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  2. Seto Kaiba
    Oh, I have no doubt that it's a true statement because of those factors. Xaos's PMC division is neither the largest nor the best funded PMC operator out there. Nevertheless, the Xaos PMC division's branch office on Ragna is based out of a large Macross warship with two attached aircraft carriers. The upkeep and operating costs alone on the Macross Elysion, Aether, and Hemera have to be pretty darn substantial. When all's said and done, based on these low-end rough real world estimates, just showing up to a fight costs Xaos about $151.9 million dollars... and at the time Xaos is worried about money, they've just lost their only client. Windermere's occupation forces are not likely to let the Ragna government continue cutting checks to Xaos, and to be fair Ragna's government isn't likely to feel obligated to keep cutting those checks either considering Xaos screwed up so bad that Ragna ended up occupied by the enemy. Your average large corporation has enough funds to sustain operation for around 12 months without any revenue before going bankrupt. Small businesses or companies with large operating costs tend to only have around 1 month's expenses in reserves at a time. Considering operating on a war footing is exponentially more expensive than peacetime, Xaos is likely operating without a huge "war chest" of funding since their main operating profile was low impact suppression of Var riots. So it's completely believable to me that they could have eaten through practically all of their cash reserves after losing multiple battles and having to flee from the Brisingr cluster with a ship full of refugees in tow. Especially since they would now have to be sourcing all their supplies from outside the cluster, which is likely to drive costs WAY up given how remote the cluster is.
  3. Raikkonen
    Is Sentinal Riobot really that good these days? I remember getting a Eva-1 from them about 10 years ago, and while it was beautifully detailed to the point of having a micro-honey cone pattern within the transparent plastic, it was so light, flimsy and loose, that after a day I repacked it and sold it.
  4. nightmareB4macross
    If only Takatoku implemented these details into the final toys. The red and blue landing gear covers always seemed strange. Also the head lasers could have been color matched to each respective 1J for Max and Milia.
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  6. Papa Rat
    Paint is almost done. I like all the weathering that came with just the brush painting portion of the process. I also did a small amount of preliminary damage with fine grit sandpaper buffing to some areas along with a few slices with a file. Now It’s time for decals, to then more weathering/chipping and then painting the detail parts like lenses and any touch ups. I am unsure as of now if I’ll top coat it? I should be getting that 1:35 animal set delivered today so I will be making a small diorama stand. I have never done before so any advice is welcome. Might just go in the backyard and get some dirt and tiny wood pieces and use good old Elmer’s white glue.
  7. danth
    I'm only a TF dilettante, but I caved on the Void Rivals Jetfire mainly for the o-ring (Joe-ring?) figures. I mean, Jetfire is cool too. But I might pawn him off on my friend who is more of a TF fan than I. I also recently bought both Missing Link Lambos due to Lambo FOMO. I love the Countach, and Sunstreaker was the first ever transforming car toy, so I kinda had too. And I want to support the Missing Link line out of hope for eventual Seekers and Fairlady Zs.
  8. jenius
    Yes! And much like the Sentinel Riobot, I'll drop everything I'm doing to get to it. I haven't preordered one yet though... tough to judge who would be able to ship it to me the quickest.
  9. YiNYaNg247
    YiNYaNg247 joined the community
  10. treatment
  11. tekering
    I recognize it. 1997 ARII vinyl figure, from their Macross 15th Anniversary line. I made some minor modifications to mine. 😉
  12. Big s
    They’re taking so long with these sequels that he’s looking like he graduated from college already
  13. Big s
    Imai is one of those older companies that had some pretty great sculpt to begin with for that age. It took Bandai a long time to catch up, and even when they started getting better, they just used Imai’s old kits instead of making their own
  14. sh9000
    Blast Off and Brawl looking good.
  15. sh9000
    New suit.
  16. vladykins

    1/55's revisited

    vladykins replied to kanata67's topic in Toys

    CHURCHES! PLUM PUDDING!
  17. Raikkonen
    Epic. Thanks. Would like to see Crossbone in this line... and I F91 Harrison...
  18. anime52k8
    That would be Metal Robot.
  19. Raikkonen
    Aha. Thank you. Is this for Metal Robot or Metal Build? This is great. Thank you. Yeah, the Metal Builds I missed out are quite expensive on secondary. Will wait for eventual re-releases. Metal Robot has my attention as I prefer the smaller scale and lightness on the wallet, but Gundam designs that interest me yet there.
  20. VF25-F
    Official Review of the Macross F 2025 concert. Some parts of it is misleading as it is talking about Day 1 especially towards the end. https://macross.jp/contents/967693?fbclid=IwY2xjawL6wuxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFyTWhoQm14QTRzYkZ2WlBUAR6ltI8NUf9yNg_MQoKfD5-doUqkasf6nBHjFDxmf-lDKjYw2BYkjX98jMd2CA_aem_u5wzYLIHWlYqUpYqWowUCg May'n costume - White gown, Blue Military, Sexy strap, Pink coverall and lastly Sheryl inspired costume from the 1st Movie. My Review will be more from the perspective of viewing from the cinema. Meanwhile at Aomori....... Something different at 4.06-4.10
  21. Radioguy
    You may be seeing a regional deal. Still showing over $110 to me.
  22. Radioguy
    Amazon Japan fully charged me up front the last time I ordered from them, and I remember folks had said subsequently that is now standard practice for them, unlike Amazon US.
  23. Apok451
    If I go look, I still see the 30% off, but the price went up $20.
  24. electric indigo
    I found this recently by pure coincidence. 4 episodes in and I love it, killer cast and great cinematography & soundtrack.
  25. SteveTheFish
    Plamoholic once again knocks another old Imai Valkyrie kit out of the park. He uses Kotobukiya's minus molds and Wave's H-Eyes along with implementing ball joints to make this kit look great.
  26. 68whiskey
    IS this a re release or did they add the high mobility to this GFFMC?
  27. treatment
    anybody here preordered the HMR VF-0S with Ghost last night from amzn-jp? https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0FKM5GR26 if so, did you get charged right away or not? Just wondering since I've read some TFW2005-members got charged right away when preordering Takara TFs (MP, MPG, Missing Links, etc). I haven't preordered from amzn-jp for a long time now.
  28. twich
    Hey Jenius, Are you planning on acquiring and doing a video on the Pose + 1/28 Legioss? Just curious, I look forward to all of your videos, even if I do not plan on purchasing the collectible contained therein or not. Twich
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