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39 minutes ago, lavinrac said:

 

Are These new ones going to be relatively inexpensive? 

I aspire to someday build one of Capt. Americas kits, but I have done only one resin kit so far. and while happy with the results resin is still very challenging. Also I would not want to 'play' with resin for fear I would flake the paint off by looking at it sideways.

 

No pricing yet, but MEPTOYS prices have been all over- the Breetai was relatively inexpensive for what it was at $18 (even if articulation was limited), the small scale (1/145) Invid/Inbit resin figures are $8 for a fighter scout/Iigaa to $15 for an enforcer/gamo. So it's tough to see what the final price may be.

Cap's are definitely superior but I'm also crap at modelling.

These are supposed to scale with the Sentinels but until we see a comparison pic it will be hard to tell.

15 hours ago, jenius said:

Since this is a modern interpretation, they can shrug off a lot of the original differences if they feel inclined.

I will not complain if they put a vtol on a black one. I'm not entirely sure why it was left off of them in the first place.

On 4/3/2021 at 4:46 PM, Mog said:

So, new engine intakes, claw hands, synchro canon. . . any other differences I’m forgetting?

 

No VTOL, no shoulder sensor, different shoulders/engines (but that is difficult to pull off to be anime accurate in all modes) and different head (but that difference is obvious).

I'll jump on a black one for sure. But hell, I'll jump on any version tbqh.

13 hours ago, sh9000 said:

Close.

53 minutes ago, spacemanoeuvres said:

I just wanted the sonnuvabitch destroids :/

+1000000

Grabbing mine from BBTS- I just grabbed a bunch of stuff from Yahoo JP and need to space out the mech buying a little more.

I know it goes without saying, but @Shawn packed the VF-X very well and it arrived in perfect condition even though it i raining today.

Grail item thanks to @Shawn

14 hours ago, treatment said:

Not that convinced Bandai made more Roy than any of the previous ones.

If they did so, then it should be available directly at the regular shops (like ami, etc) as new and at least at regular shops' SRPs. 

Anecdotally, HLJ got some stock from somewhere recently, tho I'm not sure if those were simply leftover pre-order cancellations.

As such, I think Bandai's stocks simply just sold out like their previous non-TWE DX-VF1's.

I believe Roy's got the same supply/inventory-amount from Bandai as their previous non-TWE ones.

fwiw, most (if not all) available Roy's I've seen (and still being seen) are just secondary shops/markets (manda, marketplace, ami preowned, etc) offerings.

 

 

I think it has been a case of scalpers seeing the prices for previous releases, they are expecting a Roy premium, them jumping in harder than before, and now these scalpers are stuck with inventory.

10 hours ago, CoryHolmes said:

To why by who???  I haven't heard anything about a Southern Cross RPG from Strange Machine Games.

Yep- my understanding is that SMG is continuing their regular RPG combining Masters(SC)/New Gen(Mospeada) in one book and Sentinels/Shadow Chronicles in another. I haven't seen the SMG covers yet (though I saw real early drafts of some of the interior content).

The Savage Worlds supplements are also going the same route, with draft artwork for the Masters/New Gen and Sentinels/Shadow Chronicles books (though hopefully they don't use those fonts for the titles.

On 3/28/2021 at 3:08 PM, vsim said:

....I don't understand the phrase "I don't need to be a completist" ...What does that even mean!

 

It means you don't need one for each mode *and* an extra in the box.

On 3/16/2021 at 2:18 PM, jenius said:

Bad news for folks waiting on the Houquet ride armor... My smack dealer just indicated the Iota will be going up for PO soon. Not sure when the delivery would be.

I'm hyped, love my Zeta.

I just love that you referenced it as your "smack dealer".

HLJ must be sick of all the stock people have sitting in their private warehouses, because they sent me this:

I love all Cap's designs- if I didn't suck at modelling I'd end up buying a ton.

7 hours ago, tekering said:

I've lived half my life in Japan, and I've never heard of a package being left unattended.  Whether or not a signature is needed, the delivery person is required to hand the package to a resident (and yes, they wear masks and gloves nowadays), and only after they've confirmed with said resident that the name and address are correct.  Anything else would be considered irresponsible, a dereliction of duty and cause for dismissal.

If nobody's home, a second or third attempt will be made that day, followed by a fourth the following day; after that, you've probably got to call and specify a time for re-delivery.  Most "attempted delivery" notification cards include the driver's cell phone number, so you can call them and arrange a time that works for both of you.

As I understand it, these policies are not the result of crime, but simply to eliminate the possibility of crime.

I tend to have most packages just left at the door- our porch is a bit away from the street and we have Ring doorbell as well as security cameras (though we call them critter cams because we more often see animals running around the yard instead of people).

I do know with most of our services if they attempt they won't usually try again until the next day and after maybe three total attempts you have to come pick it up yourself. But with stuff like Amazon they are just leaving it at your doorstep.

Also, conversation at my house:

Daughter: There's a box on the porch.
Me: <brings box inside>
Wife: It's a mech, isn't it?

Since my other old Matchbox destroids are in my parent's storage somewhere and I saw a good deal, I made sure my Tomahawk wasn't lonely by getting him the rest of the crew (the price was good so I couldn't pass it up).

Yep- it is up for preorder with deposit.

https://www.kitzconcept.com/index.php?route=product%2Fproduct&product_id=79

Note: This is for the armor only.

1 hour ago, jenius said:

A screen grab of the toy in the wrong box! That toy was sold by Bandai as a strike VF-1S, the first edition still had a TT stamp after Takatoku went out of business.

The shoulder was bugging me so much I didn't even look at the box.

12 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

Oh geez... thanks... LOL

The secret we found was that they start with tiny bellies, so they eat and then wake up hungry a few hours later. If you feed them so their stomach expands, they tend to sleep longer.

22 minutes ago, danidogma said:

Hello everyone.

This is my first topic here, and I hope you can help me. I have a Valkyrie that my parents gave me when I was just 2/3 years old. I've kept it with me ever since (the breastplate broke and I lost it) and looking for information on it, I can't seem to identify what model it is.

I've looked for pictures and although it seems to match the VF-1S, two things happen:

- Either the color doesn't match (mine has the red details, which you can see the arms and legs).

- Or the crystal doesn't match (mine has the pirate skull).

I have also uploaded photos of the part below the chest where you can see the copyright.

Welcome aboard!

That TT mark you see on there shows that you have a Takatoku i.e., the original toys before TT went out of business and Bandai ended up with the molds and patents.

You have Hikaru's VF-1S, which I just went to grab a picture of:

On 3/14/2021 at 4:54 PM, Shizuka the Cat said:

Hello fellow Macross fans and lovers,

I just thought I would peek in to say hi and see if any new toys have been announced, recently released, or coming out soon.

Also, I just wanted to announce the highly anticipated future release of "Valkyria the Kitten", coming late 2021.... all going well.

Anyways, please stay safe and healthy everyone!

Love,

Shizuka the Cat, PhD

Whoa- congrats!

And you'll soon have less sleep than a P.O. night, only every night.

11 hours ago, treatment said:

just saw from TD:

http://toysdaily.com/discuz/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=465138&pid=8150642

 

Wing seems a little different...

 

 

Actual conversation today when I showed my wife the pictures from there:

Me: Look what's coming for me in June!
Wife: Don't you have that already.
Me: NO, those two are the Yamato 1/60. This is a 1/48 DX Chogokin like my Roy and Max.
Wife: And don't you have a smaller one too?
Me: That's the Hi Metal R! And that one doesn't come with a fan racer.
 

3 hours ago, Convectuoso said:

EMS and Air mail have been available for a couple of weeks now. At least that's what I've been using to ship all the things that were being held.

If they can ship my things to Chile using those methods, I don't see why wouldn't they be available to other countries

 

Air packet has opened up to the US with some vendors (though with HLJ there was like a dollar difference from DHL so there was no point to pay a dollar less and have it arrive weeks later). EMS still seems unavailable.