EmilianoAlfaro Posted January 18, 2017 Posted January 18, 2017 9 minutes ago, MacrossJunkie said: At an extra 10,000 yen, the only premium finish going on here is the polish on your wallet from the friction of all the money flying out of it. ahahahah Quote
Pedro2k6 Posted January 18, 2017 Posted January 18, 2017 (edited) 55 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: Well, think of this way. Atleast, you'll have variants. This time you're going to have the ever-famous Arcadia whites compared to Yamato whites. Whereas me, I already sold my Yammie DYRL Hikaru Valks. So all the Hikaru's I have are now have the Arcadia white. But it's good to know that there's someone out there too that feels the same thing that I did. For sure, that's for most of us so it's great. Hahaha! Arcadia Rep: Is sticker that says "Premium Finish" to differentiate releases good enough for you? Hahahahha...Its not good enough for me...... But if the tempo is good and lot of them...I can live with that "sticker" in the box. Edited January 18, 2017 by Pedro2k6 Quote
no3Ljm Posted January 18, 2017 Posted January 18, 2017 6 minutes ago, Pedro2k6 said: Hahahahha...Its not good enough for me...... But if the tempo is good and lot of them...I can live with that "sticker" in the box. It will have the 'new' Macross 35th Anniversary sticker just to differentiate. That's good, yes? Quote
Chronocidal Posted January 18, 2017 Posted January 18, 2017 I wish they'd just issued the strike pack versions to start with, I can't really think of anyone who wouldn't have preferred that from the start, given how rare those packs are on the secondary market now. I may pass my two bare Arcadia VF-1S valks onto other owners though, since I just sort of completed my set of DYRL valks in the old Yamato off-white. Could never get ahold of a Max 1S, so I kitbashed a broken-shoulder edition Roy with a spare Max 1A, and voila. I may even have enough strike packs for all of them from one of those early HLJ clearance sales from years ago. Quote
connor99 Posted January 18, 2017 Posted January 18, 2017 $193 pre-ordered w/o shipping from HLJ for the regular version, but oh well! It's the only 1S variant in my 1/48 & 1/60 collection, so I think it was worth getting. At least, it was the next best thing to getting a separate strike pack that a lot of us are waiting for but won't seem to be getting anytime soon. Quote
Mr Bomber Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 199 on mine shipping included on registered air mail on nippon yassan. cant complain at all, whole price almost the same as the price on hlj without shipping. Quote
Mommar Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) Interesting, it's roughly an additional $30 for the 1S with Fast Packs versus the previous release lacking one. Which is about right for a VF-1 with Fast Packs in day, really. The "Premium" version makes zero sense why it's nearly $100 more. I really want to take a look at those tampo'd fast packs but I can't swing an extra $300 for a VF-1. Maybe $220... maybe. Mostly I just need more Fast Packs. Edited January 19, 2017 by Mommar Quote
MikeRoz Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) Placed my pre-order for the Premium Edition. I have a VF-1S Hikaru and a separate FAST pack set, but I think I will like the white better than the grey. I will probably list my current VF-1S for sale here after getting this one. Risky pre-order of the year. After my pre-orders for Mass Effect 3 and the No Man's Sky collector's editions, you think I'd have learned... Then again, my VF-4 pre-order went swimmingly! Quick question, while I was placing my N-Y pre-order, I first clicked 'Pay now', but then changed my mind on the PayPal login screen. This resulted in my order being cancelled. I have placed a new one. Am I getting banned? If I get banned, will I still get my paid HMR Millia pre-order? Edited January 19, 2017 by MikeRoz Quote
Raptor One Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 What went wrong with your Mass Effect 3 preorder? Quote
barurutor Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 3 hours ago, MikeRoz said: Placed my pre-order for the Premium Edition. I have a VF-1S Hikaru and a separate FAST pack set, but I think I will like the white better than the grey. I will probably list my current VF-1S for sale here after getting this one. Risky pre-order of the year. After my pre-orders for Mass Effect 3 and the No Man's Sky collector's editions, you think I'd have learned... Then again, my VF-4 pre-order went swimmingly! Quick question, while I was placing my N-Y pre-order, I first clicked 'Pay now', but then changed my mind on the PayPal login screen. This resulted in my order being cancelled. I have placed a new one. Am I getting banned? If I get banned, will I still get my paid HMR Millia pre-order? You won't get banned at N-Y for unpaid pay now orders, but they will be cancelled. Just PO again and choose Pay Later. Quote
barurutor Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 I changed my mind and preordered the premium finish one at N-Y and raised a ticket to cancel the regular version I preordered. Quote
hachi Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 This is a pass for me. For the price I could get 2 or 3 HMR valks and still have some money left. Maybe they should do something like a Kickstarter to get new products/designs going? Obviously there will be people buying this Hikky but they're stuck with SDFM while Bandai gets to release the valks from the latest Macross series. For one I'd want to see their take on something like from Macross Frontier. Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 I cancelled my regular order at NY and ordered the premium version I could prob snag a 1/48 VF-1S for around the same price lolol Quote
Chet Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 Reminds me of when Bandai started releasing "Marking Versions" of their Ka Signature Robot Damashii Gundams. Now you're going to wonder whether that Valkyrie you're buying now will be rendered obsolete with a "Premium" version released later. Quote
Raptor One Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 11 hours ago, Raptor One said: What went wrong with your Mass Effect 3 preorder? 11 hours ago, MikeRoz said: The ending. Lol I see Quote
treatment Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 at CDJ for 20,710yen: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-221795 Quote
Scyla Posted January 19, 2017 Posted January 19, 2017 I would totally buy the premium finish version but I already have the three first VF-1 releases from Arcadia. I would rather have Super Strike Pack addon-sets and the rest of the Skull Squadron than try to find a way to sell my VF-1 collection and start all over again with a release that might be a singularity. So I'm interested but not buying. Quote
Lolicon Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 For this much money, bring back the rainbow canopy tint! Quote
F360 Posted January 20, 2017 Author Posted January 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Lolicon said: For this much money, bring back the rainbow canopy tint! Or at least include a display stand. Quote
abbadon Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 https://twitter.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/822297558768701440 Quote
treatment Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 15 minutes ago, abbadon said: https://twitter.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/822297558768701440 meh... Quote
MikeRoz Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) 56 minutes ago, abbadon said: https://twitter.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/822297558768701440 Was about to recommend deployment of panic button, but if you zoom in really, really close on the wing you can see what must be the NO STEP markings (or some oddly regularly placed dirt). Edited January 20, 2017 by MikeRoz Quote
recon Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 1 hour ago, abbadon said: https://twitter.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/822297558768701440 Its nice that arcadia start tampoing but the strike/super parts still look bare even with the tampo details. In addition, it also doesnt justify the 10k increase just for the basics tampo markings Quote
neko878 Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 1 hour ago, abbadon said: https://twitter.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/822297558768701440 There has to be more tampo details than this right?? Quote
sh9000 Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) There's one more tampo on the bottom of the Valkyrie that says, "you've been duped for $100." jk Edited January 20, 2017 by sh9000 Quote
Chronocidal Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 I kind of wish they'd always printed the skull logos on the fast packs.. but that would have limited how they're used. I've just never felt like using the stickers on them, so all of mine are bare. Quote
recon Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 3 hours ago, Chronocidal said: I kind of wish they'd always printed the skull logos on the fast packs.. but that would have limited how they're used. I've just never felt like using the stickers on them, so all of mine are bare. Precisely. the skull emblems should have being tampoed for super or strike bundle packs while the rest could have being tampoed with UN Spacy logo Quote
Big s Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 For that price it should also have been preweathered. Quote
RocketGTR Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 If that's the premium version...I think I'll just stick to the regular release Quote
technoblue Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 I think it's a spare Hikaru 1S (from the vanilla stand-only release) that Mr. K is stickering up to model the markings on the premium version. I doubt that is a factory prototype. We have some months to go before either the normal or the premium strike set is released. Anyway, Mr. K's twitter indicates that there will be more photos up next week. I'm looking forward to them. Quote
dizman Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 Yeah for $100 more I'd rather just put the stickers on myself, though I wouldn't mind if they could tampo the round skull markings on the side of the strike pack (I'd probably pay $5 more for that). Quote
Slave IV Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 I don't think it's out of the question that the pictured is an actual sample. It's not like they need to do anything but setup the tampo process to have this ready for release since it's the same thing they've been putting out for years. Not complaining, just saying. Anyways, I'm close to preordering the regular version. Quote
technoblue Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Slave IV said: I don't think it's out of the question that the pictured is an actual sample. It's not like they need to do anything but setup the tampo process to have this ready for release since it's the same thing they've been putting out for years. Not complaining, just saying. Anyways, I'm close to preordering the regular version. Perhaps, but Mr. K has used kitbashed prototypes, spares, and stickers in his teaser photos before so there is a precedent for that too. Edit: I meant to add that the regular version is no slouch too. I'm this close (...) to picking up a matching "regular" Roy strike set to go with the premium Hikaru. Your pictures in the other thread sold me on it, even though I already own the Yamato version. My first DYRL Roy comes from Yamato's broken shoulder stock. Edited January 20, 2017 by technoblue Quote
Chronocidal Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 The tampo process isn't necessarily a quick thing to setup though. That's a lot of little tiny things to do that they haven't been setup for before. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the display model they're using is actually an old Yamato that was used in their photoshoots. The early Yamato promotional pics had all the markings on them as well. As far as the backpack emblems go though, I'm ok with them not being printed on the non bundles, since it lets you put them on any valk, but the character specific ones like with the M&Ms should've been printed from the start. I just can't ever bring myself to use any of the stickers, so all of my packs are still bare... but that's my own fault. Quote
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