's got you covered!
  16. Lolicon
    That I gotta see!
  17. Lolicon
    So these are toys to @borgified
  18. Lolicon
    A Kakizaki fan? I thought they were a myth! Kakizaki deserves more respect. Not much more, mind you. Perhaps even a little less.
  19. Lolicon
    For the price I would have expected a full set pack with Ghost booster.
  20. Lolicon
    The Arcadia VF-4A is just a recolor/reissue of the old Yamato VF-4G from 10 years ago, which itself was a pretty much problem-free design (a rarity with valkyries). The worst problems are some loose joints and missiles that pop off sometimes. Nothing that some Kiki or nail polish can't fix.
  21. Lolicon
    Sweet! Kakizaki is becoming the VF-11C of the DX line.
  22. Lolicon
    One more for the road. Arcadia 1/60 vs Bandai 1/??? (I actually had to put more work into the HMR version)
  23. Lolicon
    Thanks guys. Agreed that the VF-4 has an absolutely beautiful fighter and really stands out even among Kawamori's many other amazing valkyrie designs. If I had to pick my 3 favorite fighters, it'd be the VF-4, YF-19, and VF-25.
  24. Lolicon
    As requested, I put it back together and took a few pics. (I really need to get my hangar setup back up.) Anyway, here's my homemade "premium finish" VF-4A.
  25. Lolicon
    Paid for mine at Amiami. $201 with DHL shipping. A bit cheaper than ordering domestically, but for me the real value is getting it months earlier.
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