PsYcHoDyNaMiX

That's looking real nice! Excellent work as always!

Now if you go to nippon-yasan.com it redirects to nin nin game lol.

2 hours ago, Kicker773 said:

Finally had time today to slowly open them. Halfway through and had to take a break but you see what I’m working with….

and what came in earlier this week:

Just BD85 and End Game Cap Marvel and I’m done. Hopefully. 
 

No Macross this year, Just the Weathered19 and Nora. Maybe catch up on Delta and others after that. Didn’t want to join on the preorder madness. Don’t need additional stress. 

 

Damn! That's a haul! Were they all from over the year or just the holiday?!

My vf-31ax order from okiniland arrived yesterday via dhl. 

9 minutes ago, Arky said:

Hi all, 

Here to rant a bit and calling out LunaPark store because I have place a order with them for the tamashii event exclusive figures which is the Metal build 00 transam and the saint seiya gemini gold24 and guess what came today !!! a small package from luna and inside has no packing but a piece of newpaper... good thing the box was not damage so the content  inside was safe. Whats inside the shipping box was only the saint seiya gemini 24... WTF when I login to luna for my account and check the tracking both items where order together so it is under one order # and the tracking also came in one tracking number and both say delivered so what lay in front of me is it.... 

So glad I recorded the whole unpacking because this is the first time I order from luna and want to confirm if they have improve their packing since they made a crazy video about it. BUT was not expecting to have a missing FIGURE. I want to post the video here but it exceeded the file capacity. I dont want to upload on youtube because i dont have a video editing to blur my address... 

Luna owes me a MB transam 00 10th ann... T-T

Wow what the...? @LUNA PARK

I wonder if bandai deliberately made the MB Hi-Nu legs thinner in consideration for a possible HWS addon for the future. Because even the head and forearms look a bit un-proportioned to the rest. 🤔

it does look like they incorporated an ab crunch around the torso (where the cockpit hatch is).

5 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Already sold out on P-Bandai for the first release.

Hoping there's enough stock for the US website.

Same. PBHK, PBTaiwan already sold out as well. PBSG still had stock last night. PBUS is the only site holding the black friday shipping deal and previewed their upcoming products with no PG Perf mentioned. 

EDIT: Nvm SG is out of stock now too.

1 hour ago, borgified said:

Rescue is $290 USD at TW, however like what @PsYcHoDyNaMiX mentioned, s&h is going to kill you. 

I’m still picky about getting the solo Black Suit Black Widow, but it’s the wait for Shand (Book of Fett) that’s overtaking it. 

I see a price of 256 at TW before ship for Rescue.

Did sentinel ever address the cracking/stressing swing arms from the previous releases?

37 minutes ago, Kicker773 said:

Three more left: End Game Cap Marvel, End Game War Machine, and Rescue.

Nice! Iirc toyswonderland has rescue at a good price. But shipping always the killer.

11 minutes ago, MacrossJoe said:

Anyone know roughly how much shipping will be for something like the vf31ax from Luna Park?

They got me for 5k jpnyen to NYC.

Amiami already bogged down

HS down

1 hour ago, sqidd said:

That's middle of the road from what I have seen. Has anyone gotten one shipped DHL for under 4K?

Amiami just qouted me 3577 via DHL to NYC for the VF-31J Sound/fold booster Hayate, but that's Amiami (larger company?).

1 hour ago, weiser21 said:

1200 Yen markup isn't bad, but 5K Yen shipping for one valk... ouch.

Yea the shipping is a tad over, but meh... the difference for shipping only would've been like 10-15$ tops? I'll work the extra hour, so I can save two hours of sleep... lol.

A bit surprised noone linked this yet:

https://www.lunapark.store/product-page/dx-chogokin-vf-31ax-kairos-plus-mirage-farina-jenius-japan-version

Its payment upfront and to avoid the PO madness.

53 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Huh, I knew they did it with the MG, wasn't aware on the PG.

Going based entirely on photos, it does look like the PG "Narrative" is a much more yellow gold color, while the older one isn't nearly as yellow.

I suppose I could grab a narrative version and do a comparison, I got my OG kit back near the first release.

 

[edit] Looks like there's an OG version on Ebay for $636: https://www.ebay.com/itm/124874887886

Yup same here. I got the first edition and bought the expansion tails for the first edition when they released the NT version.

1 hour ago, sqidd said:

I just thought of something. I'm half speaking out of my butt here so bear with me. Weren't there 2+ releases of those? There was one release that was "really gold!" and then a later release(s) that are not as gold-y?

I was under the impression that the OG "super gold" ones went for pretty big bucks.

IMO the newer gold doesn't look nearly as good. It looks more like paint.

The non-NT release (first) was not as 'goldy'. Essentially it was one layer or less clear orange used when they plated/painted it. The NT release (second) is the 'goldy' version.

Here you go these were displayed nycc 2021 for the first time ever since ive been attending (2011).

Here you go these were displayed nycc 2021 for the first time ever since ive been attending (2011).

Here you go these were displayed nycc 2021 for the first time ever since ive been attending (2011).

Here you go guys. The valks are prob off topic, but they were right across from each other and the first time I've ever seen them in person at nycc since ive been attending 2011 (makes me wonder if there's a possible US release indication by them being displayed at nycc). I think the mb blue frame may hit pbus st some point (i honestly cant recall if it already was, sorry im wiped atm).

Here at NYCC and they have a couple of things on display. Including the Lohengrin launcher. MB blue frame 2nd, and for the first time ever some macross items! Currently on limit data so hopefully ill remember to upload the pics later.

11 hours ago, weiser21 said:

So it's not a die cast frame if they using MG kits. I wonder how they make money if the base kits are indeed Bandai.

From my understanding they're not using a diecast frame, the cost would be too high. I discussed the item/company with a friend last month iirc from the discussion if they do use a diecast frame it would be one of the 3rd party inserts that were made available only for four models. Iirc those were released mainly the seed line. The profit for painting and assembling would go down.

4 hours ago, sqidd said:

They could be painting/assembling another 3rd party figure.

From the same discussion with my friend we compared various photos of the original bandai kit, with a daban and i think one of the third party manufacturer (a dragon momoko?) and the conclusion was they were actually using the bandai kits in their pictures.

3 hours ago, F360 said:

https://www.usagundamstore.com/products/gundam-metal-build-justice-gundam

But its at $329..  so even with the 10% off coupon it's still about the same as other stores.

And they'll get you with tax and ship too T_T.

2 hours ago, weiser21 said:

https://gundamit.com/navigator-toys-bandai-xxxg-00w0-wing-gundam-zero-ew_p0073.html

Has anyone ever bought something by Navigator Toys before. Can't seem to find any reviews on them.

From my understanding is that they're a painting/assembly service company. Not an actual 3rd party manufacturer with their own products.