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17 hours ago, Xigfrid said:

In your pictures, they look almost the same shade, and always better than the “official” super colors. 

You're right. They almost look the same esp at first glance or from far away. 

17 hours ago, seti88 said:

Arad is that you?  Nice shots noel!

The red in battroid is a bit chaotic, but i thk works best in fighter mode to complement the front section with a dash at the back. 

This is actually true, Seti. I think this combination only works best in Fighter mode. But you really have to admit it, it's better than the orange motif Armored Pack, right? 

11 hours ago, Slave IV said:

Looks good! I don’t mind unmatching colors on war machines. They aren’t trying to win a fashion contest. 

I agree too. But just so you know, even if I'm going to buy Arad's VF-31S Armored Pack, I am really not happy with the Orange color motif.

10 hours ago, borgified said:

I like that combo of using Mirage's Supers on Arad's 31s @no3Ljm. I'm thinking that Hayate's Supers might be a too rich of a blue for the 31s (don't know if you're going to attempt that)?

Here's the question if and when Arad's Supers get released (once the Stampede-ish armour is released), I take it that Supers will be in Orange? 

I actually tried to put Hayate's Super Parts on Arad's chest and I find it too blue so I stopped. Hahaha!  As for Arad's Supers, they better not make it Orange or else I need to get another Super Pack of Mirage's.  

9 hours ago, Valkyrie2008 said:

These combo actually looks great, I didn't picked up any super parts as I wanted to keep my fighters natural and naked, otherwise I would setup this same setup. 

Thanks for sharing No3Ljm.

You're welcome Valkyrie2008. Glad you liked it.  

3 hours ago, ArchieNov said:

I feel like I’m the only one that doesn’t like the look of putting super parts on valkyries that don’t correspond to them (e.g. Hayate’s on Messer, Messer’s on the 31A, Mirage’s on Arad, etc). The color matching or layout just looks off to me.

For thos that do like those looks, are you only doing that as a temporary thing? Or will you actually keep that look even if you have the official super parts?

Actually, my Hayate's VF-31J/Kai is still equipped with mixed 31J's and 31F's Super Packs. I just like how it looks rather than just the whole Blue Super Packs covering it knowing that there's some black painted parts and stripes on the Kai. As for the Arad one, I'm still definitely going to get the official Super Parts for it. And probably going to get another one of Mirage's. I have a feeling that Arad's 31S will look nice too with mixed 31S' and 31C's Super Packs just like my 31J/Kai. And sometimes it's just nice to have that 'option' and 'fun factor' of having things mix and match in which the other Valks doesn't.

By the way, my Ozma's VF-25S is equipped with Alto's VF-25F Armored Pack.

Loving it. Though it's not using VF-1J's white, hope it will match the white of HM's Roy's VF-1S.

Great pics, @Saburo!

28 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

Interesting.... they've printed UN SPACY on both sides of the gunpod for fighter mode.

Yamato had it printed on both sides too. One side is readable when it's mounted for Fighter mode and one side for Battroid mode when the hand is holding it. Whereas with Bandai's, both of them are properly readable for Fighter mode only.

This is same with Yamato:

Yamato has this side in correct reading orientation.

Took some pics earlier of Arad's VF-31S equipped with Mirage's VF-31C Super Parts. Yup, like I mentioned before it's too bad that it wasn't in the same red/ruby shade. But hey, I'm lovin' it.

1 hour ago, aaajin said:

So are the legs gonna be grey, with white landing gear doors? And grey fingers?? Who in their right state of mind would buy that?? 

The ones who likes LowVis, I presume? 

I guess it's every one's turn to bash the prototypes, right?

43 minutes ago, dapro said:

Is there any die-cast on this at all? It is called chogokin right?

Actually it's 'DX' Chogokin.  

I'm sure it has diecast on it. I mean, how many Frontier and Delta Valks did Bandai released under their DX Chogokin line that doesn't have diecast, right? 

1 hour ago, manfred17 said:

The Legioss made by Sentinel looks small (am I wrong ?), but very detailed, and very sexy !

Yes. Jenius pointed out that it's probably going to be same size or same height as the CM's or Toynami's. It's not going to be as big as the current released Legioss figure done by Evolution Toys.

Here's Legioss figure comparisons from Jenius's Anymoon website:

3 hours ago, VF-1A Cannon Fodder said:

This parallels closely with sneaker collectors’ reactions to prototypes / non official pictures too.

It's basically parallels to everything. Like how Big Macs in the picture doesn't look like the actual Big Macs.

And now all of a sudden, I feel hungry. 

I forgot that this is MacrossWorld where members loves to criticize everytime prototypes were shown. Hahaha!

Yet still buys multiples of it. Including me. 

23 minutes ago, Boobytrap said:

So you have the MB Freedom Gundam? Otherwise your Kira collection won't be complete. 

Yes. I forgot to mention it. I bought it from a member here before.  

I really like Kira's suits but for some reasons I didn't dig the re-design they did for the Metal Builds. That's why I didn't purchase it before. But since I already have a second-hand Freedom, and Strike on PO, I'll try to grab of this SF re-release than pay twice or thrice in order to get the original.

17 minutes ago, MacrossMania said:

*snip*

So no, no comparison pics in the offing.  Sorry.

No worries. Thanks.

3 minutes ago, MacrossMania said:

Apparently my reputation as an MISB collector does not precede me - for once in my life!  I don't take them out actually, because I just love the feeling I got when I first stared at them in their toy boxes when I was young.  They stay where they lay.

In any case, do you have an opened 1/60 VF-1 figure laying around maybe you can pose it beside the box if that's ok?

1 minute ago, MacrossMania said:

*snip*

Nice.

By the way since it's 1/60 scale, if you're going to open it would you take a picture of it beside a VF-1 Battroid? Thanks.

28 minutes ago, chyll2 said:

yikes, yellow is indeed stress mark

Yeah, I assumed it's a stress mark too. But let's give Bandai here the benefit of the doubt. What they're showing and displaying is still a sample and not the actual product.

22 minutes ago, Vi-RS said:

I'm not sure which mark did you guy see, but I do see two right on the shoulder. I do agree that the one in the red circle could be a sprue mark, but the one in yellow circle raises my yamaphobia.

*snip*

The one Shawn pointed out in the beginning is the one circled in yellow.

4 minutes ago, TCracker said:

Seems that super parts are sold out here except the ones for VF31C.

Since I only have Arad's Valk (sold off the rest because I needed money for my chemotherapy), will 31C armour parts look good on Arad's?

As posted above photo it looks ok. Would've been great if the red have the same shade. Out of all the Super Parts that were released the 31C looks better with 31S than the other two colors (black and blue). I'm pretty sure Bandai will release a 31S Super Pack in the future. Probably they will prioritize the Armored Pack for the 31S before the Super Pack.

By the way, take care of your health first before you worry too much about the figures. Good luck.  

1 minute ago, borgified said:

No apologies for the missing Figuarts or a re-imbursement of the item I take it... I actually wanted to pre-order the Figuarts Iron Man Mk. 7 from them, but I rather not take the chances if another Kairos fiasco happens again.  

To be honest. I still do have some preorders with them. And I did still preordered something after the Kairos fiasco. I mean, it is what it is. I'm pretty sure if this happened to other stores and not Nippon-Yasan, same nasty things will also be said to them. There's really some things in business like this that is unavoidable. All we have to be is just stay optimistic.  

1 minute ago, Scyla said:

I'm a big fan of the color purple so the Trans-Am versions intrigue me but my love for that color goes only so far. :P 

....well the price for the Exia Trans-Am is not that bad and maybe if I save up and cut some other expenses the 00 Raiser would be in reach.  

That's the thing with the Trans-Am for me. If I purchase the TA Exia, it means I need to get the TA 00 Raiser. 

3 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

I've poked them about my order of two 31As at least 3 times now, and keep getting reassurances that they haven't forgotten the order.  To their credit, I haven't gotten any cookie-cutter responses, but I'm really getting tired of not hearing anything more than empty promises.  

Besides the Kairos which I already received from them, but this is what I feel literally everytime I tried to poke back about the missing in transit Figuarts that I ordered from them last year. 

27 minutes ago, Scyla said:

I have to ask myself a question. Do I want to be only mold complete on my MB collection or should I be all in.

I already have the F91 Martin Harrision version ordered because I want to display my regular F91 with the weapon set and I keep tabs on the Heine Westenfluss Destiny version because of some reason I like the color scheme (usually I'm not a fan of the color orange).

Now this one would also fit in my collection so I can have the regular Strike Freedom with the WoL set equipped. Also the Strike Freedom is my number three after the 00 Raiser and the Hi-Nu Gundam.

But that would mean I need to get hold of the 10th anniversary Exia and those Trans-Am variants....

*looks up price of the Trans-Am 00 Raiser*

...this is a bad idea.  

We have the same dilemma Scyla when I started the MB line. But just so you know, I didn't buy everything. I only focused on Setsuna's suits back then coz the prices were not that crazy prior. Well, except for the first released Seven Swords and the 00 Raiser set. Thankffully they reissued the Seven Swords and I bought the 00 Raiser from a fellow member here. Then I tried to buy the KO Strike Freedom just to see and feel it since I'm not a big fan of the design but a fan of Kira's suits. I started liking it but still not crazy for it. But now, knowing that there will be a re-release, I said to myself it wouldn't hurt to get the original this time at MSRP. Plus the upcoming Strike so in an instant I'm going to complete Kira's suits too. But the thing is is that this figures are getting expensive so I just focused on what I really want. If they decided to release Hi-Nu, I'll get that too since I'm a big fan of Amuro as well. So I also wish there will be an official MB figure for the RX-78-2 in the future.

And just so you know, not a big fan of the Trans-Am variants so I skipped on those. As for the 10th Anniv version of Exia, I advised myself not to get it, because it will be the only one that doesn't look like the rest of my Exia's.

9 hours ago, chyll2 said:

every metal build should come in that finish. I still do not get why only 00 Line comes in satin/flat finish.

Am I the only one who loves Satin/Flat Finish Gundams? And for some reasons, the only ones I think of would look nice glossy and all are Sazabi, Nightingale, and Banshee. 

3 minutes ago, Eslim109 said:

Can someone explain the differences between this new MB Strike Freedom and the original version

As most of people here pointed out, it's different color and markings.

Edit: I posted this from the last page for comparison. It's not color accurate but people already mentioned colors are different. Probably one is brighter.

1 hour ago, spanner said:

Found one of these on ebay! The seller accepted a reasonable offer and I had a discount code which also helped. 

Woop!!

One more, Spanner. One more. Wouldn't hurt. Or this does not apply to the three rule thing? 

17 hours ago, Saburo said:

Here is part of your request and a little extra.

These Valks will look good weathered.

10 hours ago, seti88 said:

Yeah I shared a pic from Twitter few pages back of someone in jp doing it. if you view fighter mode from the top, the red looks streamlined down..

reproduced...

 

Yeah, it really does look great with it. At first I thought they shared the same red/ruby shade but the moment I put 31C's Super Parts, I was like, too bad it didn't match because it really looks nice that it made me forget that the upcoming 31S Armored Pack have orange color on it.  

5 hours ago, Guyffon said:

I do but they are stuck in shipping boxes as I recently moved but have not had the chance to unpack the super C parts

Free them up the moment you have a chance so you can see them together, sir. It really looks great. Anyways, if I'm free this weekend I'll try to take a pic in Battroid mode.