Sildani Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Ordered. By August things should have calmed down for me to afford it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Ordered. By August things should have calmed down for me to afford it. hopefully you get kaki back as well as this vf-27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Buy two! I may yet order a second Tempting but I hardly have space for the one. I'm extremely limited now, not sure I can justify double dipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzmaLee74 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Bought! No preorder madness! Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Just grabbed one, no reason to double dip with the dual heads included. If they sell the super packs separately I'll pick up a set later, but otherwise I'm ok with just one super. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loop Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I still have not created an order for this, and I am usually a day 1 pre-order guy. I have a dilemma.. I am trying to figure out if I really want 3 of these. I was thinking a squad of 3 for this release, they could look really bad ass on display. I will keep mulling over it I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offswitch Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I still have not created an order for this, and I am usually a day 1 pre-order guy. I have a dilemma.. I am trying to figure out if I really want 3 of these. I was thinking a squad of 3 for this release, they could look really bad ass on display. I will keep mulling over it I guess. Man, I wish I could get 3 of these! Only pre-ordered 1.... but guess I should consider myself lucky that I can even afford that (considering these are toys) You gotta get 3 now, Loop!!!... Just so I can live vicariously through you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loop Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Yeah I already did, while I was surfing I decided I needed to form a squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offswitch Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Yeah I already did, while I was surfing I decided I needed to form a squad. Nice! That's gonna be one awesome squadron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shukenzero Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Yeah I already did, while I was surfing I decided I needed to form a squad. When I have as much money as you I'll make three squadrons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loop Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Lol, I really only want one of each squad if I can get them. It all started with the 1/60 V2's, I noticed as I was building up my collection that the best shelves in my cases were always the ones of squads in formation. So at this point in time, if a release comes out and it makes sense, I form a squad. If I really like something, then I might purchase 2 if it's a one off type release that does not belong to a squad. I am not a rich man by any means, but Macross is my main hobby and I don't spend a lot of money on many other hobbies so I tend to save money for Macross toys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 and I don't spend a lot of money on many other hobbies so I tend to save money for Macross toys. hard to believe seeing you have almost whole metal build lineup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shukenzero Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 hard to believe seeing you have almost whole metal build lineup Pwned! Hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loop Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I didn't think I was missing any of the Metal Builds.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 i rest my case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loop Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 But your case fails to show that I did not buy all of this stuff at the same time. I see a rich individual being able to buy these all at once, but not me. It took quite a long time for me to build up my collection. Anyways time to get out of my wallet fellas I just hope this release is safe and they don't change anything, like the plastic they use or change the tolerances for the worse. I always wanted the CF VF-27, even more than the Brera version but I could not back when it was released as I was scared to own any of the old V1 stuff. Not saying that the V1.5 is that much better, but I do prefer the looks over all better than the V1.5. And how could you not buy a release that has both heads, it's so funny how much everyone has mentioned doing this in the past. I always believed it would never happen based on the toy makers financial greed. Bandai of all companies proved me wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechaninac Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I caved and preordered one as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shukenzero Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 But your case fails to show that I did not buy all of this stuff at the same time. I see a rich individual being able to buy these all at once, but not me. It took quite a long time for me to build up my collection. Anyways time to get out of my wallet fellas I just hope this release is safe and they don't change anything, like the plastic they use or change the tolerances for the worse. I always wanted the CF VF-27, even more than the Brera version but I could not back when it was released as I was scared to own any of the old V1 stuff. Not saying that the V1.5 is that much better, but I do prefer the looks over all better than the V1.5. And how could you not buy a release that has both heads, it's so funny how much everyone has mentioned doing this in the past. I always believed it would never happen based on the toy makers financial greed. Bandai of all companies proved me wrong. I wonder if they'll then rerelease all of Frontier's Valks in the 30's matte finish, along with a few tweaks here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 It is much easier to alter a mold from a textured matte finish, to a smooth glossy one, than vice-versa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shukenzero Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Why is that exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Would texturing be a sand blast and smoothing be a good buff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakken85 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 So happy I don't collect frontier haha. They are churning these things out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaajin Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 So happy I don't collect frontier haha. They are churning these things out. same here, lucky us! but I wish Arcadia is as agressive as Bandai...(where are my VF-1D, VT-1, VE-1 !!) -sigh- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 So happy I don't collect frontier haha. They are churning these things out. awww come on! the Frontier stuff rocks! well.. most of it does anyways.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechapilot77 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Would texturing be a sand blast and smoothing be a good buff? depends on the texture...some deeper textures (not sure if this applies to these toys) are actually done by adding laser etched plates to the mold. the mold would have to be designed to acoomodate such a plate though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakken85 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 awww come on! the Frontier stuff rocks! well.. most of it does anyways.. I plan on keeping my prophecy at least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calubin_175 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 One limitation of the Macross toy line and even the franchise is that there is too much emphasis on the personalised VFs which is reflected in toys as well. There are hardly any CF or anonymous versions where you could imagine any character to be piloting it. The best thing was the unpainted Yamato 1.60 VF-1 v2 kit which could even be painted in purple to reflect the player's unit in PS2 SDF Macross. Custom squad building could only be done with the brown VF-1, 25 and green 27. There is also the elusive brown VF-1J Obviously the VF-25F, G and RVF-25 and S are personalised and almost one of a kind variants as they were still in operational testing stage. Then again, as Macross works are historical fiction within a fictional universe, Alto and co may not even have existed. I just make my VF-25F piloted by Gilliam instead of Alto. So buying 2 to 3 identical colour standard colour VFs would be a great idea for display. After all, mass produced units aren't mass produced unless you could display more than 1 of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfinkel Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I cracked, love the new head. I am surprised as well that they included both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I had the idea that Bandai could also include two versions of tail fins but after I checked my Super VF-27 I noticed that the fins are pinned in so it is hard to change. I guess they will just include stickers. It would be cool if they include dry transfer decals instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derex3592 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Ordered! As someone who only very recently watched and got into Frontier and collecting the Frontier Valks, I'm loving them so far! I like the 27's...they just look...wicked somehow. I can only imagine a dark grey or black one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFly!! Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Ordered! As someone who only very recently watched and got into Frontier and collecting the Frontier Valks, I'm loving them so far! I like the 27's...they just look...wicked somehow. I can only imagine a dark grey or black one! When I was watching the series, I also thought that the big bad would eventually show up with a black-gray schemed VF-27! And yeah, PO'd as well. Double head for the price of one? That's a good deal any way you look at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmkjr Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) Ordered! As someone who only very recently watched and got into Frontier and collecting the Frontier Valks, I'm loving them so far! I like the 27's...they just look...wicked somehow. I can only imagine a dark grey or black one! I remember someone doing a great black ivanov custom one here. He had a custom VF-0C painted green too. I wanna say it's valhary but not too sure. Edited March 28, 2015 by wmkjr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joppewo Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 cr: TagHobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shukenzero Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Joppewo thanks for the pics! Lovely looking valk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offswitch Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Nice pics! Thanks, joppewo Looks like for that sample display model they just repainted a Brera VF-27γ - you can see the original color under the scratched paint at the wing hinge. Gotta say I'm loving that green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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