Sildani Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Ordered. By August things should have calmed down for me to afford it. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Ordered. By August things should have calmed down for me to afford it. hopefully you get kaki back as well as this vf-27 Quote
Mommar Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Buy two! I may yet order a second Tempting but I hardly have space for the one. I'm extremely limited now, not sure I can justify double dipping. Quote
Chronocidal Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Just grabbed one, no reason to double dip with the dual heads included. If they sell the super packs separately I'll pick up a set later, but otherwise I'm ok with just one super. Quote
Loop Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 I still have not created an order for this, and I am usually a day 1 pre-order guy. I have a dilemma.. I am trying to figure out if I really want 3 of these. I was thinking a squad of 3 for this release, they could look really bad ass on display. I will keep mulling over it I guess. Quote
Offswitch Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 I still have not created an order for this, and I am usually a day 1 pre-order guy. I have a dilemma.. I am trying to figure out if I really want 3 of these. I was thinking a squad of 3 for this release, they could look really bad ass on display. I will keep mulling over it I guess. Man, I wish I could get 3 of these! Only pre-ordered 1.... but guess I should consider myself lucky that I can even afford that (considering these are toys) You gotta get 3 now, Loop!!!... Just so I can live vicariously through you Quote
Loop Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Yeah I already did, while I was surfing I decided I needed to form a squad. Quote
Offswitch Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Yeah I already did, while I was surfing I decided I needed to form a squad. Nice! That's gonna be one awesome squadron Quote
Shukenzero Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Yeah I already did, while I was surfing I decided I needed to form a squad. When I have as much money as you I'll make three squadrons! Quote
Loop Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Lol, I really only want one of each squad if I can get them. It all started with the 1/60 V2's, I noticed as I was building up my collection that the best shelves in my cases were always the ones of squads in formation. So at this point in time, if a release comes out and it makes sense, I form a squad. If I really like something, then I might purchase 2 if it's a one off type release that does not belong to a squad. I am not a rich man by any means, but Macross is my main hobby and I don't spend a lot of money on many other hobbies so I tend to save money for Macross toys. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 and I don't spend a lot of money on many other hobbies so I tend to save money for Macross toys. hard to believe seeing you have almost whole metal build lineup Quote
Shukenzero Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 hard to believe seeing you have almost whole metal build lineup Pwned! Hahaha Quote
Loop Posted March 26, 2015 Posted March 26, 2015 I didn't think I was missing any of the Metal Builds.. Quote
Loop Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 But your case fails to show that I did not buy all of this stuff at the same time. I see a rich individual being able to buy these all at once, but not me. It took quite a long time for me to build up my collection. Anyways time to get out of my wallet fellas I just hope this release is safe and they don't change anything, like the plastic they use or change the tolerances for the worse. I always wanted the CF VF-27, even more than the Brera version but I could not back when it was released as I was scared to own any of the old V1 stuff. Not saying that the V1.5 is that much better, but I do prefer the looks over all better than the V1.5. And how could you not buy a release that has both heads, it's so funny how much everyone has mentioned doing this in the past. I always believed it would never happen based on the toy makers financial greed. Bandai of all companies proved me wrong. Quote
Shukenzero Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 But your case fails to show that I did not buy all of this stuff at the same time. I see a rich individual being able to buy these all at once, but not me. It took quite a long time for me to build up my collection. Anyways time to get out of my wallet fellas I just hope this release is safe and they don't change anything, like the plastic they use or change the tolerances for the worse. I always wanted the CF VF-27, even more than the Brera version but I could not back when it was released as I was scared to own any of the old V1 stuff. Not saying that the V1.5 is that much better, but I do prefer the looks over all better than the V1.5. And how could you not buy a release that has both heads, it's so funny how much everyone has mentioned doing this in the past. I always believed it would never happen based on the toy makers financial greed. Bandai of all companies proved me wrong. I wonder if they'll then rerelease all of Frontier's Valks in the 30's matte finish, along with a few tweaks here and there. Quote
David Hingtgen Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 It is much easier to alter a mold from a textured matte finish, to a smooth glossy one, than vice-versa. Quote
jenius Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 Would texturing be a sand blast and smoothing be a good buff? Quote
Gakken85 Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 So happy I don't collect frontier haha. They are churning these things out. Quote
aaajin Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 So happy I don't collect frontier haha. They are churning these things out. same here, lucky us! but I wish Arcadia is as agressive as Bandai...(where are my VF-1D, VT-1, VE-1 !!) -sigh- Quote
spanner Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 So happy I don't collect frontier haha. They are churning these things out. awww come on! the Frontier stuff rocks! well.. most of it does anyways.. Quote
Mechapilot77 Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 Would texturing be a sand blast and smoothing be a good buff? depends on the texture...some deeper textures (not sure if this applies to these toys) are actually done by adding laser etched plates to the mold. the mold would have to be designed to acoomodate such a plate though. Quote
Gakken85 Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 awww come on! the Frontier stuff rocks! well.. most of it does anyways.. I plan on keeping my prophecy at least Quote
calubin_175 Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 One limitation of the Macross toy line and even the franchise is that there is too much emphasis on the personalised VFs which is reflected in toys as well. There are hardly any CF or anonymous versions where you could imagine any character to be piloting it. The best thing was the unpainted Yamato 1.60 VF-1 v2 kit which could even be painted in purple to reflect the player's unit in PS2 SDF Macross. Custom squad building could only be done with the brown VF-1, 25 and green 27. There is also the elusive brown VF-1J Obviously the VF-25F, G and RVF-25 and S are personalised and almost one of a kind variants as they were still in operational testing stage. Then again, as Macross works are historical fiction within a fictional universe, Alto and co may not even have existed. I just make my VF-25F piloted by Gilliam instead of Alto. So buying 2 to 3 identical colour standard colour VFs would be a great idea for display. After all, mass produced units aren't mass produced unless you could display more than 1 of them. Quote
Garfinkel Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 I cracked, love the new head. I am surprised as well that they included both. Quote
Scyla Posted March 27, 2015 Posted March 27, 2015 I had the idea that Bandai could also include two versions of tail fins but after I checked my Super VF-27 I noticed that the fins are pinned in so it is hard to change. I guess they will just include stickers. It would be cool if they include dry transfer decals instead. Quote
derex3592 Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Ordered! As someone who only very recently watched and got into Frontier and collecting the Frontier Valks, I'm loving them so far! I like the 27's...they just look...wicked somehow. I can only imagine a dark grey or black one! Quote
McFly!! Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Ordered! As someone who only very recently watched and got into Frontier and collecting the Frontier Valks, I'm loving them so far! I like the 27's...they just look...wicked somehow. I can only imagine a dark grey or black one! When I was watching the series, I also thought that the big bad would eventually show up with a black-gray schemed VF-27! And yeah, PO'd as well. Double head for the price of one? That's a good deal any way you look at it! Quote
wmkjr Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) Ordered! As someone who only very recently watched and got into Frontier and collecting the Frontier Valks, I'm loving them so far! I like the 27's...they just look...wicked somehow. I can only imagine a dark grey or black one! I remember someone doing a great black ivanov custom one here. He had a custom VF-0C painted green too. I wanna say it's valhary but not too sure. Edited March 28, 2015 by wmkjr Quote
Shukenzero Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Joppewo thanks for the pics! Lovely looking valk Quote
Offswitch Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Nice pics! Thanks, joppewo Looks like for that sample display model they just repainted a Brera VF-27γ - you can see the original color under the scratched paint at the wing hinge. Gotta say I'm loving that green. Quote
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