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Novacaine

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  1. I got it :) Big thanks to "I collect stuff". He got me the ozma I'd been looking for. A really great collector to deal with. Also thanks to everyone else who made suggestions and recommendations especially jeremy007, valk009 and m0n5t3r. You guys all rock. "I collect stuff" you made this a great father's day :)

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  2. All these amazing pictures motivated me to get out the tripod and take some pictures. I personally just love the elintseeker because it has so much going on. All that hardware somehow makes it look more realistic to me. You'll notice that mine has been outfitted with a few missiles for long range fire support.

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  3. yeah 300 sounds more in line. I've been checking out the yahoo japan auctions. I signed up with Rinkya, a japanese middle man company, but it looks like that might be really expensive. Just shipping to the US looks to be $100+. The toy is like 5 kg and then rinkya charges 25% charge on top of shipping cost. Plus they have all there other fees which would add another $35+$25 or so. Even if I find one there for $200 it'll end up costing me like $330+ :)

    Anyone used them or have any advice? Thanks again for the help.

  4. Just checked mine. The only problem was with my VF-0S. I had the one post against the little bottom fin with 301 printed on it. The tip of the post sort of stuck a little but there was no damage. But it had only been on that stand in that configuration for maybe 2 weeks. I imagine if I had left it there long enough things could have been really bad. All the other posts were touching bare plastic.

    I plan to keep using the stand but make sure the tips only touch bare plastic. What I saw supports the idea that there is a reaction between the tip material and paints of certain types. Washing it won't help if this is the case.

    FWIW, I did just mess around with one of my stands and it's easy to pop the caps off. then you just have acrylic which shouldn't react with anything. Of course you won't get that sure grip anymore, but someone mentioned those little nubs you can buy to put under the legs of furniture to avoid scratching. Maybe just stick the small ones to the ends of the acrylic pipes?

  5. I just replaced the shoulder pieces on my vf-1s. It's the earlier version not the DYRL one. For what it's worth there is a picture of the replacement piece and old piece for comparison. The new pieces feel smooth and strong. I just have to say a big thanks to scorched earth toys for their walkthrough.

    Now the toy feels solid and having gone through that process I feel like I understand how really sturdy these things are for the most part. I'm such a chicken I almost backed out of transforming it like 5 or 6 times :)

    got me through that.

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  6. Wow, your stuff if gorgeous. The Gundams are just great. I really like the heads, they feel so solid and three dimensional. The armor is also really tight. But you can do people just as good! I'm an artist as well, but I haven't drawn a robot in years. This is really inspirational. Maybe I'll give it a shot :) Good stuff.

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