lavinrac
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I have not heard back about my request for price or if I could possibly get a new Pilot figure from Sentinel. I wonder if: a. they didn't answer on purpose b. I emailed the wrong contact c. they are on a holiday d. other. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Or just not having a pilot on the tread? I put the pilot from CM's in the Sentinel the other day. that was fun. Just to see. Yea way different scales though. but the plane itself is nearly the same. I think this is all just a simple case of 'anime magic' combined with 'it's a cartoon' I don't think the creators knew in the early 80's that near 40 years later we'd all be analyzing their work to this level. I am thankful to have a transforming Legioss that looks good in all three modes. It was overpriced, but then again, isn't everything?
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just attempted fix. hope it worked.
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Thanks for trying this out. I have contacted about a replacement pilot figure. Will happily par reasonable amount. I emailed from http://www.sentinel-toys.com/ form. the 'union creative' site seemed to be unable to process mail sends. In other news. I wrote it in English, put it in google translate, just to see what it would kind of look like.. and i am glad i did. "Stick" in quotation marks was translated as "f***ed" !!!! So i changed it to 'pilot' I took Japanese for a few semesters in college. i don't remember the words so much but i certainly know that error would not have gone down so well. Here's a pic of him painted so my posts aren't totally boring. He looks decent, but is even more inclined to fall apart since his limbs are attached with piano wire pins like i have done on a few resin kits (a lot thinner wire here tho!) Someone else had a better paint job that looked really nice. I didnt want to paint 100% of the figure, since i thought it would rub off, their's was nicer but this would have done if not for the breaking.
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Let me know if you are selling those pilots. I may want to painte 1 up while seeing if i can get a replacement.
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Thanks I'll try to get in touch with them.
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So I know Bandai seems to hate us here in the USA, but I was wondering. Does Sentinel? I'd like to get my hands on a replacement for my 1/48 Legioss Pilot figure. He's too Flimsy and weak, and my attempts to improve him let do a better paint job. But tighter joints due to the paint. Head broke off and I pinned it like when you're doing a resin kit... Works but it bugs me. I have a friend who lives there who could probably 'receive' the pilot if I can figure out how to order one. Thoughts?
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True. Now that you mention it.. Check out Mint's facial expression, she's HORRIFIED.
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Seems legit. Its definitely pink next to the Legioss in Ep. 16. I just hope they dont make it Neon Pink in 1/12 scale Rey is yelling at Sentinel about the colors
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Ones thing that has for me thinking about (rationalizing?) the cost of these figures, is that I build the model kits too. I haven't recently built a Mospeada kit. But I am building an orguss Orgroid from the old convertible kit. The kit cost maybe thirty-fifty bucks on eBay I had to hunt for a while. Then we add several bottles of Tamiya spray primer 11 or $12 each. 10 sanding sticks and so forth. Let's say ten bucks. What are you up to 70 or 80? Okay now I buy like $80 mr color thinners and paint cetera lacquer. Cool. Then we add in a million hours of labor. Then we add in finishing coats. And suddenly the prices don't seem nearly as crazy. of course I do enjoy doing all the work, but still even if you leave out labor hours that's close to the same money
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Wow. So this afternoon I arbitrarily (ok I've been checking a couple times a day) checked HLJ and the Legioss Zeta was there and able to bhe purchased. Wondered why i hadn't gotten a bunch of mail from this thread. Turns out I'm not subscribed to it. Gotta remedy that NOW. That Pink figure is pretty weak, color-wise. Oh well. Maybe if the 1/12 ever comes out it will be nice looking. I have all the guy's Ride armors from various maker's but no Hoquet. Seems to either never get made cause the line ends, or sold out. I'm hoping it gets made before THIS line ends.
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I've been wondering the same thing. I have the old one. if this has new material it might be worth it
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I ordered the second wave missiles. Used the subject line in contact trick everyone has been talking about. I don't have them 'in hand yet' but they've sent them. I just said send by ferry cause $45 shipping on $60 worth of goods, especially just Missiles.. I just couldn't say YES this time. But they left and have been bouncing around various parts of Japan.
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Pepperidge Farm remembers. Haha. i didn't realize it was in our profile. I thought it was earlier. Maybe i just lurked.
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I can't remember when I joined and you wouldn't know it from my post count, but there was a lot of 1/55 customizing, I even bought a few resin heads but never finished using them Yamato releasing their very first attempts at yf-19 and vf-11, with lots of metal. Then along came vf-1 version 1
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They are slow but they have yet to let me down. I have no complaints. I certainly trust them more that some of these new horror story shops.
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Dude you are amazingly talented!!
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Morning! So After 5 or 6 transformations of My Sentinel Legioss, I'l a lot less scared to transform it! Still a bit 'fiddly' but overall i think its not bad. Visually.. its a work of art in all modes. Question: Anyone know when the pre-orders start for the Red Zeta type? I have to have it now that i've fallen in love with this one. Also, anyone tried nail polishing the joints on the little pilot dude? Not sure it will help since its so rubbery. Thanks!
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N-Y Sent my missiles set today. Decided to go by ferry since UPS for an extra ~$50 on missiles I ordered last November seems silly. I've waited this long. This is the second wave of missiles so I don't think they even held them up much. The Valkyrie will still be here when they arrive.
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I'm so thrilled so many people got a kick out of this photo I shared! Hope it brings back memories for all of you. There was nothing quite so epic as Christmas morning surprises, Esp. When i didn't know for sure if the parents were listening to what i wanted! I didn't get a chance to take a picture this weekend. Didn't want to into the attic and i got 'stuck' (it was fun) airbrushing an Orguss kit.
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New one In box? I also dont have any 70's furniture. anymore. Did you know that 'RoboStrux' next to me was Zoids, rebranded for US in the mid 80's? I'll see what I can do this weekend.
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My friend had the Elint Seeker 1/55. I was SUPER JEALOUS... and we. *gasp* played with our toys. Elint was where i found the stub nose that was on my Jetfire. Before that i thought the US version just had a stubby nose no one else got. Even at that age we were already griping about our missile toys not shooting or being super weak.
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It almost HAD to be 85 or 86.The movie came out what.. THIS week in Japan in 1984? I was still watching Robotech and it didn't come out til March 85 according to Google just now. It was bought at Fuji Oriental Market in Palmdale CA. Shortly after i got the Shogakukan Macross DYRL Photo Novels. The shop also had a VT-1 Ostrich, in a glass case, not for sale. Other than a small anime toy section, they sold food and groceries from Japan.
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Very little English there and it's too late at 3am to translate. Can you get a new Hikaru Valk monthly with a Dash button? Thats a pretty nice deal!
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Constantly questioning. I won't pay $300 in 2020 for a single Valk. Both for OMG $300 for a valk and to not feed the scalpers. I guess i have $300 tied up in a Valk and Armor Just at MSRP tho. DX 1/48 line seems to be worth i.t. Still. im my last post. that 1/55 with armor. in.. musta been 1985? Was $40. Still in great shape but a bit yellow. To get back on track as a derailed a bit there. I just got my reply from N-Y and they are ready to change my shipping for a $50 box of Plastic Missiles (just missiles!) I can have them sent by Ferry, or I can pay $40 more for UPS.. for plastic missiles (Overpriced by bandai, overpriced shipping by Covid/UPS) *** What are you guys picking? Is Ferry trackable and just slow as heck? If its not trackable I'd probably pay for UPS. I don't have to have them NOW. but no tracking means i might never see them at all (im my experience) I trust the USPS about.. well none.
