Bandai DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1

[sqidd]

49 minutes ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

Ditto.

Ditto ditto

[Bolt]

1 hour ago, LRS said:

That is why I have little interest for TV hero valks. I was exposed to DYRL first and didnt see the tv show until years later and even then it was robotech. The animation didnt exactly wow me. 

Lol. He rocked it in SDFM too..

[DYRL VF-1S]

1 hour ago, LRS said:

Too much screen time for me unless they release the variant with the crushed head

How very punk rock of you.

[sqidd]

56 minutes ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

How very punk rock of you.

Oh, that just got saved to the Meme file!

[DYRL VF-1S]

6 minutes ago, sqidd said:

Oh, that just got saved to the Meme file!

[sqidd]

7 minutes ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

I just texted it to the singer for Suicide Machines and Less Than Jake. They love it!

[pengbuzz]

1 hour ago, sqidd said:

I just texted it to the singer for Suicide Machines and Less Than Jake. They love it!

LOL!

[borgified]

Another DX Hikaru 1s for 26k yen at Complex (opened, package damaged)

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1128769927&ref=doc&keyword=マクロス&lang=en

Edit: Changed a few things

Edited April 2, 2020 by borgified

[LRS]

7 minutes ago, borgified said:

Another DX Hikaru 1s for 26k yen at Complex (opened, package damaged)

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1128769927&ref=doc&keyword=マクロス&lang=en

Edit: Changed a few things

See now you are just teasing those of us outside of japan 

[DYRL VF-1S]

18 minutes ago, LRS said:

See now you are just teasing those of us outside of japan 

I use Mandarake all the time they ship to the States, Canada, etc..  However, since Japan Post has really changed their shipping during COVID, you'd be best to use DHL.

[borgified]

47 minutes ago, LRS said:

See now you are just teasing those of us outside of japan 

 

27 minutes ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

I use Mandarake all the time they ship to the States, Canada, etc..  However, since Japan Post has really changed their shipping during COVID, you'd be best to use DHL.

Your better off using DHL as EMS will take forever to mail out due to delays and SAL is a no go providing that your not within the "Suspended Country" list.  

[DYRL VF-1S]

50 minutes ago, borgified said:

Your better off using DHL as EMS will take forever to mail out due to delays and SAL is a no go providing that your not within the "Suspended Country" list.  

I literally have anxiety about my SSPs ever arriving LOL.

[jenius]

Is boat shipping still an option? I'm pretty sure I ordered 3 sets through NY via boat. 

[borgified]

20 minutes ago, jenius said:

Is boat shipping still an option? I'm pretty sure I ordered 3 sets through NY via boat. 

You're in the safety zone @jenius as your located in the States as Manda has stopped SAL indefinitely (see Japanpost's PFD in regrards to shipping restrictions). 

The other question is: Who knows if your stuff from NY has ever shipped at all before this situation unfolded?   

[F360]

43 minutes ago, jenius said:

Is boat shipping still an option? I'm pretty sure I ordered 3 sets through NY via boat. 

I haven't seen any change on that yet,   so it's still good for now.

[borgified]

Ugh!!

Jungle has another copy of the DX 1s Hikaru for grabs at 29.7k yen (sealed) and they have posted the Japanpost suspension warning on their international front page.

https://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/products/detail/398847

[Shawn]

Fast Pack set on YJA (April)...buy it now for $100...but if you read the comment on the auction, it made me laugh!!!

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r392226159

柿崎機の尾翼を見て、集める気が無くなりました。
あらかじめ注文していた本品が再来週に届いてしまいます。
キャンセルできないので、ここで処分します。

translated (machine)

I saw the tail wing of Kakizaki machine, and I lost my mind to collect it.
This item you ordered in advance will arrive again next week.
I can't cancel it, so I'll dispose of it here.

[Ridden001]

On 4/1/2020 at 10:40 AM, LRS said:

Indeed it is. I've seen this clip a billion times and I still dont understand how he got the pilot out of the pod. They need more animation frames for that sequence. 

That is why I have little interest for TV hero valks. I was exposed to DYRL first and didnt see the tv show until years later and even then it was robotech. The animation didnt exactly wow me. 

It’s fast, but when he punches the pod in the sensor eye area, it crunches and breaks open the hull, he then grabs him by the arm and pulls him out.

[Ridden001]

On 3/31/2020 at 12:46 PM, Paco Grande said:

I only collect transformers normally and I bought the Bandai VF-1S Hikaru and told myself I would only buy the future Roy 1S and be happy with two.

But it’s my birthday later this week so I decided to go ahead and order the Kakizaki. So now I’m looking at getting the whole skull squad..... I think I may have an addiction problem. 

This place is the Skid Row of the addiction problem with valks.

[Bolt]

[LRS]

6 hours ago, Ridden001 said:

It’s fast, but when he punches the pod in the sensor eye area, it crunches and breaks open the hull, he then grabs him by the arm and pulls him out.

He punches him in the eye!!  Never noticed that before. 

[rocketblast]

On 4/1/2020 at 8:40 AM, Lolicon said:

Max's 1S would be nice but I'd rather have Roy's first.

Everyone wants Roy's especially scalpers.

[borgified]

Highest price for the DX 1s Hikaru is 32k yen (unopened, package damaged) and still available at 26k and 28k yen. 

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1134181918&ref=list&dispCount=240&keyword=%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9&lang=en

For us that got the Hikaru's DX 1s, concider us very fortunate to get one before the prices go totally insane later on.

As for Roy's release, will see how it goes once the floodgates open upon release date.      

[jvmacross]

On 4/1/2020 at 10:26 AM, Bolt said:

Ya but it was epic

[Bolt]

Ha ha JV!! Love the avatar change up

Those cells are awesome

Edited April 7, 2020 by Bolt

[HardlyNever]

I always wondered how/why Max got his gunpod around the "wrong" way in that scene.

I know it's "because he's Max," but I wonder why we never see anything like that again.  It would be pretty cool to see VF-1s shooting their gunpod from the arm.

[jvmacross]

The GU-11 gunpods are quite versatile...

They can be held and fired in any position!  

[Slave IV]

46 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

The GU-11 gunpods are quite versatile...

They can be held and fired in any position!  

Where can I get that SSP "Lite" kit that's on that Gerwalk?

[LRS]

1 hour ago, jvmacross said:

The GU-11 gunpods are quite versatile...

They can be held and fired in any position!  

That's great! Someone should make an online database collecting all of this great packaging art

[nightmareB4macross]

10 minutes ago, LRS said:

That's great! Someone should make an online database collecting all of this great packaging art

I think JVMacross has most of that task accomplished.

[DYRL VF-1S]

4 hours ago, jvmacross said:

Awesome!

[Lolicon]

1/48 low vis VF-1A available for those looking for one.

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1134316364&ref=list&keyword=マクロス

[sqidd]

1 hour ago, Lolicon said:

1/48 low vis VF-1A available for those looking for one.

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1134316364&ref=list&keyword=マクロス

Thanks for the heads up. I just snapped that up along with a DX YF-19 Full Set that has been sitting on my wish list waiting for something else to amortize shipping costs. I chose DHL. Curious what that will cost. And how long shipping takes.

Now all I need to finish that shelf is a Low Vis Woodlands (I know where a couple of these are) and two sets of Stealth Strike Packs.......which I can't find anywhere.

[Slave IV]

3 hours ago, sqidd said:

Thanks for the heads up. I just snapped that up along with a DX YF-19 Full Set that has been sitting on my wish list waiting for something else to amortize shipping costs. I chose DHL. Curious what that will cost. And how long shipping takes.

Now all I need to finish that shelf is a Low Vis Woodlands (I know where a couple of these are) and two sets of Stealth Strike Packs.......which I can't find anywhere.

Nice grab! I would have been all over that if it was still available. 

[DYRL VF-1S]

3 hours ago, sqidd said:

Thanks for the heads up. I just snapped that up along with a DX YF-19 Full Set that has been sitting on my wish list waiting for something else to amortize shipping costs. I chose DHL. Curious what that will cost. And how long shipping takes.

Now all I need to finish that shelf is a Low Vis Woodlands (I know where a couple of these are) and two sets of Stealth Strike Packs.......which I can't find anywhere.

 

24 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

Nice grab! I would have been all over that if it was still available. 

You summabi%^h    I would've grabbed it as well. haha