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The PF price.. is just hard to justify, not only just against Bandai’s, but against their own, normal version that’s been sitting below MSRP for some time now. Normal release circa 20k yen on secondary market, vs PF at more than double the price...
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It’ll be interesting what Arcadia will do for premium finish. It has to go beyond just more tampos, else it will look even more like Bandai’s with an even harder to justify price.. With this re-release, i think it’s also first time we see a valk license with similar scale being held concurrently by 2 companies? When Bandai’s YF-19 came out, I thought Arcadia has lost their license for that..
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
MKT replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
I've also been collecting select 3rd party TF movieverse figures around the same time as I do Macross, and more than once I've been blown away on the ingenuity of the transformations. Yes, many seem to feature endless folding parts & overengineered complexity that makes the DX Chogokins VF-171 & SV-262 seem very simple in comparison, but they do achieve their end objective of being rather show-accurate in both modes, despite how the transformation process itself were never figured out by the shows' mecha designers. The one gripe all these while, especially as a Macross collector, was that no one could design a kibble-free underside for the movieverse jets, which is understandably hard since it's another surface to deal with as compared to say, the vehicle-bots since no one really cares about vehicle undersides. However, the recent 3rd party Bumblebee-movie Blitzwing toys have changed that and gives us an F4 Phantom that is essentially kibble-less. I'm so looking forward to receiving that! -
Really excellent pics! The way the lighting sweeps over the cockpit somehow gives it a nice dynamism..
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Just pleased that nothing drags along under the fighter now, although it seems to be something that's nearly an oversight on Sentinel's part. In this re-imagined Legioss, the Zeta can only take off from billiard-table smooth tarmac..
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Regarding Amazon JP, I've also changed credit cards few months ago. Then, I updated this new card into my account details, & payments went smoothly for all new orders I made after that update. However, there was an older PO under my old card, and it appears the card details on that PO are not automatically updated, even if you updated card details at the account page. I only found this out after, when within couple of days after item release, I started seeing others' payments getting charged whilst no movement on mine. So I looked closer at the order detail again, saw it was still under the old defunct card, and manually selected the new card for it. And presto, the payment was charged an hour later.
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After some wiggling of the head & neck joints, the fin clears the ground both ways. Although, when the fin points forwards, the clearance is really only a hair’s width. How’s that for tolerance? Managed to achieve both with the front wheel in its proper rearward position, without rotating it upright. The front strut has a rather stiff locking position which lifts the front end just that bit more.
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Is the Zeta's headfin supposed to be angled forwards or backwards in fighter mode? I find that if angled forwards, the fin will touch the ground. The whole head appear as though it can tuck up higher, hence giving more clearance for the fin, but it doesn't. However, if the fin is swept backwards, then the fin is off the ground.
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Just opened my Zeta, and briefly handled with it in Fighter mode.. Besides the much tighter Houquet figure now compared to Stick, there have been a number of tweaks done for more pleasant handling experience: 1. The lower arms peg firmer to their shoulders & the legs. I remember for the Eta, I had to do quite some messaging around that area to make everything stay together firmly. So there's less of that creakiness when zooming it around now haha.. 2. Both wing flaps have lost their slop and are properly tight. Which means the dreaded problem of left wing flap popping out is gone. 3. The left vertical stabilizer now stays in the proper outward angle position, so both stabilizers angle consistently. In the Eta, that left stabilizer always wanted to pop back to the straight position with the slightest touch. However, this time, I could not swivel both stabilizers out from the arms from its default out-of-box configuration. They swiveled up 1/3 of the way & felt like something will break if I forced them further. I had to open up both arms (as if to bring to hands out) for the stabilizers to fully swing out. 4. The rear landing gears can now be pulled out much more easily, as compared to the Eta which were so tight. Still wish they be made of metal though, as the plastic landing gears still feel quite fragile. Overall, just from fighter mode impressions, hats-off to Sentinel for having done admirable job tweaking various little stuffs for better fit. Except the intake covers though; one of it still wants to fall off all the time..
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Consolidated Megazone 23 Toy/Model Thread for 2017-2018
MKT replied to RavenHawk's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
CF version is unexpected news, but its insta-buy! -
Received email from AE it’s now in stock.
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Best pose ever haha.. We need a Max & Milia VF-1J to make a paired skating action
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I’m actually hoping this will sell-out soon at P-Bandai webshop, so there almost certainly be a 2nd round of pre-orders.
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FromJapan came through for me. Thank goodness. Zenmarket failed. No high expectations, as they have not been very good with time-critical orders this whole Covid season. When Zenmarket failed, I ordered straight with Luna-Park. That was before I saw the Hobby-Genki link, & wished I have ordered with them instead. Hopefully Luna-Park delivers, fingers crossed come July next year.. Just a side-note, for NY to sell out so early, they must have changed their policy somewhat on taking as much orders as possible & hopefully try to fulfil it somehow. Not that it matters much, as they are already pretty much off everyone's list.
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What a bit of a curveball the fan racer makes haha.. As this item is going to be released only in July 2021, will mean it will be outside the Paypal protection window for all the upfront payments now, so really need to look doubly hard to PO at all the new alternative stores carrying it. No doubt, using Paypal backed by CC means there is that CC protection as a fall back, but I suspect not all CC are that painless to file back a claim. Really depends on your issuing bank..
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Just got notice from AE today about my TV Supers being in stock as well. So I suppose not all stocks arrive to them at same time, which is understandable depending on their methods to get around the P-Bandai order limit.
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Love the edit you did there @no3Ljm
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When blown up on the big PC screen, it's the best vicarious experience!
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1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
MKT replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
Another great pic! What figures are those? Never seen them before.. -
1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
MKT replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
Great pic @tekering! -
Minmay to be Tamashii Web Exclusive
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Here's hoping this DX YF-21 will not be stillborn like the Hi-Metal version they showed off years ago. What a shame it would be since this DX was shown already all painted up and look to be nearing release instead of just an early prototype grey mold..
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Tenso can be pretty pricey, when all the fees are added up. Other proxies, for eg FromJapan or Zenmerket are ultimately a fair bit less in fees as compared to Tenso. Difference is, with Tenso, you do the buying yourself and have it forwarded to your Tenso address. For the other proxies, you give them the link to the item you want & they do the buying for you, but this whole process has a typical elapsed time of a few hours. So, Tenso would be good for items with time sensitivity (PO nights!), whilst other proxies work just fine if you know item is still going to be up for some time.
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Another great post! I love how you are tackling the peripheral aircrafts in Macross..
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Consolidated Megazone 23 Toy/Model Thread for 2017-2018
MKT replied to RavenHawk's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Looks like the Fewture Garlands are turning out to be a bit of a dud.. Prices just keep falling. New ones can be picked up at Mandarake for only 20k yen. Double or triple helpings anyone? https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1148741359&ref=dos&keyword=art storm garland&lang=en No doubt, the hefty shipping costs for it during these times likely contribute to its further price drop..
