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  1. Chronocidal
    To be fair to them, they are saying if they can't find stock of that Mirage 31AX, they will give me a full refund. Will wait on confirmation of whether it's for store credit or not, but the tone of the email was a whole lot more understanding than anything I ever got rom NY. Even if it is store credit, I'm sure I can come up with something to get from them. I think browsing their shop might be where I picked up a spare set of 31 super packs to repaint for Arad. This is a rare case though, and I would be more upset... if the thing they couldn't deliver wasn't a duplicate of an item I'm not sure I actually want anyway. But yeah, I wouldn't make them your primary source for anything. Items and orders getting lost in the shuffle isn't unheard of, and maybe I just got unlucky, but this seems to be a trend with them. Edit: Apparently they still had stock, so I just got a shipping notice. I'm not exactly surprised though, I really don't know if those sold well at all.
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    I'd just repaint the tails and get some original VF-84 decals, or print some. I'd have to compare to some F-14 markings to see what the right scale would be, but I want to guess 1/100 might do the trick, if you can even find that size.
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    Wow.. I wonder if they had some kind of overstock.. the max available was 28 per person. Edit: Maybe a glitch, it maxed out at seven for me. Thanks though, picked up two more to spread the packs around.
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    I keep hoping the delay is so they can redesign the wingsweep mechanism. I've still got a set of metal brackets saved for this one, but I just hope I can take it apart without destroying the wings.
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    Given the constraints of transformation with the pylons attached, I would think they're considered mostly expendable. Real aircraft don't tend to jettison the pylons at this point, and I don't know if they ever did, since they're fairly specialized hardware, and they don't contribute greatly to the weight of the plane, unlike the weapons mounted on them. Emergency jettison buttons are a prominent feature in most fighter cockpits, but I don't think that applies to the pylons themselves.
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    Or be prepared for them to ghost you entirely. I completely forgot until recently that they still owe me a Mirage 31AX I was so unimpressed with that design, it never even registered.
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    Or caring whether the lineart actually represents what's in the box.
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    BANDAI. WTF. MAKE UP YOUR FREAKIN' MINDS ALREADY. Are we really doing this level of insane BS now?? Are you going to backtrack and make everyone rebuy everything again just to get white landing gear? Seriously, I'm getting at least two of these just so I have a spare set of white gear for my Roy. At least with the HMRs the gear have always been removable anyway, so they're easy to redo, but my brain hurts.
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    Make sure to check your fast packs as well, that's what they borked on the VF-1A long ago.
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    Please, PLEASE be the color in the actual promotional poster.. for crying out loud, this entire color mess is just incomprehensibly stoopid.
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    See, that's all fine when talking about non-transforming mecha.. but that scale just isn't big enough to do Macross kits any justice. All you wind up with is all of the major compromises in this kit, and a kit that doesn't really scale well with any other modern series of Macross kits that exist. Comparing my HM VF-19S with an ancient 1/100 HG Gundam kit doesn't feel too bad of a size comparison, but the VF-19S feels a lot more spindly, while the Gundam has some bulk to it. It just doesn't feel like it makes any sense to make the kit this small, unless they're banking on nostalgia for the older Macross kits in the same size range. All of their more recent kits from Frontier and Delta have all been in 1/72. This comes off feeling like they gave up on making an HMR YF-19, and decided to make it a kit with parts swapping instead... and if they DO come out with an HMR YF-19, it's just going to destroy this kit's sales.
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    I just wish Bandai would make up it's freakin' mind, and pick a scale already. They made so many 1/72 kits, and now they're just going "Nah, we like 1/100 now." Sheeeeeeeesh. They haven't figured out that "1/100" being a "good" scale is entirely dependent on the size of the subject. Valks are pretty tiny compared to Gundams, and you're not going to be able to even come close to the amount of detail in an HG Gundam kit at that scale, especially if you expect the thing to transform.
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    I kind of.. don't mind it? But it reminds me a lot of the Messer-painted VF-1S release. Interesting scheme that absolutely does not fit the lines of the VF-0. Painting decorations that mimic natural panel line divisions on the VF-1 is.. weird. I would have just left the whole nose white instead of adding the dumb imitation VF-1 stripe, because it just looks silly having the hips above the nosecone, when the natural dividing line is in a more aesthetically pleasing spot anyhow.
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    Yeah, nothing here either, but I'm in no rush at all. If they come through, great, if not, I'm not counting it as any huge loss. Maybe reception in Japan has been tepid enough that Bandai are re-thinking their approach.
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    Mostly it's that I just don't play console games anymore. This is one of those rare remasters that makes me want to jump on it, but it's entirely for nostalgia, and I don't have a ton of interest in anything else. I know there are definitely plenty of good ones to pick up if I do get one, I'm just not sure I would make the time to play them. I've got too many hobbies already. I thought I'd do that with a 3DS years ago, and grabbed the Ocarina of Time and Starfox 64 updates.. and then it just gathered dust while I did stuff on the computer.
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    Yeah, I definitely don't expect that to be ever done for the Switch. For context, I still have an old Gamecube-compatible Wii that I'd play it on.
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    Yeah, none of the "guns" for the Wii ever worked that well. I don't think it ever got enough traction with the FPS market to really get anyone invested enough in improving the situation. I'd be happy with a DIY kit, and I've seriously considered just hacking up a wii remote and making this myself. All it needs is the sensor angled down about 30 degrees. This would solve all of the issues I ever had with playing Prime 3. Honestly, I never understood why it wasn't designed this way in the first place. They would have been a whole lot better off just using TNG phasers as a pattern. No one wants to sit with their wrist overextended to aim directly at the screen for a long period of time.
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    I'm not even worried about getting something new, I'm just tempted to hack up an original Wii-mote and transfer the components into a controller body more conducive to FPS games. I'd gladly play the entire Prime trilogy that way if the controller didn't have me speed-running carpal tunnel. Good point about the console though, and yeah, I might hunt for a good deal on the OLED Switch. I'm just struggling to justify it for one or two games.
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    I'm seriously considering a Switch at this point, though I might wait and see what the next upgrade is for it. I've almost completely abandoned consoles at this point. What I suspect is going on with the Prime re-releases though is that they're building the re-masters in the same engine they're prepping for Prime 4. If that's the case, I wouldn't expect the other two games to look any worse than the first game's remaster.. though remastering three games' worth of assets is a steep task. Personally though, I think I would actually really like to play Prime 3 without the motion controls. I loved 1 and 2, and I have the Prime Trilogy for the Wii, but I'll say one thing about playing Prime 3: No other game has ever made my hand hurt that much. It's not that the controls are particularly bad, the aiming with the Wii remote was great.. but the Wii controller is NOT a shooter peripheral. The angle I had to hold my wrist at to consistently aim at a screen at eye-level was miserable to hold for long play sessions. I would have loved to play all of those games with motion controls, but only if I could use a customized/rebuilt wii-mote with an angled sensor so I could aim naturally. For better or worse, the motion controls for the Switch aren't up to the task though. Without the sensor bar for precise tracking, people are saying they just can't aim well enough to be useful.
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    I'm not really even entertaining the notion of leaving this transformable, I kind of just want a 1/100-ish YF-19 kit to build and swoosh around my desk. I might glue it permanently in fighter mode, and scratch build a passable crotch section to replace the grey block they used. What actually strikes me in a weird way is how much it reminds me of the old 1/72 Yamato YF-19. Proportions are much better, but maybe it's the shape of the tails and the color of the plastic?
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    So I forget the exact chain of links that led me here.. I'm browsing their channel, and am completely blown away. They have a real talent for blending genres, and have a really wide range of tracks they've done, including a nightclub-esque "Aimo", and a jazzy "Seikan Hikou" that's begging for animation of Ranka tap-dancing in a top hat with a cane. Seriously, everything from Haruhi, Clannad, and Trigun, to Sailor Moon, Galaxy Express 999, Attack on Titan, Evangelion, Nausicaa, Totoro, DBZ.. I'm making a massive playlist at the moment. I never thought I needed a Rat Pack remix of End of Evangelion, but here we are. .. And I just found THIS. The top comment on their "Real Folk Blues" cover made my day though.
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    My "game-related" shelf is growing a bit, and soon my little Ace Combat kits will have company. These both technically need some glue, and a lot of painting to look finished, but I'm actually really enjoying the quick snap-together build-ups. Well.. I say "quick," but these kits are built like multi-colored jigsaw puzzles, especially the Raiden. It's a fun challenge to try building them without looking at the instructions. The Vic Viper is actually holding together completely unglued, which doesn't seem like it should be possible, but these kits are molded incredibly precisely, and those red control surfaces are held on completely by friction on absolutely microscopic pegs. The Raiden's did need a little dab of cement to stay in place though.
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    After my last experience with DHL, I'm never using them again. They work great when you're around at delivery time, but heaven help you if you have to reschedule a delivery, because they are absolutely incapable of communicating anything about your package to you.
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    Woo, got a spare for extra fast packs
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    I'm actually really curious, because I'm seeing a fair amount of unexpected positive feedback on season 3. I'm not going to rush to see it, but I'm actually just happy to see people celebrating something they're enjoying.
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