CrazyDude

Star Wars, Star Trek is NOT a big market in Japan and we are talking about a licence for the

Japanese market here.

Us and Europe are covered by different licences.

Doubt you will see a big scale kit from a Japanese maker, no market due to limited space.

You can always go for the Studio Sale X-wing that one is 1/24, or the Pro-Shop one.

R.I.P. Falco, define lieder sind immer nch gut du bist vermiest.

Falco - Jeanny:

Falco - Der Kommissar:

Falco-RockMe Amadeus: http://youtu.be/uDPpq4qkkjA

Anyone recall 'The last Dragon'?

DeBarge - Rhythm Of The Night:

Chronocidal.

Bandai new releases are all NEW toolings, easy to see if you compare the new pics with ones of the Fine Molds ones.

I will see what comes later makes sense for them to do guaranteed sellers first.

The new Star Destroyer looks good and also seems lit.

Not sure how much kits they will release in addition to S.H. Figuarts, etc announced Toys.

As for Fine Molds kits get them now as current stock is all that there is and will be.

Might be of interest to some.

Noticed on HLJ that Bandai is reissuing their 1/60 range of Patlabor kits in August.

Hope the sorted the Problem with the rubber parts as in previous kits they tended to weaken the internal frames.

Ok gotcha, like to you I can finish a MG fast.

One of the reasons why I have gone off them, Real Grade give me bang for the buck and also need less display space.

OK, like you I can also do a MG fast.

More random pics.

1/144 RG Excia.

Gundam Build Beargguy(mono-eye comes later today, after doc visit)

SD YF-19/Fold Booster+Fast Packs & SD MV-22 Osprey(paint/decals tomorrow)

Mecha Colle Yamato x 3 (paint on Sunday morning)

More updates from the Tokyo Toy Show.

Bandai announced a Host of Star Wars Toys, Takara Tomy also announced quite a few items including Tomica.

Not sure how this will affect things overall as Bandai and Mattel got an agreement to release each others toy products.

Heard news that Fine Molds lost their Star Wars licence to Bandai.

So stock up on remaining kits, thought something was amiss when they announced the last run of the 1/72 MF and no upcoming kits,

Bandai announced 3 kits: 1/12 Darth Vader, 1/72 X-wing & 1/72 Tie Advanced.

This also means no more F-Toys collectibles as Fine Molds made those Masters.

Also heard that Hot Wheels will release some die-casts next Year.

Not sure how current USA and European licences are affected.

Why did you cancel it?

They most likely are still filling pre-orders and hadn't reached yours yet, HLJ handles over 1000 orders a day plus wholesale.

Just checked and it said they were on low stock, that is after pre-orders.

Haven't seen the movie might catch it on DVD.

Not a great fan of Cruise, yes, he can act but what I see most in his movies is Cruise and not the Character.

Still remember him in 'Legend' but he was overshadowed by Tim Curry and that has been a trend in most of his movies, IMHO.

Currently at home for 3 days, part of rehabilitation.

Doc decided I will stay in hospital till end of July but in exchange I will get more rehabilitation stays like this one.

Currently working on the RG Excia but don't feel the love for the holo stickers. First you apply a chrome sticker than attach the holograph part over it.

End results looks exactly like decoration tape I use above, plus you really need to get the surface smooth and apply the chrome sticker perfect.

Also the green "lit" stickers don't look all that impressive when covered with the clear green parts.

The plated parts for the sword would look better painted with Alclad II.

Apart from that a great little item.

Same reasons why HLJ, Hobby Search, etc won't do it either.

Working on my Chibi-Maru J-Navy, will consist of Yamato, Kongo, Musashi and Akagi plus a P38.

http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?GenreCode2=all&Word=chibi-maru&x=19&y=23

Started on the Akagi & Yamato and I am blown away:

This little SD Ships are 4inches in length and pack a lot of detail and parts, some also come with photoetch.

The Akagi comes with 3 fighters(3 each) and each has 2 parts and 7-8 decals, the carrier alone consists of over 100 parts, the smallest cannon being 1x2mm.

Serious tweezers time.

Found it better to ignore the assembly sequence given and do my own.

Hulls below the waterline are one-piece and the ships can float.

Fun stuff just like the old egg-plane kits.

After July I will take a break from doing anime models and do a few scale-models(Cars, Motorbikes) as well as a few S.F.3.D./M.A.K. ZBV3000 models.

Strip, wash, rinse and put aside in a box to be worked on when you get a bit of time.

Trying to finish something fast is my prime recipe for mucking up or ruining a build, so far none beyond repair though.

Undecided if I should start my RG Exia or wait for RG Exia Repair set as I also got the Ignition kit.

Starting to assemble the RG Excia tommoros, still undecided if I want to get the RG Repair kit for it.

Prerordered this today:

http://www.hlj.com/product/AOS00945/Sci

Not going to get the 1/700 Gigant though. This makes it my 4th kit from the series.

In addition to the insurance, online tracking and fastest shipping available.

Depending on Item(weight, size, value) EMS is cheaper than SAL.

Been playing with the D-Style Scopedog, waiting to get the paints for it delivered.

Very nice little kit with all the trimmings/Gadgets:

2 Heads for Chirico

Hatches open

Sensor array rotates and swivels

Right arm can be build standard or damaged

Fist punch works

Leg spikes work

Can assume Down form

Turbo custom leg rollers are included.

Hope we get more Votoms kits in this range as they did for Patlabor.

Thx.

2 quick question:

What is the rationale for the SDF-1 transforming?

Anyone noted the transforming type for value increased as to where in frontier it is instantaneous.

Got a few kits here with me now:

1/72 Layzner Baybull

SD VF-19 with Fold Booster

D-Style Scopedog

and a few others.

The D-Style kit is amazing with possibility, etc.

Looks like we just entered Tsuyu(rainy season) here which means very high humidity but not so high temps, just sticky and uncomfortable.

We won't get relieve till typhoon season starts, humidity makes painting a gamble.

August is a real pain with high temps and humidity.