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  1. mechaninac
    I think I just done pooped my pants... That is suitably impressive!
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    I've but one thing to say: Arcadia, take notice!
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    acrylic risers

    mechaninac replied to dapro's topic in Toys

    Pricey. Try an office supply store (not online) or Ebay and save yourself some money. I once bought 2 sets comprising of a 3", a 4", and a 5" risers per set for around $12.00 total for both at my local Staples... just like this set on Ebay. Edit: It was several years ago, but they did carry them; they may still do.
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    In addition to Ozma's VF-25S: A rerelease of their VB-6 Monster(s). A continuation of their line of EXGears (Michael, Ozma, and even Luca) and/or... A line of 1/12, articulated, character figures; I would prefer Figmas, but Bandai does excellent pieces too. Edit: Good one David, I could go for a VF-27 in green as well, Grace's or a CF.
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    Are those ball joints I see in the hip section of the lower body clamshell (second image, lower right)?
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    I'm pretty confident they would also act as a reactive armor panels protecting the Thermonuclear engines from side impacts from enemy fire... at least the first hit.
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    That's an idea... What I do oftentimes in order to minimize, and even eliminate, whitish stress marks on any stubborn sprue nub spot is to brush a bit of liquid cement on it, and immediate surrounding surfaces, to melt the offending spot and make it blend with the rest of the plastic; then, once cured, re-sand and polish with a polishing stick or hem of a tee-shirt (this works better on Styrene than it does on ABS, but even ABS will show a marked improvement). For tears, I will follow the previous proceedure, but before re-sanding I'll add a sliver of plastic shaved off the sprue tree to rebuild the damaged spot; I add more model cement on top to further soften the area, and use the handle end of a pair of tweezers to push and smooth this plastic filler "spackle" (sometimes using a bit of saliva on the metal "spatula" as a lubricant to prevent the repair from sticking to it). Once cured, the spot is sanded smooth and polished; if necessary, the whole procedure can be repeated until a desirable result is achieved... again, this works better with Styrene than it does with ABS.
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    Yep! Those are the missiles; the new YF-19 will have leg missile bays, but I doubt they will operate with the conformal leg packs attached.
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    Burnishing the nub with your fingernail, after it's been cut, filed, and sanded down to match the surrounding surface, usually works; but the end results vary depending on the type of plastic (Styrene vs. ABS) and its color... I find blues specially finicky.
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    Wow! Just wow! "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"
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    I have no idea if the old and new ghosts would look good displayed alongside each other; but if they don't, just repaint the old version into some original color scheme and call it a different model or block number. And speaking of the renewal ghosts, I had no idea they were as small as they are; for some odd reason I pictured them as being bigger, closer to the QF-2001 from M0 in overall size, but they are very nice little pieces. On a related note, I got my package from N-Y today, really well packaged too... they're improving. The G packs are very nice, but the RVF's is killer cool, exactly because of the inclusion of the three ghosts.
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    To be perfectly honest, I would not mind it one bit if every Figma I have on preorder, including Guts, gets delayed another month or two... it would take a small amount of pressure off what has proven to be a very expensive year.
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    Same here... 21st of December deadline for payment.
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    Still waiting for delivery of my G and RVF Super Parts, and with the YF-29 Isamu due out by the end of the month, there is only one question I want answered: When the H3LL is Bandai going to anounce the reissue of Ozma's VF-25S?!... That's the only unit missing from my Frontier collection.
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    I have the Akira class (Isn't this the fist time this particular design has been offered in any form other than resin or wood?), and the Defiant on preorder with BBTS; and, from the link raptormesh provided, I look forward to Issue #027 (Early Romulan Bird of Prey), #034 (Vulcan Surak Class Starship), and #035 (Early Klingon Bird of Prey). Of course, getting those may lead me to get the NX-01 as well (#004), and making me hope that they'll get around to produce the NV-01 Intrepid as well. Edit: I must agree with mikeszekely that having all these ships be non-scale makes them less appealing than they would have been otherwise. Eaglemoss could have used 2 or 3 different scales so that ships of similar size (Ex.: NCC-1701D vs. Romulan Warbird vs. V'orcha vs. Galor, etc.; or NCC-1701 Refit vs. Reliant vs. Voyager vs. BOP, etc.) would be consistent, instead of settling on a ~6" size across the whole line.
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    So, you're saying that HLJ's evil plot worked...
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    April 2014 is going to be a very expensive month... ...
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    Oh snap! More stuff to buy...
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    And we all get to be beneficiaries of your over-compensation derived from childhood Inbit deprivation...
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    That's looking epic!
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    Out with the old. In with the new for a savings of nearly ¥3,000.
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    Irrelevant since anyone who needs to take customs charges into consideration would likely avoid HLJ, or any other retailer that declares full value, in favor of those that allow tailor-made value declarations.
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    Well, I'll be a sweaty monkey's butt. HLJ has to know that people who preordered at ¥29,520 will, if they find out about the sale, cancel in order to reserve anew at ¥26,568; they cannot be that oblivious, and ~ ¥3,000 is too much to ignore... so, that's exactly what I just did. This now makes HLJ the least expensive place to secure a copy, and no paying upfront BS like Big in Japan, and no ¥4700 EMS charge locked in... win-win; they get their sale and we get un unbeatable deal.
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    Ooh! Just got an email from N-Y confirming that my G and RVF Super Parts have shipped ,,, SAL, so I'll have to wait about 2 weeks to have them in my mitts.
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