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  1. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    Attended the first two panels and unfortunately did not attend the Japan Society panel because it was outside the ANYC Javits convention (opposite end of town) and I didn't have the time constraints to bounce around b/w events/panels. The Friday (Creating...) panel was maybe 3/8ths full. The Saturday (Macross) panel was around 4/8+ths full. A friend did help me land an autograph with Kawamori sensei! Got the Macross Mecha Manual signed! A few of my other friends didn't realize how much influence he had in the Japanese sci-fi/mecha (and others) genre of the 80s and onwards.
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    I opened mine as I was planning on keeping them. Especially since Macross Plus holds a dear spot as it brought me back into Macross. I'm glad to report that 1.95/2 from Tokyo Otaku Mode were straight, lol. Yes 1.95 because one of them had a very extremely slight curve and at the same time had some spider webbing from the injection gate/point on the bottom of it. The cut where the gate was clean but I'm guessing it must've saw some rough handling before being cut off the runner. But it's something I can very easily live with. Both did suffer some paint imperfections. The one with the straight antenna had looked like it got splashed with liquid cement or glue on one of the yellow lines (bottom of the plane/belly plate) and the other had one of the white paint tampo lines on the bottom (inner belly plate) rubbed off and as well as a paint blemish on the right side of the canopy (can be seen in the pic with the upright antenna). Both definitely suffered from the assembly line/factory handling process. Oddly enough the one with the ever so 0.05% curve to the antenna (white paint rubbed off) did have some rubbing indication on the exterior of the top tray cover (over the antenna) and it reflected on the inside of the product box in the same spot where it came in contact. That box was in great condition and suffered no poor handling. Whereas the one with the straight antenna's (yellow paint blemish) box was a little damaged on one side, and the same end (of the smushed box) for the plastic tray was split. 🤔 So that's like 1.05/3 for bent antennas 0/3 double shoulders 0/3 damage canopies 0/3 double bottom mini fins 2/3 paint blemishes (maybe 3/3... I can't recall checking the first one entirely for paint blemishes). Just awaiting for one more that's arriving with a friend's AmiAmi order via surface, probably in another month or so. EDIT: Oh and very glad to hear yours from TOM are incoming by the end of the week! Hoping your results are better than mine! LOL! Yes I had to check it... curiosity killed the cat (?), in this case it was alive! XD
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    Just got home and found out my order from Tokyo Otaku Mode for the 21s was delivered. Not sure if I'm up for the heartbreak, currently 1/1 with bent antenna... lol.
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    +1 Bent from HLJ. Not as severe as others. While the shipping box was overpacked with other items, the YF-21's product box suffered from both shipping/handling and poor packing. I believe the damage on the antenna is due poor assembly/mishandling at the factory. As others have tested/stated I too put a bunch of pressure on the top tray cover to force contact on the antenna and nowhere was it near enough (coming into contact) to cause that kind of bend/damage to the antenna. Possible theory is that when the worker was forming the 21 into fighter mode (folding the bay doors into place, etc.), they placed it upside down with the antenna (accidently) in the forward position making it a tripod (rather than it resting more on the canopy), all the while putting downward pressure onto the 21 causing the antenna to bend. I did an initial inspection. I checked the shoulder assemblies to see if there was a double/same side shoulder issue and both are as they should be. I did not get the time to change it into all three modes. Nothing else (so far) seemed severely damaged/out of place. I do have a heatgun, but I'll prob use the hot water method later.
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    Got a link to the source? Hmm... I wonder why HLJ included an invoice for 100 JPY. Did the OP indicate if they paid for a replacement? Because I know in the past with HLJ (more than 10 years ago), I've been able to communicate/procure replacement parts at a price for the 1/60 Yamato VF-0S arm assembly.
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    Geez, this is apparently more widespread. Just about 20+ minutes ago someone else (from Taiwan) posted on one of the fb groups with the same problem. 🤕
  7. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    That would be nice, but I was also thinking it might be for the sound booster...?
  8. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    YYK payment is upfront. They usually give you shipping estimates at the time of checkout or the option to select shipping later or combine shipping later. ATM the USD to JPY is favorable, so it might be worthwhile to secure payment now rather than later if the reverse happens.
  9. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    never really collected small gashapon styled figures, but maybe it's from this? Macross Solid Archive https://www.google.com/search?q=solid+archive+macross+frontier&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjWrPuKr-yDAxXUIGIAHZOoDDgQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=solid+archive+macross+frontier&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoKCAAQgAQQigUQQzoFCAAQgAQ6BggAEAcQHjoICAAQBRAHEB46CAgAEAgQBxAeUIsLWNYwYMUzaANwAHgAgAFBiAGrCpIBAjI1mAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=QvKrZdaDPdTBiLMPk9GywAM&bih=653&biw=1560
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    saw this on fb: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MacrossFanCentral/posts/2068754156818667/
  11. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    Saw this on fb: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MacrossFanCentral/posts/2068754156818667/
  12. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    Saw this on fb: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MacrossFanCentral/posts/2068754156818667/
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    I didn't look around (yet) to see if this was shared on mwf: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MacrossFanCentral/posts/2068754156818667/
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    For most BBTS also charges state tax according to the buyer's location. For me it would be almost another 30$+ ontop of the 350 and 5$ s&h.
  15. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    LOL... my Yamato YF-21 has been sitting in the mostly dis-assembled/exploded state for the last 15 years! LOL (to be clear I was working on a project back then and never put it back together).
  16. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    Looks like it... pics from fb:
  17. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    pbUS listing is up... https://p-bandai.com/us/item/N2668757001001
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    AE always limits 1 per customer and it shows sold out for that customer if they place an order. Both are still showing available for me.
  19. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    Calling it now... Bandai will release this, it'll sellout and then they'll do a 2.0 in a few more years after milking the variants* lol.
  20. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    It looks like the bottom half of the front foot might slide forward and backwards to accommodate the transformation. nvm it was mentioned already lol 😅
  21. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    I've lost count of how many 31s I have... I really should do an inventory check.
  22. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    The price on PBUS hurts so much more... $420, lol: https://p-bandai.com/us/item/N2656309001001
  23. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    GEEEZZ!!! It's a spicy meatball!!! 46,200 JPY!!! Glad I'm not crazy about it, so it's an easy pass.
  24. PsYcHoDyNaMiX
    Sorry I didn't really bother to check the prices of the Valks because my logic was everything is already marked up (to prices you can probably find at other retailers usag, bbts, gp, etc.)... aside today I wasn't there for the Valks. Also it didn't really help that almost all of the displays and the product stacks had no prices listed/displayed. My friend had to ask the store employee the prices for the Store Exclusives NXEdge Hi-Nu and NG. And... the line to pay, especially the cash only register was right next to the DX Chogokin Display/stacks and people were standing/lined right in front of it.
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    Got back from the visit to the TN NYC store about 2 hrs ago. The store space is maybe 1k square feet (not a big store) just enough to display their stuff and sell. They had the VF25F Alto Revival version and VF31AX Hayate on display and for sale near the register (towards the back). FYI they are allowing walk-ins but there is a wait. Reservation is not so much of a wait if you're close to the reservation time.
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