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I'm eagerly awaiting the release of Stick's neo-MOSPEADA as that will be the trigger for shipping my other items (a VF-2SS and a Regult Missile Set) being held by AE. As much as I loathe wishing for time to go faster, I can hardly stand the wait.
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I'd buy unpainted recasts of them, so long as the resin used was a pristine white when cured...
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N-Y still has it in stock for 15200¥ + shipping.
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N-Y and LOOPAZA have it in stock right now; and as Tking22 stated, eBay is always an option of last resort. Other places to look are Mandarake and Jungle. Expect to pay an inflated price at this time as the exclusive nature of this set means there will never be a re-release of it in the same form.
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Here's wishing everyone a happy, healthy, prosperous and fulfilling 2018; and though we all get a little older, may the spark of the inner child in each of us never dim.
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Aircraft Super Thread Mk.VII
mechaninac replied to David Hingtgen's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Then, eventually, we'll reach the so-called "singularity"; at which point the machines will take over and we'll become their pets... if we're lucky. -
You win a blue and white VF-1J in 1/60 scale...
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I'd love it if they would announce a release for the Standard Production Model SV-262Ba variant, myself. I have zero interest in the "White Dingo"/Vegas Elvis version.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
mechaninac replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
The SV-262 is listed at a length of 17.54m according to the Macross Compendium; the YF-21/VF-22 at 19.62 m. At 1/60 they should be 29.23cm and 32.70cm, respectively. The 262 DX measures ~ 29.2cm (just about perfect 1/60), and 21/22 is ~34.1cm long (about 1/57.5). Bandai's toy is on the money. Yamato's is over-sized for the claimed scale, but not by that much. The truth is that the YF-21/VF-22 are just very big birds that outsize every other VF with the exception of the SV-51, at least among produced toys. In conclusion, the two toys may look a bit off next to each other but they are actually "correctly" sized based on the stats for their "real" selves... the SV-262 will always be smaller than the YF-21 at the same scale. -
Same here. I'm in no hurry...
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Given the limited edition nature of the Missile set release, I'm glad i secured 2 of them... one to open and one to keep MISB. Unless Bandai decides to release each missile type Regult individually in the future, the price on this set will only go up.
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N-Y has Max's regular edition VF-1J by Arcadia in stock , and for only 18,680¥ (just 400¥ mark-up... for now). I just placed an order for one as I procrastinated too long during the open pre-order period, and thanks to the current exchange rate the total still ended up being a buck less than what I paid for Millia's ride. I would've waited until after the New Year, but I didn't want to take the chance of it selling out or rapidly increasing in price. At least now the M&M void in my 1/60 collection will be filled, after many years, and my commitment to this line is officially over, done, close the book... unless Arcadia ropes me back in with a Cavaliers issue of their own.
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^ Ah, space, of the free kind. I vaguely remember such a thing, but it's a quickly fading memory... and it seems to go hand in hand with growing emptiness in my wallet, too.
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It's a Christmas miracle!... the near equivalent of opening your presents on X-Mas morning. Thanks for posting.
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^ Best advice would be to sign up for email notification at Nippon Yasan; that way you'll get an message when the Stig goes in stock, and you'll have a small window of opportunity to secure a copy at, or with a small mark-up over, the pre-order price. I'm also pretty sure that, upon release, HLJ and CD Japan and some others will have additional inventory available; how long that inventory lasts is an unknown factor. Also sign up for replies notification to this thread as members are bound to post links to online stores that have it available. I wouldn't be too worried about your prospects to secure a copy -- this is no high demand Macross Bandai DX -- unless you're completely asleep at the switch or "off the grid" come end of January/beginning of February. --//-- 1. First time I've noticed, and only because you've brought it up, that the targeting scope is absent, or at least not shown in any of the posted pictures that I've seen. 2. The mudguard is easy: That's how the illustration the toy is based on shows it... no rear wheel mudguard. (Source material illustration may also be an explanation for #1. Edit: Cool Bimmer motorbike.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
mechaninac replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
^No argument there. Your experience with the AA/DS fare parallels mine. However, I see them as decent display pieces for anyone looking for affordable large format representations of some iconic Star Trek ships, who won't be to put off by some of their shortcomings and idiosyncrasies, or who just don't want to be bothered building, lighting, and painting model kits (or lack the skills and/or time to do so). The Aoshima Galaxy Class is stunning, a true centerpiece, but it's cost was prohibitive even when it was first released, and is now even more so. And as mediocre the AA/DS can seem to be by comparison, they're leagues better than the Playmates garbage that preceded them... with a possible exception of the Defiant from DS9 -- I don't have one but have thought about procuring it -- as it's not represented in the AA/DS lineup and could look decent after a coat of flat lacquer. -
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
mechaninac replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
@Lolicon posted it actually, I only re-posted in response to him. I wen't on eBay after I posted here, out of curiosity, just to check out the prices, and found one new Enterprise D for $599.00 w/free shipping, one Limited Edition USS Yamato NCC-71807 for the same 'Buy it Now' price plus shipping (both CRAZY), and another Yamato for $1456.00 w/free shipping (clinically INSANE!). -
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
mechaninac replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Art Asylum's/Diamond Select's "D" can do it too, but it doesn't have all the pretty lit-up windows. That Aoshima must be a bloody fortune nowadays, while the smaller non-scale (although, it's about the same size as the old AMT kit, so around 1/1400) nowhere near as awesome AA/DS can be had very reasonably and displays quite well. -
No more so than the Yamato 1/48s did. Kitz Concept's rendition of the VF-1 actually looks pretty good; my only beef with it is the way the nose cone seems to be split top and bottom at the leg anchor bulges' mid-line; it's bound to cause an unsightly gap in fighter mode.
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I wouldn't rule it out entirely. Didn't Toynami release Macross DYRL? 1/100 VFs and Regults, after all?
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Aw, Grievous! Wicked!...
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^ Real news, but several years out of date.
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Rick and Minmay for starters, so it would seem. Their sculpts look fairly good too, much better than those wide-shouldered monstrosities shown, by Toynami maybe, a year or two back. I like that it appears they're employing Figma-like joints, specially on the knees (never liked the aesthetics of the SH Figuarts ones), but at lest at this stage it doesn't look like either figure includes waist or torso articulation... cleaner, unbroken, body lines at the expense of a lot of pose-ability.
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^ Go to Nippon Yassan and set up a notification request -- you may need to sign up -- and they'll send you an email when/if the toy is available for preorder again or when it is in stock. Other places to try besides AE would be CD Japan which is likely to get additional stock after release, and the long shot Big in Japan.
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