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$99? Holy .... good find. Looks great transformed!

So conflicted lol
On one hand, the toy lover in me is glad you did what it was made to do!
On the other hand, the collector in me just died a little... fresh of the retail shelf, first owner.. can't get any more mint than that...

But can the VF-2SS actually fly?

I mean if the Valkyrie is a magical being it will fly no matter what. Or is the Genie so bored in his lamp that he earned his physics PhD while waiting for a new master so he will only grant wishes that are plausible.

I believe the VF-2SS was only used in space combat and it appears completely designed for that purpose. Besides if SDF-1 can fly... anything has a shot lol (even a rock...)

VF-22s for me though

Great pics Old Man

Feel sorry for Kakizaki, he's getting rearended by a clown.

Poor Kakizaki's always getting shafted, even by his own ships' barrier...

Oh I like noodles. Sweet collection, awesome photo

Well you don't need a rift, It's just the most immersive experience. I have a 1080p 3D laptop screen with the nVidia active glasses and it works wonderfully. Haven't had the chance to try this yet though will give it a bash. Is the developer on the MWF? I'm a professional games programmer myself so I might be able to offer some advice.

thanks, mostly bought it for the box, the valk isn't in awesome condition so i stuck in GBP armor. but i have another mint angel bird that showed up by accident without the box (shipping error).

So... 2 birds one stone?

Pretty awesome set!

Yeah It's such a great community. I had only been a member for 3 months when I went to Japan and Bariaburu_Faita and Hebime took the day to show me and my wife around Osaka to all the best collectable stores. Everyone here is always nice and ready to help out, answer any questions with all their varied knowledge and help find the best deals.

I had the issue with Hroptr Cave, turns out it's a bug and it's actually enemies in a different dungeon. Can't remember which one, but just leave it and kill people until you see it tick over.

Congrats no3ljm! I got mine at Mandarake while I was in Japan and was surprised to open it and find the fast packs were included! I never new that release had them! It's a great, solid valk, Yamato really nailed the 21/22 body.

I hope they don't discontinue them, I'm just about to get my house so I can FINALLY display my valks, but wont be able to afford them for a while. So I really hope they keep going for at least 6 months

HKC and NY always mark as gift and declared less. Boy.. im I in trouble

Thanks for the insight

Really? I'm in Australia so anything under $1000 is duty free for me too, so I've never had to under declare, but HKC refused to undermark for my Canadian friend.

Nope. You are dead right. That's why hk collectables refuses to do it. Well that and it's illegal lol

Yeah anything sent via ems > $100 has to be insured. Had to send all my valks back home when I was in Japan. The box was too big so I had to EMS, but turns out it's a pretty awesome (but expensive) way to post anyway. The insurance is great and they are pretty fast and reliable. Most of the boxes actually beat me back home!

My friends and family are all anime nerds and I work as a games programmer, so I have part of my collection at work... and it gets dwarfed by other workmates collections! So pretty much anyone coming to my place actually gets my hobby!

eeeeeeeehhh it's roughly 4 years old now. got it about the same time my ex and I started dating and was super excited to get it. But what's also odd is that there's an update for it but it won't update says the file is corrupted. so I just leave it alone. Good enough for me.

Yeah I have the original PS3 and it overheats and shuts down anywhere between 1-30 mins depending on room temperature. I stole my brothers more modern slim model for a while and it ran it perfectly. Only game I have ever seen that does this, so since it literally maxes out the PS3's capability then I do recommend a fairly young PS3!

So so happy, just got a Bandai VB6 SP mint in box... for $266au inc postage!!

Can't wait till that gets delivered!

It's OK, Michael is used to dying.

haha so true.

I loved those little Toynami guys, I had Miria and the Orange trainer on the dash of my car! Then my tyre blew out and I rolled it... they didn't make it . Also had the Roy keychain, but they are vinyl so I actually don't recommend using them as a keychain, they won't last.

Mandarake has plenty of western collectables. Their vintage US toy selection is one of the biggest I saw in Japan. So I can see why they have them for sure. If they are rare, sealed and collectable... Mandarake will sell it!

I posted the start of my work desktop fighter squadron a while back and said I planned to expand it. Well I have and I've gone from 3 fighters to um... lots (16).

They play different based on weapons rate of fire, tracking, the way it handles ect, but effectively if you max out a valk it will be powerful enough to play through the game. I run a Max, Milia and Gamlin squardren of VF-22s and have the base and the gun pods maxed out and they are more than effective enough to trash stuff with a fighter mode fly by. I also have maxed out Queadluun suits and obviously they are no where near as fast, and the weapons work very differently, but they are just as effective in their own way. So basically all the planes are just as capable maxed out but with completely different play styles.

Went on a shopping spree in denden town Osaka with Bariaburu Faita and another Hebime today. Met them at Firebombar the night before and they graciously offered to show me and my wife around all the best collectable stores and I picked up an insane amount of valks and other macross collectibles (with the help of my amazing wife!). I shipped them all today so no pics yet. I'll wait till they get home and show my full macross haul from my Japan trip all at once! But the best deals of the day were a version 1 elintseeker for 6000 yen and a miriya vf22s for 7000 yen both boxed and perfect condition from mandarake. I can't even begin to describe how awesome that place is.


edit: Fixed up handles

Yeah, pretty sure they are v1. I don't know how to tell the difference but the Michael feels heavier and more solid so I wonder whether he is v2?

Found a little collectable store in the back of a department store in Hiroshima and scored the whole set of SMS VF-25 with full super packs without boxes for 20,000 yen. Good condition, stiff joints, good colour, all parts and the only damage is the body hinge on the Ozma, but it's an easy fix and still stays in all modes. As a bonus it also had the special edition clear holographic VF-25 too. That makes it 4,000 yen per valk! pretty good deal even second hand, and they are all going to get posed and displayed anyway so no box doesn't bother me at all. Scored the Brera earlier in the trip so the only thing left on my frontier list is the VB-6 Konig Monster. Sorry no pics since they are packed up in a box and I don't want to unwrap them all lol.

Awesome wife. I got an Armani jacket from my girl. Let's just say I would trade it in a heart beat for a single Valkyrie - in any scale. How to tell your loved ones that no Armani can beat a Kawamori? What's your secret?

Oh no, you misunderstand lol. SHE bought the valk, it's not for me. But I'm lucky I guess, the secret is if you find a who watches Macross marry her lol.

More mandrake shopping! I decided to grab a small valk this and grabbed a Bandai VF100 Ozama VF-25. It's a pretty cool toy, though it is VERY floppy so once I transform it to gerwalk I think I'll reinforce it to the pose I want and leave it there. I also saw an interesting one I've never seen before. A "Family Mart" themed VF-25 that my wife grabbed cause she liked the colours, also a pretty interesting piece for a collection. She got a cool Ranka figure too.