Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.

[sqidd]

18 minutes ago, vladykins said:

Finally got a Sentinel Stick ride armor:

Wow, that Beagle has changed colors. It took me a minute to figure out what it was.

[sharky]

14 hours ago, sh9000 said:

 

1/18 Lamborghini Reventon.

Is it that time of year again where Costco is getting the 1/18 diecast?  Did you see any Ferrari's?

Edited September 11, 2020 by sharky

[sh9000]

5 hours ago, sharky said:

Is it that time of year again where Costco is getting the 1/18 diecast?  Did you see any Ferrari's?

Yeah it seems to be always in early September.  I only saw a 488 GTB but they probably have more in the back.

Hot Wheels.  An epic 1/64 scale Team Transport would be KITT and a FLAG Semi.

Got a few regular 1/18 scale cars for my civilian or thug figures to go with my 1/18 scale KITT and Michael Knight.

[DYRL VF-1S]

Picked up the OG 1A on YJ awhile ago. Finally pulled him out. 

[ErikElvis]

I’d like a 1/55 chunk in my collection. What are the more reasonable ones to buy boxed with supers?

[sqidd]

1 hour ago, ErikElvis said:

I’d like a 1/55 chunk in my collection. What are the more reasonable ones to buy boxed with supers?

This is one of the 2001 re-issues. It's going to be the best quality at the lowest cost.

You don't want this one. It's the 1990 re-issue/re-tooling and they're junky.

There is a 1A Super Hikaru and 1A Super Max in the 2001 re-issue batch. They are rarer and generally more expensive than the Focker (which is sold as a Hikaru)

This is the 1982 Takatoku. Generally big bucks.

If you want something really special get the 1984 Bandai VF-1S Strike Hikaru. It's the only one that came with strike parts. Big bucks.

 

Edited September 13, 2020 by sqidd

[vladykins]

10 hours ago, sqidd said:

This is one of the 2001 re-issues. It's going to be the best quality at the lowest cost.

You don't want this one. It's the 1990 re-issue/re-tooling and they're junky.

 

Just picked this up from the Jungle a few months ago for 11,000. Still amazed at that price.

 

[DYRL VF-1S]

11 hours ago, ErikElvis said:

I’d like a 1/55 chunk in my collection. What are the more reasonable ones to buy boxed with supers?

Yup! What the others said above. Generally, the reissues are anywhere from $100-$200. I got all of my reissues for less than $200 if memory serves correct. And reissues have mostly tampo with only a few stickers to apply if wanted. The 2008 reissues (Origin of Valkyrie) have Gray tint to the plastic so you worry less about yellowing. You can see it in my pic above.

Edited September 13, 2020 by DYRL VF-1S

[sqidd]

6 minutes ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

Yup! What the others said above. Generally, the reissues are anywhere from $100-$200. I got all of my reissues for less than $200 if memory serves correct. And reissues have mostly tampo with only a few stickers to apply if wanted. The 2008 reissues (Origin of Valkyrie) have Gray tint to the plastic so you worry less about yellowing. You can see it in my pic above.

The ones without Supers.

[sqidd]

31 minutes ago, vladykins said:

Just picked this up from the Jungle a few months ago for 11,000. Still amazed at that price.

 

11.000 shipped?

[DYRL VF-1S]

1 hour ago, sqidd said:

The ones without Supers.

I looked back at my history and got all of mine for under $200 before shipped (including Supers but excluding Max 1J which was just over $200).

[vladykins]

1 hour ago, sqidd said:

11.000 shipped?

Nah, it was 11,000 unshipped and then sat for awhile until I decided to DHL all the stuff I had loaded up there (that, the Yamato 1A low vis, and three HMRs sets).

[Slave IV]

On 9/10/2020 at 8:58 PM, sh9000 said:

Jada Nano and Matchbox.

1/18 Lamborghini Reventon.

Marvel Legends.

Where is that destroyed Sentinel from? Looks kinda like the old Toy Biz base that came with Megneto but not quite the same. 

[sqidd]

2 hours ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

I looked back at my history and got all of mine for under $200 before shipped (including Supers but excluding Max 1J which was just over $200).

Man, good hunting!

[sh9000]

1 hour ago, Slave IV said:

Where is that destroyed Sentinel from? Looks kinda like the old Toy Biz base that came with Megneto but not quite the same. 

It is the one that came with Magneto.

[Slave IV]

1 hour ago, sh9000 said:

It is the one that came with Magneto.

OK cool! I guess I usually look at it from a different angle.

My latest purchase: a glass cabinet to display the family “LEGO” builds. 
 

Edited September 13, 2020 by Slave IV

[DYRL VF-1S]

5 hours ago, sqidd said:

Man, good hunting!

 

 

4 hours ago, Slave IV said:

OK cool! I guess I usually look at it from a different angle.

My latest purchase: a glass cabinet to display the family “LEGO” builds. 
 

My kiddo said, “That is an awesome LEGO set.”

[Slave IV]

1 hour ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

 

 

My kiddo said, “That is an awesome LEGO set.”

The Castle Grayskull? Yeah, it’s pretty sweet. Better than the main toy sets imo. Ironically, it’s the biggest building block set I’ve ever opened and put together and it’s not even “LEGO”. I do have a bunch of even bigger LEGO sets that have been sitting around in storage though. 
 

Edit: I take that back about “a bunch of even bigger LEGO sets”. I just checked and most LEGO sets I have still have lower parts count. Grayskull does include a lot of tiny bricks for the tops and some side parts but the only LEGO set I have that clearly surpasses it in parts count is the UCS MF. 

Edited September 14, 2020 by Slave IV

[sqidd]

10 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

The Castle Grayskull? Yeah, it’s pretty sweet. Better than the main toy sets imo. Ironically, it’s the biggest building block set I’ve ever opened and put together and it’s not even “LEGO”. I do have a bunch of even bigger LEGO sets that have been sitting around in storage though. 
 

Edit: I take that back about “a bunch of even bigger LEGO sets”. I just checked and most LEGO sets I have still have lower parts count. Grayskull does include a lot of tiny bricks for the tops and some side parts but the only LEGO set I have that clearly surpasses it in parts count is the UCS MF. 

I built this 7541pc monster. Also the last thing I built. It broke me.

 

[Slave IV]

20 minutes ago, sqidd said:

I built this 7541pc monster. Also the last thing I built. It broke me.

 

Haha yeah. I have no idea wtf I’m going to do with it yet so I’m leaving it in the box for now. 

[anubis20]

 

[vladykins]

My Sentinel legioss from BBTS *finally* arrived.

[CrossAir]

No toy today, just something to read...uh... pictures to watch 

[sh9000]

Matchbox and Hot Wheels.

[sh9000]

AFC 1/100 F/A-18C Blue Angels x2.

1/18 Bugatti Divo.

2 more cars to go with my 1/18 KITT.

[Chronocidal]

Darnit.. I've lost track of the 1/100 fighter releases in the pandemic, and I would have loved to pick up that hornet... although, the paint on the cover looks a little derpy on the yellow band around the canopy.

Anywhere it's still available?

Edited September 15, 2020 by Chronocidal

[vladykins]

Just bought this Bandai reissue chonky for a good deal:

 

And now it is hanging with some of my other chonkys:

 

You can just barely see the legs of my CF brownie between the 1S and 1J.

 

 

[PsYcHoDyNaMiX]

My mb eva 2020 and nx figures arrived from bluefin today.

[sh9000]

10 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

Darnit.. I've lost track of the 1/100 fighter releases in the pandemic, and I would have loved to pick up that hornet... although, the paint on the cover looks a little derpy on the yellow band around the canopy.

Anywhere it's still available?

It’s available on this site but I’ve never ordered from them before.

http://www.bmshop.jp/cgi-bin/bms/item.cgi?item_id=airfighter_61&ctg_id=airfighter&page=1

CDJapan might have it available through proxy.

[Slave IV]

Got Beach Head and gave him some proper weapons. 

 

He thinks this one suits him best:

 

Edited September 15, 2020 by Slave IV

[borgified]

10 hours ago, vladykins said:

Just bought this Bandai reissue chonky for a good deal:

 

And now it is hanging with some of my other chonkys:

You can just barely see the legs of my CF brownie between the 1S and 1J.

Here's another question for you.

As you well know that heat and lack of ventilation might cause your Chunkies to discolour, are you going to keep it there or move it to a proper display case? 

[sqidd]

Fewture Ex Gokin Mazinger Go Nagai 40^th Anniversary Edition

I’ve been hunting one of these down forever! They’re really hard to find because their boxes don’t look any different than the standard paint. Most sellers don’t know what they have. Or don’t have. I actually ended up with two by mistake.

I love the coloring on this one! To be fair I love the coloring on the standard paint version too. I do love this one a wee bit better though.

Last pic is the standard color

Sorry for the crappy potato cam pics

 

 

 

Edited September 16, 2020 by sqidd

[vladykins]

11 hours ago, borgified said:

Here's another question for you.

As you well know that heat and lack of ventilation might cause your Chunkies to discolour, are you going to keep it there or move it to a proper display case? 

I mostly just display on shelves around my room- my chunkys up there have never had an issue up on that shelf (even the Jetfire is pristine there). We do keep the temp down in the house- most of my things that have yellowed tended to have gotten a little bit of indirect sun (which some room darkening shades have made a big difference on since then). I also swapped out my old CFLs I had in there which rarely got turned on but rarely is enough. 

 

 

[sh9000]

Hot Wheels Star Wars Cloud Car.

[sqidd]

Fewture Mazinger 1901

I have been searching for the Scrander for this dude for a year and finally got it. You have to get a box set with other figures to get it. And it’s not easy to figure out what box set has it in either. Figuring that out was the biggest hurdle.

The toy is kinda junky. It certainly doesn’t win any playability/posing awards. And fitting some of the stuff together took some time with a pin drill to get the holes just right. And it’s always about a heavy couch away from falling over (I haven’t gone at it with the KiKi yet though). Buuuuuuuttttttt, this is by far one of my favorite toy designs athletically. I’m a sucker for Mazingers, wings and steam punk. So, it ticks all the boxes for me. I love it!