Pontus

7 hours ago, sh9000 said:

Nice pic @vlenhoff.

My VF-1D from Amazon JP came in this morning and I’ll check it out later.  

Challenge accepted!

7 hours ago, sh9000 said:

Nice pic @vlenhoff.

My VF-1D from Amazon JP came in this morning and I’ll check it out later.  

Challenge accepted!

Ooooooh boi!  I got a giant toy of one of my favorite giant robots in the mail today.  I hope they bring Pacific Rim back to theatres someday.  It wasn't a great movie, but it's so awesome to watch on the big screen about 4 rows from the front!  Even a big TV just doesn't do it justice.

Unfortunately, I was a bit disappointed by the lack of articulation.  I also need to address some connection issues in the lighting.  Looks awesome tho!

1 hour ago, kkx said:

AmiAmi still has not invoiced me. Do that work on Saturday?

This is frustrating. Whish I can just cancel and get one from HLJ right away instead of waiting for their crappy system to sort things out.

Did you check the order in your account?  I thought the same, but turns out the email went to the spam folder, but the order status at the ami ami site said waiting for payment and let me finish the order.

7 hours ago, vlenhoff said:

Funny, i checked my email, and there was amiami payment request for the HMR 1D. Its funny because i checked at the exact moment the email came in. So its done, i am officially broke this month.

I did NOT get an email, but when I went to the site, it said status was awaiting payment, so that's done... hopefully.

Lol, spam filter grabbed it.  Thanks for posting it was in guys!

On 4/12/2019 at 2:12 PM, Pontus said:

The Megaroad colony ship just found a habitable yet inhospitable planet, and they may have found more than they bargained for after a crew of Zentradi explorers checked out an alien, derelict spaceship on the surface.  Several of them returned with a strange parasite attached to their face.  What could this mean? 

After several days, the parasites died, and their Zentradi hosts seemed fine.  Then a few hours later, all hell broke loose in the medical bay.  With the power out and no one responding on the comm, a crew of valkyries were sent in to investigate.

They found some sort of casing as if something had gestated inside and clawed its way out.  There also seemed to be some sort of slime slewn across the room and dripping from the ceiling in places.

They finally got the lights back on and...

...found some new creatures relaxing and having fun with their pet!  "Hey guys, could you turn the lights back off?  It's hard on our eyes."

Well, this is a little disconcerting.  Checked Ami Ami just now, and the VF-1D doesn't seem to exist.  At first I just clicked on my pre-order link to the listing and it came up as "item not found."  Then I did a search which also came up short.  I hope this is simply a symptom of a change in status from pre-order to shipping.

The crew of the Megaroad colony ship just found a habitable yet inhospitable planet, and I think they may have found more than they bargained for after a crew of Zentradi explorers checked out an alien, derelict spaceship on the surface.  Several of them returned with a strange parasite attached to their face.  What could this mean? 

It's probably a long shot, but just thought I'd post here in case anyone has any 1/72 scale regult or especially glaug kits they'd like to sell or have any info on.  Thanks for any help. 

1 hour ago, Lolicon said:

What are you trying to say? That they don't always get the scale perfectly correct in hand drawn animation?

Yeah, sorry for the diversion.  The scale is totally wack.  Zentradi soldiers sit comfortably inside regults, are generally only a little shorter than valks, and yet valks are somehow very similar in size to regults in most scenes making the cockpits way too small.  Ground scenes also show the glaug being much bigger than the regults.

Basically, I was just trying to convince myself I didn't need to spend the money on HMR enemy mechs because the scale was all wrong.  I guess it just depends on whether you want to go with the scale of the soldiers or the scale of the mech because they seem to be completely different.  Personally, I think I'll stick with 1/72 models for enemy mechs which are cheap... for the regults, not the glaug unfortunately.  Not sure what I'll do for a glaug.  Someday...

32 minutes ago, RedLion said:

Thanks for the info. Where is the store?

 

There's a for sale section here on the forum ya know.  Here's a link.  Looks like it's still for sale:

Picked up a 1/72 Regult kit cuz I can't afford an HMR and the 1/100 scale Regult seems all wrong to me, so I thought I'd see how well this one went with my HMRs.

Thanks very much @sh9000!    I think I will be reviewing some episodes of Macross this evening.  I feel like the overall scale is correct but the main bodies of the regult and especially the glaug look WAY too small by my eye.  I should have a 1/72 regult kit in my mailbox today that I hope is a more accurate scale to the 1/100 line (or at the very least, a bigger/better model than my Revoltech).

Would someone be kind enough to post a pic of an HMR VF-1 in battroid, Glaug, and Regult together, preferably with the zentradi cockpits open?  Every time I look at those, the mech seems to be a proper scale, but there's no way a zentradi soldier could fit inside at that scale.  I know there's some animated artistic license at play here, but still.

4 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Nice SDF-1. Just so you know, this Banda/Matchbox versión never had any projectiles. Matter of fact all the parts that look like they actually do not as the springs are not available on this version.

Takatoku was the only version to have fifing projectiles.

Great haul.

Hmm, interesting.  Oh, yeah, no trigger buttons, duh.  Well, anyway, I'm glad they left the holes in the main cannon because it gives me a place to install an option part that I'd like to make; A GIANT FLAMING LASER BLAST! Possibly one that lights up if I can.  I'm thinking of 3D printing it in yellow and white, but the typical printer plastics are rather opaque, so I'm not quite sure how to do lights yet.  Even if it's unlit, it'll still be 'lit'. 

1 minute ago, RedLion said:

Anyone know if there are any more available and what is the best price?

 

Thanks

One just came up in the for sale section for only $250.  Shipping is $50 from Australia, but that's about the same total that I paid from Japan.  I think there may be another for $280 iirc.  Might be sold though.

A little old, a little new.  Got a Dadelus attack going on with the barrier punch effect from my DX YF-19 and a background of Saturn on the TV.

I've had the best Friday.  My Freyja and VFG finally showed up today, and my new SDF-1 came a couple of days ago.  I did already open the SDF-1, but haven't played with it until today so I could take pics of it all and share it with you. 

The Freyja is to replace the G in VFG with the appropriate girl.  Might not work, but I'm gonna try. 

The SDF-1 isn't in the nicest shape, but the stickers have never been applied, and nothing important is broken (the torpedos are missing, but I don't need those silly things, lol).  It's a bit yellowed, but I think I might be able to fix that.  I've seen some others doing awesome detail work on this toy which is what inspired me to get one.

8 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Amazon says 5.25lbs item weight.

https://www.amazon.com/NECA-Pacific-Jaeger-Danger-Action/dp/B00E3QXA5E

Thanks all, didn't realize Amazon would have that info.  Side note: seller on Amazon is "Horse and Rider Tack"?  I guess It's back to ebay.  I only just found out about the existence of this figure and want one badly.  I was going to get the Chogokin version until I saw reviews that it was a pos and really small.

5 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

May we ask what did you buy? And what's the weight of it? Y7300 EMS according to JapanPost going to the US is a 6kg (13.22 lbs) package.

 

I highly doubt that an 18" NECA Gipsy Danger is 13lbs even with packaging.  I'm thinking 2 or 3lbs at best.

After all the Mandarake love here, I registered and went to buy something for only 6000yen.  It's in about a 19x8x6 box, and the shipping came up at a whopping 7300yen for EMS!!! Is that normal?

Yeah, I wouldn't want them to start doing HMR M+.  Bring on the gd DX YF-21 already!  I need to complete the pair and I don't want an old, used yammie version that I can't afford.  I certainly don't want a little HMR... but I'd still buy it if they did.

I saw people were getting invoiced for the VF-1D already, but has anyone gotten anything from Ami Ami?  I'm a little worried since I let my last order lapse because Paypal credit doesn't work in different currencies and I didn't have the cash.  So I'm hoping they don't write me off for the 1D po.

Does anyone know anything about the Playmax Misa Hayase preorder and why it got moved back into April?  It was said to be released in March when I ordered it, but now it's not due until April 30th (according to NY).  I hope Kitzconcepts comes out with a more pose-able version eventually, but this one will have to do... if it ever gets released.

50 minutes ago, borgified said:

Here's Snake Alien... It's your call.

 

 

Is poison really necessary on top of being an acid strong enough to melt through steel?  I mean maybe predator can take it on in a physical fight, but I still don't think poison is really adding much to a zenomorph.

On a more serious note, what canon does this come from?

Edit: Looked it up and it came from Dark Horse Comics Alien series.  Supposedly, it only spits acid, not poisonous acid.  I only assumed from the blue/purple fangs and... hood... talon... things.