hachi

On 2/21/2019 at 1:21 PM, hachi said:

I am officially worried for my Space Leo. It's been in PHLPost purgatory hell for almost a week. It's not even the Christmas season why can they be so slow...

The postman finally decided to get out and work today, and delivered my Space Leo! I was in such a frustrated mood last week, but this week has seen my mood become much better!

And I was already set to go to the post office, complete with a printed invoice of my order haha.

On 2/23/2019 at 6:47 PM, electric indigo said:

I loved the FZ's "walking tank" design from the beginning.

I know I said my wallet sighed in relief at the MG Alex, but every time I see this picture I get the increasing urge to 'collect them all'. LOL

I'll just have to re-evaluate my finances when they come out. For now I'm not inclined to get them.

17 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Attached are some shots of the book's contents... it has an abnormally large number of full-page images, but they're pretty well done.

* snipped*

(Since it's not immediately clear what this diagram is... that is the M9's Ross & Humbleton APR2500a palladium thermionic reactor.

I rather liked this diagram, which shows the movement of the mechanical articulations inside the M9's knee joint.

The US Army M9 Gernsback mass production type eliminated the two 12.7mm chainguns in the head in favor of replacing the XM18 wire gun in the right arm with a single 12.7mm rotary cannon.

 

Thanks for posting these, Seto. I like those diagrams, but does not move me enough to purchase. The logic to set this in-universe does not make sense to me. Maybe the makers were just scratching an itch to do these 'real' versions? At least I don't have to worry about missing out on this book.

13 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

My copy just rolled in this morning, practically still warm from the printing press.

 

It's not quite what I had expected.

Indeed, in the most erect of dick moves the MITHRIL M9 Gernsback isn't even on the actual cover... just the obi.  It feels a bit like false advertising since that's the M9 that everyone's most familiar with from the light novel, anime, manga, etc.

Virtually all of Master File Arm Slave: M9 Gernsback is about the mass production Geotron M9 Gernsback used by the US Army.  Most of the coverage is of the initial production type M9 Gernsback (front left) that appeared only briefly in the ninth volume of the Full Metal Panic! light novel in the hands of Delta Force.  The M9A2 Gernsback Enhanced (facing right) and M9A2SOP Gernsback Sigma Elite (top center) from Full Metal Panic! Another figure less prominently, but still get a decent amount of attention.  All mention of MITHRIL and the M9s it used are crammed into the last ten pages, which is mostly "amateur photos" of them in the field.

Not a bad book by any means, but I feel like more attention should've been given to the MITHRIL XM9D Falke, XM9E Gernsback, and ARX-7 Arbalest. 

 

EDIT: Will post some photos of the contents later today.

Annnd I just lost interest in the book lol

On 2/20/2019 at 11:12 PM, no3Ljm said:

An upcoming Master File book to add to your Gernsback collection.

https://www.taghobby.com/archives/336634

 

I'm tempted just to see the line art (it will have it right?), but I have no budget for this. I'll put this in the list of 'maybe' future purchases and forget for now.

20 hours ago, Thriceborn said:

BBTS have synthetic humans on deck.  Not the test type but not much difference.

I already have the synthetic human with the light green color scheme. That's why I'm drooling over the test type. :)

Just saw this. As a non-manga reader blissfully unaware of whatever was butchered, I thought this was good. Not great, but definitely worth the ticket I paid for it.

23 hours ago, enphily said:

@hachi, it was limited sale at https://toys-to-art.com i bought 2 copies for 8000 yen each using fromjapan.co.jp

Thanks @enphily! That site looks like a weird collection toys, but the really appealing ones are expensive-for example that Snake Eyes has a DX Chogokin-level price @_@

I guess I'll have to be content with drooling over that synthetic human for now...

2 hours ago, Bolt said:

Interesting. What is this?

 

This one? https://hlj.com/1-20-scale-plamax-mf-27-minimum-factory-hikaru-ichijyo-max01071

On 2/17/2019 at 5:51 AM, enphily said:

 

Synthetic Human Test body and Cm's Max finally arrived

 

 

Hey @enphily

Where did you buy that synthetic human test body? And for how much?

5 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

I use an Olfa hobby knife and Tamiya nippers.

Make sure to buy spare blades for your hobby knife, if the blade gets dull you are far more likely to cut yourself, so switch out blades if they dull. Also the sharper the knife, the better a cut will seal back up. Pro-tip: superglue works great as an instant bandage.

I second the Olfa hobby knife. I use 2 nippers, a bigger diagonal side cutter for thick runners, then a hobby nipper for smaller ones or clean up. Olfa knife I use for when the hobby nipper can't cut anymore.

On 2/21/2019 at 1:27 PM, no3Ljm said:

Sorry to hear that, sir. Since it's PHLpost, one word pops in my head. They need 'lagay'. 

 

I am hoping that is not the case. The item is well under 10k pesos they don't really have a reason to ask for it.

On 2/21/2019 at 1:38 PM, chyll2 said:

what method of shipping did you pick? Can I know the first two letter of tracking if it is SAL? If you are in metro and you picked EMS, chances are your item is in Pasay already.

The shipping method was EMS. This is not the first time my stuff has been delayed but the reason lately has been insufficient documentation blah3x. Why I am doubly worried is because it is a P-Bandai item and I really, really do not want to cough up the $$$ to buy another one. What if the postman was a Gundam Wing fan???  ^_^; (Unless I suddenly become a millionaire then I'll buy the damn thing 10x lol)

On 2/19/2019 at 11:01 PM, VF25-F said:

The next destination for her 'KICK IT UP!!' concert is none other than Taiwan!

 The first part (in Mandarin) 

 

I'd love to go to Taiwan but can't get friends to go. Maybe next year...

I am officially worried for my Space Leo. It's been in PHLPost purgatory hell for almost a week. It's not even the Christmas season why can they be so slow...

Looks like reviews here are better than expected. I've gotten my pay now so maybe if it's still in the cinemas this weekend I'll watch it.

Is it yellow orange or is it just the lighting?

21 hours ago, seti88 said:

RG X1 and MG NT-1 v 2

My wallet sighs in relief it's not an RG NT-1

My Space Leo is on the way! :D

My first ever P-Bandai kits have arrived!

But here's better news!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dy7pa-lU8AEwaQW.jpg

18 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

Is it bad that the primary thing I focused on with the poster is that she's been shown flying F-15s the entire time, but the poster has a flight of F-5s, and they show all F-16s on the ground?  

Bad for you As for me I can't tell which is which so I guess ignorance is bliss

12 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

Go go go!  

Three is a good number for Valkyries. One for each mode. Or one to display, one to play, and one just in case. 

 

Ahahaha the enablers *here* respond so quickly!

Well, HLJ has lost several orders from me because I couldn't get to the payment page as that progress circle thingy just keeps on spinning. I've had more success recently though when I turn off my adblocker so maybe that was one reason. That said they should fix that site of theirs because they'll lose orders that could have made them more money.

As for the VF31E, it looks better than I imagined. Unfortunately I don't have the budget and the space for it. I will be content with my one and only VF31C. But if they make Delta HMRs I will be very worried for my wallet

3 hours ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

AmazonJP dropped the price on the VF-1D pre-order again.

Now down to 5,706 yen.

What?? Nice. Maybe I should have ordered 3 instead of just 2

I hope the post office delivers my Leos this week...