Loop Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 Yeah,I missed them all . I did get 2x of the VF-1S though. Quote
Mechapilot77 Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 Why arent there more armoured vf-1js for sale. I havent seen any come up since preorder day. it likely won't (but might still) pop up again until just before or just after release date is my guess....aside from random ones popping up due to cancellations etc. Quote
beatsing Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Thanks for posting the links guys, but I missed the Super. Guess I'll try the orange one or the radome VF when they come out. Quote
jenius Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Hey, for you guys who don't want to wait... there's always this: New review is up on anymoon! Quote
valid Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Hey, for you guys who don't want to wait... there's always this: New review is up pass for the toynami.. no improvement at all! Quote
MacrossJunkie Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 What's up with the proportions on that thing? It looks like it forever decided to skip leg day. Quote
spanner Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Hey, for you guys who don't want to wait... there's always this: New review is up on anymoon! That looks hideous.. and what the heck is Robotech anyways!? hehe! Quote
MacrossJunkie Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 That looks hideous.. and what the heck is Robotech anyways!? hehe! No no. You're reading it wrong. The stand says "ROI30TECH". And no... I don't know what ROI Thirty TECH is either. Quote
Keiichi Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 If you guys want to see something seriously funny, check out what the Japanese market is being charged for the Toynami GBP: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-012690 As a reminder, the Hi-Metal R GBP is 8140JPY on AmiAmi. Obviously the Toynami must be better since it costs almost twice as freakin much! Quote
spanner Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 If you guys want to see something seriously funny, check out what the Japanese market is being charged for the Toynami GBP: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-012690 As a reminder, the Hi-Metal R GBP is 8140JPY on AmiAmi. Obviously the Toynami must be better since it costs almost twice as freakin much! hehe! that's insane! and thoroughly laughable.. Quote
Duymon Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) I'm ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that Japanese customers are sweating bullets trying to decide which masterpiece to add to their collection /s vs On a side note I'm going to Japan tomorrow and I'm going to find some shitty 1/100 arii fighter mode kits so that I can poach their Decals for my bland hi-metals lol Edited July 22, 2015 by Duymon Quote
no3Ljm Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) If you guys want to see something seriously funny, check out what the Japanese market is being charged for the Toynami GBP: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-012690 As a reminder, the Hi-Metal R GBP is 8140JPY on AmiAmi. Obviously the Toynami must be better since it costs almost twice as freakin much! It's the shipping price and the rights, guys. It's the shipping and the rights cost to import it to Japan. Hahaha! And besides, it's not Macross that they're selling, it's Roi-30-tech. By the way, out of curiousity, since everything, I mean everything whether Japanese product or American product are shipped out from China's production houses, how come this one is double the price??? Please explain yourself, HG. I'm ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that Japanese customers are sweating bullets trying to decide which masterpiece to add to their collection /s WP_20150722_05_46_11_Pro.jpg vs WP_20150722_05_46_57_Pro.jpg On a side note I'm going to Japan tomorrow and I'm going to find some shitty 1/100 arii fighter mode kits so that I can poach their Decals for my bland hi-metals lol They'll probably end up and built their own with Hasegawa's than having those HG Masterpieces. Hehehe. Edited July 22, 2015 by no3ljm Quote
Loop Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 The only things the Toynami has going for it is that you can get the Armor parts in 3 colors and the landing gear is white lol. I'm wondering if the toynami one is mistransformed. the slope on the back pack looks so wrong if it isn't. Quote
jenius Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Nope, it's not mis-transformed, if you peg in the arms to the legs the backpack sits at an angle up. They basically should have thinned the backpack down to compensate for this or thinned the arms. Bandai made the arms and backpack thinner which then enabled them to peg the backpack into the legs and really lock things down tight in fighter mode. Quote
Loop Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Thanks for the insight Jenius! Such a weird design choice, but I guess it might float someones boat. Quote
Duymon Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) Yup as Jenius says after you click in the arms and make the legs straight the backpack just sits like that. To make it worse, the joint is super loose so good luck wooshing this sucker upside down around your desk lol. I just wish Toynami would have just worked something out with bandai and licensed the hi-metals to rebrand into their Robotech line much like they did with Megahouse and beagle for the Cyclones, but who knows maybe that would have been impossible ;0 on a side note...wow the price of hi-metals skyrocketed in Japan... around 9000 for the tamashii web 1A`s and around 20000 for the Roy strike. 1.5 yrs ago I bought my Roys for 10000 max and my 1A`s for 5000-6000 each. Today I`ll hit mandarake Akiba and see if they got any good deals. Edited July 23, 2015 by Duymon Quote
jenius Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 I think the Toynami 1/100 line was meant to be a response to all the Robotech fans who complained that $79.99 for a masterpiece toy was WAY too expensive and they wanted toys that were more equivalently priced to transformers. There was a pretty loud contingent of Robotech fans demanding for toys with toy prices, not collectible prices. That's why I think Toynami went after the $20 price tag and made all the concessions they did make. Importing the Hi-Metals would have put them right back at $79.99 so not quite what they were going for. Quote
Keiichi Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 I'm ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that Japanese customers are sweating bullets trying to decide which masterpiece to add to their collection /s WP_20150722_05_46_11_Pro.jpg vs WP_20150722_05_46_57_Pro.jpg On a side note I'm going to Japan tomorrow and I'm going to find some shitty 1/100 arii fighter mode kits so that I can poach their Decals for my bland hi-metals lol Haha, can you imagine the disappointment a Japanese valk fan would have after receiving the Toynami in the mail? To pay DX Chogokin prices and end up with the Toynami... I just really hope they don't fall for it, haha. I think the Toynami 1/100 line was meant to be a response to all the Robotech fans who complained that $79.99 for a masterpiece toy was WAY too expensive and they wanted toys that were more equivalently priced to transformers. There was a pretty loud contingent of Robotech fans demanding for toys with toy prices, not collectible prices. That's why I think Toynami went after the $20 price tag and made all the concessions they did make. Importing the Hi-Metals would have put them right back at $79.99 so not quite what they were going for. Hmm, perhaps Toynami has now lost sight of that objective as they're selling their GBP for $70 here in the US, The Hi-Metal GBP, after shipping (SAL) is probably going to run us around $75-$80, so a $10 premium for a vastly superior product (well, barring any spectactular VF-171 CF level failure on Bandai's part, haha). If the Toynami were like $40, and they had definitively fixed the easy-to-break joints, then yeah, I could definitely see it as a fair, budget alternative. For $70 though, I just hope they at least reinforced the joints at that price. Quote
jenius Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Yeah, I totally agree, I have no idea what they were thinking when they decided to green light the GBP toys if they couldn't think of a way to get them down to around $39.99. They also completely shot themselves in the foot. They just released Rick/Roy as part of the most recent wave.. now they're selling them again with GBP. So, they are potentially cannibalizing their own sales. There was a huge gap in 1/100 releases. They should have released a V2 and addressed the obvious issues with the original toys and maybe let the price creep up to $29.99 (as it appears they did anyway). Oh well, they're on a collision course with the Hi-Metal line now and I think we all know who will most likely come out on top. Quote
calubin_175 Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 Looks like nothing announced in this month's magazines. No reissues either. Quote
CF18 Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 on a side note...wow the price of hi-metals skyrocketed in Japan... around 9000 for the tamashii web 1A`s and around 20000 for the Roy strike. Wut? Why would anyone pay that when a new improved Roy release is quite likely? I got my Roy strike for only 3500 yen, used/openned from Mandarake at 2011. Quote
F360 Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-139741 Armor j at cdjapan , go go go Quote
Roanstalker Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 I recently got the VF-1J Max from the first Hi Metal line. How are you supposed to pull the arms out in gerwalk mode without popping them out of the ball joint? Seems the shoulder parts its connected to is a bit too tight? Also the wings are very loose. They wont fall off but they move with gravity. Is it supposed to be like that? Quote
Valkyrie Driver Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) I'm seriously considering the Hi-Metal line to fill out my VF-1 Collection, seeing as they seem far more available than the 1/60th toys. I'd love to have A GBP VF-1 set, but arcadia's is darn near $300 now, and will probably only keep rising. Edited July 31, 2015 by Valkyrie Driver Quote
wmkjr Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) I'm seriously considering the Hi-Metal line to fill out my VF-1 Collection, seeing as they seem far more available than the 1/60th toys. I'd love to have A GBP VF-1 set, but arcadia's is darn near $300 now, and will probably only keep rising. $300, Yikes! Where did you find that price for the GBP set, Ebay? You can find the set starting at $182-ish plus shipping here (As of 0237 it's still open) and some other stores. As for the availability, I hope more orders open up on release because the Bandai preorder madness ain't cutting it for me. Edited July 31, 2015 by wmkjr Quote
Valkyrie Driver Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 $300, Yikes! Where did you find that price for the GBP set, Ebay? You can find the set starting at $182-ish plus shipping here (As of 0237 it's still open) and some other stores. Yeah. It's on Amazon for 255, which I'd be ok paying that, but 182-ish sounds a hell of a lot better. I guess I'm just not looking in the right places. Anyhow, That's for much later, as I'm really hot on the Frontier era valks. I just ordered the VF-19 Advance that I've been wanting, and the VF-27 Lucifer is probably next with some super parts for my VF-171EX. Quote
SuperSenpai Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 I recently got the VF-1J Max from the first Hi Metal line. How are you supposed to pull the arms out in gerwalk mode without popping them out of the ball joint? Seems the shoulder parts its connected to is a bit too tight? Also the wings are very loose. They wont fall off but they move with gravity. Is it supposed to be like that? Check out anymoon.com's review of the Hi-Metal, he shows the transformation process. The arms should slide backwards and out pretty easily. As far as the wings, I have a Focker 1S, Max 1J and Hik 1J, and all three were purchased used, and all three have tight wings, tight everything. Not a loose joint on any of them. Quote
jenius Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 That review definitely needs an update... and it will probably get one right around the time the first Hi-Metal R toy is delivered to me. Quote
Roanstalker Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Check out anymoon.com's review of the Hi-Metal, he shows the transformation process. The arms should slide backwards and out pretty easily. As far as the wings, I have a Focker 1S, Max 1J and Hik 1J, and all three were purchased used, and all three have tight wings, tight everything. Not a loose joint on any of them. Got it. First time the hinge was really stiff so I couldnt get the arm out without it popping of the ball joint but its fine now. Thanks. That review definitely needs an update... and it will probably get one right around the time the first Hi-Metal R toy is delivered to me. Looking forwards to it . Quote
beatsing Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 amiami has gbp up with box damage http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=FIGURE-009563-D001 Quote
F360 Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 amiami has gbp up with box damage http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=FIGURE-009563-D001 Probably should post it in the Arcadia 1/60 armor j thread since it's not the 1/100 hi metal Quote
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