Jump to content

MKT

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    3254

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by MKT

  1. MKT
    Oooh nice.. but still no price revealed yet. I hope they don't pull a LD Voltron.
  2. MKT

    Arcadia VF-5000G

    MKT replied to daBlah!'s topic in Toys

    I'm guessing Arcadia just wants to see how the reissue VF-1 does next month (assuming no further delays) in terms of quality from their current factory, before committing to new mold orders and production. If the current factory is not up to mark, I'm assuming there will be more re-issues announced & produced first until they are satisfied with the factory quality, with further delays if they have to source yet another new factory. Even if the upcoming VF-1 has no issues, I won't be surprised if they might exercise more prudence by announcing one more reissue of something. Slow and steady appear to be guiding principle, and I rather wait than seeing them go under due to blowback from any quality issues.
  3. MKT
    I'm suddenly reminded of Han Solo being carbon freezed, seeing how these Turtles are posed in their packaging lol.
  4. MKT
    I do agree, the gap between 3D viewing at the theatre and at home is just too big. When the first Avatar came out years ago, so many people were raving about it and the 3D, and I thought the movie was pretty meh when I caught up to it at home. Then the second movie came along, I had the opportunity to see it in 3D IMAX and was blown away by the experience.
  5. MKT
    A peek at the schematic drawing with the display. Hopefully clearer pics of it become available soon. Seeing the proportions of the legs, it looks like Bandai used their own YF-19 as the base. Not surprising, seeing how the Fighter intake sculpt also looks very similar as what I remember to their DX YF-19, plus the lack of knee gap in that mode. I wonder, if they will also have the folding shin panels as well..?
  6. MKT
    Displayed at TN2024. Looks pretty much the same shade to me.
  7. MKT
    Thanks. Arcadia did a fantastic job with the Garlands, and I just wish more figures of the central characters are available.
  8. MKT
    I finally got this this in my hands, this Eve Tokimatsuri from AIC Heroine Collection: This item has been a personal grail to me for a long time, even though the figure itself is objectively nothing really spectacular and being more of a trading-type figure quality. Back a few years ago when I looked up what ready-made figures of Eve were available, it seemed to be only this Eve of M23 Part 2 and a much larger Part 3 version of her. Such a paucity, and I really wanted a Part 1 version of her to go with the Yui & Shogo figures that came with the Yamato Garland toys. Still, I thought I could fudge this P2 version of her with the P1 of others. In short, I had several windows open permanently for years on my PC waiting for it to come into stock. Very early on I thought I scored one from YAJ, but some glitch in the bidding proxy I was using made me thought I had won it, but didn't. Another year I saw it come into stock elsewhere but got cart-jacked. Other places had it for astronomical scalper prices, sat for some time, but eventually still moved at those insane pricing. Finally I snagged one, and pretty stoked when I got the shipping package. A bit disappointed that there was no toy box, but the upside is it came still sealed in its inner packaging even though it was advertised as used. Opening it, I was pretty pleased there wasn't any of the expected PVC weep & gumminess that characterized so many trading figures from that mid-2000s era, especially the softer material used for her phlegm dress. She came in at a larger sized than expected though. There's so little info I can find online about this figure; minus the base, she's at about 4.5" height, half inch more than I thought. So she's clearly larger than Yui & Shogo from Yamato's Garland. Still, in my head canon I can easily rationalize the size differences of her being a hologram, so strictly speaking doesn't have to be in the same scale. I guess this particular years' long journey is now over, and as many of us know all too well, the adrenaline high will pass much too soon. Thus, onwards to the next hunt...
  9. MKT

    DX VF-27 Revival

    MKT replied to borgified's topic in Toys

    Some pics from TN2024:
  10. MKT
    Well ok, this thing is still alive.
  11. MKT
    I remember I had some trouble with the hands too in Fighter. All I did was lift the whole arm out to inspect the shoulders, rotate it slightly to test articulation and tucking them back in. It is really one of those annoying things needing a lot of eyeball estimation to align the arms and hands for the panels around it to close properly.
  12. MKT
    Pretty diverse collection there @Tking22.
  13. MKT
    "How do you like my snot-inspired dress?"
  14. MKT
    I have lots of soft spot for these. It has its flaws, but they are cool. It's also a timely reminder for myself not to judge modern toys so critically, if we can feel the heart and effort put into them.
  15. MKT
    I actually don't mind the metallic paint, much in the same way as what they did for Dana. It's a bit of nice creative flair, something like how folks customize model kits - for eg, I'm seeing a lot of the HG Fire Valk being done up in glossy, metallic deep reds and they look great. But I do get why some want it to as close to the show as possible.
  16. MKT
    I guess lip-syncing is sort of half accepted now depending on circumstances, but I think having a different person behind the vocals is an entirely different thing. Incidentally, I was watching some videos how advanced lip-sync technology has become, that now in many live concerts it very difficult to spot it. I suppose one's voice changes over time due to age, so to always be suspicious when there are comments on how 'amazing (insert singer's name) sound almost exactly the same as back in the days'..
  17. MKT
    It will suck in some ways if the white turns out to be the same as previous. I imagine many buyers would have gone in expecting it to be a different shade exactly as per pics.
  18. MKT
    No lip sync, no fake voice this time lol.
  19. MKT
    Agreed with everything said here. Given how the situation is already playing out with KC on the rest of current POs, it just comes down to the FOMO aspect that makes someone like me give some thought to the Kickstarter. And if we think about it, the whole campaign really plays to FOMO - if it's just one or two figures, it's easier to pass, but a whole lot of yummy ones?? Where do I sign up? But committing large sums of $$ purely due to FOMO is never wise, unless we can upfront fully accept the risks with it. To me if we are already worrying over the amounts we have tied up with KC POs, is it worth to sweat over this much bigger amount for years to come?
  20. MKT

    Hi-Metal R

    MKT replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Doesn't matter if one gets the VF-2SS first or the 19 Kai. Because whichever you get first, the other will come next. Engineering wise they are pretty different. The 19 Kai in Fighter lock very solidly all around, but a lot of the VF-2SS is just held together by joint strength in Fighter. It's not really a big issue for a naked walk since the toy is small enough / not heavy to overcome the joints, but once you put on the packs, then handling in Fighter is like a grenade and it is very, very easy to nudge stuff out of position. I'd still edge towards to the VF-2SS primarily for its design uniqueness. But don't wait too long to get the 19 Kai, since it's still below retail now. The HMR 0D which was also below retail for some time has now finally turned the corner & price has started increasing.
  21. MKT

    DX VF-27 Revival

    MKT replied to borgified's topic in Toys

    Nothing seem pokier than the 31AX lol. Love that design, but quite hard to swoosh around.
  22. MKT
    I love that new Ishtar art. At the same time, Mikimoto's art have sort of changed recently. The colors seem.. less layered? As if lost some of its watercolor quality.
  23. MKT
    KC has launched the Kickstarter campaign. Unexpectedly, the Gluu-ger & various other Zentraedi figures are part of this. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kitzconcept/kitzconcept-the-series-of-macross
  24. MKT
    I agree, it makes for a nice display in Battroid due to the dynamic posing possibilities and paint. The wonky panel lining design on the wings are also not so visible in this mode. The weight really does feel nice whenever handling it, though technically Yamcadia has shown it has no bearing on how good a toy can be. I'm impressed that ThreeZero has managed the weight well by having stuff lock well with good tolerances on all the stress joints handling said weight. Parts that don't bear much stress, such as the backpack and canopy shield can be finicky to handle, but mostly do go into position without issues. Put another way, the final mode in each form is pretty good, just that the process of getting there is rather more involved than needs to be. I guess disassembling the shoulder is not so hard after all, but I'm reluctant to permanently mod anything during the warranty period. We never know if another issue pops up down the road, that requires unit to be sent back to ThreeZero, and they can certainly point to the modded shoulders and invalidate the whole warranty if they want to.
  25. MKT

    Hi-Metal R

    MKT replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I didn't count, but it feels like this year has one of the most Macross releases in a long time for HMR + DX combined. Just that perhaps a few of them is a bit of a snooze..
×
×
  • Create New...