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Looks great! I wish I was able to use my tenso address and payment account but they just wouldn’t let me complete the subscription and I couldn’t figure out what was wrong. 

Thank you @no3Ljm for the excellent packing and fast shipment! 

Thank you @EastwindS2kand @Lolicon! This was incredibly helpful!

Amazeballs! How did you go about panel lining? It’s something I want to do but I’m too chicken to try it without some guidance first. This plastic feels different than a regular gunpla kit so throwing down tamiyas panel liner doesn’t seem like the right thing to do immediately. 

4 hours ago, Alphahorizon said:

 

A nice surprise was waiting for me when I got back from some errands today! The 1/72 Poison Toys Hurricane. Seriously, these are toys I can actually play with. Heavy as all heck to.

Do you like keeping all those extra plastic pieces on your hurricane? I noticed you removed the head cover that disguises it as a gundam but didn’t remove anything else. The shoulder, body, knee caps and feet are all easily removable. 

Also I don’t see the price going down by adding more of these... issues? So far shipping is about $10 per issue (from HLJ) regardless of if you’re shipping one or 4 at a time. This is looking more like a $3000 venture when all is said and done...

3 minutes ago, peter said:

On a positive note, it is a very nicely done 1/48 Hasegawa build.

Yes. My only nitpick is the pesky crossbones not being very visible being white on white. If only it had a stronger outline or something like the skull.

Thank you @Vifam7 for the smooth transaction! The bird landed safely in its new home. It was well packed in a solid HLJ shipping box. 

3 minutes ago, Sandman said:

What is this from? Not digging the yellow.

That’s the RX-78-1. The prototype unit that got blown into space and was lost. It’s from the Gundam Origin Manga. 

Wow! Those backpack quant pictures are great. It looks like Bandai already put in the legwork of making both sides symmetrical by adding a second arm installation point.  Maybe all that needs to be done to test this is to unscrew the cover and see if you can attach the same arm but on the other side of the back pack. 

For those on the fence about this thing. It's basically $200 off what I paid from HLJ when I pre-ordered. I'm tempted to get another just to keep in bike mode.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B01DEOVZ5W/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1

https://gkgundamkit.com/en/rg-1144-tallgeese-tv-colors

I purchased a couple of Metal Builds (Wing and Astraea Type-F) as well as the Steel Legends Kishatrya from them. They delivered just fine.

4 hours ago, carlsylar said:

Wait.. does it come with two bazookas or do you own two of these behemoths?!

34 minutes ago, Bahamutzyro said:

Just in case???? A nuclear war and  they stop making Valks? Lmao

Starting at 0:32. or you could just watch the whole thing. Doesn’t get old.

yeah I messed up the punch line   sue me. 

I too am not in love with this design.. but it's 'Macross' so.. need to get three. One to play, one to store, one... just in case.

I glued mine as well. You may want to try using clear nail polish to thicken the finger parts so there will be more friction to hold It in place if you still want the ability to add/remove this fingers.  There’s absolutely nothing we can do about the thumb and that will need to be glued in. 

Come on guys. We should all know the drill by now. If you wanted painted in eyes you should have held out for the PF edition. 

I’d prefer full tempo be on all standard releases while panel lining and weathering be the premium finish. Not everyone has the courage and skill it takes to add the last two and I’m all kinds of jealous of @Lolicon’s weathered valks. I’d totally pay money for that. Just not an extra 200+ over the standard price for it. 
 

This is coming from a guy who bought a standard SDF-1, panel lined it but wasn’t too happy with the results and bought the PF version. 

9 hours ago, FattyMoBookyButt said:

And boom.

It has appeared.

I don't have time to assemble it right now but packaging and paint look fantastic. So very good first impressions. 

Looking good! Please keep us posted on your thoughts on the figure.

I got an email alert on it and snagged it. Thanks for also posting here as well! I debated whether or not I should get it the last two times I saw it pop-up but missed those. I couldn't let this opportunity pass by again.

I'm still looking for Delta 01 and 05 to complete my set but I think I'll just try and get one VF-31 a month.

Thank you!

18 hours ago, vlenhoff said:

I was having a hard time trying to find those Alliexpress stands/risers. Could you provide a link? How do you feel about them?

The wings/binders can be pressed in further where they should catch onto what feels like a rubber o-ring deeper in. It’s weird in that this o-ring only seems to catch the binder after more than 75% of the way into the attachment point. 

Yeah thanks guys. I didn’t know these existed. I’ve only seen the static doll type stands and had no idea these were actually a thing.