KOG Water Dragon

It's just really hard to get anything Bandai from HLJ now. I have a big list of items I pre-ordered super early and never got. And wound up canceling pre-order when I got the item at a local store. This goes for Gundam (never got RG Shining or MGSD Wing or MG Vidar or MG Narrative C-Packs and many others), this goes for Macross (have pre-ordered every HG 1/100 valk and I think I only got one YF-21 and one Fire Valkyrie - my VF-22 Max and Miria pre-orders are still sitting unfulfilled, and my older pre-orders are canceled), and this goes for Armored Core (I pre-ordered everything from the 30mm ACVI line, and the only ones ever fulfilled were the quad leg unit and one of the weapon sets).

Same as this same. And also, same.

Looks like it's going for that anime cel shading style that the hip young kids are trying these days,

I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I have a lot that needs shipping. So it's either rush to ship everything now, which will for sure cost a ton to ship everything at once, or sit it out and see how things go, let some stuff rest in the private warehouse, and risk having to pay even more with tariffs factored in when I finally DO ship.

The reds on your box top still seem very red... I think they'd be faded if the box was actually sun bleached.

I mean brand new decal/scheme variants though... would be nice to see alternate squadron versions of the VF-1 gerwalks, VF-25 series, VF-31 series... since they haven't gotten any yet. But I'd easily spend money on fun new marking versions of the VF-1, VF-11, YF-19, YF-21, VF-0, etc... As for Black Aces... I dunno. I'm sitting on 3 of the 1/72s and 2 of the 1/48s right now. I THINK the 1/72 technically has 4 build options in the box, and the 1/48 has 5. Part of me wants to go crazy and buy 1 more 1/72 and 3 more 1/48. My more rational side says no way in hell, you'd never build all of them. Having 5 of the 1/48 sitting around would be kind of insane.

I wish they'd do more of these. Special squadron variation re-releases. I don't think there's been any new ones since the VF-11 variants?

I have that tightly packed issue with a lot of Kotobukiya (Armored Core) kits. Some Bandai kits too for that matter.

I feel like they could have used smaller boxes.

I think that's just how the art is? It's very blue tinted, similar to sun bleached stuff.

With all the 'big', or at least 'in a big box' kits that have come out lately (Glaug, Isamu Special battroid, generic purple queadluun rau, maybe the fire valkyrie battroid) plus all the smaller stuff, I'm not sure I can even squeeze my stuff into one parcel anymore.

If by interesting, you mean 'expensive'.

Got notification from HLJ that mine has been charged and is in my private warehouse. So it's officially out now.

Japan-only web exclusive.

It's Hasegawa though. It's not like them to miss out on an opportunity for an easy rebox. I'd love a bespoke VF-25A release to A) get a unique decal sheet for it, and way more importantly B) get some sweet VF-25A box art. More boxings = more box art. And I love the box art.. 😭

Yeah HLJ seems really slow to process shipments now. I just had the VF-0 gerwalk and a 1/72 VF-1 black aces shipped, but I have a bunch waiting in warehouse: PLAMAX VF-1S Strike, PLAMAX VF-1S Battroid, HG Fire Valkyrie, Glaug, 3 VF-1A Super, PLAMAX Fire Valkyrie, Mass Production Queadluun Rau, PLAMAX VF-1A Max, VF-11 Thunderbolt w/ Rocket Booster, VF-171 Rim World Model, and 2 issues of Macross Mechanics. I dread the shipping. Probably have to break it up into multiple shipments over time.

Unless I'm mistaken, the HG vf-31 is not released yet.

The new Rim World version is out. Got notice from HLJ.

FYI, it is officially out. I got notification from HLJ some days ago.

Yeah I have 3 of the 1/72 I think. If I remember right, the 1/72 has 4 version options. For sure, will want to do 1 of each scale as a non-super. The tail markings are very cool on these. Not sure what to do with the leftover super parts though.

I have 2 1/48 black aces, but the kit provides options for 5 schemes...🤔

I could maybe understand holding off on battroids since Hasegawa has the Miria and now the Max super battroids coming out. But even then, the approaches are so wildly different... But I do not at all understand holding off on the fighters since Hasegawa's Max/Miria set is so old now.

My habit of getting 3 of each release is starting to look... ill-advised.

Other than Super/Strike versions, I guess the only real thing left to do is VF-1J Max/Miria and maybe movie versions? Possibly an all-in-one combo pack like they're doing for the fighter. They haven't done VF-1J Max/Miria for the fighter kit though... which is puzzling.

Oh my! I've been waiting for this announcement for a while. I much prefer the Hasegawa styling and don't really care about posing, so this is a must buy for me. Good to finally add a VF-1J Max to the thin assortment of other Hasegawa battroids. Can't wait to see the box art!