frankell05

same here

I hope arcadia does a version of their own. I'd rather have that then the Bandai version. 

the bluest of blue ballz

anybody want to sell just the vf-1j valk without the armored parts??

Disney is taking advantage of the economy and lack of general work available in the entertainment industry at the moment to try to force writers and everyone else into more shitty deals that make life miserable for everyone working on the film industry. they are putting targeted ads on facebook to make vulnerable industry workers hate the writers to take away their support. Gilroy choosing to step away from all work is commendable. Makes me like the dude even more than I already did, and I really love that mofo. 

Cool process!

thank god for people who know everything.

On 4/9/2023 at 12:22 AM, no3Ljm said:

ah, I see. i hadn't noticed the difference in scheme, I had assumed they were just overexposed photos that made the colors lighter.  i prefer this captain type to the other one. and much prefer a more military look to either one of these. 

On 3/30/2023 at 7:41 PM, no3Ljm said:

According to the blog link below, they're aiming it for next year (2024).

 

What's the captain type?

I think this would sell better with the vf-5000b paint scheme. this green yellow is pretty awful.

On 2/4/2023 at 9:33 PM, Big s said:

I never had the cash back in the day, but used to dream about how cool I thought these were 

When I bought the one I had originally, It was siting on a shelf on a store called Anime Plus (long gone) It sat there forever, calling my name, until I had enough money and bugged my mom enough to take me to the store to get it. When I finally brought it home I realized I was over my head, but still enjoyed it. 15 years I tracked most of the remainder kits, but Have only partially build most of them so far.  I built the vf-5000, but once again screwed up the screw holes....

My Yf-19

I loved building this, but unfortunately I was never able to get the drilled screws to align enough to make it transformable so I just made it permanently into this mode. 

Either way Its my favorite rendition of the yf-19

On 2/5/2023 at 3:59 AM, Convectuoso said:

My YF-21

Very nice !  When did you build it? How was your experience?  I am posting my yf-19 below.  Btw, I am originally from Chile, but live in the US now. Are you in Santiago?

Hello

 I have been an intense fan of these models kits for a long time, and recently I found this japanese fella that posted his builds of these kits on youtube. They are really good videos featuring the fully assembled kits, as well as, the process. I think this guy deserves a follow and for folks to check out his model kit tutorial videos, as they are pretty cool.

Here are the video links

This hit me hard  in the nostalgia regions

PS: If anyone want to post their studio half eye builds in this thread, it would be cool to see them. 

is hobby genki reliable? never bought anything from them.

28 minutes ago, Big s said:

Usually about 11pm

Thanks!

Any body in the west coast? at what time does the pre order kick in? I  am time zone challenged.

shipping is so high at hlj that its the same as buying it at BBTS. Wonder if amiami will have it. i have found their shipping is more reasonable than HLJ

Blah, the thing that made HMR so good was that there wasnt POp madness. Take the fun out of collectign this stuff.

Every time i look at that color scheme.....It at least needs some shading or something. It looks so bland now it actually take away from the great design of the mech.

19 hours ago, Drad said:

Only way is if you managed to land a pre-order from a Japanese vendor. Otherwise there's domestic vendors but they do need to make some money to make them worth importing. $160-$170 seems to be about the going rate. I hope you're able to get one for a good price. Good luck!

I'll need it. 

I'd get one, if it doesn't cost 160 dollars...

a word of caution about pre ordering from amazon. if you do, I recommend having a back up pre order somewhere else if you really care about the item. They canceled some of my pre orders in the past that were by then sold out. (import stuff) I then ended up having to pay scalper prices for the items. its great if your gonna use points and stuff, just beware and CYA

What surprised me about this release HMR vf-0 is that, usually, we have no problem pre ordering this line from overseas. This time , sold out immediately. This pretty much feels exactly like pre order madness. now instead of paying ridiculous prices to resellers in japan, we have to pay ridiculous prices to national distributors. what's the damn difference? either way, I am tapping out. prices of everything are just stupid, and spending this kind of money on toys is gettign to be stressful rather than fun.

2 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Yeah. I think the version you're referring to is the VF-5000B from Macross Plus game. And yes, I like this one too.

 

Found this scheme on DeviantArt by Grebo-Guru. Looks cool too.  

yeah, that's the one. But really, this bot looks good in almost all schemes except for that weird green yellow combination........ i really do hope they do the repaint and milk the mold, i would buy them/. Its really refreshing to see something that hasn't been done before. milk away