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Read em and weep! The @RedComet custom VF-1S DYRL Fockers just showed up.......and a whole bunch of other stuff. It's Xmas in July! Looks like I have a long day ahead!

Is that double cheese? Do you want fries with that? I crack me up!

I want to like those but they look like cheap kids toys to me. Not to mention Kai is sponsored by McDonald's!

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How about watching the transformation video in English?

It's what is known as "Getting Bandai'd".

So pulling a "Nippon Yasan" then huh? Sorry, couldn't control myself.........

Or they just hold some back.

I think that's the cockpit of the Rocinante. Your name isn't Alex is it?

I felt like you waiting for mine to arrive. It took 2 months. Me waiting for my toys.....

I got the KO VF-1S Focker Strike for my "Focker Army" display. Probably getting it out this weekend. I'm really curious how the quality is.

Yeah @Lolicon, nerd shaming is frowned on around here!

I paid $232 to get FOUR 0D's shipped DHL. Yeah, that UPS charge was bonkers. I'm really starting to fall in love with Tenso and From Japan. They have worked out great for me during the EMS shutdown. And an honorable mention to Mandrake too.

So much this^^^^. Everyone has a different definition of worth and they are all based on what are real things for them/in their likes. The person who is on a fixed income or limited to a 3% increase in wages a year (which really isn't an increase because of inflation) for the foreseeable future who also has a couple of kids to finance is going to have a much different perspective than the person who works for themselves and doesn't have kids. The person that works for them-self can in most cases increase their income at will. They just have to work harder/longer/smarter. And obviously the lack of the child overhead is huge. That person working the 8-5 on a fixed income is generally going to have more spare the then a the person that is self employed. There is a big perspective difference on what is worth what to who there. I pretty much don't have any spare time. But you post like a madman in here sqidd! you say. True, but I'm multi tasking. I've got multiple windows open in multiple monitors and usually have 3-4 things going on at once. When I'm waiting on something I'll pop in here for a few and talk some smack. But for the most part I'm busy all the time. I am either working, at the gym, or on a mountain bike. And sometimes if I'm lucky I get to sleep. I also have about 10,000 plates in the air at any given time. Me being able to just pull the trigger on some toys even if they're over priced so I can have one less spinning plate is worth something to me. It's worth a lot actually. My stress levels this year have been something I never thought possible. COVID has made what I do 10x harder and I released three new major products this spring so I'm slammed with that too. Not having to divert brain power to hunting down the best deal matters to me. If I had just 2-3hrs a day where I wasn't booked solid I would go about it a little differently. At the end of the day everyone needs to do what they need to do to make it work for them. And above all, never lose track of what you're trying to accomplish. Toys are supposed to be an escape, and fun, and remind us of simpler times. If those positives are getting tarnished by something (this is going to be different for everyone) I think it's time to re-asses the approach being taken. I myself am as giddy as a 9yr old when I new toy shows up at the house. Then I get to unbox it, set it up, play with the displays so I like the composition, etc. And then after that I will sometimes sit there late into the evening listening to a pod cast or something just looking at them. It's an escape for me. An escape I need. When toys become stressful for me, I'm done with them. I don't think I'm going to let that happen though. I do it purely for the joy.

I've gotten over what the mostly imaginary retail price is on these. Unless you secure a PO, you're paying way over. How many people got one in the recent PO? 5% of people who wanted them.....at the most? And what if you want three units (a lot of us do)? You're not getting them from one source at PO pricing so now you're paying a lot more shipping. I don't think that DX Valk is not worth $350 shipped. In reality it's a low production boutique product that is not being marketed to the US. Or even outside of Japan in some cases. I don't let the "I could have gotten it for $XXX if, if and if" thing bother me. I'll pay my $300-350 and be happy with it. @Slave IV is zen about shipping times. But not zen about price. I'm zen about price but not shipping times. People are weird.

I KNEW IT!!!!

That's incredible

25K plus how much in shipping?

AWESOME!!!!

I could live with that. The RAH's look fantastic! The Bandai is very reasonably priced so I figured WTH. I'll give it a shot. Then play the waiting game on a RAH Unit 2 re-issue or a Bandai Unit 2 re-issue.

gff

Pew pew!!!

I sold my MB units. Too small IMO. I'm also a little more into the "toon" look too. I only have the RAH Unit 1 and Unit 2 right now. I like them a lot aside from the Unit 2 being a floppy mess. It was MISB so it's a build tolerance thing. The Unit 1 is fantastic. I'm looking forward to the Bandai 15"er. Hopefully it's top notch and they follow it up with a Unit 2 and Unit 0. I'd probably cut the RAH's loose at that point.