PointBlankSniper
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Nooo too soon. Wallet is not ready 😠And why tf are the clear parts blue?!?!?!??? It wasn't even like that in the exhibit photos... edit: dunno where Tag Hobby pulled these extra pics from, but Bandai is advertising them screws now
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Hopefully it inherits the two screw thighs and whole stiff joint thing in general from the new Ozma.
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This sounds a lot more reasonable, and closes the gap to what YYK quotes with, so it's kind of hard to complain. Still kind of sad that it's a fraction lighter than when I got the YF-21 with a master grade kit, yet the prices are still the same for most couriers. I wonder if they could just take out a piece of brown paper to lose 101g and get into sub 2500g shipping prices lol
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I'm fairly certain the shipping fee can go lower than that for me, with slow boat surface shipping, even at its current quoted 2600g weight. I'm hoping someone here can check the weight so there is more evidence than just Mandarake's weight listing to raise a case with YYK though. But it seems Mandarake's weight can roughly be corroborated by adding the weight of the old renewal's listing with the its standalone armored parts, and the same with Alto's version too. The small difference from the revival can be attributed to the SMS style stand vs the generic hexagon one it now has.
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NGL I think YYK messed up the weight. They probably meant 1600g and somehow typo'd the "1" into a "2" on their records. Nobody just quietly jacks up your weight for all shipping methods based on box size without explaining it. If a courier upcharges based on oversize, I'd expect it to be handled at different rates and weight classes per courier's policies. Directly altering the reported weight just doesn't make any sense, unless something shady was intended. I've bought enough model kits to know if a box size just costs more, it will cost more and they don't need to lie about the weight. I think Imma wait for someone here to verify the actual weight before I do anything. Speaking of NNG, is the way they raise price expnentially as stock goes down not the biggest red flag there is already? I only used them when they were last resort for some obscure items, and only because folks here kept going on about using them like their practice wasn't shady AF. As for Hobby Genki, I think it's a case of you get what you pay for. Their style is basically to undersell competitors and make do by cheaping out on packaging, which works fine if you aren't a mint condition box collector.
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My YYK ready for shipping notice just came in too. Haven't picked my shipping option yet. Gonna watch the exchange rates for a bit first. I'm still wondering if it really is 2600g.
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The matte does wonders in making those bulbous shapes not look like kiddie toys. I'm tempted, but the 27 is coming up and I prefer 25G's tornado. And wallet is die. Must resist. ðŸ˜
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There was definitely some mold release on mine too. Kind of weird that it doesn't seem to be on any other DX as far as I've seen.
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It wasn't super hyped, probably because of past stigma, but it cleared out of channels steadily I think. I've heard nothing particularly wrong with it, and my unit was everything as expected. Other than a micro paint scratch/rub/mispaint(?) that I can't tell if its from factory or my own doing, I can't find real fault with it. It's even held up fine when I accidentally used the scary triangle as a perch to exert force while transforming. It's definitely not made of the metallic explodium plastic used on the old CFs. One leg armor could do with less bending and tension with the fitment, and an intake armor could grip a little better, but its nothing out of the ordinary. Overall, its uncharacteristically on point considering modern bandai QC.
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HG still has rights on OG/DYRL characters and content in the US. But that's about it. If you look at how that recent macross game on steam has the OG content cut out as regional exclusive dlc, where folks outside of asia can't get it, that's the likely result of the deal and an example of how things will have to dance around it going forward.
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If I'm not mistaken, the reputation of the revivals' hip stength tanked further with every release. That seems to be why 25G sold bad and started price dropping and flooding mandarake. Dunno if screws are actually the cause.
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Unless there is somehow another company with the same name, it seems like flipping real estate and tax evaision are their main gigs. Probably linked to some italian mafia too.
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Devs be trolling hiding things in places you cant see lol
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If you are talking about YYK, they should have surface shipping and air small packet (if within size and weight limit) upon request. Don't know why those are not listed on their site by default. I don't think these are possibly in the 2.6kg range. You can look up all the past dx weights on hobby search by searchigng for dx chogokin. It just doesn't make sense when the old renewals by themselves are only in the 800g range, and the revivals with super parts are only almost 1300g. The OG non revival release with armored parts is only 1700, and 600 without armor.
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That is a lot of goodies to feast my eyes on 🥰
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Gundam Show Thread - MSG thru GQuuuuuuX
PointBlankSniper replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Im gonna call it G Cucks even though I know how to read it properly, and nobody can stop me. The gundam look like kyoukai senki carried over as mentioned. The character designs... oof. First they mutilated aquarion, now they did it to gundam. I hope sunrise macross at least gets to steal the fairly odd parents style, if not spongebob.- 3798 replies
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Looks like the drunken cross-eyed guy that put together Chronocidal's Max Durandal is back at it again. 🤪
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I don't deny that. I'm the one that pointed out the likely reason behind the hardpoints remaining on almost every release above after all. But that isn't quite the same topic. Here, I'm just addressing the idea of reusing the tooling specifically. I don't imagine they would literally grind out the injection molds for the kai, and then weld it back if they want to do another run of the YF.
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I have Ozma ordered from them as well, so I'm in the same boat. They said they were very understaffed and backlogged when I was dealing with the YF-21. Took them like 3 weeks to respond to my email at some point during the defect inspections. But they also only took couple days to reply shipping inquiries and process it at the end. They footed half the shipping fee as compensation for the delays. Seems like certain operations are hung up and ridiculously slow, where they are understaffed, to the point of looking suspiciously unresponsive, but they go above and beyond with their customer service when they actually get around to it. Having gone through this once, I'm not too concerned yet. If anything, it's a great opportunity to observe whether people are getting consistent defects with this release that warrant an inspection before shipping. You never know how bandai quality is these days 🤡
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That's the guy I watched and found out the colors are wrong in the instructions. He pointed it out a few times and laughed at it, but I think he's under the impression the instructions have the right colors and then they should have painted the head with the gunpod's shade.
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Apparently the brow and cheeks are shown to have a dark metallic gray trim in the promos and instructions, but they are in a medium gray like the main body on the final product. I checked some wiki pics and it seems like the final product is correct. Dunno what happened to cause a difference, but the incorrect colors do make the sculpt look a bit sharper to me lol.
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The YF-19's wings aren't the same shape as the Kai.
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I think it's just a standard they adopted to all their designs after Frontier. Before that, only the 171 had accessories that needed it. The 21's design broke every design rule that had going, but it might just be following canon. It might be fixable or maybe even planned that the 22 can have hard points by having them molded into extentions on the removable ailerons. If not for cheaping out and recycling molds, I think the 25, 27, and 29, would probably get them too. IDK about the former two, but it's extra frustrating looking at my Max Durandal and seeing how they originally went to the trouble of sculpting in those shallow fake hardpoints on the 29, but not making them deep enough to be functional. Then again, there's almost nothing to use them with if you don't have some specific valks or 3D print them. Sometimes, it feels like Bandai is run by psychos lol
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The canopy is purple, you can see where its thickest at the hinge, or if you find an image that looks through it's entire length from the front. But that's what makes me sad. It's so light that you can't tell it's there without looking hard for it.
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Probably not the right place to say this, but apparently, Goodsmile USA got data breached for a whole month and still hasn't said a thing about it... People are getting sketchy charges on their cards.