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Final purchase of the year 

6 minutes ago, CrossAir said:

Wow, looks fantastic, Anubis! Great work, I really love this scheme. I have built lots of Hasegawa fighters in my early modeling years. Need some work but detail is always great.

Thanks! Yes i like the color scheme a lot as well. I think the hardest thing for me with this kit was the amount of glue it took. 

Completed the K-40 right on time before the end of the year. This was my 1st Hasegawa kit and I definitely learned a lot. Completely different experience from the Gundams I was used to building  I think i will be building more but I only plan on doing those oddball paint schemes like the Makina 31C.

50 minutes ago, Tking22 said:

He looks okay, where was your break? My buddy got two, one for alt and one for bot, both were broken, one out of the box and one during transformation. Such a shame that these things are happening, I'm not a fan of the aesthetic direction, but a lot of people are getting what they want from it, these QC issues make being an early buyer seem like you're beta testing these things for Takara. 

One hinge cracked out of the box on the hinge that is attached to the bottom part of the seat and the base of the neck is bent and doesnt sit straight on the hood. I got a replacement on the way but now im worried of that one coming out in worse shape than this one. 

MP-47 Hound is pretty good but as usual with Takara we get high prices and bad QC. 

Best girl

More progress on the K-40. Have a few more decals to go but I think I should be done with decals and the final clear coat by this weekend. All I will have left after that will be the pilot and canopy to deal with

Christmas loot 

Final stretch on the YF-19 K-40. Started panel lining last night and will try to decal this week but have too much family stuff going on due to the upcoming holidays 

16 hours ago, Foblander said:

My Eva-02 MB arrived as well and this figure is phenomenal. I want to pick up Eva-01 but I am just not a big fan of that head sculpt Looking forward to Unit-00 though. Harder to mess up Unit-00's head I hope. 

I picked up Eva-01 only cause I cant have a Unit 2 w/o a Unit 1. Im also not a fan of the head sculpt. From the side it looks fine but from the front it just looks weird to me. 

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Snagged the last two Berkserk Figmas I was missing... One at a good price and one at a heavy mark up.

12 hours ago, sqidd said:

I really like how anime accurate it is. It's REALLY pose-able. Joints feel really solid. Maybe even a little stiff (better than the latter). I did pop the waist armor apart goofing around with a pose. Has to glue it back together. It's a little fragile there. I think I was being pretty hammer handed with it though. The rest of it feels like a "toy" with the associated durability. I wan't handling it like a "figure". Overall I'm tickled. I have a pretty good EVA selection. It's my favorite. Worth ever penny.

My MB Unit 02 is here tomorrow!

Thanks man! I think im just going to take it out and mess with it since I cant get rid of it  Just going to have to display it somewhere else in the house because of the scale. 

1 hour ago, sqidd said:

That's one big EVA!

Havent opened mine yet. What is your overall opinion on the RAH?

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Today’s arrivals

1 hour ago, Black Valkyrie said:

 

 

Nice! I hated the Batman Ninja movie but loved the design. 

Got this huge box from Amazon today.

tried cancelling at the last minute but couldnt. If anyone needs a RAH Eva let me know. 

1 hour ago, Slave IV said:

Yeah, I got back into MP because of 3P but I have everything I want now except a few characters. Last TF I got that I actually transformed and like to play with is GigaPower Sludge. I think I’m done until someone makes a good Galvatron,Jazz and Seekers 

Maketoys Seekers are very good but Skywarp and Thundercracker are fetching a hefty premium now. 

22 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

Ah thanks! I’ve been buying a few TFs here and there blindly and mostly from looks alone. I haven’t even transformed Sunstreaker or MP-36 Megatron yet. Maybe it’s time for me to finally quit. But I do have that damn Unicron already ordered too. 

Im keeping up with MP but 3P TF is what ive been quitting. 

Just now, Slave IV said:

What are the supposed ax issues with MP-45? I barely follow any TF threads anymore. Thanks!

Some people have gotten really bad paint apps and loose joints. Joints on mine arent too bad but the hips really need some fixing. I think the biggest issue is quality to cost ratio. This is more expensive than Sunstreaker but its not as good. 

Opened MP-45 and I am not as disappointed as I expected to be. I lucked out with the paint and mine doesnt seem to have as many issues as others I've seen. Transformation is pretty impressive despite the alt mode size. Where it really fails is in the tolerances of the joints and some parts not locking. The backpack i cant get it to lock and the shoulder are super tight to the point that if I try to move them it moves the whole backpack. However the bicep joint is loose but then the wrist swivels are tight. Tolerances are just all over the place with this figure. The hips loose are well, not floppy and still hold poses just fine but they would be better. Overall I like it but its definitely not worth the price of admission. Wait for a sale when its under 60-50 bucks.

DHL took Friday off and left everything for yesterday.

I lucked out with MP Bumblebee in the QC department but the hips kind of suck. 

36 minutes ago, Mommar said:

Well I did the return/replace with AmazonJapan and it's been surprisingly easy.  They've already shipped the new one and I print out some labels and drop the old thing back off at DHL by January 1st.  Pretty simple.

They are finally offering prepaid labels?? Last thing I had to exchange was MP-44 and had to fight them to be able to ship it USPS because DHL wanted $200+ to send it back. 

10 hours ago, Shukenzero said:

My MB Eva 02 is on the way from Japan! Picking up my first copy later today. Can’t wait!

Edit: Unit is very nice, joints are tight and the pain apps are perfect. Seems to be a lot of stock but I paid about a third more than the Japanese release. 

Nice! I'm waiting on shipping notification from AE

DHL was supposed to deliver mine today but the last scan shows as “scheduled delivery as agreed”. Problem is I didn't agree to anything, hopefully its delivered by Monday.

November web exclusives also arrived yesterday.

14 hours ago, Slave IV said:

Sucks to hear some places aren't able to get the parts but honestly, it makes such little difference I may hold of on changing mine out. There are no transformation guides out yet either huh? Oh well, boxing it all back up and dealing with it al later, lol! The figure looks really sweet and at least I swooshed it around a bit.

Im at that stage as well