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For a second I thought we were announcing a 1/3000 TV SDF-1, but then realized this was not the case.

16 hours ago, Angesdad said:

A question for y'all. I am considering to get a HMR Elintseeker from Mandarake, unopened for 9k yen. It is currently sitting in my cart however, I do not own a single HMR and since this will be my first HMR toy, wanted to ask how satisfied you are with yours. I am used to DX Valks, thanks!!

What @Anasazi37 said- once you start down the path, forever will it rule your destiny!

The key thing is that the smaller scale and lack of perfect transformation are things to keep in mind. I avoided getting "one more scale" for awhile and the stars of the show are the destroids and enemy mechs; but that said, I enjoy these the most of my current toys in that these are fairly solid and so can be played with regularly (as opposed to my 1/60 or 1/48s that I tend to set in a pose and leave it there for longer periods of time). The only other toys I handle this much are the chunky monkeys- for the same reason: solid, not likely to break from handling, and simple to transform. 

I'm middling in terms of my HMR collection compared to some here, but I've now gotten pretty much all the TV releases, a few DYRL releases (like the VE-1 and VT-1) and I'm now up to six cannon fodders (two wearing OWL armor). As I've said- they are fun to play with so they get addicting.


Here is the HMR valk shelf minus the newest CF:

And here is the newest CF in the brown/white OWL armor:

I've got the destroids and enemies all on the other side of the room. I'm thinking of getting a few more FEXT sets and doing a big backdrop along this shelf.

Almost makes me want to buy another one.

On 2/26/2021 at 3:05 PM, Chronocidal said:

You know the world has turned upside down when you decide to go hunt down some BSG Viper kits, and discover that the Eaglemoss releases are cheaper than the Moebius kits.

Anyhow, Vipers Mk I and II are inbound now.   I didn't realize that they're basically the same scale as the kits.

I have been avoiding the Eaglemoss releases and just tried to be happy with my small die casts I have. Though I had to pick up the BSG Shipyards book from Eaglemoss.

7 hours ago, Syro said:

I had no idea about Nin Nin- thanks for the info! Okini sounds like the better option

Some got lucky with Nin Nin with Roy, but it has been the exprience that they PO some at MSRP, ratchet up the price, sell more, rathet up, etc. Then they often fulfill the marked up ones first and work their way backwards. They've had a number of complaints, but not NY level of complaints. 

12 minutes ago, spacemanoeuvres said:

Ugh, this hurts my heart.  I really liked using From Japan.  Most other options charge significant fees (10-15% of item, plus 2-4% wire fees) which stinks.  I guess that's just the cost for acquiring these things now :/

I wish I had family or friends in Japan; that would make things a little easier haha

Yeah, my last two attempts with From Japan were either "Already sold our limit" or the second instance it looked like the order made it but it got cancelled for them being over the limit later. I know a lot of people had the latter recently. 

I ended up being able to get an order in at AE for not too much over retail. I do know the retail was higher on this than for the others- I think mainly to accommodate the extras like the fan racer. I know Roy's retail was ‎¥19,800 but I think the 1D was more like ¥23,100 or something like that.

7 hours ago, Syro said:

Yeah I had seen it at Nin Nin for 307 but that seems like a pretty big markup. I want to see if i can get it from a proxy before I go S&M on my wallet

I know most folks are playing their proxies close to their vest now, since the proxies that have been posted have been overrun by people now- From Japan is basically useless now since that was frequently mentioned and now anyone making a DX purchase through there is usually getting cancelled due to too many people ordering through it.

My suggestion is to search up proxies and see what you can find.

As for Nin Nin, you are probably better off with Okini since I've had no problems with them and lots of folks have had issues with Nin Nin (though you are more likely to get a matrked up toy from Nin Nin than a MSRP order, even though the msrp order came in first).

While the Evolution legioss is a big floppy mess, I didn't mind grabbing a dark legioss on the cheap to go with my gakken 1/35s. I do think it is funny that the 1/35 Evolution mini ride armor and pilots are the same or smaller than the 1/48 Sentinels.

On 2/20/2021 at 3:57 PM, Syro said:

Can anybody recommend a decent proxy service for the VF-1D? I see plenty of entries in google just not sure if there are any to beware of... like a nippon yasan of proxy services. Thanks in advance

There are a few non-proxy site like Okini Land that still have it (though for a markup). Okini has it for under $300:

https://okini.land/en/23368-dx-chogokin-vf-1d-valkyrie-fan-racer-bandai-spirits.html

Thanks to @Alphahorizon for the HMR goodies. Came quickly and was packed very well!

And a few items from @Alphahorizon's HMR sale:

Cannon fodder has a better chance with some OWL armor:

And one more Regult for the enemies:

Got an inexpensive Evolution Dark Legioss from Mandarake to sit with my Gakken 1/35s.

19 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Holy crap how many times did Toynami have to place their name on the front of the package? We already know it’s their garbage.

I am confused as to why they claim this to be for an adult collector when clearly the quality is for a 5 year old.

Cmon, now, it's only *four* times on the front! 

And it is definitely not for five year olds, since they'd destroy this weak toy so fast it wouldn't be funny.

LOL he was being sarcastic.

So I was moving around some of my HMR VFs to make space for another brownie when I accidentally hit the stand for the Elintseeker, popping it off. I reached out and caught in, but somehow popped a wing off when doing so. I started searching around and the wing had totally disappeared. It may have slipped into my comics rack I have but I haven't tracked it down yet. And of course I knock the wing off one that doesn't have an alternate set.

So until I find the damned thing, the poor Elintseeker is going to have to stay in space and avoid flying in an atmosphere.

5 minutes ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

Thanks brotha!! My first one is still in great shape as well if you're interested in it.

My first thought when you said you might sell your other one was "Oh please don't do that!" since I now have some HMRs from @Alphahorizon coming as well as a Evolution dark legioss on the way from Mandarake (about a week after I told my wife I wasn't expecting to get any new mechs until the DX 1D).

But if it *does* go up as a listing. I'll look at it for sure. And then start the process of rationalization.

On 2/14/2021 at 1:03 PM, DYRL VF-1S said:

I leveled up one of my grails. Even with the minor flaws, it’s so hard to find one in this condition let alone at all. Now I own two. Might have to sell the other...

O man- nice find- that is beautiful!

5 minutes ago, tekering said:

DX VF-1A Max for $99.99...

vintage 1:55 Takatoku GBP armor for $39.99...

Free shipping, "almost anywhere in the world..."

"Fishy" is putting it politely. 

I've got extra Strike sets as well.  Send me a PM.  

That GBP picture is apparently from this site:

http://artfire2000.chuckliuphotography.com/

But definitely not A2000's prices in the slightest.

Yeah, looks like a Wish.com clone.

Moved over @sh9000's shots of the fan racer

On 1/31/2021 at 11:06 AM, sh9000 said:

Here's the full ad @jvmacross posted in the other thread:

Only way this will work is if this thread actually gets some content, so I'm starting to dig through for some of what was posted in the big thread.

Here's a posting from before the PO with pictures, some of which I've brought over below (but there are more on the site).

https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/1140020/

Let's move over some of the other content as well.

So will poses of the eventual toy only be intended for here? Or will those poses only be allowed in a dedicated "DX Figures Posting" thread? I'm still trying to see the advantage here over the single DX thread. If it is to help newbies find information without asking in the big thread, sure. But I have a feeling I'm now going to see people post the same pictures when they get their DX VF-1D in this thread, and the new toy thread, and the original DX thread.

As this is one of the threads I haunt, if it gets split into different threads, I'll just be haunting the new posts in those threads instead. I'm not sure if there will be much of an advantage over what we currently have.