spacemanoeuvres Posted April 3, 2017 Posted April 3, 2017 Really looking forward to these destroids. The whole line is going to pair well with the Kotobukiya Mechanical Chain Base Renewals. Quote
Mommar Posted April 3, 2017 Posted April 3, 2017 I've said it before and I'll say it again, all of the non-transformable mecha are the best of this line. Quote
Atheonyirh Posted April 3, 2017 Posted April 3, 2017 Got my Millia's VF-1J in. The plastic feels fine, the color looks beautiful to me. Closest thing to an issue I found was that it felt like the gap you feed the wings in to clip into the body was tighter than with the others. But last valk I put wings on was back in November, so I could just not be remembering how tight those were. Quote
Lonely Soldier Boy Posted April 3, 2017 Posted April 3, 2017 I'm getting one of each destroid, except for the Spartan, since it seems to be the only one that has two combat modes: hand to hand and artillery. Quote
Lonely Soldier Boy Posted April 3, 2017 Posted April 3, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Lonely Soldier Boy said: I'm getting one of each destroid, except for the Spartan, since it seems to be the only one that has two combat modes: hand to hand and artillery. Edit: And because I always loved the design and never had one. Edited April 3, 2017 by Lonely Soldier Boy Edit: wrong button, sorry. Quote
beatsing Posted April 3, 2017 Posted April 3, 2017 The spartan torso looks like the prototype for the tomahawk. it has the shoulder missiles/grenades, and the middle cannon looks similar to the tomahawk rib cannons. spartan is cqc but was there a lot of cqc in macross? Quote
Atheonyirh Posted April 3, 2017 Posted April 3, 2017 2 minutes ago, beatsing said: The spartan torso looks like the prototype for the tomahawk. it has the shoulder missiles/grenades, and the middle cannon looks similar to the tomahawk rib cannons. spartan is cqc but was there a lot of cqc in macross? I mean, the entire in-canon justification for Valkyries transforming into giant robots was that they expected the aliens to be giants and thought being able to fight hand to hand with them would be useful, isn't it? Spartans IIRC mostly see use after the time skip as crowd control/policing units for the full size Zentradi workers as I recall, so in that specific use being able to grapple and hold their own in melee is important. Quote
beatsing Posted April 3, 2017 Posted April 3, 2017 2 minutes ago, Atheonyirh said: I mean, the entire in-canon justification for Valkyries transforming into giant robots was that they expected the aliens to be giants and thought being able to fight hand to hand with them would be useful, isn't it? Spartans IIRC mostly see use after the time skip as crowd control/policing units for the full size Zentradi workers as I recall, so in that specific use being able to grapple and hold their own in melee is important. I see, so they should have included fists as alternate hands for punching Zentraedi. Quote
Strumvogel Posted April 3, 2017 Posted April 3, 2017 5 minutes ago, beatsing said: I see, so they should have included fists as alternate hands for punching Zentraedi. That is my issue with it as well, after all it actually did just that in the tv series. Quote
beatsing Posted April 3, 2017 Posted April 3, 2017 2 minutes ago, Strumvogel said: That is my issue with it as well, after all it actually did just that in the tv series. yeah, 3 set of hands is nice, but 2 of those sets are open hands. Maybe it's trying to salute? But I'd prefer fists. Quote
jvmacross Posted April 3, 2017 Posted April 3, 2017 45 minutes ago, beatsing said: I see, so they should have included fists as alternate hands for punching Zentraedi. That's what the club is for! Quote
Steelius Posted April 3, 2017 Posted April 3, 2017 Finally got the chance to pick up Milia from USPS this morning. Quote
Big s Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 It has open hands, for the ultimate slap. Although I would like the fists included, I'm happy with what's there. Quote
seti88 Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 Maybe someone will do 3D printed spartan hands Quote
sh9000 Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 37 minutes ago, Big s said: It has open hands, for the ultimate slap. Although I would like the fists included, I'm happy with what's there. 2 minutes ago, seti88 said: Maybe someone will do 3D printed spartan hands I'm happy with what is included but if someone made extra hands, I'd buy them. I think I might get 2 more Spartans so that my rule is 6 normal Destroids of each type. Damn I wish I had 6 Monsters. Quote
seti88 Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) I thk the spartan would be more fun compared to the rest of the destroids, as it can do more action poses, so a few extra in the spartan dept would be nice. Plus you could customise em as different squads too... Edited April 4, 2017 by seti88 Quote
sh9000 Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) I had this crazy idea of making a HMR SDFM chess board. Max and Milia VF-1J's for King and Queen, CF VF-1A's for pawns, 2 Armored VF-1J's for rooks, 2 CF VF-1J's for knights, and 2 CF VF-1S's for bishops. The other side would have Regults for pawns, variant Regults (come on Bandai), a Glaug for something, and 2 Nousjadeul-Gers for something. Got an email from NY that the missile effect sets will be released on 4/26. Edited April 4, 2017 by sh9000 Quote
jenius Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 I thought we were going to get lots of Absolute Chogokin releases that would have worked better for a chess board. Sadly, that line seemed to end after the VF-1J and VF-1S. Quote
sh9000 Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 My Milias are currently in customs so they'll be here soon. Cheaper SAL shipping doing its job. Quote
seti88 Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, sh9000 said: I had this crazy idea of making a HMR SDFM chess board. Max and Milia VF-1J's for King and Queen, CF VF-1A's for pawns, 2 Armored VF-1J's for rooks, 2 CF VF-1J's for knights, and 2 CF VF-1S's for bishops. The other side would have Regults for pawns, variant Regults (come on Bandai), a Glaug for something, and 2 Nousjadeul-Gers for something. Got an email from NY that the missile effect sets will be released on 4/26. No destroids? Spartan pawns instead...and 2 monster rooks! Then roy and hikkie strike knights and GBP bishops! On the other side, if there ever was a breetai release he can b the king, quead for the queen (sounds nice eh), glaug rooks since they jump , Nous for the knights and Regult missile variant for the bishop...of course regult pawns... Edited April 4, 2017 by seti88 Quote
hachi Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 2 hours ago, sh9000 said: My Milias are currently in customs so they'll be here soon. Cheaper SAL shipping doing its job. Lucky you. Mine was sent via EMS last week and status was only updated yesterday to have arrived (still not sure when it gets delivered). If I sent that thru SAL i'd probably be waiting months for it. But now I know that NY is in Ehime, and that the package went out via Osaka. That may partly explain why NY shipping is expensive. Quote
sh9000 Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 Just won another VF-1J Milia from buyee. Looks like I'll be able to make all of the variants that I originally wanted to. Quote
Roy Focker Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 Milia cleared customs. Maybe it gets here by Saturday. Quote
Atheonyirh Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 13 hours ago, sh9000 said: Got an email from NY that the missile effect sets will be released on 4/26. Weird, http://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000107417/ still says April 17th for release date. Quote
jenius Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) Maybe NY is on spring break that week so they're fudging the date. Edit - ooh I think my Miria arrived. Edited April 4, 2017 by jenius Quote
F360 Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Atheonyirh said: Weird, http://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000107417/ still says April 17th for release date. its takes a couple of days for N-Y to receive their shipment and sort out the packages. Quote
hachi Posted April 5, 2017 Posted April 5, 2017 My HMR Milia and valkyrie books have arrived at the post office! Now I wait to see if they deliver it or if I have to go and get them myself. Quote
maximusprime888 Posted April 5, 2017 Posted April 5, 2017 I regret not getting a mirya dammit. So expensive now! Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted April 5, 2017 Posted April 5, 2017 http://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1062459072&lang=en milia 12000 yen Quote
sh9000 Posted April 5, 2017 Posted April 5, 2017 Here are more options. Some of these end in 3 hours with 0 bids. http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/o179220913 http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/x482300039 http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/r185501858 http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/l385102836 http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/f210203715 http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/l384823758 http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/m197158958 Quote
jenius Posted April 5, 2017 Posted April 5, 2017 What are fees like with buyee... I used Rinkya years ago but the fees were BRUTAL. Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted April 5, 2017 Posted April 5, 2017 19 minutes ago, jenius said: What are fees like with buyee... I used Rinkya years ago but the fees were BRUTAL. http://buyee.jp/help/yahoo/guide/fees?lang=en 5% service fee 200 yen payment fee 500 yen insurance and inspection Shipping to warehouse + shipping to you Quote
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