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    Gonna stop with the model kit links after this to keep this thread on-topic, but here's a preorder page for the aforementioned 1/144 RG Avalanche Exia Dash conversion kit in case anyone's interested: http://www.shop2000.com.tw/GK-M/product/p26671889
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    How many Yamato VFs are still out there, especially these 1/48s? You guys seem to have no trouble finding them at all, and a lot of the time in brand new condition, too!
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    Some random thoughts:
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    It's a new group called Model Bingo. I got mine from the hobby store GK-M, but I also saw it on sale at Gundam Model Center. The base is the MG Impulse (either the Force or Sword). Ooh, nice grab on the Femto. I was super tempted to get that, too, and I've never even seen Berserk. Remember, Griffith did nothing wrong.
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    From the Gundam 3rd-Party Figures thread, in case any of you missed it. tl;dr: - 1/144 Avalanche Dash IP conversion kit for RG Exia, by "Effect Wings" - 1/100 Avalanche Exia Dash, by "Dragon Momoko" (based on Metal Build Exia) - 1/100 Avalanche Exia (Dash?), by "Daban" (based on regular MG Exia?)
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    There are also a slew of preexisting Avalanche conversion kits, in both resin and injection plastic, though those are for the non-Metal Build-looking Exia MG kit. I believe this will be the first to have the Dash parts as well. Will the Daban version 1) be Avalanche Dash or just Avalanche? and 2) mimic the styling of the Metal Build or reuse their KO MG Exia? (If it's just MG Exia, that'll at least give this Dragon Momoko a bit more "legitimacy.") I also wonder how much of these will be straight rips of those earlier Avalanche kits, or if they'll go the extra mile and create their own entirely original toolings.
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    Preorder for above model kit at GK-M: http://www.shop2000.com.tw/GK-M/product/p26662593 $80 shipped ($30 + $50 shipping) Preorder for same kit at Gundam Model Center: http://www.gundammodelcenter.com/gundam-central-dragon-momoko-avalanche-exia-mb $58 + shipping I don't know if those prices are final. This IS still the preorder phase. I have a feeling the $80 will be closer to the final price.
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    1x 1/72 YF-29 resin kit 1x non-scale Eva-01 resin kit 1x 1/100 Gundam Stargazer resin conversion kit I'd bought these about two months ago and was waiting on the YF-29 to be recast, and they've finally arrived. Super stoked. Recast quality on the YF-29/Eva kits is superb, and the Stargazer is a first production run.
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    Just got this in the mail. It's not all Macross, but in the bottom right is a nice ol' 1/72 YF-29 resin kit (recast from a very limited-production conversion kit for the Bandai VF-25). The resin quality is quite stellar for being a recast. I wish I could remember who the original sculptor was; I know E2046 makes and sells recasts of the original kit, but I got mine from shop2000, which includes the necessary VF-25 parts as resin recasts as well, making their version a complete kit. http://www.shop2000.com.tw/GK-M/product/p17157810
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    What's the... "usual" timing of these things? Do they release Macross stuff as like its own sub-line of toys, or is it considered part of the larger DX Chogokin line? And is there a history or something of Bandai releasing the cannon fodder during movie releases?
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    Hey, not sure where to ask about this. Have any of you gotten the Banpresto SQ figures of M-Delta? I'm thinking of nabbing the Kaname/Mirage ones but not sure about their quality. Liking the sculpts, though. A bit more meat on those bones, a bit more realistic.
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    You guys might like this. https://www.destructoid.com/gundam-wings-november-release-detailed-g-gundam-releasing-in-2018-454643.phtml
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    Hasegawa VF-31

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Model kits

    Have they? I always thought it was just one of their marketing gimmicks.
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    Yeah, but the mechanic in her can't be pleased with the level of specialization that the custom models exhibit, to the point of major replacement parts scarcity. This on top of everything already being relatively scarce thanks to their being out in the boondocks... I hate to think how much of the Siegfrieds are held together by duct tape and sheer force of will. There's a B?
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    Hasegawa VF-31

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Model kits

    Yeah, and I've made a promise to myself to get the next Valkyries artbook, too, so preemptive +1? (But seriously, it does irritate me that we're not getting any merch of any of the Delta characters. Not even Walkure, the ones you would expect to be merchandised to hell and back again.)
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    u wanna fite
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    Just talking to myself since we were talking about the 31A here and the movie thread was talking about Makina there and the model kit section had this: (She's servicing the top left-hand VF.) It would be really interesting to see what Makina thinks of the Siegfrieds in comparison to the real thing. It'd be even more interesting if she liked the Kairos more than the Siegfried, with a super minor plot point being her trying to convince either Arad or Johnson to make the switch-over. Like, it makes way more practical sense to use the base model and just switch out the pod/leg ordinance/fold carbon. Maybe Walkure/Delta complain "but we wouldn't look like a W anymore" to which she could break the fourth wall and say "this show is LITERALLY called Macross Delta."
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    Hasegawa VF-31

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Model kits

    I'm so glad I'm getting two of these. Maybe I should even go for 3... Also there's literally no merchandise of Mirage either. A Figuarts, that's about it. No Figure-rise bust, no minimum factory kit... It's all the Freyja and Mikumo show. Boo! BOOOOOOO!!!
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    This makes me think: What is the strength of micromissiles through the Macross ages? Are they designed such that a single one has the strength to take out a same-era or perhaps slightly older VF, or are they designed ONLY to work as part of a barrage? I'd imagine the former is the case (and the miniaturization just allows for mass firing without regard to ammo conservation), but it would be interesting if the latter were the case, and why and how they would develop their tech around that strategy...
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    I bought this guy a couple months ago and it only just now showed up (lesson learned: never ship by boat again). In the meantime I'd forgotten what I wanted it for, so I snapped it together and quickly reminded myself of the many MANY reasons I despise the Bandai VF-25 kit. Not pictured: 1) the stupid over-engineering resulting in 2) everything misaligned with everything else and 3) the very precise position I had to put the legs in in order to get everything to finally line up (no thanks very much, instruction manual!). Kitbash with the Hasegawa kit? Fixed Battroid mode kit? What to do, what to do...
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    I actually wonder about this a lot of the time, too. The same tropes are ridiculously popular there, and it doesn't seem like "good storytelling" is anything even remotely approaching a priority for the Japanese. ...but then I have to take a step back and realize how limited my perspective on their pop culture is, and how it probably actually mirrors our own to a phenomenal degree. From what I've gleaned thanks to this show's meme-ness (Power Rangers kid here), the ratings sucked, so the producers abruptly canceled the show, giving either one season or one episode to wrap everything up. The writers, knowing that they had been given an impossible task, basically decided "frakk it" and did whatever they wanted.
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    I dunno if that's a typo or not, but I'm actually liable to agree. They're presented in the show more as really close/intimate friends even though they're ostensibly in a romantic relationship. That's not a bad idea, now I think about it... Maybe she and Makina can be backup members of Walkure, there to sing when needed. If Mirage found her way into Walkure too like I thought she would be, a reserve group wouldn't be a bad way to ease her into the role. Well, the group IS more or less just for singing. The paramilitary/covert ops missions they went on were silly and never felt fully-realized. Underdeveloped, indeed. But I was talking about their potential, not the realization of said potential. If these movies are a chance to retell the story, it's a chance to better realize what these characters could be.
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    Is your order still sitting in the Open Orders section? Likely they've been trying to get more stock to fulfill more orders, thus why they didn't contact you just yet. Once they were reasonably sure they wouldn't be able to fulfill the order, then they would let you know they have to cancel your order. It's what they did for me when a model kit I ordered was discontinued. It's a bit of a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation, I think. If they had let everyone know they were short on stock and were working on getting more, likely a lot of people would cancel their preorders and they would end up with more restock than they need to fulfill orders. At least this way they know exactly how many orders they need, though yeah it does result in some irritated customers. That said, kudos on it all working out in the end.
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    If they go this route, ie Freyja "wins" the triangle but their relationship is short-lived, I'd hate for them to then make Mirage the rebound. She has too much potential as a character to be relegated to that role, though I have a sinking feeling that that's exactly how it would play out. For "romance's" sake. I actually think she and Messer could work well, in a sort of sex-only relationship that is much more about pragmatism than romance. They both have physical urges but have distaste for the social practices that come with it. It would fit well with their existing character traits (and make for more soap opera material, of course). Then maybe as the series progresses they start to realize that maybe there's more between them than they care to admit, and Hayate only complicates things further. It would at least help to reframe Messer's dickishness toward Hayate: maybe he's jealous, or maybe he sees what Hayate's doing for Mirage and is trying, in his own way, to encourage it. And of course there's Kaname, who has less of a direct relationship to Mirage, but the Mirage/Messer ship could influence how he interacts with her and Arad, and that little triangle can get a bit more juice as well. The characters in this show really do have a lot of interesting threads. Mikumo's supreme confidence and singing power contrasted with her utter lack of understanding of anything that she does. Makina and Reina fighting to keep the two of them insulated from the drama surrounding them (and getting more substance than "be the lesbians, do the lesbian things everyone likes"). Chuck coping with his sister's death as well as being the single father figure to his four younger brothers.
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    I'm assuming this is the old 80s/90s kit, not like a P-Bandai version of their 2013 kit? I couldn't find any scans of the older Bandai instruction set, unfortunately. Hobby Search does have plenty of high-res scans of the Hasegawa manuals, though. Here's the color guide for the 1/48 Super VF-1J "Max/Miriya" kit (I don't know if the colors are different for the various TV/Movie versions of his rides): And you can find the conversion chart here: Hope that helps. It would have been nice of Bandai to include Max/Kakizaki markings on their 2013 kit along with a paint guide, but this is the best I can do. Good luck.
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