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  1. mechaninac
    Here comes the no-so-fun part of collecting these high end toys: Just got the payment request from Hobby Search for my VF-27 purchase; I should see what all the fuss is about in about 2-3 weeks.
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    Look at all these restocks at or bellow MSRP! Not only the 27, but also Alto's 25. I'm so glad I didn't succumb to panic and overspend with N-Y or Nin Nin this time around. In the future I'm still going to try to preorder if I happen to be awake when they open, but I won't sweat it if I come up empty, and I'm done with N-Y, or any other vendor that charges more than 1000 Yen over retail for preorders; N-Y will still be the go-to place for Tamashii stuff but not for regular releases.
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    HS had the VF-27 earlier today, and now the 25F is available for purchase; this bodes well for the post release availability of Ozma's VF-25S when it's reissued.
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    I'd say it's mostly over... 3 for 4. Of the last 4 Frontier DX general releases, only the 25F reissue has proven to be a PITA to get at, or below, retail... character popularity really does count for a lot. I sure hope Bandai does release a YF-30, but I'd rather they make it a Tamashii Webshop exclusive. As for other future DXs, all I need is a reissue of Ozma's VF-25S in order to complete my collection, the A is already preordered, and if a FV-27 Grace and/or CF gets made (Tamashii please) that would be icing on the cake. With the exception of the Ozma -- a must get piece that will be just as scarce at retail as Alto's, anything frontier related will need to be secured at/bellow MSRP or I'm skipping it.
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    Good to know I'm not getting gouged on shipping. I would have actually gone with HLJ because of their customer service and Private Warehouse system, but it's hard to ignore HS's better price, and they reopened first. Edit: HLJ has just gone from "Order Stop" to "Discontinued", just like with the VF-25F. It doesn't mean that they won't reopen, but the chances are now diminished.
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    That happened to me with preordering the VF-171 CF from N-Y and jumping the gun with Nin Nin for an RVF-25... never again. I finally got one with Hobby Search, if the confirmation email can be trusted, for 18K Yen + 2080 Yen for SAL shipping (they charge 500Y more than HLJ for this shipping method, if their 1580 SAL quote for any of the 25s is any indication); this ends up being anywhere between 500 to 1500 Yen cheaper than HLJ, depending on whether HLJ reopens at 19K or 20K. I'm definitely glad to have waited, but it's a crap shoot if you can secure one because you have to be around to check for availability at just the right time; I got lucky to have woken up and remembered to visit HS... I could have easily missed it.
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    It's only a guilty pleasure if you feel guilty about deriving pleasure from it; but not when it's other people's preconceptions or hang-ups that lead them to try to pigeon-hole you or place labels on something you enjoy, then it's no longer about you, but about them.
  8. mechaninac
    Use off-the-shelf plastic weld formulated to work on ABS (Ambroid Pro Weld should do the trick). It may also be a good idea to drill and pin the two pieces to be welded in order to add a bit more support/post repair strength, as long as there is enough room to do so without interfering with any hinge pins or other parts that may come into play when the canopy is opened and rotated.
  9. mechaninac
    Ahh!!! Cannot unsee...
  10. mechaninac
    Still up at Nippon-Yasan.com It's a Tamashii web shop exclusive, so the number of places to preorder from are limited, but being an exclusive means there is plenty of time to reserve yours... no F5 frenzy required.
  11. mechaninac
    Wow! That... was... silly!
  12. mechaninac
    Or, if the 1J 30th, and the 1S Roy and Hikaru, sell well at Arcadia's considerably higher MSRP, as compared to similar/same items from Yamato, it could serve as encouragement for them to over-charge for the new YF-19, knowing that collectors will be willing to shell out for just about any price they decide to charge. It's all speculation at this point, and I hope I'm wrong, but I can see them pushing the price into VF-4G territory... Why offset the price from the sale of one product into a lower selling price of another if you're confident you can sell your latest item at an extra-premium price?
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    Nin Nin can keep it. Not only do they charge way too much ($50+ over retail before shipping), but my experience with the way they pack their boxes for registered SAL shipping was disappointing to say the least. I'll never do business with those clowns again.
  14. mechaninac
    The first one blew chunks; saw it when it hit broadcast just out of sheer morbid curiosity, FX I think. Believe me, you're not missing anything. This sequel looks just as bad.
  15. mechaninac
    I just checked CD Japan... out of print.
  16. mechaninac
    Big Trouble in Little China has its tongue so far into its cheek, it's awesome. Carpenter's The Thing is one of the best reimaginings/remakes ever produced; it takes a classic, albeit mediocre, sci-fi/horror B-movie flick and reinvents it into a tour-de-force in creepiness... pure win!
  17. mechaninac
    It's hard to say no when bayonets are involved...
  18. mechaninac
    There's nothing hypocritical with people voting with their money; if an entertainer decides to make his/her moronic views an issue, thereby antagonizing a sizable percentage of his/her potential audience, it is entirely reasonable for said audience to decide not to support the entertainer in question and/or any work with which he/she is associated. It's called freedom of choice: they choose to step in "it" and the consumer is free choose to boycott the product.
  19. mechaninac
    I love The Black Hole; there is a lot wrong with it, but it just has an old school charm that makes it enjoyable on every viewing. I also have a soft spot for Wing Commander: I know it's a bad movie with little-to-no resemblance to the PC games, other than the title; the Rapier has got to be one of the ugliest Space Fighter designs ever (looks like a pepperbox pistol with A-4U Corsair wings and A-10 nacelles); the dialogue is insipid at times; the plot is paper thin; most of the characters are two dimensional; acting is mostly pretty bad, and quite a bid of the dialogue doesn't help matters either; and the whole bit about how the pilots deal with the death of comrades is inane... but there is something about the aesthetics and general atmosphere of the movie's universe that appeal to me, somehow.
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    And here we go with pseudo-erudite "analysis", or in this case a winking suggestion that something was over someone else's head... and if that someone else would only "get it" that person would understand just how "awesome111!!!" it, whatever it may be, is. That's one of my beefs with the movie: Verhoven's take on Starship Troopers was the critic's take on the novel, which actually misrepresents the overriding theme of citizenship and Heinlein's view that only those who served could send men to war because civilians couldn't understand the true ramifications and sacrifices of war. The fascism angle is pure caricature, and in the movie's case, very over-the-top.
  21. mechaninac
    Ugh... And Jim Carrey has never been funny; but the fact he's delusional enough to believe that his opinion matters, or that he has any relevance at all, is hilarious.
  22. mechaninac
    I'll give Starship Troopers props for the SFX work, miniatures and CG, and most of the designs and execution -- the massive capital ships really sell the idea that they're ponderous behemoths; but, in my view, the movie was almost all camp, excruciatingly bad, cringe worthy camp, and the social commentary was sophomoric and ham-fisted at best... Yes Mr. Verhoven, we get the Fascism allegory, no need to beat us over the head with it... Ultimately, ST committed the biggest sin any movie can perpetrate against me: it bored me to tears. Taste in movies, or distaste for that matter, is a very personal thing, so I won't attempt to dissuade anyone from enjoying what they like; by the same token, if I think something is lame after I've given it one or more fair chances, no amount of explanation, parsing, pseudo-erudite analysis, or cajoling will change my opinion.
  23. mechaninac
    ... and the fact that Beagle folded before producing the Fuke and Yellow types really 'Blows Superior'...
  24. mechaninac
    I agree with the stinker label. There have only been three Sci-Fi movies I saw in the theatre that had me feeling like I'd been mugged out of my time and money: one was Waterworld, another was Freejack, and the third was Starship Troopers. Got fooled into all three by a friend of mine who had endless enthusiasm commensurate with his horrible taste in flicks.
  25. mechaninac
    Here's hoping that if/when the CF version, and/or Grace VF-27, is announced that it will be a Tamashii web shop exclusive. I'm sick and tired of missing out on good deals because they go up in the middle of the night where I live... camping out to pre-order a toy is just not something I'm willing to do anymore, and I don't mind paying full retail (doing so with the VF-25A at HLJ), but I refuse to pay exorbitant mark ups for these things (got burned on the VF-171 CF and RVF-25... never again), specially when I just don't see the value in what's being offered . Preordering the upcoming Macross 30 YF-29 Isamu version was so easy and drama free that I'd love for Bandai to make all future Frontier DXs like the FPs, SPs, APs, and Isamu releases.
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