lavinrac

And now we wait.

Legioss Zeta charged mid last night from HLJ, hit ship my warehouse this AM. FedEx. Hopefully somewhat fast. Can't wait to see it. Either mine or even other folks photos. 

39 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

It was a 1/100 scale mode kit that was posted.

Thanks for clarifying I couldn't tell if it looked like a DX or not from the tiny picture. It just seemed really odd.

Anyone else see a picture yesterday of a DYRL strike Max 1S? I saw a link to it on a Facebook page that went to a twitter. It seemed like an odd choice, if it was real. I don't think there WAS a strike Max 1S. Wasn't the last we saw of him in the movie in a non-armored one s before he ended up getting unmicronized and getting his own queadlunn rau? Anyway my memory could be faulty.

4 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

"Minmay" will also be printed on the cockpit, despite Bandai not giving us a Minmay figure that can actually sit in the cockpit. 

I think I've seen it spelled Minmei and Minmay in official Macross product. Maybe they can spell each way on one side.

This may have been mentioned in previous comments, but it's just a dumb joke so who cares.

Are we taking bets on whether they will tampo Hikaru's name on the cockpit of the VF-1D, igniting a massive continuity war as only Macrossworlders can? 

Got my stickers from Anasazi37 today, in record time. They look good and were packed well between pieces of cardboard inside a flat mailer. I guess that got it sorted into the flat mail that USPS is actually delivering still with our bills. Glad it wasn't in a box I might not see it next Christmas

Anyhow they look great. I have only put one on so far but man replacing that 100 with a 001 was just absolute Bliss!

thanks!!!

19 minutes ago, daBlah! said:

It's infectious! Did the same just now. First DX VF-1 I decided to grab.

I've got all of them so far but the 1A's. Holding out for Max DYRL 1A. 

I was lucky during the great Roy preorder madness of 2020.

And tv supers just got mailed to me today... Or just got mailed to me tomorrow, since Japan is in the future

I caved. Friend in Japan I thought was away (deployment) was just really busy. 1 VF-1D ordered. You guys and your unintended peer pressure. 

So the last time I did a twe, I had a friend in japan buy it. He's currently away so can't do so. Hlj and cdjapan and are not going to have the vf-1d and im through with dealing with nippon yasan.... So.. nin-nin? I'm guessing the best answer is to have already put in the proxy order yesterday. 

I am still on the fence on this but might do it if it's even possible. 

I'm really hoping for a DYRL Max. 

5 hours ago, borgified said:

A major info for regular Macross pre-orders for @MWUser since he's a newbie:

During pre-order madness (should you attend one next year) , there's going to be a mad rush to get your orders at any given site. Pre-orders will either

(1) Error/Time out/Website Crash

(2) If you get into a site by the luck of a draw and you click in your order and go to the pre-payment page, you'll get the spinning wheel of death (as your order is unknown) 

(3) At the same time, others are also putting their pre-orders so there's a possibility that your order will be cart jacked

(4) Should your pre-order get through, consider yourself very lucky to get a pre-order in

(5) Email of order confirmation of your pre-order, however some of us has been kicked out or denied as the pre-orders has exceeded their limit

 * Just started recently by @DYRL VF-1S: Get your drink of choice during pre-order madness due to the fact its a real crap fest. For anyone that says "Cart Jacked! or "Website Crash" take a shot! * 

 

 

*Do not do this. You will get alcohol poisoning and we'll all feel very guilty with your death on our consciences.

4 hours ago, Grey728 said:

Macross is absolutely harder. If we miss PO night by a few seconds, we lose our chance to get one at MSRP. The price only goes up from there and usually by $100 or more not including shipping. I'm sure I could get a PS5 if I'm willing to pay $100 over MSRP. If I wait long enough I WILL get one at MSRP. Wait a few years, and I'm sure MSRP will drop by $100 or so. I can't say the same about Macross.

Also, the Valkyrie is slightly more likely to be fun the first month! I don't understand rushing out to get a new system with like 5 games on it total. I have bought every Playstation, but only one on preorder.. and then I ended up moving in with a friend and we only needed one so we scalped mine. First and last scalping I did. We were in college and needed the $

This book is fantastic and it's spoiling me. Now I want all my previous macros books to have English translations too. Zentradi I don't care as much

17 hours ago, sh9000 said:

My 2 copies shipped from Amazon JP as well and they should be here on the 9th.

I put an order in to CD Japan, and its been 'shipping processing' for days. Shoulda waited for Amazon but MOFO got me.

Oh well. CDJ is not bad at all, just wish they'd get it out the door.

On 12/3/2020 at 12:29 AM, Lolicon said:

What do I need to do to get this wonderful decal set? 

Just got home and opened the box. I'm only getting one of each DX now, so hopefully no QC issues. 

Ditto Here! Would love to pick up a copy of these decals.

PM if they are available. Thanks!

7 hours ago, Shawn said:

This is about the scale I'd like it...  

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n476651234

 

That axe from the dream sequence Episode where they were fantasy characters, or just completely out of nowhere? Arm looks a little small too.  To be fair the builder clearly is skilled esp. with painting.

23 minutes ago, lavinrac said:

Yes! HLJ shipping notice arrived.

Also, I always, since I was a kid, thought the DYRL VF-1As had color heat shield and the 1S was Black.  Cannot remember if Max 1S was even in battroid mode in the movie

To answer my own question, looks like Max's DYRL 1S has a black heat shield,for the 8 frames I can find.

Yes! HLJ shipping notice arrived.

Also, I always, since I was a kid, thought the DYRL VF-1As had color heat shield and the 1S was Black.  Cannot remember if Max 1S was even in battroid mode in the movie

15 hours ago, Valkyrie Hunter D said:

It looks like the preorder date for the VF-1D is 12/24/20.  I'm kinda bummed the upper intakes don't clear the canopy.

Is this covered in an earlier post? Curious what you mean about the intakes. in which mode, etc.

Thanks!

Anyone know what the actual release date on the Focker Special DX VF-1S is? I got one on preorder from HLJ, and they just say 'Nov 2020' .. I checked like 8 stores.. most said 'November' but two said Nov. 30.. so I don't know if that info is legit or not.  I'm itching to hit 'ship' on my private warehouse but waiting for that to come in first.

On 10/23/2020 at 1:15 PM, ghostryder said:

I haven't had much luck sourcing replacement parts, other than the occasional part out on ebay. I've also had no luck finding replacement stickers. 

I've had to replace the metal linkage on a head and replace an entire hip ratchet assembly, but  was able to repair the black shoulder hinge using pin nails and epoxy. Maybe a small screw could be used to replace the peg on your busted arm. 

Q: Does EVERY one of these have the ratchets on each side of the chest slightly OFF from one another so both intakes' don't point exactly straight ahead? My Blue Gakken Legioss has that 'odd feature' and I'm just wondering if thats all of them.

Got my replacement Tiny Stig Figure from Sentinel! It still falls apart when you look at it sideways, but they sent it to me, Free, with no hassle. Great customer service at any rate!

Prediction: after the release of the hikaru TV 1S, Bandai will quietly stop producing any new ones with no notice whatsoever. Macrossworld users will continue to wonder until Bandai ends up creating an entirely new line of toys where they put more metal and a higher price tag in and then release the same three Valkyries again.. ad infinitum.

The CM's is the one I think I have. Didn't they offer up a set of new, better intakes? I failed to purchase those.

Has anyone done a 3D printer version?

Also. that got me thinking. The Aoshima/Toynami (they are same/similar no?) Tread.. One of you guys has made an adaptor for putting that Tread on the Sentinel Legioss. Any plans for an adaptor from Sentinel to CMs tread?  I only have the CMs but it looks close enough to try.

I gotta just weigh in a tiny bit. My yamato 1/60 is fine, but my 1/48ths are yellowed, they don't weigh enough so they feel -untoylike. and the arms are too skinny. 

I'd replace them all with Bandai's, they were good for the time. metal swing bar on the legs was best on the Yamato 1/48. The bar on the 1/60 took an engineering degree to transform, and the one on the Bandai pops off every transformation. that's cheating, skirting around the prefect transformation issue.