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LOL screw this, just gonna get it from NY and save my sanity.

That's cheaper than HLJ too.

^ you mean this? That's the colour of the side pieces as CoreyD posted earlier, compared to the teal like colour of the FP.

Well, my AmiAmi hasn't charged or changed in any way yet. The grand total still says To Be Determined...Did I do something wrong or do they just wait until the last second to update?

Oh, and Tochiro and Renato, will you guys be doing an unboxing or any recording? It would go miles to hold over those of us who could be waiting a week or more for their copy to arrive.

To be determined because they won't know the shipping value until it's ready to ship.

If only this thing had English subtitles...

/grin

just curious: what's the difference between gasha and trading figures? i always thought they were one and the same, and use both terms loosely and interchangeably.

Typically the same, but gashapons are more so capsule toys I believe.

Definitely interested in seeing this 1/8 Hikaru and the VF-1 cockpit.

Whats with the crotch protectors. Girls dont need em like we do

It's protection from anime tentacle penetrations... LOL

My second batch from the December re-release was dark grey/blue as well. Obtained from HLJ.

Prices aren't too outrageous on eBay either for the SQ's that are already released.

Anyone know where I can still find the 1/3000 unassembled kit for a reasonable price. HLJ is out of stock now and they seem to be the only site that carried it. Otherwise eBay it is...

Thanks for the video Antibiotictab! Did anyone else notice that as good as the new Sheryl figure looks, the head on the sculp looks too big. Her face just seems overly large.....

I did not notice that in the photos lol.

Didn't notice, then again that wasn't what I was looking at. ;-)

But seriously, looks okay to me...though I'm probably used to looking at slightly larger headed anime figures anyway.

I did the same this weekend. Gonna feel foolish once Arcadia makes an official announcement that they are gonna reissue everything though.

Wouldn't mind that, but it's best to be safe than sorry. LOL

Plus, we'll have the original Yammies.

If anyone's interested, the 19S and 19Kai are on sale at HKCollectibles and Angolz, roughly 50% off.

Snagged that. Good price.

Graham

Same here.

Me too. Then I saw that Angolz is selling the 17S for $7 cheaper. But I picked up another 19S as well, which was cheaper at HKCollectibles than Angolz, so I guess that evens it out.

Wow, I went back now to see I can get another 1/60 Macross VF-1S Roy Focker Movie Ver...

See? It's already started... There's no turning back now!

Pull the head of Minmay and Ranka and do a swap. LOL

Envy.

LOL, as much as I find that answer funny, I think it's partly true.

Just throwing this out there, but I wonder what is the age demographic that purchase these "elite" toys (more than one, multiples, etc.)? Those of us (I consider myself kind of a Macross hoarder as well) that buy these toys probably grew up with Macross, that said, we're probably into our late 20's / 30's (or older) where we're in a position with a career and financial stability.

Now, compare that with those who consider the above "elitists" or "complain" about pricing - how many falls within this group that are still going to school / just getting out of school?

Someone mentioned earlier about blue collar workers not being able to afford these toys - I don't think that's true in this day and age. There are many blue collar occupations that earn more than white collar occupations. So it is really dependent on one's career / financial income / sacrifice for this hobby.

I've been on this forum for awhile and haven't seen anyone act like an ass or an elitist.

that would be my preference. but it might be Sara Nome

I was thinking it may be Sara Nome as well, from the silhouette, but who knows. Would be cool cosplaying her greataunt / grandaunt.

People kept saying the Ranka figure was going to be the flower girl, guess that was wrong. lol

As long as Uwe Boll doesn't direct it. Even Robotech doesn't deserve THAT!

I was about to purchase 2 x FUD but got side tracked so I left the items in my cart. Later that night or the next day (I forget) I received an e-mail from Shapeways saying they noticed I had these items in my cart and offered me a 10% discount code upon checkout to complete the purchase.

So if you guys want 10% off on your purchase, log in to your account, add the items in your cart and leave it be, Shapeways should send you a similar e-mail.

Received my 17D today as well, I have to say I was really surprised by the weight of it. Definitely has a fighter bomber vibe with this thing. It also looks much better in person, pics really don't do it justice. From the pictures, the lack of tempo printing and decals look really boring, but holding it in my hands it doesn't feel that way at all.

Really hoping the Milia 17S will become a reality.

Shall we call if a type VF-4S? VF-4C? VF-4GS???

Name it the VF-4K, after the guy who made it a reality.

Whatever the case, I just hope they make a last batch of 1/60 scale VT-1 Super Ostriches this year.

........

I was hoping for a re-release of the VT-1 too, guess we'll just have to wait and see. :|

I think I'd like hikaru as a character more if he had boobs.

How about that Bretai figure with manboobs (or rather Zenboobs)? LOL

Yamato released a number of larger scaled "action figures/dolls" in the past, wouldn't be surprised if Hikaru ended up something like this (http://myfigurecollection.net/item/13785) - toy wise, not boob wise. would be cool if they released a cockpit to go along with the figure. Maybe the Alto EX-Gear figure will finally have a friend? lol