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Being a long time btech fan, I kinda like the new designs. You can book your pilot's name at their website as well.

I think it looks better than the VF-19, notably in Fighter mode. Still won't be able to afford it however. $200 is my absolute ceiling for valks.

Looks really good, thanks Graham. Will wait for a sale still but won't hold my breathe.

I don't have hard numbers but I'd be absolutely shocked in North American customers represented more than ~5% of their total sales.

Your new avatar, it haunts me.

Also over my budget I'm afraid. At this rate I'll probably not pick up the D at release. Ah well, and it looks like a lot of fun too.

Will get one, likely two if they release it in low viz.

Then I buy these. The grey and military always appealed to me the most.

Ditto. I'll buy low vis everything.

*Cough*VF-22*lozenges*

Lucky bugger.

Have you kept it posed in battroid or fighter?

Since I got it(pre-ordered), it's been in battroid half the time, and fighter the other. Roughly half a dozen full cycle transformations now. When I posed it in Battroid mode I didn't use any stands though.

I've only had the shoulder popped off once, and after that i managed to transform it somehow without that happening again. Also don't have any joint issues so I love mine.

I'm going for 2xVF-17D so it's gonna be a long wait and lot of envious browsing .

Mine is still tight as ever, after all this time in battroid mode. Transformed it a few cycles too.

There's also animate and various mandarake stores. A quick google will let you pinpoint their locations. The cheapest macross toys I saw was at Yellow submarine, but I'm not exactly sure if they're still there as the building's undergoing renovation. Depends if you want to "hunt" or just pick it up at department stores like Yodobashi or Bic Camera.

IIRC, Graham said it'll have the usual Yamato finish.

Thank goodness for that.

Yeah, it's a bit of a downer. The only thing I value in being a gold member is the ability to create missions in the Foundry. The limit on chat and forums will be lifted after 20 hours of play or you having purchased anything at all from the c-store. Probably going silver and then buying what I want piecemeal.

Yeah Mike the episodes in STO, especially the featured and remastered ones are quite well done and can convey the feeling that you're in an episode of trek. Hope they would make more of those when the game goes f2p. In fact fleet missions are a blast if you're in an organized fleet and the borg invasion event that's been happening now is quite fun with a red alert channel up and players making distress calls in various sectors.

Picked up STO three months ago for a few pennies, and now it's gotten me wondering if I should get a lifetime sub. I just can't get enough of looking at my ship...oh so pretty. Glad it's going F2P though, wondering what'll gold subbers get compared to the free accounts. I'm a 6 year old WoW vet, never missed a month but finally stopped for good March this year. IMO blizzard tossed any semblance of lore out the window and now the boss encounters drives the narrative and have been post Ulduar.

Yeah I initially only wanted to display em in Battroid mode but kinda like this new fighter config so it stays that way.

So anyone else preferring this configuration? It's how I display my Durandal.

Excited about this, hoping the fins are removable as well. Gotta be cautious with spending now.

Ah right, I might skip the S then and wait for the D.

Absolutely awesome. I prefer the D meself.

I don't know why, but Yamato and Bandai valkyries just don't look ok toghether. I want to blame the MF mecha style on the Bandais but I'm not sure.

I get the same feeling, because when I look at them on my desk, one could pass as quasi-models and the other could not.

Just check my status and it's being prepared for shipping. Same here as well as I put my preorder in when they reopened it briefly. Looks like HLJ managed to fulfill their preorders.

Probably stock from the people who preordered but did not pay in time. I'm sure Bandai will make another run, the molds are pretty extensive with the number of parts on this toy.

Wow that's a substantial amount of chipping, perhaps you can assume it's part of the weathering?

Will the other variants get pre order pricing?? I just want Ozma's without the FA.

If Amiami's selling them they should be similarly discounted as well.