Dobber Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Apparently there is a flyer in the Purple quad-deck carrier that is confirming that the 1/1000 Domelus III IS comming supposedly in July! Ourstarblazers.com Facebook has info: https://www.facebook.com/CosmoDNA?hc_location=timeline Also the latest hobby japan has some info too. http://www.taghobby.com/1-0/1-2/不斷更新-hobby-japan-2014年3月號-模型內容/ Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 73 cm, and no price tag... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Got my payment request from Ami-Ami for the GX-64, can't wait till it gets here! -Kyp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm cheng Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Lucky you! I wished it had the detail of the 1/500 model - then it would be a no-brainer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vifam7 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Got my payment request from Ami-Ami for the GX-64, can't wait till it gets here! -Kyp Lucky you! I'm waiting for HLJ to put one in my private warehouse so that I can ship it with a bunch of other stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) Lucky you! I wished it had the detail of the 1/500 model - then it would be a no-brainer. Well, it has the hangar gimmick that the 1/1000 model has, and it's prebuilt/painted w/lights, so that made it a no brainer for me. Also, the detail level on the SoC is what the animation showed most of the time anyways. For those of you who aren't getting this, "You're going to be sorry...." -Kyp Edited January 24, 2014 by Kyp Durron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobber Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 While I am disappointed by the lack of markings on it.....I DO think I will mildly regret not having this one. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) While I am disappointed by the lack of markings on it.....I DO think I will mildly regret not having this one. Chris It may wind up being a lot more than mildly, once I post my review on this vs the GX 57 and you see just how badly this is going to blow it away. For openers, the fighters are actually in scale to the ship unlike the GX-57. That, and several other important differences. -Kyp Edited January 25, 2014 by Kyp Durron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm cheng Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Please I'm dying to see your review, I'm really on the fence with this... I want it next to my Andromeda, but its hard to justify since I have the 1/350 model, but that won't get built for years - hard to justify this toy with all the classes I'm paying for my daughter though. When will your review be done? Where is it still available at a decent price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that I had it already. The review should be done this coming weekend, it just shipped out today so I should hope to have it by Friday (Or sooner!), spend that day taking pics and posting it this coming Saturday. I will be posting comparison pics between it and the GX 57, I may throw in the 1/1000 model and my 1/590 Taito Yamato Resurrection model into the mix for fun. I'm going to start taking the separate pics of my GX 57 and other models this weekend to get some of it out of the way.Believe me, I WISH I HAD THIS ALREADY, LOL. Unless this thing ends up having serious QC issues, I don't see how this won't blow the GX-57 away.Last I looked, it was still available at Ami-Ami for 20,970 JPY. I don't know of anywhere else cheaper than that, that's where I got mine. Edited January 25, 2014 by Kyp Durron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm cheng Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Yes, I saw it there for 20,970Y before shipping... tempting. I wished there was a bit more surface detail on it though. Or at least if there were some after market waterslide decals. Been a little crazy in 2013 catching up on all the Bandai renewals. I wished the stand was exactly the same as the Andromeda stand, I liked how the remote is integrated into the stand, where do you put this remote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobber Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 So is this accurately scaled, since the 2199 Yamato is larger than the original Yamato? IIRC it is the same scale as the old GX but I didn't think they actually accounted for the new length. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) While it's around the same size as the GX-57, the fighters that come with the GX-64 are accurately scaled with the GX-64 Yamato, from the pictures I've seen. Still this Yamato will be a different scale than the GX-57, since it's length is supposed to be 333 meters as opposed to 265 meters like the GX-57 was supposed to represent.So instead of 1/625, this Yamato will be a smaller scale, maybe close to the 1/590 scale that my Yamato Resurrection model is scaled at, I think.And I have no fuggin' idea where the heck that controller is supposed to fit with this new stand, I haven't seen one photo showing that. -Kyp Edited January 26, 2014 by Kyp Durron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I used the scale calculator, at 42.5 centimeters long and with the actual size being 333 meters, this is a very odd scale of 1/783. Oh well, it will go nicely with my Diamond Select TWOK refit Enterprise since it's 1/750 scale and will be close enough to get away with it. -Kyp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vifam7 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I used the scale calculator, at 42.5 centimeters long and with the actual size being 333 meters, this is a very odd scale of 1/783. Oh well, it will go nicely with my Diamond Select TWOK refit Enterprise since it's 1/750 scale and will be close enough to get away with it. -Kyp Sounds good to me. I was going to display it next to my Enterprise as well. I'm hoping to find an acrylic display case that can fit the model though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drad Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) I paid 20,050 JPY at Hobby Search. Haven't checked to see if they have any more, but they shipped mine today too. Can't wait! Edited January 26, 2014 by Drad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) I paid 20,050 JPY at Hobby Search. Haven't checked to see if they have any more, but they shipped mine today too. Can't wait! They still have some, but now it's at 23,400 yen. Ami-Ami is still the cheapest. -Kyp Edited January 26, 2014 by Kyp Durron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 It's in the country at ISC New York (USPS), so if all goes well, it might be here by Thursday if they release it quick enough. -Kyp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drad Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 It's in the country at ISC New York (USPS), so if all goes well, it might be here by Thursday if they release it quick enough. -Kyp I'm in Hawaii, so I'm hoping mine will show up fairly quickly. It left Tokyo yesterday. It's probably here and just sitting in customs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulvg Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 New here, been a lurker up until now. The Yamato 2199 Facebook page just posted this link of pictures and a short video from someone who has it in hand. Gotta say, I love the blueish, metallic paint job the upper half of the ship got. So glad it's not just plain plastic. http://worldlydesires.militaryblog.jp/e511609.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 WOW, even the spotlights on the sides of the stacks are painted. Looks fantastic, glad I got mine! Thanks for posting that. -Kyp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UN Spacy Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 MH is milking that first Yuki mold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drad Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) Wow. I really thought the GX-57 Yamato was impressive, and it is.. but this, the GX-64 goes beyond even that. I'm gonna be floored when I open up that box. Hell, even the box is nice. Edited January 28, 2014 by Drad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antibiotictab Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 MH is milking that first Yuki mold. Megahouse was obviously inspired by Banpresto's Ichiban-kuji. MH's new Yuki is "Warp Color Version." And Banpresto's translucent one is "Warp Effect Version." I saw the latter in last summer as a prototype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Bah, it's not the real deal if you can't see her nipples like in the anime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm cheng Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 For those of you who bought a GX-64, how much was shipping to NA? (Canada would even be better) - just trying to justify it ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) Payment method: PayPalShipping method: EMSShipping fee: 4560Store Credit: -81TOTAL: 25449 JPYPaid: -25449I'm in the U.S..BTW, as far as "Details", or this perceived lack thereof, this ship has the same detailing as the anime Yamato flyby that you see near the end of the intro song starting from Episode 3 onward.*EDIT* January 28, 2014 Depart USPS Sort Facility BIRMINGHAM, AL 35203 January 28, 2014 , 8:02 am Processed through USPS Sort Facility BIRMINGHAM, AL 35203 WOW, this thing will be here tomorrow!! Edited January 28, 2014 by Kyp Durron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm cheng Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Wow! $50 bucks for shipping... you baller! Good on ya, can't wait to see you pictures. You're not exactly making a good case for me... with Christmas bills, my wife's SUV needed a tow and new water pump & expansion tank, then there's swimming, gymnastics class, chinese school, acro & dance classes for my daughter all needing to be paid for the Spring session... hmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Well, to be fair, I'm single and have no kids, so that makes a HUGE difference, lol. You can always go SAL shipping, I suppose, don't know how much less that is though. Also...just remember, if the popularity of the anime is any indicator, these are going to probably get hard to find once word about these gets out from people like me who are getting them. (Assuming the reviews are mostly favorable, which I think they will be)Not to mention secondary prices are already kind of high, and I bet they will skyrocket much like the Andromeda did, once places like Ami-Ami and the others sell out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drad Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Got mine today! As far as shipping, about the same as Kyp. I guess Hawaii or Alabama doesn't matter; EMS from Japan is roughly the same price. I paid 20,050 JPY for the item and 4670 JPY for EMS. DOOOOO IIIIIIT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) So, how is it? Post pics when you can! Edited January 28, 2014 by Kyp Durron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm cheng Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Thanks... Kyp, you're not making my case for me! I want to say, "hey honey, look, they all have kids AND THEY can afford it!" Yes, I do love my Andromeda (I head off that round because I didn't like they way they rendered the fat Wave Motion Gun opening). I keep telling myself that there will be a better "renewal" version that will come out later... they really have upped the game with every Yamato release... what is this, the third or more? I love everything about this GX-64 release except when I saw the 1/500 model, I wished for that level of surface detail or the tiny white & yellow warning markings to come out for this version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) I understand you're wanting that level of detail but like I said, the level of detail the GX-64 has is what the anime showed most of the time, and is in the (what I consider "iconic") end of the intro song flyby that had been shown from Episode 3 onward.Also, you GOT to love the detailing of the ACCURATE hangar bay that they integrated into this release (No doubt using the experience they gained from the 1/1000 model), that's awesome no matter how you look at it. AND...I could be very well wrong, but it looks like this version has the lights on feature with the engines, look at that guy's review video and see how long the engines stay lit, or how the bridge lights go out when the wave motion gun powers up, just like in the anime. That's also awesome, IMO.Drad, can you confirm/deny this for us?*EDIT* BTW, that's the reason I got rid of my SoC Andromeda, I didn't like the overall sculpt either, the Marmit version was MUCH more accurate, IMO. Edited January 28, 2014 by Kyp Durron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyp Durron Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) Just watched the video again and the bridge tower lights COME BACK ON after the Wave Motion Gun fires. It might actually HAVE a LIGHTS ON feature. Translation from product description regarding the lights : - When you turn the main power first, along with the starting of the engine sound, wave engine nozzle and the bridge portion to the light-emitting state. Edited January 28, 2014 by Kyp Durron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UN Spacy Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I just don't see how it's SOOO much better than the GX-57. Am I missing something here? It's pretty much the same features with a slightly newer mold (which I do prefer). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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