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Some people like being in abusive relationships.

No, Bandai doesn't intentionally make Macross artificially scarce. 

Bandai tries to make all their products artificially scarce. 

I expect the 5000 to retail for at least 25k.

7 minutes ago, jenius said:

Lol, using gift certificates doesn't count does it?

That's a difficult concept for some.

Shipped mine by itself since I'm eager to check this bad boy out. DHL was only $36 on top of the unit price of $190, so the whole thing cost me $226. That's pretty comparable to what you can find domestically if you shop around, give or take a few dollars. Really the only real upside from ordering WWM items from Japan is getting it 3 months earlier. (Or you live somewhere without easy access to a good WWM dealer.)

Ugh that sucks.

Happy that I still have the old Yamato version with sound booster. 

Opened my Arcadia VF-19 and holy moly they painted the diecast shoulder joints a much brighter shade of red than the rest of the valk. The red paint sticks out way more than it did on the Yamato VF-19.

Aside from that, the yellow parts now being gold, and the tinted canopy, it's identical to Yamato's.

I can see why some don't like the canopy tint. Instead of being totally transparent yellow (like the RVF-25) there's a glittery texture to it, similar to the VF-31 toys, though not nearly as bad. It ends up kinda making the canopy glass look dirty, like Ray is gonna walk up to it and write "WASH ME" with his finger. 

1 hour ago, MKT said:

https://otakumode.com/shop/659f75c7f6a65e00284e116b/DX-Chogokin-Macross-Plus-YF-21-Guld-Goa-Bowman-Use
 

 

That's not bad. Just sign up for their premium service free trial, buy it, then discontinue the service before you get billed. 

Ordered off Amiami. Sailed through with ease.

3 hours ago, davidwhangchoi said:

not sure...  Do you like white painted landing gears.? If white landing gears are not your thing, avoid.

That sounds weird. Everyone knows real aircraft uses unpainted diecast landing gear. 

No yellowing on my YF-30 either.

However, I will say that I have had a couple of yellowing valks, and they are all from Bandai. I recently took my 25As out of storage and while one was yellow, the other was still pristine white, despite being storaged in their styrofoam trays and in identical conditions for X number of years.

Bandai's valks have always felt cheaper overall than Yamato, and it wouldn't surprise me if that cost-cutting applied to their plastic mix as well. Bandai's releases have always cost less, but that cheapness shows in the overall fit & finish and propensity of their valks to yellow.

Is the VF-19 good? Should I get one?

Shipping depends entirely on the retailer you buy from. Some offer lost cost shipping (BBTS) and some even have free shipping. I'm not familiar with the costs of shipping from a US retailer to Canada.

2 hours ago, wm cheng said:

Wow, step away for Christmas for a few days and all this happens!!!  Looks pretty darn good in the photos now!  So this WWM release means I can order it off the Amazon.com Tamashii store site a week after Jan 10th PO in Japan and not have to fight the madness?  I've never done this before - its seems almost too good to be true?!  So it WILL go on pre-order on Amazon.com Tamashii store site a week later? 

Yes, but expect a significant mark up. I'm expecting it to list domestically for around $359.99 before tax. 

11 hours ago, Test_Pilot_2 said:

Finally pulled the trigger on a Gunbuster...

Gunbuster! Man that's some old school sci-fi anime goodness there!

On 12/28/2023 at 1:36 AM, MKT said:

Likely last pic for this year..
I think, from the top view I like the Fighter sculpt of this VF-19 Kai more than Yamato / Arcadia's. Yeah the area between the legs can be a bit gappy, but the shape of the LERX and wing roots are more akin to the YF-19's..

Awesome shot!

Regarding M7, I think the worst part is that it's way too long, and as a result suffers from what others have mentioned. If M7 was shorter, say only 26 episodes or even a brisk 13 episodes, it would have been much better paced and received. But they needed to stretch shows to last a year, so we ended up with a series that ran way too long with way too little material.

3 hours ago, MKT said:

As with @505thAirborne, I'm also using the Stage Act Trident. However, I believe Bandai have discontinued this not too long ago, so secondary markets only for now. But as with most Bandai clear stand & parts, it oxidizes rather easily.

 

Hey Nexx, your heat shield flap is open. 

On 12/27/2023 at 4:00 AM, no3Ljm said:

Did Bandai included a canopy shutters accessory part to go along with the helmet-less Isamu with this release? The Full Set from what I remember didn’t have it. Thanks.

Isn't it great that Yang had the foresight to predict that the 19 pilot might need to eject the rear seat occupant in case he tried to kill the pilot mid-flight, and included a means to reseal the cockpit?

Lockheed Martin should be taking notes.

Plenty of these bad boys in stores in Japan.

Will ship mine from HLJ after I return stateside so it's not just sitting on my porch unattended for days. 

I'll keep this one in battroid or swap the canopy from my old Yamato version.

I'm only an amateur builder myself and while I think the Bandai DX is overkill on the tampo, it does have all the markings that I think every aircraft should have (ejection seat, intakes, jack points, etc) so I'm going to leave mine as is. It'll at least match the DX 19 in obnoxious markings. 

Now if Arcadia could give us a PF V2 21...

Picked up the metallic edition 25F. 

Found a couple of mechanic editions. At 70k each no wonder they're still unsold. 

This may have been posted before. It looks great with the matte finish. Looks like there's a few markings and paint apps added. Minor stuff. 

Wings look like the same crap swapping mechanism, even if it doesn't come with extra wings. 

Yamato 21 cost around 200 bucks in 2008 with the exchange rate at the time. It was around that time the exchange rate swung wildly in favor of the yen for the next several years. 

Got tickets to see May'n aka Sheryl tonight. 🫠

17 minutes ago, seti88 said:

whats the price on the streets in tokyo?

MSRP plus tax.