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Or just release Grace's/CF version(s) already. The magenta is okay for what it is -- being Brera's, but it's not that unique of a color scheme in Macross canon... Nora did magenta in her SV-51 much, much better. Now, the green and gray version, with or without the flaring side horns (better without, or release both), despite the previous 1.0 release, would be great, as there are no other VFs with that palette. I know I'd get one CF and one Grace for sure.
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I'd use a toothpick, the really cheap kind, soaked in 91% alcohol, oven cleaner, or acetone/nail polish remover to clean that paint-bleed. A Q-tip may not be precise enough... even a fine tipped one, and sanding will require post-cleaning buffing/polishing to restore the gloss but you may still be left with fine scratches that are hard to eliminate; a wood toothpick will soak enough solvent to do the job and give you fine control regardless of how many times you may have to repeat in order to remove all of the paint splotch, and it's gentle enough not to scratch the plastic. Good luck.
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1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
mechaninac replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
Great pictures; although, you've got a bit of a droopy snout syndrome going on there. Arcadia did do a pretty good job with their version of the YF-19; not great, what with the bad ankle design and all... but still, such a pretty bird. -
The one glaring question that kept nagging at me while watching the premier, other than the little WTFs like the Russian choppers -- what's this, Iron Eagle 3, or Top Gun? --, is why choose a surface ship at all for a covert virology mission disguised as a weapons test and training exercise requiring radio silence protocols? Why not use a nuclear submarine, attack or boomer, maybe a Seawolf class, to perform the mission? It would've been the logical choice to deal with any contingencies, including an uncontrollable pandemic... what with the self-contained/self-sustaining, nuclear powered, environment and all. I suppose the need for a quarantine lab aboard ship necessitates something larger than any sub in the US, or even NATO, inventory.
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I like the mecha design on this. Very rugged and utilitarian looking (in the same vein as Gasaraki and VOTOMS), like what you'd imagine "real" bipedal tanks would look -- except for the hero unit... too flashy, in a seen-that-look-a-thousand-times way, and it does not fit the general aesthetics of the others at all. However, the show itself looks superficially interesting enough to check it out.
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Also, regular, unregistered, SAL does not include a tracking number; registered SAL does, and costs a bit extra.
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The 4-months-later time jump is a bit disorienting. They pulled of the same kind of crap with last season's opener; you end up feeling like you're missing a hell of a lot of pertinent back-story, and it takes two or three episodes before things settle down into some sort of coherent narrative.
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That's interesting, I've never had a problem with AmiAmi regarding combining or breaking up orders (can't opine about N-Y since I've never tried it with them); every time I've sent them an email inquiring about a combined or split shipping quote, they've replied within 48 hours and were always accommodating to my preferences. This last purchase was a perfect case in point: I had a 1/12 2199 Analyzer awaiting payment when the invoice for the YF-25 showed up in my inbox. The total cost of separate shipments via unregistered SAL would've been 2460 JPY, so I contacted AmiAmi to just ask for a combined shipping quote for my two orders, same shipping method, before going through their site -- I did not want to combine only to find that doing so was going to bump me to a more expensive option -- and they sent me a revised invoice with both items shipped for 1880 JPY; suffice to say, I paid it on the spot, Saturday. Early this morning I got the shipping notification email... so now comes the 2-3 week wait.
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It's definitely the way they designed the molds; they likely created the family molds with Alto's VF-25F in mind (all white fuselage with red and black decorations that would've needed to be painted on regardless of parts break-down), and never considered Ozma's or Michael's versions in the engineering of the tooling. So, they saved money up-front in the tooling cost, but now need to spend extra time to overcome their lack of foresight, to the detriment of the final product; and it's not like they didn't know that Frontier had some very non-standardized color break-downs and livery to consider...
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If you have the kind of room it would take to display such a monster (pun intended), then a tip of the hat to you, good sir. And how much would the MSRP be for such a beast, +/-120000 JPY? And the shipping...
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"Humanity"?... I'd say 2 persons (firmly planted on Terra firma) at most, one to hold the parts and the other to use the airbrush or rattle can; but try not to get over-spray on the other person... they tend not to like that. *** sorry, couldn't resist *** Go here for your answer
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Good luck with the customer service rout, but unless you got yours from HLJ I wouldn't hold my breath. In the mean time, since that hinge loop is ABS, you can try to fix it by using a plastc weld (TENAX 7R or Ambroid PRO WELD for example) on the crack -- DO NOT use CA glue: Carefully push out the pin to dissassemble the hinge; apply the liquid solvent to an edge of the break to let capillary action carry the weld into the crack; clamp the broken piece shut as best you can with small pliers or anything you have that will allow you to mantain steady, controlled, pressure on the join -- you should see some melted plastic ooze from it; keep the join crimped together for at least an hour -- better overnight; cut, scrape, file, or sand the bit of plastic that got pushed out during the repair -- if you do it right it will be hard to tell it was ever broken; the diameter of the hole will now be slightly smaller than before, so drill, file, or broach it to the diameter of the pin, brace the hinge assembly perpendicular to the hinge hole and push the pin back in, and you're done.
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Funny how that works... I'm tempted too, but the pinnup nose art kind of puts me off; I'd much rather get a version with the eyes over the shark's mouth, to be honest. And what's with 3760 JPY mark-up over the previous SP release? Also, will this be a true renewal (reengineered) release, a half-assed tweak like the VF-27 1.5, or the exact same old toy molded in slightly darker plastic and unique decoration as some have mentioned?
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Just paid for my Prophecy preorder with AmiAmi, together with a 1/12 2199 Analyzer model kit.
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Worst Science Fiction Film of All Time II: The Quickening
mechaninac replied to areaseven's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Crystal Skull was a decent enough movie, it's just that it was a lackluster Indiana Jones movie. -
Unless you're one of those people who are all thumbs, or mentally challenged when it comes to following simple pictorial instructions, then yes, a detolf is easily a one man assembly job.
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Thanks aaajin, good to know. The only problem with those is that they ammount to additinal cost, so I would still preffer if the clear doors were available as an out-of-the-box package.
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I'm not sure what you're asking. HLJ lists products for preorder upon, or shortly after, official announcement by the manufacturer or distributor, and they remain open to preorders until their allotted quatities are sold (this could take less than a minute -- Frontier DX Chogokins, or several weeks or more... even up to release); and once released, the products are no longer listed as preorder but as in-stock, sold-out, backordered, or discontinued... pretty much like any other e-tailer.
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I believe hevangel2 means shattered, but that does not make sense either as tempered glass does not spontaneously break; it requires a severe thermal shock, or physical impact or drop, or a focused hit to a pane under stress for that kind of glass shatter.
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Worst Science Fiction Film of All Time II: The Quickening
mechaninac replied to areaseven's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Of that list I find Armageddon to be the absolute worst... utter crap that makes other crap embarrassed. I've seen (suffered trough) it once and would vote to include it to the list of cruel and unusual torture tactics banned for being too brutal. To me it is utterly unwatchable, making everything else on that list a masterpiece by comparison. -
How fast it will be able to suck money right out of your wallet/bank account?
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I like this Billy Valbo Bookcase; it's only 11" (28cm) deep, but it is very elegant in design and will accommodate most of the stuff we tend to collect; if only it were available without the decorative etching on the glass doors...
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That's uncanny... Deffinetely Ferngully, with Dances with Wolves and, thanks to reddsun1 pointing it out, Disney's Pocahontas, and others too I'm sure, thrown in as well in copious doses. Let's face it. Avatar was grossly derivative, but still a good movie that's easy to enjoy (aside from originality, what more can you ask of any film?) that, despite it's environmentalist message, was nowhere near as preachy as Elysium was. And it is a feast for the eyes.