Chronocidal
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Only as long as you live in their target audience though. Anyway, one thing I AM very interested in is seeing if anyone can make some MDE or reaction missile mounts for the 171s now. Or, maybe it's time I figured out this Shapeways business for myself...
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Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Pacific Rim'
Chronocidal replied to fifbeat's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I still love the story a friend of mine told me.. apparently he had the Inception soundtrack playing in the background while he took a nap. Cue the "BWOOOONGGGG" track. He snaps awake, freaking out, and falls out of bed. As for where it started, I do remember it in War of the Worlds, but I'd trace the idea itself clear back to Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. For some reason, advanced civilizations and technology love loud "THRUMMM" sounds. -
I'm really perfectly alright not bothering with the VF-27, since I still have my original release, and I don't think the extra parts add anything to it really.. in fact, I suspect they'll just break the transformation. Aside from getting the RVF and YF-30, I think the rest of what I would ever consider buying from Bandai is going to be pre-order webshop exclusive stuff, which isn't that expensive by comparison, and won't be anything I have to worry about mashing the refresh button for on all these webshops. As for Yamato though.. I'm pretty much just waiting for a new YF-19, and that's it. If they come up with something amazing, I might buy it, but I'll probably wait for a sale. I've pretty much burned myself out this past year, and my closet of Macross boxes is getting too full to hold much more.
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Again?! What's the price up to now?
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I considered doing FedEx for my stuff, but noticed that their EMS price was $20 cheaper... figured the extra wasn't worth it this time around, since it won't be near holidays or anything when these come out.
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Those were some great times right there. But yeah, with this whole Shapeways thing working so well, I wonder if people would be interested in a set of leg add-ons to help the YF-21/VF-22 bulk up a little.
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So, the pile keeps growing... in the past month and a half, I've bought: 1. VF-19P and Super VF-17D from Amiami 2. VF-171 Armor Pack, VF-171CF, and YF-29 30th edition from NY 3. VF-19F, Fire Valk, Sound Booster, two super/strike sets, a VE-1, and a pair of VF-4s from HLJ Granted.. a few of those were paid for in advance a while ago.. but still. This is going to be the most epic unboxing week in history when my stuff gets here in the next few days.
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This is by far my most expensive winter ever. Fortunately... it's looking like after the RVF-25 , YF-30, and a potential YF-19 v.2, I think I have every valk I actually care about owning. (I'm actually saying this as a way to ensure that both Bandai and Yamato release a low-vis version of EVERYTHING shortly after I finish my collection. )
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It's really only an issue if you like gerwalk mode a ton, since it makes balancing the valk very difficult in that mode. You either get the nose really low to the ground, or you stress out the ankle joints pushing them back, and they become floppy in battroid. There is a set of screws you can loosen/tighten to help work out the issue, but it's really just a lousy ankle design for some reason.
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Grabbed one as well. That is the last valk I buy for a while now though.. I've blown way more money on these than I should have this winter.
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Checked on a whim after posting I was gonna wait.. and bought one anyway. Still got it cheaper than my BBTS order, so I'm happy. Grabbed a VF-171CF while I was there too, since those are back up for preorder as well.
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Meh, maybe I will just do that, and go cancel my BBTS order after all this time. I keep hoping it'll drop further, but $250 might be the best it gets before it goes back up.
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Ah.. I'll just link this here. It was discussed long before the days of Shapeways, but could suddenly be relevant again. http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=23054&view=findpost&p=546316
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Hey, at least the hilarity can reduce the stress of dealing with the nonsense, right?
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... Please tell me.. Are you actually going to make Eugimon's Omega PantsTM?!? That sounds awesome though. I just wonder how hard it will be to install new wings on the VF-4. Anyway, I need to get around to ordering the 0D set.. I just hope it gets molded the right direction, because the way those heavily stepped parts look would probably make me just throw them away. That'd be an insane amount of work to fix.
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Well I'm thinking mostly about Nippon Yasan.. they charge a bit more from the get-go, but that also helps quell the frenzy that winds up with everyone else selling out. I mean, they still have 30th anniversary and Alto YF-29s currently in stock, because they know how to price them so they stick around (ie, a bit too high, but still low enough to be better than ebay and tempting for desperate folks like us ). With my VF-171EX, I was able to order one the the day after the actual release, for a bit over retail, but a lot less than ebay. I'm not sure I want to risk waiting around for the YF-29 re-release, but I'm perfectly content waiting on the 171CF.
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Yeah, I was so busy following the YF-29 that I didn't realize the VF-171CF was on sale too until someone mentioned it in that thread. I had resigned to bite the bullet and just get a YF-29 Alto from BBTS for $250, so I might just grab one of their in-stock ones for that. I went ahead and preordered the super parts for it since they're still up for pre-order for about $40, so I'd better come up with one by the time they arrive. The 171CF though, if it's anything like the EX, should be on sale from a lot of places once it's released, so I'm not too concerned about it.
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BBTS is so careful about disappointing people that they don't seem to even try selling Bandai stuff anymore. I still have a preorder for the Alto YF-29 re-release with them, and they haven't said a thing about the fact that it's over 7 months overdue.
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Apparently you got the last one, it's dead again.
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Well this is interesting... I'm looking at HLJ, and you know how they have that sidebar with recently viewed items? Well, the 30th YF-29 is on the top of that list, and while the link is dead, the price shown is also different. All evening, it was locked at 17,000 yen... now, in that sidebar, it shows for 16,150. Dunno what that means, but maybe there's hope on the HLJ side still. I just don't want to pay $288 for it before shipping, or I'd have bought one from NY already.. With any luck, their price will drop from the re-release. Oh well, if anyone wants to camp the page to see if it suddenly appears, here's the product address that it would be at if they didn't take it down. http://www.hlj.com/product/ban977444
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Guess so.. yeah, the stock indicator couldn't keep up.
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Yeah, total failure of a night. I'm just going to wait for NY to get updated, and get both there. Hell, I might just bite their current price for the YF-29, because I'm sick enough of this crap. And yeah, HLJ never got either. They took the page down entirely for the YF-29, it doesn't even show up as a discontinued item now. Could be still updating I guess, but it doesn't bode well.
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Yeah, CDJapan lies. Their stock indicator is wrong, and it won't let me buy it there either. Guess that settles it, I'll just wait for Nippon Yasan to offer it. This is utter bull$#!%
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no see.. I was able to put one in my cart, and I got to the LAST BUTTON TO SUBMIT THE ORDER. Then it tells me they're out, and can't fill the order. People have set up automated scripts to submit the orders automatically I'm pretty sure.
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WHAT THE FREAKING CRAP IT'S IN MY BLEEPING CART AND I CAN'T FINISH THE PURCHASE )##$)_(#*$#)##)$(#_@$#@)()*@#!!!@