Axelay

I'll be posting info about these in the For Sale thread once I have them in hand. I'm really aiming for $10 each + $1 for shipping just like I did back in 2005.

Thought I'd share this for the newer members of this community. Back in 2005, I had an idea to create a super high-quality UN Spacy decal for my new Mustang. I didn't want some sticker on the outside of the car - I wanted something which would be placed on the glass on an inside window and would last for years. Here we are in 2011, and I've had a couple of people ask me about doing another run of these decals. It's taken 6 years, but my original is starting to fade just a little bit. Here are some images from the first run. Each of these decals is 4.5" in diameter and is very glossy. Mine has remained applied to my rear windshield ever since I first put it there and has never bubbled or cracked. I once considered doing a low-visibility version of this decal in gray tones, but I never got a prototype created. One more project which I never got completely off the ground was a mockup of a UNS base parking pass. I did have a prototype of this made, but it was the only one which I ever did. It was designed so that people could change the numbers and could add in their own text for the main field (e.g. 05, 66, and AXELAY could be customized). I recently had to have my windshield replaced, and I lost my one-of-a-kind decal along with it. I'm tempted to see if I can get this project back out of storage and make another one of these as well.

I really, really want to know who the animals were battling in this episode. We didn't see a single second of any opposition aside from the big cannon.

Ugh. Now that I'm finally in the market for a Fire Valkyrie, I can't find one in stock. HLJ is on backorder, Amiami is on backorder, and most other places are marking them up a decent bit. Any suggestions?

Where would be the best place (price + shipping) to have one of these sent to the east coast USA? I've slaved like a crazy person building my school's new network this summer, and I think I may just reward myself with a Fire Valkyrie.

I think she flew one in one of the end-of-episode shorts back when she was Gamrin's instructor. Top Gamrin, I believe.

Best. Macross. News. Of. The. YEAR. Give me the D, please, and I will put down a preorder on it right now.

A Max VF-22 for under $100? Yes, please. Now I can finally take that super disappointing VF-25S Armored Messiah off of my desk.

Oh... wow. I had not seen that video before. As a HUGE fan of MKII, I am starting to look forward to this one. I would honestly love to see Kintaro return. Screw that awful Motaro.

You have my undivided attention now. I would like to know more about this when the information (e.g. pictures) becomes available.

I think I found just the book I need to prove my point. Iron Man: The Art of Iron Man 2 at Amazon There's a video clip someone posted of a flip-through of the book, and you can see that there's a section for the Mark VI. I really want this book now.

*sigh* Nerd anger on: Was at the midnight showing at my closest theater, and the manager did a trivia thing for prizes before the show. He asked which suit was the one with the triangle on it, and I answered Mark VI. He said this was wrong, and he called on someone else who said that the answer was the Mark IV. I was like WTF, I've been reading about this for almost 6 months now. Today I went to Target and bought the Mark VI suit of the "Hall of Armor" toys which comes with the light up base and took it back to the theater. I politely introduced myself and explained that I felt like the answer last night was incorrect, so I showed the package to the manager who then claimed that the toy was wrong. Um... OK, so Marvel is gonna let Hasbro make millions of dollars of these toys and other merchandise and they're all labeled wrong? I then pulled out my phone and went to the Wikipedia page about it and showed him what it says about each of the suits in this movie and he claimed that it wasn't a credible source. So then I went to find production images and showed him the scene with the 4 suits in the workshop and pointed out that the Mark IV in the background still has the circular chestpiece. He claimed that since he had read the answer in a Marvel encyclopedia that he was correct and I was wrong. Ugh. If there wasn't a prize involved in this (which was a stack of free movie passes), I'd be content to let him continue to be wrong, but noooooooooooooo. Now I just can't let it go. LOL. I don't suppose anyone knows of any official images or storyboards with labels online which clearly specify which suit is which?

I have to say that I'd buy the costume pack simply because Garrus' damaged armor drives me crazy. Surely he could get a new suit at some point.

Please... please... let it be able to hold its gunpod in fighter mode... 'cause I WANT it.

I say with tremendous pride that the old Bandai VF-19 Kai is the first Valkyrie fighter I've ever owned, and I got it from Graham, no less. I couldn't be any happier about this news. This is a must-have for me. I look forward to seeing pictures.

Once of the greatest gifts I've ever been given: When I graduated from college, my friends all got together and bought me a Neo Geo MVS. They did a substantial amount of restoration on it, and it's in better condition than any I ever saw in an arcade. Samurai Shodown 3 came with it, and they also got me King of Fighters '94 and Magician Lord. Over the years, I added Samurai Shodown IV and KOF '95, '96, and '97. I still play it to this day.

Had this in mind for a while. It's pretty simple, but I like it. I can't take credit for all of the decals - someone else designed the Skull Squadron decal and the Frontier logo on the rear. I touched up the skull a fair bit so that it looks more like what's on the back of my Armored Messiah.

Which one? Mine did the same thing. I've been hoping to be able to have someone recast it, but no luck thus far...

Ugh. Any advice for repairing (or maybe even replacing) one of the front landing gear doors on an Armored Messiah? I have no idea how it broke since it's only ever been treated with the utmost of fragile care, but one of the two tabs on the inside of the left door has broken. I am not very good in the least at plastic repair, especially with parts which are moving.

Thank you for the images! How in the world did you get such nice quality large ones? It is very interesting, though, in that the first image looks like it sits where it logically should - below the thigh armor. In the next picture, though, you can't see it from behind which would make me think that it sits up high above the thigh armor. I can't really tell in the third shot. Maybe I should go back and watch again.

Out of curiosity, is there any lineart showing where exactly the gunpod sits while in armored fighter mode? I'd like to know if it sits below the light gray attachable thigh armor pieces or if it does indeed remain exactly where it is without the armor. While I did finally get my gunpod affixed in fighter mode, it does seem to cause a noticeable amount of stress on the wing pins since it pushes the legs a little further apart. I am contemplating an idea for how to fix this.

Got mine two days ago thanks to Anime Export. They are my new heroes, to be certain. Anyway, I cannot believe that there is simply no way to mount the gunpod in armored fighter mode. Seriously. Anybody thinking of doing a longer recast of the gunpod holder which will be able to accomplish this? It's driving me crazy already. I'd also be interested if anyone has seen a custom head-peg extender which can telescope and allow for transformation in all 3 modes. While I like this thing, it's my first DX and I definitely have some issues with it. I'm so rarely able to make high-dollar toy purchases, so the only other thing from this past year I can compare this to is the Beagle Ridearmor. The funny thing to me is that in concept, the Ridearmor uses so much anime magic that it shouldn't work at all... and yet the Beagle one does. Not only does it work, it is like my very pinnacle of transforming toys now. The transformation of the VF-25S conceptually should work with little trouble, but the execution is quite problematic. I can't help but wonder if we'll ever see a better one.

You and me both. I am terribly excited now. I didn't expect this to be out this soon.

I preordered the armored VF-25 with Anime Export today. I feel like I got a very good deal which included shipping. Here's hoping I have my hands on it shortly after it's released.

Official response from Anime Export is that because they don't yet know for certain the weight of the finished product, they cannot commit on a shipping cost. I'm going to write back and ask if an estimate of 19,300Y would be a ballpark figure.