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  1. mechaninac
    Damned straight! What do your wallet Credit Card know, anyway?
  2. mechaninac
    I totally avoided the YF-29 30th Anniversary Focker-esque scheme as it didn't care for it at all, but this Isamu version , and Ozma's when/if it gets made, is as good as bought; and if this is truly a Tamashii exclusive, all the better as I can preorder it from N-Y without all the drama involved with the regular retail DXs, although that has been getting slightly better since the abundant availability of the VF-171 CF. My only problem is that whenever I think I'm getting close to the point where I can consider my collection complete, both Bandai and Arcadia come out with another must-have precioussss.
  3. mechaninac
    I don't see the problem... this isn't smell-o-vision, so we'll be fine...
  4. mechaninac
    I sure hope for an unadulterated version presented in both dubbed and subbed forms; after all, this is not the late 1970s. The thing is, I believe/fear that they'll work under the assumption that, in order to maintain fidelity (ironic, isn't it?) to the old Starblazers, they'll alter names and content to suit what they think the audience wants, never considering that said audience, old and new, has grown beyond the old cultural limitations.
  5. mechaninac
    Ha! love the analogy. N-Y is the girl that is guaranteed to always put out but is so high maintenance that she sucks all the fun out of the "fun"; however, she's still good for the occasional tryst for certain things that the prim and proper girlfriend just isn't willing to accommodate*... *get yer mind outta the gutter y'all, I'm talking about all the Tamashii exclusives.
  6. mechaninac
    HLJ is up again! I finally secured one a MSRP!... 'bout time! Go! Go! Go! And with this I can truly tell N-Y, et. al., to bite my shiny metal a$$
  7. mechaninac
    Stepped away to eat dinner and missed it again...
  8. mechaninac
    I just can't catch a break with these preorders. I was off from work Monday and Tuesday and available to jump on a HLJ MSRP preorder if it happend, but nothing when I'm around; then,today it comes up when I'm driving to work and since I cannot access MW from the office I did not find out it went up until just now... this sucks on so many levels that I could just club a baby seal to death with a NERF bat.
  9. mechaninac
    RVF-25 super parts VF-25G super parts VF-171 CF armored parts
  10. mechaninac
    ... and the fact that it is a Tamashii exclusive means that, as long as you reserve a copy within the open preorder window, the super packs for the RVF-25, VF-25G, and the VF-171 CF should be easy to get from places like N-Y, and with no/minimal mark-up. Also, Luca's and the others should be available for a limited time, at increasingly higher prices, after release; so, if you truly wish to buy a set, don't delay too long.
  11. mechaninac
    Wow!.. that's an eyesore.
  12. mechaninac
    If it ever goes on sale for 40% off or better I'll get myself a copy; otherwise, I'm not spending anywhere near full price for this ungainly looking thing... even 35% off isn't good enough to entice me to pull the trigger on purchasing one.
  13. mechaninac
    Seriously done preordering any Bandai Frontier DXs. It would appear that these toys will finaly be readily available post release. I'm going to enjoy sleeping through the feeding frenzy of initial preorder postings, avoiding inflated N-Y and Nin-Nin and other's prices, skipping pay-upfront shops like CD-Japan and AE, ignoring post-release ebay gouging, doing away with the frustration and disappointment and feeling of getting ripped off that this whole process has entailed since the Ozma renewal hit the market. Thank you Bandai for finally seeing that the huge demand for these toys more than justifies increased production runs so that being able to buy a copy is not such a chore, but just a normal purchasing experience. I just wish I had known this before overspending on the one VF-171 I got from N-Y and the one RVF-25 I foolishly purchased from Nin-Nin. Live and learn, and believe me, I've learned; I'll wait for post release restocks on the upcoming 27, 25A, probable 25S reissue, and any subsequent release that comes down the pipeline.
  14. mechaninac
    To me it's not offensive in the least, just inane.
  15. mechaninac
    As a very tepid defence of Depp playing a Native American, there is a long history in Hollywood for that sort of thing. Most, if not all, the classic westerns of yesteryear had Italian American actors playing the role of American Indians; but I must agree that Depp's performance is nothing short of pure caricature... bad caricature in that he is portraying a stereotype in speech pattern and mannerisms.
  16. mechaninac
    Chrono is right. Bandai completly FUBARed the whole upper thigh/knee assembly; it looks almost okay when collapsed for Fighter mode, and marginally passable for Battroid, but the GERWALK is just all wrong in those areas... and is this design that Bandai's kit engineers thought look good even capable of rotating longitudinally to allow for dynamic A-stance posing?
  17. mechaninac
    Here's a link to a ongoing list of most/all Macross related high-end toys released so far that you should have no problem accessing since it's within this very site: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=29393 And one with Macross toy related questions and answers: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=33093 And here is where you can find info on the franchise as a whole: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showforum=2
  18. mechaninac
    No, not anymore; HLJ says Order Stop. Grrrr, went to watch the Independence Day fireworks and missed my chance by less than 15 min. Oh well, there's always the chance it will be available after release day.
  19. mechaninac
    Absolutely. The 30th Aniversary YF-29 was an easy pass for me, but an Ozma version would be a must buy.
  20. mechaninac
    Run, run away man, before it's too late!
  21. mechaninac
    That's a lot of pieces falling off left and right, repeatedly.
  22. mechaninac
    What I do with Model Master bottles, enamel and acrylic, is to substitute their caps for the caps that come with Testor's 1 3/4 FL. OZ. (51.7 mL) brush thinner bottles, etc.; the plastic over-caps on those give you so much more gripping force that it makes most stuck caps easy to crack open by hand. For the really stubborn ones I use the grip of my sprue cutters for extra grip and leverage.
  23. mechaninac
    That look "boss"! 1/48 Black Widow II... I've never built a hobby boss kit; how good are they in terms of molding, surface detail, accuracy, etc.?
  24. mechaninac
    At this point I say preorders be damned. All I have to do is look at the current availability, and discounted prices, of the VF-171 CF and RVF-25 to see that the acquisition paradigm for the Frontier DXs has shifted to favor a 'wait for after release' approach. I skipped the jacked up preorder price on the VF-27 and intend to do the same with VF-25A (unless I can secure a 13300 Yen, or better, HLJ one; but I'm not going to sweat it if I don't), and maybe even the Ozma when that eventually hits (we'll get a better read on the hero units after the F rerelease goes in stock). It no longer makes any sense, to me, to play the scramble game to pay full price or more for something that will/should be available at or bellow retail after release without any of the aggravation associated with trying to secure a preorder, specially with the added insult of finding out you paid way too much because of haste/impulse/panic on my part and the 'let's take advantage of these Macross collectors' on their end. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, hame on me. Fool me thrice, just shoot me because I'm a hopeless chump.
  25. mechaninac
    That makes it official, I'm 100% through with even attempting preorders of any further Frontier DXs. I'll just patiently wait until after release and save myself the time, sleep, aggravation and money.
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