spanner Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Those Robotech F-14's look pretty cool but I wish they made them in 1:60 scale.. I'd have probably picked one up otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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spanner Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) no photos but picked up two DX VF-25A from Japan to replace the two I stupidly sold off.. Open/Used but in excellent condition of course and not expensive either! I regretted selling them as I wanted to have three CF-25 on display again. Edited April 4, 2018 by spanner Uno Dos Tres Cuatro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 also picked up this model car.. 1:18 2009 Bathurst Winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convectuoso Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 9 hours ago, sh9000 said: Where did you find the MAXL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Yay new stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacemanoeuvres Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 5 minutes ago, Lolicon said: Yay new stuff! woo hoo nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shizuka the Cat Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) So... I was about to order a couple of YetiStands to display my Arcadia/Yamato v2 1/60 scale VF-1 collection, but as I was about to checkout my shopping cart, I hesitated. I thought to myself, "For the cost of these stands, I could buy another valkyrie..." ARGH! Has anyone else here ever thought that? How do you decide?! ARGH! Edited April 4, 2018 by Shizuka the Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enphily Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Lol. Every time. And i have no any stand yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 28 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said: So... I was about to order a couple of YetiStands to display my Arcadia/Yamato v2 1/60 scale VF-1 collection, but as I was about to checkout my shopping cart, I hesitated. I thought to myself, "For the cost of these stands, I could buy another valkyrie..." ARGH! Has anyone else here ever thought that? How do you decide?! ARGH! I've thought about that for sure but the stands are so good...They are an enhancement to the Valk and such good quality. Definitely worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slide Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) Just now, Shizuka the Cat said: So... I was about to order a couple of YetiStands to display my Arcadia/Yamato v2 1/60 scale VF-1 collection, but as I was about to checkout my shopping cart, I hesitated. I thought to myself, "For the cost of these stands, I could buy another valkyrie..." ARGH! Has anyone else here ever thought that? How do you decide?! ARGH! Soon you'll have to buy a Detolf to display all of your Yeti-Stands with Valks on them... then another to stuff full of HMRs... just like the rest of us! Edited April 4, 2018 by slide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 29 minutes ago, slide said: Soon you'll have to buy a Detolf to display all of your Yeti-Stands with Valks on them... then another to stuff full of HMRs... just like the rest of us! And then the moment she'll order Detolf, she will tell herself - "For that price, I can buy another HM-R Valk." Oh, the dilemma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shizuka the Cat Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 25 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: And then the moment she'll order Detolf, she will tell herself - "For that price, I can buy another HM-R Valk." Oh, the dilemma. What is a Detolf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borgified Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said: What is a Detolf? Here you go (I had to go on the Ikea.ca website for reference for this): https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/10119206/ There's actually a Ikea US (and international) website that you can go to. Edited April 4, 2018 by borgified further refined details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 While the VF-31A situation is keeping my mind busy these two distractions showed up today: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Nice pick ups Scyla! I recently sold off my VF-17 lot but it would be nice if Arcadia renewed them as they are doing with the SV-51 line.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the Yamato VF-17 mold but my collection seemed incomplete without one. Now I can have one in Fighter- and one in Battroid-Mode which is all I need. I actually prefer the Bandai VF-171 even if it has its issues. It just locks together in Fighter-Mode so much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Scyla said: Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the Yamato VF-17 mold but my collection seemed incomplete without one. Now I can have one in Fighter- and one in Battroid-Mode which is all I need. I actually prefer the Bandai VF-171 even if it has its issues. It just locks together in Fighter-Mode so much better. Yeah same here, which is why I got them for my collection. Yes they did grow on me once I had them but over time I felt that I could do just as easily without them so off they went. No regrets yet either. Yes the 171 are a mad thing! I'd also like to get a couple more CF-171 and have one in each mode! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borgified Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Scyla said: Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the Yamato VF-17 mold but my collection seemed incomplete without one. Now I can have one in Fighter- and one in Battroid-Mode which is all I need. I actually prefer the Bandai VF-171 even if it has its issues. It just locks together in Fighter-Mode so much better. 2 hours ago, spanner said: Yeah same here, which is why I got them for my collection. Yes they did grow on me once I had them but over time I felt that I could do just as easily without them so off they went. No regrets yet either. Yes the 171 are a mad thing! I'd also like to get a couple more CF-171 and have one in each mode! Glad to see that the VF-171s still have some love despite its issues and the crazy tight arm joints. Might pick up the Luca's EX as possibly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 15 hours ago, Convectuoso said: Where did you find the MAXL? From an auction. My next shipment has a B-Club 1/100 Metal Siren Battroid, Hobby Base 1/100 VF-11 MAXL Mylene Valkyrie Fighter, Wave 1/100 YF-19 Battroid, Wave 1/100 YF-21 Battroid, another HMR Armored VF-1J, and another Wave 1/100 FZ-109F Battroid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkham Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 8 hours ago, Shizuka the Cat said: So... I was about to order a couple of YetiStands to display my Arcadia/Yamato v2 1/60 scale VF-1 collection, but as I was about to checkout my shopping cart, I hesitated. I thought to myself, "For the cost of these stands, I could buy another valkyrie..." ARGH! Has anyone else here ever thought that? How do you decide?! ARGH! It's the same principle when buying Valk Armor/Super Parts. You could buy another Valk, yes. But you buy the armor anyway, why? Because what you really want is your Valks looking cool AF. Yeti Stands allows you to do that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hachi Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 12 hours ago, borgified said: Here you go (I had to go on the Ikea.ca website for reference for this): https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/10119206/ There's actually a Ikea US (and international) website that you can go to. You enablers are going to make Shizuka buy more valks to fill up that detolf! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gundam@EFSF Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Hi-Metal R 【戰鬥機械 WM Xabungle】薩奔格爾 USD 52 only in HK.... http://gundamatefsf.blogspot.hk/2018/04/hi-metal-r-wm-xabungle.html 18M? so it is exactly 1:100? 唔L識變!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 8 minutes ago, Gundam@EFSF said: Hi-Metal R 【戰鬥機械 WM Xabungle】薩奔格爾 USD 52 only in HK.... http://gundamatefsf.blogspot.hk/2018/04/hi-metal-r-wm-xabungle.html 18M? so it is exactly 1:100? 唔L識變!!! Nice Xabungle pics! Damn, I need to mess with mine some more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Slave IV said: Nice Xabungle pics! Damn, I need to mess with mine some more. Nice - now I think I want one too lol. I don't actually have much memory of watching Xabungle on TV as a kid, but do recall having a non-transformable toy when I was really small. What do you think is a reasonable (after-market) price to get one at these days, and where would you go to look? Thanks much. Edited April 5, 2018 by rdrunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, rdrunner said: Nice - now I think I want one too lol. I don't actually have much memory of watching Xabungle on TV as a kid, but do recall having a non-transformable toy when I was really small. What do you think is a reasonable (after-market) price to get one at these days, and where would you go to look? Thanks much. Original msrp was 16,200 Y and it looks like shops still offer discounts on it so I'd suggest checking any of the usual japanese online shops. here is one: https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/20271-hi-metal-r-xabungle.html Also a bunch here: https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1070300412&ref=list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, Slave IV said: Original msrp was 16,200 Y and it looks like shops still offer discounts on it so I'd suggest checking any of the usual japanese online shops. here is one: https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/20271-hi-metal-r-xabungle.html Also a bunch here: https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1070300412&ref=list Thanks very much! Interesting how N-Y seems to offer cheaper base prices compared to others, but their shipping and exchange rate markups ain't small from experience. This is probably going to be my fourth purchase as I continue to wait for my N-Y Kairos order to come through... lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanity is Optional Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Just now, rdrunner said: Thanks very much! Interesting how N-Y seems to offer cheaper base prices compared to others, but their shipping and exchange rate markups ain't small from experience. This is probably going to be my fourth purchase as I continue to wait for my N-Y Kairos order to come through... lol. Just a FYI, you can pay in Yen at NY and just eat the 3% from your credit card company instead. Saves a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 1 minute ago, rdrunner said: Thanks very much! Interesting how N-Y seems to offer cheaper base prices compared to others, but their shipping and exchange rate markups ain't small from experience. This is probably going to be my fourth purchase as I continue to wait for my N-Y Kairos order to come through... lol. NY is my goto shop because they consistently have lower prices for preorders. They markup a lot of items after release so it just depends. From my experience, their shipping is one of the lowest, along with HLJ but they also offer more options including ferry. Single item orders might be cheaper to ship at some shops but with teh NY discount, they often ship for around the same or less than other shops before adding their shipping charge. Anyways, I hope you get your 31A...I wish I got an order in on time for it at NY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 3 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said: Just a FYI, you can pay in Yen at NY and just eat the 3% from your credit card company instead. Saves a bit. Yep, you should always pay in Yen and preferably, use a credit card with no foreign transaction fee. You can potentially be saving a lot of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Slave IV said: NY is my goto shop because they consistently have lower prices for preorders. They markup a lot of items after release so it just depends. From my experience, their shipping is one of the lowest, along with HLJ but they also offer more options including ferry. Single item orders might be cheaper to ship at some shops but with teh NY discount, they often ship for around the same or less than other shops before adding their shipping charge. Anyways, I hope you get your 31A...I wish I got an order in on time for it at NY. Thanks, I hope so too. N-Y has been my go-to place for Japanese toys (mostly Macross series) and while they may have been slow to send orders in the past, I thought their packing is pretty good and have not had much trouble with them in the past. Despite this situation with the Kairos, I still think I will be ordering from them for now. Had placed a preorder for the super ostrich and now probably the Xabungle as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borgified Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 9 hours ago, hachi said: You enablers are going to make Shizuka buy more valks to fill up that detolf! Yep! Since that Shizuka was asking about Yeti stands, I think we all pushed her even more to spend $$ out of her own pocket and that she can add her collection photos into the "Macross Collection Display Thread". I think that she still needs to get at least one of the 1/48 valks sooner or later to spice up her collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shizuka the Cat Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) 32 minutes ago, borgified said: Yep! Since that Shizuka was asking about Yeti stands, I think we all pushed her even more to spend $$ out of her own pocket and that she can add her collection photos into the "Macross Collection Display Thread". I think that she still needs to get at least one of the 1/48 valks sooner or later to spice up her collection. As it is, I am already collecting Arcadia/Yamato v2 1/60, Bandai HMR, and Toynami 1/100 scale valkyries. Don't make me buy another form-factor... please!!! 1/48 scale? It's too big. It could not possibly fit. I just opened up and transformed my HMR VE-1 Elintseeker this afternoon *cough* instead of writing my research papers *cough*. I have to admit, knowing that the HMR cost 1/7 what I paid for my Yamato v2 version makes me feel far more comfortable playing with it as a toy... along with the knowledge that I ordered a second HMR last night. Edited April 5, 2018 by Shizuka the Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said: As it is, I am already collecting Arcadia/Yamato v2 1/60, Bandai HMR, and Toynami 1/100 scale valkyries. Don't make me buy another form-factor... please!!! 1/48 scale? It's too big. It could not possibly fit. I just opened up and transformed my HMR VE-1 Elintseeker this afternoon *cough* instead of writing my research papers *cough*. I have to admit, knowing that the HMR cost 1/7 what I paid for my Yamato v2 version makes me feel far more comfortable playing with it as a toy... along with the knowledge that I ordered a second HMR last night. 1/7? *does math in head* You paid around 50k yen for your Yamato version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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