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18 minutes ago, Urashiman said:

why 4?

Because I want to build unit 101 and 102 in both super a standard configs

35 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

1/48 VF-1J Super/Strike Valkyrie "SVF-41 Black Aces" Box Art by Tenjin.

Can't believe I ordered 4 of these :0

I'm at the point where if it's not 1/48 I don't really care. ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Gib 1/48 Gerwalk and Battroid

Seems like just the gun itself unless they release a bundle for it.

Not entirely sure if it's the cost of the bundle or that many people went just for the standalone armor set, but these Combo packs are pretty damn easy to get near MSRP

Via Tag hobby, Pics of the Metal Robot Hazel at the Tamashii Nations Tokyo Showroom

So, now that VF-1J combo packs are popping up for around 32000-ish on Mandarake, I wonder what effect that will have on the Standalone VF-1J Prices (between 34000-42000 on Mandarake) other than to go down

1 minute ago, sqidd said:

So, cheap isn't good enough because it's not super cheap? Gotcha.

Absolutely! 

1 hour ago, sqidd said:

I don't understand why most of you think that $70ish is a lot for shipping something to the other side of the planet in 2.3 days. With my UPS corporate account with a healthy discount it costs me $30 to send the same size package from MI to CA and it takes 4-5 days.

DHL is cheap.

Because I've had orders for bigger items ship from DHL for cheaper.

It comes down to Anime-Export being a smaller store and not having the same cushy volume discount contracts like HLJ / Amazon / etc have

I put the armor on my existing 1J so I didn't check the included 1J with my combo pack. Seems to have a little worse QC, with a few parts with flash / nubs that I'll need to clean up

Finally got my combo set from Anime export. Sadly the shipping was 7100 yen all the way to the east coast by DHL. Went together smooth cept for that crotch gap everyone else is getting below the nose cone. 

Still waiting on my payment request to pop from Ami Ami, if it ever happens lol

Still waiting on Shipping quotes from both Anime-Export and Amiami for my two O_o

32 minutes ago, Alphahorizon said:

I have tried to keep it just to MB Gundam and not dip into Robot Spirit line. Are they the same build quality, except smaller? I like this design a ton. But finances are tight.

The Metal robot stuff generally is 1/144-ish scale and not stylized like the 1/100 metal builds, at least from the ones I've handled recently. They do feel pretty good quality and heavy, like a lot of the non macross hi-metals do

The Metal Robot PO on P-bandai/US is up btw

https://p-bandai.com/us/item/N2596036001001

16 hours ago, Special Sauce said:

I've been liking the look of the Maruyama version of these but all these stories scare me away from buying one.  Hoping one day they'll do a reissue with improvements but it's probably wishful thinking.

Only the Cannon fodder 171's had issues. all of the 171EX releases are pretty solid. 

AE just informed me my Vf-1j combo pack is in stock *hype*

Jumping on the Metal Robot train for the Hazel. Who cares if I have multiples of every MG hazel I need this figure to play with while all my MG Hazels are just display pieces lul

Bandai is doing MG Dom 1.5's , basically taking the Ancient Dom Kits and adding the New Joint parts from the recent P-Bandai MG Dowadge from ZZ gundam, and making it into a mainstream release. 5K yen a pop so they are pretty damn affordable, but still dissapointing outside of the new joints and hands it's the same kit

3 hours ago, Mog said:

Aren’t those the mounts for the guns or missile launcher? 

Been awhile since I messed with the Zeta, so honestly unsure.

the iota has those pylons as well so these new ones are extra 

Got my Iota today from the front desk. It was delivered yesterday by Amazon JP via DHL

It is what I was expecting and yeah I'm still a lil meh about the green. Gonna have to paint the yellow figure later

Sentinel added two pylons for the wings, but outside of being in the content list they are listed nowhere in the instructions. Future stuff in the works?

that iota looks really nice though for some reason I can't help feeling that the green is way too saturated. I kinda prefer the more muted green from some of the older artwork.

DAMNit Kato getting my money so I can have labors in-scale with my HGUC gundams rheeeee

I am just happy to have an official vd-1d in 1/48

just one month away for the greenies

gonna sit this one out since I feel nothing for Mac Delta. Good luck guys

My Brother In law got the VF-1D and after they sent it over via EMS it ended up totalling $400 because I had to give him a "tip" to take his wife to dinner too. Ended up being same as flipper prices but for a different reason