Chronocidal
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Got the same "3rd Quarter 2012" thing from BBTS now too. I should just cancel probably at this point, since I should be picking up my VF-17 and VF-171 both from Fedex on monday.
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Well this is interesting.. Nippon Yasan noted me that they were sorry that my order had been delayed, and offered to upgrade me to Fedex Priority. So apparently they either still have stock, or are getting more of them. No word from BBTS though.
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Sounds kind of similar to the way some people had a leg on their SV-51 just snap.. not a wide-spread issue, but nearly catastrophic for the person it happens to. I would imagine there might still be a way to fix it though. You might not get as much posability out of the joint, but it might hold the leg on at least.
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Phew, my order finally cleared customs. HLJ replied to my email asking about it as well, and it appears they were able to clear it up easily enough. Score one more for their customer service.
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Aircraft Super Thread Mk.VII
Chronocidal replied to David Hingtgen's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Oh yikes, I totally passed up the DCS F-14 thing. Amazing, I can't wait for that, and it'll give me a good reason to get that TM Warthog. As for the F-18E/F though, Janes did put out a pretty decent sim for that years ago, but yeah, it's way out of date now. It was definitely one of those that needed a thousand page manual, and had what I think was the only fully 3D cockpit Janes made before falling off the market. Maybe not the best technically accurate sim, but people have gone and accurized it a ton in recent years. -
All Things Videogame Related: EXTREME VS!!
Chronocidal replied to Keith's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Never got to play Starlancer, but after modders got ahold of Freelancer, it actually became something quite epic. If you stop thinking of it as a space combat game, and more of an rpg shooter, it's quite enjoyable. I wonder if they've got Privateer2 though, I'd love to see more of David Warner. -
So, if NY shows your order as "Preparation in Progress"... what does that mean? Do they have it in stock, or is that just what happens once you pay? I know some people said they were having theirs cancelled, so I don't expect it to go through, but it would be weird if it did.
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Oh, I hope this is very unique, but I'm going to write a request to HLJ that if they're going to continue adding promotional items like that, they need to put a minimum value for those items so this doesn't happen again.
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All Things Videogame Related: EXTREME VS!!
Chronocidal replied to Keith's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Oh shoot, they have WC4? I heard it wasn't as good as 3, so never really chased it down, but given how craptastic the combat/space sim market has been (I honestly don't even remember how long it was since we got a good space combat sim), I find myself looking back through my collection for fun stuff to try. I've still got my original WC 1-3, on the original disks (diskettes for WC 1), and make a habit of playing through them every once in a while with DOSBox. Works beautifully. Kinda wanted to give Prophecy a try too, but never managed to get a copy. The ship designs in that were some of my favorites from the entire series. -
Heh.. so I wondered.. yeah, once again Bandai doesn't "get it" with aircraft. Designs for the missiles are lined up with the fins inline with the pylons. Though for what it's worth, I think Yamato goofed on that one too with the VF-0.
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Remind me to slap HLJ for including those dumb freebie materials on the invoice. My package is locked up in Alaska for the weekend because they didn't put a price on the Quarter concept art, and it's got 9 copies of it, so now customs is probably going to hack open the box and verify what's in it. Edit: Correction, remind me never to buy crap that has free bonus items again. They refuse to ship it to me unless HLJ assigns a value to the materials. So now I have to call them, and tell them to call Fedex, and tell them how much those stupid posters are worth. I wanted to slap the guy on the phone too.. I was like.. "It's a piece of paper. It's worth 10 cents tops. Now send me my crap."
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Well, did what I can I suppose. If they can't break it up, maybe I'll just get a really nice present around Christmas this year. My only real concern is that I don't know how they treat combined orders. Assuming they do have it in stock, are they going to set it aside for me until then (since I did pay ahead, it's already paid for), or will I have to hope they're still in stock when the super parts arrive? I guess one way or another, I can deal, I'm just irritated with myself for getting impatient and ordering without thinking.
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I actually don't care what colors they use, I just want something that isn't ridiculously red and white with black tiger stripes.
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Well I went ahead and paid upfront for both the valk and super packs, thinking I might get lucky, and get a VF-171 from them quickly. I don't want to cancel the super parts preorder, but I don't know how they treat orders of multiple items that get released at different times. Probably just have to contact them about that directly, since if they do have the 171 in stock, I don't want to wait six months for it.
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Oh.. well goody. Yeah, that was probably really dumb to order them together from NY. Might have to cancel that order, and just order the super parts. Now.. if I can just find how to modify an order..
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I might have missed it, but did Bandai give a release date for the armor parts? The lead time on the VF-25 super and armor packs was easily 6 months, but they also didn't release any images of the super packs this close to the release of the VF-25F. Bleh. I hate this whole process. I'm not even worried about getting the super parts, but I wonder if I'll even get a VF-171 to put them on. Actually.. no, that's not my biggest concern.. I'm more worried that I'm impatient, and I'm hemorrhaging money all over the place to make sure I get one. I might wind up with extras to resell though, so at least it benefits people who missed out.
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So, I ordered the weapons pack from NY, and in the process, discovered that they still list the VF-171 as available.. and figured what the heck, I'll see what happens. Oddly, EMS was one of the cheaper shipping methods. Now it's a race to see who sends me one first... although, NY may wait to send me both at once, which may not be helpful. I dunno how they deal with orders of mixed in-stock and preorder items.
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I'm sold, and yep, I really hope this one is exclusive so I can get one. What a bassackwards world Bandai is creating. Depending on how it looks, I might even cancel that preorder I have with BBTS, and just forget about the canon version entirely. A full white one with red and black VF-1 markings would look freaking awesome.
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Ah, k then, maybe the YF-29 might still pop up some time. I just got antsy when they changed the date on my preorder to June.. and they'll probably be updating BOTH the YF-29 and VF-171 to July in the next few days. But oh well. If they don't come through, I'll still have my VF-19F and VF-17S to keep me occupied this summer.
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Yeah, I bet Yamato complained because they probably did try to reuse the missiles from the VF-0 for a test shot on the VF-171. I half wonder if they decided to go with something like magnets instead now. I do hope the packs come with separate wings all the same though, since I plan on buying a set anyhow. Speaking of which, when is the order deadline for the packs, and who is able to setup a group buy again? Now, the wait begins to see if BBTS comes through, and I get the one I preordered. They've still said nothing to me about my YF-29, so I'm not getting my hopes up. Anyone know how long they take to get stuff in after it's released?
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I think he means he intends to repaint them into DYRL colors, which might be something of a difficult task. That blue plastic will not be easy to cover up. You might have better luck if you kitbashed a bunch of F, S, and P models together though, since the P (if it ever gets made) will probably be close to white. You'd just have to transplant a few key parts like the shoulders, heads, and wingroot assemblies. This is why I REALLY want a kit version of the VF-19, molded in white, or even gray. The engineering tolerances on the VF-19 are so tight, and it will take so many coats to cover that blue (or red) plastic, you'll never have any hope of transforming a repainted one without destroying the paint.
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Well, remind me to order from Nippon Yasan for everything from now on, looks like they're coming through with flying colors.
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Even if they don't include skull markings, how many spares do all of us have? I know I have at least a few due to all the DYRL valks I've gotten. And it's not as if VF-84 markings are exactly rare or unpopular. Though, if they do make the tails white, I might be tempted to use some other markings on them. I've always loved VF-142.
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Here's a really demented thought.. I wonder if anyone's considered kitbashing all the little greeblies in the MF kit, and using them to build up a Y-Wing? I doubt all the parts would actually be there, but I definitely recognize the Y-Wing's rear panel glued all over the upper surface. It's amusing seeing kitbashed pieces recreated directly in smaller scale, since you can find the relative sizes of the studio models by comparing shared parts. I know a lot of the kitbashed pieces from many of the ships have been identified, but collectors hate that kind of thing, since it drives up the prices on old kits they might want (same thing that happened with Graflex flashbulb handles.. photography enthusiasts HATE star wars fans). Fortunately most of the stuff used to kitbash some of the ships is still readily available in newer models, it just won't look quite the same since the kits are newer. I still want to kitbash a studio scale A-Wing one day, but I have a really hard time justifying cutting up that many 1/32 F-14 kits.
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Got my shipping confirmation early this morning, so it'll probably get here around the weekend if I'm lucky. In this particular case, I'm actually irritated that what I said earlier is true.. they DID try to combine my orders, and wanted to lump in my preorder for the DYRL CF VF-1A with this order, which isn't getting released until July.. except that a bunch of what I ordered was in low stock status. I probably would have my order already, but I had to go in on monday afternoon and click the "send available items" option.