joelwuj
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I was at the Third Live when they showed off these liveries in the opening CG movie and I thought it was pretty awesome. Nice enough I want one of my fav Walkure member but yeah not enough for a full set.
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They had to make it a full set purchase.. Hoping I can find a group to split the set upfront at PO stage than take my chances with the aftermarket when it releases.
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Yup, same here - charged by HLJ. Anyone else with HLJ orders, might be worth having it shipped today as they’re running a 5% discount on shipping. Ends 28 Nov 11am JST.
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Thanks for the heads up, managed to get one set for my TV Roy. At least with BIJ there’s more certainty of it arriving. Scrolling through the thread I see I’m not the only one still waiting for the movie packs from NY.
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Managed to get one in at HLJ. They came through for me with Hikaru's 1S (the irony of having to join the PO rush while in Japan for the Crossover Live), so happy I got Roy's too. Hope those who missed out can get one around release date.
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Good looking out! Can't cancel my Okini order so I'm around 3000 yen poorer.. Oh well, this is the nature of our hobby -
Wanted to PO the Blue Frame - I held off the P-Bandai JP site and waited for the SG site (my first time trying to PO there since I usually buy Macross, and they don't carry the franchise), seems like servers crashing and the item selling out is pretty common. By the time FJ got back to me, the JP site was then sold out. In the end went with an Okini Land PO, hope they don't bail on me like Mykombini did on the Kairos..
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I know NY is the devil right now but did Mykombini actually fulfill any of their preorders? Everyone I spoke to who ordered from there got their order cancelled. At least we got our refunds back fast.
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Queried them further and this was their reply. I’m kinda more annoyed that the DX held up the other part of my March preorders for a good month haha. For the eventual armoured parts and 31F Drakens I’m just going to use a proxy shopping service I guess.
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Mykombini has refunded my order today saying that Bandai has reduced the quantity without notice to any retailers. Honestly find that hard to believe considering how TWE preorders work. Unless they’re trying to cut down on third-party sellers? The way this release was handled has been absurd, and I thought the DX preorder madness was over with the Delta valks but guess I’m wrong. Might use my usual proxy shipping service rather than third-party sellers for TWE orders next time.
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Was thinking of using N-Y for the Messer VF-1 preorder instead of HLJ, but the shipping is more than double for the same eco SAL method. I know N-Y's shipping was always on the higher side but this is a first - even the shipping for my preorders in June and July with them was fairly reasonable. Also, I too wish I had double dipped with the HM-R effects set. Held off because I was apprehensive about how it would scale with the DXs, now I regret it.
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Pleasantly surprised the HMR effect parts doesn't scale too badly with the DX, now I wish I grabbed more than one set! Still, it's not like the Siegfried ever fired any missiles in the actual show *grumble grumble*
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In the promo pics for Messer's valk, the eyes on the head is shown as black in fighter mode when it should have been blue. In the case of the VF-31C, it might be a similar mistake (editing maybe?), just on a much larger scale.
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So it looks like each member comes with their own "W" handsign, and also has a unique stand. On a side note, does Mikumo's skin tone look a bit lighter compared to Freyja's? I assume it's intentional but it seems rather pale. Also, the side triangles on their skirt has a motif instead of being a single colour, in line with some promo art rather than the actual anime. Much nicer looking in my opinion!
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Pics from @macrosstweet at Twitter. I'm surprised that Mikumo's coming out first (albeit just a month earlier), I thought Freyja having the Figuarts Zero would be less work production-wise. I think sales will determine whether Kaname is a web-exclusive or not, and I also feel that Makina and Reina will most probably be released in a set. I'll probably collect them all anyways so I just hope Bandai will actually release whole group.
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Freyja looks good but Mikumo looks a bit off. They're still prototypes though so hopefully Bandai has time for improvements.
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It was Gwyn from the Speakerpodcast crew haha. Shoutout to him for the info! He didn't specify whether they were coloured or not, and in his own words he said the Walkure were in their regular costumes so I'm assuming it's the ones in your pic (same as the nendos). They are S.H.Figuarts, fully poseable. On a side note, apparently there was a Figuarts Zero of Bogue in his flight suit on display too. Cannot confirm this at the moment though!
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GSC blog post regarding Nendoroid Mikumo and Freyja: http://mikatan.goodsmile.info/en/2016/10/31/nendoroid-co-de-mikumo-guynemer-freyja-wion/ Being part of the Nendoroid Co-de series means they're not poseable. On a separate note, the Walkure Figuarts (all five of them) were on display during Tamashii Nations 2016, but were amongst the no-photos-allowed displays. According to a MW member who went, they were in their default idol costumes. Hoping to see actual pictures of them soon!
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From the Tamashii Nations site, (and if google translate is correct), there will be prototypes of the Walkure Figuarts shown in the Macross booth during TN2016. Something to look ahead to! Quite surprised at the speed of these getting out, considering they were only announced a month ago.
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It says S.H.Figuarts, so should be articulated. Figuarts Zero doesn't use the SHF branding as far as I know. Been wishing for more articulated figures from Macross/Bandai, but they still haven't released Sheryl and Ranka who were shown quite some time ago. Lets hope they do the whole group this time!
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The japanese text in the banner translates to scale figure though, but yes Nendoroids (Co-de in Mikumo and Freyja's case) are usually done by GSC. I do find it odd that the Mikumo preview pic I posted was not found at the WHL4U website. Either way I'm hoping for some Delta scales, or even better - poseable figures!
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I'm assuming it's a scale because if it was intended to represent the Plamax kit, it should have the Plamax banner and the Max Factory logo (like the 1/20 Sheryl) instead of GSC. Also, the tweet from GSC seems to indicate that it's a scale figure as well. Hopefully we'll have more details soon.
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Mikumo scale also announced as well https://twitter.com/gsc_kahotan/status/757008672220295169
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In the latest issue of HobbyJapan, the VF-31A has a different name attached - it's Kairos instead of Siegfried.
