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IDK if yanking the entire FSS license wholesale from a company for making display figures followed by axing another company's attempts before they were even released is "allowing it" man... I would love a big gokin Mortar Head more than anyone in the world but we got to be realistic about how this franchise is run. It isn't for casuals, that's for sure. Nagano is the type of person to hoard a movie in a theater in Japan and never release it on media, he will never care what his fans want. And that's why there aren't many of them outside of Japan. Mamoru Nagano makes Harmony Gold look like Santa Claus.

Kaiyodo did but they were more like PVC statues. Kaiyodo also lost the FSS license after that disaster lol. Kinda cements my point. I think Wave tried to release some figures but Nagano personally cancelled them. That recent Volks Gothicmade was the only FSS "toy" released and it's an ultra-boutique item that cost $1000 and TBH I don't really even consider it FSS. Either way Nagano ain't letting outsider scum like Sentinel and Bandai touch his baby.

Nagano's been saying it for four decades now. Have you considered the Hi Metal R? It's got some ugly chrome gold in the frame but reviews are glowing.

Nagano would never permit it lol

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I like it more than the HMR on the sole basis of it not having that tacky chrome gold in its frame.

Is it based on this illustration by Obari? Sentinel loves Obari.

Can't put my finger on it but it's kind of underwhelming?

Why is this taking so long to come out? Feels like it was unveiled forever ago.

6000 yen for the 1/144 LED Mirage, a bit pricey but not outrageous. Better value than the Our Treasure Junchoon IMHO.

Yah, it makes sense after he mentioned that he already had the IMS. My initial impression was that he was buying that model over the IMS, which made no sense to me. Tried to toil with the old Wave Vatshu twenty years ago and it was such a dumpster fire that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy, FSS plastic models have come a long way.

I can't read sarcasm on the internet but thanks if you are being genuine lol I used to be soooo into FSS in the 2000s then just fell of my radar until I started seeing news about volumes coming out again and checking out what's up.

If you checked the full history you would see the kit came out in the 90s. The version you got was a reissue from the 2000s. It's out of print so yeah it fetches high aftermarket prices, but buying it makes about as much sense as hunting down some crappy no-grade Gundam released decades ago when the MG variant gets released the same year. Maybe if it has some personal connection to you, it would make sense, but I don't understand buying this over the IMS at all, especially at $200 dollars today.

Man buddy you got ripped off hard considering the IMS was released at the same time.... And the DVD came out after the Volks GGI kit so not sure what you're talking about.

Nooo, Volks has been making FSS kits even before the movie. And the GGI was released in the mid-late 90s, at least if my memory of that time is correct. I had a friend tell me that they used to go for two-hundred dollars until they were reissued a decade later for like 5,000 yen, did you buy it back in the 90s?

Does this V3 version of the Mirage even have the boomerang unit? I only recall seeing it on old versions with the flat feet. And speaking of old kits, the Volks GGI KOG looks so derpy next to the IMS lol. IDK why scaling between FSS models is so wacky and inconsistent, these are both supposed to be 1/100?!

I think I'm just spoiled with modern toys and (Bandai) model kits. I don't know if resin even has any appeal left beyond people who were into anime in the 80s and 90s which was where most FSS fans came from.

The ultra-expensive Volks resin kits are being sold on the US site. WOW at these prices. https://volksusa.store/collections/figure-garage-kits?availability=true&brand=F.S.S.+x+VOLKS $500 for this, and you have to build and paint it yourself. And I thought Arcadia's prices were out of control.

New volume selling really well in Japan? Always thought it was a niche hardcore thing, like the model kits.

That would be a first because I don't think ANY FSS plakit to date has been snapfit, not even older IMS.

Do all those pegs on the inner frame mean this will be snap-fit?

No it's a different design than the plastic model. And that doesn't come with a human face either, I doubt anyone even cares about it. Edit for more Last Junchoon. I can't stop gushing over this. I would give an arm and a leg for a Metal Build that looks exactly like this. And a Ver Ka. MG too (that was a joke FSS fans)

HMM Something to look out for in the near future: Last Junchoon. Made by the same guy who sculpted the Our Treasure model kit: I love this design so much it's not even funny. I've seen accusations that it looks too much like a Katoki Gundam, and that may be why I like it haha (heresy to za FSS fans).

A YF-29 would be kickass! I think it'll look much better than the strange take on the YF-19 since there's no 2D magic shenanigans with the proportions.

Mamoru Nagano will NEVER let Bandai touch his baby lol It's also molded entirely in gray plastic so you have to paint everything. FSS is never permitted to be casual. 🤡 Also fun fact on that Junone model kit, the person in charge of designing it is Hiroyuki Motoki from T-REX. That name should be familiar here because it's the same guy that designed most of the Yamato and Arcadia Valks, along with many of Sen-ti-nel's products. https://www.t-rextoys.co.jp/works2.html An Arcadia or Riobot Five Star Stories toy will never happen but we can dream.