Chronocidal
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Eh, it's a pretty stupid situation caused by all the pre-order nonsense. With the initial VF-25F run, I don't think anyone trusted Bandai to make a good product, and pre-orders lasted a good long time. I was able to get a one at HLJ easily a few weeks after the initial opening. By the time the pre-orders for Ozma opened, Alto hadn't even hit shelves yet, so there was still no way to tell if they weren't going to be lemons. Ozma's pre-orders picked up after Alto's came out. After they were all sold out and demand shot up, scalpers started grabbing up the pre-orders for the other releases like crazy, hoping to cash in. To a point they've been successful, only because they drove the perceived demand through the roof. At some point, the false demand created by the scalpers is going to dry up. We're getting close, and the 171CF is good evidence of how it works. If no one buys the inflated prices, all those pre-orders get cancelled, and the webshops get left with piles of stock they can't liquidate, because no one actually wanted the items, they just wanted to resell them for a mark-up profit that people are getting tired of paying. I want to say I've been pretty lucky overall, since looking back, I think the only Bandai releases I've purchased so far at any real amount of markup were the 171CF, and my upcoming Luca. I would cancel the Luca too, but that's a gamble I don't really care to take. It is irritating seeing stuff go on sale for a third less than you pre-ordered it for, but Bandai has never really worked like Yamato used to, so you really can't count on the clearance sales. They also didn't help Yamato in the end, because people started waiting for the sales before buying things.
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.... I'm not much for figures, and don't usually go for nudity... but I would almost buy that just for that one facial expression.
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Possibly in a bit, need to get the wings stiffened up so they don't sag.
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People are commenting that the entire plot looks like an allegory to a lot of scientology's backstory, and how the current earth is populated by a bunch of people who arrived on DC-8's or something like that, after it was destroyed long ago by nukes detonated in volcanoes. Then again, most of my understanding of scientology comes from South Park, so I wouldn't bet on any kind of accuracy. People did say the ship they're on looks enough like an airliner to be a reference to that though. Personally, I couldn't help shake the feeling that this was meant to actually be before our current time, which would explain the lack of any recognizable landmarks and such, but I haven't seen it myself, and will probably wait for a while anyway.
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I thought they didn't actually mark up the web releases? Well, not until after release that is. I think you could find a few places with cheaper shipping, but I don't know if their preorder prices are better or worse than anyone else.
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From what I recall, this happened a lot on the first version VF-25s. I don't know if anyone ever found a good way to fix it permanently. Making a shapeways replacement might work, but matching the colors and sanding to paint something that small might be more work than just repeatedly repairing the broken ones.
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That's my question too actually. Ideally, I'd want to apply it to the rotating shaft, but maybe the surface that rubs between the engines and wing is best? Now that I think about it, just gluing them in place doesn't sound like such a bad idea, except that I actually do like the way it looks with the packs mounted upside down and backwards. Really though, making the entire thing rotate that way made the aircraft-related portion of my brain hurt during Macross 30. As if forward swept wings aren't unstable enough already, you're literally twisting them into a shear condition on purpose? I know, overtech and all that, but it still seemed weird making the entire wing angle for maneuvering instead of just the nozzles and control surfaces.
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So, can we assume that since they're showing off the armored Alto and Ozma, they're planning on re-releasing the packs, or producing a gift set? Or are they just taking the chance to go "neener-neener-neener" at fans who couldn't get them?
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So, quick question. Is there some way to stiffen up the engine rotation joints? I mean, short of trying to squirt superglue in the joint and smearing it everywhere. The engine pivots on mine literally aren't strong enough to hold up the packs.
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Got mine in today, and gotta admit, I was really suspicious of that box. It was tiny. Parts fit nicely, and look good, though I think I actually like them better mounted upside down, and canted slightly up instead of the droopy way they're "supposed" to be. Much preferred them in Macross 30, because they were just level with the wings. You can kind of get them level if you don't snap them on all the way, but the intake covers don't fit then. Actually, if I could find a way to streamline them, I might mount them upside down, and then twist the engines around the wrong way. If you ignore the forward facing nozzles, it looks awesome.
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That is fun to do, I admit, but I'd gladly give that up if it meant my valks wouldn't need repainting after every transformation. I'm just seriously beyond sick of Bandai's stupid engineering choices.
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Bandai 1/72 fully transform able VF-1 plastic kit for Macross 30th Ann
Chronocidal replied to Vi-RS's topic in Model kits
That's actually the part I really don't get. Like, really cannot comprehend it. You have absolutely overwhelming piles of sources that directly contradict something that they're clinging to like a trademark. And they keep doing it wrong every time. Why? It's not that it's a huge deal, or looks terrible (though the markings shown are pretty bad on this kit), but it's an obvious flaw, and it's like even though it would be incredibly easy to fix, they can't bring themselves to admit it's ever been wrong. It's like that elephant's been in the living room so long, it's now a dead corpse, and Bandai has just gotten used to using it as a foot rest. -
If they're throwing plastic parts in with plastic parts, it shouldn't be that big a deal, my legos can take a lot of shaking without much punishment... but throwing around die cast parts with their plastic ones in the same bin would explain a lot. Heh.. one more potential reason to hate die-cast.
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Bandai 1/72 fully transform able VF-1 plastic kit for Macross 30th Ann
Chronocidal replied to Vi-RS's topic in Model kits
Actually, no, I don't think any Bandai rendition of the VF-1 has ever had correct chest stripes. They're not horizontal across the chest, they're two angles of sweep. The only horizontal part is across the speed brake area. They've done that wrong since they acquired the original Takatokus, and every instance since then has copied that (incorrect) scheme. -
Holy crap... that is freaking awesome. I'm personally rather astounded that they went to so much effort to make something so "official" looking... even going so far as to make up fake aerodynamic tables, mission profiles, and radar scan mode diagrams. Lots of it is copied straight from F-14 materials, but it's amazing seeing something like that actually made.
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Actually, the chances of that might be decently high. I think people are becoming wise to the way the scalper market works, and they aren't forking over scalper pre-orders, so many of them will probably get cancelled come release day. I can't say how many, but it definitely happened with several other releases. It's just a matter of being patient, and being willing to risk not getting one if the pre-orders all sell out. Given the status of this particular release, I'm not expecting it to be as popular as others, though it might beat out the VF-171CF.
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Hehe.. one of my friends has a family run auto-shop.. I think he's been working on a Devil-Z for a while, but I haven't heard whether it was finished.
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You only get a "pay later" option for preorders. Since they have the item sitting on their shelves now, there's no reason to wait, so if you want to pay later, your best bet is probably a credit card.
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Ah, guess they ran out their stock then. They might come up with more, but the price will probably climb soon. And no, the only difference between the original and reissue is about $30 Edit: I should say, used to be about $30. Now they're down to about $5 difference for some reason. I don't honestly know why they even bother listing them separately by now.
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I believe someone did it using photoshop, and it looks nice. The black boosters complement the red much better than the baby blue. And they're still on sale at NY, last I checked. Up to about $50 before shipping now, but not unreasonable.
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Well, I plan on stripping the stupid white-on-white markings off one set anyway (if not both), so I could just paint one up as Alto's, and keep the dark gray pieces instead of the blue. Still not sure if I have the nerve to strip one down entirely and go for a gray scheme.
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Except for the actual 30th valk, which went down. I was hoping they'd have overstocked the super parts the same way, but oh well. Now if I could just find a set of Alto packs for less than the valk itself costs.
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Yeesh, maybe demand for these packs is better than I expected, they went up $10 while I was at work. Still not too much for a set, but annoying a bit.
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Think I'm going to drop them an order for another set to customize. Surprised, they upgraded shipping on my preorder to FedEx, and I think I only asked for SAL.
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Looking more and more awesome by the week. I don't know how complicated it might get, or how well it might work from an electrical standpoint, but it could be fun to have a couple master switches in hidden places, and then rig several lights to go on or off during various stages of transformation. The easiest ones I can think of would be the tails, where you could probably rig contacts into the pivots so the lights only go on when the tails are unfolded. You might be able to do something similar for the wings, depending on how your plan to have them extend/collapse works. The head, you could probably make a contact in the back of the nose section that would power it when folded into battroid position. Same for the nose gear once it's extended. I dont know if little metal contacts would be easier than wires, but I think they might simplify the process of getting power shared amongst all the moving parts, plus help deactivate lights that you might not want turned on if they're hidden.