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  1. Lolicon
    WTF is a panel-former?
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    Too late. I already customized a set for him.
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    Hmm giving it to a brownie may not be such a bad idea.
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    Picked up the weathering edition of the Yamato super parts as they have a pretty nice paint app. But who do I give it to?! My Hikaru and Roy 1S already have PF strike parts. Maybe Hikaru's 1A but then that nicely painted strike cannon goes to waste... decisions decisions.
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    @tekering already went over everything pretty well, so no need to repeat it all. But yes the 6x reaction missile loadout is only seen in the TV series, and only in one episode. No one used that loadout in DYRL. Promotional art and the like would be considered beta canon, if such art exists. I've never seen such for the movie. Nothing so meta. @Sanity is Optional was saying that something he saw in some promotional art or something was canon, despite not actually being in the movie. Nothing to do with the TV series or the overall Macross timeline. If he wants to put 6x reaction missiles on his DYRL valks, that's cool. Not sure why being canon or not would diminish his enjoyment of that. You would be terrible at Final Jeopardy.
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    Sure, if you just want to mix up your own loadouts. Nothing wrong with that. No valk in DYRL is ever seen using 6x reaction missiles, at least among the heroes. Hikaru uses 4x missile boxes in the ending battle only. Proper DYRL loadout is 2x missile boxes and 4x reaction missiles. So if you want a canon loadout, then you can only do two per missile set (one TV one movie).
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    There's room in each for some missile parts without adding to the box size. Yamato boxes were always oversized for their contents and is not a good example. You can properly equip two valkyries with each missile set (one movie and one TV), unless you want some of your guys to have the sad and pathetic layout of one missile cluster and one reaction missile on each wing or something. I'd probably do that for some brownies if those ever materialize. That's just not acceptable for the hero valks.
  8. Lolicon
    Cracked and placed an order for a second PF. From Japan charged me the full amount up front this time around.
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    Awesome! Now maybe customize it to a Macross Zero paint scheme.
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    There's always going to be something better later on down the line, whether it's valkyries or game consoles or cars or whatever. Unless they simply stop making valkyries altogther and we go back to the days of $1000 for a 1/55 chunky. Who the hell wants that? At some point you just have to jump in and enjoy. If the toys you bought gave you fun and enjoyment, then it wasn't a waste, no matter what comes out later.
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    Double its original price. And people will pay it because who knows if Bandai will ever do another run. It's not like Bandai is releasing additional valkyries that people might want missiles for. Who thought it was a great idea to release the missiles separately and doesn't work for Bandai? I doubt the addition of a couple pieces of unpainted plastic would have significantly added to the price of a DX valkyrie. The reaction missiles should have been included with the super packs.
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    Even Kakizaki could have been had for minimal mark-up if you got an order in through a proxy service, but slots were limited so you had to order early. It was still a much longer window to order than the usual 30 seconds or so with regular retail releases. Mine was 20700 yen (19800 for the item then another 900 yen in proxy fees). Then just shipping cost when the item was ready to ship to me. IIRC retailers like AE did carry Kakizaki but at a modest mark-up. But even that price was better than the aftermarket and scalper shenanigan prices, unless you're fast enough to snatch a cheap one off Mandarake. I have yet to be able to catch a not-sold listing. All the others I got at the 18000 yen PO price. Actually, I picked up Hikaru's 1S in Tokyo myself for I think 17800. It's just a gigantic hassle getting Bandai's stuff, especially if you're late to the party. Again, we're just a bunch of circus seals begging for a fish, as far Bandai is concerned.
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    That's what I wish people would recognize when they bellyache about Arcadia prices while wistfully wishing for the days of Yamato's prices. Yamato's strategy and pricing was clearly not sustainable. Like eating nothing but 99 cent cheeseburgers all your life because it's cheaper than all those other pesky foods like vegetables. Right up until that heart attack gets you. I've no problem with the pricing of Bandai's stuff. It's the availability that's a b****. Bandai makes us struggle like a bunch of circus seals hoping the trainer will toss a fish at us.
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    If you want to combine shipping with an existing Mandarake order, when you reach the comments field on the second to last page during checkout, just put in "Please combine shipping with order ID [existing order number]" and they'll do it and send you an updated invoice with everything in one box, no fuss. As said earlier, you can only do this if the orders are at the same physical store.
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    Mandarake is of course on Japan time so most listings are going to appear in the middle of the night for those in the western hemisphere.
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    Bandai where's my 1/48 Q-Rau with articulated Miria pilot figure?
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    Wow! Looks like a well-built vintage VF-1 model kit rather than a toy. Great work! Are those the DX hands?
  18. Lolicon
    The temptation to get a second PF is back.
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    Expect any Kakizaki listed on Mandarake to be snatched up almost immediately for the next few weeks at least. It's how it's always been immediately after a DX release. Once the demand has been sated I expect them to linger a bit longer. Though I'm curious if so many people wanted a Kakizaki why they didn't just order it during the very long preorder period. It's not like they had a 30 second preorder window like the others.
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    Did a quick Google on it. Looks like it was a model kit that was teased. Make it a DX on par with the Arcadia 0D and I'll gladly drop some Yukichi's on it! https://news.toyark.com/2009/05/13/new-macross-frontier-148-vf-25-other-models-announced-1271 Roy's unit is coming out at the end of November so I wouldn't expect the next release until early 2021 at least. Will it be DYRL Max? TV Kakizaki? The suspense!
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    The VF-1 is nice and all, but if Bandai really wants to wow, bring on the 1/48 VF-25 they teased long ago!
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    If 28k was too rich for you, here's one for 26k https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1148132647&ref=list&keyword=マクロス
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    That some sweet old school stuff there! I love the Tank Police!
  25. Lolicon
    Looks like NY has moved from unreliable seller to straight up thievery. They're now worse than Nin Nin. At least Nin Nin refunded my money when they couldn't fulfill my order. This store credit BS is just that. The fact that you have to harass them to even get that is just deplorable.
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