Slave IV
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Hmmmm...I missed Hikaru 1S HMR version and kinda regret it. I'd rather have M&M 1J's but I'll probably have to bite on this one too. Who am I kidding, missing out once back when Yamato was doing thier thing is bad enough, I'm not missing out on anything again. Screw bank accounts!
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Slave IV replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Yep, the appeal is that they are die-cast, look good and are slightly larger than Black Series or SHF but still scale well with all of them in the same display. They have enough articulation to pose in about as many positions as the droids or bulky characters were seen in. I don't recommend them for anyone wanting extremely dynamically posable figures. That's what SHF is for. -
I ordered 3 Spartans form NY...but that doesn't "ensure" anything. But I'm hoping everything shown and more gets made.
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Yeah, no point in scaled Zentradi and Destroids with no Valks. Just give in now...
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Slave IV replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Disney store exclusive die-cast figures. Looks like they are on sale right now for a great price too! -
I resisted the HMR line for as long as I could but broke with the Regult and had to have a valk so got a VF-1S Roy...Now I have everything since on hand or ordered and my regret is missing out on the Armored 1J and Hikaru 1S. It's not going to replace my 1/60 and bigger figures but no other line is as complete in terms of valks and opposing/supporting mechs.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Slave IV replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Haha, I was never a big fan of Voltron either...Mainly because I grew up watching Mazinger and other giant robot stuff that I liked a lot more. I love Lion robots but just the ones that end up with the beast face on the chest of the combined bot (Daltanious, GGG...). But I do love seeing all the pics of Voltron so keep them coming so I can enjoy seeing what you guys have and save that money for bots I really love. As for SHF K2-S0, looks great but isn't he a little short to be a security droid? I have one ordered too and I also have a Black Series and Elite version. A lot of people are saying the Black Series is better than the SHF in this rare case. I'm thinking I'll just open my Elite version since I think those are best for droids anyway (nothing like having a metal droid figure) and it will tower like it should over most other figs. -
Haha, I'm sure! Just a render would be cool to see someday
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Cool! Would love to see what you come up with.
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I can't get past the arms over the wings on the YF-19 gerwalk mode. Maybe I'll like it better in hand once I transform mine and see it more up close...
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Thanks for the details. Again, it's what I figured and I have similar experiences. I think these companies are all reasonable and want to keep our business so as long as you are reasonable and polite with them, they will probably work with you. I ordered one from amiami and also from NY but I'll just keep my order with amiami too. Can't have too many HMRs, right sh9000?
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I think you missed a "0" I opened my YF-19 for a quick inspection and did notice some of the loosness I've been hearing about. No transformation yet but it is a fine looking Valk. Look forward to spending some time transforming and messing with it. I think it looks best in Battroid mode so I need to transform it soon.
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NY is my goto shop...I haven't had a problem with orders I've received from them. You will usually get a better deal when you combine shipping and should definitely be cheaper per unit if you are buying two. I prefer shopping with NY when possible and HLJ otherwise. amiami, CD Japan and Anime-Export only when I have to or for certain sale items that are too good to pass up.
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Yeah, that's what I figure and it makes a lot of sense.
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I didn't think so but it seems sh9000 cancelled his amiami order and went with NY...just wondering how or if he's just risking it. In my experience, I've cancelled from other shops like NY that don't allow cancellation but they never did anything to me. I would imagine they all want our money and if you spend enough or have a bunch of other things preordered, they aren't going to throw that money away.
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Can you cancel from amiami with no reprecussions? I thought they didn't allow it.
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Interesting people are talking crap about NY when they consistently offer the lowest initial preorder prices. They don't have to do so, especially when they are usually the last to list items but they still give the lowest price. Everyone sells out in seconds for these things so that's not their problem if you weren't able to get their initial offer. What happens after the preorder stock sells out is just up to the market. Edit: I see ArchieNov just posted pretty much the same thing.
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That would seem like an inexcusable mistake for a business that specialzes in selling these products...
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Oh damn! I will hit you over the head and take that collection from you!
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Reminds me of these pictures I made during a little fun exchange before I knew what the heck the girls were throwing up dubs for:
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Slave IV replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Yep, thanks! I had a problem with NY packing a while ago but it was nothing too serious...just a concern of what could have happened like you say. No issues since that one time though...I'm happy with them as one of my top two (HLJ is the other) goto shops these days. -
I don't remember what trasnpired in your situation but if you have two orders for the Spartan through HLJ, it was limited to one so you better cancel one since people say they have been suspending accounts for "breaking the rules". IN my experience, they have just canceled the extra order I made for me and there was no retribution on their part but better safe than sorry.
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Haha yeah, definitely worth waiting for the right one and I hit the jackpot!
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Because the cost of a DX Valkyrie would have equated to maybe one knob or air cap on the Ferrari? Lol at the talk of our ages and what we do to get these toys. I had my wife up hitting refresh with me in last night. As for shipping cost of some of these places, crazy but if they are based in HK, it might mean they are dealing with additional shipping costs that they have to pass on to customers. I don't even bother with any place that is going to end up costing me almost $100 more for the same thing.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Slave IV replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Haven't had time to take many pics since the holidays but I got a couple quick phone shots of my Transformer figure of the year (GigaPower Slag for 2016): Got tons of other loot and hopefully get some pictures up soon. Also scored DX VF-1F and HMR Spartan last night!