Convectuoso Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 10 hours ago, sh9000 said: I'd love to see pics of that Rouge!!
Focslain Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 18 hours ago, Podtastic said: You said it. I remember trying to watch Gatchaman Crowds and being unable to stomache it. A lot (sometimes insane amount) of detail went into the artwork in some of those shows in 80s. Paul "Otaking" Johnson said as much in one of his youtube videos. If you havent already you should check out his short animated TIE fighter and Dr. Who films on youtube. His animated version of level one of R-Type is really good too, minus the cheesy dialog.
dafob Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 (edited) New toy, from Amazon JP. Ordered Friday, shipped Saturday, received today (Tuesday). All for $85 shipped! Hard to beat that price with 3 day shipping from Japan to the US! Edited August 14, 2018 by dafob
Slave IV Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 15 minutes ago, dafob said: New toy, from Amazon JP. Ordered Friday, shipped Saturday, received today (Tuesday). All for $85 shipped! Can't beat that price with 3 day shipping from Japan! That looks a lot better than the padded envelope packaging the other guy here who just got his VF-1S Messer from Amazon.jp got.
Sanity is Optional Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 I guess I need to start ordering more things from Amazon Japan. Cheap 3day shipping to Cali? That's a definite incentive.
dafob Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said: I guess I need to start ordering more things from Amazon Japan. Cheap 3day shipping to Cali? That's a definite incentive. Yeah, I learned my lesson when MP-36 Megs was released. I had ordered from AE and used SAL to save on shipping (even then it was like $25 and took 3 weeks). But people were posting that they ordered from Amazon JP and got 2-3 day shipping for $10, so they ended up paying less than what I paid AND got their stuff in 2-3 days. Since then, I've been using Amazon JP for MP's and it's been great! Now I can add Macross to the list. I guess the risk is that you have to wait and hope Amazon gets whatever you're looking for because they don't always get it and you could miss out on a PO.
Sanity is Optional Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 Convenient, I've already got the Delta movie DVD and the Bandai DX VF-1J on order with them.
apptt4 Posted August 14, 2018 Posted August 14, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, dafob said: New toy, from Amazon JP. Ordered Friday, shipped Saturday, received today (Tuesday). All for $85 shipped! Hard to beat that price with 3 day shipping from Japan to the US! Wow great price and shipping speed! I paid US98.80 from Bandai's online store in April and it only shipped (to Aus) yesterday. Edited August 14, 2018 by apptt4 words
derex3592 Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 damn... that's a good deal and amazing shipping time! Can I use Amazon Japan here to order here in the US? How do I read it and pay for the items?
Sanity is Optional Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, derex3592 said: damn... that's a good deal and amazing shipping time! Can I use Amazon Japan here to order here in the US? How do I read it and pay for the items? Yup, you can order from Amazon Japan direct to a US address, and with a credit card. https://www.amazon.co.jp/In-English/b?ie=UTF8&node=1094656 If you use Chrome, you can use the browser to google translate the pages as well.
dafob Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said: Yup, you can order from Amazon Japan direct to a US address, and with a credit card. https://www.amazon.co.jp/In-English/b?ie=UTF8&node=1094656 If you use Chrome, you can use the browser to google translate the pages as well. ... or you could just set the website to English. Just look for the little Globe icon: Some things won't ship to the US but I've found most things will ship if you purchase at release and it's sold (or fulfilled) by AJ. Edited August 15, 2018 by dafob
Bahamutzyro Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 Arrived in the mail..... I have a serious spending problem.
derex3592 Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 22 minutes ago, dafob said: ... or you could just set the website to English. Just look for the little Globe icon: Some things won't ship to the US but I've found that most things will ship if you purchase at release and it's sold (or fulfilled) by AJ. Thanks!
no3Ljm Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 48 minutes ago, derex3592 said: damn... that's a good deal and amazing shipping time! Can I use Amazon Japan here to order here in the US? How do I read it and pay for the items? Hey Derex. Just a heads up that most items for PO at Amazon JP doesn't ship internationally. But once it's available after it gets released, some third party sellers offers international shipping.
Mechapilot77 Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: Hey Derex. Just a heads up that most items for PO at Amazon JP doesn't ship internationally. But once it's available after it gets released, some third party sellers offers international shipping. hmmm, thats not my experience but I haven't gotten any macross stuff from amazon jp yet. MP transformers....Amazon jp (first party) the best route for sure. i always forget to check them for macross stuff though. Edited August 15, 2018 by Mechapilot77
Mommar Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 Unfortunately his ankle doesn’t rock forward enough to get a really agressive forward stance. Also the peg being so far back means no hang ten style poses either.
Mommar Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 Best forward stance I can pull off but that back leg is pretty awkward looking.
apptt4 Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 9 minutes ago, Mommar said: Best forward stance I can pull off but that back leg is pretty awkward looking. looks great on that front angle
Mommar Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, apptt4 said: looks great on that front angle I had to be clever with the angle. From the side he's standing too tall and awkward. And I had to place the hand over his shin/ankle to hide the fact I had to rotate the split at the shin to get him to lunge that far forward. But it looks effing awkward from any other angle, he just can't get as deep of a front stance as I'd like. Edited August 15, 2018 by Mommar
Checkmate Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 After all these years waiting I finally own a Patlabor Command car 1/24 scale.
vlenhoff Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Details like these make collections truly great. When you can have a sense on scale with same scale "real world" vehicles, and figures. I wish Macross would do things like this. I think it makes any collection better. Edited August 15, 2018 by vlenhoff
apptt4 Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 1 hour ago, vlenhoff said: ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Details like these make collections truly great. When you can have a sense on scale with same scale "real world" vehicles, and figures. I wish Macross would do things like this. I think it makes any collection better. yeah def
tekering Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 It's here! And it's definitive. Remember the old Kenner toy? Look at what we have nowadays: That was then, this is now. Then... ...and now. What a time to be a Star Wars collector!
derex3592 Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) WOW! Those new Tie's are pretty darn cool! Wish I had room for like two! I had the old school white one and the old X-wing/Y-wing/Slave 1/Falcon and Snowspeeder back in the 80's. Gave them all to Goodwill years and years ago. Kept all my figures though! Have them displayed now Edited August 15, 2018 by derex3592
Slave IV Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 19 minutes ago, tekering said: It's here! And it's definitive What a time to be a Star Wars collector! Oh man! I have not been paying too much attention to TVC releases but this is a must have. Thanks for sharing!
borgified Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 Crap... Looking at the pic that @tekeringhas posted, I wonder if the TIE Interceptor will possibly get reissued? They did so many versions of it during the years, why not an updated version?
Chronocidal Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) Ok, I definitely will have to track down one of those TIEs. That's gorgeous. Ditto on an Interceptor, if they do it. I'm out of the loop on SW merch though, where are those available? Given how many of the large scale FX-scale X-Wings I have, I should really go for several, but I've got too much stuff already. What I really do wish they would do is give the Y-Wing a proper treatment though. They managed to get fairly proportional versions of all the other fighters, but the Y-Wing toys always looked rather chibi-fied, and mis-scaled for the figures. Edited August 15, 2018 by Chronocidal
Darotower Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 The new VF-31S has arrived, the 4th of the squadron and a couple of artbooks
Sanity is Optional Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 So, the big deal, as I recall, with the Fumina figure was the multi-color injection tech used to give different shades to the skin. How good does it look in person?
Slave IV Posted August 15, 2018 Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said: So, the big deal, as I recall, with the Fumina figure was the multi-color injection tech used to give different shades to the skin. How good does it look in person? Yep! The process is really cool and the figure looks great overall. It's hard to say how much difference the multi color injection makes without seeing the same thing without multi color next to it but the arms are not multi color injected and I think the body and legs do have some more realistic tone and depth to them. Only problem to me is I don't get why they chose to put some of the multi color sprue connections on exposed parts of the skin where you can see the two colors. The sprue marks were a pain and many of them were unremoveable to me. The mold seam lines on the other hand were very easy to blend out. The new process intrigued me, which is the main reason I got this kit and looking at it on my shelf right now, it looks fantastic! I also wanted some practice with kits before I put the little canon parts on my PF SDF-1 and build a bunch of Star Wars kits I've had sitting around for years. Edited August 15, 2018 by Slave IV
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