Lolicon

I had forgotten that Delta introduced add-ons for the add-ons. 

Chugging along and getting valks back up one by one when I have time. (Gonna need to repaint my badly yellowed TV SDF-1 unless Bandai releases theirs...)

I know some prefer the TV livery for our heroes while others prefer the movie versions.

TV heroes

Movie heroes

Now the long, long process of taking my stuff out of storage and setting them up. 

Starting with the OG Macross on the top row...

On 10/11/2023 at 12:10 AM, 505thAirborne said:

You're off to a good start!!

Thanks!

Finally got the cases done. Took a while longer than I expected as, once again, there were no instructions and I had to watch some Youtube videos and go through a bit of trial and error to get everything just right. Next set should come together much faster.

Finally my valks will have a proper home!

12 hours ago, ValkAddict said:

Damn that is a great an appropriate price!!

Fixed.

Finished the main assembly on my moducases. Still need to wire up all the LED lights. I'll get to that over the weekend.

Assembly wasn't too bad, though there were a couple of parts where the holes were not properly sized (poor QC) and I had to drill larger holes through the metal. That's always fun.

A couple of the shelf boards were also slightly warped and bent upwards slightly, so I've placed some weights on them to eventually flatten them out. 

Will probably get another set of 8 as these definitely will not fight all my 1/60 valks even though there's a ton of space.

1/48 Kakizaki for scale.

Nothing manlier than a purple flight suit!

21 hours ago, Mog said:

Whoopsie!  Looks like I was wrong with my numbers.  I have:

*6 of the OG Flexi’s/Fightposes,

* 1 new hollow base version, and

* TWO screw holes that got stripped:

The bigger screw didn’t cause too much damage to one hole.  But the other one wound up cracking a circular hole in the base.  BUT they’re both holding. 😬

Do the flightpose stands still have issues with paint rub? 

On 10/3/2023 at 12:28 AM, Mog said:

A couple of stickers can do wonders to liven a bird up:

Oh wow that looks pretty good. Just need to do a panel wash and you've got your own premium finish edition! 

Bandai been teasing this forever. They're not going to fix anything, so where's the preorder button already? 

Oh man is Moehime run by the same people as NY? If so, I'm definitely not going to order anything from them, ever.

14 hours ago, Angesdad said:

So much work…weathering sucks.😔

 

Damn that looks sooooo good! Easily on par with the Arcadia version, if not better!

15 hours ago, Grey728 said:

Nice! How long did they take to get delivered to you? I can’t wait to see what your display looks like when complete so please share when you do!

Made my last payment in Dec 2022 and finally delivered Sept 2023. It's gonna be a multi day effort to assemble them and then set up all my many valks.

14 hours ago, MKT said:

@Lolicon nice you finally received the Moducases.
I recall you had them ordered for a long time, perhaps this is the longest PO to delivery of anything? Lol

Yeah it was a long wait. One reviewer on Youtube said he waited a year and a half.  So I guess 9 months isn't too bad by comparison. I'll probably have to pick up some more because I don't think there's enough space in what I've purchased for more valks.

15 hours ago, MKT said:

Lol me hungry, I’ll go for a faster spam sandwich instead. 

Ah a spamburger lover I see. 

I think I'll make some spam fried rice and watch Macross Zero later. 

On 9/29/2023 at 11:56 AM, takatoys said:

Your VF-0S and YF-19 look great!

Moducases finally arrived. They didn't come with any instructions so it took a bit to figure out how to assemble them.

1/4 of the way through... 

2 hours ago, Mog said:

Low angle shot of the mothership:

Awesome!

Dammit Bandai where's that TV SDF-1 you teased?

10 hours ago, MKT said:

Thanks @Lolicon  
Always thinking how to present the toys differently in pics..

Never hurts to experiment a bit. It's a much more creative process than just copying poses from the TV show. 😁

The only reason I'm even entertaining getting them is because of the yen being at it's lowest in like 40 years. If we were back at around 100 or 110 yen to the dollar (or worse), it would be a hard pass for me. Who knows that the exchange rate will be by next summer.

I really regret not getting multiples of the PF 0D. Curse my penny pinching ways!

Gotta love it when Bandai makes their already-a-PITA-to-get toys even harder to get.

The thermometer is the least of the 31AX's problems.

1 hour ago, Phangry said:

Can't wait to experience the loose joints in person. 😅

That made me chuckle IRL.

The renewals were a breath of fresh air when they first came out over a decade ago, on the heels of the awful original line of Frontier toys. But they have not aged well and are pretty dated compared to what we've gotten from the Delta line and from Arcadia, QC foibles notwithstanding. *cough31AXcough*

Whereas the Yamato V2 VF-1 came out 15 years ago and I still consider them the gold standard for the VF-1. Sure, Bandai's DX VF-1 is a great toy and surpasses Yamato's in some areas, but it also falls short in others. So it's kind of a wash there.