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Well, they actually most likely do already. Bandai just recently bought out Bluefin in the US, which might partially explain why we suddenly can't preorder-import newer Bandai-toys from amazon-japan anymore recently (HM-R, RD, SOC-FA, SOC, SHF, etc). Prior to that, they had complete control of stuff here in the US marketing/distribution during the old Gundam-days. Prolly still do. Just didn't quite work out well for them since the Gundam-stuff (kits, toys, etc) were all way overpriced and totally shelfwarming at all US retail-stores (TRU, wallys, target, game-shops, even at Bestbuy, etc). Ended up with amazon doing quite an incredible fire-sale on Gundam-stuff back in the day. Think I got a few MGs like the Kampfer for about $15 or shipped from amazon.
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huh? I just went and found this: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/offer-listing/B07F3FHHY4/ Which shop(s) are you importing from? You might not find the Sylvie-VF2SS anymore coz it's long been out for a while already. add/edit: Did a quick lookaround and HMR-Nexx is still availble for PO at both ami and cdj, too.
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How much are guys getting it at N-Y with SAL? Saw a couple of 26k-yen at mandy last week or so. Probably ems-only shipping, tho.
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Unless some people here are gonna hoard at least 10 copies per order to scalp later on, I just don't quite understand the PO-panic mode stuff on this VF-4. The last few recent Macross HMRs were pretty much available everywhere for at least a month and rather shelfwarming at release-time, and even discounted lower than the PO-pricing. I'm still a bit irked that I actually paid more on the PO-pricing (amzn, ami, cdj) than the release-time shelfwarm-discounts on the Hikaru-1A, VE-1 and the VT-1 on the same shops. Oh, well. Not sure y'all need luck for this tonite, but good luck tonite, nevertheless.
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New Macross TV Series in 20xx (sometime this decade)
treatment replied to Tochiro's topic in Movies and TV Series
M7 anime is a very very VERY STUPIDLY LOW bar to surpass. Delta anime still went "hold my beer" on it... -
I don't think there's any HMR as of yet that shows any yellowing since the HMR line is relatively rather new and that they're usually more grey plastic than the white plastic of the original 1/100 Hi-Metal. However, I think Jenius or one of the CDX folks (josh? veef? etc) has some yellowed 1/100 Hi-Metal VF-1J or VF-1S Roy. The most severely yellowed valk I've seen over the years were usually the old genuine Bandai 1/55 Strike VF-1S (and some of the Bandai Super VF-1S variants) and the 1/55 Jetfire. Other than the various Joons and bootlegs, that is. Maybe you can google it. You might find some yellowed HCM or something, too.
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Thanks for the pic of the insert. Yeah. Just plain bad engineering. I think they pulled a similar "youredoingitwrong" insert shenanigan on at least the DX Mazinger's elbow-issue (http://collectiondx.com/toy_review/2012/dx_mazinger_z). I just hope the fans in japan continue to complain loudly and often about this fins and other DX YF-19 issue(s).
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Compare the nosecone positioning between the HMR and the Yammie. Looks like Bandai's just trying to do some sort of a failing Obari-pose with it by pulling the crotch up instead of down like with the old Yammie/Arcadia 1/60 poses...
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The HM-R has thinner lower-legs than the Yammie/Arcadia 1/60 in that comparo-pic.
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Was it off-white? I thought it was bright-white when shown in the FB-2012.
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Looks a bit blue/greyish. Hopefully the retail-release coloring will be in bright-white.
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The only thing I can think of is that barrels were just extended.
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Possibly the chest cannons.
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Wow! Version-1, huh? That's really good to know. It's been showing up randomly at Mandy around 40k-yen the last couple of months. The RS-parts-only showed up last month, but Mandy's still scalping it for 18k-yen. I just need the RS-parts-only, but am not willing to pay that scalper-pricing.
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Looks like it: http://www.macross2.net/m3/macrossplus/yf-19.htm
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New Macross TV Series in 20xx (sometime this decade)
treatment replied to Tochiro's topic in Movies and TV Series
I can see it now. Four pilots that were tight childhood friends. One of them transferred out during school, and then returns back having developed some sort of rivalry with one of the other guys that he hasn't seen for some years. Then they all reconciled and re-form their childhood team. To compete in valk swimming. Then, for whatever reason, valk biking. All the while all of them being shown shirtless most of the time. Including the valks. Bandai will then title this anime Macross Free!... What? -
The best mode for this DX is definitely the battroid-mode. Especially with the arm-cannon accessory. The only downside is that the GU-15 gun is way too anemic that it looks more like a rather thin baseball bat than a gun.
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Augh! Think I'd blocked that out from memory. Well, fwiw, I think there's enough spacing/room somewhere inside the DX YF-19 leg-FP for some smallish semi-attached or even fixed micro-missiles (white-plastic or painted) ...
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The MPlus anime shows the micro-missiles coming out of the FP of the YF-19, ala Super VF-1 style. I don't remember the M7 VF-19 having FP, but it could be like the VF-22 where the FPs are "integrated" already as opposed to the Macross Plus non-integrated FPs on both the YF-19 and YF-21.
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I said the Yammie VF-19 variants, not the Yammie YF-19. We used to have a bunch of Yammie VF-19 pics here at MWF, but am too lazy to search. Here's a Yammie VF-19S pic with the micro-missiles from CDX: Here's the Bandai Hi-Metal from Jenius' site:
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Ya know? Was rewatching MPlus again and noticed this scene: According to M3 site, it's the BMM-24 micro-missiles. Checked my DX YF-19 stuff, and nope. Not included. Checked Arcadia's 1/60 from anymoon, and nope. Not included as well. So both Bandai and Arcadia excluded the BMM-24s in favor of various missiles and stuff that weren't even in the anime. I remember the Yammie VF-19 variants and Bandai Hi-Metal VF-19S having micro-missiles. Guess it's something to look forward to if both Arcadia and Bandai somehow do a 1/60v3 and a DX YF-19v2.0. respectively...
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About 10-secs or less, ime. And yeah, I also don't quite understand why some here are even thinking of not loosening the screws before initial battroid-transformation. Doesn't alter or change the aesthetic and overall appearance of the toy. Not like it can't be screwed back tightly. Guess some people want to experience the bizarro thrill of a very expensive regret when the hips breaks during first battroid-transformation...
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fyi. https://tamashii.jp/special/pacific_rim/2_robot/ will be about 20K-yen in japan? geezus! wonder how much Bandai Spirits will jack the pricing up here in the US...
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Yup. Sure looks like it. Iirc, Bandai did show a VF-4 prototype in some previous TNs before.
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If not HM-R, then could be the next DX VF-1.
