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    Hi-Metal R

    mechaninac replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Since you mentioned, I went ahead and checked my PayPal account just in case, and... butkus. Come the end of Monday EST, if I haven't received any communication, I'll have to contact them to see what's up. If things get ugly I can always dispute the charge via Paypal on the grounds of "item not delivered".
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    Hi-Metal R

    mechaninac replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    My preorder, placed early on to secure a stand and optioned for Registered SAL, is still listed as preparation in progress; the email notifying me of this status was received on the 19th. I'll wait until Monday before contacting them regarding it, but so far, the whole situation is very confusing with some of you guys stating that N-Y misquoted shipping and are now demanding additional money via messages that have not gone through in as much of 50% of the cases -- with them assuming they did without following up despite having been made aware of the snafu (I recall one occasion when CDJapan undercharged on shipping for one of my preorders because their estimate was based off erroneous data, but they honored their original charge without ever asking for additional funds or making a fuss), or others saying that they claim to having received insufficient stock from whatever supplier they use to cover all the orders they've accepted, or both... All I know is that I ordered early enough to qualify for the bonus stand, selected a shipping method they offered, chose pay later as that was allowed at the time, paid in full when asked after they changed their exclusive items preoder policy, received the Preparation email, and then chirping crickets. I expect, nay, demand, to get what I ordered and paid for in good faith.
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    Got mine yesterday... over two weeks sooner than I expected since I went with the SAL option. I can honestly say that every last bit of criticism and ire leveled at this toy is richly deserved. I'm glad I let my full price pre-order slip and got it at almost 1/2 off, just to satisfy my curiosity; otherwise, I would've been furious. Fighter mode not only looks disgracefully bad from all but a few angles -- a shame since the VF-2SS has such a striking fighter design, it's gappy and won't hold together at all... it's just pathetic; and although battroid looks decent enough, I've been cursed with a loosey-goossey right ankle. Evolution Toys, you guys have failed on an epic scale... I suggest your entire design, engineering, and QC staff commit seppuku as a form of atonement.
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    Hi-Metal R

    mechaninac replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Ditto!
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    Wriggles fingers to perform a bit of thread necromancy... I found this image online and thought this was the most appropriate place to share; the artist is byeontae_jagga (http://blog.naver.com/rulldis/220685610456). Enjoy! Edit: Replaced with larger image
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    That's one well traveled Regult...
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    mechaninac replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    To me, the VF-31A takes the best aspects of the YF-30 and the FSW VF-31s, and combines them into one hell of a package that is greater than the sum of those that inspired its design... add the realistic low viz scheme and it's pure awesome. If there's any more room left in that bandwagon, count me in it.
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    You're half right; the arms are on the undercarriage, but they stow one in front of the other with the right arm shoulder facing forward and the wrists connecting to form a "single" box structure. See image below, courtesy of M3
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    I can't wait to see it all finished in its humongous, awesome glory...
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    You know what? I must've stared at that picture for a good 2 minutes, twice, and never saw that word printed on the lower left... weird. Senior moment? Selective blindness? Jumpingthegunitis?
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    The obvious die-cut edges are a dead giveaway even if one can't ready Japanese...
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    The only reason I actually selected N-Y's USD currency option is because it afforded me the opportunity to use Paypal Credit in order to get 6 months to pay without interest... more of a personal accounting gimmick that anything else.
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    Holy cow, that's some serious repair work! Did somebody catch the number of the bus?...
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    mechaninac replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Say that ten times fast...
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    I guess you didn't read the whole page. I posted the exact amount I paid to have it shipped via SAL.
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    I do hope Arcadia ends up offering the Fast Packs as separate accessories, just like Yamato did in the past; otherwise, I'm not biting because I already own a V2 VF-1S Roy and I don't need another.
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    Ah, Technicals... the poor man's Humvee.
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    Time to see for myself just how decent =/= mediocre =/= horrible Evolution Toys' VF-2SS Silvie Gena really is. I just placed an order for a copy with Nippon-Yasan. They've slashed the price from ¥20480 to ¥11980 + shipping ($139.84 shipped via SAL for me); at this price I figured it's worth it just to sate my curiosity.
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    Most people who happen to remember the VA-3 soon wish to forget it... I keed, I keed!...
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    Incestuous little universe, isn't it?...
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    Macross figures

    mechaninac replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    You asked for it...
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    mechaninac replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Well, that's certainly... different. Ingeniously weird, or weirdly ingenious; I can't really decide which. I can't wait to see how the toy will handle it.
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    If you consider 1776 or even earlier to be recent. Most countries built on immigration will adopt, borrow if you will, words and phrases from the various immigrant groups that had an impact on its cultural formation, specially early on. In the case of America that would include, in addition to the obvious English: German, French, Yiddish, Italian, Spanish, and many more. And it's not only limited to immigrant built nations, but common in colonizing ones as well; Great Britain infused English (itself an amalgam of many languages and dialects) with many words from its colonies (Ex: India). What I'm getting at is that there is no such thing as "stealing" (in this case, a politically loaded term divorced from reality) someone's culture/language (there is destroying other cultures/languages through conquest, and the phenomenon of primitive ones extinguishing themselves by casting aside the old in favor of the new, but those are entirely different topics), and borrowing/adopting words and customs -- even the commingling of cultures -- is something that's been a part of humanity for as long as it's existed; the only difference today is that modern transportation and communication technologies make this process of cross-pollination and dialect evolution a lot faster in any society open to growth. Sorry for the thread derailing...
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    Missed it dammit... I guess I'll wait for HLJ to offer it at a discount.
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    I prefer to refer to it as "adopted"...
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