Pontus
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I don't have a DX to know what's possible here, but I had the same problem with my Aliens Cat Power Loader. The hydraulics looked awful because they used really crummy silver paint (which they then tried to "weather" the same as the rest of it... which also sucked). I took it apart and am looking for some shiny wire or rods to replace the pistons. My local hobby store had some nice, shiny aluminum wire but it wasn't big enough. It would have been great for this application though... if you don't mind hacking up your DX a bit.
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The link should take you to this screen, then scroll down on the left to the photos section. Click on "17 photos" and scroll down.
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What kind of masking tape do you use for modeling? Is it something special that seals well or will something like frog tape work? I don't exactly trust regular household masking tape or even the blue stuff. Frog tape is supposed to seal better, but again, that's for household painting. If Bandai's tampo isn't great, is there some way to seal it to make it better, like some sort of matte clear coat or something? Anything you recommend?
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Ah, this is one of those optical illusions isn't it? It's really the same valk.
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OOOOH! That'd be cool! Now if only one could get the magnets INSIDE the valk so it doesn't need a platform to float. THEN you'd have a REALLY sick display!!!
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According to Anymoon.com, 492g.
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HOORAY!!! Is that from BBTS or a US distributor of some nature?
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I'll help with that. Thanks for the reminder. Kinda wanted the first run but passed and didn't manage to snag any after, but this one is more my style anyway. Plus, wouldn't Hikaru have wanted to continue honoring his senpai?
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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, I put Hikaru in a snapping pose out of the box and promptly snapped the stand support not realizing it only bends one way (why?!). Oh well, my bad. My only complaint is the hair is loose (probably just mine and easily fixed), and... does he always have that harness on in the show?
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She wears it whenever she's working in her family's restaurant iirc.
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All of the red bits are painted over white plastic right, even the heat shield? So it wouldn't be all that difficult to simply paint over the few red bits with yellow right? Just some high quality oil based model paint should do it. Anyone wanna trade a DYRL pilot for a SDFM one that I can paint blue?
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I will be buying this, but I would rather have her original singing outfit or at least make the dress on this one less restrictive. I'm pretty sure it's going to be the same plastic as before which, even in the short skirt, restricted articulation quite a bit (I'm considering cutting it off and replacing it with fabric). With the long red dress, you might as well make the legs solid.
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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
Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving and good Black Friday deals. I got a few this year. My wife surprised me when we got to Best Buy whereupon SHE tried to convince ME to get a PS4pro, so I countered with a "might as well get VR too." Both were $100 cheaper. I was hoping to try VR when No Man's Sky supported it. I had no idea it already did. I also found a used Rahxephon action figure going for $100 less than usual. I loved this anime, but didn't wanna spend over $200 on the action figure. The model from Bandai is only $60, but this is so much better, mostly die cast, with clear plastic bits, an excellent figure. And the new Steven Universes movie was awesome, love the show, and the DVD was worth the $15 to see some behind the scenes footage (even if CN never releases their shows in proper sets! GRR!)
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When pre-order madness hits, is there usually any warning or announcement, or do we just have to keep a vigilant watch on this here thread and the stores? I've not yet participated in one of these events but am determined to get in on it if/when a Roy VF-1S gets released (regardless of DYRL/SDFM). I really wanted the first release of the VF-1J, but it's not as high on my list as Roy's 1S and is a bit out of my price range, so I only want to collect one of these beauties. But I'd rather not pay the $80+ markup after release, although the shipping is probably similar anyway, so...
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Yeah, I thought it was a Japanese popularity thing. But imho we've had enough DYRL VF-1S releases. ( yes I see your name there, plz don't hate ) I'd be happy if they simply included rounded hands and a blue suited Roy. They include rounded hands in their HMR releases (in all BUT the Roy?!!!), so why not here? Eh, whatevs, I digress and am happy they are putting out toys at all from a 40yr old show!
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True, but I would have thought they would have gone with a Roy release that would sell better before doing a second Hikaru. And I was referring to all large scale releases of Roy's VF-1S, not the DX line itself - sorry for not being clearer there. The only 1/60 or larger SDFM release that I have found so far is one of the the Yamato V2.2 releases. In smaller ones, there's the Kitzconcept and Toynami Robotech stuff (but we all know that doesn't count).
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Hah, yeah, same here. I'm surprised they haven't yet released what would probably be the hottest selling model. I haven't been particularly interested in collecting the 1/48 scale DX stuff, but I would sell my kidney for an SDFM Roy VF-1S. Why are nearly ALL releases of that DYRL?! And it looks like the next one will probably be DYRL too. Le sigh
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What was up with that engineer's eyes?! I always assumed they were bionic or something. Maybe he had tattooed eyeballs (yeah, that's a thing now) or modified eyes for better night vision for space work.
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I hope that Global or Claudia get made next, but it'll probably be Max then maybe Miria or Kakizaki. I'm really hoping for a Claudia someday though, and she had better come with some pineapple salad! Kakizaki should come with an extra large steak. And Global should have a pipe of course. Here's hoping they keep this going! They've got me hooked now.
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...And to follow up, here's (mostly) the rest of my Alien collection posed around my bench at work:
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I'm not really interested in finding or posting in other toy forums, but my Macross love led to finding other toys I loved of course. I recently got a bunch of Alien toys to play with (and more on the way soon hopefully), and I usually like to mix it up with my Macross stuff. So, I thought I'd make a place here for posting pics of your non Macross stuff and/or for your crossover episodes. So if you're playing with your other toys, figures, etc and/or mixing it up, please take a pic and post it here! I'll start the thread off with this somewhat accidental pose. My NECA Aliens Queen figure wouldn't stay upright, so I dejectedly placed her like this and then thought it would make a great pose with the Toynami valks that I keep at work (that also don't like to stay put). Btw, if you're on the fence about buying this Alien Queen figure, don't waste your money unless you're a die hard fan and need to have this in your life. She is badly proportioned (well admittedly, she was in the movie too), doesn't like to stay standing (impossible without the stands), the stands suck, the joints are weak, some of mine broke almost immediately, the back spikes are impossible to get installed properly without glue, and other than looking awesome, she just sucks as a figure for the $120 she costs! But maybe I'm expecting too much.
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^^^Thanks all, and sorry for the repeat question. I don't have much time these days to peruse the site and mostly just stick to the threads I've already followed. Looks like they did scale them well and Roy looks like he's going to be taller than Hikaru according to a post in the other thread. Well, there's goes more of my money. Gonna have to get them all now.
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Ah great, thanks. Now I have to go back and buy the Hikaru figure because I have to have Roy, I already have Minmay, Misa is hopefully due out soon, and I might as well keep up with the collection at this point. I was originally hoping to only collect the female figures since they don't have valks per se, but... dat guitar tho! Hey, btw, does anyone have a picture of the Hikaru and Minmay figures? Did they at least make Hikaru slightly taller and scale each figure to their proper height? Because it sounded like they didn't from the height descriptions. They both say 15cm. If they're not going to scale them properly, I may skip the male figures after all.
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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
Is that the new dog alien? Where did you order from? I got a notice that they'd be in at BBTS soon but they haven't shipped yet afaik. Edit: nevermind, it's in my pile of loot now. I'm looking forward to this one even though I already have the previous version, but the head doesn't articulate as well as I'd like. It looks like this one is a bit better articulated. Also coming out this month (maybe) are the latest improvements to the Aliens warrior and both the 1/8 (or1/10?) and 1/4 scale Big Chap. Can't wait to get that big alien, although I wish they'd do some others in 1/4 scale. -
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Pontus replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Noice! Was the head laser ok? Have you transformed it yet? Most seem to need their hips loosened, so don't force them.
