Chronocidal
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Honestly, the first two renewal releases were easy to get in on. I just leisurely looked them up, saw them up for preorder on HLJ, and clicked the button. They were up for days.
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Just a heads up for anyone going to Nippon Yasan.. I may have just screwed myself out of a conversion fee if they don't get enough to supply the orders. While they don't charge up front in some cases it seems, they will however take a paypal payment as soon as you offer it. Sad thing is, by the time the order ever comes out, it'll be long past the 45 day dispute limit for paypal. So, probably safer not to use that payment method in general.
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One of these days, I'm going to just start drilling holes into the feet of my valks, and mounting them like I do model aircraft.. right through the engines with a metal shaft. Though, given recent developments in ankle joints.. that might not work so well anymore. Seriously though, I might start looking for random spots that make good obscure points to mount standard display stands. As nice as it is to have stands that all use some kind of common adapter... Yamato never seems to mount them anywhere near the center of mass, and every valk is back heavy on the Yamato stands.
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I seriously read that as "cathy in her nun uniform" and had to do a triple take. I still need to find high-res scans of the Cathy nose-art from the Ozma decals. Agreed on the sad lack of Grace.. well, anything. Is the only official figure we have of her the 1/60 one that came with the green VF-27?
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Full price there is still not bad though.. crazyness. I'm tempted to get one just because.
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Ha! Yep, looks like it was just added recently, last I checked it wasn't there. I need to finish that, AND SG-1.
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I'd be happy to join and help, though if I get my Nippon Yasan order, I'll be happy to resell whatever ones I can get from HLJ. PM'd.
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Yeah, I think I'm going to just grab as many as I can from wherever I see them available, and resell any extras I get here. Got one at Nippon Yasan preordered, and I'll keep my eyes on HLJ and BBTS for when they open up, but I'll likely only order multiples from HLJ. Given the recent shenanigans with undersupplying, I'm not even betting I'll get one from Nippon Yasan, but it's worth a shot. I can't wait for Bandai to be done with these so I can get back to collecting Yamatos. Edit: And actually, the reason HLJ and AmiAmi get hammered so fast is that they offer pretty decent preorder discounts.. especially AmiAmi. Giving people 25% off on a preorder is why they sell out so quickly. Everyone goes there first, and since they're open to both markets, they'll sell out to Japan before we ever see it.
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Eh, you know, maybe I'll just try and grab one anywhere I can. I don't mind getting extras I can resell to members here. Preordered at Nippon-Yasan, and I'll keep checking back for HLJ and BBTS updates.
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Actually that might not be a bad idea. I'll still get as many as I can via HLJ if I can get an order in, but just having one at this point would be a plus.
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Eh, don't rush things too much, I think this is going to turn into a re-release waiting game. The only way this "marketing strategy" even works in Bandai's favor is if they string out a series of re-releases. They're building up a ton of hype over these releases... not because the product is so much better, but because they're shafting the collectors who want these by producing them in such limited quantities. Thing is, you can't pay salaries on hype. In fact, they might be doing themselves more harm than good, because in the end, people are going to get fed up, and stop caring. Yes, they're selling out, but they're not selling nearly as many VF-25s as they could, and the only people profiting are the re-sellers.
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How much is shipping from this site? If I can't get something from HLJ I might just settle for that, or go to BBTS again. Edit: Actually, no, for that price I'd go with BBTS before going for a site based in Japan. I paid about that for my VF-171 preorder with them, but the shipping was only about $10, since BBTS is a US based store.
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Posting this here, if you've got an auto-refresh script, keep this page up. http://www.hlj.com/s...eleaseDate+desc When the VF-25G goes up, it should appear at the top of that list, unless they've screwed up their release dates for preorders. Also, provided I can get an order in, I will get three, but if not, I will buy one and split the HLJ shipping with anyone who can get multiples to resell. And whether they get updated today or not, I'm not going to chance it. I plan on being up all night tonight and possibly tomorrow night as well with friends online anyway, so it's a perfect opportunity to camp HLJ.
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Well, if i remember right, HLJ's listing for the VF-171 went up a day after the other sites... I'm going to camp the site tonight.
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I'm glad to help out if I can, and I'll definitely try, but for me personally it still depends that I catch that preorder window, which I didn't have any luck with on the VF-171. The bigger idea is to get a group of volunteers who can cover the preorders, and pick up as many as possible from wherever they get them. Essentially, like a multi-person group buy, but on a limited scope based on who can get them and how many they can get. I'd love to be able to say, "Sure, I'll cover this person" but I might not even get one, so you can't really do any kind of sign-up. Granted, it'll have to be people who have the spare cash on hand to buy multiples. Ideally, say you could get 9 people who can volunteer to buy 3 each. Then only 3 of those people actually need to succeed getting a preorder. If more than 3 can make a preorder, you have extras to sell to others who might be interested. The first come first serve logistics of it could get messy honestly. The issue is, the situation would be really handy if people get extras, but things could get ugly if not enough people manage to get one, and then you don't even have enough to go around the group. I don't want to create a situation where members would be competing for the extras people volunteered to buy.
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K then, I guess I might have mixed up the parts on my 1/72 kits, because I was sure Michael's crotch had the center plate white. By the way, I'm going to put this idea out again.. I'd be happy to participate in a group pre-order of these. Basically, assuming I actually can make a pre-order, and can get more than one (probably through HLJ, since AmiAmi tends to limit you to one), I'm going to buy as many as I can with the intention to sell the extras at cost to other members who can't get a preorder here, splitting the shipping. I can probably only get a couple to resell at most, but if we get several people doing it, it might make this preorder nonsense a little easier to deal with. I might start a new thread in the sales section if anyone else wants to do the same. I'm just concerned that a lot of people might miss the preorders due to time zone issues again, and would love to set up a "designated buyer" system so people who can't be up mashing the F5 key can potentially get a preorder in with the help of someone else who can.
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You know, of all the things Bandai had to finally get correct.. why'd they have to make the underside of the nose blue? It just looks stupid with just the landing gear doors white, canon or not. On the other hand, I'm cautiously optimistic that it looks like they did change which parts are molded in color this time. You can see a little of the inner surface of the lower wing glove, and it looks white. I don't think they bothered to paint the inside of Ozma's, so it's looking like they finally used the right color plastic. Is it just me though, or did they color his crotch plate wrong?
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I forked over a bit more, about $250 I think, and ordered at BBTS after ordering my VF-171 from them. At this point though, I'm not sure I care if I get a YF-29 or not. If they come through, great, if not, I'll live. I do wish I'd known about Otacute before hand though, I might have to try them for something in the future.
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I'd love to see either of the two, but I don't care for the nose design of the M3 version as much. But either one probably uses a somewhat similar transformation to the VF-4 to begin with. I would like to see exactly how their legs work going to battroid though. That particular feature always confused me, and it's not like the VF-4 where you have the upper thigh coming out of the wings.
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I half wonder if this "re-release" is actually Bandai finding a stash of unused parts in their storeroom, and deciding to see how many they can slap together to make a quick buck.
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Wing Commander made me cry for two main reasons: 1. They didn't get Mark Hamill to do it. 2. The games had better acting and casting, including Mark Hamil. Actually, better everything. I honestly stopped thinking of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker a long time ago. He's either Christopher Blair, or The Joker. Cabin Fever I have to agree with.. I don't remember why I saw it, but I think it involved a double feature at the drive in, and everyone was there for the second movie. Essentially, it was 5(?) douchebags and Shawn from Boy Meets World in a cabin in the woods, and they all catch a flesh eating disease. You wind up pretty much hating every character except Shawn . The single redeeming element comes in the last 5 min of the movie when you see the setup for what will probably happen to the town full of douchier-bags that refused to help them. If we're including any made for tv movies.. I'd use the one where the shark jumps up and bites the 747 in half, and the one where the moon is shattering and has to be remagnetized by nuking it from the inside. And possibly anything else involving Steven Baldwin. -
Considering you also have this thing, yeah, no one's going to bother saying the VF-4 looks like an SR-71.
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I'm fairly sure there would be plenty of room for hands if the arms opened up like pretty much every Yamato valk in existence. Those arms make the VF-1's look tiny. Would definitely be easier if the arms weren't triangular, but I don't see why you couldn't just flip the hands around and fit them in at an angle. Doesn't matter anyway. Assuming BBTS actually gets enough to fill their preorders (which given the current situation with the YF-29 might not be at all likely), I'll probably transform it once and then leave it in fighter mode forever.
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I guess for that strategy to make any sense, they have to issue re-releases every so often, so there's probably hope for that down the road in years to come. Doesn't make things any easier for current fans though, and you have to wonder if the hype about Frontier will carry on long enough to make it a viable tactic. If they wait too long to issue re-releases, people will give up and lose interest.
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That's just it though.. how the crap does that benefit Bandai in the slightest?