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58 minutes ago, F360 said:

https://www.tenso.com/en/

9 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Pretty much. You get a specific personal address (like having a unit number for an apt building) that anything which shows up there will be held for you to cross-ship overseas. They charge a service fee per received parcel, plus a fee to combine packages for international shipping.

Essentially I have my tenso address registered as my address for places like Amazon Japan (along with my US address) and my Arcadia web store account.

Thanks for this info. Very useful. I'll have to try it sometime.

I got my 'Processing' notice from NY. I ordered on PO night and just missed the MSRP price. Settle for the first price hike and total was just over $306 USD shipped. A bit steep but whatever 

I am. I ordered two from them on PO night at inflated prices. Wish I had been patient and waited for the US retailers for the cheaper price and slip cover. I'm not worried about NY shipping late. I'm sure they'll pull through and I'm drowning in toys right now anyways.

Damn.. FromJapan cancelled my order. =(

Got my order in as well. Woo!

Hey Sqidd. Getting Macross items is really unpredictable. Sometimes we get lucky and more pop up but more often than not if you didn't get lucky during PO madness you're getting hosed paying scalper's prices.

It JUST opened up and I was able to order using FromJapan! Now's your chance to get one at MSRP. 

How do you get a pre-order in from p-bandai japan? Will FromJapan or these other proxies open up then? I tried FromJapan and they say they've already reached their limit for this SECOND batch..

3 hours ago, carlsylar said:

... the sword and launcher pack which will be announced soon should have the adapter for both strike and astray to use it

This sounds like speculation. Do you have a source? This just makes too much sense for Bandai to do.

There's very little metal content in HiRM models so keep that in mind and they are essentially like any other Gundam model out there except it has a pre-built inner frame. The glossy armor parts are beautiful and all you need is a little bit of panel lining to make the details pop. These aren't toys so a light touch when posing is required. I love the look of them but I can't stand the lack of heft/durability.

Steer clear of Wing Zero EW and Barbatos units since they have serious tolerance issues with armor popping off as mentioned above. The Gundam Wing Zero, Astrays, and God Gundam are great overall.

8 hours ago, sqidd said:

I got this guy un-boxed today. It's my first Fix Fuguration.............and probably my last. It seems really chinzy for the $$$$. The arms are pretty loose too. He doesn't hold the gun up with one arm extended. That's a bit of a pet peeve of mine. Figures that can't hold their weapons up in shooting position. I need to get a YetiStand adapter. The legs look goofy/long standing there.

I love the colors though. My buddy who isn't into toys and has no idea what Gundam is but is an artist likes the look of it a lot. There are two votes.

I wouldn't say that's your first Fix Figuration as you do have Char's Zaku II after all. The RX-78-2 and Gundam Wing EW are also solid GFFMC figures so please don't write off the newer stuff to come out under that name but I do agree that anything Unicorn and prior is a bit on the weak side. 

Amazing! How do I hire this guy?

10 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

No they're not.

These are sample photos.

Wuming

Metal Club

I like that fact that he's holding the entire kit from its ankle without any issue. That is by FAR the weakest point in the official Metal Build Freedom that I own.

Ahh Thanks

26 minutes ago, carlsylar said:

Like this kind of issue, it is very common on all seven sword /G

I have a Seven Sword.. what am I looking at here that's incorrect/wrong? Is the face slightly off center? Is that it?

Pretty! Nice and sharp

Latest addition. Not that big a fan of Transformers, but I am a huge fan of high quality diecast robots.

I think Mechwarrior is a good example here. Cool robot designs that are super rigid. 

On 11/7/2019 at 12:24 PM, Kuma Style said:

 

Hmm. Not seeing the Crossbone in this image. Didn’t like it or is it somewhere else? If there was one more that I would recommend getting it would be the Amatsu Mina. Nothing wrong with the Blue or Red Astrays. They’re just getting re-issued soon.

It's fine. Cleaning/dusting gets really tedious especially with large lego sets or anything that has sharp edges. I was curious if you had a better solution that minimized dusting via humidifier/air purifier/cleanroom environment that worked. Keeping things behind glass or some kind of display case isn't always possible. Even the act of cleaning can scratch my stuff which I don't like.

Wow. What do u do about dust? Or what will you do?

Not yet. Soon!

39 minutes ago, 505thAirborne said:

I have to upvote any Spaceballs reference. 

10 minutes ago, sqidd said:

I do, I do. I've never done a PO on one of these. Does it work the same as a DX Valk? Same places?

Metal Builds aren’t nearly as difficult to get as Macross items. If it’s a tamashi web exclusive Use FromJapan.
If it’s open to all then there’s a variety of places you could try:

Japan sellers:

Hobby Link Japan, AmiAmi, AnimeExport, Nippon-Yasan, Nin-Nin Game

Hong Kong:

DenDenHobby, GK Gubdam Kit 

US Websites:

USAGundam, bigbadtoystore, chosenprime, Entertainment Earth, toy dojo

1 hour ago, Kuma Style said:

Ok thank you. unboxed.

Off topic a bit but I'm excited to see your review of Star Saber. I'm not much of a transformers fan, but the build quality of these things are amazeballs. I'm very impressed with the red Drift I picked up and how well it holds up against Bandai's metal builds and metal composite fix. I dare to say the quality may even surpass Bandai on this line. I'm also glad they aren't pumping these things out that quickly. My wallet couldn't handle it.