jenius Posted October 15, 2018 Posted October 15, 2018 Mine arrived... haven't had the chance to open the box yet though. I never did get tracking of any sort so I'm glad it showed
jvmacross Posted October 16, 2018 Posted October 16, 2018 1 hour ago, jenius said: Mine arrived... haven't had the chance to open the box yet though. I never did get tracking of any sort so I'm glad it showed When did it ship? Maybe I'm being too impatient? It was shipped 1st class so I suppose it is still possible mine is in transit. KC responded and asked that I give it a few more days....then they would either refund or replace. I would prefer replacement as the going rate is way above the PO price I paid for them.
jenius Posted October 16, 2018 Posted October 16, 2018 Unfortunately, I never received anything related to shipping and their website just lists that it was shipped using expedited shipping so I can't tell you when it went in the mail. Hopefully as they mature as a company they get an upgraded website.
sh9000 Posted October 16, 2018 Posted October 16, 2018 For reference, both of my shipments of Minmay came in 5-6 days from Hong Kong. Hope you get your package @jvmacross.
jvmacross Posted October 16, 2018 Posted October 16, 2018 Like others....I received the "paypal" shipping notification with the HK Post tracking number....and that shows that it shipped on Sept 21....thankfully I had that.....and paid via paypal within their Buyer protection window....think I may need to do that for future releases I guess...
Convectuoso Posted October 16, 2018 Posted October 16, 2018 6 hours ago, jvmacross said: Anyone else here not get their Minmay figs yet? I'm still waiting for mine
jvmacross Posted October 16, 2018 Posted October 16, 2018 19 minutes ago, Convectuoso said: I'm still waiting for mine When did they ship?
mechaninac Posted October 16, 2018 Posted October 16, 2018 On the subject of shipping delays/transit times, I've been noticing longer waits for delivery of anything coming out of Asia sent via SAL, registered or not, over the past few months; what would usually take 2-4 weeks now can take up to 5 to show up, with one item I got off eBay requiring a nerve-wrecking 6 weeks.
Convectuoso Posted October 16, 2018 Posted October 16, 2018 6 hours ago, jvmacross said: When did they ship? On September 22nd
jvmacross Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 Kitz Concept = Kings of Customer Service! KC shipped out a replacement for the Minmays I had PO'd, which are now MIA.....just like the "real" Minmay! Big thanks to KC for their awesome customer service!
jvmacross Posted October 23, 2018 Posted October 23, 2018 So looks like Misa (aka Lisa) and Roy are next....should be awesome... Production on the 1/72 VF-1S has begun and confirmed release date should be coming soon.....honestly I'm more curious about this release than the DX -1J at this point... SD GBP-1 is still in progress... Macross Fever character designs were used in the design of the 1/12 Macross Saga line! Great time to be a Macross fan!
Convectuoso Posted October 23, 2018 Posted October 23, 2018 Great news. These figures look way better than the ones released by Toynami
arbit Posted October 23, 2018 Posted October 23, 2018 Cool. I was worried they had given up. I wonder what uniforms they will have. Really surprised with the choice for the first Minmay dress.
GabrielV Posted October 23, 2018 Posted October 23, 2018 1 hour ago, arbit said: Cool. I was worried they had given up. I wonder what uniforms they will have. Really surprised with the choice for the first Minmay dress. Which would you have chosen? Speaking for myself, when I think of Minmay nowadays, I think of her in outfits from DYRL. Of course, that's not Robotech, so back to the TV series. And... there's not much iconic there. Minmei's wardrobe is rather plain in the TV series. There's the chinese dress. It's a fair choice, but she's only shown in it a very limited amount. There's the "Stage Fright" outfit, the white dress with the ruffles. That's probably the concert outfit she wears the most in the series. I'd kind of like to see her in the blue dress she wears for her concerts later in the series. It's in the episode Broken Heart. It gets a good amount of screen time, but it doesn't really represent Minmei at her zenith nor do I imagine it's how most viewers remember her. There's the dress she wears at the beginning of the series. She's in it for multiple episodes, and it's what she wears for the iconic falling rescue scene. The problem is that it's not Singer Minmei. It's a solid alternate second run figure, but I'd think purchasers would prefer Singing Idol Minmei as a primary figure. Everything else has pretty minor screen time. There's the yellow minidress she wears for the second half of We Will Win. She's shown in the school uniform with the skirt, tie, and blazer a bit. Most of the rest of the time she wears various colors of skirts and sweater looking things. I guess there's the pink dress she is in the picture with Rick. To me it seems like the dress she wears for the first half of her We Will Win number is one of the better ones they could pick. It's a major Minmei moment. Plus, it also pays homage to the old Matchbox figure. It's just that unlike Rick or Lisa, Minmei doesn't have a "standard uniform" for the series.
jvmacross Posted October 23, 2018 Posted October 23, 2018 1 hour ago, GabrielV said: Which would you have chosen? Speaking for myself, when I think of Minmay nowadays, I think of her in outfits from DYRL. Of course, that's not Robotech, so back to the TV series. And... there's not much iconic there. Minmei's wardrobe is rather plain in the TV series. There's the chinese dress. It's a fair choice, but she's only shown in it a very limited amount. There's the "Stage Fright" outfit, the white dress with the ruffles. That's probably the concert outfit she wears the most in the series. I'd kind of like to see her in the blue dress she wears for her concerts later in the series. It's in the episode Broken Heart. It gets a good amount of screen time, but it doesn't really represent Minmei at her zenith nor do I imagine it's how most viewers remember her. There's the dress she wears at the beginning of the series. She's in it for multiple episodes, and it's what she wears for the iconic falling rescue scene. The problem is that it's not Singer Minmei. It's a solid alternate second run figure, but I'd think purchasers would prefer Singing Idol Minmei as a primary figure. Everything else has pretty minor screen time. There's the yellow minidress she wears for the second half of We Will Win. She's shown in the school uniform with the skirt, tie, and blazer a bit. Most of the rest of the time she wears various colors of skirts and sweater looking things. I guess there's the pink dress she is in the picture with Rick. To me it seems like the dress she wears for the first half of her We Will Win number is one of the better ones they could pick. It's a major Minmei moment. Plus, it also pays homage to the old Matchbox figure. It's just that unlike Rick or Lisa, Minmei doesn't have a "standard uniform" for the series. http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/topic/44143-kitz-concept-robotech-toy-line/?do=findComment&comment=1385376 Minmei Episode One outfit Minmei singing debut dress Minmei Final Battle Dress Minmei "Miss Macross" swimsuit Minmei "Miss Macross" winner outfit "Shower time" Minmay Minmei in Red Chinese dress Minmei in Purple Chinese Dress Minmei "shopping" dress Minmei in yokohama outfit Minmei in UN Spacy uniform Minmei in Winter coat Minmei last episode 3 hours ago, arbit said: I wonder what uniforms they will have. Really surprised with the choice for the first Minmay dress. I think it is safe to say they will go with pilot suit for Roy.... As for Misa (Lisa), although I would enjoy her in dress uniform, I hope they initially sculpt her in her "Bye, By Mars" flight suit so it can have more articulation. I think they should do all the rest of the pilot suit figs first (Max, Kakizaki (Ben), and Millia...then the next round they can do them all in their dress uniforms....that way they can also include Global, the Bridge Bunnies, and Claudia...along with the rest of the bunch..plus Millia again! I am all in on this line....hopefully it does well...there are not that many that need to be released to be considered a "complete" set.....I don't even need the "dress" versions of all of them, but would be nice.... This is what I hope we get at minimum before thinking of any variants....skipping Misa and Roy since they are next.... Max Pilot Kakizaki Pilot Millia Pilot Global Britai Exedore 3-pack Bridge Bunnies Claudia
sh9000 Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 Like KitzConcept said, after Roy and Lisa, they hope that they can release all of the characters but it all depends on sales. I’m in full support of this line so that they can make more.
jvmacross Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 5 minutes ago, sh9000 said: Like KitzConcept said, after Roy and Lisa, they hope that they can release all of the characters but it all depends on sales. I’m in full support of this line so that they can make more. Think we may have to support more than just their Macross figs....pretty sure it cost them more to design and bring those 1/72 to market....if those fail it may be bad news for everything else they may want to release in terms of Macross....
Sanity is Optional Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 Skipped Hikaru and Minmay, but I'll go in for Roy and Misa, definitely.
sh9000 Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 33 minutes ago, jvmacross said: Think we may have to support more than just their Macross figs....pretty sure it cost them more to design and bring those 1/72 to market....if those fail it may be bad news for everything else they may want to release in terms of Macross.... I didn’t order the 1/72 VF-1S but I hope all goes well. I want most a 1/12 Max and Miriya figure.
arbit Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 16 hours ago, GabrielV said: Which would you have chosen? Good question. Not sure, but I thought they would choose her school outfit or white stage outfit or china dress, something more iconic than the green dress. But change is good, it's just a risk for them to choose a less famous outfit. I'll take them all if they keep up the sculpt quality.
ScrambledValkyrie Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 8 hours ago, jvmacross said: Think we may have to support more than just their Macross figs....pretty sure it cost them more to design and bring those 1/72 to market....if those fail it may be bad news for everything else they may want to release in terms of Macross.... I’ve been really curious about the 1/72 VF-1, though I didn’t order one. I’m interested to see how it turns out. Was there any kind of preview of it, perhaps a video, beyond the images on the RT site?
jvmacross Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 1 hour ago, ScrambledValkyrie said: I’ve been really curious about the 1/72 VF-1, though I didn’t order one. I’m interested to see how it turns out. Was there any kind of preview of it, perhaps a video, beyond the images on the RT site? only one I've seen so far..
Convectuoso Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 2 hours ago, jvmacross said: only one I've seen so far.. I had forgotten about that Armored VF-1J
Stampeed Valkyrie Posted November 2, 2018 Posted November 2, 2018 Just got an update email on the 1/72 VF-1S Dear Customer, We greatly appreciate your patience in waiting for our 1/72 VF-1S Roy Fokker. After several modifications, we are pleased to announce that it will be ready on 12 December 2018. Please visit our Facebook for the update product photos. To prepare for the shipment and to ensure that the parcel will reach you as quick as possible without any delay, please arrange the followings: 1. Please double check your delivery information (address and contact phone number) and let us know immediately if there are any changes. 2.We will email the invoice for balance (or whatsapp for Toysoul and HK customers) to you from 15-20 November, 2018. Please settle it on or before 2 December 2018. Should you have any further queries, please feel free to contact us. Our heartfelt thanks for all your support!!
Convectuoso Posted November 3, 2018 Posted November 3, 2018 I received that email too, and they confirmed that mine was upgraded to the Super Parts version
Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0 Posted November 3, 2018 Posted November 3, 2018 (edited) There's more images on their IG page: KitzConcept Instagram Edited November 3, 2018 by Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0
Knight26 Posted November 3, 2018 Posted November 3, 2018 Looks optimized for Battroid, not terrible looking, but the himetals are far better.
jvmacross Posted November 3, 2018 Posted November 3, 2018 Not bad.....looking forward to receiving it.....
tekering Posted November 3, 2018 Posted November 3, 2018 33 minutes ago, Knight26 said: Looks optimized for Battroid Really? Looking at the battroid proportions, I was thinking just the opposite...
jenius Posted November 3, 2018 Posted November 3, 2018 If I hadn't preordered one already, I'd definitely preorder one now. Backpack sits a little high in battloid but that's a minor quibble.
eggy99 Posted November 3, 2018 Posted November 3, 2018 Yep that backpack being too high is an eye sore. Those top side air intakes are pretty massive. What's up with the wings being stuck behind the shoulders in gerwalk (sorry guardian mode)? I do love the detailing though. Funny that the air brake is not painted on the inside of those recesses. Side covers look to be copied from Yamarcadia, which were also not anime accurate. Too bad they didn't opt to design them as they were shown in episode 1/2. But! BEST looking ROBOTECH toy to date. Good on them!
jvmacross Posted November 3, 2018 Posted November 3, 2018 Wonder if it still has the led gimmicks.....hoping they got rid of the glossy finish on the SP's
derex3592 Posted November 3, 2018 Posted November 3, 2018 I won't be getting one, but will definitely be awaiting comparison reviews. I do like the detailing, looks like a solid effort.
M'Kyuun Posted November 3, 2018 Posted November 3, 2018 11 hours ago, tekering said: Really? Looking at the battroid proportions, I was thinking just the opposite... Me too, although it still looks pretty good. If they eventually do a VE-1 Elint Seeker, I'm down for one. Love the crisp paint and panel lining. I hope they eventually do a Legioss. I have the Toynami Legioss, and I love the sculpt, but due to its myriad deficiencies, it's a terrible toy. I think these guys could make one that looks as good, if not better, with superior engineering and materials so that it could be transformed and manipulated without fear of crumbling.
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