Lolicon
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Ugh that sucks. Happy that I still have the old Yamato version with sound booster.
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Opened my Arcadia VF-19 and holy moly they painted the diecast shoulder joints a much brighter shade of red than the rest of the valk. The red paint sticks out way more than it did on the Yamato VF-19. Aside from that, the yellow parts now being gold, and the tinted canopy, it's identical to Yamato's. I can see why some don't like the canopy tint. Instead of being totally transparent yellow (like the RVF-25) there's a glittery texture to it, similar to the VF-31 toys, though not nearly as bad. It ends up kinda making the canopy glass look dirty, like Ray is gonna walk up to it and write "WASH ME" with his finger.
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That's not bad. Just sign up for their premium service free trial, buy it, then discontinue the service before you get billed. -
Ordered off Amiami. Sailed through with ease.
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That sounds weird. Everyone knows real aircraft uses unpainted diecast landing gear.
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No yellowing on my YF-30 either. However, I will say that I have had a couple of yellowing valks, and they are all from Bandai. I recently took my 25As out of storage and while one was yellow, the other was still pristine white, despite being storaged in their styrofoam trays and in identical conditions for X number of years. Bandai's valks have always felt cheaper overall than Yamato, and it wouldn't surprise me if that cost-cutting applied to their plastic mix as well. Bandai's releases have always cost less, but that cheapness shows in the overall fit & finish and propensity of their valks to yellow.
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Is the VF-19 good? Should I get one?
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Shipping depends entirely on the retailer you buy from. Some offer lost cost shipping (BBTS) and some even have free shipping. I'm not familiar with the costs of shipping from a US retailer to Canada.
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Yes, but expect a significant mark up. I'm expecting it to list domestically for around $359.99 before tax.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Lolicon replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Gunbuster! Man that's some old school sci-fi anime goodness there! -
Awesome shot! Regarding M7, I think the worst part is that it's way too long, and as a result suffers from what others have mentioned. If M7 was shorter, say only 26 episodes or even a brisk 13 episodes, it would have been much better paced and received. But they needed to stretch shows to last a year, so we ended up with a series that ran way too long with way too little material.
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Hey Nexx, your heat shield flap is open.
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Isn't it great that Yang had the foresight to predict that the 19 pilot might need to eject the rear seat occupant in case he tried to kill the pilot mid-flight, and included a means to reseal the cockpit? Lockheed Martin should be taking notes.
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Plenty of these bad boys in stores in Japan. Will ship mine from HLJ after I return stateside so it's not just sitting on my porch unattended for days. I'll keep this one in battroid or swap the canopy from my old Yamato version.
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I'm only an amateur builder myself and while I think the Bandai DX is overkill on the tampo, it does have all the markings that I think every aircraft should have (ejection seat, intakes, jack points, etc) so I'm going to leave mine as is. It'll at least match the DX 19 in obnoxious markings. Now if Arcadia could give us a PF V2 21...
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Picked up the metallic edition 25F.
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Found a couple of mechanic editions. At 70k each no wonder they're still unsold.
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This may have been posted before. It looks great with the matte finish. Looks like there's a few markings and paint apps added. Minor stuff. Wings look like the same crap swapping mechanism, even if it doesn't come with extra wings.
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Yamato 21 cost around 200 bucks in 2008 with the exchange rate at the time. It was around that time the exchange rate swung wildly in favor of the yen for the next several years.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Lolicon replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Got tickets to see May'n aka Sheryl tonight. ðŸ«
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MSRP plus tax.
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Not hard to track down here in Tokyo.
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The back and tops of the cases are particle board, so I imagine it shouldn't be too hard to drill into them to add mounting brackets.
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Thanks all. Honestly didn't think it would take so long to set up these shelves. Can't wait to get my next set of moducases so I can add the 1/48 stuff. I guess I can throw in a Gundam or two if there's room. The bottom (Delta) shelf will have to wait until 2024 as I will be out of town for the rest of the year.
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Now that's a lovely Ranka figure! And it looks like it won't cost 30k+ either.