seti88

4 hours ago, MKT said:

attach frickin laser beams and we got a deal!

4 hours ago, MKT said:

If Elvis Draken comes out, I'll pass him the guitar from the 1/8 Megahouse Basara figure.

make a scarf too and complete the look...😉

and for the extreme makeover get a mini elvis wig! 😁

Just now, no3Ljm said:

Thanks!  

 

Also, just a heads up. In 2 hours and 15 mins, Nin-Nin-Game will open their DX YF-21 preorder window at 8pm Japan time.

https://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/macross/113636-dx-chogokin-macross-plus-yf-21-guld-goa-bowman-machine-bandai-spirits-.html

Good luck everyone!

 

..do i want another copy of this toy... 

10 minutes ago, Nerd-linger said:

First unsuccessful preorder at HLJ in a long time. Had it in my cart, but for some dumb reason province was missing from my address and that was all it took, no time to update and try again. I am not sure how to feel about it... To be honest I was having trouble reconciling this being more expensive than the 1/48 VF-1J Armored Valkyrie bundle, WWM release is going to be even more expensive so this just might be the end of my Bandai Macross collecting.  End of an era, but if Bandai can't be bothered to produce enough for demand then so be it. 

Look what you did bandai!

Implement pay upfront more or increase distribution channels...or god forbid reduce the price...

as much as i know its in bandai's favor but in the long term restricting/making products hard to get ..well......is negative to branding cos there is a tipping point where folks wont care abt bandai no more...

IMHO. not looking for a debate...

10 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

Will do sir.  

Hope they're not another Nippon-Yasan in the making. And if ever, hope they honor their cancellation policy just in case.

N-Y had a period of trouble before crap hit the fan bigtime...so at least for now YYK shld still be ok...

6 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

Was able to place one order from Yoyakunow. Will let you know how this store goes.

https://www.yoyakunow.com/en/robots/20615-dx-chogokin-yf-21-guld-goa-bowman-custom.html

You got one! yea let us know your experience..more shops to choose from will help even the playing field..

1 minute ago, no3Ljm said:

Fair enough.  

I know it's important. And I want one too. Don't get me wrong. If I missed all of the PO's after tonight's, then it is what it is for me. Not going to drag myself down.  

😁 yea no reason to be down......part of collecting is being able to hunt it down post release too esp since this is WWM shouldnt be too difficult to find..

who knows there could be another freaking release with the fold booster!!!

1 hour ago, Drad said:

Now we just need a TV Roy VF-1S.

And some Queadluun Rau. And Tomahawks. And..

C'mon, Bandai!! How many years already??

bandai only releases em if you say you dont want em...🤣

2 minutes ago, treatment said:

amzn-jp is glitchy as f*ck, tho.

did not let me add to cart at all!



SHENANIGANS!

not to mention bare basic packaging if indeed the order goes through....but yeah i understand the compulsion to get one in hand...

1 minute ago, no3Ljm said:

Don't lose hope guys. There's still Amiami tomorrow, LunaPark, and US sites in a few days or in a week.

 

And remember. This. Is. Just. A. Toy. 

hmm no comments on the toy bit 🤣  but yeah more sites coming up!...😵

5 minutes ago, MKT said:

Hobby Genki seems to have pulled a bit of scummy move by raising the price when it went live. It was originally Yen 38.5k, and then it went straight to Yen 39,750 lol..

 

I couldn't even find the link to begin haha.. I'm sure there must be some tricks   

 

Yea that wasn't nice! Still, i got cart-jacked at hobby genki. Was a little surprised at the price jump but was willing to go ahead anyway..

4 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

Anyone PO'ed from Yoyakunow? Saw a listing. But from what I've read, people who works there are from Nippon-Yasan.

https://www.yoyakunow.com/en/robots/20615-dx-chogokin-yf-21-guld-goa-bowman-custom.html

Didnt hear much bad news from YYK but then again i havent bought from them. 

1 minute ago, MKT said:

CDJ has joined Hobby Search as the 2 PO unicorns.

its a shame..i really liked buying via CDJ for the points...have never gotten a PO on release day for HS...

its difficult to find pre-order listings at release times for CDJ for a while now.....

31 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

Here you go, @seti88. Hope @Saburo doesn't mind. 

lol..i wasn't the one who requested product shots...😂

24 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

Looks like both Bandai DX and Yamato didn't remove this for the delimiter mode.

 

Atleast with the Bandai HG kit, it is.

 

Ack now i cant unsee it...😵 

bandai shld just have made a DX out of the HG 🤪 

...parts swapping..perfect transformation...bla bla...🤭

6 hours ago, derex3592 said:

@Lolicon - Yeh, Put that thing away Lolicon, nobody needs to see that kind of sick Valk Porn around here. Jeeeeez...

am here just for the articles...

4 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Well, this will be interesting. My flight leaves 5 minutes after POs open, and lasts 14 hours.

18 hours ago, MKT said:

I daresay it will. It has an advantage of not being prone to obvious yellowing, something we can’t say for another mini-grail the YF-30 Kronos. 

Yeah you are right, that 262 color scheme sure has its advantages. 

You know that first hand unboxing feeling? I dare say the 262 took my breath away first time unboxing it, more than any other valk.
More so than even a fully tampo-ed VF-1 DX.

Those sharp gold lines, the deep blue with the windermere insignia's (especially on the cockpit cover!). One of kawamori-san's design masterpieces IMO. 

So.....if bandai never ever releases a 262 DX again...will the 262 DX become a grail item in the far far ...did i say far? future?😅🤪

On 12/25/2023 at 10:01 AM, Sildani said:

 

Sigh. I’ll get one. My last pre-order of all time. Is it December 31st or January 10th? And will it still be PO hell, or more calm?

I hear you. will it be the last? Or maybe if the VF-11...

20 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Maybe just for the people who have them from the YF-19 full-set pack, maybe because they'll release a booster set separately.

1 hour ago, MKT said:

Hmmm 'fold booster strut front and back' included.

This is a bit of a tell and am speculating here. It means any future fold booster will not be singularly marketed just for, or to include for the YF-21. It will be for YF-19 only, which means the fold booster will be released together with the other YF-19 parts, minimally the Fast Packs. The fold booster can then obviously be used for the YF-21.

The bad news is if you want to have 2 fold boosters, one each for YF-19 and YF-21, you have to buy 2 sets of YF-19 add-on & parts. Is Bandai really gonna pull off this d*ck move? 

From missed ghost add-on's for the first HMR 0S release, sealed and then transparent Fast Packs for the VF-1, even the old missing VF-31 supers for arad/chuck/31A.

Bandai got too greedy trying to nickel and dime everything, and ended up missing important elements due to limited release slots per year.

For goodness sake bandai, include the damm booster in the YF-21 and quit trying to micro release everything....its not as if macross has that many release slots in a year...

2 hours ago, PointBlankSniper said:

Fold booster front and back struts seem like news though.

The not so perfect transformation between landing gears and fast pack gunpods has been irking me, and seeing it super extra+ confirmed in new big text is even more oof lol

Back from the holidays and whoa... is a fold booster going to be included?

why mention struts and not the fold booster? 

2 hours ago, Lolicon said:

MSRP plus tax. 

Potential profits...🤪

25 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

Not hard to track down here in Tokyo. 

 

whats the price on the streets in tokyo?

42 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

https://www.amazon.com/TAMASHII-NATIONS-Macross-Plus-Excalibur-Chogokin/dp/B0C9PMKV1Y

$218.88

That’s a nice price but will need to wait till march next year…

After some of my recurring book purchases from Amazon, am wary of their ‘minimal’ packing. 

7 hours ago, borgified said:

Oh come on!!
I want to see how this Egg Yolk DX v.2 19 is packaged properly, not the dissected version of the clamshell opened up in this video and how are the tolerances for this re-release. 

Not much changes to the blister packaging? No reported cases of damaged head lasers for the latest releases but its early days...

i think this new release being only 2 layers of blisters reduced pressure and avoided untoward incidents to the head laser...

above pic seen from 

5 hours ago, eXis10z said:

Woah won the lottery on hobby search for this. Must have very little applicants for me to win it. Now to decide to proceed or not. Already have an unopened full set pack. Only worry for that is a potential broken antenna. Was an extra antenna provided in the full set pack?

Congratz! Well ur lottery would be the cheapest MSRP...at this point in time the new 19 release is clearly averaging abv 28000k yen...

The FS pack had no extra antenna...

4 hours ago, MKT said:

I sold my duplicates of VF-19 Advance & YF-19 FS, but seeing the buzz & videos of this release makes me want to pick up this release lol..

Coincidentally, I was trawling through early pages of Arcadia's YF-19 tread, and all the excitement & chatter back 10 years ago make me realize how Arcadia was such a trailblazer on YF-19's design, and how much of it was carried over to the DX VF-19 Advance and now the DX YF-19. Of particular historical interest is the implementation of the high-speed mode wings, and although may not lock properly on some copies (I personally have no issues on both my Arcadia & DX), the solution deployed was pretty innovative and somewhat outside of anyone's best guesstimate at that time.   

Iteration on iteration, perfection in motion...