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1 hour ago, Metaphor322 said:

Thanks for the information. I think I will hold off for now because of shipping restrictions. only FedEx and DHL are available. Make's the price shoot up $100+ CAD just for shipping so I would rather wait on a Mandrake listing or hopefully find someone selling one here for a reasonable price.

25 minutes ago, Angesdad said:

Hey @Metaphor322 welcome on board! Great to see another member from GTA.

As for tracking down VF-1S Hikaru, Mandarake may be your best bet in terms of $$, and yes you have to check the site religiously to snag one if it ever comes up for sale. Happy hunting!

You can sign up for alerts from Mandrake.

18 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

It's interesting to see how the upcoming Metal Build Hi-Nu and the Chogokin RX-93ff Nu to be displayed together seeing that Tamashii listed them at 20.5 (Hi-Nu) and 20cm (Nu). 

PG RX-78 vs MS NU

4 hours ago, Metaphor322 said:

Is this worth the price? been wanting a Bandai VF-1 DX Chogokin movie edition for so long (hopefully will find movie super parts somewhere). I'm new here and new towards the buying market for Macross merchandise, so I'm looking for tips too. Thanks.

https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEODAI-57289?s_ssid=e35865627a0ca13cb9

I'm here in Toronto Canada so I'm wondering if that makes it anymore difficult to buy. Was hoping for something below scalper prices.

IDK what your exchange rate against the Yen looks like right now but in dollars that's a very fair deal ($303.36US).

The last one out of Mandrake went for 32,000Y ($246.27US). No telling what the next one they list will go for though. Mandrake Link.

Looks like the least expensive one on Yahoo Auctions is 44,000Y ($348.48US).

I can't remember the last time I saw a DX VF-1 on here, Facebook, etc going for $300ish.

So your choice is to get the one out of CD Japan or roll the dice one will come up for less money on the open market or Mandrake in the future. One in the hand vs two in the bush and all that.

1 hour ago, Special Sauce said:

Good.  Scalpers can go screw themselves.  Some of those guys are smoking crack with those asking prices.

With the economy going the way it is and Macros stuff more plentiful I think their crack budgets will diminish. They may need to switch over to huffing glue.

10 hours ago, magicsp00n said:

 I'm hoping Bandai will rerelease the VF-1J or the VF-1S 

Incredibly unlikely.

1 hour ago, MKT said:

 from what I heard, MBs were also hugely targeted by scalpers and if these scalpers are now also getting burned these days..

I hope so.

5 hours ago, MKT said:

Meanwhile, the standalone GBP armors have dropped below MSRP, totally opposite from the other P-Bandai add-on stuff for the VF's..

Bandai DX Chogokin Super Dimension Fortress Macross VF-1J Compatible Armored Parts Set | Mandarake Online Shop

 

I think this is mostly down to the economy. And secondarily the GBP not boing the huge draw that other releases are. Mostly the economy though. Every release since the Focker has not has as much demand/been available longer for less money than the ones that proceeded it.

The scalpers are taking it in the pants for the past couple years. They're sitting on a ton of inventory that simply just didn't sell like past releases did. I just picked a new MISB Focker with Super Parts out of JP for retail plus shipping. The seller had 10+ of them.

Hopefully this puts a dent in the scalping market long term.

35 minutes ago, technoblue said:

Indeed. The main conceit of the show is still a big question mark/mystery box. I understand the creative team is trying to normalize it with the feud between the families, but it’s not easy to force wave something of that magnitude. It’s obvious they want to hook their audience. My only concern is that this could turn into another Amazon Original like The Tick, which was fun and well done, but cut too short after just two seasons.

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This season was focused more on world building and character moments. The creative team could bring that geologist back in—the one that Royal spoke to after swiping Autumn’s rock. It’s too bad they let that path hit a dead end this season.

The lack of exposition reminds me of the early days of Doctor Who. I guess I’m used to it with these stories that are built around time travel shenanigans. With DW, the timey-wimey stuff was accepted as a plot contrivance simply because the Doctor was an alien and had access to greater technology. The finer details were fleshed out later on.

I do hope Outer Range takes a moment to revisit its ‘why’ at some point. They don’t even have to explain all of it, just establish if the hole is something magical, supernatural, or scientific. For the moment, my hunch is that it may be more of a supernatural phenomena.

 

Agreed. The could pay off the big picture. But unfortunately these days shows don't seem to last very long. The streaming business model is get people to sign up with the lurer of new shiny shows. Only the truly outstanding shows will see a 3rd or 4th season. And the second season of a lot of shows aren't even half of what the first season was. I don't blame the business model. Their job is to make money. But I get a feeling that corporate culture is to go all in on season 1 without a ton of thought to what they're going to do with season 2......because in a lot of cases they don't get one. Or the budget is cut and they just produce filler.

All that said I would love to see a season 2 where all of the little sub plots come together and the big picture is revealed in detail.

Looks like the street value of the Hikaru 1J has come back down to a more reasonable level. I have to imagine after the GBP release there is no shortage of them now.

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1136462378&ref=list&sort=price&soldOut=1&keyword=macross&lang=en

12 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

Just like LOST, lol!

Not as bad as Lost......but Lost-y.

9 hours ago, technoblue said:

I enjoyed Outer Range.

Danger, major spoilers inside. Don’t click if you want to watch the show spoiler free:

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I had a notion early on that Autumn was linked to Rebecca somehow but I wasn’t able to guess that she was Amy. It seems tragic, given what we’re told about Autumn this season, especially since we see how she needs medication to remain stable as an adult. Not an uncommon thing but a stark change from her younger self. I can understand why some fans think it is a little suss.

Royal spilling the beans on his past was totally unexpected. I loved that.

Of course, Rebecca is still a mystery herself and the hole has created something of a conundrum with all the timey-wimey back and forth. I mean, if the future that Royal saw early in the season is still set (with the mining company moving in, with Perry back, and Billy alive), then I wonder how the timeline will resolve itself? 

The side story with Deputy Sheriff Joy Hawk, all the crap she’s putting up with to solve the Abbot/Tillerson case, and then we see how she follows the time sludge into far history when the character’s ancestors still roamed the valley—that was moving. This show brought quite a few moving scenes.

Anyway, I’m glad I got to see it. I’ll be tuning in for season 2. 

 

I agree with all of the sub plots that you refer to being good or interesting. It's not like the show was horrible.

But...

There were a lot of sub plots that went nowhere. And most importantly the overall arching plot is a big fat WHAT IS GOING ON?!?! To me the season was a big fat build up to a nothingburger. Of course, if there is a season 2 I will watch it looking for the payoff. Which is probably all part of Amazon's evil plan to implant Alexa in my brain.

Outer Range can eat my shorts.

They did that thing where they make a show that doesn't make any sense and has no payoff and try to pass it off as mysterious. 

One episode left to watch of Outer Range. Just as I suspected everything has been a slow buildup to the big reveal in the last episode (which I will watch tonight).

The big reveal better be incredible or I'm going to be ticked off. I hate it when they don't pay slow seasons off very well. From would be a good example of that.

5 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

You're welcome. Good luck.  

 

By the way, out of curiosity, what's the metal hip pieces looks like? Does it have a photo in the manual that you can share? Thanks.

 

37 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

FYI, it's still worth trying them. But make sure you have an account with a Japanese address (I use Tenso) for them to use if they have to ship anything.

For Katakana, it's phonetic spelling, for example Stephanie becomes ステファニー (Su Te Fa Ni i). Katakana is the alphabet used for foreign words.

Put your name into google translate from English to Japanese and it'll turn it into Katakana characters.

13 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

I tried to fill the areas in red and used a dummy email address and it went thru.  

Ahhh, I thought it was as easy as translating it. I was dumb and put my first and last name in both fields though. Doh!

Thanks for you help guys.

I sent it in English. Hopefully they get back to me.

50 minutes ago, pengbuzz said:

Who did you purchase it through? I would try them, (if possible, unless you bought it private or through a place that doesn't do squat) because Arcadia says at the bottom of their page that they don't service international customers:

Mandrake

Whatcha got?

Thanks

HUGE bummer. I have a Yamato 1/300 SDF-1 Assembly Kit going together and it's missing two of the metal "hip" pieces. So, Short of buying a standard finish Arcadia toy (and crossing my fingers they are the same) I'm hosed. And even then, still hosed. The least expensive one I can find is $900.

I got on Arcadia's site and tried to send them an email seeing if they had any of those hips laying around. Or if they could send me files so I could machine or 3D print them. But, I can't get their contact form to work. In the second set of name fields (below) it's asking for Katakana. Which Google is not to clear on what I need to be doing. I tried putting my name in Google Translate, but that didn't work. And without those fields filled in it won't send the message.

-Anyone know how I can get those fields filled with what I want?

-Or, does anyone have their actual email address?

Thanks

2 hours ago, enphily said:

Sorry but last posts sound like quote from old Soviet piece: I've been chasing you for three days to tell you how indifferent I am to you.

Everyone here has a right for their opinion, but there is no reason to repeat it again and again and again, we're heard it already.

 

With 678 posts to your credit I would have thought that it would be clear by now that Macross World is where we complain about the smallest minutia ........ad nauseam.

95% chance it will be garbage.

18 hours ago, azrael said:

Fast forwarded through all of it looking for the A-plot in about 5 seconds. Nada. See ya next week.

As Cinema Sins would say:

*SKIP*

8 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

Just started this season of Barry but f'ing forgot HBO Max doesn't release a full season altogether like Netflix does.

A crime against humanity!!!

19 hours ago, RED WOLF said:

Whatever happened to the old adage, "be grateful for what you have"?

That doesn't apply to things you pay for that have sub par quality. That is intended to be used for life in general (family, health, good job, etc).

19 hours ago, RED WOLF said:

If you feel Sentinel or any other company is not offering you a quality product for your dollar then simply do not buy their products.

I don't.

19 hours ago, RED WOLF said:

Not sure why anyone that does not like the product that is being offered would hang around in a forum dedicated to that product (there are quite a few in here)?

Fun fact:

This forum/ thread is about more than Sentinel Ride Armors.

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You clearly love your Ride Armors. I'm happy for you. I wish I was. 

Notice no on is "taking you to task" for liking what you like. That is your opinion/assessment and you're entitled to it. It's only fair that people complaining about the Ride Armors be given the same respect. Our opinion/assessments are valid, this is Macross World where complaining about the smallest detail is par for the course and frankly those complaining have a more tangible argument. Their quality is lacking. There is absolutely no debate that. Your argument is "your happy". Again, a valid argument, but not something that you can measure or asses. For example: "That blue whale is 79ft long" vs "That whale looks really big to me".

Everyone here has a right to their assessment/ opinion and that goes both ways.

4 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

Finished Ozark too.

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The finale kinda felt like The Sopranos ending. I wonder if there will be spin-off?

 

So, how was the stand alone side quest episode?

6 minutes ago, tekering said:

 

Transformers, however, were completely shafted. 🤨

I think they limited it to piloted mecha?