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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Lolicon replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Wow! That's a nice haul! Especially the armor! -
For pilots that won't stay put, just a tiny dab of blue tack or other putty in the seat will keep them in place during those high G "evasive maneuvers." It says on the 25S box that it's Ranka, but SMS flight suits are pretty generic, so you can pretend it's Sheryl, Ranka, Cathy, or whoever.
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That they are. The SMS pilots are by far the worst. Isamu, the recent 29 release, and the regular 171 pilots are a noticeable improvement over them. 27 just reuses the crappy old pilot from the first release, but Brera's suit wasn't particularly detailed anyway, so not sure how much improvement could be made. I'm guessing this new 27 will just be Brera painted green or whatever?
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The Ranka figure that comes with the 27 is also an amputee. Get Ozma's unit if you want a Ranka pilot figure with legs.
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Oh man, if you could, I'd really appreciate it! Yeah, just the display decals would be awesome. I have plenty of decals already for any external markings. Thanks a ton!
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Thanks! Yeah it was printed on an inkjet printer. The original decal was made for the 1/72 Bandai kit, and the display was way oversized on that thing, so I had to scale it down in Photoshop to fit in the 1/60 console. Decal paper is pretty cheap, so it's afforable to make your own homemade decals. I scanned pretty much all my Yamato sticker sheets and converted as many as I could into decals. There are limitations though. For one thing, inkjet can't print white, so white text markings are out of the question. You can still do stuff like the UN Spacy kite by using decal paper with white backing. Decals with clear backing are really only good for light surfaces. I'd love to get a hi res scan of the Hasegawa decal sheet just for the console decals. Not sure I want to buy an entire kit just for one decal. I tried emailing HLJ once about buying Hasegawa decal sheets, but they told me Hasegawa does not sell them separately, not even as replacement parts.
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Seeing mickyg's work in the VF-19 thread motivated me to finally get off my lazy bum and start fixing up the displays in my valkyries. First order of business: replacing the ugly paper display printouts I had before with waterslide decals. Old paper printout: New waterslide decal: It's not perfect, but definitely looks much clearer now. It'd look better if I had a color laser printer, but I'm not buying one just to print a few decals.
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Was cleaning up the other day and found another VF-171EX and another RVF-25. I don't recall buying them...
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Yeah, most of mine are currently boxed up. Would need at least a dozen Detolfs if I wanted all of them displayed on their own shelf.
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Glossy plastic is cheaper, I'm told. I couldn't find anything on a quick Google search on the matter though. Someone with knowledge of plastic manufacturing please enlighten us.
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Thanks! Not sure what kind of setup you have, but if it's affordable and not too much hassle, I say go for it! I don't know how I tolerated some Detolfs for so long. Also recommend wiping down all the glass. I'm amazed at how dirty they get exposed only to air and dust. They're the clearest they've been in years!
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Lolicon replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
That Tumbler looks amazing! Can it smash through concrete barriers and pancake police cars? -
I preordered one. If it turns out to be great, then awesome! Another great Macross toy to add to the collection. If it turns out mediocre and sells poorly... well, I'll at least have a copy of the only mainstream 1/60 transforming Macross II toy ever made. Probably going to be another 20 years before we see another, if ever.
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That looks great! I know you're using a work printer, but if you can get away with it, you can always pick up some decal paper and print your own waterslide decals. I did what you did on my valkyries, but being as picky as I am, I am now in the process of replacing them with decals to eliminate the white edges.
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Got tired of how dark the insides of my Detolfs were,so I rigged some quick and cheap lighting.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Lolicon replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Recent arrivals that I haven't had time to open yet. Yeah I did say before I was gonna pass on the Maruyama VF-171EX, but for only 16000 yen I went ahead and pulled the trigger. And that makes three VF-19s now. That's pretty sweet! I have the figma Blade and Evil. Wish they'd release the others in figma form!
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So I finally had time today to sit down with my VF-19 and (partially) transform it. That was pretty irritating. I didn't even do a full transform. I just wanted to pull out the wings and legs out so I could attach the super parts. The wing roots were tabbed in so tightly that I needed to use a mini flathead screwdriver to pry them out. The joint that attaches the wings to the legs was so damned tight I was genuinely afraid I was going to snap the whole thing off trying to swing them out. By far the most frustrating part for me was tucking the legs back into fighter position after attaching the little filler part on the back of the legs. That damn piece would pop right off each time I attempted to put the legs back into position. It was far more frustrating than the pop-off shoulders of the YF-29. Think I spent the better part of an hour just on that part. In general, trying to get everything positioned right was liking playing the world's crappiest game of whack-a-mole. Push one thing into position, another would move or pop out. "Beautiful over-engineered mess" is how I would describe Bandai's VF-19. It looks spectacular, but god help you if you expect to get any enjoyment out of transforming the thing. Maybe if I spent more time with it, I might soften my stance some. Not bloody likely though, because now that mine's back in fighter mode with super parts attached, it's staying that way. If I want to transform to battroid, I'll just open one of my extra copies, because I don't feel like dealing with that crap again.
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No worries man. And I was oversimplifying in my original post. I do occasionally read anymoon, though rarely. But then I don't really read toy reviews much anyway, so me saying I don't read anymoon isn't saying much. I still vehemently disagree with the VF-25 praise though. Err, back on topic. So yeah I can be harsh in my toy opinions. I'll be judging the R line accordingly and comparing it to Yamato's 1/60 line. I'll be willing to forgive little things like swapping landing gear and heat shields due to the smaller scale, but it'll be expecting a high quality perfect transformation otherwise. Having no landing gear OR display stand like the 19 is unacceptable.
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Yeah, and I like to insult people who don't 100% love my website too!
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I stopped reading anymoon back when they praised Bandai for "fattening up" the VF-25 in the original, craptacular release. Making mecha look like a bunch of morbidly obese old men with their pants pulled up to their armpits is NOT something to praise Bandai for. Anyway, I actually bought both, but my S has not arrived yet. Glad to hear it comes with the accessories that the Kai should have come with in the box, instead of being sold separately. Decisions like that make me glad that the old Hi-Metal line died. If they pull this kind of crap with the R line, then it too deserves to fail.
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I don't have any of the original VF-1 Hi-Metals, but I just opened the VF-19 I got and I found it incredibly lame that there's no way to mount the gunpod in fighter mode and it comes with a stand clip for a stand that's SOLD SEPARATELY. And the prices for Bandai's Tamashii stands are ridiculous for a shoddy piece of plastic with some holes in it. This is annoying because this thing doesn't have any landing gear, so a goddamn stand should have been included in the box. Hope Bandai doesn't pull this crap with the Hi-Metal R line.
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This. Voting with your wallets is always the best option. These are luxury items anyway. No one NEEDS valkyrie toys. That being said, Amiami generally has the lowest prices, even with the consumption tax tacked on. Though I don't order much from them these days now that HLJ has private warehouse and fairly cheap shipping prices. Oh, and also because of their Draconian cancellation policy.
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24840 us the MSRP plus 8% consumption tax. All the "discounts" that Amiami gives are based on that price. Though I don't think the tax applies to overseas customers (at least it's not supposed to). I've never been charged it from any other retailer when purchasing online from the States.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Lolicon replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Yeah, bought a whole bunch for the different armor sets. This is the first destroid I've purchased. I know it's from the VF-1 era, which is why it feels so small after years of getting larger valkyries. It still looks great though! -
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Lolicon replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
New toys! Weeee! Didn't really need a 6th 25F but the price was right. Some 1/100 scale stuff to go with the new Hi-Metals...
