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I can't believe no one has ever made a totally bad-ass Sharon Apple figure, but this will have to do in the mean time!

Head laser is snapped! Thinking about ordering one of those replacements from that Chinese website that was posted a few pages earlier. Sucks to open a holy grail toy and see it broken right away. If Bandai wanted to repent they should include an extra YF-19 head laser in the upcoming YF-21. I haven't tried transforming it yet, but so far everything else on this one seems fine. Keeping for now.

This is still my favorite Macross cosplay / performance:

When they hit that high note. LOL!!! Still a beautiful song.

Should be getting this by the weekend. Head laser stress meltdown incoming. Is it still best practice to loosen the screws on the hip joint half a turn? I’ve already snapped a foot off of a Jojo’s figure this month and I don’t know how much more I can take. 

36 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

I've never had to deal with it but it seems to be the case that they do accept returns and will even send a replacement if available. Only thing is you pay for DHL shipping back to them but they reimburse you afterwards.

30 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

In all truth, a snapped head laser is one of the easiest out-of-the-box fixes you can wind up with.  I believe there are replacements available from Shapeways (or other 3D printing services), or if you have a pin drill, a paperclip, and some glue, you can fix it to almost brand new condition (and stronger!) with a little effort.

If you have larger issues with things breaking, I'd absolutely look into returns, but I don't think returning it for a broken head laser is worth the effort, especially as these get harder to find.

Thanks for the informative replies. We shall see!

Lets just say I order this from Amazon.co.jp to US. It's fulfilled by Amazon. If my laser tip is snapped they'll allow for a return, right? I tried to read their policy, but the best I could determine is that they want you to use some specific Japanese shipping services? Seems like a potential mess.

Can anyone speak to the quality of Yukikaze on blu-ray in comparison to the DVD version? I've had the DVDs forever and it's one of my favorite shows. I know the blu-ray is an upscale due to the original series being made before the HD era. Any sites out there with screenshot comparisons or anything like that?

Thank you! I wonder if there might be a picture inside one of the books that comes with the blu-ray. I guess I should be patient and wait a few more days

I've finally sold enough on Ebay to justify purchasing the Macross Plus Blu-ray Boxset for myself. It's the most expensive anime I've ever bought all in one chunk, but I had to own a nice version of one of my favorite animes of all time! While I wait for it to arrive I wanted to ask if anyone has a nice version of the full artwork by Hidetaka Tenjin on the boxset itself? I'm only able to find low quality versions by searching. I would like something that would work as a phone wallpaper.