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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
vladykins replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Nah, it was 11,000 unshipped and then sat for awhile until I decided to DHL all the stuff I had loaded up there (that, the Yamato 1A low vis, and three HMRs sets). -
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
vladykins replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Just picked this up from the Jungle a few months ago for 11,000. Still amazed at that price. -
That makes the mystery of where TFSource got these even weirder if it is first release. It's like their initial outlay got lost in the mail or something.
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Yep, the Hikaru 1S isn't made in HM version. If you are *really* OCD, you could get an extra HMR 1S and swap the head on to a 1A HM.
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Sure. This one?
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It looks like the upper arms and hands were made of a different plastic like PVC, because mine is sticky like the plasticizer came out, so I'm wondering if that is some of the problem. Some of my gashapon gundams had the same issue and I had to clean those all up with some goo b gone and soap.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
vladykins replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Finally got a Sentinel Stick ride armor: -
Given it is pretty much worthless, maybe I should just try and make it an Alaska Base custom now?
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It's been sitting on various shelves in my office with GBP on for about 16 years (and I only know that from Jenius' site telling me it was released in 2014). It's been moved from shelf to shelf but was mostly out of the way and out of direct sunlight (usually on higher up shelves). What's funny is I saw someone else's version they are selling and, like mine, they have one wing waaaaay yellower than the other. If I didn't already have the Yamato 1/60 v1 and v2... I am considering custom painting it if my painting skills don't totally suck. These Hikaru 1As go for next to nothing so I won't be destroying much value, even with my terrible painting skills. Yep- pretty much. Used to be way top of a book shelf for most of that time, then got moved maybe two years ago to a shelf we built over the closet in my "office". I may have had CFLs in there for a time but rarely used them.
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Aha- that solved the mystery. As I said, I'd had it on there for so long I'd forgotten most of it (looking up, it looks like about 16 years now since the GBP was released). The gry shoulders were actually add-ons to fit the GBP on there, along with the gray heatshield replacement to hold on the front. At least the materials didn't gray weird!
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What's really weird is I thought the heat shield was red originally but the shoulders definitely weren't red, so for both of them to end up gray is just really bizarre. Going to have to look through old pictures to confirm. I've had the GBP on there so long I forget what it all looked like originally.
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Fun yellowing thing: My original Yamato v1 Hikaru VF-1A has been with me since it was released...damn, was it really that long ago? I've had it sitting in GBP armor since the armor was released for the v1s, so almost as long. I've been considering ditching the armor so I pulled it down to see the state of the yellowing after all that time. Transformed it back into fighter mode which is where it will likely stay from now on. Has it yellowed? Oh yes, it has yellowed a lot, unevenly as is wont to do with this set of toys. The odd thing for me: the shoulders and the heat shield have actually turned gray?
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Got my Stick ride armor from TF Source. The tape was cut on the box, but the box was in good condition and the toy inside looked untouched. No stress marks on the connectors either. Still don't know where these came from but since I waited to long and can no longer get Stick for retail, $20 more than retail is pretty damn awesome.
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Oh, it is centered, but it is recessed into the hood (so you can't see the handle and such).
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Looks like a final one would be huge and fun, but probably cost-prohibitive.
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Yep, they all come with stands but the Hikaru 1J and the yet to be released Roy 1S come with special stands.
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Well, in wondering about the TFSource preorder, I got this:
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Or you can wait for delivery in 2025!
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Such a good movie!
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Looks so good! I have been focusing on the TV versions, which is why I've been trying not to get myself excited with the DYRL ones. A Kaki TV announcement would totally make me feel better.
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I didn't want to Kaki but this makes me want the Kaki a bit now. Maybe I just need a toy to show up to satisfy the craving for more toys.
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I imagine something like this:
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LOL- I went to his site because I was too lazy to look in boxes in the attic, so there is that.
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Yep. From @jenius site:
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I have to say there has been an instance fairly close to "I'm altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it further!"