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He was brilliant. RIP Gary - I still have many fond childhood memories of your products.

Looks like both the MH are sold out at HLJ now and set to 'Future Release' in my order status.

I think it's their messed up order system, it has a few glitches when new stock arrives. My order for Stick now says 'Future Release' as well, it was 'Low Stock' about hour ago, which is what Ray is currently. 'Future Release' means they are ordering stock but are not sure when it will arrive. It does not mean it has been discontinued.

The Megahouse Ride Armors are in stock at HLJ.com

Her name is Motoko Kusanagi. The 1/7 PVC statue figure in the eBay link is by Alpha (Beagle/Vice/Alter). HLJ.com Sold out The 1/7 Posable figure in the scan is by Yamato. HLJ.com Pre-order hasn't started yet.

I'm basically in the same situation as Hikuro and the rest of you. I opened my VF-0A (Dark Grey) and the left elbow joint shattered upon first touch. The right sholder joint is so floppy it cannot be posed. I read throught this thread so what I want to know is if Yamato are going to release a fixed version of the VF-0A (so I will be able to order new sholders/arms), fixed sholders or is my only option to try my luck with ordering from HLJ (who incidentally have never charged me more than a few dollars for replacement parts).

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http://www.megahobby.jp/special/scoop2.html I think I can see a bit of flesh color under the helmet visor in the packaged shots. Hopefully the visor can be lifted.

I thought it was Blowsperior: http://www.hlj.com/product/AOS03855 http://www.hlj.com/product/AOS03949 And my misspelling was a typo

That Blowsperior is beautiful. It looks like the chest missile bays might open as well.

A Queadluun-Rau would be nice too What's the deal with the revopliers, what do they do specifically?

Hopefully Toynami wont be involved in the manufacturing process.

So they're blocking the Megahouse release but not CMs? I didn't think they had any influence within Japan anyway...

There are some places where TF:A hasn't started airing yet, so I think the second thread is good incase of spoilers as people discuss the episodes. The Black Arachnia ep was good tho. Nice spin on her character.

I guess this goes here: HLJ.com has early bird special preorders up for the Yamato Moto Slave. link .

I think they went more for Dreamwave's interpretation of Jetfire.

I know I've got mine pre-ordered. HLJ.com has the release date set for this month. link edit: Added link cos HLJ was down before.

The "weathering" varied from toy to toy as I guess it's applied by hand airbrushing. The Japanese release has the Decepticon faction symbol on it and apparently has the slightly longer tips on the tail fins. The shots of the Japanese release I have seen appear to have less weathering. There is a small comparison shot on the last image on the first page of this thread.

They are releasing these as unassembled kits at about $100 each. No complaining about them messing up the colors at least

So there was a definate answer to who was charging so much for those sholder parts? And it was HLJ!?!? I broke one of the fingers on my ML Soundwave and ordered a replacement part from HLJ. Within a few days it was posted. The costs were about $US4.50 for the postage and another US$4.30 for the parts (both hands were included). As you don't have to be a customer of HLJ to order replacement parts I expected a small handling fee. So these prices are about 1/20 of the cost of the (overpriced) toy.

Those pics make it look like a sweet little toy, but the thing that keeps going through my head is that the Beagle should be roughly double that size. I can't justify spending US$60 + shipping etc for such a small toy tho - not with the MH version on the horizon.

yes Alex Kubalsky

Nice custom A7. Premium and Stealth Bunblebees will be shipping in March. They have the battle mask heads. Imo he is the best toy in the movie line and the only one I own. Aussie design too

There might be very mild paint differences as far as the scorch markings go. The only thing I've noticed is that the Jap version has the Decepticon faction logo on the nose. Really disappointing lack of effort from TAKARA.

Cool, thanks.