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5 hours ago, borgified said:

HMR Regult (Solo) up for grabs on Amiami for 11,040 yen (Box B, Item B).

https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-014125-R

 

And it's gone!

For me DS9 was my least favorite Star Trek series.  The story concept was very limiting since they were stuck on a space station.  Runabouts can only get you so far, everything else had to come to them.  I felt that the writers finally gave up when they started the war and gave them the Defiant.

I liked Voyager. It improved quickly when they dumped that Maquis nonsense.  My only issue with it was that any series following their return to earth would be difficult.  The technology that the Voyager crew returned with was way way unbalancing.  Slip-Stream Warp!

6 hours ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

Geez, why did you make such a dirty picture of a destroid *****ing off a Zentradi?  Ewwww!

Miss Cat has been on the racy side lately.  I think the heat is getting to her.  Someone seriously needs to get her some ice cream, chocolate or both.

4 hours ago, Mommar said:

What you really have is an issue with budgetary and time constraints on production of television/films...

I believe that's part of it.  Back in WWII days it was the norm to have about 4 ships in a particular class before building the next improved design based on the performance of the proceeding class.  Post WWII we see anywhere from 10 to 30 of any of the more successful(?) destroyer designs as well as 1 to 5 of a myriad cruiser designs.  So, yeah, nothing wrong with making new ship designs, but they really don't need to.  I guess it's the Director's or Producer's choice?

Nebula Class XL where?

I do have a issue with Star Trek Federation designs.  Rather than making small variations in ships, the ship designers or people in charge seem happier Frankensteining ships together.  It's one thing if your are cannibalizing parts from ship remains to repair/rebuild ships because you are in the middle of a war, but these "variants" seem way too lazy and unrealistic.  Generally the variations we see the Nebula Class ships, to me, are more realistic.  Maintenance would be a nightmare if not for replicator technology.

The Bridge detail alone would be a massive undertaking at HMR scale.  Full Bridge crew with multiple levels and maybe Minmay performing.  It would be a sight to see though.

Lt. K. Warmaker?

You could try to track down a used AnimEigo DVD version of it.  I'm not sure what they go for now days.

Excuse me sir, where can I find the bathroom?

On 5/24/2019 at 5:26 PM, tekering said:

Perhaps most importantly of all, Arcadia included bonus parts the original Yamato release never came with.  

Interestingly, I got this:

My seat gimmick assembly is just friction fit together.  I can pull the entire thing apart. It disassembled itself when it came out of it's bag during shipping. I'm somewhat sure that most of my other Arcadia Valkyries have the correct neck filler plate, but i'm not 100% sure.  No biggie though, I will most likely not use the part.  Most of my Valkyries are in their boxes as I have very limited display space.

11 minutes ago, enphily said:

Got this problem with my VF-25F too

I got into this hobby right before Delta aired.  I really like Frontier.  By the time I even considered getting a VF-25 they were like 8 years old and (arguably) not ageing well.  The plastic failures worry me more than the yellowing.  It's what kept me for hunting them down.

On 6/4/2019 at 7:48 PM, kkx said:

Not sure if this is similar to what you have tried.

When I try to repair a few VF-1 1/60 v2 with broken/split shoulder hinges, I found this and it works great.

Loctite bonding system

The Yamato shoulder joint plastic is a bit smooth and oily (not sure what type it is), and nothing I tried works until I attempt this. The pressure on those hinges might not be as strong as yours, so not sure if it will work but worth a try I think.

You can also try to thin out the bar a bit to reduce some pressure on the hinge.

Good luck.

I looked at that.  It is my last resort before going to replacement parts.  My major issue, as you all know, is that the part needs to widen to go back in place.  Major stress on the re-bonded joint.  My co-worker is a Machinist by hobby.  He has milling machines, lathes, 3D printers, laser engravers, etc.  Doesn't hurt to ask!

Depending on what Tatsunoko decides to do late 2021 or early 2022, there is a possibility of reissues.  As of now, no one knows what's going to happen.  So buy now?  Wait?  You need to decide for yourself.

49 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

That part is pretty tiny but if you can find a way to drill a hole in each side to glue in a support pin, it may work. For me, I'd just call it broken and live with it.

True enough.  It will function fine with a single support.

T-REX's involvement in the design is comforting, but that also increases the cost.  They really need to show us a prototype Tread to go with that Legioss.  I'm sure that will push the total cost, for a set, well over 60,000 yen.

21 hours ago, seti88 said:

Bandai's 1/48 valk is close to ultimate, but it lacks;

As a matter of priority;
1) removable front fuselage.
2) detailed and tampoed cockpit area esp instrument panel.
3) accurate sized and detailed pilots
4) magnets for supers!!
5) white landing gear
6) included seat rotation and pop up seat gimmick.
7) removable individual missiles from the box missiles.
tampo accuracy (as per TV or DYRL scheme)
9) intake covers that need not be removed but can slide to open/close.
10) integrated antennae
11) double tail hooks
12) repair arm gimmicks
13) used to want VF-1 valks with opening maintenance hatches gimmicks. Not so sure about it nowadays. 

and lastly yeah what chyll2 said...

I know it's not Anime accurate, but rather than double tail hooks, would't a single tail hook integrated into a forearm make more sense?  Not sure how it would clear the gun pod though.  Maybe a slider?

Nice to see that their English site is back up.  It was under "maintenance" for quite some time.

10 hours ago, slide said:

If MEK doesn't do it for you, you're probably s-o-l [in my experience]

No surprise, it split when I tried to push it on.  I think I may have at least 3 options.  1) Coat the pin area in petroleum jelly and try to glue the part back together in place.  2) Ask my co-worker to 3D print me some replacements (maybe 10).  3) Try to find a parts Valkyrie.

10 minutes ago, tjdetweiler said:

Hi guys, quick question - Got one from HLJ - how soon do they send an email to say "sorry your order" has been cancelled?

Usually within a day or less based on past experience.

So I'm wondering if this is something that can legally be done for discussion's sake.

When I was growing up I had a classmate up the street. On Halloween they would head out early in the evening, collect candy, sort out what they wanted to keep, and then hand out the remaining candy to visitors to their hours.

Following the same train of thought:  If a retailer "allowed" their employees to purchase items on pre-order from any retailer (including themselves), then open up later to the public.  Once stock was exhausted, they then "allow" employees to re-sell their items on the company website for a percentage of their profits.  Is this type of practice illegal? and if so what is it called?

Tamiya Extra Thin Cement (Quick-Setting) (Acetone, Butyl Acetate, Methyl Ethyl Ketone) was in effective.  Based on my research, that tells me that the plastic is not Polystyrene (PS), Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), or Polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

I just picked up a bottle of Plastruct Plastic Weld (Methylene Chloride (dichloromethane), Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK)). So far it seems to be working.  I'll try to apply a bit of pressure on it in a few hours.  If this fails, I'm moving on the the plastic specific super glues.

Going to give it a full 24 hours to cure before I try to reattach it.  You need to look really closely to see where it broke.

On 3/31/2019 at 4:02 PM, davidwhangchoi said:

Bandai plastic sucks

Speaking of....  This happened.  I've only transformed this twice! This is like my 6th HMR VF-1.

I tried Tamiya Extra Thin Cement (Quick Setting).  So far I've tried it three times and It dosen't seem to be holding.  I'm reluctant to fool around with it more at the moment for fear of the part fully separating and then I'd have to deal with alignment issues.  Is there a better product for the HMR plastic?  Did I use the wrong type of Cement?  I haven't done anything with plastic models in over 20 years!

2 hours ago, jenius said:

PF Hikaru VF-1J + GBP still seems like an obvious one.

I agree.  I would very much like to see it as I got into Macross collecting a year after Arcadia released their version of it.  It would be nice if they also included parts to go between TV and Movie versions.

Amazon America sent me a Takeya water flask in a padded envelope.  It had a dent in it.  I sent it back and they sent me a replacement, again, in a padded envelope! The 2nd one arrived with no dents.

You could have an excessively long peg or the corresponding hole may have something in it that shouldn't be there.  Those pegs weren't the easiest to line up for me at least.