Macross Collection Display Thread

[Dimis]

My drug...

Nightmare scenario: The house is coming down, they are all in their boxes but you can take only one!!! Choose! Life-threatening scenario in fact!

[erikos0311]

Big craigslist score!!!!!

4 Detolfs (mint) for 50 bucks!! Not bad hu?!?

I've been looking for a 4th detolf for over 2 weeks now and two days ago I saw this post for 1, and the lady wanted 40 bucks for one, I got her down to 30 so I was expecting a half broken shelf with baby slobber all over the glass, well when I got to their house,(45 min. Away) she opened her garage door and there where 3 detolfs there, so I started thinking I could probably get 2 from her for around 50 bucks, well after wheeling and dealing she said that she only had 4 of the small floor glasses and that she had another detolf inside! After back and forth for 10 min. she pretty much just said she wanted them gone for 55 dollars which was a weird number if you ask me. .... I said. "I'll just give you 50 bucks for all of them" , and she agreed.

So I got 4 detolfs(same color, dark brown/silver structure) & 4 small pieces of floor glass for 50 dollazzz!!!

I stopped by lowe's last night and got 8 pieces of non tempered glass for 3 bucks a pop. The only thing is that the glass itself is not as thick as the original and can't hold too much weight, but I figured I could put them on the bottom of each shelf just incase. I tested one out this morning on one of my current set ups and it held 5 small TF MP's (prowl,sideswipe etc..) so now that I will have PLENTY of space for 1 Valk per floor, I'm sure the glass will hold up just fine.

I also dropped by Walmart and picked up two rolls of black magic 5% VLT tint film for the back walls of the shelfs. I kind of like how the tint in the back give the shelfs a bit of a sleeker look instead of just seeing right thru your wall.

So since my current set up is all black(wood/metal structure/etc.)

And I want to keep that look, I will be customizing all 4 detolfs to match them.

I decide to go with black satin krylon fusion (non-prep, super bond paint)

I tested it out on the bottom part of the bottom wood shelf and the color is close enough! LoL

So now all I've got to do is convince my wife that I got all 4 detolfs because it was a great deal that I couldn't pass up and that it does not mean I will be going on a Valk purchase rampage!! LoL!!

I will post more pictures once I get things going!

Now I'm off to the paint both!! :)

[skullmilitia]

That's a damn good deal.

[barurutor]

Nice collection!

why are the shelfs are giftwrapped?

Thanks! I think the landlord put giftwrap to prevent scratches on the cabinet.

[Gakken85]

Nice. Yeah I got a constructed Detolf on cl for 50 haha

[barurutor]

That is the gundam base 1 stand with the shapeway adapter right?

Yes. The VF-1J is using the straight adapter while the Max 1A is using the banked left one. I have a banked right adapter and some more unassembled action bases. I need to rotate toys in/out of display more often.

[barurutor]

Nice growth barurutor! Where/when did you get the TV 1S?

Thanks! I got that from Rakuten Terraformer shop almost a month ago. Its a "used" TV-1S with option parts (used but virtually new, didn't appear to be taken out of box at all). The TV super parts are from my 1J.

Edited November 17, 2013 by barurutor

[Kyp Durron]

Nightmare scenario: The house is coming down, they are all in their boxes but you can take only one!!! Choose! Life-threatening scenario in fact!

That's a freaking no brainer, the VF-4G.

-Kyp

[TCracker]

That's a freaking no brainer, the VF-4G.

-Kyp

And weeks later Arcadia issues a press release that they will be re-issuing the VF-4G

[close313]

I'd go down with my valks. Valks go to heaven too, right ?

[Kyp Durron]

And weeks later Arcadia issues a press release that they will be re-issuing the VF-4G

FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU.............!!!!!!!

-Kyp

[Scyla]

And weeks later Arcadia issues a press release that they will be re-issuing the VF-4G

And as icing for the cake they announce the FB2012 version.

[Ignacio Ocamica]

I think I'd grab Hikaru's 1/60 v2 VF-1S Strike (if I could only keep one).

[Scyla]

From the pile above I'd grab the VF-19S.

[close313]

This is starting to sound like, if his house was going down, what would you grab from his stash! Lol!

[Scyla]

Oh if it had to be his stash it would most definitely be the VF-4G.

But in this special case I'm sure that I'd be able to carry more then one Valkyrie.

[Mommar]

I'd wait for everybody else on the forums to take something from his house and hold each one of them up as they leave.

[Falcon18]

One?

[Scyla]

I hope for skull_leader001 that none of the MW members are around his house when he needs to be rescued out of his burning house.

[TCracker]

My collection thus far

[barurutor]

That's an awesome set of renewal valks right there!

[DyNo]

i think that pevey amp needs to go love the arrangement

lol yeah I think it's time to retire that old amp....

[sreichma]

The blue lights really bring out the whole Sci-Fi theme.

[funkymonkeyjavajunky]

Finally, a complete squadron (couldn't fit the VF-25A into the shot). Just waiting on armor for the RVF-25.

[DyNo]

The blue lights really bring out the whole Sci-Fi theme.

It's not really a blue light. The camera just doesn't pick up the LED's cool white color that good.

Edited November 21, 2013 by DyNo

[Gakken85]

Natural light bulbs?

[DarrinG]

We had professional pics taken because we're still trying to sell our house.

Amazing how his lens makes the office seem gigantic (its not really). The tile fish above the piano appear quite large on the wall in person, yet here they seem drastically small for the space. The photos are all so strange it like an alternate reality.

My lower left shelf was in flux that day - drat! - if I had thought about if I would have made sure that was set . . .

Edited December 9, 2013 by DarrinG

[Gakken85]

Cool display pieces.

[TCracker]

Crappy cell phone pic. My frontier shelf.

[jenius]

In my house shopping I've been amazed at how many times I've walked into a house after viewing the pics online and said "This is a lot smaller than I expected." Now I know why...

[DarrinG]

This belongs more in the Photography thread - but here is a quick comparison between my shots and theirs.

And I did not realize until this moment you can spell it lens or lense - interesting.

To stay on the display topic - your Frontier shelf looks great TCracker - Now get some real estate pics of it and it will look massive!

[Mommar]

Looks like the guy on the right is a liar in my opinion... If I walked in and the room didn't look as big as the pics I'd walk back out, I don't appreciate false advertising.

[Reïvaj]

This belongs more in the Photography thread - but here is a quick comparison between my shots and theirs.

DiningRoom_Compare.jpg

L_Room_Compare.jpg

And I did not realize until this moment you can spell it lens or lense - interesting.

To stay on the display topic - your Frontier shelf looks great TCracker - Now get some real estate pics of it and it will look massive!

It's amazing how everything changes by using wide-angle lenses. Regarding the variant spelling lense which is sometimes seen, according to this while it is listed as an alternative spelling in some dictionaries, most mainstream dictionaries do not list it as acceptable .

[TCracker]

Sorry for reposting this. The earlier pic was crap. Can't believe the S4 takes shitty pics. either that or I dont know how to use it.

here is a pic using my regular camera.

[barurutor]

Much better, thanks!

I don't suppose the brown boxes contain the super/armor packs?