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1 hour ago, Saburo said:

Some new heavy equipment has arrived.  No more just a forklift.

“Labors!”

1 hour ago, Bolt said:

I see. And it would probably have to be a new mold with better(?) engineering or at least PF , in order to separate it from the existing 1/60 VF-4 they are already licensed to sell..?

I don't think it will need new molds nor better engineering since their VF-4 is perfect as is. I'm also not expecting for them to redesign the arms because that's how it is design-wise. Even Bandai didn't bother on adding more articulation to it. The FB2012 scheme is already enough to separate it from their VF-X VF-4G. I mean, if you think about it what's separates VF-1J from VF-1A, right? So no need for new mold and engineering.

1 hour ago, treatment said:

They might actually do very well and can even dominate the market if they offer no-markings, regular, and pf diecast models...

Hmmm. With how they price for stuff, now I'm having second thoughts for it. 

9 minutes ago, Tking22 said:

Thank you for the link, I nabbed a Thanos from them. Every step through checking out it let's you know how long your order reserve will be held for, also, it said the item I was purchasing is selling out soon, so yeah, I got lucky. Pay up front, but whatever, it's US retail, I'm more then happy to pay up front instead of paying much more later.

I just gotta keep my eyes open for MK85, Ronin, and if I see her, Widow.

Did you use Paypal? For US retail stores, do they really charge up front or charge your card later when the item is available? Like BBTS, they charge your card afterwards. But if you use Paypal, it will get charge immediately.

Not sure if it's the same in Entertainment Earth since it's my first time to preorder something from them.

Anyways, let's help out each other by sharing links when we stumble upon Iron Man Mark 85 for a good price.

How about free Cyclones(x2)? I'll take it. I rather let you keep Minmay for remembrance.

Kidding aside, good luck on the sale, my friend.  

7 minutes ago, kkx said:

Will still need to hunt down a cheap beaten up super parts.

ShowZ Store still has some Super Strike Parts if you're interested.

3 minutes ago, treatment said:

Yup.

Can only wish Arcadia starts doing diecast models of valks and real-world jets...

Wait. Are you sure you want Arcadia to do this? You want barenaked Valks and Jets with no markings in your collections? 

Oh wait. I think they might do a Premium Finish release once they sold the first non-markings version. 

2 hours ago, anubis20 said:

I think Gambit is good but the face just pops off too easily on my copy. But once posed it looks really good 

Thanks Anubis!

By the way, any chance you have Marvel Legends figures or any Figuarts Iron Man figure that you can put this standing side-by-side? Just want to see how tall it is. Or better yet, if you also have the Revoltech Wolverine, that would be cool to see too. Thanks a bunch!  

2 hours ago, anubis20 said:

Yup and you dont even get a completely accurate set even after buying all three Mk 50 sets  Where is the shield? Where are those blocks he was punching Thanos with?

If they included the parts to at least have a vanilla Mk 50 then I would be more ok with it but as it is the one I just got comes with no arms and no feet WTF! They threw in a stand to try and pad the damn box and justify the cost 

Not to mention the sentries and the feet unibooster. 

3 hours ago, Bolt said:

Doesn’t Arcadia have the rights to the

VF-4? I know they re released the. Yammy version under the Arcadia name.. Or is it the flashback scheme in particular they can’t do?

FB2012 scheme. For some reasons, they can't apply it on their VF-4.

From what I remember reading it here, here's some of the reasons why:

• The argument is that it wasn't shown in Gerwalk(?) and Battroid(?) modes in the OAV to warrant a 1/60 figure.
• Big West and company are demanding for more from Yamato(?)

Nevertheless, Arcadia should pursue and produce this knowing that the HMR version was a success. Even though, it wasn't shown in Gerwalk and Battroid mode, Big West 'approved' it. So Arcadia should do the same. I'm pretty sure a lot will buy the 1/60 version once again.

Finally received the 3 orders I have from Nin-Nin the other day at work. It looks nice on a small scale. I really like the FB2012 scheme on this one but for me it doesn't really replace the YamArcadia ones that I have even though it's not having the FB2012 scheme. I tried on transforming one last night and I got scared about the knee joints. Even though it's metal, it kind of looks thin and fragile. Hope it will last multiple transformations. I also find the instruction weird on the top body going upside down diagram. 

Anyways, seeing how cool the FB2012 scheme in the VF-4 in my hand, I really wish Arcadia will somehow get the rights on producing it on their 1/60 VF-4. That's an instabuy for me.  

7 minutes ago, Bolt said:

“You ever dance with the devil by the full moonlight?”

And then we cue to Kim Basinger's scream scenes. 

1 hour ago, Tking22 said:

Yeah I already replied to you above, they are LONG gone, and no, I didn't get crap from them, everything sold out within five minutes of going up, it's crazy. At this point I'd settle for just Ronin, Thanos, and the new Ironman figure, I don't need another Widow, Cap or Ant-Man, even though I like the Paul Rudd head, and Widow is a new mold. I fear I may have to just buy up a Thanos off Ebay, and then hope and prey there's more stock of the others when they actually come out. At minimum I NEED that new Thanos, if I can only get one figure from the Endgame line, it will be him.

Oh. I didn't notice it. My bad.  

Anyways, out of frustration, I ordered the Nano Set 2 from Entertainment Earth for $84.99 while searching online after browsing BBTS. After that, I decided to go back to NY to order the Mark 85 only to find out that it was already sold out again.

This is frustrating. I just found out that BBTS already had the Figuarts Endgame figures sold out. Not sure when they posted this.

Anyone here manage on securing a preorder at BBTS?

28 minutes ago, doomgart said:

I don't have any gffmc, is it detailed and solid figure like metal build, or it has less metal and more weak?

I also don’t have any GFFMC figure as of this moment. My first one is going to be the upcoming RX-78 Origin 40th Anniv version. But I heard good things about the Unicorn and Banshee from reviews. Except for some yellowing issues on the first Unicorn release. The best figure from that line based on reviews are the O Gundam and the Gundam RX-78 Origin version. Joints are metal but less metal overall compared with Metal Build figures. As for details, MB are more re-imaginative whereas the GFFMC are more in line with lineart (Katoki style).

And to be honest, GFFMC Unicorn will be less detail looking if you put it besides the recent release 3P Kshatriya. But posing it in Destroy mode, it probably might compensate. All I’m just saying is that for now there’s some alternative hero Gundams to pair it with those 3P Metal Build-esque figures.  

3 hours ago, kajnrig said:

They're saying there should have been solo movies before the big JL team-up, a team which is now missing its Batman (ie Affleck left) and apparently its Flash. I was asking if he meant movie Flash (Ezra Miller?) or TV Flash (???).

I’m pretty sure he meant Ezra. Because he was mentioning stand alone ‘films’.

And besides...

37 minutes ago, kajnrig said:

Which Flash? The TV Flash and Movie Flash are played by different actors, right?

TKing22 is just saying solo films should’ve happened first before the team-up because now it lost 2 actors.

5 hours ago, Tking22 said:

These stand alone films have been great, it's as if these should have happened before a half-assed, haphazard team up featuring DC's most well known super group, which no longer has it's Batman, or from what I've read in the last few days, it's Flash as well.

2 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Fixed up my HMR VF-4. She looked a bit plain out of the box.

One of my favorite fighter modes of any valkyrie.

That bird looks gorgeous, @Lolicon!   

29 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

Nobody likes to put Hikaru in the cockpit?

That is already Hikaru in his 2012 space flight suit, right?  

12 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

I think "doin' us dirty" is Bandai's new MO going into the future. Making us buy missiles separately for VFs, making us buy the damn Mark 50 over and over just to get a few accessories. I'm surprised Cap's shield and Thanos' double-bladed sword aren't being sold separately as a TWE weapon pack.

Now, now, now, my dear good sir. Don’t give Bandai such bright ideas. 

2 hours ago, Kuma Style said:

Nice shot, @Kuma Style!

But he belongs in this thread instead.  

21 minutes ago, Mommar said:

I want a redone War Machine from IM 2.

And that one too since I don't have it.

1 hour ago, Chronocidal said:

Pffft, when was the last time you actually saw a video arcade?  

Ha! 'Seeing' one is not an issue since our local Century Theater here have an video arcade area. The real question is, when was the last time I played a video arcade? 

2 hours ago, nathans82 said:

Just got my VF-1J in. Other than Anime-Export, HLJ, AmiAmi, Amazon Japan, any other sites do you guys recommend for purchasing the DX VF-1A?

2 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

To be honest. At this point in collecting, it's more of a where you can secure a preorder.

For now, here's a safe list of where you can get most stuff for general release. (Remember: Most Tamashii Web Exclusives not included.)

• Amazon Japan
• AmiAmi
• Anime-Export
• Big In Japan
• CD Japan
• HobbyLink Japan
• Hobby Search
• Nin-Nin Game
• Nippon-Yasan

I'm not going to add any more info for each stores since this is not the best place to tackle it. If I miss a store, please feel free to add it here.

I'm also posting the proper thread here regarding the list so if you have questions on it, click the thread link below.

9 minutes ago, nathans82 said:

Just got my VF-1J in. Other than Anime-Export, HLJ, AmiAmi, Amazon Japan, any other sites do you guys recommend for purchasing the DX VF-1A?

To be honest. At this point in collecting, it's more of a where you can secure a preorder.

1 hour ago, Mommar said:

Bandai are REALLY milking that effing feature.  And they don't even have the decency to release a single weapons pack.  Just the MK50 again and again and again.

This is really true. Bandai learned this from Hot Toys -- just the Mark 7 over and over again.

@Mommar & @anubis20
By the way, what can you guys say about the Revoltech Gambit?

4 hours ago, Mommar said:

You know it's very likely after End Game you won't have anymore Iron Man figures to collect anyway.

True. But there's still 'unreleased' armors from Iron Man 3. Not to mention Mark 1.