dj760 Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 @Lolicon @Slave IV Thank you! @Saburo Great photo & congrats on the new valk! Had a package waiting for me at the house. Looking forward to setting up the trifecta display. Now should I display with Yamato weathering or Arcadia YF-19?
Sanity is Optional Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 Just now, dj760 said: @Lolicon @Slave IV Thank you! @Saburo Great photo & congrats on the new valk! Had a package waiting for me at the house. Looking forward to setting up the trifecta display. Now should I display with Yamato weathering or Arcadia YF-19? Nice, how much did that run you? I vote for the Arcadia, and set them up as Battroids beating the crap out of eachother.
Tking22 Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 Got my MP-39 Masterpiece Sunstreaker in, he's pretty neat but I do have some issues. I don't like his face, easily Takara's worst work yet, he does indeed have a weird Jay Leno vibe to him, it's the chin, it's just off. His transformation is fairly intuitive, a bit fiddly at times unfortunately, not my favorite official MP transformation but I think it's better then my third party Sunsurge. His backpack is pretty nasty too, it's not really just a backpack, but a backpack butt-flap hanging spoiler bit combo. There's a lot of stuff hanging off the back of this guy, but overall I can mostly give it a pass since Takara was forced to essentially fit two alt modes into this guy, his toon and toy accurate fictional Lambo with huge intakes mode, and a "clean" regular yellow Lambo mode to match his brother. Overall I'm happy, he has a lot of gimmicks, and he is easily Takara's most impressive figure yet from an engineering stand point, I even put him above the very insane MP-36, who I also didn't like aesthetically, but there's zero denying Takara is on point with the engineering on these new figures, so I believe the higher costs are fairly justified as well. I recommend him, he's a showboat, and that's what you want in a Sunstreaker.
Saburo Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 @dj760Nice pickup on the YF-21! I am hoping that Arcadia releases it. All the Sunstreakers, one of my favorite TFs seeing the pics almost makes me want to break my no TF Collecting rule.
Lolicon Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 3 hours ago, Saburo said: First Macross Toy of 2018 Sigh. Everywhere I look, I see school teachers driving Ferraris, pets eating out of solid gold food bowls, and people drinking name brand sodas and enjoying their Max & Miria sets.
dj760 Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 @Sanity is Optional Thank you! I'll give that display a try. This ran me... a trip to the dog house @SaburoThank you! I'm also optimistic for an Arcadia revision. Wish it would be sooner, but would love having a 25th anniversary sticker on the box.
Sanity is Optional Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, dj760 said: @Sanity is Optional Thank you! I'll give that display a try. This ran me... a trip to the dog house @SaburoThank you! I'm also optimistic for an Arcadia revision. Wish it would be sooner, but would love having a 25th anniversary sticker on the box. I feel your pain, got mine a couple months back.
fenrir72 Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 Still on the way. Mugen Calibur aka pre TF Roadbuster
fenrir72 Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 4 hours ago, Tking22 said: Got my MP-39 Masterpiece Sunstreaker in, he's pretty neat but I do have some issues. I don't like his face, easily Takara's worst work yet, he does indeed have a weird Jay Leno vibe to him, it's the chin, it's just off. His transformation is fairly intuitive, a bit fiddly at times unfortunately, not my favorite official MP transformation but I think it's better then my third party Sunsurge. His backpack is pretty nasty too, it's not really just a backpack, but a backpack butt-flap hanging spoiler bit combo. There's a lot of stuff hanging off the back of this guy, but overall I can mostly give it a pass since Takara was forced to essentially fit two alt modes into this guy, his toon and toy accurate fictional Lambo with huge intakes mode, and a "clean" regular yellow Lambo mode to match his brother. Overall I'm happy, he has a lot of gimmicks, and he is easily Takara's most impressive figure yet from an engineering stand point, I even put him above the very insane MP-36, who I also didn't like aesthetically, but there's zero denying Takara is on point with the engineering on these new figures, so I believe the higher costs are fairly justified as well. I recommend him, he's a showboat, and that's what you want in a Sunstreaker. Waiting for mine to arrive. As for the face, it would have been nice if Takara'd had gone for the Studio Ox style, but unfotunately, Floro Dery all the way.
tekering Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 5 hours ago, fenrir72 said: As for the face, it would have been nice if Takara'd had gone for the Studio Ox style, but unfotunately, Floro Dery all the way. I think they did a great job on the face. Looks just like the cartoon to me!
Stampeed Valkyrie Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 Popped my Hi Metal-R cherry... Seriously it's all down here from here.. lots more coming.
HardlyNever Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 Late to the party, but my HMR stuff finally arrived from AE. Loving the missile regults so far.
Slave IV Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 3 hours ago, Stampeed Valkyrie said: Popped my Hi Metal-R cherry... Seriously it's all down here from here.. lots more coming. Damn! Those are the best two Macross HMRs to date IMO. Great start and welcome to the craze.
Slave IV Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 (edited) On January 2, 2018 at 10:16 AM, Lolicon said: Never bought any Mafex stuff before. Hoping they'll at least be close to Figuarts quality, because I really wanted a Batman Begins version. The Kai is going to a friend. Other than that, just some books, decals, and some "laser sword" replacements. Nice haul! I just got a couple similar items. And yeah, Mafex is not going to have the same refinement as SHF. Also so finally got these Edited January 3, 2018 by Slave IV
borgified Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 @dj760: I hope that you did get the 2 YFs at a good price and without breaking the bank at the same time.. Would love to get the VF-21 if Arcadia does have the chance to do it and address the needed bugs as per Chris on the Collection DX reviews. All the posts of the VF-1SS make the wait for Nexx's version even more unbearable (and address some of the short comings that I have read in regards to Silvies).
dj760 Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 @borgified Thank you! Both were priced below value to me. Hope you get one too.
anubis20 Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 Got my Metal Build 00 Qan and Figma Guts! Figma Guts was the last one i needed to complete my Berserk collection. Dont have Griffith, Casca, or Band of the Hawk Guts but theyre not necessary for me unless they reissue them. Not gonna pay aftermarket for them
Stampeed Valkyrie Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 VF2-SS Hi Metal R Just came in today! I may try to jump on another of these before prices become exorbitant.
sh9000 Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 Congrats Stampeed Valkyrie. Your HMR collection is building up.
Stampeed Valkyrie Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 5 minutes ago, sh9000 said: Congrats Stampeed Valkyrie. Your HMR collection is building up. lol yep a whopping 3.. I have a whole bunch more coming... A great way to start 2018!
Sanity is Optional Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 According to NY's customs form this is a ¥6000 plastic model (no batteries).
Tking22 Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 Got two more packages in from NY, that is two SEPARATE packages, since I can't combine multiple TWE items after payment... I love the GM Sniper, the regular cannon fodder GM-79 ANIME figures are really nice themselves, so I knew there would be a great base for future variants. I actually really like the Home-Made Suit Spidey, I've seen some aren't too hot on hit but I think he's neat, he's really nicely articulated, kind of a shame Bandai decided to make him TWE. MK 47 is another nice Figuarts Iron-Man release, I really liked this look in the movie, I love all the extra silver throughout the body.
anubis20 Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 8 hours ago, Tking22 said: Got two more packages in from NY, that is two SEPARATE packages, since I can't combine multiple TWE items after payment... I love the GM Sniper, the regular cannon fodder GM-79 ANIME figures are really nice themselves, so I knew there would be a great base for future variants. I actually really like the Home-Made Suit Spidey, I've seen some aren't too hot on hit but I think he's neat, he's really nicely articulated, kind of a shame Bandai decided to make him TWE. MK 47 is another nice Figuarts Iron-Man release, I really liked this look in the movie, I love all the extra silver throughout the body. Nice! I got a preparation email from NY about that Spider man / Ironman combo on 12/26 and ive yet to get a shipping notification I really didnt want the home made suit just the mk 47 but i was forced to get this set because i collect all of the Figuarts IM suits
Tking22 Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 1 hour ago, anubis20 said: Nice! I got a preparation email from NY about that Spider man / Ironman combo on 12/26 and ive yet to get a shipping notification I really didnt want the home made suit just the mk 47 but i was forced to get this set because i collect all of the Figuarts IM suits What shipping method did you go with? That seems like a long time if it was EMS or anything similar. Indeed very odd that Bandai has released almost two dozen Iron-Man figures in the Figuarts line, and then they make the MK 47 a TWE item only attainable when bundled with a Spider-Man figure. I personally can't really complain, I was going to get both either way, and I was more excited for the Spider-Man then another Iron-Man, not that MK 47 isn't cool, I just REALLY liked the home-made suit in Homecoming, and I already have a bunch of different Iron-Man Figuarts. Honestly, they're both cool figures, it's a nice set.
Mommar Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 I don't know about anybody else but I'm the one who doesn't like that Spider-Man figure at all.
Tking22 Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 26 minutes ago, Mommar said: I don't know about anybody else but I'm the one who doesn't like that Spider-Man figure at all. Damn that's a shame, I love mine to death, he is quickly becoming one of my favorite Figuarts figures in general. You haven't been too hot on a number of Figuarts lately, maybe dial back from the expensive TWE Figuarts and just do a handful of the regular release ones that you know you'll like, spend all that TWE money on something else.
anubis20 Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 5 hours ago, Tking22 said: What shipping method did you go with? That seems like a long time if it was EMS or anything similar. Indeed very odd that Bandai has released almost two dozen Iron-Man figures in the Figuarts line, and then they make the MK 47 a TWE item only attainable when bundled with a Spider-Man figure. I personally can't really complain, I was going to get both either way, and I was more excited for the Spider-Man then another Iron-Man, not that MK 47 isn't cool, I just REALLY liked the home-made suit in Homecoming, and I already have a bunch of different Iron-Man Figuarts. Honestly, they're both cool figures, it's a nice set. Mine was SAL, seems they have gone on vacation now. I tried getting them to change it to EMS and refused saying it was not possible If im lucky ill be seeing them at the end of the month. ---------------------------------------------------- Got my first order from usagundamstore.com Done getting all the EW Gundam Wing kits.
Slave IV Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 36 minutes ago, sh9000 said: Nice! I just got both of those in the mail today.
no3Ljm Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 On 1/4/2018 at 1:30 PM, sh9000 said: Out of curiosity. What is this? Thanks! Great hauls everyone!
sh9000 Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Slave IV said: Nice! I just got both of those in the mail today. Thanks. I already have Black Bolt from the SDCC Thanos Imperative set and I think that figure is darker so this will be a my second Black Bolt. Either way sometimes it’s hard to resist buying cool figures when you see them just hanging on the pegs in stores. 2 hours ago, no3Ljm said: Out of curiosity. What is this? Thanks! Great hauls everyone! It’s the Macross 35th Anniversary stamp set. It comes with this inside.
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