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I think a lot of charm will be added with the non vf1 toys. Not a bad bet to grab the vf1 toys in the meantime because it seems likely there will be late comers, especially if the line keeps growing, making it easy for you to unload them if you're still not feeling them.
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Macross Δ (Delta) - announcement thread
jenius replied to renegadeleader1's topic in Movies and TV Series
Uh... well... at least the mechs look cool. -
I had a similar issue with CDJAPAN once. I triple checked my shipping info and they shipped again. Ultimately it was because the package was thrashed during shipment rendering the label illegible. Hopefully that didn't happen to you because if they sold out they'll try to ship back the damaged good.
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Yep, that works, though it's massive overkill like Yeti and exo pointed out, you could use that base for an entire squadron.
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I saw TF:TM and left shell-shocked... but I loved it. Definitely hunted it down later and have it in my very small collection.
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I would imagine so and it's still a reasonably high ticket item so it's not like shipping costs would make it futile.
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While they're certainly not high quality, they're functional enough. I have my Strike Hikaru lookin' pretty nice atop one now. For the HMR they seem like a great fit as it lets you forget that whole 'not integrated landing gears' issue.
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I'm tempted to buy it and then say "it came with a leg that fell off" and see if they remember my claim from earlier
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I figured it out, they're going to sell 20 VF19adv at wonderfest. EDIT - just in case it's not clear, that's joke/baseless speculation.
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Well they did include the stand with the Focker release.
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Maybe there's a YF-21 about to be put next to it....
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Star Trek Beyond (the not The Search for Spock)
jenius replied to areaseven's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
That wasn't a trailer, it was a music video, and it wasn't as good a music video as the one that originally featured that song... or even the live performance at that year's VMAs. I think the producers just keep having happy accidents with the reboot series. Like they heard that Star Trek was supposed to be 'serious' so they made Into Darkness and it minted a ton but people were like "No, not THAT kind of serious, as in blowing stuff up and having a horror movie kind of villain, it's supposed to be FUN but thoughtful." This time all they heard was FUN so they'll make it Fast & Furious in Space and it will make more money than any other Star Trek ever. Then everyone will be like "Hey, we said THOUGHTFUL too!" and they'll make a good Star Trek movie and everyone will be like "Yick, that movie felt way too Star Trekky" and then will get Star Trek V - Beyond 2, Extremely Beyond. -
Frank was getting up there so it makes sense he'd eventually retire. Handing the reins of his private company to his child is status quo.
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To add to that, it's incredibly frustrating because the quality of the Arcadia toy "feels" absolutely top notch. It's not that things are too loose because of mild imperfections in the mold or something. Everything is perfectly crisp, the lines are sharp, but it's as if several parts were made a micron too big or small. My canards fell out constantly. The intake covers fell out constantly. The top of the head fell off constantly. The back of the gun would slide off if I grabbed it by the gun in fighter mode. That's all without mentioning the ankles and the wings which again, SEEM like they should be good designs but somehow just come out as floppy. I really feel like, if Arcadia could do a second release of this toy and just make tiny changes in a few places, it could be excellent but I think Bandai has intentionally moved themselves to a position to prevent that from happening.
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Macross Δ (Delta) - announcement thread
jenius replied to renegadeleader1's topic in Movies and TV Series
Yeah... the first one is not like the others... I'm guessing the reference is still alluding. Also, an emotionless hacker girl? I'm guessing we're in for the most formulaic Macross yet. -
The Yamato GnuDou sounds up your alley.
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Another option is to wait and hope Bandai makes the yf19, they might include wing weapons and maybe they'll listen to the feedback and change the leg fast packs to tab in. If you're quick you might also save a bundle getting in on a pre-order.
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I'm super stoked, now that I'm finally done my YF-19/VF-19Advance reviews I can spend some quality time playing with Hi-Metals.
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There are so many different strengths and weaknesses between the toys that I would just sum it up like this: If the Arcadia toy was flawlessly executed, I would have a hard time arguing that one of these toys is BETTER than the other as they do different things right. Since the Arcadia toy isn't flawlessly executed due to the various fit issues, it's easy for me to advise people to get the Bandai if they have to choose just one. The fact the Arcadia needs to balance on its own ankles due to the looseness is a bit too obvious a flaw to overlook.
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Alright, video review is now up and so are the final couple pictures I was working on. Check it out on anymoon.com
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Yeah, I think they just need to figure out on their end how to turn off the pay later option for Tamashii items or someone goofed. I suspect they never meant for us to have the ability OR they will keep it this way and just make us pay when Bandai bills them a few weeks later going forward. Either way, lesson learned.
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Those are the Robot Spirit releases, I might do a fighter mode escort with the HMRs soon but the scale would be off since the HMRs are like 1/90 and the VB6 is like 1/120.
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NY announced a long time ago that they'd require upfront payment on Tamashii items, I was shocked I had the option not to pay when I ordered mine. Maybe they haven't figured out how to fix it on their site.
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So there you go, they do consider the Hikaru VF-1J GBP TV version to be a different toy. That's why the pilot figure is so bizarre on the first release though it doesn't explain some color choices. I'm really curious to see what will win... it's nice that, other than the Hikaru VF-1J GBP, all those other toys are more on the obscure side.
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No, it's not that, it looks like the front of the legs are right with the Gerwalk joint being down one but the back is wrong with the legs being straight and the leg armor pegging into the top tab rather than the bottom.