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Frakk it, I bought some Legos. I also got in some of my Figma Attack on Titan figures, I should have gotten them long ago, they're pretty great, I personally think they're some of the best figures put out by Figma. I also managed to snag another Alien Warrior for $25 shipped, I only had one, and that's just not enough for a single Predator, he needs two to fight to look cool, badasses always need extra fodder to prove how awesome they are.

So The Flash and Arrow came back this week, quite a bit happened, and I personally feel both premiers were fairly solid. I felt The Flash explained away the black hole a little too easily, did Firestorm just basically shoot fire or blow the thing out of existence? What about the ramifications of Thawne dying? Shouldn't him and Eddie dying have lead to everything falling apart because they were never where they originally were to set all the events of the show into motion? I'm obviously looking too far into this, answer A is comic books, answer B is Speed Force I guess. I was very impressed with the Arrow premier, the blatantly lighter tone and the much more light-hearted Ollie were great, I gotta praise Stephen, he played a very different Ollie and GA then the previous seasons, which is good, because that was the entire point of him officially calling himself the Green Arrow, though, is everyone in Star City supposed to believe he's a different vigilante then the previous green colored archer? That seems like a stretch, but once again, you gotta cut these shows some slack sometimes on the little stuff like that. Darkh is shaping up to be a promising villain, and a good segue for Constantine to pop up, mystics and magic are right up his alley, pretty unfortunate to hear he's only going to be in one episode, and he's only appearing to bring White Canary into the fold so Legends of Tomorrow can be set up. Either way, I'm glad both shows are back, I stand by my mind set that if the Snyder DC universe ends up being a pile of boring, dark, gritty garbage, at least we will have the CW DC shows to fall back on.

I like the second film much more then the third, but yes, obviously, it wasn't as good as the first. The thing I wanted to mention was that the excellent Back to the Future game by TellTale, the folks that made the award winning Wolf Among Us and Walking Dead games, is getting a re-release on PS4, X1, and PC. I have the original version downloaded on my 360, which is in my closet, so I'll definitely be buying this new version, updated visuals, smoother performance, and they got the original actor for Biff to re-record all the Biff dialogue in the game, the original VA for Biff was okay, but having the real deal Biff is quite awesome.

Got some new stuff in over the week. I paid more for the D-Arts Mewtwo and Megaman then I should have, but that's what happens when you stupidly pass on the D-Arts line for years. I wanted them both new though, and I needed them for my Super Smash collection. Now if I could just track down an affordable Figma Pit...

New VF-4 is cool I guess, the big obvious question is how much? This being Arcadia, I wouldn't be surprised by a price that nearly rivals the second hand market prices anyway, in which case, I'm not wasting my time. A re-release should be more affordable then second hand prices, I know this is speculation, but based on how much they've been charging for their other valks, I'm not expecting much.

I always liked my 17D, I had the super parts bundle. Unfortunately I had to sell it off quite a while back, money was tight and I had to find a way to pay for all the Figuarts Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, they were worth it.

Edit: Deleted post, posted in wrong thread, like an idiot.

I got 3 off AmiAmi last night, plus my Figuarts Captain Phasma, she sold out damn quick, the Episode VII hype is very real. I'm waiting on HLJ, I still need more, no apologies, I will buy as many as I want, period. More will become available as others said, the first night and first round of pre-orders getting sold out is not a reason to become discouraged, they usually always sell out, and quickly. Whatever you do, don't get impatient and pay for some over-priced Ebay pre-orders, those people don't deserve your money, frakk their faces and their lives.

So are the Regults and all of the other February Bandai goods going up for pre-order tonight? I checked in last night and saw some members getting prepared, but I figured it wouldn't be last night and instead sometime today or tonight. I just don't want to miss out, these Regults don't cost anywhere near as much as most Macross goods, and it seems like quite a few people are in for multiples, I just want to be ready to nab all that I need, plus a Figuarts Captain Phasma.

Yea I saw that earlier today, the face sculpt is solid, I like it a bit better then the Figuarts, but it's a pass for me too. No ab crunch, really Figma? His arms don't look as cut up and gappy as the Figuarts either, but based on what I'm seeing, the articulation seems quite limited.

So it is October 1st, very interesting. So this means be ready tomorrow night before midnight right? I'm going to sign in to every site, get my computer ready, then click refresh from 11:40 to whenever they pop up, I need four Regults, and I need to lock down a pre-order on Figuarts Captain Phasma.

I guess that makes some, slight sense, if you're on a budget you can buy certain Gundams nickel and dimed out if you don't want to pay for a complete version, I just don't understand why the hell someone wouldn't want the figure to just come complete with everything so they can emulate and show off ANY variation they want out of the box? To keep prices down by $10-15? I would see it as more of a pain in the ass honestly, now for completionists they have to buy another set to get everything for their figure? To stay on topic, I just see a lot of people getting excited over the Regults, we NEVER get enemy mecha, people that don't even have Hi-Metal valks are looking to get some enemy and fodder mecha. Based on how quickly the valks in this R line have sold out, I'm guessing a lot of other people don't think it's too over-priced either, these things are undoubtedly easier to collect and get a hold of then Arcadia/Yamato 1/60 VF-1s. I just can't wait for 1-2 months after these release to pass, so I can see this board filled with people complaining how the H-Metal Regult is too expensive now, and how they can't be found for below $120, and that they should have gotten them a retail...

We also don't know what accessories and extra bits it's coming with, it's also bigger then the valkyries, and we don't know the plastic and metal content of the figure, what if the the legs are completely die-cast, what if the whole cockpit area is die-cast? I'm just not seeing how someone can determine if something is worth X amount when it's an unreleased figure that not a single person has gotten to actually handle in hand. I'm just sitting back and thinking, based on what we've seen, the price seems very fair, whereas I looked into it, the Spirits line was the Gundam line I laughed off after seeing how badly they nickel and dimed so many releases, Gundam Heavyarms and Sandrock were the exact releases I remember, you had to buy an extra, exclusive set that cost as much as a whole figure to get the rest of the bits they should have come with in the first place. I mean, at the end of the day, at least the Hi-Metal line isn't trying to release the valkyries gun pods or landing gear pieces in some extra Tamashii Online Exclusive complete your valk set...

I'm still not seeing the Hi-Metal R line as over priced, I don't entirely think metal and plastic content should dictate pricing either. What if the Macross license is more expensive to make toys for? I'd imagine getting licenses to Gundam stuff is much easier and cheaper. Each Hi-Metal R valk is also coming with some sort of armor parts too, either GBP or Super, and yet, they are still coming up as cheaper then the average SRC I look at. As for the Regult, same thing, possibly the license issues make it slightly pricier, but to your point on plastic and metal content, we still don't know about that on these guys. As for the Damashii/Spirits line, that appears to made up of much newer, more popular and relevant series then Macross, I'm just not seeing how a fair comparison can be made there, also, those seems to be all over the place as far as extras and accessories go, some seem worth it, others, not in the slightest. At least Hi-Metal valks come with some kind of armor inside the box, no extra purchase necessary, I'd guess if they decided to sell stand alone valks without any extra goodies they could be sold at around $50 each, which appears to be the average price for a Damashii/Spirits figure. I can attest that I'm not familiar with SRC's stuff, but I'm just not seeing how they're that much better of a deal, we're getting into personal preference territory now, yeah, it seems like a line of fairly obscure 70/80s mecha, but many of them don't seem to transform, they're light on gimmicks, and often accessories too. I think the Hi-Metal stuff is perfectly priced for what we're getting, Gundam merch will always be cheaper, it's Gundam, and I'm just not seeing the great deal with the SRC line, die-cast is cool, but they're stuff just seems so sparse on extras and gimmicks, I'm just looking at them and thinking they're exclusively worth it for being sort of heavy, moderately priced takes on older mecha series, once again, lots of Mazinger, Getter, Ox, and yet a lot of their stuff is just a mech, sword/weapon, and some hands, I'm just not seeing how they can compared to transformable, slightly parts swapping, 1/100 valkyries. I can also admit, I'm not much of a die-cast guy, slight or even heavy metal content in a figure doesn't immediately scream quality, or this is worth it, so maybe I'm just jaded on what SRC is attempting to do and charge for their figures.

So I looked for a moment into the Super Robot Chogokin stuff, if they don't make valkyries or Macross enemy mecha then they have pretty much zero relevancy to the topic at hand, and they're pricing compared to what you're getting seems to be slightly more expensive then what we're getting for the price of the Hi-Metal valkyries, and it looks like they just make 80+ variants to Mazinger Z and Getter stuff, which I have no interest in. I have quite a few Robot Damashii/Spirits Code Geass figures, they're pretty great, but once again, no Macross related merch, no interest. They're pricing seems decent, I still think the Hi-Metal line is exactly on point for what we're getting, and since nobody has handled their Regult, I believe it will end up being the nicest mass produced Regult we've ever gotten.

So when are these bad boys going up for pre-order? I'm in for at least 4, possibly more, was October 1st speculation, or is that really the date? So does this mean Wednesday night be ready at like 11:50pm? I've never done Bandai pre-order madness before, so I'm not sure how this goes, I just know I want to be ready. I get not liking the Hi-Metal line, or at least their take on the VF-1, but over priced compared to what? Arcadia? Who very occasionally make over-priced pink VF-1s? Or that one non-existent company that apparently make Regults? And then you say get some Robot Damashii stuff instead like it's a better value? Isn't that the Gundam line by Bandai that makes you buy like, separate sets to get the complete version of a figure you should have gotten in the first place? I distinctly remember looking into the Gundam Wing line just to see that if you want everything for Heavyarms and Sandrock you have to buy a little exclusive, expensive, sold separate additional parts set. Maybe I'm thinking of another line, maybe it was Robot Spirits or something else, don't really honestly recall, or care. Nobodies gotten their hands on the Regults yet, I don't understand how someone can already have the opinion of them not being worth the price. To each their own I suppose.

So apparently some people are already getting Darth Maul shipped out to them, I'm just sitting here, with not even a payment request from HLJ...

What? I thought they were doing some stupid ass cross over with Tatum and Hill in the Jump Street series? Either way, that's lame.

Wow now that was fast. I've just been burned by all the Bandai valks I ever owned, they always seem to break somehow, and I still think they're over-engineered in several areas, and I'm not a fan of the glossy paint they seem to need to use on everything, but mostly, I don't like Frontier/Plus or it's ilk, but that's not really Bandai's fault . I may be stuck with him as family, I've done this before for him, he doesn't deserve it, but his sister is totes awesome, so I deal with it. Every time I get him something that is within my realm of hobbies, like toys or video games, she takes it as me attempting to bond with or share what I love with him, it's more brownie points from her then him, I really don't enjoy being around him at all.

I went ahead and ordered one for my maybe brother in law, he's a tool and I hate him, and he'll probably break it like every other crappy Bandai valk I've bought him, but it gets me some easy brownie points, so whatever.

Damn I can't wait for mine, it's still in my HLJ pile of loot until Figuarts Darth Maul releases. I think I remember reading somewhere these will also fit onto Tamashii Stage stands, does anyone know which ones? I would assume the 5s because it's mecha/mechanical, but I could have sworn HLJ had something in its description that said Act 4s would work too, which would work for me, I've got 12 packs of three on the way.

Easy, 7. No and I am less likely to purchase an Arcadia product in the future due to the pricing and/or general direction of Arcadia. They aren't getting another dime from me, too expensive, and the quality isn't there in my opinion, especially for the prices they charge. Maybe if down the line they smarten up and give us some fairly priced VF-1 repaints I'd grab a couple I want and am missing, but other then that they've lost my business.

I just don't see it as that elongated, to me, it makes for a much sleeker more aesthetically pleasing battroid, the Yamato/Arcadias always left a lot to be desired in battroid mode for me personally.

The head was still too high in my opinion no matter how you adjusted it on the Yamato/Arcadia releases, it can be slightly adjusted to look a bit better, but it's still not quite there, whereas the Hi-Metals were right where they should be out of the box. Options are nice I guess, not sure why you'd want the option to have an inaccurate adjustment over just being accurate like it should be, and it's not like they necessarily meant to have them that way, they just didn't have them sitting right and yet they had room for slight adjustment, they never intended to give people options, that particular part of their figures just wasn't accurate. I remember the arguments from years ago when the Hi-Metals first dropped, some people liked the look of Yamato/Arcadia 1/60, some preferred the Hi-Metal, I will always remain in the H-Metal camp, they're pretty damn perfect in my opinion, whereas I still feel Arcadia has some room for improvement of their V2 1/60 molds.

I can't wait for mine to show up, it's sitting in my private warehouse at HLJ with a bunch of other goodies. I'm still liking how it looks more then Yamato's 1/60 fair, I did back when they first came out, and I still do now, the slightly elongated cockpit section does it for me, and the head sits just right, unlike Yamato/Arcadia stuff, which I still hold as a gripe to this day. Only thing I'm worried about is getting a hold of the other stuff in the line, it seems a lot of people that want nothing to do with the valks will be buying up Destroids and enemy mecha anyway, which is fine I guess, it just sucks I'll be competing once again with the same people that own multiples of everything on this line too.