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23 hours ago, Saburo said:

I was truly disappointed!  Although armors were prototypes, they were quite impressive to see in hand.  The armor added quite a bit of mass and weight to the Valk to give it a very imposing look. 

Funny story, when FEXT contacted me to ask if I would like to photograph the prototypes and that they would ship them to me, I agreed.  I thought it was only the armor prototypes they were shipping but when I opened the box the armors were attached to 2 Yamato Valks.  I messaged my friend at FEXT and he told me the Valks were from his personal collection. 

 

Very much a bummer, I did what I could to help get to the PO quota, I PO 6 of each version.  

Thank you for the compliment @Bolt much appreciated! 

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2 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Whoa he let you keep the valkyries from his personal collection? 

Ha ha, that would have been quiet the payment for handling the promotional material/pics.

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2 hours ago, Lolicon said:

They probably don't want to compete with themselves by releasing multiple lines of the same toy. 

That wouldn't surprise me, especially if the DX line cannibalized the HMR releases more than Bandai may have anticipated. 

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Definitely need to get some pics up of my recent items. I'm good for opening them and moving on, or storing them and moving on. In either instances never do I take pics.

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2 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Don't forget their VF-22s! 

D'oh!

More Yamato Valkyries that I never purchased 

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Max and Miria are the real power couple of Macross. @Saburotempting me to pull the Yamato Quaedluuns out of permanent storage...AKA Box Mode.

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2 hours ago, Saburo said:

Still sad that FEXT was not able to get the funding for 1/60 OWL Armors.  In one of my chats with FEXT after the FEXT 1/60 OWL Armor didn't hit the quota, I asked them if they would consider upscaling the armor for 1/48 scale since the DX Chogokin VF-1 was announced.  They said they would look into it for future.  I think I would costs would be too high. 

 

*snip*

That really is too bad, those armor sets look great. The DX Chogokins would look very imposing armored up with the OWL Armors.

And that's a kick-ass shot @Saburo

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^Yamato always did love massive boxes.

And really miss the days of group-buys.

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Great shots as always @Kuma Style, keep them coming!

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Sure would be nice if there was an actual pre-order to talk about 

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Noticed that Roy's VF-1S listings have been lasting just a bit longer at certain places. I guess the initial FOMO is starting to pass.

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On 2/13/2021 at 12:42 PM, Lolicon said:

Nice shot!

Now that I got around to using it, I really like the new Arcadia stand. Wish I had picked up a few more when they were widely available.

A couple more? I wish I'd picked up just one or two! lol

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Can't wait for this release! I never did pick up a Yamato VF-1D so this will fill a hole in my collection nicely.

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Sold off most of my HMR collection a few years ago, thinking about picking up one or two pieces to add to the desk while I'm still working from home.

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17 hours ago, Lolicon said:

You make me regret not buying the stealth set from Mandarake a few days ago. 

Ditto!

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56 minutes ago, Big s said:

I’ve been having the same problem coming to terms with that phenomenon being referred to as the blip rather than the snap. I still find myself saying the snap and have yet to call it the blip. I guess I’ll have to learn kinda like with the whole Grogu and baby Yoda thing, but it’s gonna take some time 

Always thought in universe Thanos wiping out 1/2 the universe was the "snap", and the return was the "blip". If not, that's my head-cannon.

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@treatment - Thank you, and yeah mine is arriving tomorrow as well. 

I just didn't come back and provide an update after the post a few days ago.

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Pretty excited about this;

https://deadline.com/2021/02/black-panther-ryan-coogler-wakanda-series-disney-plus-exclusive-disney-television-deal-proximity-media-1234684707/

Can't wait to see this project (or projects) come to light.

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8 minutes ago, sqidd said:

Seriously AmazonJP, where is my VF-4?

same

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10 hours ago, peter said:

Ok, I said before that Godzilla, a hard shelled reptilian with atomic breathe should be able to torch a fleshy mammal covered in flammable fur but since King Kong is going to be wielding Mjolnir, that changes everything.

 

Just spit out my water reading this   

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4 hours ago, Saburo said:

Fantastic!

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@Saburo pics and posts FOR THE WIN! Always makes me want to admire my collection or look for new items to buy.

Willing to bet no one here has helped sell more toys than the Super Dimensional Enabler. I might even buy Matchbox cars if he posted pics of them 

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Super quiet on the boards tonight (at least regarding tonight's preorders) - did anyone order the Metal Robot Spirits -SIDE MS- Force Impulse Gundam "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny"?

https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail?gcode=FIGURE-122584

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10749939

https://www.hlj.com/metal-robot-damashii-side-ms-force-impulse-gundam-bans61274 (open at HLJ as I type this)

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So did anyone else pick up the Project BM Kanedas Motorbike? HLJ by far had the best price of them, AmiAmi and HobbySearch;

https://www.hlj.com/1-6-scale-soul-of-popynica-project-bm-kaneda-s-motorcycle-revival-ver-bans61291

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10749999

https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail?gcode=FIGURE-122595

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Just now, 505thAirborne said:

Like so many I never went to see this in theaters. Saw it years later and it's one of my top 15 favorites, 

Same, I actually saw it during my freshman year of college. The university was able to show new movies via the campus TV network. But I've supported it since then by buying it on DVD and then again on Blu Ray.

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Laughed way too hard at this one...

Honest Trailer for one of the greatest films ever;

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