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i get the look too often.... i made the mistake of knocking down my second bedroom wall to have a bigger living room. now anyone who walks in sees my macross and SW lego collection. and SW is like the dorkiest of all the dork hobbies, second only to star trek. the plus side is that its lego, and since you can make just about anything out of them, the chicks seem to dig it. one girl i was dating actually sat there and went to town! it was kind of cute watching a 25-30 year old woman sitting there playing with toys. and no, not those kind of toys. right now, i'm trying to decide whether to put back the wall, put up a curtain, or put in some french doors.....i must conceal my dorkness until it can be fully appreciated by all.

You really should take READING COMPREHENSION classes you know? you're too funny omni. LOL i really wish people would learn how to read. heres a rule of thumb for everyone...and a "special" yellow mini-bus riding individual... IF YOU CANNOT READ, DO NOT POST. back on topic, nice find man. i only wish i could find another low-viz. **added** no one here better talk no smack about SW...thats my crap! well, atleast the OT, the NT can suck my arsehole.

most on a toy, whatever price i paid for the vf-1j w/fp's...$180? but soon it'll be the LEGO Imperial Star Destroyer....$300. best deal, nothing, i'm always getting robbed. most i spent on one thing, $8800 to move into a studio apartment in NYC. 6 months rent, plus one month security deposit, and $1800 for the brokers fee. it doesn't pay to move into the city with no credit history. on the plus side, i now pay $800 for a 2-bedroom.

not trying to flame but use logic. logically speaking, lets say there is a age demographic... the age demographic is 30 years old....now how many 30 year olds have a $120 to blow on a toy? the age demographic is 18 years old....now how many 18 year olds have a $120 to blow on a toy??? logically speaking, lets say there is no age demographic... now how many 30 year olds have a $120 to blow on a toy? now how many 18 year olds have a $120 to blow on a toy? why would any smart business target a age group that statistically has less money and/or disposable income? even if you changed the cost to $50, it would still be the same result. this is called logic, and people that run a good business use it...or atleast expected to us it. you can argue that their target audience is parents but then, what time of the day are all those toy commmercials on TV? dads still at work and moms is busy with dinner....and don't forget moms could give a rats ass about the next toy you just "have to have". and if its a high ticket item, you're ass is waiting til christmas.

well i just talked to tamim and mine is one the way! i'm on the east coast so i figure its going to be another week or so and i'll be sure to post my reactions once i have the toy in hand. i voted "about right" cause its the only one in existence.

i make a more than decent living, enough to by all the macross toys that are out and the ones that are coming out but simply choose not to. not because i can't, i just won't. i don't have every single 1/48 thats out and never will. i could care less about all the VF-1's, i just bought the ones i wanted and stopped there. thats not to say theres something wrong with the people that have to have it all. they can justify spend X amount of dollars on whatever they choose...thats their right and they don't need to be "catagorized" because they have some disposable income to spend. me, i spend most of my money on women, beer and a...ummm...other stuff. macross is last on my list of things to buy 1) because women come first. 2) because women come second. 3) because women come third. 4) because it just a toy. basically live within your means. complaining isn't putting any $$$ in your pockets. so instead of wasting your time posting away here, look to make some extra loot for the things you really want, by shoveling driveways, mowing lawns, selling lemonade, etc. thats one good thing about america, theres always someone thats lazier than you, so money is easy to find. working is easy to do, its just easier not to, which you choose is up to you. on a side note, no one here should be childish enough to care if they're a "real collector" or not. i'm not a collector, i'm just a fan like everyone else here.

i have no problems with anyone bitching ONCE about something...everyone bitches, its a fact of life. but to constantly bitch about the same thing over and over again as was done in the "q-rau review" thread is OUT OF HAND. even after people asked to stop bitching about the price and took the thread back on topic...the SAME people continued to bitch about the price. its fine to share your opinion ONCE but to post everytime someone says they're gonna buy something that, "it sucks, it cost too much, you elitest with YOUR money suck, you shouldn't be spending your money, everything sucks!" you see where some of us could find that obnoxious? if things get ugly walk away...its really not that hard. i got roped into some crap back in the day, what did i do? i took a break and stayed away for a while. was it hard? NO. you can do the same thing...or better yet, just don't come back. you don't have to go away mad, just go away. BTW, welcome to macrossworld, where everyone asks for everything, nobody wants to do nothing, and then start 10 threads of whining and btiching when we do get something.

Wow! Haterist, where did you purchase your QR? I paid for the exact same amount you did! dude you don't even know, i so lucked out cause i paid half that for the banpresto valk! and i never felt so hooked up in my life. actually, i'm eagerly awaiting the 1/30000000 scale SDF-1 thats gonna be selling for ONE billion dollars. i'm buying atleast 10 of those with MY money.

thanks for the detailed pics man...BTW i hate you too! hopefully tam will be getting his shipment in soon! and this is so worth the $1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 i paid for it.

so i guess your gonna be that guy making $5 an hour, pumping gas into my flawless, 500k, gold plated, diamond gauged, gas powered skateboard that transforms into a robot with an AK-47 pointed at you, and keeps insisting you give all your money to yamato???? i'd say your as dumb as you look, but i think you accomplished that all on your own with the ridiculous analogy.....you know, because going to school is a lot like killing somone... oh! and i almost forgot to mention, that skateboard was made in cooperation with BMW, Mercedes and The Ford motor companies. but theres this small company called yamato that makes them so it flys. and whats with the ass kissing when all you're trying to do is say "phuck you" to me? you could of just said phuck you?....kind of like i'm doing now, frakk You! and since you seemed to have missed it and/or you didn't learn how to read, i wrote: "i'm not trying to flame anyone in particular, so if you're taking my opinion personally, then there must be a kernal of truth to what i've said." TOUCHE! *cues sound fx guy* "sss-sss-sss" H

I'm going by Tam too. My Q-rau and GBP are both on order with him. same here man, i got my pre-order for 2 sets of the GBP and the q-rau. if it is delayed(which it probably is) i'll have more money to spend on something else for the time being....not necessarily a bad thing, since a brothers gotta eat.

to all the whiners and haters.... go cry to your momma's! its funny how everytime something new is released, theres always a bunch of people who bitch and moan. is the price tag a bit steep? yes. will it keep me from buying it? no. my POV is, this is the first release of the q-rau and if sales are poor, yamato is not going to invest more money to make other variations. and the way things are going here, it looks like they're not going to do too well in the retail market. so keeping that in mind, i hope they never make another one, that way when the price for it sky rockets to $300+(i.e the stupid/lame/so not worth it low-viz), all the buttcracks bitchin about the price now, will be posting in the "wanted" section in a few months offering $120 when none of us who got one will part with it for less than $300. catch my drift? so stop the madness, and chill out. buy it, dont' buy it, it doesn't make a difference to me, but to come here and cry about it is childish and just plain gay. no one here cares, so as i said eariler, go cry to your momma. oh and its always mature to bitch about people that have jobs and make their own money. its not our fault, 1) you can't get a job 2) you're too lazy to get a job 3) you didn't finish college so you can't get a real job 4) you're too broke because you have a $200 cellphone bill and a $150 cable bill. 5) or any other stupid reason to whine about the so called "elitist". go to school, finish school, get a good job that pays well, and buy whatever you want. it ridiculous how so many people want everything but willing to do nothing....well, other than cry about on the forums...cause that makes everything better right? i'm not trying to flame anyone in particular, so if you're taking my opinion personally, then there must be a kernal of truth to what i've said. so in that case, that would make me right...but more importantly...it would make you WRONG! have a nice day!

Eternal_D, uhm, honestly, you need to chill out man. why you trying to start beef over a simple comment? theres no i need for a speech about this and that. hence the reason why i said "thanks in advance for hooking us all up" and not, "thanks for taking all my money you highway robbers". on a side note.... i hate this site! you can't post anything without someone taking it the wrong f-in way. i should've known better than to start posting here again. thanks for making my brief re-appearance, brief a-hole!

so its it just me, or is EXO and Rohby making bank on these hands? oh well, its still better than buying more valks just for the hands. BTW, thanks in advance for hooking us all up. QQ, when will these be ready to ship?

hey exo, sent you a PM but i thought i shout it here.... 4 sets of hands please! take care, haterist

man you got alot of bootlegs. i got two words for you kanata.... TWIST TIES. that wiring you got going on in the background is a fire waiting to happen.

i'll be attending but whats this talk about setting up appointments??? and i understand providing business creditials but you actually have to bring invoices from toy companies? thats ridiculous! i've been in the retail game for a while but i had no idea you had to set up appointments for the toy fair? now i'm questioning if i should even bother going. i just don't want to waste my sunday getting kicked out of this showrrom and that showroom. my only reason for going is to look and take some pictures. i guess i'll see what happens otherwise i'm gonna skip it altogether. the worst part about it is, the JJC is only 15 minute train ride from where i live.....this totally SUCKS!

i know no ones going to part with their TV style hands so sign me up if anyones making recasts. and whoever made the rubber hands....thats some awesome work man.

well i don't know about you guys but my valks are just shillin mang.

GreenGuy42, its not like wingcommander has seen anyones face here. you can just ssay you're any other member that got ripped off. problem solved. Salamander, a really sensitive microphone(which i have) or what buddhafabio mentioned. its not that expensive and it comes in handy with those sellers that can't seem to email people. the last thing the seller is expecting is for you to record the conversation....and it gets'em everytime. well i'm all down for a bunkhouse brawl....where do i sign? BTW, i'm kind of a light weight...actually more like a feather weight. "in the red corner, weighing in at a 120 lbs. the undefeat, undisputed, feather weight champinn of the world.....haterist"!!!! for the thousands in attendance and the millions watching around the world.........LETS GET READY TO RUUUUUMMMMMMBLLLLLLLEEEEE!!!!

sounds very similar to the guy who was selling a laptop a few months back. and yes, i'd get medievil on his ass and stone that phucker to death! ALL THIEVES MUST DIE!!!!

Man, you're hardcore! hehe, I saw your post about videotaping last time. Hmmm maybe I should invest in a camcorder. yeah dude, i'm pretty hardcore when in comes to buying crap over the internet. too many people just outright lie or exaggerrate their stuff. i've gotten douched one too many times that i no long take any chances. people think i'm paranoid, but theres too many people out there trying to get me and you. paypal....30 days thats totally wack. now i know, if i milk a transaction for longer than a month, i'm getting free stuff. if theres enough of you guys that got robbed maybe you guys should take a road trip together and beat this dude down. i know hes a straight shooter but it wouldn't be the first time a straight shooter went bad. personally, i could care less about lists or what have you, its doesn't count for crap, video and audio is the best and safest way to protect yourself. anyhow, hope everything works out for you guys

just my two cents but... the longer you wait for this guy, the harder its going to be to get your money back, if he did rob you guys(paypal 60 day limit). the fact that he refuses to use his computer shows hes trying to avoid leaving a "paper trail" so to speak. by him not responding here, to email or PM's, he could deny everything and you guys are gonna get screwed, what sale? what emails? my account was hijacked!!! i have no idea who these people are.... if pfunk is talking to him on the phone, its not like anything is in writing, unless pfunk was smart and recorded the whole conversation. i've had NSS before on ebay, i emailed him a few times and got no responses, so i called him and he confirmed he shipped my item priority mail with insurance and delivery confirmation and i should be receiving it real soon. so a few weeks go by and nothing, i tried emailing him nothing, so i called him and got his voice mail, still nothing. so i called back and played the tape recording of him stating my items were shipped, insured, etc. he called right back 5 minutes later to say he'll give me a refund. which i taped as well. safe to say i got my money back with the quickness moral of the story... trust no one and assume nothing. thats why i record myself opening all my internet purchases. any questionable emails are BCC'ed to paypal and ebay(even if it bounces back, theres still a record of it.) hope everything works out in the end but if i were you guys, i would've filed a month ago. it didn't take you a month to pay the guy, so why should you have to be that patient and wait 2 months...not even to receive, just to ship.

i got one but i'd like to have 2 more to slap on the recasts of the S and J heads. a re-release is not likely(limited means limited) but at some point, someone here on this site will want to get rid of theirs, so i shall wait patiently til then. i really want a 1/60 low-viz more than anything else. atleast that way it'll be more affordable to get multiples for customizing.

i got the same issues with every 1/48 i have and there is no solution that i know of? rubber bands maybe? i really don't know but i'd also love to hear a suggestion for this problem cause its been driving me nuts as well! anyone?