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24 minutes ago, DewPoint said:

I probably missed it, but when did we know that is is 1/48 scale?  I didn't see it on any of the magazine pages posted.  Honestly, I think 1/60 would make more sense as it would scale in batter with the existing DX Chogokin line.  Because I too believe that more than a handful is too much. 

I notice when people complain about Arcadia pricing here they gloss over the fact that a lot of Arcadia's Macross products are not just "naked" Valkyries.  Most of Bandai's DX Chogokin Valkyries are "naked."  If you add the price of the super/armor parts to the price of the Valkyrie, the cost is comparable.

If it is 1/60, I may bite, I'll probably pass if it is indeed 1/48.

It was mentioned in the teaser commerical they put in the Tamashii website via YouTube video. It's 1/48 scale. Announcer said Yong-Ju-Hachi Sukeru (1/48 scale). She also mentioned 'big size'. 

And if this is how big it's going to be besides YamArcadia's 1/60 scale, I'm in and the rest of Hikaru's ride -- Super VF-1A and  Strike VF-1S.

1 hour ago, Shukenzero said:

Incoming

Wow!  And that's a double wow. Wow for being so huge and wow for being so crazy huge. Not so super crazy on it so I'll probably just get one set. The rest of my 31 can stay with their Super Packs on.  

8 minutes ago, NeoVanguard said:

Do you think they will make a armored version for every VF-31 type or just for the S ( color wise)?

Even though most of the guys here says it was just Arad's, Chuck's, and Kairos' are the ones who was shown in the movie equipped with the Armored Pack, you'll never know if Bandai will decide to release one per Valk like the Movie Blu-ray Box shown below. As they say, be careful what you wish for.  

On 7/19/2018 at 12:46 PM, UN Spacy said:

HOPE YALL SAVING UP

35 minutes ago, davidwhangchoi said:

damn. wallet

Hey David. Should I make some Gundam Wallet busting gif as well starting with Dendrobium?

Not a big fan of that option so I'll have to pass on that. I'll rather wait for the Sword & Launcher Pack plus the Perfect Strike Pack instead. Money saved for the time being.

In late 2002, acclaimed writer Jeph Loeb and a talented artist known for his work at Marvel, Image and WildStorm named Jim Lee debuted a 12-part Batman storyline in the pages of BATMAN #608. The story’s title was “Hush,” and the simple name belied a surprisingly complex story that would feature much of the Dark Knight’s popular rogues’ gallery, hint at the eventual return of the once dead Jason Todd, introduce Bruce Wayne’s childhood friend Tommy Elliot and bring the romantic undertones of Batman’s relationship with Catwoman to the forefront for the first time.

It’s a story that’s ripe with cinematic potential, as we’ll likely discover when it’s brought to animated life as part of the next wave of DC Universe Movies.

Sources: 
https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2018/07/20/batman-hush-is-getting-an-animated-movie
https://www.cbr.com/batman-hush-animated-film-announcement/

This is one exciting news. I love HUSH storyline. And of course, I love Jim Lee's art. The other big Batman storylines that I want them to make as an animated featurette is Sword of Azrael, and Knightfall. I don't mind it even if they do it in Batman Animated (Bruce Timm) style.

13 minutes ago, mamboeidos said:

icic thanks man. but is the bandai re released quality as gd as the old Takatoku?

Like Shizuka said, you can head to Jenius site since he reviewed both line and posted differences from one another. In the Charm & Collectability section, he rated 4/5 to Takatoku while 3/5 to Bandai reissues.

http://anymoon.com/blog/?p=6244

28 minutes ago, zzgundam010 said:

Lower than a PF 1/60 Arcadia VF-1????? This one is 1/48!!!

We know that it's 1/48. And that's not stopping us for wishing how the price should be. For now, let's not think about PO discounts. Arcadia's VF-1's Premium Finish releases are priced at Y27864 MSRP on Arcadia's site. While their regular VF-0 priced at Y37584. Which I think it might ended up something like that. However, regular DX releases such as the VF-31's cost around Y22680/Y23760. Y27000 for the upcoming YF-19. Knowing that Bandai is more mass produced and more commercialized than Arcadia, everyone is just hoping it's below Y30000.

7 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

Can someone please just walk into Bandai HQ, and slap the entire DX design team upside the head with some sort of documentation on actual aircraft?  They're doing the "TAMPO EVERYTHING" deal again, and splattering useless aircraft warning markings where they don't belong.  

I'm still going to try and grab two of these, just on principle.  Will I keep them?  Who knows, but my enjoyment of any new mold is in figuring out how they function.

What's the point of going there and scold them if we're still going to buy it? 

18 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

My fiancee says to skip 1 - 3.

True. But if you do watch it, do The Machete Order (IV, V, II, III, VI). You can skip I. Or just watch the Pod Race and the last Jedi Fight scene coz those are cool scenes.

You can check this site on the explanation of the Machete Order but it has some spoilers though. You'd be warned.

18 minutes ago, gingaio said:

V3 Prime FTW. 

That one I'm thinking.

16 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

Oh. Okay. Sorry, I am not really a Star Wars person.

I did like the little big-eyed birds that were like a cross between a penguin and an owl. They were my favorite part of Star Wars.

No worries ma'am.

Next time, treat yourself on watching the whole saga. It's a good fun movie nevertheless.

35 minutes ago, borgified said:

It could be.. It listed the Chibi-ified Spidey as a plushie though. 

I really dig how that Spidey look but I really stopped buying 1/6th scale figure. I'll probably just wait for a Figuarts version for it.

2 hours ago, jvmacross said:

You know that's a 1/48 Yamato, right?  

The point is I would have preferred a DX VF-1 that would have been looking down at my MPP-10....

Third Party guys.....you're our only hope! 

Good thing I don't have a MPP or MP-10.

12 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

Depending on when in 2005, I was either 12 or 13. 

Ahhh, Star Wars! I saw those movies as a kid.

I should have remembered. I just don't recall Skywalker having such long hair. Correction. I remember him having that long hair in the most recent movie, but he was much older and his hair was gray. It was very sad. He was a hobo on an island.

Just so you know, Anakin and Luke are two different Skywalkers, ok? Anakin have long brown hair on Episode III and Luke have the same grey hair length in Episode VIII.

31 minutes ago, borgified said:

More 1/6th new comers from Hot Toys (and on a roll)!

http://news.toyark.com/2018/07/23/hot-toys-spider-man-advanced-suit-1-6-scale-figure-311479#images

Love the Chibi-fied version of him.. Super cute!

Was that a phone holder or something?

Hahaha! You guys are so funny. You really need to explained who's who.  

Btw Borgified. His Jumper and Awake was great. 

3 hours ago, seti88 said:

The pessimist in me is already anticipating that i wont be able to afford this, and am getting hyped up for nothing.  

sigh.....

3 hours ago, jvmacross said:

Until you look at this pic.....

C'mon now. Hahaha! That's two separate thing.

Besides, I'm already a sucker for Hikaru's VF-1J. They should released a DX VF-1J MtF version next.  

2 hours ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

I more meant that opening the sealed shrink wrap would be a very painful, one and done sort of thing.... much like losing one's virginity or what I imagine circumcision must be like....

(Sorry, circumcision was the closest thing I could think of for guys that was remotely close to losing one's virginity)

Anyways. I will probably open the box sometime soon.... eventually. And when I finally do unseal it... it will hurt. I might even cry.  =)

Sorry, I'll shut up now and play with my toys in the corner over there.

2 hours ago, Mommar said:

Opening things doesn’t hurt at all.  I already opened all seven of my X-Men figures.

There’s some pretty bad QC on these figures unfortunately.

2 hours ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

Oh no! My condolences. It sucks that you encountered some QC issues.

And that is why you need to open your purchases so you have time to return it or have it refund. Just sayin'.

2 hours ago, Bahamutzyro said:

Picked these up, my wallet is hurting.

What's to complain when you have the best character of the prequel trilogy immortalized. J/K.  

1 hour ago, jvmacross said:

Not a problem when you....

 

Hahaha! I know I ordered 3 types. But I couldn't tell what are the other twos. I know I ordered one #000.

I'll just check my paypal history later.  

5 hours ago, Ignacio Ocamica said:

Thank you for posting this scan, looks very good!!!!!

Sure thing, Ignacio. 

5 hours ago, Sildani said:

So, pre-order on the 27th, so that’s Thursday night for us Americans. It’s a normal release, not a web exclusive, so the regular suspects will have it available most likely on a pay-later basis. Finally, the P.O. will start at 4:00PM Japan time, which’ll work out to 3:00AM EDT. 

Am I missing anything other then price?

Uhm, since it's a normal release, you might need a punching bag and a tissue paper just in case. 

1 hour ago, seti88 said:

Looking sweet even thought it's still looks blocky for me.  

44 minutes ago, moose said:

Who will have this usual suspects?

One of them is me. 

5 hours ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

At first I had thought this might have been the Tamashii Nation's VF-1J announced back in 2015... but it does seem quite a bit different in design.

55 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

I assume the 1/35th Anniversary version is dead?  It would be lame of Bandai to have collector's sink part of their collectibles budget on this only to release the mother of all VF-1's a year or two later.  But, then again, they probably will have us all do just that when they scale this 1/48 down to the 1/60 range.

Although I will definitely pick up a couple of these for sure, I just do not have the same level of awe for it as I did and still do for that 1/35th scaled version.  I hope they learned alot from it and were able to apply most of it into their scaled down version.  At this point I think I would be more excited about a N-Ger or VF-1D HMR announcement. 

Yeah. Too bad it's not a 1/35 scale. But looking at this pic, I think it's not that bad as a centerpiece.

Photo from CollectionDX.

14 minutes ago, ItanoCircus said:

I found pics.

http://imgbox.com/DXKliGou

http://imgbox.com/icA0pCJG

http://imgbox.com/Tsg4lwFR

http://imgbox.com/oO56fn9T

http://imgbox.com/GtvUH2FO

http://imgbox.com/lbWTCRn6

Thanks for sharing. But those were old pics from last year. And it was already been posted from earlier pages.  

I actually forgot what types I ordered from them. 

19 minutes ago, mamboeidos said:

still no out of the box photo from members here?

Don't worry. I'll post my pics once it gets arrive.

7 hours ago, technoblue said:

You're welcome, no3Ljm. I was thinking about how AmiAmi asks for payment for everything at the same time too (I have completed multi-item pre-orders with them before), but it looks like I spaced out when typing my response.  Happy to see you found the answer in their FAQ. Will cross my fingers and hope that your other item releases on schedule so that you don't have to wait too much longer.  

Thank you sir. I just panicked a little bit when I read people had problems regarding paypal payments and I checked my emails and I didn't get any invoice whatsoever from them. But when I checked their site, atleast they mentioned that it needs to get paid if all the items are complete. Which is nice by the way, whereas with Nippon-Yasan, you have to pay the whole order once the first item arrives. And regarding about waiting, it's ok. My first one is already sitting pretty at HLJ PW because I'm also waiting for another order. It's just another VF-31 so it's fine to wait. I mean, we've already waited for months for that one elusive VF-31 (which by the way I'm still waiting for NY's update for shipping confirmation), so waiting for the 31S for another couple of weeks is just nothing. Hehehe.  

Clear scan of the cover. It does look nice. 

Things to notice:
- Side Covers included
- Double-jointed elbow
- Holes in elbow joint (probably for locking tabs)
- Dark part something underneath the cockpit area (presumably the leg bars)
- Swivel (or Rotating?) Gerwalk joints between the intakes and thigh
- Looks like it has a rotating knee joint as well
- Good amount of tampo prints in Battroid Mode
- Exposed locking tabs behind the legs
- Leg fins fold joints (for future GBP release?)
- Even if it's too early to see, the shoulder joints looks like it has a sliding mechanism

I really like what I'm seeing.  

On 7/21/2018 at 5:29 AM, jvmacross said:

no3Ljm = King of Wallet Gifs

Accept no imitations!!!



Hahaha! Thanks JVM! Just sharing what I love to do. 

On 7/21/2018 at 5:47 AM, seti88 said:

Nicely done noel. That explosion in the end, pretty much sums up the state of my wallet.

Same here, sir. Same here. Esp since this DX looks nice. Not sure if I'm going to dive in to another pool. IF ever, it's just Hikaru's rides. That's it for me. Hahaha!  

On 7/21/2018 at 6:41 AM, chyll2 said:

Is it too much to ask for Cel shaded cents flying out as it get hit and as it explodes

Yes. It's too much. Hahaha!  I'll try to see what I can do on the next ones.

On 7/21/2018 at 7:06 AM, derex3592 said:

That's awesome Noel! 

Thank you sir!

On 7/21/2018 at 7:49 AM, davidwhangchoi said:

that's so horrible...

destroying wallets.

Macross is so violent against people's wallets.

Aawww. You're not going to share this GIF anymore on the other site then, David? 

On 7/21/2018 at 8:19 AM, Shizuka the Cat said:

Requesting a wallet animated GIF where the Quarter does a Macross attack on the Galaxy's wallet, and little destroids rise up from the Quarter's arm to fire bills into the Galaxy's wallet's interior, blowing up said wallet before the Frontier punches the Galaxy out.

=)

I'll see what I can do, ma'am.  

On 7/21/2018 at 8:28 AM, HardlyNever said:

I like the turrets poking through .

I'm thinking about doing some from the pachinko machine animations (is that what this is from)?  There is a lot of good original mech action in those animations for most of the pilots.

Yes sir. It came from that animation clips. Yeah, there were some good action sequence in there. I'm thinking of making another one. How about Kakizaki's?  

On 7/21/2018 at 10:33 AM, Slave IV said:

Hahahahaha! Fantastic! Thank you!

You're welcome sir!