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12 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Macross Figures I do not enjoy transforming:

1. SV-262
2. VF-171EX
3. Macross Quarter
4. Koenig Monster

There's not much fight over that top spot.

I have a feeling runner-ups are SV-51 and YF-21?  

28 minutes ago, jrhudson311 said:

what sites will you be watching?

All of them so I can secure atleast one. Because you never know what would happen beyond 4:00:01pm.  

Here's the list of the time for members who's in the US:

PST: 11pm
MST: 12mn
CST: 1am
EST: 2am

11 minutes ago, ArchieNov said:

Holy sh**! I was able to finally pop it back on after an hour of trying different methods. And you would not believe how I did it.

I used twine.

You should've documented it for future reference on this toy if ever anyone tried the same thing.

But good thing it worked out fine.

They should put warning notes somehow on those joints.

2 hours ago, brouken said:

That’s actually not a bad price. I haven’t ordered from Hobby Search before though. Always get my valks from NY, HLJ or Amiami, though I’ve never been able to score a pre-order valk from Amiami ever. They literally get snapped up in seconds there. 

I stopped trying to order at HobbySearch. I always get cart jacked.

24 minutes ago, jenius said:

BiginJapan has the Kai available again.

I think that price is more reasonable than NY's and somewhere else assuming it will be shipped locally and not internationally. It's the same range when it still available at Mandarake. Would still love to have an extra one. Not sure if Y38000 (shipping included from BIJ) is still reasonable for a Valk. But the payment for Sentinel's Ride Armors and the PF SDF-1 are looming in the horizon.

45 minutes ago, locidm said:

Arcadia delayed to July, diecast will replace plastic in some areas for strengthening.

https://ameblo.jp/arcadiaac/entry-12356412578.html

Huh. Still in production and parts are already 'disintegrating'. Hmmm.

1 hour ago, jvmacross said:

Lovely.

Fever is still Mikimoto designs, yes?

7 minutes ago, Mommar said:

So leave that one in Fighter or Gerwalk and you don’t have to worry about the head.

I know what you did there. Hehehe.   I rather wait for the white one first before diving it on the green one. 

7 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

Nice selection of cars! The 959 is probably my all tmie favorite car so I do have one in my modest 1:18 car collection. It's not the rally version though.

I don't mind too if it's only in 1/24 or 1/32 scale which is more manageable than 1/18.

You know what, I forgot to include Porsche 956 to that list.

2 minutes ago, spanner said:

I'll take anything to be perfectly honest! LOL!

You know what, I'm not a big fan of a green colored Valk but I like the concept of the Drakens so I want to have one but the only thing that's stopping me if ever is the green's Pope head. If the head is the same as the blue one, I'm in.

18 minutes ago, kajnrig said:

Before physical merchandise and close-up shots of the 31s came out, I had hoped that the F would look something like the Aaliyah from Armored Core 4.

I was disappointed when the F turned out to have a more... bug-like face, with two distinct eyes instead of a visor. And yeah, that horn. It's a blight on the YF-29, too; get rid of it, and they both have at least passable head designs.

This is why I bought an extra 31J before so I can swap it on one of my 31F's head only to realize I can't since there's some grooves around the back/neck plate area that specific to which head is using. So now, I'm thinking if I should keep my extra 31J or sell it in the future. Not sure what to do yet.

10 minutes ago, spanner said:

this poor thread has been so quiet compared to the VF-31 thread.. 

and its quite disappointing that there hasn't been any further announcements for future SV-262 releases..

Are you waiting for the White Hs or the Green Ba's?

11 minutes ago, spanner said:

hehe! its tempting considering how many other 1:18 cars I'd love to have in my collection but simply could not afford them all.. unless I sold off all my Macross collection! Joking!

A 959.. I once did but sold it a few years back only to regret it. I had been looking at buying another though.. Why you ask? Have you got one that you would like to sell to me for a good price! LOL!

Ha! How I wish, man. I only asked because I really love the Porsche 959 used in Dakar Rally. Like if I were to have a diecast car collections, I'm going to make sure that one will be there. Oh, and not to mention F1 John Player Special and the Tyrrell P34 'elf'.

16 minutes ago, spanner said:

hehe! but not really.. That particular display cabinet has one shelf completely free and only one Valkyrie on the other which I moved to another shelf to take the car photos.. But I think my car count is nearly at the same as my Valkyries! 

Yeah. Until they take over the other shelves.

Hahaha! Btw, Spanner, any chance you have Porsche 959 in your collection?

8 minutes ago, spacemanoeuvres said:

Did they announce the lottery winners for the Kai? I haven’t heard anything from my proxy but I thought the announcement was this week. 

Yup. The announcement should be happening today (2/28) Japan time as per Tamashii site.

33 minutes ago, spanner said:

Nothing Macross related but still new to me..

Added a few more 1:18 cars over the last few months.. Sold off a few others to raise funds for the replacements and to make room to display them..

CARS are taking over the Mac space? What?!

8 minutes ago, TrickyCustomer said:

Your right there. The grey white and black does look the best out of the bunch i think.  It's the 31f head that actually lets it down for me. That stupid forward facing horn kind of looks out of place. I think the 31s head looks the best. Swap that with the 31f and yeah I'd probably go for one. The Kairos just looks stunning, probably why i was happy to grab two! Same with the sv262. Just need the lil draken set to finish it off. That set's parts can be utilized pretty well split between the two sv's.

Good thing those horns can be removed. Though it will leave an empty hole but atleast no more horns.

Congrats Spanner! 

Btw, I hope you're not stepping away from Macross, eh?

9 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Pretty sure Hayate's still the main character in the story.  This ain't just a music video, y'know?  A big part of the story is his romance plot with Freyja and him fighting in the war with Windermere.

I'm pretty sure it is. I'm just being sarcastic earlier in this whole Walkure thing being the lead and the special attention they gave to such as interviewing the whole group and ignoring the rest is all.

20 minutes ago, Saburo said:

@no3Ljm I told myself the same thing about the Freedom Gundams as well, but I'd like to know what you think of the Strike Freedom KO?

Hey Saburo. Here's what I posted on the Third Party Gundam thread:

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The joints are tight. QC is not that great IMHO since there's some small gaps on some parts like e.g. Rail Guns and the Wing connectors. I tried to squeeze them but it won't close that much. I'm assuming uneven plastic on pegs and whatnot. The Dragoons is not flushed properly on the wing railings so there's some visible gaps. It's not perfect but it beats Bandai pricing so I'm all good.

Also, I'm adding that the things I mentioned above is not noticeable when you're far away from the figure. But once you hold the figure in-hand and inspect it, that's the only time you'll see those. In the end, I'm happy with my purchase. Looks ok overall. And the reason why it's 'ok' for me is that up to now I still don't get the over-stylized of these Freedoms esp in this format so it's still a mind-boggling for me why I bought them. Hehehe.

2 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

... protagonist focus is a bit off lately too.  Some friends of mine who were in Japan on business over the last few weeks were kind enough to bring me back some souvenirs, including three copies of the movie's booklet/brochure.  The interviews with voice actors were no surprise... but the fact that they didn't bother to interview the main frigging character's voice actor was.  They just did the members of Walkure and Chisato Mita, the character designer.

They're the main star of the movie, right?

3 hours ago, anime52k8 said:

Thanks! I didn't realize the MoShow version was so much bigger than the other two. The Bandai version probebly looks the most "right" but I think I'm liking the MoShow version more. what's the right price to pay for the moshow one? there's one on ebay for under 100 which seems suspiciously cheap.

You're welcome!

Under $100 is cheap for this figure. Probably a KO of a 3P?  GMC already run out of MoShow Qant but HobbyMission still has it for $160 shipped to US. I paid mine 180 shipped this is before I heard of GundamModelCentral and HobbyMission. And yes, out of these three, MoShow's joints are tighter.

25 minutes ago, Shukenzero said:

It's a local shop. They don't do online unfortunately. If you need a VF-31S I can preorder one for the same price as mine

I managed to snag a MB Astraea Type-F there also, but the PO window was like one hour. A bit manic. The VF-31S had 0 preorders when I went today.

Wait. You're not US based, right?  

5 minutes ago, Shukenzero said:

Preordered one for around $218, which is HKD1680. Not the cheapest but I asked the shop and they said it's the first non-tamashii exclusive Valkyrie they've had for preorder. Looks like there's gonna be plentiful stock. Usually they only sell what they get on release day, so just a heads-up for anyone not able to secure one on the first day.

Would be nice if there's a link to the place you ordered. Atleast there's a backup if ever we won't be able to secure on the first day.