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Yeah, MG Sazabi is a disaster...with 8000 Yen price tag (more for extra finish version).

I dont think its such a disaster. It has a lot of things going for it. Sure its not posable but its an older MG. I like the look of it a lot. It has a decent amount of inner frame. Great detailing and design features all in all its not that bad

wow

I wanted to take a break from collecting but that thing is screaming at me

and do I see lineart for another zoid tiger type?

Hm. Unicon-themed HG Gundams look worthwhile... Might just get me into building HGs! As for Gundam Wing - you know... I tried to get into that...but ultimately the colors are way to bright and there's something a tad too super-roboty about the designs... Maybe one day...

For now, I'm finally aiming to build a Nu Gundam and RE-GZ from Char's Counter Attack. I'm not at all sure I want to build a Sazabi though...

anybody got a Sazabi pic to inspire me? :-)

Pete

New gunpla news!

-Next RG is Aile Strike

-Next HGUC from Unicorn : Dreissen and Jegan (ECOAS type), Unicorn and Sinanju titanium finish

-Next MG : Wing ver.KaEW version (looks like ver.ka with less decal and display base adapter)

Source and pic HERE

RG Kinda of disappointed. I was hoping something UC and if something not UC something from Double 0. Sigh. Even me, for some of you who know I like seed gundams, I am getting sick of all the seed gundams.

Another MG KA wing WTF less decals? and a base adapter?

What?? Why do I need a MG Wing V.Ka with base adapters. There has to be something more to it. Maybe some fixes?

Anyway a regular stand works just fine

So I expect the mod to lock this thread like my Aquarium Hobby thread was locked

i'd be cool to get them all in scale with each other.

I'd love to have a sci-fi fleet of the Macross, Yamato, Galactica, an Entrprise or 3 and some SW cap ships.

It would be cool to see a video game much like Destiny Warriors Gundam but with Capital ships. Who would win in a face off. Both have huge cannons. Both have a beam weapon with massive capacity for destruction

Forgive my ignorance, but does anyone know how HLJ handles backordered items that are on sale in an active order? Is it like a rain-cheque, meaning you will get the item for the sale price when they are back in stock? Or if by the time the item is there and the sale is over do they charge full price? I am curious as I have two 1/60 strike packs and a 1/60 VF-1J which are both backordered and on sale in my current order. HLJ has not charged me for any of my order. I'm a little worried I could suddenly be charged full price for those backordered items.

"Out-of-stock items are displayed with squares (in-stock items with circles). The colors are based on how long customers who have ordered the item have been waiting to get it. Yellow squares indicate items for which customers have been waiting 60 days or less.

Depending on the item, we reorder merchandise anywhere from twice a week to once a month. Because of this reorder cycle, items that have been out-of-stock for 60 days or less may still be in stock at the manufacturer due to the time it takes for our orders to reach them, and for them to fill the order. While this is no guarantee of availability, the chances of getting items like this in the short-term are better than for items with red squares. "

Also I just looked for the 1/60 VF-1J Hikaru Ichijo w/Armor Parts on ebay and found it for 130-150 US with shipping around 50-60US Still ends up cheaper for me as our Dollar is killing the american as of late. But if I buy from HLJ the Yen is so strong, that it ends up around 170 US now with it being on back order i canceled my purchase and bought the one on ebay. You still cant beat Ebay for pricing speed of shipping and no Killer customs fees

Why....did.....January....Jones.....get....the.....part......???

The only person I recognize the white queen who is everyone else?

I think Durendal sounds about right, given that they've been on a mystical sword kick as of late with macross R.

So yeah, f*ck you bandai.

whoa the hostility. I personally like the plane. Any decent design from Macross with a decent robot/plane mode is a win for me. I never found arguing over the minutia of line art which often changes depending what part of anime sequence your watching affects the toy in the end as it just ends up in designer interpretation ie 3 versions of Dragonar. I'm glad they are expanding from the plethora of VF-1 out there.

I do wish Yamato or Bandai will do the one fighter listed in Grahams Scans dating back around 2000 or 1999. That was a beautiful bird. I think it was the YF-X

Well here's mine. I just added paint so I don't think it's worthy of a new custom thread. I wanted the detail to pop out from just looking at it normally. I could barely see the detail on the bridge and have almost broken an antenna, so going to stay away from that area as much as possible.

That is very NICE. Wow Amazing what a little panel lining and some paint accents can do.

Getting harder to resist getting one.

Ultrasaurus is the best zoid ever, by far IMHO.

Sad fact: many dino zoids no longer really exist. Seismosaurus has been reclassed as just a new species of Diplodocus, if that--maybe merely a morph of D. longus. Ultrasaurus is not a brachiosaur, but a diplodocoid, and also not a new genus, but actually a Supersaurus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersaurus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiosaurus

so what would this guy be

Spinosaurus

or is it a Dragon

Would like to see Koto Do a PK Version of this bad boy

I've got the Recon (picked it up from a salvage store for $1 - all parts included!)

Vulcan

Longshot

Maverik

Breakbarrel

Raider

The Breakbarrel is my favorite.

I removed the air restrictors from most of the guns, and their power has increased at least 50-100%.

care to share how you did that

The Barricade is the best weapon for dual-wielding due to its semi-automatic action. However, it's the worst weapon for stealth missions, as it's as stealthy as a vacuum cleaner. Here's the official overview video, which unfortunately has the motor muted out.

ok sold for 18 bucks its a steal!

Has anyone here put together a Mad Thunder or a King Gojulas?

I can't wait to get my hands on those two.

I have

just some of my many many zoids. Both the Mad Thunder or a King Gojulas reissue are very very hard to find making them expensive. The original King Gojulas had a had a bad mold that was never fixed and was released with a warped leg armor plate.

I would suggest the Elphander, Seismosaurus, Deathasaur, and the scorpian, forgot its name.Really look good on display

I got two kids my daughter who is 4 and my son 19 months and they love nerfing around the house with me

here is the arsenal we have

2 NERF N-STRIKE CLEAR MAVERICK REV-6

NERF N-STRIKE NITE FINDER EX-3

NERF N-STRIKE RAIDER RAPID FIRE CS-35

NERF N-STRIKE VULCAN EBF-25

NERF N-STRIKE LONGSHOT CS-6

NERF N-STRIKE RECON CS-6 Special Edition

I am thinking of picking up the

NERF N-STRIKE BARRICADE RV-10

seems better than the maverick

My son loves these things runnng around of course he needs me to engage the nite finder but he's just laughing having a good time around the house.

Here's a demo of the Stampede ECS.

ok that looks too cool must get. The vulcan I have gets stuck a lot and the eats the batteries very quickly

My review of the VF-25S Ozma custom in 1:72 scale. Built this a looong time ago, but never got around to properly reviewing it...

http://dyrl.pl/detale.html?id=998

Pete

Nice review Pete

I see you finished the red frame too. What do you use to panel line it

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)

that was the one I was going to get as it was cheaper than the original white one. I have the original white when I saw it on ebay for $150 US and I jumped on it. The mold is the BEST thing yamato ever did!

and im a little unhappy with HLJ seemingly outdated order system. With the V2 sale

I ordered the;

VF-1J Hikaru Ichijo w/Armor Parts Transformable (Macross) 1 Backordered <div class=Usually ships within 4 to 6 weeks"> Backordered

As you can clearly see it says "backordered" when in fact I KNOW 100% it was in stock when I ordered. I called customer service or emailed you cant really call and Corky Nice girl, said that day a lot of people were ordering and the system is not setup to update the website with real time stock levels DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT to anyone of you who beat me out of the Que. Just kidding

It might be too late because HLJ has them listed as back ordered, but you fear mongers pushed me over the edge and I put in for one. You are all a bunch of enablers...

Perhaps I should just sign over my paychecks directly to Yamato and save myself the hassle of pretending to manage my finances.

Relax Yamato will milk the mold. I used to think of that on their 1/48, 1/60 v2 armored etc etc. I think 50% of their production line is geared to Macross so dont worry mate

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Drool

So does anyone have the Yamato? Really curious about its scale. Hate it when companies just slap on the "non-scale" label and call it a day.

I have it in transit and I will post pics. But its bigger than both the Tomy and Koto zoids. The core block is a thing of beauty

Also the gun sniper I must warn you is very very flimsy and Pieces fall of easy because of the weight. I see the problem hyperbolized in this version due to the added weight from the extra beam weapons

For a thoughtful and artful movie about humans on the edge of survival

I found Sunshine amazing!

I am a big zoids fan and I am going to pick one up. The detail is incredibly. The only thing that bothers me that Yamato could have done to make this an absolute masterpiece is give the koto style claws. Those Panda claws do induce menacing.

Anyone here into Aquariums?

I have a question for some real pros

I have usually kept large predatory fish. I kept the tank empty very clean with a couple of Large Silver Arowana and a red tail Catfish. Never a problem. I have a 100G tank. I have UV filter, Penguin biowheel 350, Fluval 405, Powerhead 802 Undergravel (on the other end I have I have larger powerhead feeding the UV filter and intake from undergravel, Rena Filstar XP4, a hydor Aerator, and a hydor KORALIA MAGNUM powerhead

My fairly new African Cichlid setup the Fish keep dying. why?

1. Filtration Check

2. Water change Check

3. PH check

4 temperature check

5. appropriate environment for species check

6. water change check

7. No overstock check

Fish show NO signs of external infection or illness. 2 weeks ago I lost my electric Blue Frontosa.

forgive me my nomenclature of African Species names is pretty bad but I think its compressiceps first showed signs of going pale and not eating. I noticed its fecal matter was white instead of brown. It gasped for breath more than other fish but showed no nervous behavior and it didn't hide. When I finally fed the fish blood worms he ate and looked he was better. All of a sudden I saw him today with the infamous floater symtoms as if the bladder were infected by parasites or bacteria. I had put him in an isolation tank today added some salt (not a lot) and added Pimafix and metafix. He is alive but lost total control of the bladder. He is now swimming upside down but has more life to him.

Anyone know what this could be. This has me perplexed. I mean I have a Male Sunshine Peacock that lost his eye due to territorial battles and still living healthy after one year with one eye!??? WTF man! 2 large perfectly health fish the Frontosa and compressiceps and they just die.

Any Aquarist know what I am doing wrong?

For a second I thought this was Minmay and I literally skipped a beat,then I got disappointed. was those damn side curls.

I have been thinking of getting the HSOD girls. I never bought these things. Do they need painting or or they complete (sans assembly) and painted?