macrossnake

Got mine today and everything seems fine but I haven't bothered to transform it yet. The packing job from Hobby Search is about average, the usual bubble wrap with some packing paper stuffed in between the package and outer box, nothing special. Anyways here's some pics, sorry for the very bad photos.

It looks great.

I don't wanna defend HLJ or anything, but i've bought items from them for the past 10 years without any real problems.

Yes their site is a mess after the last upgrade, some searches just give you everything except what you actually search and yes their ordering system is not in realtime linked to their inventory and yes SAL can take a bit longer during the end of the year hollidays, but for the rest everything i ever bought with them arrived in impecable state, which i can't always say for other stores.

Yesterday my 1/60 VF-22S MAX arrived after 34 days from HLJ with SAL, it a bit long to wait, but as long as it arrives in perfect condition i don't really mind.

I use HLJ for over 5 years... no real problem with them, fine service and nice packing.

But their shipping time is very long, why? Because they ususally take three to five days in their 'processing' stage until they start to ship the package. That is not cool.

So from ordering, confriming order, processing, shipping from Japan to Canada, and clear the custom etc..., it could takes as long as 2 weeks - even I use their EMS.

please reissue the 1/72 glaug.

Although, I already have one, that would be awesome. I love to get one or 2 more...

More goodness to come?

Vic Viper, yes please!

Yes, but why needs to wait until 2012???

Same director.

Oh my god... I never would have thought that. No wonder.

really want this figure.

trailer

Alternate

Somehow the trailer remind me Rocketeer, I don't know why.

The trailer looks ok, I will go to see it...

make space in your budget! Its size and posable hands lets you have a lot of fun...

And it's big enough to hold its own with other large toys

awesome.

I also boke down and ordered mine before the sale ended...

mine should be arrive sometime next week.

I love 1J, tough decision... It depends on how well the new head sculpt is.

After seeing what Yamato can do with the 1/24 AV-98 Ingram.

I can't stop wondering, if Yamato can make a non-transformable re-sculpt 1/48 VF-1 Battroid mode.

With beautiful paint job, lighting, great articulation and metal joints etc...

While I absolutely love the 171, I can't stand the VF-17. It just looks a lot chunkier and boxier, which is something I do not like at all.

That said, since the former is a derivative of the latter, it can't be too hard to modify...

I thought I am the only one -

I also love VF-171, but dislike VF-17.

1/60 VF-4 please.

I thought yamato has already made up their mind. (VF-17 as we all know will happen)

Personally, I would certainly perfer 1/60 Destroid Phalanx or Destroid Monster to anything else.

A 1/3000 Britai Nupetiet Vergnitzs Class Battleship would be cool too, afterall 1/3000 SDF-1 needs its counterpart!

Darn! It means that they are only considering the VF-17, not the Phalanx!

I need the Phalanx, while VF-17 is nice to have.

I would be happy to know I am wrong.

I think we all kind of know that (VF-17) coming from Graham months ago.

I still hope that would be Phalanx or Monster.

(Oh, forgot this is the scoop post. please delete my post if it is needed.)

Will wait until they release some trailers... so far the photos are not doing much to me.

Interesting, if it is of the same calibur as Stand Alone Complex it should be fun to watch. WIll like to see how close they stick to the manga too.

If it is half as good as Ghost in the Shell SAC... I am all in it.

Ordered the "American" patlabor. 65% off was just too good to pass up.

Nice. 1/24 Patlabor is a piece of art, awesome work from yamato.

Can you post some photos later, please? I would love to see some photos of this version... (can hardly see any reviews about this CLAT version - all photos I can find are coming from Yamato offical pics)

Kind of hoping to get the TV Max. Now it is gone, never mind... already spend too much on my SDF1 and another toys in xmas time.

Althought I love all the Destroid, I think the setting prices were too high to begin with...

It put a lot of people off.

Now they are in discount price, but it is too late. People lose interest and knowing PHALANX and THE SPARTAN won't be coming, that hurts too.

I saw this video on youtube and did not bother to hit the site directly.

Can you say ballsy? for putting that on a flexi display lol.

The though crossed my mind, but I'd rather not test it out.

I think it looks pretty good on a flexi... although I haven't tried it on mine yet.

You can check out the Collection Display thread.

Derex3592 is using it.

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=34339&st=105

Wow, I can't wait to see the amazing lighting...

Incredible work, both sdf1.

I'd love to get the ingram, just can't afford it.

1/24 Ingram is one of the best toy Yamato ever produce. With the sale price like this, it is well worth of the money.

Even I already have the normal version already, I am very tempted to get the blue Clat version too(because the huge price drop)!

Another wonderful work from MW member. Can't wait to see you finish the whole project.

It is just wrong. It needs a Borg Cube ship on its left side too!