tekering
-
Posts
3943 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Gallery
Everything posted by tekering
-
It's all hand-painted, so it's a little rough in spots... if you get up close enough to notice. Yeah, I set the camera on a 12-second timer, and kill my key light just before the shutter opens. Timing's crucial, 'cause the effect fades pretty quickly.
-
How's about a little twilight cruising?
-
Difficult to capture the glow-in-the-dark effect in camera, but I've done what I could with multiple-exposures:
-
Great to hear they've got a Borough Superior in the works! Whoah there, Tubes! Where'd you get those green containers for your Beagle?
-
DOES NOT COMPUTE I'm selling mine. An old friend who can't afford the Premium Finish version will be happy to claim my Yammie.
-
No, it's currently scheduled for a June 6th release.
-
Amazon.jp says it's shipping at the end of this month.
-
Here's mine. It's a tricky area to light and photograph, but it looks cool. I drilled my own holes. It's very secure.
-
Screws were required. Glue was not.
-
I had considered the same for my original release, but even in "Attack Mode" there's so much more painted detail to appreciate on the premium finish... Instead, I've opted to sell the old girl and keep the sexy new one on the wall.
-
Premium Finish in da house! Fluorescent pink, yellow, and black panel lining is evident all over the ship. A matte finish top coat has been applied evenly to each surface; this is most evident on clear parts like the bridge. As with previous releases of this toy, there are a lot of detailed parts still on sprues: However, they've also been pre-painted, panel-lined, and matte top-coated for consistency.
-
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
tekering replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
I know exactly how you feel... Getting relevant information on third-party product is becoming harder and harder, as there's just too much idle chatter and minutiae to sift through... TFW2005 is almost as bad as MacrossWorld. FansToys' "Terminus Giganticus" was sold in two parts; "Gabriel" is a single package DX9's proportions are closer to Omega Supreme's animated depiction; FansToys is more G1 toy-accurate "Terminus Giganticus" has balance issues, as multiple video reviews have established; "Gabriel" is more stable and easier to pose FansToys is known for heavier figures with an overabundance of die cast; "Gabriel" is heavy enough as it is...! Simply put, DX9's figure looks exactly like Omega Supreme I remember from the cartoon, and thus fits the Masterpiece aesthetic best. Is that how she looked in the movie?
-
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
tekering replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
I certainly do! I bought a house so I'd have enough space to display everything... with an attic for all the necessary storage. Not in this country! And taxis are damned expensive in Japan. No such child, I fear. In the event of my untimely death, my wife has instructions to contact the recycle shop on the south side of town... They have knowledgeable staff who can appraise the value accurately, and I can rely on them to give her some semblance of what the collection's worth. Anyway, here's my most recent toy purchase: DX9's "Gabriel."
-
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
tekering replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
It's all a matter of priorities. I don't have kids, I don't have investments, I don't even own a car... ...but I have a lot of toys. -
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
tekering replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/USS_Yamato -
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
tekering replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
And a third, actually: The USS Yamato. I found it on clearance. I hated the ugly stand it came with, so I made my own.
-
Anyone living the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, perhaps... or maybe downtown Osaka. But for the other 90% of the population, we have to rely on online retailers and the secondary market, just like the rest of the world does. I suppose underestimating demand is safer than overestimating demand!
-
That's a hell of a lot of shorthand, and even native English speakers might have trouble comprehending all the abbreviations. I'll clarify as best I can: thk = think yrs = years abt = about hmr = Mi-Metal R M0 = Macross Zero M+ = Macross Plus 4g = VF-4G Lightning III (from the Macross M3 video game) fb = ?
-
Ah, but the situation isn't so different for those of us in Japan, either. I ordered mine from Amazon.co.jp, and their stock was sold out within an hour and a half... Yodobashi Camera sold out an hour after that... and any third-party sellers on Rakuten or Amazon are now charging at least ¥7000 above MSRP. If it weren't for you fine folks giving us a heads-up, I would've missed out as well. What would we do without MacrossWorld? Undeniably. This product was announced in October of 2015, and we've been waiting two and-a-half years to preorder it. Given the usual production delays, it'll be at least six more months before release. Anyone wanting to get one at retail prices -- even in Japan -- had to order within a three-hour window, or look at paying a significant mark-up on the secondary market. A three-year wait, with a three-hour order window. It's mind-boggling, really.
-
"How would such a concept look on a VF-1?" he wondered idly... "Equally stupid," he decided.
-
I've got a lot of similarly-scaled Matsumoto ships, but I believe those came from...
-
Yes, they seem to have forgotten to include the "h" on the "Shinsei Industry" tampo... And yes, the resulting "Sinsei" is damned close to "Sensei." <sigh> Bandai is getting damned sloppy these days.
-
As a fan of futuristic spacecraft, miniatures, and Star Trek in particular, the Eaglemoss series is a dream come true, featuring dozens of ship designs that have never been produced as models or toys before. However, as a raving scale Nazi, the Eaglemoss series is a nightmare, featuring a total disregard for any semblance of scale consistency. Almost every ship released is in its own unique scale -- and some have even been produced at two different scales -- without making any attempt to identify (much less publicize) what scale they represent. Thus, my Eaglemoss collection is split up over five different starship displays, each representing a different scale: about 1:850 roughly 1:2000 around 1:1200 about 1:3000
-
I am. I have. I will. TMBounty_Hunter and orindlt, too, obviously.
-
Consolidated Megazone 23 Toy/Model Thread for 2017-2018
tekering replied to RavenHawk's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Yeah, the Amazon.jp listings have been similarly updated.
