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+1 for @Bobby for making my sale smooth and easy. Thanks!

So is that date when the preorders start or when more information will be available?

Definitely curious to see if its a bundle with a VF-1J. That will be kinda pricey. If it's a bundle, I will have an original edition VF-1J for sale. 

22 minutes ago, RedComet said:

Trying to use the sun for better lighting. What do you think?

Looks awesome! I like those red tipped missiles

35 minutes ago, Anasazi37 said:

All this talk about the Arcadia VF-0S got me thinking about why I don't own one, and the Reactive Armor to go with it. I was scratching my head about it, so I went to Arcadia's site and was instantly reminded of why I passed on them:

• VF-0S (Regular Finish) = ¥38280 (tax included)
• Reactive Armor = ¥19580 (tax included)

Looked at the usual sites and it seems like the price of the 0S is holding steady at close to MSRP in the secondary market. The armor seems to show up at MSRP or a bit lower. So, they're holding their value, which is great, but that puts them at a level that's hard for me to justify right now. I'd love to see the 0S reissued in the price range of the VF-4A, with the armor scaled down in price as well. That would be much harder for me to pass up. I'm not going to hold my breath, though.

I have a VF-0S regular finish I am looking to sell this week. Just need to get a few other projects rolling before I can grab some pictures.

13 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Thanks! I'm hoping Arcadia gives the 0A and 0S the same PF treatment as the 0D. Expensive but I'd buy both in a heartbeat. 

I agree completely. That would be a beautiful trio on display. So far I have resisted buying an Arcadia VF-0A partially because of the leg issue, but mostly hoping for some type of PF version of it. The Zeros are just so plain in their normal release.

I wonder if the missile effects are removable. Are there normal missiles sculpted in the launchers? Either way I like it

Very nice. Would love to have one of these to display the Kitzconcept figures with. Haven't I abused my wallet enough lately?

I really enjoy these models and all of their details. They are going to make great displays.

In one of the Calibre Wings videos awhile back, Noel said he hasn't been approached yet to renew his license. Really hoping we will see more of these. He said he wanted to do some with Fast Packs too. How awesome would that be?

Jeez even the expensive stuff sold out quickly. They must not have had much stock of anything. Why bother with a week long sale?

Was thinking about a PF SDF-1 if they held on for a minute. The flip side is I didn't spend any money yay!

I was going to gripe that of course now that I ordered and paid up front HLJ put it up for sale but wow there's some markup.

https://www.hlj.com/1-60-scale-complete-transformation-yf-19-with-fast-pack-premium-finish-acamrk821572

20 hours ago, Lolicon said:

I was charged deposit on my first PF VF-4 but then full price up front on the second. I think they just made a mistake the first time around. Charging full price up front has always been their MO.

This does seem to be the case. The deposit payment up front only for the PF VF-4 was a nice break, but I think it was just a goof.

FJ got back to me and confirmed that my order for the YF-19 went through. They said it shows as pending because they have only made the deposit with Arcadia. They will pay the balance around a month before the release and then it the status will change.

I got charged full price as well. Not sure why the delay making the purchase, it's usually within a day. Arcadia doesn't have pre-order purchase limits similar to Bandai do they?

You beat me to it. Looks like they are offering just about every Macross item they have made. The question is how limited is their stock of each item.

As it hasn't appeared for sale anywhere else yet, I decided to bite the bullet too and order one through FJ. Got the confirmation a few days ago and made the Charge 1 payment, but my order is still only pending. 

Wow no kidding. Did they do another production run? Bandai keep some stock waiting in the wings? 

That's nice to see. I almost want to buy another just so I can say I got a DX at MSRP. Really don't need it though haha

26 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

I thinking it's a bit neater than the 0D *BUT* the 0D benefits from the weathering finish so its not nearly as noticeable. 

With that in mind I plan on making my regular edition the clean & shiny one from the anime and I'll add something to the PF so the paneling doesn't look so stark against the white. 

I think that's a fair assessment

I got my PF VF-4A and honestly I have mixed feelings about it. The panel lining gives it depth but it's relatively sloppy. I would have been happy with a PF figure that had all the tampo but no panel lining, such as the previous releases (other than the VF-0D).

Neat....but would much prefer a PF. Then again, maybe that will appear soon like the VF-4's and they will offer both

They mentioned they are waiting for pictures of the Rick 1S from the factory. I haven't seen any posted anywhere 

The GBP should be up for preorder soon, but no movement just yet.

4 hours ago, jenius said:

Holy smokes, FJ wanted more than 10K yen to ship this thing priority... sooooooo nope... won't be reviewing that one for a while!

Isn't that nuts? I will be using surface shipping for just about everything from here on out.

Yep FJ has mine. Nice!

Thank you to @TheLoneWolffor a smooth and easy sale!

Also many thanks to @Alphahorizonfor selling me a HMR Destroid. The figure arrived quickly and was packaged very well!

Yes looks like mine are shipping today. Very excited to get them, these are very nice VF-1 models. I hope they will be producing more down the road

They have been somewhat steadily releasing HMR stuff from other IPs. In addition to the world covid situation, Bandai probably didn't want to have Macross releases across two different lines once the 1/48 DX came out. 

I am still holding out hope for more Macross HMR. Definitely hoping for Destroids if nothing else.

That upcoming Dragonar sure is a sharp looking figure.

Bought a Yamato 1/48 from @sqidd - the valk arrived quickly and well packaged. Many thanks!