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Post by gpa on Nov 22, 2020 20:15:10 GMT -5
Nope, they keep creating new variants that didn't exist, ha. The Princess of the Sky Ver is sort of a middleground between the Amatsu and Hana, it has the revised shoulders from the Hana but is painted matte black and some other additions/changes: I'm hoping for the Amateresu as well, but frustratingly they're making variants with much more minor mold changes required... I'm sure others have noted this but I just realized that the GN Arms is in the background for 00 Next Stage. I know we saw a prototype a while back but there's been several Metal Build prototypes that didn't materialize. Looks like they're going to make that behemoth after all! I hate the number of variants the line has accumulated, and I already have the original Amatsu Mina and the Hana (still with my middle man in Japan though), but I REALLY, REALLY like the matte paint job on the Princess of the Sky Gold Frame, so I might just go for it. Even though in principle I'm against it. I know that the Full Metal Panic XL-2 Booster Packs (this one hurt the most), Infinity from the Mazinger movie, and the Gundam Astray Red Frame Salvage Mode were all shown and never released, but I think they've pretty much released everything else that they had prototyped. They had shown "Night Combat" Eva 1 and 2, but I think those just became the EVA 2020 variants.
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Post by dgn0000 on Nov 23, 2020 13:21:57 GMT -5
Hello guys, has anyone received shipping notice from Nathans? It's been weeks if I recall correctly.
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Post by leeboo1211 on Nov 23, 2020 13:53:33 GMT -5
Hello guys, has anyone received shipping notice from Nathans? It's been weeks if I recall correctly. I think it was mentioned in some other thread, but his wife passed away a month or so ago so he was dealing with that. He did post to say that he's close to being back up and running and catching up with orders though.
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Post by Yumcha on Nov 23, 2020 18:24:52 GMT -5
Okay, explain to the casual guy here who only hoards Metal Builds because they are gokin and I love the look of Gundams...but, what's the difference with THIS inbound Astray than the one that got released a couple years back? I'm so confused. If you tell me it's the shade of black or gold/yerrow...I'm going to die here.
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Post by leeboo1211 on Nov 23, 2020 19:07:20 GMT -5
Okay, explain to the casual guy here who only hoards Metal Builds because they are gokin and I love the look of Gundams...but, what's the difference with THIS inbound Astray than the one that got released a couple years back? I'm so confused. If you tell me it's the shade of black or gold/yerrow...I'm going to die here. I think basically modified shoulder armor, white matte paint finish everywhere (as opposed to white bare plastic) and slightly updated decal printing. Basically their standard recolor, same thing as the newly announced Amatsu Mina Princess of the Sky version.
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Post by sermis22 on Nov 23, 2020 19:08:21 GMT -5
Okay, explain to the casual guy here who only hoards Metal Builds because they are gokin and I love the look of Gundams...but, what's the difference with THIS inbound Astray than the one that got released a couple years back? I'm so confused. If you tell me it's the shade of black or gold/yerrow...I'm going to die here. From what I can tell at a glance, this new Gold Frame Amatsu Mina has a matte finish. The original Amatsu Mina has a glossy finish. Also, the arms and shoulders of this new Amatsu Mina are symmetrical, whereas the original Amatsu Mina was asymmetrical given that its right arm came from Blitz Gundam. There may be other, smallers differences (different tampo markings, different accessories, small aesthetic changes, etc...) that I'm missing, but those differences I mentioned above are the "big" ones between this new release and the original release.
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Post by leeboo1211 on Nov 23, 2020 19:09:36 GMT -5
Okay, explain to the casual guy here who only hoards Metal Builds because they are gokin and I love the look of Gundams...but, what's the difference with THIS inbound Astray than the one that got released a couple years back? I'm so confused. If you tell me it's the shade of black or gold/yerrow...I'm going to die here. Sorry I thought you were referring to the Rad Frame Kai... But what I said holds true lol. Very telling huh, haha. Black matte finish, shoulder armor modified to be like the Amatsu Hana, and slightly modified right arm Triceratops Kai thingie.
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Post by Yumcha on Nov 23, 2020 19:27:49 GMT -5
So...it's a different shade of black. And a modified right arm.
Wow, Bandai really hates us. Sigh...at least one less e-streetfight I need to go through for a PO then...pass for me. Thanks guys.
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Post by gpa on Nov 23, 2020 20:45:40 GMT -5
So...it's a different shade of black. And a modified right arm. Wow, Bandai really hates us. Sigh...at least one less e-streetfight I need to go through for a PO then...pass for me. Thanks guys. Next E-streetfight for Metal Build won't really be till Justice or Dynames drops. When Hi-Nu goes up for PO that street fight will become an all out war probably.
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Post by optimusprimesg on Nov 28, 2020 5:51:01 GMT -5
Gold Frame PO starts on 2 Dec. anyone here knows how to source the PO links of CDJapan before it goes “live”? Does it have a holding page like amiami?
I have never been able to get any PO from CDJapan for metal build items. By the time the link pops up on their main page, the item is already sold out.
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Post by f360 on Nov 28, 2020 6:52:45 GMT -5
Gold Frame PO starts on 2 Dec. anyone here knows how to source the PO links of CDJapan before it goes “live”? Does it have a holding page like amiami? I have never been able to get any PO from CDJapan for metal build items. By the time the link pops up on their main page, the item is already sold out. They don’t have a holding page , I signed up for their news letter and they email me when preorder opens on toys,figures . I refresh my email at preorder time to see the cdjapan email that have links . But sometime I don’t get the email until 2 or 4 minutes later .
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Post by optimusprimesg on Nov 28, 2020 11:57:18 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing. Hope the email works and I get the notification real time.
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Post by bocasas on Nov 28, 2020 23:36:39 GMT -5
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Post by kc on Dec 1, 2020 15:27:41 GMT -5
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Post by gpa on Dec 2, 2020 2:25:33 GMT -5
Managed to get her on HLJ after shut outs at Amiami and Hobby Search!
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Post by dingdong on Dec 2, 2020 2:40:57 GMT -5
nippon shipping is over $100 CAD... Holy s*()*)&_)(_)(_)**
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Post by optimusprimesg on Dec 2, 2020 2:49:01 GMT -5
And sold out at such a crazy shipping price
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Post by dingdong on Dec 2, 2020 3:05:08 GMT -5
yeah it's gone.. I aint paying that shipping... no regret for me.
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Post by hkj711 on Dec 2, 2020 3:15:05 GMT -5
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Post by gpa on Dec 2, 2020 4:20:20 GMT -5
Here's hoping EMS is back up and running by April.
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