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  2. Seto Kaiba
    A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace has finally had an episode that supports the idea that it's a comedy, and it ain't bad. Kinda makes you wonder why they spent the first two depicting the main character in abject misery the entire time. A Gatherer's Adventure in Isekai is still pretty darn generic to the point of being not really worth watching. It did, however, finally do something reasonably novel. My Awkward Senpai is finally attempting to do romance, though not well. The comedy aspect is still missing.
  3. Actar
    Hm... I got charged for my VF-19 over on HLJ, but it hasn't been added to my Private Warehouse yet. It seems to be still stuck in processing? Hope it doesn't take too long and nothing goes wrong.
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  5. Seto Kaiba
    😆 So the important bit is barely long enough to boil an egg and the rest is filler? This feels a lot like that suggestion that Star Wars's creative team use the World Between Worlds from Rebels to retcon the sequel trilogy out entirely... which would then require them to explain WTH the World Between Worlds even was, and feel like the same kind of cheap knee-jerk as what it replaced.
  6. Seto Kaiba
    Another possible explanation for it is that they screwed up what was meant to be the same reference to its pilot that can be found in the game's loading screens. Several machines in the loading screens that are associated with specific characters have a / followed by the character's initials including: YF-29B Perceval /R.B. Custom VF-22 Sturmvogel II / M.J. Custom VF-22 Sturmvogel II / M.F.J. Custom VF-22 Sturmvogel II / G.K. Custom VF-27 Lucifer / M.R. Custom Queadluun-Rher (sic) / K.K. Custom YF-30 Chronos / R.S. Custom Though this convention is NOT applied to the pics for Aisha's VF-19E or Mina's VF-11C. If it had been, they would simply have put the wrong name after the slash since the VF-11C is Mina Forte's custom aircraft, not the VF-19E.
  7. jenius
    HLJ hasn't responded but I think I get what they're doing, they're applying the Chinese tariff rate because the products originated in China. That's really following 'the letter of the law' as they say. I don't think that's what Anime Export did.
  8. Lolicon
    Looks like HLJ added a time limit to their "unlimited" private warehouse. Guess my Fire Valkyrie and other stuff is going to sit there until the tariffs are rescinded or March 31, 2026, whichever comes first.
  9. danth
    I hope so...getting nervous.
  10. grogall
    Thanks! Since there is only one version of this GBP, It will probably be 30% higher then retail, US tariffs don't effect me so I'm good there, but just hope it doesn't take forever to pop up on Mandarake....😱
  11. mikeszekely
    *hurries and fixes original post* I have no idea what you're talking about...🤫 I had three out of five of the FT Aerialbots and sold them. I don't miss them. If you like heavy blocks of robots with limited posability and unnecessarily complex engineering you might like them, but I didn't care for them, and I especially hated their Silverbolt. As for DST's, I guess I thought about them they way you think about their Constructicons... kinda neat, but ultimately not G1 enough to hold my interest. But I think that works out better for me, by most accounts the QC of the Aerialbots was much worse than their Constructicons. It's funny, I actually though this set wasn't G1 enough, either, but I wanted Scrapper because he looked cool and he's my favorite Constructicon. I liked him enough that when I saw Hook using his crane as a sickle I figured I'd try one more and liked that one enough to go in on the rest. Long Haul was a bit of a bear, but Bonecrusher is a return to form. Can't wait to see how Mixmaster, Scavenger, and Prowl turn out.
  12. jenius
    This IS nothing so far me... Haven't heard a peep.
  13. Shawn
    Well looking back at the VF-1J, a 4 year inflationary adjustment from 33000 to 39600 I guess it isn't ALL bad, but the dealer markups make it insane.
  14. Shawn
    This one is going to be expensive to try and get If we start off at 39,600, then getting it on YJ there will be a 10,000 yen markup at least, and then the 15% tariff fee to get to the US. At current exchange rate that is approx $400 USD! Then add in intra-japan and international shipping, and we will be at $460 no doubt. Who the heck is able to afford this
  15. M'Kyuun
    Hey Mike, I noticed this in the last sentence of your second paragraph. I think you meant to say, " Bonecrusher's shovel chest". "The vertical green "straps" flanking the purple on his chest with the red details do a rather good job of recalling G1 Hook's shovel chest." I appreciate the look at these guys, although I must confess that my interest is minimal. While I commend DST for their innovative takes, my inclination is heavily towards the G1 look. I will say, however, that objectively, I think this is a superior design over the G1 designs, as the bots tend to be cleaner, the alt modes more realistic, and I assume the full combined mode will likely be clean, highly pose able, and more visually interesting. I figure subjectivity and a heavy dose of nostalgia color my tendency towards the G1 look, but I'll give credit where it's due. I went in on DST's takes on Slingshot and Skydive, as both had better than average Harrier and F-16 modes, an extreme rarity with Transformers figures. Granted, like their Constructicons, DST took a fair amount of liberty with the robot designs, but I like how they look. I stopped with those two, although I think DST did a good job with their takes on Air Raid and Fireflight which gave me hope for their Silverbolt. Unfortunately, the latter fared no better than the vast majority of other companies' takes on the character. To date, I think Fans Toys have made the best version and yet its Concorde mode had its share of flaws, too. However, at least it used the majority of fuselage to form the bot instead of concentrating it all into a giant cube underneath. In the end, I grew disenchanted with DST and once again abandoned any interest I may have had of owning a decent set of Aerialbots. Part of me regrets not going in on the FT Aerialbots, but with lack of space becoming my greatest hurdle in collecting, I'm hoping that either Magic Square or New Age will rise to the challenge. Honestly, I don't have much hope that either would take a different avenue with their Aerialbot designs, but I'd very much love to be proven wrong.
  16. vladykins
    Was also in the Amazon cancelled my legios group, but I was able to find another one on ebay quickly for around retail. Shipping is $45 but that isn't bad with the de minimis tariff relief gone.
  17. Arthurius
    It was for me... lol. So its this or nothing
  18. tekering
    I'm definitely gonna paint this in G1 Roadbuster colors. 😋
  19. PointBlankSniper
    New shield definitely looks the part now. Take your time on this, no rush, no pressure. I'm sure the few of us here understand it's your little pastime project and aren't concerned with the speed of updates Have fun on your trip 😁
  20. grogall
    Thanks, by the way I'm not seeing the image you posted....!?
  21. guyxxed
    Hey, all. Shield and back mods are done (though there's still clean up work to do to make it pretty). As mentioned, I'm out of town and away from computers for awhile, so I'm putting this out there for others to mess around with (if they're so inclined). I have a ton more to do on this model (like the new head), but didn't want this to drag on. There seems to be some general interest in this model, so to keep the momentum, the google drive link below gives you the Blender file for this along with an FBX version for those using other modeling software. The (very crude and rudimentary) texture is embedded in the model, but I also provided it separately. I'd love to see others play around and add their own spin to this, and if my work gives them a boost up to get started, happy to do it. Like I said, it's still got a lot of messy stuff to clean up, so don't judge. 😉 See you all back here in a few weeks. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MEqAULkJDzBoGyFBrgRHBX7C7_ZVdfcg?usp=sharing
  22. Shawn
    On the site it says Nov 12, so i'd say mid nov if there are issues. The Tamashi Nations event is Nov 14-16, so there will surely be some additional pics then
  23. grogall
    Has P-Bandai set a specific release date for this model yet? or is it still marked as just a November release? 🤔
  24. jenius
    I went to ship my DX Kai from HLJ but they want to collect 30% for duties to the US which is more than the shipping costs! The other stores I'm buying from are ignoring tariffs and letting the shipping companies bill me and I prefer that. Everywhere I look the duty is supposed to be 15% but I know all the shippers are adding processing fees on top of that. Here's the breakdown for the DX and two small Toyrise Scopedogs to California: Postage ¥10,270 JPY Duties ¥13,788 JPY Handling Fee ¥1,069 JPY Total: ¥25,127 I feel like the duties should be ¥6,894 which will still put shipping at ¥18,233! We need slow boat shipping to return.
  25. Seto Kaiba
    Yeah, between Variable Fighter Master File: VF-19 Excalibur (2010), Macross the Ride (2010-2011), and Macross 30: Voices Across the Galaxy game (2013) and novel (2013) versions, the question of WTH the VF-19E even is has become thoroughly muddled. I've ranted about this one before on several occasions. 😆 Macross 30's is probably the most problematic, since it implies that the VF-19E is a 1st mass production type not the 2nd type like several previous works had said. Not that Macross Chronicle is helping by identifying Aisha's VF-19E as a mass production type and saying nothing whatsoever about customizations. Probably should be shrugged off, because it's a typo in the fan translation of the light novel. 😅 The original Japanese text of the light novel doesn't have the "A", it's just VF-19E/MF. I've got some stylistic quibbles with the translation, but I'm not about to complain about it too loudly since someone actually took the trouble. What is slightly frustrating is the /MF, which denotes a local specification but we don't know from where. It's possibly they meant "Macross Frontier", which would/should make it VF-19E/MF25.
  26. Thom
    Finally saw that! LOL!!! 'Why did you bring the pink one?!"
  27. Chronocidal
    Just got one copy dropped into my HLJ warehouse, so it gets to sit there for a while while they sort out shipping.
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