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5 minutes ago, General Rasp said:

I really enjoyed 00 Gundam, I think it is one of the better alternate universes. Recently I re-watched the series and still have to get to the movie. Definitely getting the ultra blu-ray collectors edition coming out in August. 

Friendly advice. Just end your Double 00 experience with the series. Pass on the movie. Just collect the figures from it. ;) 

 

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7 minutes ago, Zx31 said:

I like most of the suit designs and characters in 00, but there's just something about the story that keeps me from really enjoying it enough to want to finish it and I can't figure out what it is.

Feel the same about Seed Destiny. Have to watch the last two movies but something keeps me on hold. <_<

41 minutes ago, General Rasp said:

I really enjoyed 00 Gundam, I think it is one of the better alternate universes. Recently I re-watched the series and still have to get to the movie. Definitely getting the ultra blu-ray collectors edition coming out in August. 

I'll give it try right away and skip the rest of Seed.  Want to see the different modes of the 00 QAN[T] in motion ;)

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49 minutes ago, CrossAir said:

Want to see the different modes of the 00 QAN[T] in motion ;)

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If you just want to see the 00 Qan[T], just watch the last 20 minutes (or less the Qan[T] is featured in) of the movie. :rolleyes:

 

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2 hours ago, no3Ljm said:
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If you just want to see the 00 Qan[T], just watch the last 20 minutes (or less the Qan[T] is featured in) of the movie. :rolleyes:

 

Thanks for the suggestion but I think I gonna take the hard way and watch the entire show. After five episodes I'm still in ^_^

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4 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Friendly advice. Just end your Double 00 experience with the series. Pass on the movie. Just collect the figures from it. ;) 

 

I don't think we'll be done with 00 yet. There's a planned sequel announced for 00 though no specific details yet (like if it will be movie, ova, or series).

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2 hours ago, Kicker773 said:

Some good prices on Macross stuff on eBay right now that someone has listed. If I didn’t have them already I would jump on it. 

Not sure if I'm glad that I saw this or not. Found what I was looking for, but I wasn't planning to spend more money this month. 

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5 hours ago, CrossAir said:

Feel the same about Seed Destiny. Have to watch the last two movies but something keeps me on hold. <_<

I'll give it try right away and skip the rest of Seed.  Want to see the different modes of the 00 QAN[T] in motion ;)

Shin Asuka from Seed D is probably the most hated protagonist in a Gundam Series. 

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3 hours ago, Black Valkyrie said:

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Nice Marvel Legends haul.  I passed on Nebula that was clearanced for $4 but I’ll eventually get her for a discount.

1 hour ago, Kicker773 said:

Search Macross on eBay, newest listed. 

Nice prices.  

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Here at the theater for Deadpool 2 and they gave out a free little Deadpool figure. :good: 

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6 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

Nice Marvel Legends haul.  I passed on Nebula that was clearanced for $4 but I’ll eventually get her for a discount.

Nice prices.  

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Here at the theater for Deadpool 2 and they gave out a free little Deadpool figure. :good: 

Oh nice! Forgot that was out today but don't think I could bring my kids to that one. 

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YAY!  I found a faculty member willing to sponsor my proposed dissertation research topic idea!  So excited... I might actually be able to graduate in 2 years!

To celebrate... I kind of ordered a Yamato 1/60 VF-11B.

See... it was not a frivolous purchase... it was a one=time, celebratory purchase. I had a justifiable excuse... really! Why doesn't anyone believe me?!

Oh yeah... my HMR Hikaru VF-1A arrived today. I could not get the leg armor parts to attach initially. Realized it was due to them having attached the back plate to the side leg armor piece in reverse. So I removed, swapped, reversed, and re-attached the back plate for both legs. Kind of surprised how Bandai is doing some sloppy work with this release.

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Also... for some reason, when I look at my HMRs, I feel a bit Jewish. It's like a minora made of Valkyries and Tamashii stands.

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35 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

Oh yeah... my HMR Hikaru VF-1A arrived today. I could not get the leg armor parts to attach initially. Realized it was due to them having attached the back plate to the side leg armor piece in reverse. So I removed, swapped, reversed, and re-attached the back plate for both legs. Kind of surprised how Bandai is doing some sloppy work with this release.

You're the fourth (or fifth?) person that has mentioned the HMR VF-1a Supers.. :mellow:  

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57 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

YAY!  I found a faculty member willing to sponsor my proposed dissertation research topic idea!  So excited... I might actually be able to graduate in 2 years!

To celebrate... I kind of ordered a Yamato 1/60 VF-11B.

See... it was not a frivolous purchase... it was a one=time, celebratory purchase. I had a justifiable excuse... really! Why doesn't anyone believe me?!

Oh yeah... my HMR Hikaru VF-1A arrived today. I could not get the leg armor parts to attach initially. Realized it was due to them having attached the back plate to the side leg armor piece in reverse. So I removed, swapped, reversed, and re-attached the back plate for both legs. Kind of surprised how Bandai is doing some sloppy work with this release.

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Also... for some reason, when I look at my HMRs, I feel a bit Jewish. It's like a minora made of Valkyries and Tamashii stands.

Wow you are on a roll girl. For me, im just hopping arcadia reissues these and hopefully with fixes and tampo printing or bandai could up the game with by releasing their own vers

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Just received an order from Mandarake (YF-29 Ozma), and found out that the valk is missing one of the intake covers (it was supposed to be unused, but opened, with no mention of any missing parts). I have another used YF-29 coming that I think can provide the spare cover if I need, but am still cheesed off about getting a flawed item. 

Has anyone had any similar issues with Mandarake in the past and were you able to get to a resolution with them?  I'd love to know.  Thanks!

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That’s a shame, I’ve never had an issue with missing/damaged pieces from mandarake. Though I’m not sure that I’ve bought anything that was opened. I try to stick to the “not opened, package damaged” items. 

Unfortunately they’re items are sold “as is”. You may want to contact them anyway. Maybe they will make an accommodation. 

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6 minutes ago, spacemanoeuvres said:

That’s a shame, I’ve never had an issue with missing/damaged pieces from mandarake. Though I’m not sure that I’ve bought anything that was opened. I try to stick to the “not opened, package damaged” items. 

Unfortunately they’re items are sold “as is”. You may want to contact them anyway. Maybe they will make an accommodation. 

Yeah there's always going to be a small risk that this might happen with "opened box" purchases.  I wrote back with the hope that they might address the issue, but I won't be surprised if they stick with the "as is" clause anyway.  Hoping that they'll recognize this and give me some "goodwill" considering the amount of purchases I've made over the last few weeks...:(

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On 5/17/2018 at 2:56 PM, CrossAir said:

Thanks for the suggestion but I think I gonna take the hard way and watch the entire show. After five episodes I'm still in ^_^

23 hours ago, pafy6285 said:

I don't think we'll be done with 00 yet. There's a planned sequel announced for 00 though no specific details yet (like if it will be movie, ova, or series).

Don't get me wrong. I love the 00 series -- the series and not a big fan of the movie. But I'm a big fan of the mechas featured in the movie. ;) 

22 hours ago, rdrunner said:

Seconded - the movie was a bit of a let down. The mech designs were ok. 

Agreed. ;)

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Valkyrie Factory, actually. Look ‘em up. They sell knockoffs of old Yamato bits and pieces like those transparent Super part covers. They may have Arcadia VF-1 copies too, can’t remember. Quality is... ok, I guess? 

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1 minute ago, Sildani said:

Valkyrie Factory, actually. Look ‘em up. They sell knockoffs of old Yamato bits and pieces like those transparent Super part covers. They may have Arcadia VF-1 copies too, can’t remember. Quality is... ok, I guess? 

Thanks, yes that’s right. It’s the KO version of the super strike parts set that someone had talked about in the other thread. The only difference is that mine came with the clear parts. Quality is ok but this is really meant to be an extra set for my VF-1A and I won’t feel bad about putting the Kite logo on the boosters. 

FWIW these aren’t that cheap compared to the super parts set in the market if you have the patience to wait for the right price. I was merely curious about the quality of these and wanted them for the clear parts. 

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1 hour ago, borgified said:

@rdrunner: I'm thinking that Manda would give a discount on your next purchase specifically for that location only.

Thanks @borgified, that would be a good outcome, but I guess we’ll see. It won’t be long before I buy something from them again I’m sure. Ordered a set of Alto super parts from them but they were out of stock... :(

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Just grabbed this from eBay - it was 40 miles away from me the whole time!

I'm very pleased - I like the design and the transformation. I finally have a use for the Nightmare Plus Super parts I bought months ago too!

One of the few Valkyries a certain Feline doesn’t own yet too.

I like it a lot. Off to get a Yetistand adapter for it though since the one that comes with it is a bulky eyesore. 

 

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