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On 5/11/2025 at 12:18 AM, nightmareB4macross said:

Thanks for playing.

Hardcore!

BBTS emailed out that the KC Regult preorders are about to be filled.  Guess the slow boat made it in.

@Major Tom is a fine collector and gentleman.  Thanks again!

So do we think BBTS will actually receive Regults to fulfill orders or no?

1 hour ago, grogall said:

They keep saying we will check with the warehouse... But no tracking # or firm shipping date! They also said that because I ordered two, that's what's the delay!? 🙄

I only ordered one back on 1/26 and it’s still sitting at “waiting to be shipped” status. I haven’t emailed them yet but I’m getting irritated.  Anyone have a link to their site where it’s in English?  Because I can’t tell what all the links are.

If they have any common sense they will open and inspect the VT-1 stock they have and only ship ones that are not broken.  That way the factory damaged items stay in their hands to work out exchange with Bandai and they do not have to field a bunch of angry customer returns with shipping complications.  It’s obvious so they probably will not do that.

40 minutes ago, strikevalk said:

oh shoot, you still waiting on yours Greg?

Sadly

Anyone else who ordered from Luna Park show an order status of “Waiting to be Shipped” ?

On 7/6/2024 at 3:22 PM, HardlyNever said:

Good transaction with @Alphahorizon. Prompt payment and good communication.

Same here,   @Alphahorizon is a good one for sure.

@Spark-O-Matic wow, I would be pretty enraged about that whole situation.  How much did  CAS charge you to damage and  swap parts between your various Jetfires and then glue them into defective cases?  I’m sure it wasn’t cheap.
 

These groups may know about the intricacies of 90s Playmates TMNT toys but there’s no way they will have expertise in all the nuances of obscure Jetfire variants.  Let alone what accessories and inserts an 80’s Strike Valk should come with.  It’s pretty ridiculous for them to even take something like that to grade.  Quite the racket.

I enjoyed in the first remake film how they Easter egged that there was a space mission that they had lost contact with - which of course alluded to the Taylor and the astronaut crew in the original 60’s movie.  I thought it was really well done foreshadowing.  I’m disappointed the astronauts did not return in this current movie.  I hope they get to it before the series dies out.

On 4/22/2024 at 2:26 AM, strikevalk said:

one could simply take on the task of collecting every gray vf-1j variant in 1/55 scale, and it would be an amazing collection by just that alone!  there are many many variants for the gray 1J.  

I believe there’s an Arabic language version that has this specific coloring as well.  Probably be very hard to find these days.

Also it seems the bootleg fever runs high even in Japan given some of those sold prices.  And almost all sold higher than the minty real Takatoku Hikaru he sold as well.

Got the KC Dana Sterling in from BBTS and I think it’s pretty great.  The cloth over figure plus armor is very similar to the Sentinel ride armors build and basically correctly scaled.  Which is nice if you want to do a mashup display.  They should go back and restart the Macross characters in their flight suits (rather than their sailor uniforms)  in this new style.  

3 hours ago, jvmacross said:

 

I guess you should send these to Kitz so they understand to not put #1 on all their versions.  And also send them back in time to the Nichomo box artist who did the same.

Is it odd that every GBP has the number 1 on the chest?  Shouldn’t they vary to prevent call sign confusion?

On 12/19/2023 at 2:13 PM, jvmacross said:

Another set of items not produced in nowhere sufficient amount of  assortments were SDFM and DYRL plushies!

Only one was officially released as far as I know...

I know it’s slightly off topic but I still pine over that fully completed Hi Comical Orguss Orgroid that is shown in that Takatoku promo catalog you have @jvmacross, but it was  never released.  To know it got that close to production makes it worse.

I think these Taiwan variants are genuine Takatoku.  The toy itself  and its accessories have the proper materials, fit and finish.  Not what you usually see out of the bootlegs.  Maybe they were cost cutting efforts to save themselves and that’s how the molds ended up in hands of bootleggers.  I can’t guarantee it of course but it’s a theory.  Anyway it’s a cool unicorn until more show  up.  @nightmareB4macrossis quite the valk archaeologist.  He’ll find more eventually.

On 12/16/2023 at 3:14 PM, takatoys said:

Finally I was able to complete the four box variations of the Takatoku VF-1J. Twenty five years ago, this set could’ve cost a fortune, nowadays prices have gone down considerably. Only super mint in box boxes are going for big money.

 

There are 5 variants.  Don’t forget that there is a Takatoku box that says Made in Taiwan instead of Made in Japan.

Jason Mamoa plays the same character in every movie - himself.  As such, he is certainly more suited to Lobo than Aquaman.  The biggest loss in this DCU reboot is Affleck as Batman.  Too bad be can’t seem to keep from crawling into a bottle and he’s lost all that muscle he put on.  Because that warehouse fight in Batman vs Superman is the finest piece of Batman cinema to date.

That Matsushiro sold super cheap, someone got a great deal.  There is also another box variant of that release that is slightly different.

1 hour ago, sh9000 said:

Star Wars TVC Boba Fett Tusken.

Star Wars MGS Ahsoka Tano Starfighter Evolution Box Set.

Dude, you and I collect a lot of the same lines and I buy a lot of toys for sure but dayum, you must live in a warehouse or something  because you make me look like a tourist!  I’m in awe, lol!

On 9/14/2023 at 1:02 PM, Old_Nash_II said:

I read CO yesteday and was cool. Much DYRL outfit and try a decent plot (Much more than most material that exists in comics, because that Mordecai... OH frag WTF was that thing?)

Hey, thanks!  I worked hard on that book.  

There used to be a guy who posted here under the name Lord Kungfu.  He claimed to have a warehouse full of Yamato 1/48s he was accumulating back when they were the new hotness.  He would post pictures of cases of each new release.  I guess that would be one investment that didn’t pay off.  But you have to remember that this was just after the days when a beat-ass yellowed Jetfire would sell for hundreds.  So it probably seemed a sure thing at the time.

I’ve had the Valkyrie Factory Strike Hikaru for a few years.  I feel the quality is pretty great and there’s no weird smell I can detect.  It has the full Arcadia premium tampo printing as well.  I understand they altered the head mold a little but looks fine to me.  Right now it’s wearing a set of Arcadia GPB armor which fits perfectly and I have its knockoff Strike armor on a Yamato CF 1A which also fit perfectly.  
 

In short, these were cheaper a few years back when they debuted and were a great deal.  I’m not sure that Valkyrie Factory produces them anymore as you see fewer listings and at higher prices.  Plus with this Fugu Models making the jet fire variant, maybe the molds have changed hands.  But I definitely preordered one and look forward to getting it.  It sure looks like ShowZ is getting a great response on them since they’ve been on the main page for weeks and there are lots of comments from eager buyers who hated the Kitz Concept version due to build quality.

Needs more Blanka!

Wow, I never knew a Super Orguss design existed, that’s awesome!  Now I want a set of that armor. One of you 3D printer guys should hop on that idea.