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  2. WhatBoutMyStar
    You shouldn't be paying any additional tariffs if purchased from ShowZ (or their sister store Gundamit). The tariffs are incorporated in their new shipping fees to the US, when it used to be free shipping. ShowZ has worked out an arrangement with the delivery provider where they will use the tariff % rate rather than the flat fee, and ShowZ is paying that in advance on behalf of the buyer. The costs of that are passed along in the new shipping fee (ShowZ may also be eating some portion of this, but I'm not sure). These costs are way lower than you would think because ShowZ (like many Chinese stores have regularly done for a very long time) is under-declaring the heck out of the items, like $10 or $20 for a $200 figure. If for some reason there are add'l tariff charges, ShowZ has said that they will take care of it for the buyer. So there should be nothing the buyer should have to pay after the item has been purchased and shipped. ShowZ/Gundamit is essentially banking on Customs not having the time, desire, or resources to open up every package and to look them up to see what they're really worth and find out they are significantly under-declared or otherwise misreported. FWIW, many of the shops in Japan like AmiAmi, Hobby Genki, etc. are also listing everything they send as Japan as the country of origin even if they are made in China. Because the de minimis exemption is still available (at least for now) for Japan, this means packages under $800 coming in from those shops get hit with no tariffs.
  3. Chronocidal
    I'm currently waiting on a pair from ShowZ, and watching the tracking information. I'll probably eat the cost if there is any, but will definitely report it here once I find out the details.
  4. Papa Rat
    My first attempt at some UV resin casting. I needed a duplicate cockpit so here goes nothing. I used this reusable mold clay stuff that softens in hot water. Pressed the piece into the clay and let it cool. Then it’s as easy as adding liquid resin and hit it with a UV light for a few minutes. Really easy to work with. After casting I just need to do some clean up and I’m good to go.
  5. Big s
    If it can rotate, it wouldn’t be too bad, but I doubt they could have easily molded the pads to the top and bottom pieces at that small a size. Not saying it couldn’t be done, just that it would take more creative engineering and might limit the bend of the arm.
  6. sh9000

    Macross Books

    sh9000 replied to Penguin's topic in Collectors

    Macross Mechanics Summer 2025.
  7. sh9000
    Great cast and fun series. Looking forward to season 3.
  8. sh9000
    1/10 posed figures.
  9. sh9000
    Eagle Sharp.
  10. sh9000
    Marvel Legends Fabian Cortez.
  11. sh9000
    I hope SS TFTM Grimlock still gets reissued. My Target seems to keep getting stock. If not that many toys are on the shelves that just means other collectors in my area already bought them. So far I've found Jazz, Air Raid, Slingshot, Bonecrusher, and Scrapper.
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  13. Seto Kaiba
    Yeah, the power of dogsh*t-tier writing is a pathway to many plot developments some consider to be unnatural. That said, in Star Wars, I think we've only seen one person actually return from death and that was just recently. Emperor Palpatine and Mother Talzin both tried to avoid dying for real by using the dark side to turn themselves into the undead. Palpatine used the dark side to anchor his mind to his dead-and-rotting corpse like a classic voodoo zombie or a lich. Talzin used the dark side to turn herself into the galaxy's nastiest lingering fart, existing as a vampiric mist made of "magical ichor". Both of them needed to feed on the life energy of other people to regain a functional body and avoid dying for real. Boba Fett just pulls a "reports of my death-by-felching in a giant anus monster in the desert were greatly exaggerated" since he suffers a classic Disney villain "death" offscreen during Return of the Jedi. Dedra Meero... well... her ticket is likely to get punched in a less survivable, more verifiable manner.
  14. sh9000
    Prime early screening on 7/7.
  15. sh9000
    Nemik's Manifesto.
  16. sh9000
    1/60 would probably be between the two sizes of the Gakken 1/55 Legioss toys and around the size of an HMR if Bandai ever made one. The 1/55s were nice for their time and I can see something that size updated in sculpt with full 3 mode transformation work.
  17. grogall
    New Bandai HG Scopedogs shown at the Hobby Show in Japan! What kind of AT is the left one? Looks really interesting!
  18. sh9000
    Preordered the set with Kurtwood Smith autograph at 10:03 AM PST. It will go well with my NECA Alex Murphy signed by Peter Weller. Looks like the set will come with the cigarettes. Shipping to the US was only $60. Looking forward to adding the figures to my Robocop collection.
  19. jenius
    Did anyone ship to the US from ShowZ? Are we being hit with crazy tariffs?
  20. tekering
    Pre-orders are open now. https://www.jfstoys.com I was lucky to procure a Clarence signed by Kurtwood Smith, but the international shipping cost alone is over $100 for the five... 🤕
  21. Apok451
    So what I’m hearing here is that mine could be shipping soon??
  22. Shawn
    I believe this is one of the designers accounts https://x.com/sakichooboys https://www.instagram.com/sakichooboy/ The same team of Aramaki, Lil Golem, and Marcy from Sentinel will be commercializing this figure at 1/60 scale through T-spark Toyrise. We focused on making it easy to play with, transform, and expand. We plan to release many more in the future. https://x.com/sakichooboys/status/1922596757168374217 1/60 scale seems really really small for the Legioss doesn't it? Maybe if they don't make the transformation complicated like the Riobot 1/48 they could pull it off
  23. RavenHawk
    These look like they might actually be enjoyable, in a "play with toys, don't just look at them" way, and I'm there for it.
  24. rsvictor1976
    I'm seeing a lot of posts on several sites from new fans just discovering Macross. I know most of the people on here probably already have these toys but it's always nice to encourage new fans into collecting these toys.
  25. jvmacross
    You must have forgotten that as great as Andor was...it's still "Star Wars"......a franchise where characters can return from even death.....somehow
  26. jvmacross
    So maybe the elbow piece should have been molded into upper and lower parts? Maybe it can rotate and it just isn't being posed correctly? Either way not really an eyesore to me, I'm more dissapointed in the metallic paint job....it's like KC thinks the customers who PO'd the regult with the pilot back in 2022 are being rewarded with a metallic variant...
  27. jvmacross
    The Regut Scout is the next one...so not really concerning to me....I'm more concerned on the final cost on all this stuff and the shipping, especially for those who already pre-paid for several items during the Kickstarter...
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