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9 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

To clarify, I understand and am perfectly fine with it too. He just sounds miserable and seems to need some cheering up.

Hahaha! No need to clarify sir.  It's all good. All I'm just saying that everyone here is not the same.  

Just now, Kinzoku VF said:

I'm 45. No white hair....aside from my beard that's complexly white , maybe I stress too much .

Anyway, will keep the 'try not to be miserable' in mind. Just that lately, between this Kairos mess, and *meh* Cyclone...not that great.

Yep....Been using that one since forever...changed it though, so hopefully it should be readable now.

I'm 43. 50% covered with white hair. Well, my white hair started to show before I turned 30.

Hey. Just so you know, with me it's fine. I understand you and your opinion and for sure you just needed an outlet. I do too, sometimes. And once in awhile I post my toy frustrations too. And you must probably assuming that all of us will understand you just fine since we're all sharing the same likes and hobbies. But... Not everyone is the same. All of us probably share the same likes and hobbies but not all of us will understand one another all the time.  

Anyways, just sharing my 2 cents. Cheers and Happy Collecting! 

11 hours ago, Loop said:

I hope Bandai fixed the tabs with packs on and not just a photoshop like with the 19 Advance, and why the excessive tampo

I'm pretty sure there's the tab right there.

7 hours ago, TrickyCustomer said:

Apologies, I meant with the extras. Arm cannon ftw. You are right though, no valk is flawless. I have heard people say the Arcadia vf-0s is pretty damn good however. I chose the Arcadia 19 over the vf--19 because it was more faithful to the Mac plus 19 at the time. Now bandai are having a crack at it, I'm hoping this comes out on top.  

Or any transforming toys for that matter.

4 hours ago, Kanedas Bike said:

Oh MWF, you never fail to disappoint.

I'm still placing my orders, despite the "flaws" and despite all of the tampoo making it look the Valk has a sh!t ton of jailhouse tats.

-b.

Good for you B. I'll probably just get one and sell my VF-19Advance.  

Or still ends up getting two. We'll see. 

8 hours ago, enphily said:

@Kinzoku VF, please, don't use that black background, that's really hard to read

8 hours ago, chyll2 said:

OT: I thought it was a bug on my device for not rendering it completely. That was intended?

7 hours ago, Kinzoku VF said:

My bad, not sure what happened, I think for that part that's in black, I wrote it, then cut/pasted back and once posted the comment, it was in black, maybe I hi-lighted that sentence by error ....Anyways, no order status changes on my side. They've shipped the Cyclone as well as some other stuff. But not 'that'.

I think Kinzoku is using the default MWDark_Current theme hence when he copy/paste it applies the black background. I'm assuming he is. I'm on Default_IPB which is just minimalist white background. Kind of feel like the old MW forum so I can see most of his replies are in black background with dark grey text so it's really hard to read it. 

8 hours ago, Guyffon said:

Yet another day has passed and no reports of people getting their order shipped, that makes 2 days in a row with no orders changing to shipped status?

Actually, it's already 3 days in a row.  

1 hour ago, slide said:

It's so pretty... I'm having so much fun zooming it around the room I almost don't want to put the Supers on it... but I can't leave them in the box...........

damn you Bandai... now I'm gonna have to go get some CF VF-1As...

1 hour ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

Yamato 1/60 VF-19 Fire Valkyrie Kai - 13,000 yen from YJA.

Link please. Curious to see how much is the starting price. Thanks. 

1 hour ago, Lolicon said:

Finally got around to backing up all the pictures I've taken on my phone over the past couple of years and came across these. They're pics of the 1/1 scale Messiah over at the Sky Tree Sky Town. I didn't see "1/1" in the topic line but I wasn't sure where I could put these.

It's nothing new but I figured I'd post them for peeps who'd like to see them.

I'll put them under the spoiler tag so people don't have to endure a wall of pics each time they look here.

On a side note, the caretaker at the exhibit eyed me suspiciously, like he was concerned I was going to jump the barrier and climb into the cockpit.

He was right to do so.

*snip*

Thanks for sharing this, Lolicon. Would be nice print one in big wallpaper size and mount it on one of your living room wall.  

Especially this one:

8 hours ago, Lolicon said:

I think it looks great with just a panel wash and added decals. No need for panel shading or weathering since that's not shown in the anime anyway. 

Still gotta clear coat it though, if only to protect the decals. 

Actually, I'm in the process of deciding if I need to buy a gloss coat for airbrushing so I can apply it lightly on my Valks to protect the decals before panel washing and finishing it with matte coat. You know, just to continue what I started.  

On 4/20/2018 at 8:03 AM, ZorClone said:

I hope everyone who's getting one ends up happy with it!  I'll patiently wait and hope that they can and will do a TV version.  Or, hopefully...maybe the Kitz Concepts TV version will end up being worthwhile.  At least it will light up, lol.  Yeah, I know it may end up being really tacky depending on how they do it...

Of course it will. It's painted in metallic blue, silver, and red too. 

13 hours ago, Mommar said:

...I forgot to pay for my pre-order.

Hey Mommar. Sad to hear about that. Which store did you preorder? Anyways, hope you can still get one at PO discounted price.

Let us know too how much paint you guys going to use.

On 4/24/2018 at 5:12 AM, Kuma Style said:

*snip*

Thanks for your transformation video, Kuma!  

10 hours ago, locidm said:

Sorry for the late reply. I finally had the chance to transform him tonight. I like it a lot!! It’s a much easier transformation than what I remember for the Beagle/Toynami. Everything was relatively smooth and intuitive. I suspect going back to Bike mode would be more difficult, but I enjoyed transforming to armor mode. Transformation wise I think the Sentinel was better than the Toynami so far. Yes the bits keep popping off but it’s a minor annoyance only.

The Sentinel doesn’t feel fragile for me. I was a little concern plugging in the knee connection because it’s tight, but other than that I didn’t feel like breaking anything at any point of the transformation.  I think the Toynami uses a lot more POM than the Sentinel though, since this one is painted everywhere. 

I do think the Toynami has a greater range of arm movement with the armor on, but it’s been awhile and I don’t remember for sure. The shoulder area on the Sentinel seems very very tight with all the things jammed in the vicinity. 

Overall I like this release very much. I’m not into a lot of posing and fiddling, so the limited articulation doesn’t bother me. It looks sooo good once put together in both modes. Overall, it’s up there with the Toynami for me, if not slightly ahead. 

This makes me want to transform my Toynami! Once Rei hits I might finally open up my Toynami Rei too. 

*snip*

Hey Locidm. No worries sir. Thanks for your reply. Glad to know you liked it. I'm excited to receive mine. Probably it's still somewhere above the Pacific. Hopefully past Hawaii by now. 

12 hours ago, mikeszekely said:

In the comics, way back in the '90s, after Spider-Man rescued Eddie's ex-wife Venom and Spidey made a kind of "you leave me alone, I'll leave you alone" deal.  To put some space between them Venom moved to San Francisco because it's where Eddie grew up.

Anyway, I showed the trailer to my wife when she got home from where.  I started to ask her, "Do you want to go see it with me?" and she was already saying "Yes!" before I got the question out.  My wife really doesn't know jack about comics, but she's seen pretty much every superhero movie out there anyway.

My wife liked the trailer too. Though I didn't pointed out to her the plasticky-looking-not-so-refined-looking CG mask towards the end.

The reason why I mentioned San Francisco and Ant-Man is that since they're kind of teasing us before that this is somehow related to Tom Holland's Spider-Man universe (hopefully), I was thinking maybe Ant-Man's going to show up too. Kind of my wishful thinking.  

6 minutes ago, brannon said:

Only problem is I haven’t been able to get my hands on a Moshow 1/72 strike for under $300 it seems that ship has sailed unless we’re really patient and they reralease it. Man it was under $100 when it first came out. To much procrastination.

Maybe you want to keep your eyes on this one. Good luck!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Moshow-Poison-Toys-Metal-Build-Aile-Strike-Gundam-1-72-Diecast-With-LED-/163004308133?hash=item25f3d05aa5

7 minutes ago, eXis10z said:

PO time is 1800 Jpn time if I'm seeing it correctly.

6pm JST? I have to stay late up to 2am? Oh man. 

I know it is what it is. But I just didn't like how they change the way the Aile Pack collapses. 

20 minutes ago, Mommar said:

Is it?  Wasn't Mark 7 from Avengers?  I don't remember the silver bits on the chest.

The katakana says it’s Mark 7. The Ant-Man is the one from Ant-Man & The Wasp movie. Maybe they’re just showing upcoming figures. But you’re right. There shouldn’t be silver/grey bits on the chest in the movie. What’s funny is that when I googled Mark 7, some artworks and figures including Hot Toys have that colored bits on the figures.

1 hour ago, Mommar said:

What Iron Man figure is that on the left?

 

Hulkbusters arms seem a tad long and a tad skinny actually.

It’s Mark 7.

Looks like it. Nice!

8 minutes ago, Jasonc said:

Thanks. So, that kinda leaves me in a bad spot, being that I preordered mine on the 10/13/17.

We all are, sir. Mine is 10/10. Some are November.

9 minutes ago, kajnrig said:

Chest fin = ???

This?

 

33 minutes ago, eXis10z said:

2? You need at least 5. 1 for each pack, 1 without for its epi 1 appearance and the usual 1 for misb.

Then we'll wait for Cagalli's pink twe version.

So tell me then, what would you do to the unused 4 Aile Packs? Hmmm. 

41 minutes ago, eXis10z said:

Going to try to po 6pcs.

3 to display in each mode, 2 for misb, 1 to try and trade for Kairos. Did I miss out any..

Yeah. One more for ‘just in case’. I’m sure you knew that already. 

8 minutes ago, Jasonc said:

OK, back to the topic of NY for the Kairos. What was the last batch of these that have been shipped from them? Are they at least shipping any of them out as far as we know, or are we all just waiting for some type of miracle to drop?

Hey Jasonc. Few members reported their orders got shipped 2 days ago, IIRC. And all of their date of order is October 6. However we can’t guarantee where they got those stocks for that said delivery. And that’s the last update we have. There’s no new post yet if anyone received any shipping notification.

2 minutes ago, MacrossMania said:

It does.  I guess at the end of the day I knew all this.  Again, I'm just looking for that promise land that will never come.  As to the buying multiples, I have a hard enough time as it is buying singles, I can't imagine what a slog this hobby would be if I took to buying multiples and selling the rest off after I cherrypicked the best.  Even for me that's over the top.  Not saying it isn't done, just saying that's a rabbit hole I shouldn't go down.  I will fall way, way down.  I guess at the end of the day hunting down these little treasures is half the fun.  The stories of our collecting almost have as much currency as the collections themselves, and it's nice to be able to share them on these forums.  

No worries sir. I understand also what your saying.  It just so happen that I don’t know too what to answer since I have a different take on box conditions. So I’m just sharing my take on it. Hope that’s ok. I do know however there’s some members here that wants pristine boxes. So I hope they can share their opinions too regarding this matter.

But for me, like I said earlier, what’s inside condition matters the most.

2 minutes ago, raziel03 said:

Are you seriously trying to argue that HG has nothing to do with the reason nothing Macross related has been released outside Japan since Plus?   How do you explain why we never got R1 releases of Zero, Frontier and Delta?  How about the lack of any re-release of Plus on BluRay?  You should probably study up on the mess of copyright claims and lawsuits involved with Macross before you get so dismissive.  What I said is hardly controversial.

I’m no mod but we do have threads for this. A lot. Unless you guys still want to continue this conversation until some moderator stops you. Just sayin’.

3 minutes ago, MacrossMania said:

So I hate to ask, given how popular it's been lately, but what about Nippon Yisan?  Are the boxes generally delivered mint?

To be honest. I really don’t know how to answer this. Because, I really don’t care about the condition of the boxes since I’m more concern on the condition on what’s inside. From what I received from NY, if it’s a Tamashii Web Exclusive item, then I’m comfortable that the box looks pristine since TWE shipped with the shipper box. Regular releases still looks fine for me. Sometimes it has small dents or dings in the corners. But not too biggie. 

If you’re really that concern with boxes, I can’t recommend any online stores since you won’t have guarantee that you’re going to get a pristine box. The only thing you can do is order multiples from different stores and select the best one, then sell the rest. However, BBTS offers Package Grading. The only downside to that is not everything on sale in Japanese store they carry. If they do, it costs more than what Japanese store offers.

Hope that helps.

^ Nice, sh9000!  Next thing we know you’re gonna pose everyone like this.