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  1. Scyla
    OMG yes!. I hope she comes with missile effects this time. Or more beam effects, not the boring one that where included with the Other M version.
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    They are the same.
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    I liked it a lot. I think the main problem of the series is the lack of good story writing and pacing. For me the best parts are the characters. I liked characters in Delta the much more than the cast from Frontier. I would really like to know why one of Master Hermanns runes was cut off. Oh well maybe in the movies.
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    Bandai Sv-262 DX valk

    Scyla replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    Well it might work. On a whim I decided to preorder the Fix Figruration RX78-02 reissue at HLJ.... I'm weak but I figured if I ever own a RX78 than why not this one. Time to update my Excel spreadsheet.
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    Bandai Sv-262 DX valk

    Scyla replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    What I don't understand is that amiami has not enough leverage to demand a bigger run by Bandai. I thought they where the biggest online Anime merchandise seller in Japan so they must have some sort of influence on Bandai (but maybe even the biggest seller is to small if Bandai ships 95% of their Valkyries to brick and mortar stores). Bandais preorders crashing amiamis store can't be their own interest.
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    Bandai Sv-262 DX valk

    Scyla replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    I wasn't able to find it through google itself. My Google-Fu is weak.
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    Bandai Sv-262 DX valk

    Scyla replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    I can't even get amiami to load.
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    Bandai Sv-262 DX valk

    Scyla replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    Good morning guys. *yawn*
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    Today I received the replacement crotch piece for my MMC Backdraft and now the piece tabs securely in place. Oddly enough now that I removed the crotch pieces from the toy the skirt piece tabs safely into the tab where it wouldn't when assembled. The replacement kit came with two chromed screws which are meant to attach the hip skirts to the new crotch piece I think because they have a smaller diameter. What also came with the set where a piece of replacement shoulder blocks. The parts where sent to me free of charge by PSX without even noticing them which is a nice touch. Not the toy is passable.
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    Bandai Sv-262 DX valk

    Scyla replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    Did I do it right? http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/taxday?iso=20160930T16&p0=248&msg=SV-262+Preorder+Date&font=cursive
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    The Twilight Princess Zelda and Link figures are available for preorder. Release date is May 2017 and HLJ is carrying the DX version for Link this time (which comes with a bunch of extra stuff): https://hlj.com/product/GSC90228/Act https://hlj.com/product/GSC90227/Act https://hlj.com/product/gsc90229
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    Scyla replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    I'm gonna cancel my preorder for the VF-31J!
  13. Scyla
    Speaking of the UCS Millennium Falcon. Is Lego reissuing the god awful UCS Death Star playset (you know the one that I could still buy last Christmas in stores) instead of doing a UCS TFA Millennium Falcon?
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    I still liked it but if episode 26 is the last episode I don't know how they can warp it up. In a way it feels like SDF:M where after the end of Space War I there are more episodes dealing with the fallout of what has happened. Maybe they wrap it up neatly in a Macross Delta Movie. After a bit of though I got the feeling that Kawamori really tried to remove the Valkyries as one pillar of Macross in Delta and thus it feels so incomplete. On the other hand the storytelling is not stellar. On the bright side this means that Macross 7 is still the best Macross out there. BOMBA!
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    ..and an MB Sazabi.
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    People who own them say they have been getting better lately.
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    The PSX one with free shipping does nothing for you? Backdraft did the same to me which is a shame because Sphinx was 99% there what a Masterpiece Transformer should be in my opinion. What Jaguar and Backdraft are missing is paint application. If Jaguar had the paint detailing painted on that the MP version has and Backdraft would sport the pin stripes and the Fire Department logo they would be much higher quality toys imho.
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    MMC is really killing it with all the releases around the end of the year. During all of 2016 I've bought three MMC toys: Jaguar, Backdraft and Seraphicus. Now in only three month there will be Carinfex, Kultur, Turben, Titanika and Terraegis. I hope some of the releases gonna be delayed till 2017. Also what is up with preorder slots selling out for Titanika and Kultur. Never seen that happen with an MMC product. Oh well I was able to take advantage of the free shipping of PSX so it won't hurt as much getting him from one of my regular retailers. Speaking of PSX they've shipped out a new crotch piece for Backdraft to me without me ever notifying them that I need one. A+ service I guess. Now if the toy would be a bit better maintainable so I can swap in the replacement parts. Instead everything is glued together. [edit:] I have to revise my statement. After the post I took a look at the figure and was able to unscrew the torso and replace the arm with the huge chunk cut out of the forearm and the gap at the shoulder. During the operation I found some weird stuff. First the black detailing parts on his shoulder are actually red plastic that are painted black. Second there seems to be a running change in the wave because the original run had a rivet bolting the shoulder parts together while the replacement arm had a screw under the black detail piece. Still my assessment of the figure stays the same:it is not up to MMCs usual standards they set with their previous releases. They have to step up their game on the next Ocular Max releases. One thing would be to have better assembly workers that don't cut huge chunks out of visible plastic pieces. Another would be to supervise the mold creations better so that the gate marks are not on visible parts of the toy. Almost all the parts on Backdraft have the gate marks on visible spots. Also the seam lines where the plastic molds meet should not be on prominently visible parts. Third refine the design a bit more. Like not having painted parts that are used as pegs during transformation (e.g. the black fake missile triggers on Backdrafts forearms). However with the new crotch piece coming and the replaced arm I'm much more satisfied with the toy. Still he could be much better.
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    Bandai Sv-262 DX valk

    Scyla replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    It scares me that NY never seemed to reopen the preorder windows on the VF-31J. I really need one of each Valkyrie from Delta.
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    I'm still gonna buy Despotron.
  21. Scyla
    I have to say body parts with integrated wheels are probably my favorite design element of a transforming robot. Wheels being heels, wheels being shoulders, wheels being abs are all excellent. I really hope MT will repaint him in black and teal.
  22. Scyla
    Now I remember where I've seen Arad before:
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    I'm really not a fan of the new look of these. The simplified cartoon style clashes with the detailed car pieces like the chest piece. It is only consequent of Takara to add an additional chest piece. I dreaded to imagine how this new aesthetic would look on a character like Jazz who has a real world alt mode and lots of car bits showing in robot-mode. However since I'm not getting Inferno I'm gonna buy this. I'm glad they where able to hide the crane boom as well as the ladder it seems.
  24. Scyla
    ^^ To much puns though. I love the Q Transformers. To much puns though
  25. Scyla
    Macross in the weidest places.
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