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The milk is strong with this one...

Shoutout to @sh9000 for a fast and easy transaction. Received the toy well packed and protected.

On Amazon for a great price...I snagged one and the algorithm bumped up the price to $300... so you can save it and keep an eye on it. But it was normally sitting at $330.

9 hours ago, Scyla said:

Wotafa’s review of the Zeta Gundam:

Looking at more reviews I wished they would have found a way to cover the hinge in the chest. Looks way too much like a toy.

I wonder if we will get a Zeta Plus (red and blue creamsicle) from that mold.

I would also like to add that the Metal Build Zeta looks like a Transformer; what are you doing Bandai? 
 

 

Most likely the Zeta Amuro colorway. That's just a shield swap... maybe slightly different wing binder shape?

I would be down for Zplus C1 though kinda doubt it since the Ka Signature line has those so filled out.

I think basically boils down to Yammie for almost perfect proportions but not finish in fighter mode, Bandai for a good but not great Battroid due to the backpack, but much better posability. Also depends if you want a toy to handle or a display piece.

That being said, I'm a big fan of the Yammie 1/48 VF-1 Stealth and it's colors way more than any other color variant...so I'd at least give that a look. Probably something about the color that hides the cheaper plastics finish? But it looks awesome in fighter.

Yeah folks like to pile on. I have two, and personally like the figure. Sure it's got its issues, but it's finally got a good battroid mode. I absolutely hate the Yamato version and the comically skinny legs, plasticity finish etc...Maybe I'm just used to MB and GFFMC type finishes? Glossy plastic just feels too toy-like for me. But each to their own.

4 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Same as you, @Bolt. I'll go with VF-2SS than Fire Valkyrie. 

Go and get the Hi-Metal VF-2SS. 

Agreed, VF-2SS is way more of a unique design.

21 hours ago, doomgart said:

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After the original S.E.I.T.E.N. and the beautiful Albion this dark version looks strange to me.

 

Now I have to agree with @68whiskey in terms of recoloring the same mold.

 

Man that looks fugly. Was thinking they'd do Shinkiro first...

1 hour ago, Lolicon said:

Come on guys let's cut Bandai some slack already. Don't you remember the SV-51 ankle debacle? Where Arcadia said having the wrong ankles installed was just a "quality variance" and told everyone outside Japan to piss off?

Bandai is a pretty small company and couldn't possibly handle the cost of replacing all those broken head lasers.

Yeah man, just think about the exorbitant shipping costs to send out these replacement lasers, and global warming! /s

52 minutes ago, m0n5t3r said:

I too prefer Bandai's YF-19 specifically because of the no-gap chest in battroid (and the shield-integrated cover and no extra bits for the back of the thighs).

What's most puzzling to me is that the Yamato version was there for them to copy what works and that this was designed almost at the same time as the HG version. Did the design team for the DX suffer some kind of temporary blindness or something? 

They got the legs right, though.

 

Since they teased the project in 2019, it's been 5 years so I wouldn't be surprised if the project had been suspended several times internally, and had a switch of design team members or at least significant turnover. There's too many design inconsistencies and engineering approaches that just feel like there were many inherited decisions from previous designs that they didn't bother to revisit.

On 4/19/2024 at 2:04 AM, 505thAirborne said:

Wake me up when SV-51's & VF-11B/11C's are announced. 

So... you gonna sleep forever then? 😅

5 hours ago, Rhubarbarian said:

 

I felt like I overpaid for the Metal Build Kampfer at P-Bandai (I did), but now that the money is in the rear-view mirror I'm just excited to get my hands on it next month.

That's how I generally feel with P Bandai, it ends up being more expensive, but it's guaranteed. For most items you can probably import from Mandarake for cheaper, which I'm starting to do with some things that aren't absolutely must have. 

5 hours ago, RDX17 said:

I want to believe!

I have an island to sell you...=P

20 hours ago, Lolicon said:

That's a difficult concept for some.

It's like putting it on my wife's credit card 💳 lol

6 hours ago, recon said:

Boy. I will die a happy man if they release this under the MB or GFFMC line

Lol I contemplated getting the 1/35 G-system GK that was basically this... Then came back to reality regarding my modeling skills. 

11 hours ago, Big s said:

Why does it have a sliding gimmick?

This book was originally published around 1987-88 so it's been awhile... Now that I see it again, it's a full scratch build... Which is crazy. But it was so popular that it became the de facto Ex-S pose.

9 hours ago, Big s said:

I was just wondering because I don’t remember that in the design. Was it added like the weird what if panels for the Sazabi?

It was popularized by a specific custom build featured in the Gundam Sentinel Model Graphix series in the magazine and eventually published in the book... I'll see if I can find a photo of it. 

6 hours ago, Big s said:

Probably pretty tough to beat, never heard of the place though. There may be some sales coming up soon though, but I kinda doubt the prices will get lower than that 

They are legit and been around for a while, but the way they keep prices low I think is because they ship surface/sea to US warehouse first...hence the ship date of this in October 2024, usually 2-3 months later than other shops that ship by air.

On 12/13/2023 at 12:42 PM, MKT said:

In a twisted way I'm thinking it would be cool if someone made a diorama of this, complete with a figure walking on the sides of the capsized ship. 

Complete with scaled mobile suits standing next to it in the water trying to right the ship? 

On 12/12/2023 at 9:10 AM, vladykins said:

Maybe Bandai is still trying to recover overseas costs from when that container ship threw some of their stuff into the ocean during that storm?

 

I'm kidding.....maybe? 

You'd guess they'd have some form of shipping insurance on those containers right? 

5 hours ago, Anasazi37 said:

 That's why I asked about Gundam items as a sanity check. Do we see the same pattern or are Macross items more costly to buy from US shops? Right now I think many of us have a gut feeling that the Macross prices are much higher than they should be, and it's a hard feeling to shake. 

They're equally inflated for Gundam items on the official P-Bandai US Portal, for example a Metal Build that sells for 27k yen MSRP ($185 at today's exchange rates) is often 270 USD+shipping+tax which ends up like 315 USD when all is said and done, not to mention the 2-3 month shipping delay. They are shipped by boat and distributed from the West Coast by former Bluefin.

So price-wise it often ends up cheaper and faster waiting for see secondary market options even with shipping like DHL. That being said, for some items it is much easier to secure a PO on PBUS than the JP sites, so there's the tradeoff... It is more guaranteed. 

6 minutes ago, 68whiskey said:

I stand corrected about the MB GN Arms , looks like its going to be an options set. 

I wonder who over at bandai had the common sense to make this decision

 

https://p-bandai.com/us/item/N2698829001001

Probably the manufacturing lead time for a full GN Arms set is too lengthy....and the profit margins on options sets are much better?

It's almost half the price of a full set for maybe 25% of the parts. Not so much Bandai grew a conscience.

2 hours ago, 68whiskey said:

You’re giving the greedy sleezebags at Bandai too much credit. This is going to be a full release , then they will re release the other GN Arms with a slight color change and then maybe they will just sell the conversion parts by themselves

I'd typically agree with you, but I do remember a Japanese press release teasing the Type D as option parts and not a full release. I guess we'll see. 

5 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Stand alone OOTORI Pack Set. How I really wish Bandai will just do the Perfect Aile Strike Pack.

Well, Bandai is true to form as the ultimate tease... it's a toxic relationship. That I can't get out of.