Hi-Metal R

[Professor Dire]

Looky here:http://cdn3.volusion.com/ctxtv.wmppt/v/vspfiles/photos/fer1-2.jpg?1466522381

These seem promising. Especially with the bottom port already milled out.

Edited August 10, 2016 by Professor Dire

[sh9000]

2 Monsters per case.

My HMR Detolf so far. The Monster is a f*cken beast!

[beatsing]

400mm shells would be 4mm at the 1/100 scale (Natch). I will have to take a look at the footage of the MKI firing to see what kind of extraction base the "brass" has.

Addendum: After watching this:

I see that the MkI uses a smooth cannister shell with no extraction tooling. The MKII is a newer model relatively and may use a gas, atomized, and/or hypergolic propellant. I sort of remember mention of an advanced propellant method being used.

thanks for the video. didn't know the monster had hands. this vid seems the different monsters have different shooting animations.

this review vid is in Japanese (?) but it's pretty decent

Edited August 10, 2016 by beatsing

[Professor Dire]

Thanks Beatsing, sadly that MKII firng video is region blocked (US).

After some reading most sources state that the main guns are liquid cooled but use conventional propellant. The MkI is different as it has the hands and four separate ejection hatches for the main guns. As far as I know the MkI and MkII both use the same base artillery guns.

[Pedro2k6]

OBON Sale on AE

http://www.anime-export.com/product/30567#

HMR Monster at 18,750 yens

http://www.anime-export.com/product/29544

HMR Glaug at 10,500 yens

Plus 10% discount on shipping.

[sh9000]

[Roy Focker]

I hate seeing sales after paying for a pre-order. You hope pre-ordering gets you a great price for an early hold. A pre-order is really just a guaranty that you won't have to track one down later. Sometimes they cost more after the release date and sometimes less. I just feel better when the Price increases after the release date.

[technoblue]

With the sales popping up, and the great pictures/reviews here that give me a better idea of how much space the monster really needs, I think I have finally talked myself into picking up one copy to add to my collection. It seems too unique/rare to pass up. And it looks very, very nice.

[derex3592]

Doooooo iiiiiiittt!!!!

[edstuff]

[Mommar]

With the sales popping up, and the great pictures/reviews here that give me a better idea of how much space the monster really needs, I think I have finally talked myself into picking up one copy to add to my collection. It seems too unique/rare to pass up. And it looks very, very nice.

Every Macross fan needs a Monster.

[mog_kupo]

Screw it

Just ordered one on AE, I had to cancel mine from HLJ due to the shipping costs (The mexican peso exchange rate doesnt help either) but with the discount it makes it a little less painfull

Also the overwhelming good opinions about it.........

[technoblue]

Nice! I wasn't able to get away on my lunch break, but I plan to do the same after work.

[treatment]

OBON Sale on AE

http://www.anime-export.com/product/30567#

HMR Monster at 18,750 yens

Plus 10% discount on shipping.

Awesome discounted pricing!

Just too bad the exchange-rate is totally sucky these days. At least for me.

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

Not a bad discount. There was only one logical choice after saving some scratch for a potentially improved VF-2SS from Evo Toys. Seeing how that turned out, I'm now making room for a Monster-nee ha!

[takatoys]

Anybody knows the weight of the Monster with package?

I pulled the trigger with AE but forgot to see the shipping estimates. It costs a lot to my country even with the 10% discount.

[derex3592]

I think it's about 4 lbs. EMS shipping from AmiAmi to the states was about $65+ I think

Edited August 10, 2016 by derex3592

[Boobytrap]

Anybody knows the weight of the Monster with package?

I pulled the trigger with AE but forgot to see the shipping estimates. It costs a lot to my country even with the 10% discount.

HLJ sent mine with a list weight of 11.2 lbs/5.08kgs

Scratch that weight. I forgot that there were other items in the box. HLJ lists the weight as 2290g.

Edited August 10, 2016 by Boobytrap

[jaylive]

unless that ebay seller is out of stock, theres no reason at all to get the monster from anywhere else. that price is unbeatable.

[F360]

Anybody knows the weight of the Monster with package?

I pulled the trigger with AE but forgot to see the shipping estimates. It costs a lot to my country even with the 10% discount.

It shows on the items info under packet weight 2900 gram

[technoblue]

unless that ebay seller is out of stock, theres no reason at all to get the monster from anywhere else. that price is unbeatable.

I took a long look at both prices, the ebay price and the anime-export price, and went with ebay myself. Now the waiting begins...

[Professor Dire]

I pulled the trigger on those brass casing parts. I should have them in hand about a week.. I will see which method of artificially aging works best to give them the "just fired" look.

Edited August 11, 2016 by Professor Dire

[jaylive]

I took a long look at both prices, the ebay price and the anime-export price, and went with ebay myself. Now the waiting begins...

wont be much waiting at all. i got mine in 3 days via ems for only 6 bucks!

[edstuff]

3 days?! Holy crap

[Lonely Soldier Boy]

Is that the old Hi-Metal YF-19S? Looks better proportioned than I remembered. If it is, I might try and snatch one at some point.

[takatoys]

unless that ebay seller is out of stock, theres no reason at all to get the monster from anywhere else. that price is unbeatable.

In my case, the AE deal is more convenient. The reason is that I will get an invoice with the price of the item of less than $200. In my country toys that don't exceed that price, don't pay customs tax, which is around 26% of the price including shipping.

Edited August 11, 2016 by takatoys

[sh9000]

Is that the old Hi-Metal YF-19S? Looks better proportioned than I remembered. If it is, I might try and snatch one at some point.

It's the old Bandai VF-19S model kit that scales a little better with HMR.

[jaylive]

In my case, the AE deal is more convenient. The reason is that I will get an invoice with the price of the item of less than $200. In my country toys that don't exceed that price, don't. pay custom tax, which is around 26% of the price including shipping.

wow. that's steep. well i stand corrected. glad it worked out for you.

[edstuff]

Got a "notice left" when I checked shipping. That means I can pick it up from the Post Office tomorry!

[AIRMAG]

Anyone using 1/100 scaled pilots for the Monster's cockpit?

[derex3592]

I've got a set of twelve 1/100 Bandai Gundam unpainted people coming in the mail -- I'll post pics when I get them and then again after I paint them. Hopefully they scale well with the Monster!

[Mr Bomber]

my destroid is on customs, but sadly tonight im going on holiday to Orlando, guess i wont be seeing it till end of the month :/

[Loop]

It shows on the items info under packet weight 2900 gram

I'm so happy with my Monster's, that I feel like I just smoked 2900 grams of the green.

[spanner]

my destroid is on customs, but sadly tonight im going on holiday to Orlando, guess i wont be seeing it till end of the month :/

normally you don't see someone feel sad to be going on holiday but when it means not being able to receive your long awaited Monster before you leave resulting in an even longer wait then its perfectly understandable..

[sh9000]

Anyone using 1/100 scaled pilots for the Monster's cockpit?

I'll see what pilots work with the Monster later today.