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    Meanwhile, I finally got one of the Archi Stands So far so good! Only thing is even though it came packed really well and has the typical acrylic protective film that you need to peel off, mine still had a scuff on the base. Another difference from Yetistands is these don’t come with printed washers which really help with the connections feeling more secure as opposed to bare acrylic attached to each other. Either way, glad these exist because they put all other available stands to shame.
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    That’s understandable. Yeah, my guess is Arcadia A will do it but yeah, I’d want to know for sure too.
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    Could you just check the adapters with your Valks? The only ones I remember are a small rectangle version (Arcadia a) or the octagon version (Arcadia b).
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    A full size acrylic arm for HMR could be overkill. I haven’t tried yet but it would be really cool if the stand arms from Tamashii stages or any other stand arm with that standard size could peg into the holes on the acrylic arms. I think some of the old Yeti stand bases had holes that fit like this too.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Slave IV replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Man, am I glad I never cared about any of my toys of anything matching. I'd rather have variations to make things look more interesting. That being said, I have every HMR release anyways so I guess I won't have a problem matching anything if I really wanted to.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Slave IV replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Wow, thanks! I definitely still need it.
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    Note the shipping weight...this was a smaller item but I compared to HLJ's quotes for a similar item and these prices are still lower. I had a DX from sent from them with also very low shipping prices but those prices were from a couple years ago so I don't think they are worth comparing.
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    No doubt about it! Like I said, even if you have a card that charges foreign transaction fees, it's still going to be lower than what PayPay charges.
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    Seems on par or better than most places. Here is the last quote I got, which was last year: Shipping weight 500g FedEx International Priority 2,603 yen approx. 5 days EMS 3,150yen approx. 4 to 12 days UPS Worldwide Express Saver 3,453yen approx. 4 days DHL Express Worldwide 3,589 yen approx. 5 days
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    If you are letting PayPal do your conversions, you're doing it wrong. Get a CC that has no international fees (or even one with fees) and let them do the converting because they will give you the current actual rate. This has been discussed many times so just look into it.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Slave IV replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Yeah, I think they offer the best overall value for Macross still. You probably know better than most but I even think the PF are a great deal considering how long it takes to do those details yourself. The time it takes is worth more to me than they charge and they do a better job than I have patience for. I personally just don’t care about those details much so I only get certain ones. But I also think most Macross toys from Arcadia and Bandai are a better value than most other toys out there in general.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Slave IV replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I like low prices as much as anyone. But I think Arcadia provides some great value still.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Slave IV replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    The good thing is Arcadia seems to charge the same price as they did around 10 years ago so with the exchange rate and inflation, we are getting them for less today than they were then. Not as cheap as Yamato days but still not bad. I’m in for both if they do it.
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    I wasn't paying attention before and didn't notice this had a shiny canopy. I like it!
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    Well said. Yeah, I’ve seen it but my family hasn’t. They’ve watched a lot of skate videos though. Bones Brigade Search For Animal Chin and stuff like that to current videos. We’ll get to that movie again sometime but good reminder. Thanks!
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    Agreed on the 80’s. The 1/55 Chunky still can’t be beat to this day as the greatest TOY (not just Valk) ever made. That Mcgill is my favorite all time Powell graphic. But these were my favorite overall boards from back in the day.
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    Oh, haha gotcha! That's all good as long as you enjoyed it. Here's my old school style deck that I put together recently using a combination of old and new parts:
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    Yeah, from what I’ve seen, most items are upcharged. There is a reason why I almost always buy anything from SOC, SHF, SHMA, and even other items like Transformers from Japanese retailers instead of domestically.
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    Totally agree. While I would like to support WWM by buying domestically, I'm not going to pay more for it so it defeats the purpose.
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    I love the look of this but like some of the other expensive cases out there, I can't bring myself to pay more for the display case than I did for what the case is displaying.
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    Over $150 including tax. I just mentioned in the other thread that considering that, this is not a bad price at all.
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    The price is not bad at all considering the item cost over $150 for people purchasing directly at the event. Now, the fact that Bandai charged over the standard if it was converted using the current exchange rate and listed MSRP in Yen, that's a whole other story but seems to be the standard case with WWM items so far.
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    You used to skate? It’s never too late to pick it up again. I took about 20 years off but then my son started getting interested and we went to some skateparks and just like that, I got back into it. It’s been tough trying to get some tricks back but I’ve also learned new things I was never able to do before.
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