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Nice job @no3Ljm! But how is he pulling the trigger?
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GAH! I want mine already! It's been stuck "in transit" from LA for 4 freakin days now! I'm just about done with my angel bird and fan racer display and I need Roy to complete it (and it looks like he comes with the perfect yelling-at-Hikaru face). Now if I can just find a decent looking 1/12 stand mic...
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Looks pretty much on point to me. He IS a different scale: European scale vs Asian. Humans come in a whole range of sizes for every need. Get yours today!
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That's what I was talking about. It's called the X-base system. You have to buy tiny LEDs that work with it and each have their own independent power coils that pick up power from the base. Pretty neat idea, but for one, the LEDs are 4.5mm cubes(ish) which are a bit big for all but larger body parts, and secondly, I'd hate to see the radiated emissions on that product. I don't think it's licensed for sale in the US or anywhere else for that matter, and I highly doubt it would pass any emissions or regulatory testing. Wow, a cheap chinese knockoff of unregulated chinese product! Or just a cheapo rebrand to sell off returns/cast offs of the orginal? It's $76 vs $200 for the original. In either case, I wouldn't want to put my hand anywhere near that thing when plugged in, especially since they don't advertise what frequencies they use. There's very good reasons for regulatory and emissions testing. Correction, looks like it's the typical chinese selling products that they make for the Japanese market at half the cost of the markup, so it's probably not an emissions disaster like I thought. But I'm not familiar with Japanese regulatory.
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Any toy made for display like these that have lights in them need to have proximity sensors and/or (at least) auto off function. I have the big NECA Gypsy Danger and the lights sucked, took out the batteries immediately to keep them from leaking which is the other problem with electronics in these toys. Wireless power is a thing now, just have it turn on with the base. That X-base thing was cool but very expensive. I like lights, but it can't just be something you just throw in as an afterthought with a switch and power. I'd happily pay double if properly designed.
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Was it this one? Unfortunately, it doesn't show the back. This page shows some macross stuff inside tho. Here we go, Amazon has more pics.
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If anyone is in the market, Ikea has lowered the price of detolfs to $60. The white "milsbo" was on sale for $170ish but now it looks to have gone back up to $230. Still not bad for the size, but I think I'll pick up a couple detolfs instead.
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Just keep airflow, humidity, and wall temperature in mind. After living in my house for a couple of years, I found that my outside walls aren't insulated (just block with an air gap to the plaster) and the books and manga I had against them were moldy.
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WOW! This HMR Monster is incredible. Truly this has to be their best piece from the HMR releases. I can't believe even the soles of the feet are articulated. Check out this crazy pose! Even all the little red lights are articulated. The detail is astounding in person (to me at least). So glad I decided to spring for this one. BTW, which episode shows the Monster in battle action? I remember an ep where it comes out and crushes the deck dramatically, but I can't seem to find it. That makes no sense tho. In Ep5 they show it being hauled around by loading straps easily enough, and the ship has artificial gravity that can be modified on a whim, why would it be turned up high enough to crush the deck? I presume it's to keep it from toppling off or away upon firing, but... they couldn't have used magnets or something? Lol, anyway... And the Arcadia GBP is no less amazing. The quality of the Arcadia KO that I first bought (before I knew it was a knock off in my defense) is no match for this. Everything is so crisp, clean, and tight. Although, I'm not looking forward to having to apply decals. I'm constantly amazed at how well toy engineers have been able to bring these to life from a freakin cartoon from the 80's, not to mention are STILL making them better and better! I'm truly thankful to have found this forum and these toys. Thank you! And I really like this view of the exhaust ports for some reason. The gold is such a nice touch!
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Pontus replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Mucho arigato @Alphahorizon! Everything arrived in very good order. I feel sorta guilty opening the still sealed Monster. And this will be my first Arcadia as well as my first GBP... well first official one. Gonna be a fun Saturday!
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@jvmacross Thanks for those. I didn't realize Yamato actually released one. Those pics clear some color questions up for me, although the tan seems too light in those pics. I forgot about the Toynami version, probably because I never seriously considered buying it (they were such crap). I know there's also a couple of really awful looking figures of him. It would be nice if Kitz would release a figure of him with the XL steak of course, but I'm not holding my breath.
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I thought "SDFM" was the tag for TV. Should I specify that it's TV only in the title?
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SDFM Kakizaki doesn't get enough love in toys. In fact, I don't even know of any at all. So I thought I'd start a thread to see if anyone else has given him some recognition, kit bashed, modified, or otherwise created their own toys and make a place to show that off and show our love for a lost but never forgotten fighter pilot and fellow extra-large steak lover! (I'd have scarfed that thing down before running off to battle... or taken it with me! ) First, does anyone have any good artwork or stills of Kaki's final valk? Also, I brought this up after seeing this post by @sh9000 on the HMR thread showing a custom painted CF with brown GBP and wondered if that was meant to be a Kakizaki or just a CF GBP? Because, although it's probably just the lighting, the upper arms, shoulders, and other white parts visible beneath the armor look brilliant white like the bits on the armor and other valks instead of the dull, off white/beige of the CF HMR toy. If it's a Kaki, can we see your mods? I'm considering the best way to approach the same on my HMR CF.
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Is that just the lighting or something, or does the fabric on that dress, particularly the top, look rough and unfinished? Are they trying to go for a rumpled fabric look or something?
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Idk wtf that is, but it is bad a#%!
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Pontus replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Actually, I was disappointed to find it missing the sword. I thought it came with it, but no, it's in the wallet sucking bandai extras. I'm happy with this tho. The SV is a beauty even if a pita to transform. -
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Pontus replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Well, Mandarake did me right! Just got my SV-262 and VF-31J, both in great condition. The SV was still in its plastic film/bags and was entirely mint. And the VF, which Manda said had a discolored panel, somehow had a dirty thigh panel that cleaned right up (nothing else, just the one panel).
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Wait... the VF-1D comes with a fan racer?! That's so cool. I wish I could afford to collect the entire set of SDFM DX. I'm gonna have to pass since I already have it in HMR, but still... very tempting with that add on. Is there a 1/100 fan racer kit out there? Or better yet, a 1/285 or so since I plan on using the miniatures to build an angel bird display behind my 1/3000 SDF-1. Edit: Found one!
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Pontus replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Well, everyone here swears by Mandarake, and I've wanted the SV-262 and VF-31J toys for a while now, but they've been way too expensive... until I recently saw that Manda has an ebay store... where they had listed a used VF-31J that was STILL too expensive @ $265 shipped. So I went to their site to see if they had more info on it to find that they not only had at least one at every store location, but they also had an SV-262 at several stores too. One of the 31Js listed only that it had a discolored patch and showed the issue in pictures along with all the pieces still in bags. The SV at that same store said only that it was "opened, package damaged". From member reports, that usually means it's in perfect condition and simply has a dent in the box or something. Well, here's hoping they're in good condition because I picked both up for $150ea, and even after the shipping estimate came in at almost $100, it's still $100 cheaper than I could possibly get them otherwise. From member reports, they either show the damage or state the issue fairly clearly and end up being great upon arrival. Is that accurate? Anyone wanna report on a bad Manda experience? Because I've only ever heard good ones. -
How are you guys getting the full size pics? Despite no changes in file or camera, mine have started posting at 1/4 size for some reason. I checked the site picture settings, and it won't let me go higher than zero. What gives?
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I know that the Rahxephon can just summon arrows from thin air sound or something, but I like posing it as if it was a human archer. Here, I was trying to get an arrow drawing pose as if he had a "quiver" on his back
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Pontus replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Looks like BBTS got their shipment from Kitz. Happy to finally add Misa to my collection. And she no sooner got on the shelf before getting into an argument with Hikaru...
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Thanks for the link, sorry I missed that. I reposted there. This thread can be deleted now.
