Anasazi37
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And Bandai isn't really known for doing more than one production run for anything Macross-related. There are some exceptions, like when the DX SSP set got an immediate second run after the first sold out, but that was done up front as a second PO, not after release. This news is...concerning. Sounds like HLJ just got Bandai'd. Welcome to the club, I guess.
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Hi-Metal R
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Based on the Twitter post, more info will be available tomorrow (19 May). Not sure if I want, or don't want, a three pack. Already have three Hikarus, due to the latest GBP release, and it might be cost-prohibitive. The upside would be one less night of PO madness to get both Max and Hayao in a single purchase.
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26 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said:
On FB feed.
And we thought the VF-19Kai had certain Mcresemblence.
I can't unsee that. I wish that I could.
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6 hours ago, armentage said:
OH MY STARFURIES!
The kit has a crazy amount of detail. Was actually a lot of fun to print. I even designed custom clear resin panes to fill in the canopy frame.
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2 hours ago, armentage said:
And soon enough, I'm sure we'll see 300^3 printers that run at these speeds!
It IS very nice to print out giant starships...
Very nice!
So far I've printed (but have yet to build...) these monsters:
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/aliens-apc
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/1-35-aliens-dropship
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/1-35-gunstar-the-last-starfighter
I'm printing this one right now:
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/sulaco
And these are up next:
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/1m-long-babylon-5-omega-class-destroyer
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/stargate-bc304-daedalus
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4 hours ago, armentage said:
Ankermate M5. Prints 10x faster than all previous printers. There are a few more like it coming out on to the market.
https://www.ankermake.com/m5I bought a 300mm ^3 printer. I thought it would come in handy for large modeling related prints. However, the more standard 200cm ^ 3 printer would be sufficient for 98% of my prints.
(The M5 is a 200cm ^3 printer!)
Yeah, that's getting really close to the speed of the Bambu Lab P1P (256 x 256 x 256) that I purchased last December. Creality recently announced the K1, which is a little bit faster than everything else on the market. All of these options are making it a lot easier to do large prints in a decent amount of time. I bought mine so I can build really large starship models.
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1 hour ago, Lolicon said:
Bandai and the concept of hassle-free shopping are antithetical to each other.
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3 hours ago, Bolt said:
Cool ! More empty promises
Watch, they'll release a Max version instead
You mean a WWM "Genius Blue" version, right?
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18 minutes ago, David Hingtgen said:
Correct, they definitely made a notable change to the plastic used for the super parts for this run.
I've reached the point where I don't in any way trust Bandai's pre-release promo pictures--and I think that all of us here on MW are in the same boat. We've been Bandai'd too many times over the years. Usually the color differences are relatively small, but this one is pretty big. I'm now less excited about the reissue I ordered.
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AE sent me a "ready to ship" email for the Alto early this morning
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Just received my Private Warehouse notification from HLJ for the VF-31S Arad
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2 hours ago, Raikkonen said:
Yup... we will see... I don't understand how difficult it is to use lighter colour plastic... ???
My bigger concern is that they will release a correctly painted one further down the line as a limited edition available for only 30 minutes online at a stupid price.
And it will be a TWE item only available inside Japan or through a proxy service
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8 hours ago, davidwhangchoi said:
do you hug the gunpod? is it soft material
A gunpod hug may or may not have happened at one point. My wife thinks that it's adorable. She wanted to use it as a body pillow. I had to pry it out of her hands to get it back into its protective plastic bag.
34 minutes ago, ZYZY said:Have anyone tried ordering from the official Arcadia Japan site before? I placed an order for the YF-19. Only got an order confirmation email though. Will they send a separate email with the shipping details? Btw I am sending it to a local Japanese forwarder.
Yes, you'll receive a shipping email. It will be in Japanese. It's not easy to use the tracking link they provide, but the courier they use is reliable. Your order should show up at the forwarding service within a day or two.
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12 hours ago, Shawn said:
And...its gone
Bummer that it sold out so fast. I snagged one the first time around. I still rate it as the most ridiculous and most fun Macross item that I've ever purchased.
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3 hours ago, Kicker773 said:
I don’t have a 3d printer but if this or a version of this is available for purchase lmk.
I *do* have 3D printers and would love to make one myself, but @bzwacks hasn't let us know yet if he'll make the files available at some point. A lot of work went into the design and I would understand if he wants this to be a one-off creation. I'd also be very sad...but would understand.
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Grabbed this from the Tamashii Nations site. It normally loads in English for me, auto-translated from Japanese on Bandai's end. Looks like they recently changed how the site works, though, because when it loaded tonight only the WWM releases showed up. Pro tip: just above the language selection button is a small greyed-out region selection button and you have to select Japan for everything to show up. Turns out that when you select English, the site assumes that you don't care about anything sold outside of the US. Bad assumption on their part.
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4 hours ago, twich said:
I know when the Bandai DX Chogokin VF-25F Alto Super Revival release is due at BBTS(June 2023), but when is this being released in Japan?
Twich
Theoretically, by the end of this month
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6 hours ago, captain america said:
I think I have a good enough history of consistency and excellence to warrant the investment.
You have a gift for extreme understatement
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13 hours ago, Lord Uglor said:
For what it's worth, Mike Salzo did a 1/72 scale Monster kit a while back, 2 versions as a matter of fact. I've come here for the big boy goodness of a 1/48 Destroid!
Indeed he did. I have one, currently unbuilt, and it takes up an entire storage tub in my hobby room. Also weighs a ton because it's solid resin except for the cannons, which are PVC pipes.
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I'm passing on this one. Saving my hobby funds for something new instead of yet another reissue. Looks good, but can't justify it.
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25 minutes ago, jvmacross said:
Meh...maybe when it was the only odd gunpod merch available....
My plush gunpod is the weirdest and most fun Macross item that I've ever purchased
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1 hour ago, Mommar said:
(I also need to dust again...)
You and me both. One of the fun parts of living in New Mexico....
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1 hour ago, Froy said:
I was reviewing some videos about the super and strike parts and realised that there are no "011" red skull marking for the booster. If the packs are not to be reissued again there is a high chance that we will get a DYRL VF-1A Super Hikaru combo.
Or, if Bandai truly wants to troll Macross collectors, they'll just include the 011 markings with the VF-1A and tell us to fend for ourselves on the secondary market.
What I think is (hopefully) more likely is a reissue of the Super/Strike Parts set along with the 011 markings being included with a VF-1A release. Sure, that means you now have to compete for two POs, and possibly both are TWE items that require you to buy through a proxy, but at least it's...something. A combo set would be nice.
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5 hours ago, Vintage Fanboy said:
.. oh so my gosh.. almost all DX VF-31S are priced above $.400,- and even the pre owned ones are still above $.250,- 😂😅😭
It's unfortunately been that way since the Armored Parts set for it was announced in 2019. Bandai had been hinting that a PO for the set might happen soon, so I took a chance and bought a new 31S on Mandarake for about $250, thinking I would pair it with the armor. The PO was announced a few days later and the 31S price on the secondary market instantly shot up to about $450. The price for the DX VF-1J Hikaru was similarly high for a long time. It only started to come down when the GBP combo set was released. Why pay $450 for just the 1J when you could get it (with some improvements) and GBP armor for $150 less? If Bandai ever reissues the Kairos, still arguably the most highly-priced, recently-produced Macross toy on the secondary market, the value of the original release would likely come back down to a reasonable level.
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That is much better, except for the less-than-24-hours-notice thing. Just submitted a purchase request to a proxy service. Fingers crossed.