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On 6/3/2024 at 10:40 PM, davidwhangchoi said:

got it!

 

not really motivated for the HMR figure but might have to get this for this art

I see your priorities are on point!

17 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

does this come with the 2012 flashback poster?

Pretty sure that's just the box insert. I love it!

I'd also recommend the mandarake in Nakano in the other side of Tokyo. They have many varied-themed mandarake stores spread in the 4 floor complex, make sure you get a store directory from one of the store and ask which to go to for macross chogokin.

Looks like Amazon.jp started shipping these

There is typically diecast in tomicar products (even the 500 yen ones) and I expect the same here. 

It’s all relative. Typical tomicar is 500 yen. The premium line is just for products with licenses like initial D and back to the future. 

I missed out on the Misa 1/12 figure. Now they're nowhere to be found (at reasonable pricing anyways).  

I did order their 1/12 Roy few weeks ago and it came with the bonus guitar to my surprise.

Hopefully they'll re-issue Misa (Lisa for them) at some point.

google search:

Metal Build followed the 2007 release of a similar line of partly diecast action figures under Gundam Fix Figuration Metal Composite, which focuses on Universal Century mecha and is based on the designs and artwork of Hajime Katoki. In contrast, Metal Build has focused on other timelines than Universal Century.
 

Metal build has more accessories like you mentioned, and also tends to be more detailed. Chogokin is usually designed with animation accuracy in mind, while metal build is stylised. Chogokin uses ratchet joints (better for longevity) while metal build is strictly friction.

while some may favor MB more than chogokin, I think it’s wrong to say chogokin is the budget line. It’s a different design approach. Simpler and more anime accurate design will feel less detailed but it’s meant to be that way, not to say it’s lower quality. 

the colors of the track suits match the colors each character is associated with on the show (though less sure about Bouge). They also have matching colors even in concerts, which led to some very poor outfit design choices in the beginning that has improved over the years, but never all that great.

thanks guys for enlightening me.

I thought the Walkure girls all have their own gigs and that’s why they had the Walkure final tour last year as their final performance as a group?
 

I recently watch the Walkure Reborn concert bluray and was quite impressed with them. Overall better singers than megumi and May’n? At least I didn’t hear any intonation issues that sometimes appear in Frontier concerts. May’n’s voice is so unique that it’s hard to compare. But maybe I should run and hide after this statement……

Sorry for my ignorance, from left to right, they're Freyja, Reina, and who?

2 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

I do wonder how they went from selling out on pre-order day to now having 17 more available for pre-order?

I don't really see that happen with pre-orders from AmiAmi or HLJ, as far as I am aware. 

Because they found a few more nieces and nephews and  cousins and uncles and aunties to agree to order six each for them. 

Just now, weiser21 said:

Has Luna Park improved their shipping practices? The may be the only game left.

They pack their items well. The issue is it takes them time to ship, which is fine with me as long as they deliver.

3 hours ago, MKT said:

Ok so the tent is actually papercraft.

From the translation of the wordings, I can't figure out if the tent is included from a pull-out page in the instruction manual that you can fold, or if the instruction manual only contains the instructions on how to make one with your own materials. I think likely the latter, seeing that there isn't any mention of it in the parts list.

it says paper craft for the tent is included.

Well that lasted 0.0001 seconds. 

Nice work. What scale will these be in?

If anyone is willing to part with the 1/60 figures of the 4 Fire Bomber members please shoot me a PM. 

7 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

I would definitely say so.  I mounted mine on there and that stupid clear plastic mount formed a stress fracture in a matter of minutes.  I'll see if I can find the photo.

Here it is:

 

Thank you. Switched back to the ugly black one.  mine sat overnight but luckily no stress marks. 

I put the VF-1S with fast pack on the fighter stand that came with the first release VF-1J. It’s wobbly perhaps due to the extra weight from the fast pack but seems to hold. Anyone else doing this? Any concerns with the durability of the flight stand if left on display long-term?

3 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

Maybe someone Made their own  replica of the book...I have never seen one posted....would be nice....

As for the 13 pics....sort of?

Garden released a series of photo idol packs that sort of capture the photo concept from that book...

They are relatively easy to find and get posted on Mandarake and YJA a few times a year if you wanted to hunt them down...

Oh wow so those 13 photos were actually never released? One would think lots of people would have wanted copies. 

Thanks for the photo pack info. I definitely dig them and hopefully score one in the future.

Does anybody know if the 13 pictures from the 6-page Minmay photo album in the ending sequence of SDMF were released at some point? Where and how would one acquire them if so?

I also imagine someone would have made a replica of that photo album at some point. Anybody know?

Delivery date of mine got pushed back to January 2 to 12.

Was the Ivanov one ever reissued?

1 hour ago, wmkjr said:

Right there next to the Phalanx, N-Ger, Q-Rau, and Scout.

that would imply that the rest would be released if one was found. I therefore believe they're all scattered in different places.

Has Lunar Park shipped out any VF-1S mechanic version yet?