Slave IV Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 39 minutes ago, GabrielV said: I got an Ex-Gokin God Phoenix (repaint version) today. I'm not sure why it's a "repaint" when it's the original colors of the vehicle, but whatever. It's been almost 40 years since I first saw Battle of the Planets on TV. It was the first anime I loved, and while I don't have much affection for the overall show anymore, the iconic characters and vehicles give me the warm fuzzies. None of them do this moreso than the G-5 Phoenix. I remember watching that show as a child and wishing I had a die cast Phoenix just like my Dinky Toys Enterprise to play with while I watched the adventures of Mark, Jason, Princess, Tiny, Keyop, and 7-Zark-7. And you're damn right that I watched the intro to Battle of the Planets earlier while I swooshed this thing around! The holy trinity is now complete: Phoenix, Argo/Yamato, and SDF-1, the Genesis of anime for me. If only I still had the Millennium Queen poster I had in the early 80s, that would be the perfect personal backdrop for the three. Treatment's photo of his SDF-1 and Yamato over in the Arcadia SDF-1 thread inspired me to do this one: Beautiful! A proper God Phoenix is what I need but I just can't bring myself to buy that EX Gokin one. Seems like an expensive glorified paperweight and the Unifive one is pretty much unobtainable at a decent price. I'm hoping someone makes a newer, better toy of it someday. That display you have is perfect though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 10 hours ago, Slave IV said: Nice! I just read the original Secret Wars again so looking forward to that Klaw figure! Hopefully there’s one of those BOGO sales so that I can price adjust and end up getting the figures for cheaper. 10 hours ago, Mommar said: Where did you find it? At TRU yesterday. The street date is 1/1 and they did an override at the register to sell it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZorClone Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 16 hours ago, Slave IV said: Nice haul and pics! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
505thAirborne Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Max is officially here!! After all these years I finally have an M&M set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 23 minutes ago, 505thAirborne said: Max is officially here!! After all these years I finally have an M&M set! Congrats! I hope to be part of the club soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saburo Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 14 hours ago, GabrielV said: I got an Ex-Gokin God Phoenix (repaint version) today. I'm not sure why it's a "repaint" when it's the original colors of the vehicle, but whatever. *snip* The first release of the Fewture Ex-Gokin God Phoenx was the Firebird paint scheme, later they released the repaint which was the normal paint scheme. 13 hours ago, Slave IV said: Beautiful! A proper God Phoenix is what I need but I just can't bring myself to buy that EX Gokin one. Seems like an expensive glorified paperweight and the Unifive one is pretty much unobtainable at a decent price. I'm hoping someone makes a newer, better toy of it someday. That display you have is perfect though. Art Storm (parent company of Fewture EX Gokin) is releasing Big Scale G-5 God Phoenix approx 40cm long, take a look at the price tag... http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-033883 9 minutes ago, 505thAirborne said: Max is officially here!! After all these years I finally have an M&M set! Congrats @505thAirborne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 35 minutes ago, Saburo said: The first release of the Fewture Ex-Gokin God Phoenx was the Firebird paint scheme, later they released the repaint which was the normal paint scheme. Art Storm (parent company of Fewture EX Gokin) is releasing Big Scale G-5 God Phoenix approx 40cm long, take a look at the price tag... http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-033883 Congrats @505thAirborne Yeah, I saw that one but it seems to be an even bigger, more expensive paperweight. I want something with the features of the Unifive (hopefully more) and more quality and diecast. Someone should be able to make an excellent, definitive God Phoenix in the $200-$300 range that I would be proud to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borgified Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 1 hour ago, 505thAirborne said: Max is officially here!! After all these years I finally have an M&M set! You know what's next on the list? Matching Q-Raus in both Max and Milla colours a la DYRL (if Arcadia decides to make them; that's another rabbit hole all together). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Slave IV said: Yeah, I saw that one but it seems to be an even bigger, more expensive paperweight. I want something with the features of the Unifive (hopefully more) and more quality and diecast. Someone should be able to make an excellent, definitive God Phoenix in the $200-$300 range that I would be proud to buy. Ok. Just to clarify. You don't want an expensive paperweight. But you wanted more quality and diecast content paperweight. Is that correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 47 minutes ago, borgified said: You know what's next on the list? Matching Q-Raus in both Max and Milla colours a la DYRL (if Arcadia decides to make them; that's another rabbit hole all together). Why wait for Arcadia? When you can get a used Yamato set for $300+/-. I'm sure if Arcadia reissue those, prices will be doubled. And that's not even Premium Finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anubis20 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 On 12/28/2017 at 2:42 PM, edstuff said: Wow 2 things to note. First is your pics make that toynami voltron look waaaaaay better than Toynami does with their stock photos. and Second is I'm so mad at myself for spacing on the chogokin one. Argh Haha Thanks man! Yea the SOC flew by and the demand was too great for the run they printed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 14 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: Ok. Just to clarify. You don't want an expensive paperweight. But you wanted more quality and diecast content paperweight. Is that correct? The EX Gokin does nothing...I think it has some swapable parts to simulate open/closed vents so it doesn't even have built in moveable vents. That's a paperweight to me (although a good looking one). The Unifive had opening compartments and all the individual vehicles that could fit into it plus a firebird cover...but it was a bit floppy. Gatchaman was my favorite anime before Macross and those stay as my top two all time. There were functional God phoenix toys back in the day so I want Gatchaman toys that are around the same level as Macross toys these days. What I want is something with the features of the unifive and hopefully more but with some better construction, diecast or not. Make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 (edited) ^ Ofcourse. I’m just kidding on the ‘paperweight’ reference. Since most of the time our collections is just ‘sitting’ when it’s displayed and not doing anything. Edited December 29, 2017 by no3Ljm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Got another Spartan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 (edited) On 12/28/2017 at 10:11 PM, GabrielV said: The holy trinity is now complete: Phoenix, Argo/Yamato, and SDF-1, the Genesis of anime for me. If only I still had the Millennium Queen poster I had in the early 80s, that would be the perfect personal backdrop for the three. Treatment's photo of his SDF-1 and Yamato over in the Arcadia SDF-1 thread inspired me to do this one: That's a goddamn fantastic picture! You got me thinking about ship sizes so I had to put some of them together to compare... 1/2000 Yamato, 1/2000 Enterprise-D, and 1/3000 SDF-1... which should be 50% bigger than seen here to be in scale. Can ships be considered hero units? (scale is off on this one due to perspective, of course) Edited December 30, 2017 by Lolicon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 On 12/28/2017 at 4:14 PM, ZorClone said: Very nice! Though I can think of three things wrong with that pic. 20 hours ago, 505thAirborne said: Max is officially here!! After all these years I finally have an M&M set! Congrats! So jealous and tempted to pick those up... gotta stay strong and hold out for the premiums... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabrielV Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 2 hours ago, Lolicon said: Can ships be considered hero units? (scale is off on this one due to perspective, of course) Yes, yes, and yes. And if they can't, then I've been playing Super Robot Wars V all wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tking22 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Got my two Hi-Metal R Missile Regult sets in from NY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Got a replacement for my old TB Magneto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convectuoso Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Does the SNES Classic Edition count as a Toy purchase? At last I was able to grab one, and of course, I already added Macross Scrambled Valkyrie to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Just opened Mazinkaiser and added it to the Super Robots display. Happy New Year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex GS Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 I don't have any new toy to show you until next week my new Masterpiece Optimus Prime 10b will arrive, but still I want to wish this awesome community a happy new year 2018, my best wishes to all!!! Now bring on those new Macross Preorders!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrambledValkyrie Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 On 12/30/2017 at 6:34 PM, Tking22 said: Got my two Hi-Metal R Missile Regult sets in from NY. Awesome. Cool to see that they come in brown shipper boxes. Being a Tamashii exclusive, I should have expected that, but still good to have visual confirmation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anubis20 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 6 hours ago, Slave IV said: Just opened Mazinkaiser and added it to the Super Robots display. Happy New Year! Oh man! Awesome super robot display!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 3 hours ago, anubis20 said: Oh man! Awesome super robot display!! Thanks! I figure I'm done with Super Robots since nothing else will fit in there but I do have MB Mazinger on order and I would love a new SOC Dragon Getter and reissue God Sigma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anubis20 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 5 hours ago, Slave IV said: Thanks! I figure I'm done with Super Robots since nothing else will fit in there but I do have MB Mazinger on order and I would love a new SOC Dragon Getter and reissue God Sigma. Im gonna pass on that MB Maz. I think i have enough Maz with GX-70 and GX-70D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 48 minutes ago, anubis20 said: Im gonna pass on that MB Maz. I think i have enough Maz with GX-70 and GX-70D I missed the 70D preorder...was a bit bummed about that. Looking forward to the new show and design the MB is based on though. Ironically, it will be my first MB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj760 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 New Year's Eve shopping with the Misses in Little Tokyo and found this in the Jungle. It was different going through the buying experience in-store, a first for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 22 minutes ago, dj760 said: New Year's Eve shopping with the Misses in Little Tokyo and found this in the Jungle. It was different going through the buying experience in-store, a first for me. Nice! That place usually charges a grip for things like that. Hope you didn't get reamed too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj760 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 14 minutes ago, Slave IV said: Nice! That place usually charges a grip for things like that. Hope you didn't get reamed too bad. Thanks! Seriously, most Macross items were marked up significantly. I thought it was fairly priced ($158) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 24 minutes ago, dj760 said: Thanks! Seriously, most Macross items were marked up significantly. I thought it was fairly priced ($158) That seems like an amazing deal! Congrats again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanity is Optional Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Slave IV said: That seems like an amazing deal! Congrats again! It's a decent price, since that's the Yamato rather than the Arcadia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 14 hours ago, dj760 said: Thanks! Seriously, most Macross items were marked up significantly. I thought it was fairly priced ($158) That's a pretty good price. If the Arcadia was available for only $158... oh man. Latest arrivals from December. Pretty light month. Will need the breather for all the January and February orders coming up. Never bought any Mafex stuff before. Hoping they'll at least be close to Figuarts quality, because I really wanted a Batman Begins version. The Kai is going to a friend. Other than that, just some books, decals, and some "laser sword" replacements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anubis20 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 @Lolicon do you have the Figuarts Dark Knight Batman? How does it compare with the Mafex Batman Begins Batman. I have the Mafex Bane and Joker 2.0 on PO but I would like to have a Batman Begins figure. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Woot! Starting off the new year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 41 minutes ago, anubis20 said: @Lolicon do you have the Figuarts Dark Knight Batman? How does it compare with the Mafex Batman Begins Batman. I have the Mafex Bane and Joker 2.0 on PO but I would like to have a Batman Begins figure. It's a pretty nice looking and poseable action figure of the Batman Begins suit. Production quality is a bit below Bandai's though. Mine has an obvious rub mark that messes up the nice matt finish of the suit. There's also some weird molding defect on the cowl near his eye... I think I can fix it with some careful xacto knife surgery. The cape is longer than the Figuarts Dark Knight version, and has wires in it to help hold its shape. And that's my biggest gripe: instead of carefully folding the cape up in the package, it's just haphazardly stuffed in behind the figure, so the wires are all bent when you take it out for the first time. WTF Mafex? Also unlike the Bandai version, there's no place to attach the grapnel gun to his belt. He can't turn his head either, but that's movie-accurate. The facial expression is better than Bandai's, which has this weird grin. The Christian Bale head looks good too. The chest plate can be swapped out if you want to display him in the nomex survival suit with no bat symbol. If you were on the fence, I'd say he's worth picking up, if you like the Batman Begins suit. I was waiting for this release to decide if I wanted to keep my other Mafex POs. Got Bane, the Joker, Harvey Dent, and Scarecrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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