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Just got one in Amiami after changing my browser (chrome was getting me to log in but never past that).
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Yeah, great to see the 1/100 armors did well enough to warrant a 2nd series. I really wonder for the 1/60 version if they have managed to get close to their target with about 1 more month to go to hit the minumim number for production.
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I agree that the wings on the 25 and 31 are not ideal, and if we are to be honest about it, despite justification for their existance as we know it, they are just kibble (to borrow a Transformer term, and Transformer fans generally HATE kibble). Re: Bugs and insects: I have also felt the same since the 25 - they look insectoid. jointed thin limbs with sharp extremities. The head unit of the VF-31F doesn't help, it just screams insect. A lay person will have very much difficulty telling the 25, 29, 30 and 31 apart on 1st look in battroid mode with the Multi Purpose Container hidden. most would just refer to it as .... Gundam (as oppossed to Transformers for the VF-1) Still like all of them though, just that, maybe except the YF-19, nothing equals the VF-1 in terms of how iconic and how clean everything look in all modes. In my opinion only.
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Personally, that is the case. At least when comparing the MSRP and my opinion of the advance is that it isn’t the defining version of the plane associated with Isamu. And as you said, other than the boosters, you get way less. A few days before the release, people were dumping the Advance en masse, but it seems to have stabilised now. I think it depends on how much you want the Advance and the boosters.... and whether the 19 is used or brand new. One thing though: ugly ducklings and originally shunned releases do tend to pick up good value after a Long time.... but who knows when that’ll be.
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Trade.... but with a top-up from him. Unless you want the Advance more than he wants the YF-19
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Is this the 1st time we have pictures of the Arcadia 35th anniversary VF-1? http://arcadia.ac/products/detail.php?product_id=272
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Or you can simply switch the language option to English instead of japanese. Not everything gets switched to english, but more than enough to help in navigating the site til payment with no issues.
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Still available on Amazon.co.jp https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07CMT92SS/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Taobao's inbuilt counter says each has sold 7 so far in the past month. Not sure if that is accurate, but it is still early. https://shop257245113.taobao.com/category-1368085715.htm?spm=2013.1.w4010-17849520978.12.31c02398py1NSG&search=y&catName=Fext+Hobby#bd On a related note, for the 1/100 OWL, seems the 202 (blue) version has sold out for the major sellers.
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Actually they do, though they are different products, but they are bought by the same, or at least overlapping, group of consumers. Not all the consumers are able to buy all these releases so close to each other (like me), and would have to be forced to make a choice as to what would be the priority. Some would totally give up and not get anything, since in their minds it is all, or none.
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Bandai not wanting to cannibalize their own sales makes sense, and I am also of the opinion that competition with the Yamato 1/60 V.2 VF-1s was almost certainly a big part of why the original HM line didn't do well. Personally, I am happy that the HMR releases are not as fast now... gives me a chance to catch up what I had missed over the last 2 years.
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Which Macross Fleet would you be a part of?
BlueMax replied to OmoiKane584's topic in Movies and TV Series
Any fleet that successfully colonized a planet in peace and never makes it to a Macross series. I.E. A fleet with no events that would shorten the life expectancy of both civillians and military. Just wanna live and die in peace. -
The OWL armors and this display has/will probably sold/sell more Hi-Metal Rs than bandai itself! I'm seeing retailers sell out and/or raise prices for their previously shelf-warming HMRs over the last week!
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Absolutely.
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So SAD that your items have to be held at border entry. At least you know where your package is though.
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According to Fext Hobby on its Facebook replies regarding Color: 這1:60版本是淺灰丶深灰配上金屬灰色！ basically it translates to: these 1:60 versions are light grey, dark grey and gunmetal/ metallic grey In other words, it should be close to the coloured versions we see on the transparent valk(S)
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Yes, I was looking for a set of Messer's supers for a while, but those i could find are waaaaay over priced. This set, while still expensive, was much much more palatable. Went ahead to get it as soon as i saw your post. Thanks again!
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That was me.....
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I absolutely concur. Competition is generally a good thing. Bandai would never have stepped up its game if not for Yamato. Also, with Bandai bring its A game, Arcadia would do well to toe a fine line between profits and sustainability.
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Yes, the 80's The Takatoku/Bandai 1/55, affectionately known as the "Chunky Monkey". The Super VF-1S was co-opted by Hasbro to become "Jetfire" in the TF line of toys
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HLJ instock!
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, in theaters Dec. 16, 2016
BlueMax replied to Dobber's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Finally watched RO yesterday, and I enjoyed it very much, much much better than TFA! A few things that i really liked: - it is nice to have something rather than following the main characters from the main story all the time. - Everyday people with no super powers (force skills) makes for more relatable characters - Storm troopers actually show themselves to be able to aim AND hit their target! - Vader was actually menacing in his combat scene. - Rebels and their actions are many times less noble than perceived from main films. Some were even openly being cowards. - The fact that the volunteer rebels were willing to, and actually gave up their lives for a cause they believed was beautiful. (For too long have films state how little chance of survival their characters have, but yet have plot armor thicker and more durable than any pinpoint/ omni directional barrier.) Of course, it is far from perfect, but it turned out far better than i had expected. -
Think I got lucky this time at amiami after many failures over the past few years
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Got my HLJ confirmation... phew!
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Macross Δ (Delta) - Mission 26 -Finale - READ 1st POST
BlueMax replied to azrael's topic in Movies and TV Series
Negative. As an episode, it was maybe just OK. However, it wasn't any episode. It was a series finale and as a series finale, it was very disappointing. Bottomline: it ended the series, but other than the (somewhat forced) love triangle and that Chuck's sister was alive, pretty much everything else was left hanging. Eg. Regarding the protoculture. Other than than the questionable claim that songs was always meant to be a weapon by Berger, what else did we learn about the protoculture that was new?