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+1 back at @ValkAddictfor making my sale smooth and easy start to finish. Much appreciated!

A big thank you to both @arcoregonand @26662for making my sales smooth and easy! Enjoy the valks!

They are still available. Kinda want one but afraid of the shipping cost

They did say they will do a VF-1D...who knows when though. I suggested they do an Alaska Base VF-1A - you would think it would sell well.

They also said the next character figure they do will be Max. There was even a preview of it quite some time ago. Maybe after the Minmay variations?

I'm still waiting on the Heavy Armor set. Its been pushed back repeatedly. The Destroids are looking good, as well as the Regult and Glaug (I think? would be nice if it was standing up for the picture)

3 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Hobby Genki is sold out. @davidwhangchoi bought the last 5 copies they had. 

 

I got one after that. Yep, gave in...

I wonder how limited the production run is

LOL really? Bandai......that is a very weird choice to continue this line finally. Let me go ahead and buy 5 of them!

5 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

No the tabs seem to be exactly the same as the other V2.x releases...still positioned so that the tailwings have an upward slope, as opposed to the V2.0 (VF-1J Hikaru only) whose tailwing is more flat....

V2.x:

V2.0:

 

I believe the slots on the Fast Packs may be different to accomodate the V2.x tab changes...but have yet to mount them to confirm

Ahh okay, yeah now I see it. That was unfortunately quite a step backwards on these toys and it turned me off a bit. They are definitely nice in Battroid mode but fighter mode got worse with the gigantic intakes and weird backpack/leg angles.

Max's VF-1J looks good. Fighter mode appears to be tight and mostly straight. Better than my 1A's anyway

Did they modify any tabs for the backpack/legs?

I need to pick these two up at some point.

Oh wow, didn't think they would create a premium finish version of the Tomahawk. Looks great!

Seems to have a legit rainbow canopy of some kind. That's interesting. Have noticed it in every real picture I have seen of one 

Who is making that?

Definitely worked out good with the current exchange rate. Now if only I could click the button to ship my items now....

Issues with the glorious new website?

I got it to work. Was doing something weird with my address

Sounds like a guarantee they will never finish any of the lines they already started

+1 for @K1llerDocfor a smooth and easy transaction. Thank you for making it an easy sale!

+1 for @Raya1823for an excellent transaction. Was easy to communicate with, very patient, and paid quickly. Many thanks!

The search feature is definitely way less useful now from what I have encountered. Layout is okay

Wow that production run of Rick 1S figures was definitely a mess! I didn't inspect any of my battery covers....will have to take a look at them. I know I generally don't care for the newer version of that cover.

2 hours ago, Big s said:

I guess you could strip it and do a custom paint job since a replacement is on the way

That's a good idea I may end up doing that

1 hour ago, jvmacross said:

Did KC admit to it being a production line error, which could be an issue with several of the Rick-1S, or did they think it was a one-off issue...can you post some pics of the problem areas when you have a chance...I still have not opened mine so would be good to know if the issues are potentially the same on mine....

They didn't specify if it was a one off issue or not. Figured I could touch up the leg but then I saw the cockpit area. Here's the pics:

My orders finally cleared customs after a strangely long delay. I opened all of my recent figures and mostly everything looks good, no backwards feet or anything on my 1J.

The 1S Rick has some major painting errors though... the side of one leg is a mess and one side of the cockpit/nose has no paint at all. I reached out to Kitzconcept and they said they will send me a new one. I really appreciate their excellent customer service!

Still waiting for mine to clear customs. It's been a week....

2 hours ago, Offswitch said:

It's available in stock at HLJ again for those who don't want to wait longer for domestic orders: 

https://www.hlj.com/dx-chogokin-vf-25-messiah-valkyrie-worldwide-anniv-bans63272
 

@Offswitch nice to see you are still around!

I couldnt pass one up at the current exchange rate. May get a second one domestically...we'll see. Really digging the figure 

21 minutes ago, Big s said:

Are you talking about the confused color placement?

Ohhh yeah I see that now

@jvmacross hmmm do you have two of the same feet? I can't really tell from the pictures. The 1J does look snazzy

Mine have been stuck in customs all week.