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So when are you taking orders?
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Another great MW deal, this time with emajnthis. Shipped fast, and an outstanding price. The models were even mintier than I expected, and even included a bonus kit!
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A big thanks to jwinges for the 2 resin kits. Both were packaged well, and shipped lightning fast. Great communication too.
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The house I'm renting now had carpets in it that were meant to look like wood flooring when we first got here
. Guess the landlord couldn't make up his mind the first time around. 
Wood in the formal rooms, carpet in the rooms where you actually spend your time. Vinyl in the hobby room!!!
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That vid is the sh#@! Saw it first thing this morning, and just had to check it out again. Great way to start the day
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For me, the anticipation is half the fun
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Just had a thought that might add to the challenge. What if the contest coordinator bought a bunch of the same kit, something readily available, and not too expensive, like a Hase VF-1A for example. I'm sure one of the seller's on MW would give the coordinator a good price break for this. People who want to enter the contest pay an entry fee, which covers the cost of the model, shipping and a little extra for the prizes or whatever. Nobody but the contest coordinator knows what the actual kit will be. This would level the playing field a bit I think. There would be a set date for entries, and once that date is met, the coordinator will ship out all the kits. Contestants will come home one day to see the mailman left a box on the step. We open it to find the model to be built, and then have 3 months to get the finished work submitted.
Kind of like an "iron chef" approach to modeling. But, the contestants should be able to do whatever they want to custom the kit... custom paint/decals, scratch built add ons, lighting......
Again, just a thought.
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Time to stop typing, and start making then
. I know I'd definitely be down for some poster size copies of your work. If you made a collage like the one in that thumbnail, with one main valk in the center, say a Roy, and then all the other variants as a border, as well as some closeups of some sections of interest, like the sensor array in the head, it would definitely be one of the centerpieces gracing the wall in my shrine!It would definitely have to be a copy though, as I'm sure a work like that would be well out of the reach of my wallet for a one time custom job
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edit: typing before thinking it through.... again.
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If you already know you can get a great deal on option 2, and you'll eventually be buying all of them, why not just get that one now? A bird in the hand......
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1. I suck, but I'd do something anyway just to be a participant.
2. 3 months seems long enough
3. Doesn't matter
4. Vote - but keep entries anonymous
5. I suck, so I think the worst model should get the prize to go buy some lessons.
6. 11m/s or 24mph (European swallow)
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A big thanks to both JoLe727 and fearyaks for great models. Both were packaged nicely, and in mint condition. Communication was great, and they arrived quickly. A great deal from both!
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It's not like he was distracting or hijacking some real important thread. If you can't go to a forum just to make meaningless conversation with other geeks about a geek hobby, where can you go?
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Payment sent for 2X
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To me, it sounds like Roy's Blues didn't do anything really wrong, but I guess the best advice is to always be upfront and honest. Clearly, Roy's Blues was at the very least, a little dishonest by trying to keep VF_1S as a backup without telling him. In brokerage, there's more before a contract is created. There's offers and possibly, counter offers, and when you make a counter offer to more than one individual (meaning you're dealing with more than one party), you let the others know. Otherwise, you accept the offer or decline. Also, offers and counter offers have time constraints...meaning they are only good for a designated amount of time. Usually, 3 days. The only other thing that I didn't like to see from Roy's Blues is that he seemed initially willing to ship to Canada, only to use it as an excuse as to why he didn't want to sell the item later. Maybe everyone who decides to sell on MW should read Exo's tips on achieving a straight deal before they engage in either buying or selling.
I, myself, could have gotten more money for the 1/60s I sold here a couple weeks ago. I got offers to buy the lot for more than I received, and plus I had to pay shipping. But I am a man of my word, so I took less money and had to deal with the whole shipping fiasco of boxing and taking it down to the PO. Then Solscudd wanted the box I was going to ship it in, so I ended up shipping the items later than I had originally intended. But I kept the communication lines open the entire time. Man, will it suck if he blacklists me... =P
Not a chance of blacklisting you on that deal bro
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Big thanks to BobePatt for the great deal on the Yammies. Good communication, and shipped in a timely manner.
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I too am guilty of starting out as a Homotech fan, and unfortunately didn't really know the difference before choosing a user name
. Unless you're strapped for cash right now, I'd hold onto them for awhile. The market for them is pretty saturated right now with the release of those last few thousand volume 3 Roys. Before that, they were going up to something crazy like $250-$300 each. Right now you'd be lucky to get $250 for the whole collection. I think you're on the right track with your limited issue point. Eventually they will be worth more, especially if Shadow Chronicles every gets off the ground, and it sparks a renewed interest in the series. Think of them more as an investment, than a collection. If you sell them now, you'll definitely take a loss. I almost sold mine off, but decided to hold onto them until the demand is a little stronger. There are always going to be more "late to the game" collectors, like myself trying to get a damn MIB low viz without taking out a home equity loan. Granted the MPCs are no Yamato, and especially not a 1/48..... Just keep them where they look best, in the display box
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Not a Macross Auction:
But i thought you guys should take a gander at this Transformers Gen. 2 Eyesore.
Keep in mind these are extremely rare, this toy was unreleased and i think only somewhere around 6 of these guys made their way into being carded samples... but still since they never released Hot Spot, there's no way you could ever complete the combiner team to form Gen. 2 Defensor.
That's f'n crazy dude!!!
Yeah, he could have bought like 3 original 1/48 Low Viz for that amount
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My wife had to have a cat when we got married, so we got one, which was okay. But, then she started letting it sleep on our bed, and now he lays down right between us and just purrs away... It's okay, except that he tends to sleep facing my wife, and more than once, I've felt his tail whipping my face, and cracked an eye open to find his "pink eye" staring back at me. Not a pleasant thing to wake up to..... Luckily he hasn't chewed anything, espacially my models, or he'd be on the shoetip express for sure.
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$55K is the book value on it as is. The avionics are what really added to this plane's value. I lucked out in knowing the right people to get it for $36.5K.
Right now she's on the ramp at the local state airport for $35/month. A buddy of mine is picking up his plane in the next month or so. I have a long flat field (2000 feet) in front of my house, and we'll be putting in a grass strip there over the summer hopefully, which has already been approved by the zoning board. Then, we'll put up our own hangar. In the winter we'll keep them at the state airport, and a hangar runs $200/month.
For miantenance, I've got my airframe and powerplant mechanic license, so can do most of the work on it myself. Also, I have a friend whose an inspector, and can evaluate and signoff on any major work, as well as all the routine inspections that go along with aircraft ownership. I've also got another buddy on the airfield who has his own maintenance hangar, and let's me put her in there whenever I need to tinker on it. If you can't do the work yourself, you're going to pay plenty. Before I took it out of San Diego, I had a shop on the field just change the oil, adjust the pressure in the struts, and go up with me for 1/2 hour to sign me off in it. He charged me $245. My jaw hit the floor, as the oil and gasket are only $50, the struts just used a little nitrogen, and he only spent about 1 hour on it, most of which he was talking instead of working. Bastid!
edit: spelling
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I used to fly a twin engine in school. A Cessna T303 crusader. It had twin horizontally opposed turbocharged engines pumping out 300HP each. That was a 6 seat rocketship, especially when it was only myself and a copilot in it. Nothing compared to the thrust of a jet, but for a corporate type plane, it was pretty nice.
This one booked for over $55K with the avionics package it has, and that fact that the engine only has 100hrs, and the airframe 1400 hours total time. No accident history either, which is always a plus with planes. Once they're bent, they never really fly the same again..... I ended up buying it from an estate for $36.5K, and flew her form San Diego to Vermont without a hiccup.
I'll have to get some pics of the bikes when I get them out of winter storage. They're oldies but goodies. They Gixxer, DT and Seca have all been stripped to the frame and gone completely through. The Nighthawk is my next project bike. I'm in the middle of a move, but once I'm in my new place, I'll be stripping her down and giving her the royal treatment. I actually have more fun restoring the bikes than riding them
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1/72 Resin Monster Model!
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Alright! That'll be 5 down
, then only 18 more to go until you get to me 
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