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There's a Laox so close to the station it hurts! lol.

Anywho... here's a map.

Take Akihabara ELECTRIC TOWN EXIT. You should end up at a brick sidewalk / road with a poo-ton of pedestrians. Head Straight out until you hit the actual Street. You should pass a Funny Sex Shop on your right.

Turn Right on that street and follow the road. The Laox is right before the Intersection with the BIG FOOKING STREET . It should be right after a small R/C Shop with glass doors.

You should see an escalator going up. Go up that escalator and you should be in the Hobby Shop.

Has pretty good prices. FOr Example, LV 2 GBP runs about 8000 yen, or like 75 bucks there

Accepts Cash or Visa / MC

Thank fooking god I held out on slapping down 300+ per valk.

Being able to read Japanese and conveniently having Your fiance in Japan to pick up the goods = mwah ahahhahahahahahahahahhahaa

http://page16.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/u10759270

Used 1/48 Low Vis 1, 1/60 YF-19 and FP.. might be missing small parts as said in the description, but for 19500 yen (like 175 bucks) = WOOT!

lol it's already 403000 :0

Thanks to rnurmin for the Hikky super 1j

LoL

Almost impossible to find!!

I played Macross on the PS2 and always used a Grey vf-1s in Free Mode. Working on getting some decals for the PS2 Game Squadron for the fastpacks and heatshield, then I'm all set with the custom lol

just wondering why this looks different?

Updated pic. Managed to squeeze a few more valks onto one shelf heh heh. Too bad I only have VF-1's, I just can't seem to like an other valk for some reason O_o Anyhow, separated them out with DYRL in the center, TV on the right and Non-cannon on the left. (though 1J hikky should prolly goto non-canon )

Anyone have both the Low Vis 1 and urban GBP to try out?

I'd just like to see a pic so that I know if it actually looks ok heh heh

So Kawamori is involved. This just keeps getting better and better.

I dunno, after seeing funny bird alien thingamajiggas and lil island people in M0 I'm worried

Regardless of whether or not Macross II is canon or not, it's still part of the Macross Franchise and is listed on the official Macross homepage (which opened a few days ago)

Check it out at:

http://www.macross.co.jp

buy it from toy-wave, he's in HK so he only pays ground shipping within HK. his prices are fairly competitive and usually a bit less than HLJ.

otherwise, you can purchase from other HK sellers. i'd say Neova but i think he close his shop.

Neova is still up and running, he just hasn't updated in a while I ordered a Roy + FP there last month and it arrived pretty quickly.

Here's what I get to display Going to use the second shelf when Ms. Fiance goes out on vacation to display the rest of my collection

They don't look better than the MG Ingrams that came out 6 years ago.

MG Ingrams are less sturdy, but they look a helluva lot better without all the screw holes

Plus MG's also had reactive armor versions which were the bizomb

That pic made me preorder a box

Yamato should make a product that shouldn't need aftermarket parts to make it be able to do what it was suppossed to do in the first place.

My hope is that they can make a polished, durable product that can be *gasp* played with out of the box.

That is very fortunate of you indeed. did you order directly from them o via amazon?

Did it over ebay, just make sure to confirm with them by e-mail before you bid and buy har har

You might want to stay away from Tisinc99. Some people have bad experiences with them. link.

Fortunately, I haven't been one of them. Ordered my 3rd CF from them and the transaction was just fine. Box came packed in lil styrofoam peas and another box and was in perfect condition when I got it.

Haha all the VF-1a's have different head lasers >_<

Hikaru has Silver Band / White Barrel

Max has Black Band / White Barrel

Hayao has BLack Band / Black Barrel

I painted Hikaru's Band Black and stripped the barrel of Hayao's laser with some 1000 grit sandpaper and a lot of elbow grease.

Group pic everyone say cheese!!

I don't see a Hikaru 1J

/runs away

Animation and designs had better be better since DYRL is after all a 2nd run of the space war 1 story.

Why I like DYRL better?

Roy + Strike

However, only one thing turned me off from DYRL.

Miria shoulda become tiny again and flown a valk I didn't like seeing Max in girly skintight suit How could they have done that to my fav character? >_<

I know it's ok with you DnD, but if I had a crooked decal on the head of my lil pilot, I'd go absolutely insane.

Since I only collect 1/48 VF's, not a lot of problems except for Old problems coming back. (IE the Fusealage Gap and crooked Skulls)

Also, I don't see why in the world Yamato would package the the old goofy DYRL pilots in their sets when the Much better gummy DYRL pilot has been out for quite a while now, but that's a minor issue.

I'm Very...Very hard pressed to buy a yammie in the US at all since I Started buying them in Japan.

I went on a rampage in Japan over the course of 2 weeks (I snuck off when my Fiance went to do wedding plannign things with her mom)

I got:

MIB NEW:

VF-1A CF 9120 Yen - 76.00 USD

VF-1a Max 8350 Yen - 69.58 USD

VF-1s Hikaru 10400 Yen - 86.67 USD

Fast Packs 4500 Yen - 37.50 USD

GBP Reg 9800 Yen - 81.67 USD

GBP Low Vis 8000 Yen - 66.67 USD

Discounted:

Half off Closing Sale:

Stealth 7490 Yen - 62.40 USD

Low Vis 2 7490 Yen - 62.40 USD

Used:

Fast Packs 3000 Yen - 25.00 USD

Damaged Box:

VF-1a CF 7800 Yen - 65.00 USD

Exchange rate helped since 1 USD is about 120 Yen and has been for the last 2 or so months, but I was just surprised to see why valks in the US cost 30-70 dollars more than what I paid for the same item.

It's prolly a culmination of the availability of 1/48 Yammies in Japan, not needing to go through HK distros and added shipping that make the cost in Japan seem so cheap. And about getting tickets to Japan? I have to go anyways once a year so that my soon-to-be wife doesn't go insane from homesickness, I hope everyone else can find a good excuse to go too har har.

Pretty happy with what I have now.

VF-1s Roy Strike x1

VF-1a Hikaru Super x1

VF-1a Max Super x1

VF-1a Hayao Super x1

Minor Custom VF-1s Strike with Grey highlights instead of red :0

VF-1J Hikaru x1

VF-1J Stealth Strike x1

VF-1a CF x2

VF-1a LV2 x1

GBP Normal x1

GBP Low Vis x1

Only thing I'll prolly start looking for is a Max and Milia 1j when I have the money.

I guess the VF-1 is my favorite simply because I'm a sucker and somehow keep buying again,

and again,

and again,

and again,

and again,

and again,

and again,