1/60 VF-1J 30th Anniversary

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I would love to have this for my GBP armor. Now if they can just have a last minute price drop.

[leoganx]

Has anyone recieved a payment notice from NY yet?

[Valkyrie addict]

Nope, release is most late late late August, early september, still 2 weeks to go.

[Reïvaj]

Only a sample yet:

[Reïvaj]

[plastik]

Only a sample yet:

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Um...why is his head backwards?

[Reïvaj]

Um...why is his head backwards?

That's a very interesting phenomena that happens every time you transforms the valk before you finish the process.

[Valkyrie addict]

Got to say, the tampo is impressive, hope every future Macross release comes with that quality tampo.

The little marked tab looks like it could scratch the tampo with each transformation.

[IXTL]

I believe the logos are all waterslides and not tampographs.

The out of box toy will look like the bare sample in Reïvaj's earlier post.

[Valkyrie addict]

I know

I was referring to how sharp the tricolor lines were. Go look at your Yammies, the tampo is not as sharp as they look for the 30th, unless the pics are very forgiving.

[Vi-RS]

Um...why is his head backwards?

Part of the transformation process.

[Gakken85]

Doubt I'll open this guy, which is rare for me. Good thing the box art is nice.

[Loop]

Doubt I'll open this guy, which is rare for me. Good thing the box art is nice.

I was kind of thinking the same, but sometimes I freak out when bored and open stuff I never planned to open. It's like "Run! you are free from your prison!" lol. The box art is super sexy though so I May just keep it in there.

[Mommar]

If I buy it I'm opening it.

[m0n5t3r]

Um...why is his head backwards?

He wanted to see that part circled in red???

[alldarker]

Those waterslides for his legs and chest... Are they all seperated on the sheet (so you can place each and every one seperately wherever you wish), or are they all connected (you place them all in one go)?

[Gakken85]

I was kind of thinking the same, but sometimes I freak out when bored and open stuff I never planned to open. It's like "Run! you are free from your prison!" lol. The box art is super sexy though so I May just keep it in there.

Hahaha.

I can always put him in the new Armor parts

[Scyla]

I liked the decals on the prototype much better with the white background. Now they don't look as vibrant as they used to. Hope this one sells well as it is the first Arcadia release and thus might be important to the rest of the line.

[Vi-RS]

So tenji's art work is on sleeve.

http://twitter.com/ARCADIA_Co_Ltd/status/370495145663139841/photo/1

Edited August 22, 2013 by Vi-RS

[charger69]

Fold the wings; pack the accesories better and make this effing box smaller!!!

[Mommar]

So tenji's art work is on sleeve.

http://twitter.com/ARCADIA_Co_Ltd/status/370495145663139841/photo/1

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BSRDXzyCEAAz7Hp.jpg[\img]

Smart, now I can keep Tenjin's art and throw away that damn box.

[xrentonx]

Fold the wings; pack the accesories better and make this effing box smaller!!!

Absolutely! What the hell, Arcadia?!

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

going back to the 1/48 dark days where shipping was 5000yen for those huge boxes.

[Gakken85]

Sigh. Maybe somebody can message Mr. K and send him a photo of how Bandai packs a goddamn box haha.

[Valkyrie addict]

damn............shipping's costs are gonna rip me a new one.

[skullmilitia]

Deculture!

They can make a perfect transforming 3 mode screen accurate toy

But can't make a smaller box.

Enough with the displayed accessories!

Does anyone even care what it looks like in the box?

Ship it in foam like Bandai!

Smaller boxes PLEASE!

[Valkyrie addict]

are there any benefit in shipping it in plastic housing over foam?

[Guest davidwhangchoi]

So tenji's art work is on sleeve.

http://twitter.com/ARCADIA_Co_Ltd/status/370495145663139841/photo/1

"Look at the size of that thing!"

it's covering his whole chest. i'm figuring it'll get to me about 210 shipped +- usd.

edite: maybe 190-195 +or- shipped

Edited August 22, 2013 by davidwhangchoi

[Valkyrie addict]

Not only big, but fat box too!

Good think I canceled my preorder on Nippon-Yassan, their shipping would have given me a heart attack.

I preorder two with HLJ, but will probably put them in storage until I buy a few more things so they can just shove it all in a humongous box and be done with it.

[plastik]

Geez that box looks about the same size as the ones used for the 1/48. Wonder why it says "Anniversario" and not "Anniversary"?

[Gakken85]

Maybe he's a tiny guy...

I'm amazed collectibles don't come in collapsing boxes. You think the Japanese would be all over this with their limited amount of space. But yeah, maybe we should mention it on Arcadia's twitter.

Edited August 22, 2013 by Gakken85

[SuperSenpai]

The box might not be that big. Asians are kinda short after all.

EDIT: Just so someone doesn't get all upset, let me clarify that I say this as a 5'7" person of Asian descent with 5'3" parents of Asian descent.

Edited August 22, 2013 by SuperSenpai

[plastik]

HEY! This asian is 6' 3" 215lbs

[SuperSenpai]

HEY! This asian is 6' 3" 215lbs

Maybe Arcadia should hire you to pose for promotional pictures with their boxes so that they look tiny and MW forum members stop complaining about how much they're gonna have to pay in shipping charges.

[Mommar]

Shipping was $28 via EMS from Nippon-Yasan. Done with the speculating on box size and fretting about shipping now? Good. Move on.