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  1. mechaninac
    You, sir, have my undivided attention...
  2. mechaninac
    The quality/formulation of the ABS, and other plastics, used, and their pigmentation, are the determining factors in their reactivity to UV light and Oxygen. My V1 VF-1A DYRL Kikaru yellowed just stored in a totally dark drawer... the bleached white grade of ABS Yamato used on that toy was horrendous.
  3. mechaninac
    ホバータンク!!! Hobātanku!!!
  4. mechaninac
    The thread post was an obvious payment request, but I was going to wait until after April, regardless. And with that being said, payment has been issued. King Crabulon von Gurab awaits his Prime Minister: Gamo the Enforcer...
  5. mechaninac
    Missed it all; oh well, I'll wait to see if this is available upon release.
  6. mechaninac
    Not me; I've stepped away from my computer to take care of other business just before every preorder reopen on N-Y... I keep checking and refreshing obsessively for 30 min - 1 hour or more and nothing, then I need to go do something and when I get back and check, be it 3 min, 10 min, 30 min, or whatever later, it's passed me by again; and now they've officially reached a price point I am not willing to pay.
  7. mechaninac
    Late to the party again...
  8. mechaninac
    Total bust for me. I'll wait for HLJ, preorder reopening somewhere else, or after release stock. I want a YF-30, but I'm not going to sweat over it. Edit: and dang it for this site going dead at just the most inopportune time...
  9. mechaninac
    It's a Pavlovian response... I can relate.
  10. mechaninac
    Were we in the 1940's, the CFT equipped Typhon would likely be nicknamed the Mae West, perhaps?
  11. mechaninac
    Ligaa, Ligaa, Ligaa, Ligaa,... and booster pack, sold separately... Pretty please, with money on top?... A Gosu would be nice too, but I'd like for the grunt mecha to be out of the way first.
  12. mechaninac
    Kind of tough to touch the new YF-30 from half a world away... But if antibiotictab can make it to the event, we can all enjoy it, vicariously, through him.
  13. mechaninac
    Gotta love those well shaped axes...
  14. mechaninac
    One less kidney in your future?...
  15. mechaninac
    That's the Nadesico, from Martian Successor Nadesico.
  16. mechaninac
    For some odd reason, the voice actor for Star Blazers' Deslock, Eddie Allen, made the character sound remarkably like Roddy McDowall... which made the portrayal even cooler.
  17. mechaninac
    It's amazing and amusing that the price for the RVF add-on parts have far outstripped the current value of the Valk on which they're supposed to mount.
  18. mechaninac
    Beware the giant LEGO brick......................... of DOOM!
  19. mechaninac
    She IS full cast-off, but I doubt she's rendered in "full fidelity"; after all, she's not from GIGA Pulse or something. I guess I'll find out once I get my copy.
  20. mechaninac
    Regarding a VF-11B/C reissue. What would be cool is if Arcadia invested in new tooling for the wings so that their version had integral hard points, and include some ordnance along with it, if they did decide to release the 11 under their banner; maybe also reengineer the upper arms to be double hinged like the VF-1 V2 for added range of motion. Otherwise, Yamato's VF-11 was damned near perfect. Arcadia could handle such a release in the same way they did the YF-19 to avoid the same fate that befell Yamato's version; and this time, also put out some VF-X, etc., schemes.
  21. mechaninac
    Oooohhhh... want! AmiAmi
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  23. mechaninac
    It's subjective and based entirely on tactile feel. If an objective comparison were to be made you'd need to start by weighing parts of equal volume in order to determine the density of the ABS grade used on each toy (denser usually equates with stronger); next, you'd need to perform some destructive testing (pull test, shear test, etc) to find out each plastic's modulus of elasticity (how far you can bend/pull/twist a material and still have it return to it's original state without showing damage – no stress marks), and how much force it takes to break parts of equal geometry molded in the different plastics. Anyone care to donate both a VF-19 and a YF-19 for the cause? They'll die an honorable death....didn't think so.
  24. mechaninac
    This! 1000x this!!!
  25. mechaninac
    Repeat of last week's in the original time slot, followed by the new one... and it was a good one, too.
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