Arcadia 1/60 SV-51 Nora pre-order/released thread

[treatment]

Arcadia 1/60 SV-51 Nora preorder seems to be up now at various regulra jp import-shops:

 

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/B09MRXM5GV/  (still at msrp as of this edit)

https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail?gcode=FIGURE-134156   (37600y PO-price)

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10838368  (34960y po-price)

https://anime-export.com/index.php?product=54753  ( 34960y PO pay-now / 36800y PO pay-later)

https://www.hlj.com/1-60-scale-complete-transformation-sv-51-gamma-nora-polyansky-boarding-machine-final-battle-specification-aca82158  (36800y PO-price)

 

msrp: 40480y (tokyo-tax incl, i think)

Release-date is tentatively 06/22

Other regular import-shops should have it up soon, too.

No info still regarding if it (or any Arcadia valks) will be available as part of the new BigWest world-wide-release thingy...

 

Go!

 

👹

 

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Edited June 25, 2022 by treatment
title update due to impending release

[Sanity is Optional]

Ooh, hope HLJ puts it up soon, going to go through them for that 10% off black Friday code and combined shipping.

[nightmareB4macross]

I wonder if more stateside retailers will open orders. Hopefully at a better price point.

[no3Ljm]

Oooh. Lovely color.

But I still don't have Ivanov's. 

So no initial Premium version for this one huh?

[technoblue]

The price is more or less what I expected, but the shipping from Amazon Japan...ouch. 

[sqidd]

3 minutes ago, technoblue said:

The price is more or less what I expected, but the shipping from Amazon Japan...ouch. 

$50 in this day and age is ouch?

[no3Ljm]

Photos.  

 

[technoblue]

1 minute ago, sqidd said:

$50 in this day and age is ouch?

The rising cost is an ouch to me and Amazon Japan is currently giving international customers only one choice for shipping.

Eh, I'm okay with waiting for other options.

On a related note, I'm also not a fan of the bulky Yamato/Arcadia style boxes. I wish Arcadia would take a cue from Bandai and redesign their boxes to save on space. Packaging the Valks in bat mode or with the wings folded would be cool, for instance. I wouldn't miss the larger square boxes if they suddenly disappeared.

[sqidd]

If I didn't have two Yamatos's.............................................

[technoblue]

It looks like this has as much printed detail as the ol' Yamato release. I'm definitely in. I just need to figure out where to buy it. 😅

[no3Ljm]

28 minutes ago, sqidd said:

If I didn't have two Yamatos's.............................................

Go for it @sqidd!   

 

[apptt4]

1 hour ago, no3Ljm said:

🏅

[Chronocidal]

Hoping the quality control on this one is a step up from the Ivanov.  Besides the ankle snafu, mine came out of the box with a mis-assembled/useless shoulder that spun like a pinwheel.

[Lolicon]

I'll wait for HLJ to open preorders. I want to be covered in case something like the Ivanov leg problem happens again. 

[treatment]

https://twitter.com/Mrk_arcadia/status/1466551024303636485

 

[close313]

I got one from Amazon! This is the bird that started my downward macross spiral 😂. My old one is pretty beat up already.

[nightmareB4macross]

6 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Photos.  

 

Guess I’ll be getting this one to pair up with Ivanov.

Now I can customize one of my SV-51 Nora to an SV-52 Oryol without having to worry about having to worry about it. 

[ErikElvis]

Looks pretty darn good. But am I in or out…. Room and budget are an issue

[DarkArchon3000]

Up on HLJ.

https://www.hlj.com/1-60-scale-complete-transformation-sv-51-gamma-nora-polyansky-boarding-machine-final-battle-specification-aca82158

[nightmareB4macross]

24 minutes ago, DarkArchon3000 said:

Up on HLJ.

https://www.hlj.com/1-60-scale-complete-transformation-sv-51-gamma-nora-polyansky-boarding-machine-final-battle-specification-aca82158

Price looking better, still waiting for USA retailers to pull up their skirts. 

[Shawn]

Stupid question, sorry...but how much is different than the Yamato version? Do we have any other details yet?

[jenius]

Here's the article I did:

http://anymoon.com/blog/?p=14588

[nightmareB4macross]

Tighter tolerances…

Well, that’s it an enough for me.

[treatment]

up now at HS:

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10838368
34960y po-price

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at AE:

https://anime-export.com/index.php?product=54753

34960y PO pay-now
36800y PO pay-later

Edited December 3, 2021 by treatment

[treatment]

official Arcadia tweet and reply regarding...

https://twitter.com/ARCADIA_Co_Ltd/status/1466671599462268932

 

 

[MKT]

Ah so Arcadia's production run is in the sub-1000 numbers..

Let's see if this will be offered worldwide as well..

[treatment]

2 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Price looking better, still waiting for USA retailers to pull up their skirts. 

 

bug  continuously tweet at both BigWest and Arcadia (and MrK, too) about getting this (and other Zero) canon valk to be a US and worldwide release as well instead of just non-canon valks from Bandai...

https://twitter.com/MACROSS_BIGWEST

https://twitter.com/ARCADIA_Co_Ltd

https://twitter.com/Mrk_arcadia

 

 

🤣

[Rein+]

3 hours ago, treatment said:

 

bug  continuously tweet at both BigWest and Arcadia (and MrK, too) about getting this (and other Zero) canon valk to be a US and worldwide release as well instead of just non-canon valks from Bandai...

Idk maybe this release is the worldwide release. I somehow can order from my local hobby shop at msrp for about 36800JPY without additional overseas shipping cost.

its very weird to be able to pre-order macross related stuff without steep mark up here.

[Mommar]

11 hours ago, Rein+ said:

Idk maybe this release is the worldwide release. I somehow can order from my local hobby shop at msrp for about 36800JPY without additional overseas shipping cost.

its very weird to be able to pre-order macross related stuff without steep mark up here.

Where can you pre-order this?

[kajnrig]

In case you can't wait, Amiami's got one of the Yammie version: https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=TOY-RBT-0029-R

 

I know a similar question was asked above, but is the Arcadia toy just the Yammie molds refined and revised, or did they create brand new molds that just necessarily follow similar shapes, lines, etc., as the Yammie one?

[jenius]

Brand new molds but not really brand new engineering. 

[Falcon]

Is this the premium finish or is it the standard?

[nightmareB4macross]

On 12/5/2021 at 7:39 AM, Falcon said:

Is this the premium finish or is it the standard?

Premium price with Standard finish.

😉

[Sanity is Optional]

4 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Premium price with Standard finish.

😉

It’s Nora, which means a huge amount of tampo printing regardless.

[dragonstar1982]

Just saw that pre orders are now open at BBTS