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  1. Chronocidal
    I mean.. let's just set aside the fact that none of the girls were pilots, and it's obvious that none of those pilots are supposed to be Walkure members.. Why would they think anyone would want to buy a set of 5 non-canon schemes that have never been shown on-screen in the first place?
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    I was under the impression the actual ship that was renamed as the Enterprise-A was actually nearly as old as the original, and had just been through the Constitution class update/refit more recently. She also got a pretty good shellacking from Kang's prototype, so it probably made sense to just restore her to display status, and be done with the hull, since it was already being succeeded by much more advanced designs at that point. By that point they probably didn't even make the parts to repair her.
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    Haven't watched it.. but judging by the clips I've seen, I never expected anything to make Shatner's self-insert fanfic novels look so believable by comparison.
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    I just generally avoid DHL if I can help it, only because they're the only delivery service I know of that has an even more convoluted delivery chain than FedEx, and their site tends to be beyond useless for trying to reschedule or hold a delivery. They just don't seem interested in establishing any way to hold a package locally for a pick-up.
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    Not sure why this happened to pop up, but head's up if anyone missed these the first time around! https://www.hlj.com/hi-metal-r-vf-0s-phoenix-roy-focker-machine-bans63742
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    I think my main concern would be that they won't be able to replace it, since it's out of production, as far as I know. You might be able to get one directly from Arcadia, but even that might be a crapshoot on whether you get another broken one. If it's an option, I would also try and get replacement parts for the broken and missing bits from Arcadia. The shoulder and hip ratchet won't show much if they don't have the weathering applied, and the neck cover panel could be done with a mechanical pencil.
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    That's really disappointing, I hope someone will be able to make that right before they disappear from the market. Though, for those particular parts, you could easily swap in a replacement from a regular re-issue version, and it would work fine. It might even be worth looking into printing some of those parts.
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    Man, those Supernova customs are gorgeous. Always wished Yamato or Arcadia would do the real thing someday, but the time's probably long past. Don't think the decals ever existed in 1/48 scale either, but I'm definitely going to have to get creative with one of my Hasegawa kits.
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    They definitely sold the model kit versions through HLJ, and I have to think they made much more than 75 of each, since I have about 8 of those kits. I think I picked up three As, two Ss, two Js, and one VF-1D kit, and they all came with the same sticker/decal sets as the pre-assembled one. I haven't built any of them yet, but I picked them up as a combination future project and spare parts stash. I think I replaced a couple of broken VF-1J head parts, and maybe a shoulder hinge or two, but sadly they never released a kit in the DYRL light gray. The semi-irritating part is that they only released the VF-1D in the same tan and orange as the stock release, so I wasn't able to make an easy DYRL VF-1D scheme.
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    Maybe a dumb question, but what exactly are these? Repops of the Bandai minis? I'm just guessing since they look similar, but I can't read Japanese to tell if they actually have a company name anywhere there.
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    Even crack isn't that expensive. I have picked up several of those releases, but never for more than about $35 US, which is still insane for the size, considering that's how much the 1/72 Hasegawa Shinden II costs. Generally, HLJ will unload them at a decent discount when they fail to sell at the insane MSRP. Paying in yen at HLJ would actually probably get you an even better discount. I get that they're niche designs.. but I wish Hasegawa would continue that line and make more of them, because the 1/144 kits hurt. In their defense though.. they're really good little kits, on-par with Bandai's molding techniques, and there is something to be said for little knick-knack-sized kits that are easy to set on a desk unobtrusively. They come with the main body colors pre-painted on one version, and they build up into something more like what Alter did with their Yukikaze releases, including multiple options for weapons and landing gear that you can swap how you please. Would still love a bigger kit.. but they make nice little swooshable displays (and go nicely alongside the Tomytec Macross kits )
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    Yeah, the only domestic retailer I really consider is BBTS, just because they offer $4 shipping. If you you're still paying full shipping, plus other "surcharges" on top of that, the benefits quickly disappear.
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    In case anyone missed up to now: https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/236875 Higher base price plus sales tax in the US, but dirt cheap shipping, so maybe it'll work out? Anyway, it's a solid backup if you missed the other openings, but there will probably be plenty available at Japanese retailers on release day.
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    My personal favorite display method is usually having valks standing on their open feet in fighter mode. That usually works pretty well, except for the fact that the Yamato VF-19 feet are sloppy, and the Bandai's feet can't actually extend in fighter mode.
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    Probably.. but I think I still would have taken that over what we got. For all of their problems, I can still appreciate the story of the prequel movies, independently of watching them. I can't say anything like that about the sequels.
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    That counting the original Yamato YF-19 releases as well, or just everything released after the Fire Valk? I can definitely sympathize though, the 19 is the only mold I have almost as many of as I do VF-1s. I usually compulsively buy at least three of every release.
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    Whether it was a good vision or not, it was a single vision, which I still think would have come out better than what we got, especially if they had found people willing to tell him "no" when he needed to hear it. I'm really just stocking up on popcorn though, because I'm incredibly curious just where they plan on going. Taking this route now feels like taking a submarine to torpedo the wreckage of the Titanic, just out of spite.
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    Sheeeesh, about freakin time someone made a new shuttle toy. Looks like an ideal size, too. The last one I remember was the semi SD Action Fleet one in the 90s. I was hoping Bandai would actually make a kit of it, but they seem to have gone completely silent on producing more Star Wars kits.
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    Yeeeeaaahhh... Imagine they had actually just run with that story from the start. It would have actually been a story.
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    I never disliked Rey as a character concept.. but she got railroaded into a 30 plotline pileup and never actually got any space to develop as a character in her own right. There was never any risk of any kind to her, because it was obvious from the start that they would never let her fail at anything. For whatever anyone else thinks of all the "toxic" fans breaking down the sequels, I really do think she was written as such a blank slate to slip into the role of an audience self-insert for whoever was watching. I'm pretty much checked out at this point, so I'm past the point of caring what they do, but if they want to have any hope of making something worthwhile out of the steaming pile the sequels left, the very least they need is a single coherent story to tell before anything else happens. The JJ/Rian plot slapfight was worthy of an old-fashioned Celebrity Deathmatch.
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    If you think the Arcadia is complex, go watch someone try to massage the Bandai DX version back into fighter mode. That thing is next-level mecha origami. The Yamato/Arcadia VF-19 mold is a relaxing walk in the park compared to that thing.
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    Thanks, basically the same price across the board it looks like. Will give them a shot, and see what happens.
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    Can't say for the entire set, but the studs visible in the photo do have the logo, so I'm guessing they're probably the real deal.
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    I didn't even see this one get announced, so same here. I'll probably just go through BBTS on this one, once it pops.. or maybe try AmiAmi once they load? Would prefer the cheap exchange rate, but BBTS shipping makes up for a lot of the difference.
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    This is a good point, that's a huge step in the right direction, compared with all of the previous versions that just used slopes or angled vertical bricks. I do wish they'd done a little more to slope the upper surface though, it's still really flat. I am hoping someone will come up with a better option for the chunky sides on the nosecone though. I still think the custom canopy is driving everything they do though, and they really need to ditch it. It's far too shallow, and tapers the wrong way, and I think the size it is would actually be driving toward a five stud diameter on the engines, if it were to be in scale.
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