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Metal Build Laevatin page is up. July release date for 17,000 yen!

http://tamashii.jp/item/10665/

Looks like Arcadia updated the YF-19 development diary page with the final entries.

http://arcadia.ac/yf19/diary/05/index.php

【お知らせ】 本日16時頃、「マクロスYF-19」特設ページの開発日誌（最終回）を公開予定！みすたーＫのこだわりを是非チェックしてみて下さいね！ http://arcadia.ac/yf19/

To my knowledge, Bandai has never re-issued Tamashii web exclusives.

But who knows, maybe they'll run out of re-colours to do one day and decide to release bundles instead

My bad - they sent out three different links at once ^^;

Let me try this again guys, sorry.

They have started re-pimping the tornado parts because,

YES - the VF-25F IS being REISSUED in JULY.

http://tamashii.jp/item/1582/

(red test at bottom says its being reissued.

Can finally get myself a 25F! Sure hope Bandai re-issues the 25S and G soon though (August at the very earliest I suppose)

Back up on HLJ: http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN987064/Act

HLJ sales on Macross related stuff: http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?SaleGroup=20140306_MC&header=MacrossSale0314

DX Quarter 50% off at 9,900 Yen

snagged one at NY too

If you don't have an airbrush or for prefer the convenience of canned sprays I'd like to recommend Mr Super Clear UV Cut. It's very forgiving to use as well. It doesn't frost as easily as the non-UV cut version but either way if it does happen you can simply spray another layer over it to eliminate it.

I did think about using Mr Super Clear UV. But I found out that its a lacquer based spray, and lacquer supposedly makes plastic brittle if I am not wrong?

Did you face any such issues with your sprayed valks?

The white areas are bare plastic except for the die-cast parts like the shoulder blocks and hips/intakes.

My first release renewal 25F is still pristine white. But the fact that I keep it enclosed in a glass display cabinet and also have the whole thing clear coated may affect results.

Thanks for the information! May I ask, which type of clear coat do you use?

Just curious, has anyone's VF-25F renewal suffered from signs of yellowing and is the white painted on or just raw plastic?

Kinda tempted to get one but I'm always hesitant to buy white coloured valks (or toys for that matter) since the weather is pretty hot and humid over here.

Having it released earlier, I got myself a birthday gift.

Also received email by amiami saying that it'll be released by late march/early april. Apparently the price has been dropped a few hundred yen too.

Hmm wonder if I should cancel my order at HLJ and go with Amiami instead with the difference in 1350 yen.

Does Amiami really charge a significant higher shipping cost? Just curious as I have yet to order any stuff from them before..

Thanks for the replies! Guess I'll just shell out a little bit more for the Prism coating edition then.

Just wondering if anyone owns the Prism Coating edition of the Metal Build Freedom? Was thinking of getting it over the regular release but I've read that there are some issues with the coating yellowing out of the box?

Can't decide now if I should buy the Exia Trans-Am or the Unicorn MC to pair with my Banshee :\

Just a heads-up! HLJ has the Metal Composite Banshee in stock and is part of their Black Friday sales, just ordered one for myself

Review for the Banshee can be found here: http://blog.livedoor.jp/hacchaka/archives/51901066.html

Guess I'll just make a pre-order for the Kshatriya afterall

It's gona be a long wait till March

Ah thanks for the feedback and links to pre-order! My main gripe is with the 1/144 scale at the moment since I mainly collect 1/100 scale models

How I wish they would make a metal build version of the Kshatriya.

I'm kinda tempted to get the Kshatriya as well, but I don't have any experience with the Robot Damashii line.

In terms of articulation and details is it worth the 13000 yen price tag?

Do you guys think Bandai will release the MC versions for Unicorn Full Armor and Banshee Norn?

Contemplating if I should grab the current releases for both of them now, or wait for a future release.