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  1. mechaninac
    Just checked the thread... slept through it as usual; I guess I'm really not meant to have one of these as I refuse to pay a penny over 10% off retail for it. Meh, saves me over 200 USD.
  2. mechaninac
    How much am I willing to drop on this new YF-19?... Nowhere near as much as Arcadia is likely to set the MSRP for it...
  3. mechaninac
    After seeing those pictures, I'm feeling better about having missed all opportunities to preorder at, or near, MSRP, and downright jubilant to have passed on Nin-Nin's and N-Y's ridiculously inflated prices. I just don't see that many improvements over the V.1 to justify the release at the asking prices; looks like Bandai half-a$$ed it to reuse most of the old molds and just threw in the SPs to make it look like there's real added value over the original. I suppose that if more units become available at HS or HLJ at around retail, and I happen upon it while still up for grabs, I may buy one for the sake of being a completest; but it I don't, I can't really say I'll care that much.
  4. mechaninac
    Stellar production values?...
  5. mechaninac
    Alright, I'll play too. I don't know if this stinker from the early '90s has been brought up before -- haven't gone through the whole thread... reviewing so many horrid movie suggestions could make one suicidal, but how about Freejack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2jlaE_8zcMU
  6. mechaninac
    re-releasing the super and armored parts the same way they were sold before would defeat the purpose of them being released as Tamashii web shop exclusives, so I would not hold my breath; however, there is nothing stopping Bandai from bundling them with their respective DXs in order to double dip at a later date, but it's a long shot.
  7. mechaninac
    Almost agree with you, except that I find Dragonslayer to be a very good medieval, sword and sorcery, fantasy movie too; and to this day, Vermithrax Pejorative is the most impressive depiction of a classic western Dragon/Wyvern to ever grace a motion picture (the ones in Reign of Fire were almost as superb, but the film sucked)... can't wait to see what Smaug will look like. Edit: And speaking of dragons, that is one of my minor gripes with Excalibur. Merlin keeps referring to it, but the "dragon" is just a metaphor, and/or a name for the spirit of the land itself, and the semi-sentient source of Merlin's power, and the sword's too.
  8. mechaninac
    Landing gears, maybe?
  9. mechaninac
    Sure, the glasses... that must be it...
  10. mechaninac
    <In evil Mickey Mouse voice> You'll get what we give you, and you'll like it... Ha, Ha!...
  11. mechaninac
    Preorders should be up for a while, but why not reserve now -- and avoid the possibility of missing it, at Nippon-Yassan for example, and pay later when the toy's release is eminent and payment requests are sent out?
  12. mechaninac
    Love the SAFS stuff, but meh on everything else... no offence intended, just personal preference.
  13. mechaninac
    Just damn... on so many levels.
  14. mechaninac
    Heathen! Blasphemer! Unclean!
  15. mechaninac
    Yamato -- yes, likely Arcadia web exclusives in the future too, but never Bandai's Tamashii Web Shop items, to my knowledge.
  16. mechaninac
    To hell with Big in Japan, immediate payment required and over 800 yen more than N-Y; preorder for one placed with N-Y. Now, Bandai, wasn't this better than the non-Tamashii alternative?
  17. mechaninac
    New, improved, YF-19 sculpt with lessons learned from VF-19s - $ Two Isamu figures - $$ Wing hard-points and included slew of ordnance - $$$ High Speed mode gimmick - $$$$ Built in leg missile bays - $$$$$ Included Fast Packs - $$$$$$ Probable inclusion of waterslide decals - $$$$$$$ Likely addition of a stand - $$$$$$$$ Whatever else I haven't noticed/mentioned - $$$$$$$$$ Avaricious tendencies tingling; wallet weeping. I can see this thing knocking on VF-4G MSRP territory... Regarding the Fold Booster, does anyone think that the old unit could be compatible with the new sculpt? Worse case scenario, new mounting pylons would make it fit. Edit: I just noticed that my ranking's been upgraded to New Edwards Test Pilot... I guess I'm now obligated to get one of these new Alpha Ones when it gets released.
  18. mechaninac
    I'm definitely in for M&M 1J reissues, a VT-1, and one or two non-hero Valkyries Arcadia may choose to put out, as well as TV fast packs, but I already have all the TV character units I care to own so I'm sitting this one out along with the inevitable Hikaru 1J... may be tempted if a GBP-1S bundle is reissued.
  19. mechaninac
    16800 Yen for a 1/60 VF-1S? Will it come bundled with Fast Packs and a stand? Because if not, Arcadia is setting themselves up for failure by out-pricing themselves out of a sizable portion of their potential customer base.
  20. mechaninac
    Did I say the Transformers movies were good? Or that Bay has ever made a good movie, or even that Pacific Rim is inferior to Transformers in anything but domestic ticket sales? I'm sure I didn't; but just in case I left that impression, despite the disclaimer I added to my post, let me make it crystal clear: Nothing Bay has ever been involved in could ever be considered good by anybody with even an iota of taste; the drivel he directs, if what he does with the "scripts" he's handed can even be called directing, are the purest example of lowest-common-denominator garbage... you have to delve into the Twilight Saga movies to find unwatchable dreck of greater magnitude. However, just like the Twilight crud, Bay's movies do seem to succeed where it counts in Hollywood... they attract an audience and make money despite being almost universally panned for the crap that they are. This is far more of a condemnation of the audience's tastes than of the movies or directors themselves.
  21. mechaninac
    According to boxofficemojo.com: Michael Bay's Transformers opening weekend domestic take (in 2007 money): $70,502,384 USD GDT's Pacific Rim's (in degraded 2013 money): $37,285,325 USD Michael Bay must be shaking in his boots... I'm not making a statement regarding the relative merits and quality of the two movies, only relating a fact pertinent to their popularity and profitability, and poking a little fun at the rose-colored-glasses attitude given to Pacific Rim's impact.
  22. mechaninac
    The monster has to have a zipper on it's neck... "Puttin' on the riiitttzzz!"
  23. mechaninac
    As a way to make amends for the obviously flawed NUNS-stamped black pieces, be it due to inadequate plastic, bad/rushed molding, overzealous screw tightening by the workers doing the assembly, just shoddy QC, or whatever other cause, maybe Bandai should include a couple of pairs of extra left and right triangular parts, in baggies, with the upcoming VF-171 Armored Parts accessory pack. I know it'll never happen, but it would be nice if they did; after all, Bandai must be aware, at least in broad terms, of just how many breakages of these specific components there are.
  24. mechaninac
    You may be right... my wallet weeps, but my collector's OCD rejoices.
  25. mechaninac
    I think we all agree that we're talking about Arcadia milking their new YF-19 1/60 molds, not Bandai making their own version to compete directly. I also wish that Arcadia will visit this VF-X2 scheme this time around:
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