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  1. sqidd
    I'm pretty sure I missed shipping on Friday Japan time by just a bit. It would have been nice to set them up on Xmas. I'm going to be alone after noon (yay!). May as well get some me time in for a few days. Historically customers leave me alone for a few days too.
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    Nice. Mine are in customs jail.
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    You can ignore my question in the other thread. Yup, Strike Parts. Yeah, the tampo is a bit over the top. I never really noticed till now. Looks like it's going to be after Xmas before mine show up. Tracking stalled out in customs for a few days. Booooooooo.
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    Are those Strike Packs in the back?
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    I've got one Alien and one Predator. Looks like I need to step it up! They are the 18" versions though.
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    Hi-Metal R

    sqidd replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Monsters with monsters, I love it! Am I seeing a Yamato, Bandai DX, Bandai DX, HMR from left to right?
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    You may be right. Two point that could point to a SOC VF-1S being a choice they make though: -The $1200 (or was it $1000?) Gundam Metal Structure sold out in minutes. People buy the crap out of multiple Metal Builds. -My company does mostly Gucci high end short/limited run stuff. $3,000 price range. The two times I have come out with Super Gucci stuff in the $8,000-$12,000 range which frankly are not 2-4x better and the same size (that can't change) they sell. Do I sell less? Absolutely. Is my margin on those fewer units bigger? You bet! Would I do more super high end stuff if I had the time? Yep. I'm happy to see that the Metal Structure did so well. Fingers crossed we see a Metal Structure VF-1S.
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    I was going from a purely mechanical/feel/driving perspective. You jump out of a Porsche GT3 and into a C7 Z06 Corvette (I have) it's amazing how they're SO different. The Porsche is a scalpel. The Vette is a precision hammer. I agree with your aesthetic analogy though. Refining the aesthetic analogy I think would be a Ferrari 458 (Yamato) vs a C8 Corvette (Bandai).
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    Hi-Metal R

    sqidd replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Thanks guys! I put it on my wish list. I'm not ready for a big Mandrake order right now (I try and get a few things at a time to amortize shipping). But when I am I'll pick one up. I need one in shuttle mode for my HMR fleet!
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    A fair point. I think what carries the most weight comes down to the individual consumer. I'm a designer/engineer/inventor. What turns me on is well executed and clean engineering (and of course aesthetics). I'm more inclined to like something that is engineered extremely well with minimal features than something with a lot of features and middle of the road engineering. To draw on the Porsche/Chevy analogy again I would rather have a bare bones Porsche 911 GT3 than a Chevy Corvette with "all the things". That's a personal preference thing. I can understand someone appreciating it from the other angle. As far as the DX's go, I don't care one little bit about the hollow strike packs. But, I can understand how other people would. And If I was those people, it would drive be bonkers. Are the DX's more $$ than the 1/48 Yamato stuff was? Today's dollar vs Yamato time period dollar? I don't know what Yamato stuff cost when it was released. I only have a vague idea of when.
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    Hi-Metal R

    sqidd replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Well my stars and garters! I didn't know that was a thing? Is it this dude? Thanks! https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1073330088&ref=dos&keyword=Bandai DX Konig Monster&lang=en
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    Hi-Metal R

    sqidd replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Is that the Yamato Monster?
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    I don't think that;'s fair. The Bandai quality and feel are much, much higher. The Bandai feels like a Porsche compared to the Yamato that feels like a Chevy.
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    Sounds like a good deal to me! If you ever want to make $25 profit on that LMK.
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    The dialog gets a lot easier to understand after the first two episodes. I was having a hard time figuring out what was going on the first two episodes too. The wife and I finished binging the series tonight. I give it a good 7.5/10. I enjoyed it. It leaves off all set up for a second season where it seems the plan is to "bring it all together". I hope they do season 2.
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    That would be about 21" at the top of the Strike Cannon (assuming S&S). If it was really detailed, with removable covers on a ton of stuff and S&S parts I'd go $1000 on that.
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    This guy has it figured out!^^^^^
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    Is it you or @Saburo that paints their landing gear white? That;s a Saburo shot I think.
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    Awesome, thank you. After reading that I want a TV series about their civil war.
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    Fixed it for you^^^^
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    Yeah, me having no background was a steep learning curve. After we finished the first two episodes my wife asked me "Do you know what is going on?". My reply, "Not Really". Her reply, "Good, it's not just me then".
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    I didn't know that. Good tidbit.
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    The wife and I just binged 6 episodes. The first 2.5 episodes are a little rough. The first one had way too much shoved in it. Something pilots tend to do. Another problem is you can't understand what's going on because of thick accents and it seems the actors were given lines that sound "old". Between the thick accents and speech being a different flavor than we're used to listening to I was missing stuff here and there. It seems someone on the show figured it out because the dialog gets much easier to follow as the show moves forward. It's also confusing, and I don't think I'm spoiling anything here, probably helping, it's not real obvious you're bouncing between different times in the timeline. Once I figured that out I was able to be more immersed. I've never played the game or read a book so I went into this 100% blind. I think the show is a 7/10. Nothing groundbreaking or thought provoking. But, a fun watch. And if you're into beautiful women, it doesn't disappoint. And there is Henry Cavil for the ladies.
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    Speaking of NECA this big 24" monster showed up today. Absolutely amazing for $120ish.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    sqidd replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    My company does this. Not toys though.
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