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4 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

 

For those who still hasn't place their Chogokin X Gundam Factory RX-78F00 Gundam figure order, P-Bandai's last day of taking orders is this coming June 25th 11pm JST. This is for July 2021 release.

https://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000159806/

Thanks for the reminder!

31 minutes ago, slaginpit said:

while its nice. Its WAAAAAY overpriced. North of a thousand dollars for a figure that has the posability of a MG gundam from the 80s. Mean while you get the insane detail and posability with MoSHOWs Takeda Shingen for less than 200 dollars american. Sometimes Bandai prays on the stupidity of its collectors. 

Ouch. Ok. While I don’t disagree with your assessment the character and mech holds value for me at a scale I’ve always wanted with a materials and finish I could never get of it were a model kit. MoShow does make an impressive figure but it holds no value for me. Even if it is under $200. 

Yeah.. I need that Sazabi to. Please excuse the mess. I'm waiting on more display cases to arrive.

Kits 70 and 71 show how the leg will move to attach the strike pieces. I really do hope they come out with a super/strike set that teased on the first issue but we’ll see if it actually happens. 

59 minutes ago, treatment said:

 

Not sure if you or anybody else had ever noticed, but HLJ had stopped giving generous (or even relevant) discounts some number of yeasr ago already.  Sometime around '08 or thereabout.

That's why most of us dont really prefer buying there anymore if stocks are good in other import shops.

You can only get the rare good discounts on their semi-annual inventory cleaning or something like that.

I mean, ffs, they are still trying to move/sell the stupid ET VF2FSS at its stupid pricing from when it first came out...

 

 

 

That 20% off discount coupon good for the entire 2021 and no purchase limits was pretty good in my opinion. I bought a Premium Finish as well as other big ticket items with it and all I had to do to get it was buy a $12 pen and ship it. Worth it.

2 hours ago, Anasazi37 said:

Both the reissue and original release of the regular finish VF-4A are on sale at HLJ. You'll save about $3. You read that right: $3. That's 1% off the normal price.

Yes I have. They’re a legit business with a store front in Texas. 

53 minutes ago, jorawar_b said:

Looking for a  Sentinel 1/48 Legioss Eta Blue for sale trying to keep the price 250.00 shipped, 

https://toydojo.com/collections/mospeada

Just now, no3Ljm said:

I wonder why most of Bandai PO's tend to end like this? From Dragon Ball to Gundam and anything in-between. It's crazy. 

 

I have a much easier time getting Soul of Chogokin and Gundam Metal Builds/GFFMC. At least there are stateside outlets to help with that if you're willing to wait a month or two. 

Still up on HLJ. Is it my imagination or did this feel... too easy?

17 minutes ago, jenius said:

I was going to list my MISB Voltron for sale here but is there about to be a reissue? I see sideshow has a waitlist but I don't see it anywhere else.

Yes. The third reissue is coming soon. Surethingtoys even secured more stock for preorder earlier this month. 

20 hours ago, vladykins said:

Confirmed from looking at followup discussions that what I posted above appears to be the situation. Two month window to get in to PO, it is number of units POed and not number of backers, and at 800 POs the figure gets larger for the $150, with the only difference at 1000 is the articulated pilot or two non-articulated pilot figures.

 

 

Note: This is separate from the 1/48 scale ones that are already being built and is only for the "oversize" version.

 

I have even more questions now.. What if you want BOTH sizes (the medium and large ones) provided they hit their PO quantities? What scale is this and where are the 1/48 scale ones that are in production?

I wish they would give this and an SDF-1 the SoC DX treatment.

@carlsylar I love how you low key flex on us with your accessory choices for your metal build images. 

1 hour ago, treatment said:

cue RightSaidFred...

 

 

Love it. I wish Bandai came out with more of these FA figures. They're fun to mess with.

22 minutes ago, slaginpit said:

wow ok. I mean cool and all but are they just going to now over use the one frame and add pointy stuff to it. I guess gone are the days of slightly modified frames from UC and other series lol ugh 

Uhm.. May I remind you that you're on the Macross forums and we're all about collecting the exact same molds over and over again but with a head and color swap. 

Joking aside, their designs are pretty slick. I just don't have that emotional connection to them that certain cartoons from my childhood have ingrained in me to justify a purchase. It's art, but art without history, significance, or meaning.

4 minutes ago, rocketblast said:

I'm disappointed that the VF-1J wasn't bundled.  I still do not have one.  This would have been a great opportunity to get it.

https://tamashii.jp/item/13603/

Bundled version: 33,000 yen

The Blue ETA is available again at BBTS too 

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/106981

On 3/2/2021 at 9:24 PM, RedComet said:

Be careful with panel lining and weathering. Once you start, you will want to do it to every Valk you have. The ones without it just look too plain by comparison. 
 

Can confirm. Just did a 'quick' panel lining of my copy of Roy and now I NEED to do the rest. I didn't even do a very good job, but it's HEAPS better than vanilla. I should do a side by side comparison... hmm 

Just received yesterday! MIB Fewture Getter Robo G!

Translated as best as I could on my Google phone app...

ARCADIA Macross Item-Kuradashi Sales Held: 2021/03/05 19:00 ~ 03/12 23:59 

1. 1/60 VF-0 Compatible Reactive Armor KIT 
2. 1/60 VF-1J Macross 35th Anniversary Painting  Aircraft 
3. 1/60 VF-1J Super Valkyrie Milia F. Genus
4. 1/60  VF-1J Super Valkyrie Maximilian Genus 
5. 1/60 VF-1J Armored Valkyrie Ichijo Hikaru TYPE 
6. 1/60 VF-1J Super Valkyrie (Milia) Premium Finish 
7. 1/60 VF-1J Super Valkyrie (Max) Premium Finish 
8. 1/3000 SDF-1 MACROSS 
9. 1/3000 SDF-1 MACROSS Premium Finish 
10. 1/60 VF-0S Phoenix Premium Finish 
11. 1/ 60 VF-0D Premium Finish 
12. 1/60 VF-4A Lightning III Hikaru Ichijo Boarding Machine 
13. 1/60 VF-4A Lightning II Premium Finish
14. 1/60 VF-0A Phoenix Kudo Shin Boarding Machine 
15. Non-scale SDF-1 Macross Movie Version (Limited Release) 
16. 1/60 VF-0S Phoenix 
17. 1/60 VF-1S Strike Valkyrie (Ichijo Teru Boarding Machine) Premium Finish 
18. 1/60 SF-3A Lancer I 
19. 1/60 VF-1S Strike Roy Focker SP Premium Finish
20. Non-scale Battle 7 kit 
21. Lin Minmei Angel's Paint-When I met it, it was ver. 
22. 1/60 VE-1 Elint Seeker Premium Finish 
23. Non-Scale Meltlandi Army 
24. Non-Scale SDF-1 Macross Movie Version 

* The quantity is very small depending on the item.  Please note that it will be sold out.

https://surethingtoys.com/products/bandai-tamashii-nations-soul-of-chogokin-gx-71-voltron

Man.. I wish they'd release this GoLion as an SoC DX... That would be amazing.

How much is shipping these days?

38 minutes ago, Arky said:

This may not be related to Metal Builds but has anyone experience no Customer Support or reply from Anime-Export for the past 2 months? I know they updated there website but how is it effecting their mail box? I shoot them 8 emails the first 2 reply i got was 2 months ago before they went MIA. what is going on with Anime-Export ?

I purchased and shipped 4 items from them at the end of December without any problem. They never sent me an email when I inquired about the 'weird' tracking number I got but I eventually figured out it was DHL.