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That's just Tokyo-tax included for Japan-residents pricing. 25.8k-yen for non-japan residents.
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Saw it and got one, too. Kinda pisses me off that we're ordering at MSRP yet again like the DX-1J. Just hoping amz-jp kicks in some of their usual discounting later on to drive the pricing down.
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Not sure if it's just the marketing-sample on TH, but the "eye" sticker on it looks like still user-installed manual placement...
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I haven't gotten back to playing the game/mission6 again, but the Mig29 I used had LAGMs which were nice with ground-targets even with the rather slow-ish reload-time. Speaking of which, I do like the Mig29, but it seems to have significanly slower climbing ability after steep diving compared to when I'm using the F-14 using the same maneuver. The F14 is just quite fabulous to me! Oh, I just got the email from amz about my dlc/bonus keys last night. I did have to prod them a bit about it yesterday since they didn't respond after asking me for the same details again that the sunday's chat-transcript already provided. Guess I'm good to go get it now. If I ever remember my pswd at psn... edit: welp! Got my AC5 and the DLC. While dl'ing, decided to play again and just stick with the Mig29 with LAGMs and alternating it with the 4AAMs from the base. Went rather smoothly after a couple of runs and finally completed mission-6 with it. Got the A10 unlocked and the F4E dlc now shows up, too. w00t! This First Contact mission was kinda weird with all that electrical stuff, but it's already late and got work tomorrow to continue playing it. Will try again this weekend or so. edit2: anybody use their hotas setup on this, yet?
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I skipped the original yammie-v2, but I believe it had the most tampo-printing among the 1/60v2's. So technically, it was already "PF" even back during the yammie-days. The upcoming 25.8k-y msrp for it is just a little bit more than the msrp's for the regular Super/Strike versions, but I think that is mostly inline with the old yammie-practice of pricing it a bit more than the other Super/Strike versions.
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Oh, that base! Saw it in the map, but haven't had a chance to check it out. I will later on. Fwiw, finding out that the 8-AAMs were only good on parked jets, but pretty much useless on any airborned enemies. Quite a bit different from my old AC6 experience. Oh, well...
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What resupply? Haven't unlocked the the A-10, yet. Currently using an F-14d on it. It gets me up to 17k before time's up. The Mig29 was nice, but can only so far get 14k on it. I'll get it soon. Just had to know where the Gripends will show up after I took care of the drones.
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i contacted amz about the dlc/ac5 stuff, and they said the marketing/promotions team will get back to me in a couple of days or so. I gave them the link to BandaiNamco's FAQ. I'm not that worried, yet. Meanwhile, I'm currently stuck on mission-6 on campaign-mode. Can't seem to get points past 15k within the 14-mins limit,..
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So far, I'm only successful with PT when going from B to F. F to B, tho, always a fail since the t-bar is somehow still tight to turn even after already loosening the screws a bit, and the legs-connector will always detach on me when positioning it to have a flushed connection with the nosecone-housing. I understand the intent and all, but it's just really becoming a very annoying chore right now to be subjected to this kind of partsforming on a DX. Obtw, the chest on mine is getting floaty and insecure again even with the sideboobs installed.
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w00t! just got notification from amz that my copy will be deliverd by tomorrow.
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Yeah. Might be refurbs from actual customer-returns. We know Bandai accept returns if you're in Japan. N-Y prolly contracted Bandai to buy back these customer-returns refurbs. Might also explain why the usual brown-box is not included anymore.
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Thought both were made in China. Think only model-kits are actually (still) made in Japan.
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Other than the usual yellowing-issue, I reckon we still have and see original Takatoku and the various Bandai versions fully functional and stuff even after a long time of playing and stuff. Still springy and still have strong ratchets. There are few loose ones over the years, afaik, but by and large, not as much. I know my old '02 reissues are still tight and not yellowed. You guys think or believe this new DX will last as long and be as durable as the 1/55s, then?
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Changing discussion gears. While the direct comparison with the old Yammie 1/48 was inevitable and expected, Bandai continuously reiterated that this DX is a successor to their Takatoku-designed 1/55. So it really should be critically compared to the 1/55 as much and even more than to the yammies (1/48, 1/60v2). So, does it really surpassed the venerable 1/55? The 1/55 do: shoot missiles/bullets from the gunpod. spring-loaded landing-gears. simple and intuitive transformation sequence. parts-forming is limited to the heatshield and gunpod installation. it's a damn tank of a toy! What, then, does this DX-1J offer over the 1/55 besides modern articulation-engineering and anime-accurate aesthetic? Pricing excluded, of course.
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Wasn't the Yamato's sizing-specs retconned with the 2199/2202 versions? The Hachette kit looks to be the 2202-edition. Thought the Bandai 1/350 kit was for the old school Yamato specs.
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Yeah. Iirc, the 1/350 Bandai kit also had lights and electronics, and was around US$500 (excluding shipping-fees).
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You should definitely bookmark it. If you have time, you can also go back the forum-archives of which members bought and completed the Yammie 1/48s back in the day, as well as to who dumped them all when the 1/60v2s arrived. It'll be a fun exercise.
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I'll definitely get the Roy-1S and the Strike Hikaru-1S DXs. Possibly the GBP kit as well.
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Doesn't really matter where it correlates or whatever. This Invision-forum feature is just a FAIL feature. It should be either disabled already, or make it like TFW-forum where you can identify the voter. Otherwise, just try to keep ignoring it and stop commenting about it.
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I like to think that Bandai's gonna implement some necessary improvements and some retooling for the inevitable DX Roy-1S, and that will take some redesigning and mfg time. In the meantime, the easiest and quickest way to milk this current DX-1J is by just releasing a Hikaru Brownie-1J recolor. It's canon, anyway...
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amz updated their po-page with what seems to be finalized pics of the bd-covers and some screenshots: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/631764232X however, the covers still don't give details or titles of the "6 compilation movies" it's including. At any rate, the remastered TV-episodes should be still be nice to get. Especially if you missed out on the now-ancient CPM ammo-box dvd-release. Currently down to US$33.19 po-pricing and a March-release.
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Should be in the Packaging/Extras section at #11.
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From what I've observed so far on my copy. I think the alignment-issue in fighter-mode on the DX is due to the arms not being tabbed-in to each other for secured connection, and are naturally flaring out in opposite directions. With the right-arm pulling out more. It'll need some pressure (tabbed-in legs) to get them to join together to align and fit the back-tabs. This is a bit limited, tho. The best solution so far to secure the arms and not have it droop out or disengaged its tabs is to both install the gunpod and have the legs tabbed-in since the gunpod slot pegs in both arms secured both in the more correct alignment position and the legs prevents either arm from flaring or biasing out on one side. The yammarcadia 1/60v2s have the bracing/edge along with dimple/tab on the arms to avoid this particular issue, it seems.
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Yeah. Your snaps are mostly DYRL except for the last one. Here's some TV-snaps from yt:
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You never know. Bandai's prolly thinking of doing a similar thing. They'll prolly tag it as "SP" edition ala their recent SOC GX-70SP...
