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  1. Valkyrie Driver
    Regardless, the VA-3 needs a toy... And I'd love to see Bandai do it...
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    My VF-31C has been showing that it's sitting at the ISC in New York, for 6 days now. That's not customs, it's just sitting there. I'm really hoping that it just shows up without any tracking info. I've already put in a customer service request, and have been in contact with my local post office. This is just utter crap, we need a better postal service in the US...
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    So, on one hand the scissors is a pretty common air combat maneuver, but on the other, it's stasis in a fight. It's what you get when neither party can gain the advantage. We saw transition from flat scissors (horizontal) to rolling scissors (vertical), but no attempts to gain advantage. No High or Low yo-yo to try and break it, no lag displacement rolls to gain position. Heck, very seldom did they even try normal Macross stuff, like switching modes. The dogfights were rather boring.
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    According to my Dad, Air Refueling is a harrowing experience. At night, moreso. Dad was a pilot, not a boomer, so he was going to be the one in real trouble if that boom went somewhere it wasn't supposed to be. Drones are kind of a mixed bag for me, on one hand I can really see their potential, but on the other, their flight safety record is abysmal. I know that doesn't seem like it should matter since there's no crew to die when a drone crashes, but the frequency with which drones crash costs the taxpayers millions a copy. With that sort of record, they're not a really solid investment for the taxpayer... Especially when you consider that the number of drones a controller will crash, will quickly exceed the $14 million or so price tag on his or her training by the DoD. So do with that what you will...
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    I mean, Hope for the best, expect the worst, I guess...
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    One can hope... Shhhh!!! Hope, hope is what we need! Begone with that negativity!
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    Oh, definitely. In terms of risk management though probe and drogue is safer. I say this because, you take that oscillation that can wreck the drogue and trash the probe, or FOD the aircraft, you only lose one aircraft. With the boom, that's a midair collision, and you'll likely lose both aircraft. Either way it's on the Weather Forecaster (Aerographer or Aerographer's Mate in the Navy) to be on point with their turbulence forecasts, and vertical wind shear forecasts. There is a considerable amount of difficulty in doing that over open ocean, since there are no sensors out in international waters (Aside from whatever is on the ship, and even then that's all going to be skewed if the ship is moving). If they can make it work that's great, and it will give carriers greater mission capability. I just think it's going to be a bit of a trick to pull off.
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    No Game No Life is interesting. The Art style is disturbing though, not as in I don't like it, it just really trips me out.
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    I wish. If I could Afford a regular VF-0D, and if Arcadia release a blank version, then sure. Also, If I had the cash for something like that. Now, if there was a 1/72 transforming model kit of it, I'd do that in a heartbeat. But yeah, Hairspray and salt, the hairspray acts as an adhesive for the salt grains, and also prevents paint from bonding to the undercoat (so you'd base the part in a natural metal finish, or paint rust effects as the undercoat, or both) then after it dries, you hit it with the hairspray (you could just get the pump style bottle, and use your airbrush to aerosolize it, use the airbrush because it gives you more control), let it get tacky then sprinkle the salt where you want the weathering to be. Then paint the actual color over top. When that dries, you take a soft brush and warm water and go over the salted areas, and with a bit of patience the salt will dissolve and flake off, taking tiny chinks of paint with it. Use it to create splash damage, or spotty surface rust effects around paint chips. You can then use a harder bristle brush to remove some of the actual paint to reveal the undercoat. Works really well for creating paint wear on aircraft, especially when the idea is to convey a field expedient paint job, since those don't survive multiple trips past the Mach. It's a really neat technique, and I've seen it applied to many a Warhammer 40k vehicle. Examples: I know it's not Gunpla, but this just shows what you could do to that Ultra realistic Universal Century Ground Mobile Suit build you might want to do (I'm of course talking about me). *These photos are not my own work, I found these images, this is a technique I have witnessed, I've not yet tried it*
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    QFT
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    Japan Post Air Small Packet, whatever that means... My Sv-262Hs and LillDraken got here yesterday, and I ordered them a couple days after my VF-31C...
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    This came the other day. Now all I need is to get a Gundam model. Got some new techniques for weathering that might make my project worthwhile. A little bit of salt and hairspray weathering,
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    Additional information here. Now, normally I'm not a fan of Drones, but AR (Aerial Refueling), and ISR (Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance) are two roles I'm fine with. Air Refueling for the navy is one thing, but not for the USAF, just because probe and drogue is easier, the boom method the USAF uses would be too difficult (besides, the cost of producing a UAV of that size).
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    So do I. Such a wealth of information.
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    So that's the distinction then. So does that mean that customs can't seize it? Back on topic. I'm not overly enthused at the idea of third party toys in Macross. I'm just not sure of the quality, so I'll buy Bandai and Yamato/Arcadia. I know that Yamato is defunct now, but they're still sort of available.
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    Ok. I was actually referring to ISC at New York. Post office told me that it's in Customs, but the internet says different. It's been there since the 7th of October, and I was hoping that it would have been here sooner. I need my VF-31C... I need it...
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    Macross figures

    Valkyrie Driver replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    I was too... So, I did. I went after the Banpresto in pilot suit, since it was inexpensive. I was just looking to Add something to my Display for my Mirage VF-31C. Until the super parts are released anyway. Snagged it for ~$14 on Amazon...
  18. Valkyrie Driver
    So... Has anyone had an order from AmiAmi seized by customs? My VF-31C has been sitting there for the past 4 days, and that bothers me.
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    Also there is a Distinctly Norse theme there. Siegfried (or Sigurd in the Norse Legends) was a Norse Hero who killed the Dragon Fafnir, and then Meets Brynhildr (Brunhilda) who pledges herself to him. Brynhildr is implied to be a Walkure (Valkyrie). Also, the name Siegfried conjures up a heroic image, so that's a thing. So the Siegfried is an Ace Custom version of the Kairos, and you couldn't very well have the main fighter be the Kairos, which is a Greek word. Just a possible explanation of why the name change. I'm also guessing that some differences between the Kairos and the Seigfried is armaments. Where the Seig has the drones, the kairos has missiles, and the drone charger is probably replaced by a missile pod on the Kairos.
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    Macross figures

    Valkyrie Driver replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    I have so much love for Mirage. She was Best girl from Macross Delta. It's why she's the member of Delta Platoon who's fighter I bought. That and Mirage was just so adorable... Those are some excellent shots @Saburo. Wish I had the patience and equipment for that. I'm stuck using my iPhone for my pics.
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    So, aren't all the Valks we import technically grey market? The goods themselves are not illegal, but since Harmony Gold claims to own the distribution rights to all of Macross in the US, there is not official legal import of Macross Toys. I mean it is kind of the same deal as the Airsoft community saw for the longest time, since Glock didn't release it's Copyright for replica pistols until very recently, you had to import from Japan or Taiwan or Hong Kong, and then you were violating copyright laws doing so. I mean, I've seen Russian Knock-offs, and I've seen some Chinese knock-offs, but those looked like hot garbage. Are we talking about so-called "Premium Knock-offs"?
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    How big do you think the gulf is between gen 4.5 fighters and gen 5 fighters? Say a VF-19EF/A against an Sv-262?
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    This stuff came today!
  24. Valkyrie Driver
    Looks like Isamu got Keith's sword, doing some halfswording goodness...
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    From the album: My Collection

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