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Ah yes at least I saw the pre-order button. 

56 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

I'm going to try to preorder one. But Y26400? Yeesh. 

 

Not sure if this byline tells us a hidden message:

"From Strike to Freedom, and unto the Strike Freedom."

 

Strike Freedom Concept 2 perhaps? I would probably guess the cost for that is north of Y30000.

 

Strike Freedom is still pretty good and doesn't need to be redone. I still wish the designer made the waists a little thicker and the feet a little bigger. 

No surprises here, Mr.K announced over twitter the 0D will be delayed again. 

4 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

After Sazabi, JiangGao is doing Ex-S. I have a feeling @Graham will like this.  

https://showzstore.com/jianggao-model-1-100-msa-0011-ex-s-gundam-metal-build_p2080.html

 

Ohhhh, but will it be transformable? Their quality is decent, but I think they need to work on their metal placement, joint tightness and some parts fitment a bit more to knock it out of the park. 

Thank you very much to Vifam7 for a great deal and smooth transaction! 

Thanks to @goggle for the smooth transaction. 

13 hours ago, Alphahorizon said:

Glad you like them and that they arrived safe @sumyumgoy. I'm a fan myself of both, but the Sin is more like a very solid model. 

I'd totally buy sinanju if it wasn't for fear of breakage in transit from how's packed by the producer. 

3 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

So, as an alternative, what if you drill out the screwcover, just accept that the cover is a lost cause, and make a new one after fixing the leg?

Personally, I would try and cut the cover in half by drilling small holes down the slot in the center, then pry it out.  Then if the halves are still good, sand away what remains of the recessed slot, and glue them together around a thin slice of plastic to rebuild the cover.  The slot won't be as obvious if it's a slightly different shade of plastic.

I was able to take the screwcover off via a super thin hobby tool. Only a tiny corner was glued in. Now, to fix the rest of the thigh....

This looks a lot better than those Machinima episodes. I like how detailed each model looks too. I would like a good transformers cartoon again please. Also, woo no humans. Nice. 

8 hours ago, Lolicon said:

That cover is most likely super glued on, so there won't be any way to open it without breaking it. Bandai loves their super glue! Parts that I could open on the 1J can no longer be easily opened (or at all) on the 1A and 1S thanks to Bandai just going hog wild with the glue.

Bandai wants to deny you the color scheme you desire. Like a certain paint scheme? Bandai won't release it. Think you'll just make your own custom? Bandai will make it damn near impossible to do any disassembly whatsoever. 

Ughhhh if I can't get the screwcover off, in order to screw in a loose screw holding the thigh to the intake, I might just glue the damn hip. Sigh oh Bandai. 

So I opened up my VF-1S and things were going well until I noticed the left leg jiggled a lot. And after doing a little disassembly I see that Bandai did not screw the hip joint in tight enough and it never quite met the other side of the joint. But in order to screw it back together I need access to the thigh via a screw, but this damn screwhole cover is not budging. Any thoughts on how to remove this screw hole cover? If only Bandai made disassembly easy. 

Wow, the first batch of this Exia amalgamation actually sold out? I'm glad to see 00 still has a presence.  

3 minutes ago, borgified said:

DX SSP on Manda for 12k yen (unopened, package damaged)

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1126326850&ref=list&dispCount=240&keyword=%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9&lang=en

Rats, a few minutes too late. But I have gotten a VF-1S and missile set their recently so now just 1 more step. 

I'd be more interested in an OVA or a series where Graham pilots this new Exia and combats different space aliens (more human like please) less T-1000s. 

I'll buy more 00 stuff when that GN arms ever gets made and if Dynames repair gets repainted and remolded into S1 or S2 Dyanmes. 

Thank you to @Rogueload for a smooth transaction. Enjoy the valk! 

29 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

This is MW.

Whoops, that was supposed to say TFW2005. 

After reading some reviews both here and TFW2005 it seems Arcadia did tighten up their Protogarland release. So I bought it and I'm very impressed with it. So far no paint chipping on the knees or chest. There will be a little chipping on some of the pegs because they are painted. Thank goodness they tightened up the shoulder joints over the first garland. The bike mode also holds together better than the first garland. On the downside, Shogo's eyes are not painted and there is a rather apparent nub mark on top of the forehead of the protogarland. I also wish the crotch piece locked into place instead of just floating over the wheel. Overall, an incredible display piece that you would transform every once in a while.

2 hours ago, anubis20 said:

Amiami has the Proto Garland in stock again. Kicking myself for not ordering from Amazon earlier in the week but I ordered one from Amiami.

https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-051109

Mwhahahaha. Yes. Good Good. 

It's weird, Takara Tomy also skipped painting the eyes on their Spike and Daniel figures they throw in with the latest TF masterpiece toys. Threezero on the otherhand painted the eyes on the Noa pilot figure for their Ingram toy. At least there's some companies out there who will paint the pilot's eyes. 

1 hour ago, Mommar said:

You could be the reason the 0D was delayed.  They might have had to fix the design/tooling/whatever on the hands because you pointed that flaw out.

I'm not sure it was me, but if it allowed the production team to give another look at what they were building, it might be better in the long run. Both my 0S and 0D developed cracks in the finger and wrist joints so it would really suck if this very pricey re-deco of the 0D did the samething in a few years. 

59 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

@SuperHobo also assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and started World War I.

Who told you? Now you can't leave this chatroom. 

12 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

Another one 

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1125044023&ref=list&keyword=マクロス

Thanks for posting! I ordered it, but hopefully it's actually in stock. 

51 minutes ago, Mommar said:

Hmm, when did you inform him of that?

Probably 3-4 months ago. 

4 minutes ago, Valkyrie Hunter D said:

Is it finally happening?! I don't know if it's gonna be a perfect transformation figure or a kit, but any Dangaioh news is good news.

Nevermind, it's gonna be a kit.

Besides being a kit, it will also be very heavy on the partsforming and articulation will be kind of meh. BUT at the very least Dangaioh gets to see some love. 

7 hours ago, anime52k8 said:

I really love this, I probably even $350 love it, but I don't $450~$500 love it.  RIP

Agreed. I gave Mr. K a heads up about possible cracks on the fingers and wrist joints and he's aware of it . So hopefully, people's $450 valk will not spontaneously crack after a few years.