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  1. mechaninac
    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.
  2. mechaninac
    So, you're saying that HLJ's evil plot worked...
  3. mechaninac
    April 2014 is going to be a very expensive month... ...
  4. mechaninac
    Oh snap! More stuff to buy...
  5. mechaninac
    And we all get to be beneficiaries of your over-compensation derived from childhood Inbit deprivation...
  6. mechaninac
    That's looking epic!
  7. mechaninac
    Out with the old. In with the new for a savings of nearly ¥3,000.
  8. mechaninac
    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.
  9. mechaninac
    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.
  10. mechaninac
    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.
  11. mechaninac
    Another 6 months?!!! They sure are taking their time, aren't they?
  12. mechaninac
    Same here.
  13. mechaninac
    King Gurab von Crabulon lives... well, almost.
  14. mechaninac
    The last set of pictures were drool worthy; things seem to be progressing nicely. I'm looking forward to the next installment.
  15. mechaninac
    Better they thoroughly test and retest, find, and fix any potential weak areas, inadequate locks and attachments, and breakage prone spots now then to release a flawed, and very expensive, toy that could sink their fledgling company if the YF-19 proves to be a turkey. Take your time Arcadia, and give us a product that's beyond reproach.
  16. mechaninac
    There's only been 1 renewal by Bandai, the ones for the VF-25s/RVF-25. The VF-27 does not count; that was a rework of the old toy, not a back-to-the-drawing-board, newly engineered, 100% new toy. Although, there is always the chance that subsequent releases of the YF-30 (recolors), could include tweaks/fixes just like the Super Parts for the VF-25G which has tabs not present on, or modified from, those released for the VF-25F and S. Regardless, if the YF-30 is indeed a Tamashii exclusive, I'll be preordering as soon as it goes up on N-Y; otherwise I'll wait for release, but in either case I'm getting one of these.
  17. mechaninac
    Always glad to help another MW member down the road to financial ruin...
  18. mechaninac
    MANDARAKE has one for 13000 Yen (Storefront item so it may have some minor box wear/damage). AE has one for 14000 Yen (actual MSRP) N-Y has several in stock for 16000 Yen; they also have the Super Parts available for preorder for 5480 Yen
  19. mechaninac
    AmiAmi lists the toys' sizes at app. 16cm (tall) = 6.3"; they're non scale, but if they're anything like the old Wave kits they're 1:24-ish.
  20. mechaninac
    Wasn't GiTS itself heavily influenced, at least in visual look and style, by Blade Runner? I may be wrong, but I "recall" reading that somewhere...
  21. mechaninac
    Test shots are always run off unfinished injection molds; the inside surfaces have not yet received their final finish (high polish for gloss on the VF-19, etched for matte on everything else)... note that all the test shot images, regardless of the final product, have the same semi-gloss appearance. The whole point is to test the tools to make sure they work as designed, and that all the molded pieces fit as intended; once they're satisfied with the tools' performance, they'll add the proper inner treatment to achieve the desired molded plastic finish; then they'll have a final test shot, or even a pilot run, to make sure everything is ironed out, from the final appearance of the toy, to the efficiency of the production and assembly lines.
  22. mechaninac
    What part of "test shot", what it entails and what it is meant to accomplish, don't you understand? As for it being worth the asking price...
  23. mechaninac
    Same here.
  24. mechaninac
    Exactly. A spy plane offers versatility unattainable by other means.
  25. mechaninac
    It's the suspense that kills me...
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