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[seti88]

I upvoted ur downvoting request Noel. 

[no3Ljm]

8 minutes ago, seti88 said:

I upvoted ur downvoting request Noel. 

Ha! I’ll appreciate more if you downvote it. Hahaha!  

[Kanedas Bike]

Out of morbid curiosity I went back to look and noticed the rash of down-votes too. Maybe someone just really hates the HMR line. 

All jokes and "vote casting" aside, I love you MacrossWorld, you never cease to amaze. 

-b.

 

[treatment]

fyi.

Jenius' review of the VE-1 is up:

 

[jenius]

Thanks for posting that! I also just updated the article on anymoon for anyone who wants to take a meander through all things VF-1 HMR including the VE-1.

[Lonely Soldier Boy]

I've been Liking most of the pics, but didn't noticed until now you could Up or Downvote. I was worried I may have been Downvoting all this time unknowingly, so I just voted on Jenius' review above to make sure, but looks like Upvote is the default action, so all is good. Keep posting pics! 

Edited February 18, 2018 by Lonely Soldier Boy

[Lonely Soldier Boy]

23 hours ago, jenius said:

Well at least you have hope, I'm fairly certain my second regult set is lost in shipment.... Started a case last week and no word on that either.

Now I'm worried.

[seti88]

the more i fiddle with the hmr elintseeker the more i want to get a third, sigh! so many display options, with/without supers,  radome and the whole valk is just so secure!

nice review jenius.. for a moment at the start u sounded different until i wondered if it was you! video quality and AF is great!

 

[spacemanoeuvres]

Nice review @jenius

Makes me want to hunt down a Yamato elintseeker haha

[HardlyNever]

Just out of curiosity @jenius, what prices do you use for the "official" release price?  Is it from the Bandai website?

I only ask, because you have the HMR elintseeker listed at 9,000 yen, when almost every place that carries it has it somewhere in the 6-7k yen range.  Normally your listed prices are a pretty good average of the release price, but this one seems a bit off.

[wmkjr]

1 hour ago, HardlyNever said:

Just out of curiosity @jenius, what prices do you use for the "official" release price?  Is it from the Bandai website?

I only ask, because you have the HMR elintseeker listed at 9,000 yen, when almost every place that carries it has it somewhere in the 6-7k yen range.  Normally your listed prices are a pretty good average of the release price, but this one seems a bit off.

It's from Bandai's website minus the 8% tax. You can check the Macross Toy Release thread for info on the MSRP for releases to use as a quick reference to compare when shopping around.

Edit: The release thread has been updated till December 2017 so there might be some missing info until the OP can update it.

Edited February 19, 2018 by wmkjr

[amptor]

C'mon Bandai with those VT-1 Super Ostrich preorders! I'll order as many as I can

[TheLoneWolf]

@jenius This photo

 

[jenius]

That there is an example of viewer engagement; someone asked me to try it in the release schedule post and it made me curious what it would look like.

[TheLoneWolf]

I actually love that photo! This is the first time I've ever seen a VE-1 sporting GBP armor and can't believe no one's tried it before.

[sh9000]

That’s a nice photo of the VE-1 with GBP armor.

Does the grey of the VE-1 match the grey of the VF-1J that comes with the GBP armor or VF-1S Hikaru or Roy?  I’ve got some parts swapping ideas.

[jenius]

No, I'm on my phone right now but I have some comparison pics of those toys and it's a clearly different gray.

[sh9000]

47 minutes ago, jenius said:

No, I'm on my phone right now but I have some comparison pics of those toys and it's a clearly different gray.

Bummer.  I’ll have to paint and color match myself.

[HardlyNever]

Got the HMR stuff off the shelf:

They ended up taking over the room for a bit:

Edited February 20, 2018 by HardlyNever

[sh9000]

Happy Birthday Shoji Kawamori!

[amptor]

I want to see what sh9000 does with his new valks also still want to see that custom Max that he was working on

[borgified]

HMR VE-1 arrived yesterday from AmiAmi (not too picky about the slightly damaged box as I'm not a MISB type of person as the actual listing says it was pre-owned). Still in the hunt for the HMR VF-1J with GBP and may get the Ostrich down the road. 

[Sanity is Optional]

Just wondering, does anyone know if the old HM VF-1S and the HMR VF-1S share the same head connection? I've been wondering about swapping the new (and better looking) VF-1S head off my HMR Messer onto my old HM VF-1S Roy.

[Delta]

Just got my ELINT Seeker today and it is lovely!  Sadly there's a black paint smudge on the other side of the nose.  What would be a safe way to take that off?  Just a bit of rubbing alcohol?

[ScrambledValkyrie]

3 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Just wondering, does anyone know if the old HM VF-1S and the HMR VF-1S share the same head connection? I've been wondering about swapping the new (and better looking) VF-1S head off my HMR Messer onto my old HM VF-1S Roy.

Yeah, it will swap. Though in my experience, the peg on the HMR head is just a tiny bit smaller, so it's a bit looser on the body. And you'd still have a blue visor of course.

[ScrambledValkyrie]

22 minutes ago, Delta said:

Sadly there's a black paint smudge on the other side of the nose.  What would be a safe way to take that off?  Just a bit of rubbing alcohol?

I think you'll need something quite a bit stronger. I was trying to strip an HMR (the tampo, which might be tougher) and 90% isopropyl alcohol wouldn't touch it. 

[Delta]

1 hour ago, ScrambledValkyrie said:

I think you'll need something quite a bit stronger. I was trying to strip an HMR (the tampo, which might be tougher) and 90% isopropyl alcohol wouldn't touch it. 

Oof.  Well I'll give something a try tomorrow and see what happens!

[lavinrac]

2 hours ago, Delta said:

Just got my ELINT Seeker today and it is lovely!  Sadly there's a black paint smudge on the other side of the nose.  What would be a safe way to take that off?  Just a bit of rubbing alcohol?

Now that i have gone into the other room and confirmed my HM-R Elint Seeker's nosecone is brown/tan plastic, and not painted grey plastic, I would get a q-tip and dab some Winsor & Newton BRUSH CLEANER & RESTORER on there and stroke carefully. I'd probably be bold but it could not hurt to mask off other areas. that stuff has worked well for me removing paint. And I use it often to clean my airbrush as well as bristle paintbrushes. 

YMMV

[Delta]

8 minutes ago, lavinrac said:

Now that i have gone into the other room and confirmed my HM-R Elint Seeker's nosecone is brown/tan plastic, and not painted grey plastic, I would get a q-tip and dab some Winsor & Newton BRUSH CLEANER & RESTORER on there and stroke carefully. I'd probably be bold but it could not hurt to mask off other areas. that stuff has worked well for me removing paint. And I use it often to clean my airbrush as well as bristle paintbrushes. 

YMMV

Not sure I have something quite on that level on hand, but I'll keep that in mind if it's needed.  Thank you!

[Sanity is Optional]

Honestly I'd just take an exacto knife and scrape it off, then buff the area.

Picked up my Elintseeker this morning, the changes between it and a normal VF-1 are interesting.

[edit] Also, it really needed to come with a stand.

Edited February 21, 2018 by Sanity is Optional

[sh9000]

Does the type of grey of the CF VF-1A come close to the grey of the VE-1?

12 hours ago, amptor said:

I want to see what sh9000 does with his new valks also still want to see that custom Max that he was working on

Do you mean my custom VF-1A Cavaliers?  Yeah I haven’t worked on it.

7 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Just wondering, does anyone know if the old HM VF-1S and the HMR VF-1S share the same head connection? I've been wondering about swapping the new (and better looking) VF-1S head off my HMR Messer onto my old HM VF-1S Roy.

Make sure to paint match the head because they’re both different types of white.

4 hours ago, Delta said:

Just got my ELINT Seeker today and it is lovely!  Sadly there's a black paint smudge on the other side of the nose.  What would be a safe way to take that off?  Just a bit of rubbing alcohol?

Since the black paint is on the plastic of the nose I would carefully scrape it off.

3 hours ago, ScrambledValkyrie said:

I think you'll need something quite a bit stronger. I was trying to strip an HMR (the tampo, which might be tougher) and 90% isopropyl alcohol wouldn't touch it. 

I’ve used ELO to remove the red stripes off a VF-1J Hikaru before.

[Roy Focker]

After 15 days my VE-1 has finally arrived in country.

[borgified]

1 hour ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Honestly I'd just take an exacto knife and scrape it off, then buff the area.

Picked up my Elintseeker this morning, the changes between it and a normal VF-1 are interesting.

[edit] Also, it really needed to come with a stand.

The only HMR valks that has a stand are the VF-1J (M&M), VF-1S Messer, and the DYRL Strike Roy (If you did the pre-order or the other option is to see if the stand is up for grabs) to the best of my knowledge. 

You could get the Stage Act 5 stands through your local going hobby shop that sells them.

[Sanity is Optional]

3 minutes ago, borgified said:

The only HMR valks that has a stand are the VF-1J (M&M), VF-1S Messer, and the DYRL Strike Roy (If you did the pre-order or the other option is to see if the stand is up for grabs) to the best of my knowledge. 

You could get the Stage Act 5 stands through your local going hobby shop that sells them.

I just threw it on a spare from my Missile Regult set.

[sh9000]

Take Your Regults to Work Day.

Brought 3 sets and 3 regular Regults.  I want to check out the 9 variations.