Big s Posted August 12 Posted August 12 7 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said: It's really just Bandai stuff that's a problem for me. I get all my Hasegawa, Wave, Max Factory, Kotobukiya, Moderoid, Our Treasure, Tamiya, Aoshima, Fujimi, Hobby Japan pre-orders with no problems. Yeah, Bandai and Politics seem to be the big problems these days. Everyone else comes through fine and just getting information on pricing is a bit of a gamble. Beyond that, they have done fairly well other than the moving situation Quote
VF-1A Grunt Posted August 13 Posted August 13 I received my purchase notice from HLJ this morning for the Deculture Package kits too. Hoping the weapons set will arrive soon. Not sure I'm going to risk shipping these now, as they probably won't make the August 29 tariff deadline (assuming that still goes through). Quote
Big s Posted August 13 Posted August 13 28 minutes ago, VF-1A Grunt said: I received my purchase notice from HLJ this morning for the Deculture Package kits too. Hoping the weapons set will arrive soon. Not sure I'm going to risk shipping these now, as they probably won't make the August 29 tariff deadline (assuming that still goes through). I’m guessing end of month. It’s odd to get the fighter without the weapon set Quote
cfernandez Posted August 19 Posted August 19 Does anyone have the dimensions of the box for the VF-1 strike or super valk fighter? My brother is going to Japan for vacation and he is going to get me some model kits while there including, I hope, the strike battroid. I am guessing no one has dimensions on the strike battroid box as it does not come until October. He goes in October and he wants to plan how big of an empty suitcase he needs to bring. He is getting his own stuff as well. Quote
Big s Posted August 20 Posted August 20 17 hours ago, cfernandez said: Does anyone have the dimensions of the box for the VF-1 strike or super valk fighter? My brother is going to Japan for vacation and he is going to get me some model kits while there including, I hope, the strike battroid. I am guessing no one has dimensions on the strike battroid box as it does not come until October. He goes in October and he wants to plan how big of an empty suitcase he needs to bring. He is getting his own stuff as well. I have it in my private warehouse at hlj but not in hand unfortunately. I’m gonna guess that it’s probably that same size box as the fighter, but probably close to twice as thick to make space for the fast packs. I might be over guessing that since it really only need space for I think one or two runners, but the fighter kit is pretty thin as is Quote
VF-1A Grunt Posted August 20 Posted August 20 (edited) 20 hours ago, cfernandez said: Does anyone have the dimensions of the box for the VF-1 strike or super valk fighter? The HLJ product listing says: Item Size/Weight: 34 x 19 x 9.6 cm / 510g. That's about 4 cm thicker / taller than the Plamax VF-1A Vermilion Squadron fighter box that I just measured myself, which matches the dimensions HLJ lists for that box as: Item Size/Weight: 34.2 x 19.5 x 5.3 cm / 290g. Edited August 20 by VF-1A Grunt Quote
cfernandez Posted August 20 Posted August 20 Thanks guys. I guess I always saw that there and my eyes just went right over that information. Has anyone actually built the VF-1 Super fighter here? Would love to see some pics. Quote
GMK Posted August 21 Posted August 21 (edited) VF-1D fighter! https://www.goodsmile.com/ja/product/1137916/PLAMAX+PX17+1+72+VF-1D+ファイターバルキリー Edited August 21 by GMK Quote
Big s Posted August 21 Posted August 21 51 minutes ago, GMK said: VF-1D fighter! Definitely keeping up with the cool figures Quote
GMK Posted August 21 Posted August 21 (edited) We’ve all wanted this out of the box! Edited August 21 by GMK Quote
VF-1A Grunt Posted August 21 Posted August 21 Very cool! I’ve always like the VF-1D. Unfortunate to see that the price went up about 30%, but I ordered two from HLJ. I took the opportunity to add a VF-1J Battroid to my private warehouse, since that model seems to have been quietly rerun. Kind of odd how their models show up under a new product listing rather than restocking the original. I missed it the first time around. Had hoped to buy one in Japan last summer, but they were sold out everywhere. The only one I saw was a display model. Quote
Urashiman Posted August 21 Posted August 21 10 hours ago, GMK said: VF-1D fighter! https://www.goodsmile.com/ja/product/1137916/PLAMAX+PX17+1+72+VF-1D+ファイターバルキリー My purse is crying… another pre-order for me Quote
Big s Posted August 21 Posted August 21 4 hours ago, VF-1A Grunt said: I took the opportunity to add a VF-1J Battroid to my private warehouse, since that model seems to have been quietly rerun. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. I had too much fun just doing my test fitting with it and seeing the range of motion of the joints. A few loose bits, but a spot of glue can easily fix those Quote
Papa Rat Posted August 21 Posted August 21 (edited) 5 hours ago, VF-1A Grunt said: Very cool! I’ve always like the VF-1D. Unfortunate to see that the price went up about 30%, but I ordered two from HLJ. I took the opportunity to add a VF-1J Battroid to my private warehouse, since that model seems to have been quietly rerun. Kind of odd how their models show up under a new product listing rather than restocking the original. I missed it the first time around. Had hoped to buy one in Japan last summer, but they were sold out everywhere. The only one I saw was a display model. I echo what Big S said. Such a fun build, highly recommend! Edited August 21 by Papa Rat Quote
Gabe Q Posted August 21 Posted August 21 @Papa Rat What a great looking build and pose! He looks like he's all outta bubblegum. Quote
Papa Rat Posted August 21 Posted August 21 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Gabe Q said: @Papa Rat What a great looking build and pose! He looks like he's all outta bubblegum. Hahaha I still need to build the Max and Focker kits. Maybe they can play rock paper scissors ? Edited August 21 by Papa Rat Quote
KOG Water Dragon Posted August 22 Posted August 22 19 hours ago, GMK said: VF-1D fighter! https://www.goodsmile.com/ja/product/1137916/PLAMAX+PX17+1+72+VF-1D+ファイターバルキリー Awesome news! Looks great. Just pre-ordered. Still wondering if they're going to do VF-1J Max/Miria in fighter and/or battroid. Quote
Shawn Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Awesome! What are we looking at with the 2 colored sprues for the nosecone? Do we get 2 sprues? Cause the model shown has the white nose and orange outer legs. Quote
Papa Rat Posted August 22 Posted August 22 50 minutes ago, GMK said: Deculture Package arrived. Nice. What’s the main idea behind this kit? Is it a “general” VF-1 valk geared towards painting it in any scheme you want? Is there anything unique about it that sets it apart? Quote
Big s Posted August 22 Posted August 22 1 hour ago, Shawn said: Awesome! What are we looking at with the 2 colored sprues for the nosecone? Do we get 2 sprues? Cause the model shown has the white nose and orange outer legs. Probably just leftover parts from the standard VF-1 since those plates on the side of the leg were white. Just a way to add extra color separation, but causing some extra parts Quote
GMK Posted August 22 Posted August 22 3 hours ago, Papa Rat said: What’s the main idea behind this kit? Is it a “general” VF-1 valk geared towards painting it in any scheme you want? Is there anything unique about it that sets it apart? Apart from the decals, A, J, S heads, & including both DYRL & SDFM pilots & instrument panels, it’s a stock fighter kit. Quote
Papa Rat Posted August 22 Posted August 22 3 minutes ago, GMK said: Apart from the decals, A, J, S heads, & including both DYRL & SDFM pilots & instrument panels, it’s a stock fighter kit. Wow! Thanks for the info. Going to order one asap. Hope I didn’t miss the boat. Quote
VF-1A Grunt Posted August 22 Posted August 22 16 hours ago, Big s said: I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. I had too much fun just doing my test fitting with it and seeing the range of motion of the joints. A few loose bits, but a spot of glue can easily fix those Thanks, it’s an outstanding model from everything I’ve seen. I may build it as a cannon fodder squad leader as part of an eventual Macross City battle scene diorama. Papa Rat, your model looks perfect! Looks like the VF-1D battroid reissue just arrived. HLJ charged me this morning for the one that I ordered a few months ago. Quote
Papa Rat Posted August 22 Posted August 22 1 hour ago, VF-1A Grunt said: Papa Rat, your model looks perfect! Thanks. This kit goes together super easy. Only a few seams to deal with and all of those are cleverly hidden which helps. 1 hour ago, VF-1A Grunt said: Looks like the VF-1D battroid reissue just arrived. HLJ charged me this morning for the one that I ordered a few months ago. Same here. I missed it during the initial run and am so happy to snag the reissue. 👍 Quote
KOG Water Dragon Posted August 22 Posted August 22 14 hours ago, Big s said: Probably just leftover parts from the standard VF-1 since those plates on the side of the leg were white. Just a way to add extra color separation, but causing some extra parts Yes, the sprues contain parts that are supposed to be 2 different colors on the kit. So they have to provide the sprue in both colors. Of course they wouldn't need to do this (and save us some $$) if everyone still painted... Quote
Papa Rat Posted August 22 Posted August 22 7 minutes ago, KOG Water Dragon said: Of course they wouldn't need to do this (and save us some $$) if everyone still painted... Painting is the best part. 😊 Quote
KOG Water Dragon Posted August 22 Posted August 22 Uh... I just realized HLJ now has the weapons set marked as discontinued. I guess it did get released and HLJ couldn't fill all orders? Did anyone else get a set? Thinking I need to shop around and buy a set or 2 or 3 elsewhere. Quote
Gabe Q Posted August 22 Posted August 22 @KOG Water Dragon I just checked the HLJ listing and, WOW, that weapon set is expensive! Quote
Big s Posted August 22 Posted August 22 14 minutes ago, KOG Water Dragon said: Uh... I just realized HLJ now has the weapons set marked as discontinued. I guess it did get released and HLJ couldn't fill all orders? Did anyone else get a set? Thinking I need to shop around and buy a set or 2 or 3 elsewhere. It just came in stock, I just got the email this morning for it Quote
Big s Posted August 22 Posted August 22 25 minutes ago, KOG Water Dragon said: Yes, the sprues contain parts that are supposed to be 2 different colors on the kit. So they have to provide the sprue in both colors. Of course they wouldn't need to do this (and save us some $$) if everyone still painted... I totally agree. It’s adding a bit of cost for a redundant sprue. Maybe as a consolation it might be easy to do swappable battle damage Quote
KOG Water Dragon Posted August 22 Posted August 22 2 hours ago, Big s said: It just came in stock, I just got the email this morning for it Hopefully my notification is just delayed. Quote
Big s Posted August 22 Posted August 22 2 hours ago, KOG Water Dragon said: Hopefully my notification is just delayed. Hlj is often a jumble for a day or two after release. My notification came in at 2 am this morning, another friend of mine got a notification at 10 am Quote
GMK Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Great pic of the assembled D fighter. Also, the Deculture boxing’s instructions refer to the imminent Weapons set for the wings. Quote
VF-1A Grunt Posted August 23 Posted August 23 13 hours ago, Big s said: Hlj is often a jumble for a day or two after release. My notification came in at 2 am this morning, another friend of mine got a notification at 10 am I was a little concerned that I might have missed out, but I received the notice for my armament sets this morning. I’m interested to see how the micro missile pods compare to the Hasegawa version, which I always thought looked slightly too big in 1/72. Quote
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