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  1. mechaninac
    Wake me up when they get around to rereleasing the VF-19F. VF-19Kai Arcadia?... Yawn!
  2. mechaninac
    Will you be hollow-casting the particle beams housing croissant/horseshoe? If not, that's going to be one top heavy mutha...
  3. mechaninac
    I hope it's better...
  4. mechaninac
    Superb! Only one thing missing on the adjustable arm... a joint that allows for positioning your subject in a banking orientation.
  5. mechaninac
    All of HLJ's contact information can be found here. Mommar, Kicker, I really hope you guys can get this whole mess sorted out.
  6. mechaninac
    LOL! I can actually picture that conversation taking place -- Bandai CEO --
  7. mechaninac
    $15 refund/store credit on a $300++ item is a downright cynical insult! That's a severe black mark for Amiami... caveat emptor where they're concerned. Inexcusable! The way for them to properly, honestly, handle this would be to offer the $15 as a partial return shipping compensation with an ironclad commitment to issue a full PayPal refund upon receipt of the clearly factory defective/broken item. They, in turn, should take it up with Arcadia for allowing such a junior league error to get out of the factory. The two breaks reported herein were caused during, or just after, assembly, or, more likely, done by the incompetent gorilla nestling the toy in the plastic tray before sealing everything up with no QC oversight... like the old joke about GM pumping out defective vehicles to be sorted by the dealers if/when a consumer complained. This is just so unprofessional all the way down the line.
  8. mechaninac
    Yeah, seeing the F variant getting reissued again with no hint of a S re-pop, which should follow Alto's in the rerelease schedule as it was the second renewal to be issued, is very frustrating and disappointing. If Bandai followed the original renewal release sequence we should, by all rights, see the S follow the F, with the G coming out 3rd in line; but no, we actually get F followed by F followed by crickets...
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    Not much of a TV series or Sitcom watcher here; serialized shows can't hold my attention most of the time and comedies actually tend to bore me, so I gravitate towards science and history programming. Having said that, I have been following Agents of Shield, sad to see Being Human ending, and looking forward for the second season of Sleepy Hollow, but my favorite has got to be Vikings on the History channel... what a gem.
  10. mechaninac
    Great idea to have repository thread for transformation tutorials and video links... this should be pinned, too.
  11. mechaninac
    ChaoticYeti, that stand of yours rocks... gears commence turning inside head...
  12. mechaninac
    I knew that ordering window at HLJ was too good to be true... and
  13. mechaninac
    @derex3592: I know what you mean about prices on AutoArt 1/18 diecasts, they're charging ludricous amounts of cash right off the gate; I just got their orange Mclaren MP4-12C... priciest piece in my 1/18 collection, but beautiful. As for the Huyra, it's stunning; I got the GTAutos version in bronze/gold, and although the front panel does not open and there is no luggage compartment, it's still quite a nice piece.
  14. mechaninac
    Looking at that picture, I assume that Arcadia's 3D designer forgot to chamfer (bevel) the edge of that feature in the CAD model (it's a common oversight in 3D modeling), and since the toolmaker uses the 3D data they are provided to create the toolpaths for cutting the molds, that error is built into the injection molds. The fact that we can clearly see that the right feature has the beveled edge and the left's edge is sharp would seem to indicate that, thoughout the many design reviews, pilot runs, and test shots handling, nobody at Arcadia noticed or ran across a problem caused by this error. Of course, this is all speculation based on a single image, so it may be a unique case, but I highly doubt that that's the only one; if I'm right, this is something present on every copy of the batch that came from that production run. My advice is to move very slowly during transformation, and inspecting that part; if it isn't chamfered on that corner, break out the needle files and add the bevel to match the side that has it.
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    I see what you mean, that box structure miraculously becomes shorter when the clamshell opens. All the closed shell line art seem to show the longer box structure on top, but, as stated, that would severely cut on internal volume; nice catch and compromise...shows you've been staring at this thing, and considering the compromises necessary to make it all work, far longer than I have.
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    I was engaging in a bit hyperbole. I own a Yamato YF-19 with Fold Booster and never thought it looked that bad, but it never looked right either... the conspicuous gullet and arched-back look, made visually worse because of the gullet, made it the least satisfying of all of Yamato's post Zero releases. I'm sure Arcadia's version will prove to have its share of quirks and WTFs; but in comparison, it far outshines its predecessor... much like original 1/60 19 trounced the 1/72.
  17. mechaninac
    Those side by side images with the Yamato 19 are like a comparison between a super model and a chimpanzee...
  18. mechaninac
    Amazing work, but if I may make a suggestion/observation... shouldn't the top's box structure be longer according to that line art? The included images illustrate my point (before with the area in question highlighted, and after with the stretched/longer structure).
  19. mechaninac
    I just checked. FedEx is 4010 Yen for a single copy of this toy. If you're shipping it by itself, EMS is a better deal.
  20. mechaninac
    Amiami Is it wrong to want to be that frog?... PS.: not quite safe for work. If mods find it offensive, please delete.
  21. mechaninac
    Simple math: spending less on any one item frees up funds to spend on other stuff. And knowing you got a good deal is always rewarding.
  22. mechaninac
    Paid for my HLJ YF-19 preorder as well; in the PW system it goes, waiting for a few other items to ship along. So, is it now official that, taking shipping and Black Friday Sales into consideration, HLJ ended up being the least expensive rout to aquire one of these babies?
  23. mechaninac
    Gun firing effect?
  24. mechaninac
    Yes, you can pay via PayPal, and through that you can even opt for Bill_Me_Later. You can pay at any time between when the order is placed and the invoice is issued, usually a week or two before the item is stocked, if you select 'Pay Later' during the checkout process for preorders.
  25. mechaninac
    I got order confirmations, with order numbers, for a S and a G. Now I await the likely "we're sorry, but" email. It was fun to be able to just add those items to the cart and proceed with checkout with no drama, though...
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