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WHOA! Flippin NOYEEEECE!

I guess... if you really can't help yourself, but I really like your usually awesome contributions. I hope you'll reconsider.

I believe it's this one. That is very tempting, but I'm more interested in the VF-31J that's supposed to be coming. I don't think it's happening "first quarter" either.

Just take a 1/16" or similar small drill bit and roll it in your fingers to drill a small hole on the inside, then use the drill bit to push out the broken peg. It won't take long to drill through the plastic and it should actually make this problem disappear completely in the future as it will no longer create a vacuum.

If you don't like the content of this thread, please continue to improve it by posting your own great content. But please don't criticize others for their contributions. I'd like to assume you didn't mean this in the way that it came off, but it sounds like you just criticized this entire thread and then proceeded to call someone out for some sort of geek foul. If so, not cool, but maybe I misunderstood.

I love you guys! This forum is the best.

It's only a toy if you open and play with it.

Mine are stiff in some positions more than others, so yours is probably particularly bad. I'm betting there's a bad seam line running through the middle of the ball that's holding you up.

Oooh, that's this weekend? Awesome, thanks for the head up. Looks like Ami is going to be hitting me up for some yen. Hope that tax check comes soon!

As I said, I meant no shame to anyone buying these, I get that they're cute versions of yr favorite characters. But I do apologise since what I'm saying implies it. I just think Bandai should have turned the sex dial down along with the age.

Wow, uh... I'm a big fan of anime figures, and I don't even mind displaying straight up hentai ones in my house (there's nothing wrong with nudity in art as the human form is beautiful), but even though these are clothed, aren't these a bit pedo? Maybe it's just me, but these make me a bit uncomfortable. I'm not saying that whoever bought these is a pedo or that there's anything wrong with appreciating them for being cute, but I'm just not sure a toy company like Bandai should be taking scantily clad and/or large chested characters and making them 12yrs old without considering whether their appearance is age appropriate. It seems like someone simply said, "hey let's take these figures and make them cute little girls." "Ok, let's just keep them exactly the same but shrunken with little girl faces." Not sure that's the best tactic for making cute figures. Open large chested cleavage, short shorts, bondage, and blown up skirts REALLY clash on a 12yr old figure.

Uh, hmm... letsee, how big would a 1:285 scale SDF-1 be? Well, that would take up a whole room at 14’, but I still want these. Not sure I want to paint them tho.

Don't forget to pick up an SDF-1! I recommend the old school Matchbox (Bandai) 1:3000 version if you like the original SDFM show. You can pick those up for a song on ebay any time. If you're a DYRL fan, go for the Arcadia one. But it sounds like what you need most is a YF-21 to go with your 19. Those are going much cheaper now that Bandai will be coming out with a DX version, or you could just wait for the DX. And yeah, HMR 1:100 stuff is still plenty available if a little overpriced, but much cheaper than DX stuff. But then again, for not much more, you can pick up Arcadia 1:60 premium finish valks for $200 new sometimes. And don't forget about all the cool stuff that Kitzconcepts is putting out, especially the figures if you like SDFM.

Sorry, I didn't take before pics, but it had big curls of hair coming out the back of his head behind the ears.

Fresh haircut, looking good!

Britai came in today... aaaand I broke him already. Tried pulling a leg off. Didn't matter since they're pretty much imobile anyway. spot o gloo, good as noo. Not dynamic enough for fight poses, but I'm just happy for a new Zentradi figure. Arms are nicely articulated, but some hip and knee movement would have made it great. Oh, and gonna take the knife to this mullet they gave him.

I got a replacement head laser from @kkx. PM him and he may still have or be able to get/make them. There's also this one on Shapeways.

When you loosen them, make sure to check the full rotation. Mine seem to be tighter in some spots than others.

Noice! Yr fly is open tho, lol. Er, well, I guess it's just showing some cleavage.

Isn't that the intention of every seller? I'm not calling anyone here a scalper, I'm just saying that scalping is just a vendor seeing an opportunity just like every other vendor. Is that not what every retailer does, see demand and order product with the intent to sell at a higher price? Why is that so awful? If it's not worth it to you, don't buy it. And these "scalpers" aren't even intending to sell "immediately". They are storing that product until it sells, sometimes for years at some cost and risk to themselves. I have appreciated that. But someone graciously selling their toys on this website for their cost does not fill the need for the general public, and if that was my only option, I'd never get what I have. And I'm just calling for people to have a little more respect for the market, but this is an outright insult to me as someone who has paid scalper prices (I'm not upset or anything yr entitled to your opinion). I wanted the toys and paid what I felt it was worth on the open market for a limited run toy, which was usually the same price or close to what you guys charge from what I've seen. Most people reference ebay or other sellers for values. Sure, I could have done the Mandarake thing, but after shipping, it's usually close to the same price. I could waste a heck of a lot of time finding the right price, waiting for someone to sell here, maybe be the first to PM someone and get it... but my time is worth more than the little extra cost from a quick, easy sale on ebay. Does that make me an idiot? I don't think you're an idiot for wasting hours finding good prices and undervaluing your time. If you find it fun, then it was worth it, but I want the thing I want now without any fuss. I wouldn't have a DX YF-19 (or some HMR) if it wasn't for scalpers, or if I did, it'd be for the same price as I have seen here, and/or I would have had to check the for-sale section (or other sites) religiously to catch it.

Star Trek; A New Hope. My favorite in the series.

What happened to supporting a free market Sqidd? Seems like quite a conspiracy theory for a simple, free market, retail business practice. I highly doubt any reputable Japanese seller (the only ones I would buy from for the cost) really needs to get involved with the Chinese mob to make money. They probably simply have a vendors license in Japan that entitles them to pre-order in bulk. The MSRP is a "suggested" retail price. Bandai doesn't care what you sell it for. You all call them scalpers as if they were the scum of the earth, but this is just a normal retail business practice that every retailer does to make a profit. They take the risk by buying in bulk and selling internationally, why shouldn't they expect a profit from their investment and risk? They lost their butts on the Max VF-1A which is now going for only a little over cost. Honestly, without resellers buying from Bandai in bulk and keeping them at higher than "suggested retail prices" until sold, there wouldn't be nearly as big a demand, Bandai would make less of them and thus wouldn't continue to make them, they wouldn't be available for years after release, and many of us wouldn't even get these toys. I know I wouldn't have much of my HMR collection since I started collecting well after they were released. And many of YOU would be selling them for much higher prices for the relative rarity, but we don't call you scalpers for it.

I hope that means it will ship soon.

The bigger question is, how does air get from the intakes to the jet exhaust with those legs in the way, and where is the jet/reactor engine? It was just badly designed from the get go.

Hup.bup.bup, now wait just a minute... Oh, dangit. Yeah. I probably will. But I was perfectly happy in my delusion. Thanks.