no3Ljm Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 In other words, you can't go wrong with Toy Valkyries piloted by Roy. Is that correct, guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borgified Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 @Shizuka the Cat: Arcadia's VF-1J with the GBP is getting hard to acquire these days. I could have gotten a copy upon relase day; however I've missed the boat as I've seen a listing of at 50k + yen on some auction sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) @Shizuka the Cat there is a reason why most Macross collectors keep recommending the Arcadia VF-0S to you. Once you get one in your hands, it will all make sense and I hope that happens for you while you can get one at discounted retail still. I know you'll do the right thing. Edited March 30, 2018 by Slave IV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podtastic Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 21 hours ago, Shizuka the Cat said: My mom is already pestering me... "When are you going to get married?" "When are you going to give me grandchildren?" "I'm not getting any younger." "You're not getting any younger." *sigh* Moms all have this script God bless them. Btw no interest in any Zentradi mecha? The HMR Regult? The Queadluun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti88 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 10 hours ago, no3Ljm said: In other words, you can't go wrong with Toy Valkyries piloted by Roy. Is that correct, guys? Hehe don't jinx it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shizuka the Cat Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) 49 minutes ago, seti88 said: Hehe don't jinx it... Valkyries are my first love. I have always loved fighter plane design... so much so that I ALMOST declared aero/astro as my undergraduate major, but ultimately went computer science and mathematics instead. MIT's "Unified Engineering" is a required year-long course for the aero/astro major... and has a well-earned reputation for being a tough weed-out course and a GPA-killer. *sigh* By comparison, computer science was generally an easier and more flexible major, and let me study aero/astro-related stuff like navigational computation and predictive path finding. I do like Miria's battle suit though. Klan Klang and her Pixie team too. But valkyries are so cool! They are jets... that transform. How can you beat that?! Edited March 30, 2018 by Shizuka the Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 50 minutes ago, seti88 said: Hehe don't jinx it... I'm not, Seti. As a matter of fact, there's already a member looking for one in the Wanted section. Does that mean I'm one of the enabler too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaino Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 items from anime Boston so far got the drakken for 20$ it has everything so I’m not sure if he didn’t know what he was selling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoveringCheesecake Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 After nearly a decade long hiatus: Hi-Metal R Monster Hi-Metal R Defender Hi-Metal R Spartan Hi-Metal R Glaug Hi-Metal R VF-1A Mass Production Hi-Metal R VF-1J Hikaru Hi-Metal R VF-1J Max Hi-Metal R VF-1J Miria Hi-Metal R VF-1S Roy Arcadia VF-1J Max Premium Format (originally had Miria pre-ordered as well at NY, lost preorder because I was out of town... might re-order) Going a little overboard, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shizuka the Cat Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 11 minutes ago, HoveringCheesecake said: After nearly a decade long hiatus: Hi-Metal R Monster Hi-Metal R Defender Hi-Metal R Spartan Hi-Metal R Glaug Hi-Metal R VF-1A Mass Production Hi-Metal R VF-1J Hikaru Hi-Metal R VF-1J Max Hi-Metal R VF-1J Miria Hi-Metal R VF-1S Roy Arcadia VF-1J Max Premium Format (originally had Miria pre-ordered as well at NY, lost preorder because I was out of town... might re-order) Going a little overboard, yes. *cough cough* Overboard? Nah, not at all *cough cough* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajnrig Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, zaino said: items from anime Boston so far got the drakken for 20$ it has everything so I’m not sure if he didn’t know what he was selling Dang, great deal on the Draken. That's something like 60% off the retail price BEFORE shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyCustomer Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Today's other arrival besides the three 31a's Bought on ebay for £297 inc P+P......Plus £57 extra vat (stupid damn government) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 5 minutes ago, TrickyCustomer said: Today's other arrival besides the three 31a's Bought on ebay for £297 inc P+P......Plus £57 extra vat (stupid damn government) How are the hips holding together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampeed Valkyrie Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I got my J and S type F-14s from Calibre wings in yesterday. These look really cool. And if the numbering can be believed I scored 001 of 2000 on the J type. I so hope they do a Low Viz version of this plane with the UN Spacy logos.. I'd be all over that. Next up is to add the RMS Style AIM-54s to my VF-103 F-14.. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyCustomer Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, Slave IV said: How are the hips holding together? I don't think this one will ever leave fighter mode buddy. I have a few arcadia valks now including the vf-0d, yf-19, vf-1s roy with s-parts and vf-0s (premium pre order) I have heard that the hips are weak on some of them so i don't know if i will risk the transformation. I did pick up the yamato version though for £160 so that will be the one for battroid i think. Do you have this yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyCustomer Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Stampeed Valkyrie said: I got my J and S type F-14s from Calibre wings in yesterday. These look really cool. And if the numbering can be believed I scored 001 of 2000 on the J type. I so hope they do a Low Viz version of this plane with the UN Spacy logos.. I'd be all over that. Next up is to add the RMS Style AIM-54s to my VF-103 F-14.. lol Jealous! lol No.1 is a big deal. Keep hold of it! They look stunning. i've got the S pre ordered but it says june release but hope it's out sooner! Edited March 30, 2018 by TrickyCustomer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 13 minutes ago, Stampeed Valkyrie said: I got my J and S type F-14s from Calibre wings in yesterday. These look really cool. And if the numbering can be believed I scored 001 of 2000 on the J type. I so hope they do a Low Viz version of this plane with the UN Spacy logos.. I'd be all over that. Next up is to add the RMS Style AIM-54s to my VF-103 F-14.. lol Nice score on the #1!!! Also, good idea using the AIM-54 with the VF-104! I just ordered a VF-104 myself and a bit bothered it doesn't come with the Phoenix's, accuracy or not. Needless to say, another Calibre Wings purchase is probably in my future, which is what I didn't want and they surely do want. 12 minutes ago, TrickyCustomer said: I don't think this one will ever leave fighter mode buddy. I have a few arcadia valks now including the vf-0d, yf-19, vf-1s roy with s-parts and vf-0s (premium pre order) I have heard that the hips are weak on some of them so i don't know if i will risk the transformation. I did pick up the yamato version though for £160 so that will be the one for battroid i think. Do you have this yourself? I don't have a 0A myself and the horror stories are a big reason for that. The 0S is fantastic and I also have the PF on order. I suspect, the 0A and 0D will also get PF treatment someday as well as the improvements from the 0S so I'll just wait until then to add those to my collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossAir Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 24 minutes ago, TrickyCustomer said: Today's other arrival besides the three 31a's Bought on ebay for £297 inc P+P......Plus £57 extra vat (stupid damn government) Arcadia is pricey, but the VF-0 is a beautiful Valk, so it's worth the cost . Got mine VF-0A two weeks ago, but I was lucky, got it for only 2/3 of your price - OK with no VAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shizuka the Cat Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 YAY! I have not bought a valkyrie in 20 hours! And I wrote 5 more pages for my research idea paper! I accomplished something! Just felt like celebrating! Time to browse ebay.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saburo Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Kairos has arrived, can’t wait to do studio shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanity is Optional Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Hop to it @Saburo, need to keep true to your title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saburo Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 1 hour ago, Sanity is Optional said: Hop to it @Saburo, need to keep true to your title. I'll do my best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
505thAirborne Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 41 minutes ago, Saburo said: I'll do my best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti88 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 10 hours ago, Shizuka the Cat said: Valkyries are my first love. I have always loved fighter plane design... so much so that I ALMOST declared aero/astro as my undergraduate major, but ultimately went computer science and mathematics instead. MIT's "Unified Engineering" is a required year-long course for the aero/astro major... and has a well-earned reputation for being a tough weed-out course and a GPA-killer. *sigh* By comparison, computer science was generally an easier and more flexible major, and let me study aero/astro-related stuff like navigational computation and predictive path finding. I do like Miria's battle suit though. Klan Klang and her Pixie team too. But valkyries are so cool! They are jets... that transform. How can you beat that?! Ah yes when everything goes haywire, valks will be there to pick you up Hope ur interest in aero/astro one day translates into manned shuttles and brings us to mars one day! Dont throw away that interest just because you are in a different field! btw, i get a big bang theory (the show) vibe going on here... 10 hours ago, no3Ljm said: I'm not, Seti. As a matter of fact, there's already a member looking for one in the Wanted section. Does that mean I'm one of the enabler too? You enabler? Noooooooooo....... anyway who isn't in this crack den? This is macrossworld! 1 hour ago, Saburo said: I'll do my best! Cant wait!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borgified Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 9 hours ago, TrickyCustomer said: Today's other arrival besides the three 31a's Bought on ebay for £297 inc P+P......Plus £57 extra vat (stupid damn government) I know that feeling too well.. My two separate purchases of the HMR VF-1J with the GBP and the HMR VF-2ss (Silvie) both from Manda from got dinged by CSBA upon arrival in YVR (paid roughly close to $120 CDN for both).. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyCustomer Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 1 hour ago, borgified said: I know that feeling too well.. My two separate purchases of the HMR VF-1J with the GBP and the HMR VF-2ss (Silvie) both from Manda from got dinged by CSBA upon arrival in YVR (paid roughly close to $120 CDN for both).. It's unfortunately part of the game I'm finding. Only way around is to find sellers that know how to bypass it by marking as gift or low value. On the plus side think I have finally found a 25g I was after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossAir Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 7 hours ago, TrickyCustomer said: It's unfortunately part of the game I'm finding. Only way around is to find sellers that know how to bypass it by marking as gift or low value. On the plus side think I have finally found a 25g I was after Then you're lucky, it took me 2 years to get one at a reasonable price and without paying high taxes. But was worth the wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyCustomer Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 1 hour ago, CrossAir said: Then you're lucky, it took me 2 years to get one at a reasonable price and without paying high taxes. But was worth the wait. Yeah I paid £275 all in for this one. Told them to mark it as gift as well! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossAir Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 31 minutes ago, TrickyCustomer said: Yeah I paid £275 all in for this one. Told them to mark it as gift as well! Lol At least no additional costs, eh?! A Macross collectors' life can be so hard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anubis20 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 HLJ forced me to ship this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shizuka the Cat Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Can someone recommend some display stands for the Arcadia / Yamato v2 1/60 VF-1 and VE-1, and where I can order some? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 7 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said: Can someone recommend some display stands for the Arcadia / Yamato v2 1/60 VF-1 and VE-1, and where I can order some? Thanks! Yeti stands are far and away the best stands ever. http://www.yetistand.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shizuka the Cat Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 55 minutes ago, Lolicon said: Yeti stands are far and away the best stands ever. http://www.yetistand.com Thanks. I was re-watching @jenius' review of the Arcadia 1/60 VF-1S and was amused when he said, and I quote... "You should be warned, purchasing one often leads to purchasing more than one." *sigh* Tell me about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 8 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said: Thanks. I was re-watching @jenius' review of the Arcadia 1/60 VF-1S and was amused when he said, and I quote... "You should be warned, purchasing one often leads to purchasing more than one." *sigh* Tell me about it. That's how addictive VF-1 is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyCustomer Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 12 hours ago, CrossAir said: At least no additional costs, eh?! A Macross collectors' life can be so hard... Indeed sir, from finding to buying, waiting times to extra costs, and from quality issues to storage space. All hurdles one may come across when buying valks. Still... We endure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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