Chronocidal Posted April 23, 2022 Posted April 23, 2022 Did her pre-order happen before Hayate's released? Quote
sqidd Posted April 23, 2022 Author Posted April 23, 2022 11 hours ago, Chronocidal said: Did her pre-order happen before Hayate's released? My Hayate was delivered 1/12/22 (not sure about release date) I PO'd Mirage's 31AX 10/24/21 Quote
MKT Posted April 23, 2022 Posted April 23, 2022 13 hours ago, no3Ljm said: I wonder why there's no heavy promotion for Mirage's unit? Perhaps there’s less enthusiastic response to Boque than expected so far.. and they push out more pics in the final days of PO.. But it’s great these new pics are of physical toy, rather than the 3D renders used previously. The wings appear to tag properly against the legs in Fighter, though not sure if Bandai photoshopped it as they sometimes do in the past.. Quote
sqidd Posted April 23, 2022 Author Posted April 23, 2022 24 minutes ago, MKT said: Perhaps there’s less enthusiastic response to Boque than expected so far.. and they push out more pics in the final days of PO.. We have a winner!!! Quote
Lolicon Posted April 23, 2022 Posted April 23, 2022 Tabs that are too big to fit into their designated slots. I guess Bandai fired all their CAD guys and just eyeballed everything for the 31AX. Quote
no3Ljm Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 9 hours ago, MKT said: Perhaps there’s less enthusiastic response to Boque than expected so far.. and they push out more pics in the final days of PO.. But it’s great these new pics are of physical toy, rather than the 3D renders used previously. The wings appear to tag properly against the legs in Fighter, though not sure if Bandai photoshopped it as they sometimes do in the past.. I want to be optimistic somehow regarding Mirage's release. But checking Bogue's photos once again, I doubt that the origami arm design under the wing was fixed. I encircled the folding tab under the wing. Still not tabbed properly. Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 4 hours ago, no3Ljm said: I want to be optimistic somehow regarding Mirage's release. But checking Bogue's photos once again, I doubt that the origami arm design under the wing was fixed. I encircled the folding tab under the wing. Still not tabbed properly. You could be right about that. But it just might be recolored Hayate body with an updated prototype head. I also noticed the wings are not tabbed in at all. Quote
MKT Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 13 hours ago, no3Ljm said: I want to be optimistic somehow regarding Mirage's release. But checking Bogue's photos once again, I doubt that the origami arm design under the wing was fixed. I encircled the folding tab under the wing. Still not tabbed properly. Good catch on that @no3Ljm. So sad that these tolerance issues continues to plaque the 31AX.. On the plus side, this issue actually made me go through most of the Macross valks, stare at their undersides, and have renewed appreciation how Kawamori have designed them to have little or no kibble on the underside compared to other transforming toy IPs. It is just so much more difficult to do that for aircrafts, as their underbellies are an important aesthetic factor as compared to say, ground vehicles whose underside are usually not seen. Quote
Darth Mingus Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 On 4/23/2022 at 12:05 AM, no3Ljm said: Bogue's blog post. April 24 23:00 (JST) TWE order cutoff. https://tamashii.jp/tn_blog/3/ I wonder why there's no heavy promotion for Mirage's unit? I think this is the worst example of this set. This looks so bad, between the busy design, bad tolerances. It just looks bad. Quote
Sildani Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 Mirage’s ride comes out Friday, I’m not holding out much hope for it to have these issues fixed. Quote
no3Ljm Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 It's probably why I will stop on Mirage's release for now. Not planning on completing the whole squad. If they'll do Arad's then that's my last DX 31AX. Quote
Mommar Posted April 25, 2022 Posted April 25, 2022 3 hours ago, no3Ljm said: It's probably why I will stop on Mirage's release for now. Not planning on completing the whole squad. If they'll do Arad's then that's my last DX 31AX. Spoiler, there is no Arad version... Quote
Lolicon Posted April 25, 2022 Posted April 25, 2022 Remember kids, Bandai doesn't fix problems. They double down on them. It's a feature, not a bug! Quote
no3Ljm Posted April 25, 2022 Posted April 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Mommar said: Spoiler, there is no Arad version... Good! Money saved. Quote
Kanedas Bike Posted April 25, 2022 Posted April 25, 2022 16 hours ago, Lolicon said: Remember kids, Bandai doesn't fix problems. They double down on them. It's a feature, not a bug! Working for a SaaS company these days and I had to quote this because there are times I swear this is what a some of our Devs want to say. 😅 To their credit they don't, but I truly believe that they want to. Also, I skipped this 31AX and if I could go back in time and skip Hayate's I would skip that one too. -b. Quote
Jumbo Posted July 20, 2022 Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) Is it released this month? anyone get update? Edited July 20, 2022 by Jumbo Quote
MKT Posted July 20, 2022 Posted July 20, 2022 Hmm it should be on track to release by end of this month.. if it was delayed we should have some sort of announcement by now. Quote
MacrossJunkie Posted July 20, 2022 Posted July 20, 2022 I wish we could have gotten his 262Ba over this. Between the continuing QC issues and the hideous paint scheme of this AX, I assume this wasn't greatly desired in general. Quote
MKT Posted July 20, 2022 Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, MacrossJunkie said: I wish we could have gotten his 262Ba over this. Between the continuing QC issues and the hideous paint scheme of this AX, I assume this wasn't greatly desired in general. Do you mean his red & gold 262Hs? Yeahh agreed, more 262 will balance out the avalanche of 31s so far.. Although, I prefer the normal 262Ba the rest of Windemerean Knights used, with the more normal looking wings.. Quote
MacrossJunkie Posted July 20, 2022 Posted July 20, 2022 47 minutes ago, MKT said: Do you mean his red & gold 262Hs? Yeahh agreed, more 262 will balance out the avalanche of 31s so far.. Although, I prefer the normal 262Ba the rest of Windemerean Knights used, with the more normal looking wings.. Did he have an Hs? I suppose somewhere in the movies after Keith? I was thinking of the Ba he had in the series. And we already have an Hs made, but there's no Ba variant yet in the DX line. Quote
MKT Posted July 20, 2022 Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, MacrossJunkie said: Did he have an Hs? I suppose somewhere in the movies after Keith? I was thinking of the Ba he had in the series. And we already have an Hs made, but there's no Ba variant yet in the DX line. Ah apologies, I confused myself. I keep thinking the Hs in the series was his and not Keith's. Well, bring on the Ba, Bandai! Quote
Mommar Posted July 20, 2022 Posted July 20, 2022 10 hours ago, Jumbo said: Is it released this month? anyone get update? Last I saw it was due out the 24th. I might be miss-remembering, that's a Sunday which is an odd release day. Quote
no3Ljm Posted July 25, 2022 Posted July 25, 2022 TagHobby posted Bogue's unit it will be released on the 25th. Quote
betocc Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 Some pics https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/1551761566143373312?t=VIMZBfDl_Pp-nosmsbnpvg&s=19 Quote
MKT Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 27 minutes ago, betocc said: The wait begins to see if this mold has been massaged further for any improvements.. Quote
treatment Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) 43 minutes ago, MKT said: The wait begins to see if this mold has been massaged further for any improvements.. video tweet of fighter-mode from the same person: https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/1551766674059120641?cxt=HHwWgsCq2bDk_YgrAAAA looks like it prolly still require massaging and stuff... Edited July 26, 2022 by treatment Quote
ValkAddict Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 Good news, looks like Bandai made fixes to Bogue's fighter mode - as reported on Twitter Quote
MKT Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) 21 minutes ago, ValkAddict said: Good news, looks like Bandai made fixes to Bogue's fighter mode - as reported on Twitter That's great to hear! The earlier video linked by @treatment above, already appear to show improvements to that area, but it wasn't that clear. Bogue's AX didn't seem that popular during PO, but will it be now the most popular sought-after DX VF-31AX from these mold improvements? Edited July 26, 2022 by MKT Quote
Mommar Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 It's already sold out most places anyway. Not sure where you could pick one up outside of ebay... or LunaPark. Quote
Angesdad Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 23 minutes ago, ValkAddict said: Good news, looks like Bandai made fixes to Bogue's fighter mode - as reported on Twitter The drooping guns and the wing peg have improved significantly on Mirage release already. It looks about the same to me. Quote
treatment Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 Wotafa's gonna have a review soon... https://twitter.com/wotakufighter/status/1551904459345006593?cxt=HHwWgsDUicW4vIkrAAAA Quote
ValkAddict Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Mommar said: It's already sold out most places anyway. Not sure where you could pick one up outside of ebay... or LunaPark. Damn Quote
MKT Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 Still available here: https://www.yoyakunow.com/en/robots/10217-dx-chogokin-movie-vf-31ax-kairos-plus-bogue-con-vaart-custom.html Quote
Lolicon Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 Haven't been this unexcited about a new valk since the first Frontier valks. Quote
Mommar Posted July 27, 2022 Posted July 27, 2022 9 hours ago, MKT said: Still available here: https://www.yoyakunow.com/en/robots/10217-dx-chogokin-movie-vf-31ax-kairos-plus-bogue-con-vaart-custom.html I have no idea what that website is. Quote
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