Chronocidal
-
Posts
10822 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Gallery
Everything posted by Chronocidal
-
Yeah, it's just that front panel that you swap out for the new one that comes with the super/armor parts. Was missing from the box in my VF-25G. I've considered just keeping Alto in fighter mode (or armored) forever, and repainting his to use on the G.
-
Actually, that piece was shaped quite differently, and had a different tip on it, but yeah, that would probably be a pretty simple thing to make. Just a big cylinder that attaches over the top of the existing barrels, and gives you a new tip for the gun.
-
Ugh, congrats to those who managed to grab one, and good luck to those still hunting. NY hopefully will put them back up at around $170-180 in the next day or so. It's funny though, there was seriously plenty of time to order these from HLJ the first time around. There were even multiple windows, spaced out over a month or two. Then people started receiving their Altos right around the time Ozma was up for preorder, and as word got out, the Ozma preorders started drying up fast. As far as missing parts are concerned though... is there anyone here who has connections and could request replacement parts directly from Bandai? Ozma missing a crotch piece wouldn't be such a huge deal, since I doubt most people will remove his armor anyway, but my Michael is still using the crotch plate from my Ozma super parts, and of course, he's the only one I actually want to display in battroid.
-
Sorry for the double reply, went back and checked the dates. So, the release for the RVF was on March 1st at 4pm. Reading back, NY reopened sales some time on March 3rd, and someone posted a message about it at about 7pm. So, a little shorter than two days. I got mine the following afternoon at 2pm at the first price bump level. Day after that, it hit 190 or so. So, I'd keep an eye out from tomorrow evening through the next two days. And yeah, sorry if turning the images off actually fouled you up... I was fumbling for the right button myself, kind of blindly clicking where I thought they should be. It works wonders with reloading the item page itself, but yeah, the images can speed up the purchase once its in your cart.
-
Wow... ok, that ebay link made me laugh pretty hard. That's insane. Oh, by shortly I mean probably tomorrow some time. I wish I had tracked their times for posting more stock for the RVF. I do know that my Paypal notice for the preorder went in at about 2pm Pacific time on March 4th, and that was at $183, so not terribly marked up by that point.
-
It might not seem like any consolation, but given the patterns of previous sales, NY will probably have more preorders up shortly, and then probably will have several to sell at release time. It'll be marked up, but sadly that's kind of the way this goes lately, even for the Yamato stuff.
-
Bandai isn't making these for international customers, just Japan. So, really, blame HG.
-
Yeah.. AmiAmi's cart page actually glitched on me, but I kept hitting refresh, and it eventually went through. Just got the order confirmation. I'm frankly astounded.
-
Holy crap... I think I actually got one. From AmiAmi. Yeah, for future reference? Go to your browser options, and turn off any and all images. I think that's the only thing that let me load fast enough to get through.
-
Want to seriously speed up reloading AmiAmi? Go into your internet options and turn off images. They really bog down the site from loading, and you'll still know when it goes on sale from the alt-text that appears in the space where the "add to cart" button is.
-
Yeah, according to my computer, that's an hour off since daylight savings went back into effect. I've got a second clock set on Tokyo time.
-
Not bad I'd assume. They're mostly the same color scheme, except for a few panels being reversed white/blue instead of red/white. If you actually took the time to repaint the colored panels, the only difference would be the 007 markings being wrong for Michael's plane.
-
Bandai 1/72 fully transform able VF-1 plastic kit for Macross 30th Ann
Chronocidal replied to Vi-RS's topic in Model kits
Well for what it's worth, the VF-25 kits had opening and closing gear doors too. But the fact that the closeup shows a moving catapult bar means they probably do retract. Also means, everything has to be pretty out of scale on the gear to function properly in that tiny size. -
You just got yourself a little piece of Yamato history there then. Grats on a nice find!
-
That would actually explain the hair decoration. I had thought it was someone in the fancy kimono that they made a figure of Sheryl in before, but that would give a similar look to the hair.
-
Really depends on the site. You can do either with Nippon Yasan, but you have to make sure to select the option you want at checkout. Most sites will only charge you once the item gets there, and is ready to ship, from what I've seen.
-
Well, judging by the fact that NY was selling the remaining first release YF-29s and re-release YF-29s at the same time (for different prices ) I'd almost expect that to happen again. Except... they don't have any remaining stock of the VF-25F, so they might just list it in the same place this time.
-
Pfft. Very funny.
-
Actually having no trouble loading AmiAmi here.. so I don't know.
-
Oh, yuck.. stupid daylight savings. Used to be, 4pm Japan time was 11pm pacific.. not anymore. Probably another hour then. I might just ignore it.
-
Yeah, all reasons why I never apply any stickers at all to my yammies. I never even put the nose kites on my one 1/48th VF-1. Anyway, as far as the gunpod goes, yeah, it does point down a bit. It's kind of a combination of effects from the handle being short, the arms being high, and the crotch plate only collapsing so far. The speaker pod launcher for the Fire Valk is a little more straight.
-
Bandai 1/72 fully transform able VF-1 plastic kit for Macross 30th Ann
Chronocidal replied to Vi-RS's topic in Model kits
Is it just me.. or are the people at Bandai still completely oblivious to how actual aircraft mount weapons? I mean.. in this particular case.. isn't there some lineart showing how the twin reaction missile pack works? Every single time I've ever seen a pair of reaction missiles together, they're mounted sideways on a single pylon with twin rails, or whatever it is that holds them on. But they have this weird looking contraption that mounts two pylons on a plate.. I guess that might work, but why can't they hire someone who knows something about aircraft to help them design their aircraft kits? -
This is the entire reason I bought one of the VF-1D kits. Going to make a custom head for my VT-1. I still want a different set of DYRL figures for that one though. Did anyone ever make a set of Hikaru and Misa in their clothes from when they got stranded on Earth? You could probably base them on the Virgin Road Max and VF-1D Minmay as a start.
-
Got mine in earlier today (right before leaving my apartment for the weekend too ) and I'm liking it so far. Really looking forward to the super packs though. After playing Macross 30 so much, it looks weird without them. I think my main gripe about the design isn't even a gripe against the DX, oddly enough.. it's that the YF-29 was meant to be a field-modification/chop-job in universe. The entire "le'ts just use the VF-25's entire legs, but drop them a notch like they're carrying super packs" seems odd. I get it, but it makes for a lazy-looking design, because the legs aren't actually locked in place. Aside from that, I just think the shield attachment is pretty weak. If I can get a second one of these, I'm definitely stripping it down to the bare plastic and repainting it something that actually looks like a VF-1S.
-
Using the VF-1D kit of course.