dur Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 Ideally if they can do a rerun for the Eva01 metal build, they will do another for the VF-31A. But that's more of a wish. One can only hope that they'd do something incredible like make it alpha-02 or alpha-01 to boot. Collectors aren't mad since their exclusive is still exclusive, new people get a chance to own one of the greatest valks ever, and people that play with their toys (i.e. like me) can dual wield swoosh! Quote
seti88 Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the 31A valk is more often than not shown as a formation of three in the animation.. nor that bandai released a 03 for starters..it sure ‘sounds like a plan’ from the beginning...only time will tell ...and also time will account for inflation, right bandai? Quote
gabuyan Posted March 18, 2019 Posted March 18, 2019 Man all this thing needs is 8 or more pylons to hold reactive missiles and it'll be the macross version of the GP03 Dendrobium. Quote
rdrunner Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 Man all this thing needs is 8 or more pylons to hold reactive missiles and it'll be the macross version of the GP03 Dendrobium. Not sure if you are thinking of the same pics I saw on FB the other day... Quote
no3Ljm Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 As an additional request Noel, could you try another variant of your recolor, with teal as the color of all the missile covers and gatling guns, and red for the stripes on the twin cannons, booster packs, and the big stripe on the missile pack attached on the booster pack? Hey Brouken. Sorry for the delay. Here you go. Yeah cool. The whole armor to be light and dark grey with the colored parts left alone. I just wanted to see how it would look like instead of white armor. Hey sh900. Your request is the hardest. I have to mask a lot of stuff. hehehe. Quote
gabuyan Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 Btw I noticed that the booster on the wings only has one thruster, but the super pack has 2 each. Anyone know if the armor pack thruster is bigger than the two on the super pack? Quote
no3Ljm Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 Btw I noticed that the booster on the wings only has one thruster, but the super pack has 2 each. Anyone know if the armor pack thruster is bigger than the two on the super pack? I checked some VF-31 pics with Supers on Tamashii, and the Armored thrusters looks a little bit bigger. Quote
sh9000 Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 Hey Brouken. Sorry for the delay. Here you go. Hey sh900. Your request is the hardest. I have to mask a lot of stuff. hehehe. The grey armor looks awesome! Quote
gabuyan Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 I checked some VF-31 pics with Supers on Tamashii, and the Armored thrusters looks a little bit bigger. Nice. Wonder if the thrust to weight ratio is as good as the Armored VF-25 though. That one had way more boosters than the Armored VF-31. Quote
Graham Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 Looks so much better in teal. I'd buy it if it came from the factory that way. Quote
brouken Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 Hey Brouken. Sorry for the delay. Here you go. Wow! Nice! Thanks Noel! IMHO, this is how it should have been colored in the first place! Looks a lot more uniform with Arad's color scheme. Think you can do gerwalk and valkyrie in these colors Noel? Pretty please? Quote
no3Ljm Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 On 3/20/2019 at 1:18 AM, brouken said: Wow! Nice! Thanks Noel! IMHO, this is how it should have been colored in the first place! Looks a lot more uniform with Arad's color scheme. Think you can do gerwalk and valkyrie in these colors Noel? Pretty please? Hey Brouken. Here it is as a complete set. Though I did change the color on the barrel to red since it's too teal overall. What do you think? Quote
sh9000 Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 I would totally buy grey armor and I think it would also look cool on the VF-31A. Quote
borgified Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 Anyone still looking for a Karios? One available on Manda for 55k. https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1105094821&ref=list&dispCount=240&keyword=マクロス&lang=en Quote
Mommar Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 5 hours ago, no3Ljm said: Hey Brouken. Here it is as a complete set. Though I did change the color on the barrel to red since it's too teal overall. What do you think? The red ammo drums make a nice contrast. Quote
brouken Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 Thanks again Noel! They look awesome! Agreed with Mommar. The red ammo drums do make for a good contrast. I wonder why Kawamori-san didn’t color it this way. It looks so much better than the orange. Now I’m wondering what color Chuck’s armor is going to be. Will it be olive green as in the movie? Or will it be the same color as his valk like in the BD cover? Quote
no3Ljm Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Saburo said: Great work on the colorways @no3Ljm! 26 minutes ago, Mommar said: The red ammo drums make a nice contrast. Thanks @Saburo and @Mommar! 6 minutes ago, brouken said: Thanks again Noel! They look awesome! Agreed with Mommar. The red ammo drums do make for a good contrast. I wonder why Kawamori-san didn’t color it this way. It looks so much better than the orange. Now I’m wondering what color Chuck’s armor is going to be. Will it be olive green as in the movie? Or will it be the same color as his valk like in the BD cover? You're welcome @brouken! I only hope that before Bandai decides on releasing Chuck's armor, they really need to complete the Super Packs first. I'm already forgiving them for making Arad's Armor pack first than his Supers. So they should finish the Supers first. Edited March 22, 2019 by no3Ljm Quote
rdrunner Posted March 23, 2019 Posted March 23, 2019 I haven't been checking YJA prices for a while, but it seems that the 31S bidding prices have skyrocketed from a few months ago (when the full armour was announced) and a few MISB ones are now bidding at a range of 33k to 39k yen... wow. Quote
no3Ljm Posted March 23, 2019 Posted March 23, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, rdrunner said: I haven't been checking YJA prices for a while, but it seems that the 31S bidding prices have skyrocketed from a few months ago (when the full armour was announced) and a few MISB ones are now bidding at a range of 33k to 39k yen... wow. Can’t imagine how much more the Kairos is going to be if Bandai suddenly announces the grey Armored Packs for it? But I’m definitely going to order two of it — one for Kairos’, and one for Messer’s. Edited March 23, 2019 by no3Ljm Quote
rdrunner Posted March 23, 2019 Posted March 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: Can’t imagine how much more the Kairos is going to be if Bandai suddenly announces the grey Armored Packs for it? But I’m definitely going to order two of it — one for Kairos’, and one for Messer’s. Right - I checked my order date and it was 10/25/18. They were going for 23k on Manda (sealed, box slightly damaged but actually looks pretty darn good to me). I ordered mine way after release date, but as soon as the FA set was announced. Quote
chyll2 Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1104053716&ref=list&keyword=マクロス dx Arad unit getting a price hike in the market. Quote
borgified Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 3 hours ago, chyll2 said: https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1104053716&ref=list&keyword=マクロス dx Arad unit getting a price hike in the market. Reasonable VF-31 valk to get now is Messer/Hayate's Movie 31f at 20k yen while Keith's 262 is 18k yen.. Quote
brouken Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 Wow, NY is already selling Arad for 68,000. That's quite a markup. Everybody loves an armored valk leader, I guess. Quote
ErikElvis Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) When did arad come out? I’m going to have to dig through boxes to see if I have him. Edit: damn it did a quick check and can’t find him. Either I missed him or I’m assuming I didn’t like the paint scheme. Seems like I have all the other ones though. Re-edit. Apparently I ordered the armor parts. So maybe I’ll have to find an arad. Not paying $600 though. Edited March 25, 2019 by ErikElvis Looked around Quote
Shizuka the Cat Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 20 minutes ago, ErikElvis said: When did arad come out? I’m going to have to dig through boxes to see if I have him. Edit: damn it did a quick check and can’t find him. Either I missed him or I’m assuming I didn’t like the paint scheme. Seems like I have all the other ones though. It was released July 2018. Quote
Guyffon Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 2 hours ago, brouken said: Wow, NY is already selling Arad for 68,000. That's quite a markup. Everybody loves an armored valk leader, I guess. NY has to make back on all those VF-31As afterall Quote
seti88 Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 2 hours ago, brouken said: Wow, NY is already selling Arad for 68,000. That's quite a markup. Everybody loves an armored valk leader, I guess. My arad is awaiting supers releases...and actually bandai should have just included supers with every 31 release, if it was such a hassle needing to make way for other macross releases... only 3 31 valks so far have had their supers released..What an imbalance, bandai! Quote
Sanity is Optional Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 I'll be honest, I don't really like the -31 supers much. The over-wing pods just look clunky. The rest (missiles, shields) are fine, but I much prefer the VF-25 around-wing boosters. Quote
borgified Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 5 hours ago, ErikElvis said: When did arad come out? I’m going to have to dig through boxes to see if I have him. Edit: damn it did a quick check and can’t find him. Either I missed him or I’m assuming I didn’t like the paint scheme. Seems like I have all the other ones though. Re-edit. Apparently I ordered the armor parts. So maybe I’ll have to find an arad. Not paying $600 though. Stick the armour on either Mirage/Messer/Hayate if you don't care about colour correctness. Quote
Chronocidal Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 3 hours ago, borgified said: Stick the armour on either Mirage/Messer/Hayate if you don't care about colour correctness. It's not like the armor actually matches any of the 31s, anyway. Quote
Sanity is Optional Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 Matched Chuck the closest, given the images that have been floating around of his DX. Quote
HardlyNever Posted March 26, 2019 Posted March 26, 2019 Finally ponied up for the Arad armor. Hope NY can actually deliver... But I couldn't pass it up. This is the whole reason I got the VF-31S to begin with. Quote
Alphahorizon Posted March 26, 2019 Posted March 26, 2019 Welp, let's see if I made a mistake or not. Ordered the VF-31 Arad 2 days before the 300.00 price jump. Order shows a tracking number, but that tracking number cannot be entered in EMS yet. Though its only been 3 days. And, evilbay was the only place I found it. None at Mandrake. I normally try to avoid Ebay if possible. Not that I've had horrible circumstances, but the few I have had issues with just took time to file claims and get the money back. Not the best time to get back into the collecting Macross and really liking the Delta line. Quote
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