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Amazon still has Bluefin stock available for pre-order at $250, normal retail.

We'd already seen Cherno Alpha being a slow, plodding brick while Gipsy Danger and Crimson Typhoon were faster and more agile, and Striker Eureka was improved still over them. Why wouldn't new, mk 6 Jaegers be faster and more agile, particularly in what seems to be a time where they can truly focus on refining designs rather than just throwing out whatever the hell they can make as soon as possible?

The Metal Build Arbalest got pushed back by a month to April, on another MB FMP related note.

The Kurogane Finish Big O is gorgeous. I love mine, but I haven't taken any pictures of it.

1 hour ago, hachi said:

Do these still need to be painted? Any estimates on how big in inches are the finished product?

With Bandai stuff you're going to get mostly to full color matching and snap-fit construction. At worst you'll get stickers for details and maybe the knives won't have color separation from the hilt, but they've gotten better about that sort of thing too. No way of knowing for sure until they come out and someone shows the sprues, but that's what you can expect based on their other lines of models.

I've got my SoC Gipsy Danger pre-ordered through Amazon, which pushed back its expected delivery from late Feb/Early March to late March/early April. Like April 2nd is the specific, projected delivery date. I'd expect BBTS is getting Bluefin stock same as Amazon is.

18 minutes ago, amptor said:

I just transformed it from robot mode into jet fighter plane mode.  Awesome toy, was not hard at all just took a little bit of time.  I really like this, this is the first HMR I have taken out of the package.

Once you've done it once or twice the transformation is solid and easy. Main trick is knowing to get the leg swing bar down before trying to transform the arms for fighter mode, and knowing how to finangle the joints of that arm mechanism to do that easily.

22 minutes ago, kajnrig said:

Thanks for the tip.

Has there been instances of preorders reopening (not due to customer cancellation)? Like Bandai/Yamcadia/etc. decide to up production numbers or something.

It happens, but with no set rhyme or reason to it. With the loss of FigInStock it'll be even harder to know exactly when it does, too.

Lasted exactly 10 minutes. Longer than I expected it to admittedly.

Got my order in first, THEN posted the link. Just to be sure. Surprisingly enough still up at HLJ at the 8 minute mark.

HLJ link is up: https://hlj.com/product/BANN17778/Act

In ~5 minutes.

Got my VE-1 in. It is wonderfully doofy in the best ugly duckling way. All these little antennas and fins and thing-of-a-ma-bobs hanging off of it give it character, if weird character. The closest thing to a complaint I have with it is the lack of a lock for the backpack beyond the hinges at the base of it and the sort-of locking of the arms since they don't sit in normal super pack position. The fighter mode stand arm works just fine though I'm happy to say. Cups around both arm's attachments and pegs solidly into them to hold on.

Same, just got my payment request taken care of, then sent my shipping request along with the Sheryl Nome Figuarts.

There was a tweet or two teasing a re-release, or possibly whole new version, of the Laevatein Metal Build coming out.

It's labeled as "ver IV" like those models, so it might be at least partially remolded or something?

11 minutes ago, Stampeed Valkyrie said:

 

In the very short amount of time I have been collecting the Hi-Metal R line.. the VF-2SS with SAP armor is my favorite one... so much so I just bought another!  I predict the price will start rising on these unless Bandai brings out others.

 

 

They were already showing off Nexx's unit (the blue striped one) at the last show they did, so presumably they intend to bring out more of them.

I wonder just how they're going to handle the fighter mode stand adapter for it. They'd have to make a new one due to the VE-1's ELINT pieces on the arms, surely? Not that the lack of good connection has stopped them from just using the super parts adapter even with units that don't have those parts for a good connection.

So is the RD ANIME Zaku II FZ. https://hlj.com/product/BANN22575/Gun

2 hours ago, Mommar said:

Waiting on them VE-1's...

They're coming the 27th of this month.

Incidentally, while going through Bandai Preorder Day Madness I noticed the Hikaru's VF-1A is still available for pre-order. https://hlj.com/product/BANN22566/Act

I already have the original and its expansion set. But how am I to resist getting another one ten years later?

The Glaug also comes with that type of stand and two of the Stage Act 4 style arms. Missile set includes that stand and 4 of that type of arm due to the 4 separate pieces they need to support for a full deployment of a specific missile type. Was glad when someone here commented on or showed using one of those stands, since I haven't found a use for the stand itself at that point and it spared me needing to get a Trident Plus.

Bandai's definitely taken notice of the knock-off MBs. The GN Sword II Blaster is coming with a hologram to prove authenticity.

The SoC Big O (Kurogane/Iron Finish ver) now has a release date, January 26th.

The MB GN Sword II Blaster now has a release date, January 26th. Also apparently comes with an anti-bootleg hologram so I guess Bandai's noticed and started to get a bit sick of the MB knock-offs.

RD ANIME Zaku II FZ and MRD Lancelot Albion from Code Geass go up for pre-order on the 9th.