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@Paco Grande is in Canada and DHL is indeed ripping us off with fees, I too paid $20 processing fee and 13% duties on top recently.🥵

I hope Bandai is updating the type of material this time because the first release Roy had cheap feel to it for some reason on the white, whereas the subsequent releases didn’t.

HLJ charged me just now, looking at my storage space I am in trouble.🤣

For some reason stuff I wanted such as dx fire valk, sdf-1 reissue, etc all ended up getting released the month of October, my wallet is literally bracing for impact.😁 release delay? Yes please.

Thanks! I am hopeful Arcadia don’t go out of business and continue feeding our plastic addiction 🫠 speaking of which, is SDF-1 reissue likely to be delayed next month? Sounds like factory production coming to a halt or something..

Don’t you dare give up on me Arcadia, for I was just starting to fancy my late acquisitions..

Hey @davidwhangchoi, perfect fit or not I am interested in one of your misb sets if you wanna help a brother out, shipped to Toronto Canada, thanks!

That looks great! I have been looking for a Yamato Ghost on used market to dress up my newly acquired 0A Shin but no luck..C’mon Arcadia, tweak that mold and re-release already.😎

I have just gotten mine the other day, not happy with it. The matte finish looks and feels cheap, that’s a first. The double up screws on the shoulder is okay but the hip out of the box is loose & needs to be tightened. The revival attempt didn’t translate as well as the previous 25’s revivals, it feels particularly like an old toy, corners not sharp enough, an old design brought back. - and that’s exactly it I am afraid. Does the knee joint not rotate 360 freely on the vf-27? When I rotate it for Gerwalk stance, the joints fight back and it feels like going to break off if I keep at it..Does the vf-27 not have waist rotation? hate to be naysaying but it feels like a waste of money. Damn you Bandai.😅

The initial 0S release did not include the slotted parts to accommodate missile launcher up top. Apparently this release includes a stand with new print as well.😅

Wow you got it real fast it showed up on Mandarake only a few days ago lol. Sorry to see the crack, maybe someone has come up with a 3d printed replacement for it?😗

Or boiling water has worked for me in the past:)

Okay I busted my copy open today which marks my very first Arcadia Valk (yay!😗). My first impression is it’s a big bird for 1/60 scale I suppose the Zero valks are designed significantly larger than VF-1’s eh, it takes up a good chunk of my limited display space. I have not audacity to transform it yet however right from the get go, the drooping intakes do bother me as they do not seem to positively lock in against gravity. I keep pushing it up, wiggle jiggle the remainder of the legs with no success. I was watching Jenius’s review dated 9 years ago and it had the exact same problem. 9 years is apparently not long enough time for a reputable boutique toy manufacturer to redesign an extra tab. Lastly is it just me, the whole thing feels so bare like a blank canvas with wings without tampo printing it screams decals and possibly some focused weathering because this was a 40k yen valk, yikes. I see now why folks spend the money to get its premium finish equivalent. Of course it isn’t the worst toy, I like the die-cast landing gears come already painted in white, that’s a first and real fresh coming from a heavy Bandai’d user.😆 I have ordered in some Aliexpress third party waterslide decals hopefully I will grow to appreciate it more when everything is said and done.

Up next the inevitable Tamashii exclusive sound booster the dx for..say 13,000 yen?!😆

Does anyone have recommendations for a decent third party waterslide decal to replace the sticker sheet it comes with?