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I half-finished this in record time... back in october. Then I went overseas, changed jobs, moved house, etc. So on the weekend I dug it out and finished the other half. here it is! You may notice I haven't glued in the wing lights.. I'll do it as soon as I find those tiny little suckers. More pics here (thought I'd save the bandwith) http://users.tpg.com.au/dgus/batt2.JPG http://users.tpg.com.au/dgus/batt3.JPG http://users.tpg.com.au/dgus/fighter2.JPG http://users.tpg.com.au/dgus/fighter3.JPG http://users.tpg.com.au/dgus/fighter5.JPG http://users.tpg.com.au/dgus/fighter6.JPG
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for the price of one of those soul of chogokin things i can have all three evas... i'm poor enough to go quantity over quality. my low viz vf1a is my expencive figure. haha, you have a good point! You can get a few of them in either a metallic paint or standard - I personally much prefer the standard look over the metallic. And you get great accessories with them. I looked around ebay until I found a seller who had the whole set and got a better deal. But treat them gently as I snapped the foot off the yellow eva. That's the price you pay for the great design - some joints are a bit delicate. They don't need paint - actually the factory paint job is great and they have printed on decals on the arms. You can get the standard figure on a blister pack, or the 'deluxe' in a box - but if you get the whole set you'll get the 'deluxe' accsessories with the other toys anyway.
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How could I forget my crappy little Gakken "Henshin Robo" Mospeada toys?!? I bought them all. I fought long and hard defending all comers to get these on ebay and they SUCK SUCK SUCK!!! The min ride armor was sculpted by a blind, dead man and the mini alphas were designed and painted by his blind, dead, color blind brother. Eternal D - I am the same. I have like 150 star wars figures all piled in a box in the cupboard. It looks like a mass grave! Sebasitian - I was so disappointed with the Gerbera FIX. I wanted that for so long, and when I got it, you can't pose it at all and the damn arms and legs fall off.
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I've got all the kaiyodo toys. They are nice, but the Bandai Soul of Chogokin ones are nicer. You should get those instead.
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After another part fell off my PG eva-01 I got to thinking what toys I've bought over the years which I was really disappointed with. Not ones that you KNEW would be crap, like a Banpresto valk or a bootleg toy. Toys that you thought would rock but sucked. Please share your stories of woe. Mine are: PG eva - bad detail, acidic rubber suit eats through plastic joins ( I found out over a year after I built it you should wash the rubber suit in soapy water but by then it was too late. ) The whole chest section has fallen off due to that rubber suit . Small Matchbox Sdf-1 toy http://www.menet.umn.edu/~ngo/sdf-1_mini.html - just didn't understand this one. What was with the floppy legs? Matsamura Eva statue http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?KYD51117 - everything falls off, and it's balance is so bad it is impossible to stand up without serious modifications to the base. Yamato Escaflowne - luckily I saw Sebastian's before I bought one. cheap and nasty looking plastic. Love/Hate in Equal measures: the 1/12 Imai Blowsperior kit - beauiful sculpt, looks great in both modes, but so damn fragile if you breathe on it something will fall off.
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I picked up the K&M set in Hong Kong for about HKD $120. They are really cool, but what Radd said is true - you have to swap HEAPS of parts to transform it - almost all of them to be exact! In fact the transforming ones are the least nice out of the whole set. The battle pod is really nice and the armored battroid is great - even the leg missile bays open.
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How many years have you been posting here?
Guppy replied to Skull 0ne's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I think I joined about April 2001, so I'm coming up on 3 years! wow.. doesn't seem that long. And I visit MW almost every day. I don't post as much as I used to, guess I don't have anything to say in my old age. -
congrats kevin! But pity your toy room.. soon it will be the Baby Room, and your garage or spare closet will now become the toy room!
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Mine should be in the mail soon.. so I'll vote AFTER I get it. But my thoughts are that it's slightly overpriced but I still counted down the days until it was on sale.
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lol! Beware the BUGSHEEN! Blaine - you're right.. they look like mospeada and power ranger love children.
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I just picked up the Kaiyodo figure for about $20 US - nice toy with lots of accessories but not much taller than a star wars figure. Definitely get the 1/6 figure as this thing is amazing. Drifand - I bought some extra weapons for my Dragon figure - the MP40 & MP44 - they go quite nicely with him!
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I loved DD. But after spending much time pondering it, dicussing it at length on line, etc, I started to think that in the end it didn't add up. Especially when so many important details are not included in the film - watch the extras and read the book - it pretty much lays out the whole plot there. But that's not a bad thing, it's still a very creative film that makes you think (and argue with your friends) You can get more backstory through the website which is my vote for best movie website ever. http://www.donniedarko.com/
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I've been surfing ebay for YEARS trying to get one of the 1/40's. But they are far too expensive. So yup, I'd buy it if someone made it.
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Yes.. they all look kinda familiar.. especially this one.. monster?
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Funny.. I just started watching this yesterday. And I also thought that the two main guys were getting it on.. anyway. My review: huh..? what happened? did ANYTHING happen? But damn, the planes look great!
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lol - exo.. someone has discovered the why twisty-ties exist! Everyone will now be digging through the trash to reclaim their Gundam FIX boxes! and 15 points of articulation in the hand! OMG
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I might ask to get mine shipped without the box - it will make postage REALLY expensive.
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I know.. about 4 years ago I bought a yellowed jetfire for customing and thought I got a great deal when I paid $US40. Then I had to buy paints, and a custom head from Chris Baretta and then I had to spend a week customising it into a cannon fodder. And there it was in Kanto Hobby for 20 bucks!
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I bought this set from my local hobby store: http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?HSGX48-4 I liked it better than the other 2, http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?HSGX48-5 http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?HSGX48-6 plus you get a few pieces of equipment. I'd show you pics of my diaorama, but I haven't got around to making it yet!
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Guppy's MW Shopathon Encore Special??? Good lord! Where does he get the money? Selling babies on the blackmarket? Kangaroo testicles? Koala ears? What?! So, does he get a special t-shirt? Unfortunately kangaroo balls aren't worth much here! I would have to catch thouands! I spent my entire daily food allowance for the 10 days (ie, per diems) on toys! mwa ha ha.. but the HK$18 (about US$2.50) bowls of noodles in those little shops tasted great! And my special t-shirt should say "FOOL" ..and my wife's t-shirt would read "My husband went to hong kong and all he got me was this lousy t-shirt because he spent our life savings on toys" NEova - nup, don't work for airlines, but because of a massive coincidence I went back to hong kong a month after the shopathon for work - we filmed the disney on Ice show there as well as stuff on hong kong for the kids disney show I work on. well, the word 'work' in this context is up for interpretation. It was a pretty easy one.
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LOL! I would like to set the record straight, that was my 'WANT' list, now what I bought!!! Although what I bought isn't much better than that list as far as sanity goes. I bought.. Badger Airbrush Sparmax Air Compressor MG Gouf custom MG Rick Dom MG Hyakushiki MG Titans 1/144 Hygog Metal Material Sword strike gundam SOC Mazinger Z Renewal SOC Bossborot (cute!!) SOC Getter Dragon SOC Neo Getter (the white one you go) JUMBO GRADE Full Armor Gundam Berserk - Guts figure (really nice toy - heaps of articulation and detail) Bandai Blazer valkyire toy Bandai Cannon Fodder 1/55 ($150 HK!!) Jin-Roh Kaiyodo figure (the smaller size one) AND.... 27 Gashapon toys! - Macross Front Mission 2 set, the Panda Z set (get it! it is SO cute) more macross, berserk, Machin Krieger, etc etc etc! ... not including another set of Sailor moon figures (for the same cousin.. It's true I swear! I hate sailor moon!! )
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I bought this set on my high-octane mini shopathon on saturday with Graham (thanks for taking me all those places I forgot about! ) It's a really nice set - but the 1S's gun pod is SO out of proportion! (the one on the left in the first pic) It's about as big as it is! The tomahawk and the super battroid are really nice.
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Good idea! Because when I want to find a custom I remeber was really good I have to find it through the 'search' function. And if there's a place I can show off a custom it would motivate me to finish them quicker!
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AAHHHH! OMG, that is the ugliest thing I have seen since the last time I was in the welfare office, many years ago! lol. I love the guy's descritpion. He should be a car salesman. "THESE ARE SUPER HARD TO FIND, AND YOU WILL PROBABLY NEVER SEE THESE IN A STORE. ALSO, YOU WILL NEVER SEE THEM AT A BARGAIN PRICE LIKE THIS. You are bidding on (1) made in Hong Kong copY of a 1/55 scale valkyrie jet. It comes to you new on sealed card. It transforms into 3 modes. Jet fighter mode/ Gerwalk mode/ and Batteroid mode. It stand about 9 inches tall(same size as jetfire). Item is all plastice with no die cast, but is very detailed, and will look really cool standing in your collection. "