Shizuka the Cat Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) Release date: April 30, 2019 Price: 25.800 yen Edited January 23, 2019 by Shizuka the Cat
no3Ljm Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) First! Arcadia: http://arcadia.ac/products/detail.php?product_id=274 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.jp/超時空要塞マクロス-愛・おぼえていますか-エリントシーカー-Premium-Finish/dp/B07MZ68RY9/ Nippon-Yasan: https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/27278-macross-1-60-kanzen-henkei-ve-1-elintseeker-premium-finish.html Edited January 24, 2019 by no3Ljm
Alex GS Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 I'm still scratching my head how this was announced out of nowhere absolutely 100% totally unexpected, not sure if Arcadia want's to steal some of the momentum Bandai has with the recent Macross figures. Now how about a surprising announcement of the YF 21 PF in the next following months Arcadia?
no3Ljm Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, Alex GS said: Now how about a surprising announcement of the YF 21 PF in the next following months Arcadia? If it's a 'new' YF-21, I'm IN.
jenius Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 As to the surprising nature, I'm guessing they don't want to steal the spotlight away from their SV-51 at winter WF.
Corrinald Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 Wonder how long before it shows up at other stores for pre-order. The sudden announcement of this figure pleases me; I have been getting blown out of the water on Yamato VE-1 auctions for awhile now.
Lolicon Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 Ah glad to see it's a general release and not a web exclusive. Got one from Amazon. Love the fast, cheap shipping. And don't forget that Amazon will price match.
treatment Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 34 minutes ago, Lolicon said: Ah glad to see it's a general release and not a web exclusive. Got one from Amazon. Love the fast, cheap shipping. And don't forget that Amazon will price match. Not quite sure, but I believe this is the first ever PF offered by amz-jp direct? Don't recall ever seeing any of the previous PFs from other than the usual marketplace/3rd-party scalpers sellers over at amz-jp.
jenius Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 It appears to be the first regular release of the PF rather than web exclusive.
treatment Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 It'll be really interesting tonite when the regular japan-shops opens up their respective po-pages to find out how much (if any) discounts each will be offering for it. Hope it'll be significant enough to get amz-jp to knock down their current offering from the MSRP-level.
Firefox Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 Other than more tampo printings, what else to qualify as 'premium'? Bandai has been doing the tampo printings for no frills
wmkjr Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 Up on Arcadia's site now: http://arcadia.ac/products/detail.php?product_id=274
neoexcaliber Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 It's up at NY as well. https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/27278-macross-1-60-kanzen-henkei-ve-1-elintseeker-premium-finish.html
MikeRoz Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 Thanks for the link. Looks like 980 yen cheaper shipped to me, despite the lower starting price on N-Y.
505thAirborne Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 This is great news! Now not to jump the gun but does that mean that a VT-1 might be coming as well....?
Sanity is Optional Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 Ha, difference between Amazon w/ DHL and NY with EMS? NY is ¥60 cheaper. I think I'll stick with Amazon.
no3Ljm Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Sildani said: A worse box. Oh. So. True. 14 minutes ago, 505thAirborne said: This is great news! Now not to jump the gun but does that mean that a VT-1 might be coming as well....? I have a feeling that would be the case since Arcadia's reissuing the expensive VF-1 Valks in secondary market. Edited January 24, 2019 by no3Ljm
RIBFIR Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 Fantastic news! I was so close to picking up the yamato version off ebay just a few days ago.
no3Ljm Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, RIBFIR said: Fantastic news! I was so close to picking up the yamato version off ebay just a few days ago. You're not getting the $1100+ one, right? For that price, you can get 5 Premium Finish version.
F360 Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 14 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said: Ha, difference between Amazon w/ DHL and NY with EMS? NY is ¥60 cheaper. I think I'll stick with Amazon. N-y is 27980 with EMS shipping, it's 980 yen MORE than Amazon.
davidwhangchoi Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 this is horrible, i don't want my missile pylons falling off and want to put skull stickers on my fast packs. why would arcadia make this premium edition cheaper priced? not a great idea
505thAirborne Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 40 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: I have a feeling that would be the case since Arcadia's reissuing the expensive VF-1 Valks in secondary market.
brouken Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 Yaaaay! Finally! I'm so glad I held out from buying the HMR Elintseeker! Locked and loaded at NY! Great time to be an Elint fan, what with Chuck's VF-31E's pre-order coming around the corner! Now release the 1/60 VT-1 Super Ostrich too Arcadia!
anime52k8 Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 I don't really want to buy a $250 VE-1 when I already have one from the Yamato days, but the one I have is broken and I'd like to replace it.
Lolicon Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 Some Yamato display stands for your shiny new VE-1. https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1104920023&ref=list&keyword=マクロス https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1060501285&ref=list&keyword=マクロス
jenius Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 but Arcadia is teasing improved versions of those also....
brouken Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 (edited) I'm assuming that along with the premium finish, this Elintseeker will come with all of the latest improvements? I.e. the better engineered shoulders, et al? Wouldn't mind getting a cheaper non-premium version either, but if this is all they got, I'm still getting it. I waited way too long for this to be re-released. Edited January 24, 2019 by brouken
jenius Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 The shoulders never needed to be engineered, Yamato blamed the fragile shoulders on certain releases on a manufacturing flaw (everybody blames the factory right?). By the time the first VE-1 came out this had been resolved so you shouldn't have anything to worry about there.
brouken Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 That's good to hear Jenius! I remember reading somewhere that the Yamato releases of the VE-1 and the VT-1 had the shoulder problems. Also, looking at the product pics, it seems Arcadia is not including the side covers for this release. Maybe its in the product description. I have yet to read through Arcadia's product page details.
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