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    Oh frakk yes, I love that scheme, and it's a Ba to boot! Definitely gonna get in on this. (EDIT: By the by, that's a May 31 release date.) Re: the 1/48 VF-1 beneath it, was that out of production or something? I thought they always kept the VF-1 kits on a pretty consistent production rotation because of its popularity? In case anyone else is interested, a quick translation of that area: - YF-19 "Macross Plus" (Egg Plane); Non-Scale; June 7 release/June 10 retail; 1300 JPY - VF-1S/A Valkyrie "Skull Squadron"; 1/48; July 12 release/July 15 retail; 3800 JPY - VF-1 Valkyrie Photo-etched parts; 1/48; June-July; 2000 JPY - YF-19 Photo-etched parts; 1/48; June-July; 2000 JPY EDIT: Has the VF-31F not been released yet? Which variants have now? I think... only the J, C, and A variants have been released? I don't think the VF-31 Super packs have been released?
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    Everybody's a critic...
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    A little bit like the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool that's really the runway for Air Force One?
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    Do SE license their characters to be made by other companies? I know there's a Figuarts Sora from Kingdom Hearts, but I'd imagine most if not all of their stuff they make in-house through their own figure lines.
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    As opposed to Play being...? Also, up on HLJ now too: https://hlj.com/product/enx33635
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    Bring Arts Fei Fong Wong up for preorder @ amiami: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-038455
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    Bring Arts Fei Fong Wong up for preorder @ amiami: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-038455 As an aside, what's the difference between the Play Arts and Bring Arts lines?
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    I've always loved the intricate clothing and textiles adorning these characters, and THAT WELTALL.
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    Any word on a release date?
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    Snap-fit kits are always such a pain when you want to build them "traditionally." All the solid connections actually make for way more work, at least for me. I have to cut down all the pegs and holes so that they're little more than guide rails and the actual holding together comes from the glue/cement.
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    Then stop. No more jokes. Fun and games don't include panic attacks. You've called this an addiction, a bad habit, you're taking away from your food budget, and you just had a panic attack. This is not fun. You are probably experiencing and/or have experienced and/or will experience overwhelming anxiety over how to scramble your finances together to deal with how much you've just spent. You need to stop, and everyone here cannot be light and jokey about this. I said it before: we here are not your friends and we do not have your best interests at heart. Get away from the forums for a while if you have to; the people here are generally enjoyable to be around, but I think it's fair to say we as a forum tend to celebrate excess a bit... excessively. Please, PLEASE, don't get suckered in by that.
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    Mine's waiting at HLJ for other items to join it. So I "have" it, but won't have it for another month or two.
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    They struck deals with HG.
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    I was just thinking "there MUST BE a video game or anime by that name..." Anyway, saw it again tonight, and while my criticisms still stand, I also still ultimately had lots of fun with it. There's one shot near the beginning of the movie though that really irritated me both times I've seen it. When Jake first comes to the Shatterdome and is I think going into his room or something... it's a shot from inside the room facing the door and he opens it and enters... there's a window behind his left shoulder just off from the center of the screen, and there's a big ol' bloom of light coming from it that I keep wanting to shoo out of the shot because it's so god damn distracting. It's right next to the focus of the shot, clearly the intent is for people's eyes to follow Jake as he's the only thing moving in the shot, but it's just RIGHT THERE, like a little shoulder devil casually stripping while we're all having a casual conversation and no one seems to notice it but me. I don't know why it bothers me that much, but it does... Also they really REALLY dialed up the orange-blue contrast, that was also super annoying. Like John Boyega looks fine in the daytime shots, fellas, no need to supercharge him so he looks like a ripe tangerine...
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    I was just gonna say, Greek letters and phonetic alphabet (apparently that's what it's called, the alpha bravo charlie etc.) are the way to go. Stardust Vagabond Baleful Mercury Rosso Roulette This Is Fun
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    IIRC, the only rights Tatsunoko has is the international distribution rights to the original SDFM. The reason no one is going ahead with releasing the sequels is because of the Tatsu/HG deal/fiasco. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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    This thread started flying over my head long ago, but I can still gawk and ooh and aah at the end result. This is too good. How well is the arm doing holding up the Valk? The VF by itself is pretty light, but it has all the added electronics and is being held way out on the end of the arm. You worried at all about things holding together, or is the arm and base pretty sufficiently reinforced?
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Release date from Bandai was the 15th. Resellers listed their own "release dates," ie when they anticipated getting their stock in (3-23 for Mykombini, 3-24 for NY, etc.)
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    BANDAI DX YF-19!!

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    According to the ever trustful Wikipedia, the OVA debuted in August '94, whereas the movie (ie the better one fight me) came out almost an exact year later. I'll take either, of course. 2020 is a nice rounded number.
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    The Kotobukiya 1/60 Laevatein is roughly 14-15cm tall (about the size of a small MG), so I'd imagine these will be, too. "Real" thing = 8-10m (26-33 ft) 1/48 kits = 16-21cm (6.3-8.3 in) 1/60 kits = 13-17cm (5-6.7 in)
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    But wasn't the show supposed to debut this year? Title and trailer reveal in the fall would suggest it's an early 2019 anime at the earliest...
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    If I had ordered from NY I would have gladly taken you up on that offer, somewhere around five pages ago. But alas, my non-precognizant self going to Mykombini instead... Anyway, I think I'm out of this discussion now. Best of luck to the rest of you, whether it's in getting the item, a refund, store credit, a gold bar... But someone PM me please if suddenly there's a new production run announced. And remember, this one was Alpha 03, and Arad's -31A is Alpha 01, meaning there's at least one other Alpha to hope for...
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    They definitely hit on a sure thing back in 2009. Me, I'll still always prefer my DMCs and Bayos and Metal Gear Risings... okay, basically I'll just prefer my Platinum Games... but Arkham combat most definitely has aged very well.
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    I think it might be, at least partly, that the CGI is animated at a significantly higher framerate (60? 30?) than the characters and other "traditionally-drawn" parts of the show. It looks more like a cel-shaded video game, juxtaposing against the anime parts that typically animate at between 6-12 frames per second. I dunno... There are other aspects to it that I just don't like, like how everything has very heavy, cartoony lining... except headlights, jet exhaust, other things that produce light. The overabundance of bright blue (especially for said light-producing objects) has plagued UC Gundam from the moment they decided to go with this style of animation. It's all very shiny and technically impressive, but it never quite gels together the way a good production should. I'm watching some of IBO, and it occurs to me that the animation there is more bearable despite being lower quality. There's less discrepancy between the CGI mecha and the anime characters. (But also I just don't like a lot of the UC stuff anyway, so... yeah...)
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    So I think we can all agree now that it wasn't the shops that were intentionally holding back stock for whatever reason, but Bandai. The same thing happening to all of the major resellers (and only the one item, remember, everything else from Bandai has been smooth sailing) and even to those in local territories... The conspiracy theory that NY are artificially creating demand in order to drive up scalping prices later down the road is kind of dead in the water, yes? Yes? These things are appreciating on the level of bitcoins. By this time next year, you'll be able to sell this for the price of a car and still have people tripping over themselves to give you money.
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