Bandai 1/60 DX Chogokin Macross Plus YF-21

[Radioguy]

1 hour ago, Chronocidal said:

I'm almost tempted to pick up a third, that's about $15 lower now than I paid for my copy from HLJ at release.  

 

Too late. Amazon has it for $325.58 now.

Galactic Toys on there has it for $254, but I think they always do.

[sjoebarry]

4 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

I'm almost tempted to pick up a third, that's about $15 lower now than I paid for my copy from HLJ at release.  

 

I don’t want it but I may just get it at that price 

[Radioguy]

1 hour ago, sjoebarry said:

I don’t want it but I may just get it at that price 

You may be in luck then, as it's no longer available at that price.

EDIT: Actually, $220.83 now. Let's see where that goes.

[David Hingtgen]

Anyone ever tried to get a wing off?  

On a related note, I swear my landing gear doors used to close flush, but now the right one won't stay down.  The gear itself just won't go *all the way down*--only by like 1mm, but it's enough to keep popping the door open/up.  

[Apok451]

I'm still salty about getting an opened box that was sold as new with the damn antenna missing.  I hope the person that did that poops their pants in a very public setting.

[Chronocidal]

That's entirely on Bandai for failing to understand the entire point of rotating the gear.  They made the wheels so tiny, and the wings so thick, there's no point to even folding them flat.

I've had this happen before as well, and it's generally because there's a specific angle that the wheel needs to be at before it will slot into the bay deep enough to not interfere with the door closing. 

I've had to experiment with finding the proper angle, and I can't remember which direction it is, but it's not exactly vertical.  You might need to rotate the strut while pushing it into the bay.

Edit: I was able to sneak in a quick look on my way out the door, the trick I've used is to tip the upper half of the tire slightly inboard to get it to settle into a cutout in the metallic details inside the bay.

Edited Wednesday at 12:50 PM by Chronocidal

[Radioguy]

6 hours ago, Apok451 said:

I'm still salty about getting an opened box that was sold as new with the damn antenna missing.  I hope the person that did that poops their pants in a very public setting.

Always tell Amazon. They will make it right.

[borgified]

Even if it says returned item from Amazon (such as the DX 21 and other related Macross related items), you never know if it’s replaced with a totally different item, missing parts or totally destroyed. No one is going to do a complete check as it a high paced environment and everyone it in a very tight time crunch. 

Your well off getting it from a place that does a very deep and proper inspection.