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That Gobbo posted:I finished my entry for my local gunpla group's build off where everyone had to use a MG Ball kit. I kitbashed it with a bunch of stuff to create a Warhammer 40k Ork Morkanaut which was a ton of fun to do. You can check out the full imgur album here and I also wrote an article on the process here! A: what the fuuuuuuck B: nice work incorporating the dreamforge parts into it, they're some of my favorite wargame models ever and it's always nice to see them get some appreciation, posthumously as it may be
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Apr 10, 2020 20:04
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FYI the Uniqlo Gunpla T-shirts are up after being delayed. https://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/ut-graphic-tees/gundam You can get the Uniqlo colors RX-78-2 or Zaku 2 for free with the purchase of 3 shirts. The Zaku 2 colors are a bit too garish for me.
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Apr 10, 2020 20:18
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That Gobbo posted:I finished my entry for my local gunpla group's build off where everyone had to use a MG Ball kit. I kitbashed it with a bunch of stuff to create a Warhammer 40k Ork Morkanaut which was a ton of fun to do. You can check out the full imgur album here and I also wrote an article on the process here! Mobile Suit Gundork.
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Apr 10, 2020 21:40
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That Gobbo posted:I finished my entry for my local gunpla group's build off where everyone had to use a MG Ball kit. I kitbashed it with a bunch of stuff to create a Warhammer 40k Ork Morkanaut which was a ton of fun to do. You can check out the full imgur album here and I also wrote an article on the process here! That's baller as hell.
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Apr 12, 2020 01:02
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https://twitter.com/bustrider/status/1249180976686694400 Posting this partly to track how long it takes me to finish this (aiming for a weekend build!) and partly to shame myself to completing the trio of W kits. I need to see how well these combine and swap, and this is a nice reintroduction to building before I leap in on an MG or PG in the backlog.
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Apr 12, 2020 05:05
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END ME SCOOB posted:https://twitter.com/bustrider/status/1249180976686694400 Let me know how they compare to recent bandai Gundam kit engineering. I've been curious about those.
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Apr 12, 2020 07:58
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Sazabi posted:Let me know how they compare to recent bandai Gundam kit engineering. I've been curious about those. If they’re like the current Ultraman kits they’ll be a delight.
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Apr 12, 2020 08:11
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With where I'm stopping tonight, I haven't begun doing the hot-swap but the actual parts are all lovely and have given me zero trouble. I'll probably finish off Cyclone/Joker tomorrow and start in on the next to see how it goes. Also I don't have many more recent kits (I think these are the newest I own) to compare, but it's the easiest I've assembled to date.
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Apr 12, 2020 10:33
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mllaneza posted:That's baller as hell. I see what you did there
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Apr 12, 2020 15:51
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 My backlog pile was getting pretty low due to the amount of stuff I've been building due to being home so much more, so I decided it was time to buy some new stuff and think I did pretty well. The box for that Narrative Sinaju Stein is ridiculously large and I'm so excited for all of them.
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Apr 13, 2020 17:59
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I can't speak for the Sinanju but the other three are all great kits.
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Apr 13, 2020 20:02
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So I ordered from HLJ and got shipment through EMS and...apparently it shipped last week but I have not seen any movement since? According to the tracking it has not left japan yet. Is that normal? Is it some sort of customs thing I need to handle or merely just a COVID-19 related delay? I contacted HLJ to see what is up but I wanted to know if anyone else had this experience. I have no idea how to approach talking to the Postal Service about small plastic robot models.
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Apr 13, 2020 20:50
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Unlucky7 posted:So I ordered from HLJ and got shipment through EMS and...apparently it shipped last week but I have not seen any movement since? According to the tracking it has not left japan yet. Is that normal? Is it some sort of customs thing I need to handle or merely just a COVID-19 related delay? Japan Post stopped accepting international EMS to a lot of places on April 2. They are also super slow on everything else because there are nowhere near as many planes in the air at the moment. There's not much you can do besides be patient.
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Apr 13, 2020 21:11
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After building the Exia I've been itching to build another PG (also I'm bored out of my mind with the country being locked down), anyone built the PG Gundam Mk-II? How is it? I just made £400 off ebay and one of the UK stores has both the normal and Titans versions of the Mk-II in stock for £200 (I'd only be getting one of them, I'm not that crazy). I understand that it's almost 20 years old and looking at the pictures on dalong there are some screws and springs, how's the build with those? I've never done a kit old enough that it has screws.
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Apr 13, 2020 22:14
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Midjack posted:Japan Post stopped accepting international EMS to a lot of places on April 2. They are also super slow on everything else because there are nowhere near as many planes in the air at the moment. There's not much you can do besides be patient. Well, I made the order on Friday the 3rd so I guess I put it in before that became more wildly known. I will wait for them to respond and see what my options are. Still, if it can't be helped I am fine with waiting it out.
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Apr 13, 2020 22:28
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Veotax posted:After building the Exia I've been itching to build another PG (also I'm bored out of my mind with the country being locked down), anyone built the PG Gundam Mk-II? How is it? I built my AEUG version in the late 2000s (and it's been in storage since... 2013?). Keeping that time gap in mind, I don't recall any serious problems building it, other than it being a bit of a slog due to the parts count. But you've already built one PG so you'll be familiar there. There's some power conduction "cables" in there that are actually metal chain... I think they might have been a bit of a pain to wrangle but nowhere near the cables on an MG Zaku 2.0. As for screws, yes, there's a bunch, they're self-tapping from what I remember (so like a wood screw), just make sure they start going in close to straight, and don't overtighten them as you can strip either the plastic or the screw head. Way better to go a bit loose and tighten as needed. If you've got a set of precision drivers for computer building, I recommend those - the narrow grip on them makes it harder to overtorque anything. Ankles might be a little weak, but at the time I chalked that up to square-cube law issues.
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Apr 13, 2020 22:49
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Alrighty, looks like I'm gonna need some quality stands, and probably at least half a dozen of them. What are the best stands for gunpla, non-gunpla, stands that hold a figure without requiring a peghole to plug into, etc? Least obvious stands, most obvious stands, whatever is the best and most affordable for multiple purchases. I've never really dealt with stands outside of the ones already included with figmas and such. Maybe if there's not outrageously priced special effect pieces, I might be interested in those too. Like the ground blastwaves from, say, Wing Zero firing its absurd cannons, that sorta thing but in plastic. Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Apr 14, 2020 |
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Apr 14, 2020 00:11
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Unlucky7 posted:So I ordered from HLJ and got shipment through EMS and...apparently it shipped last week but I have not seen any movement since? According to the tracking it has not left japan yet. Is that normal? Is it some sort of customs thing I need to handle or merely just a COVID-19 related delay? I've often had gaps where it looks like a package hasn't moved for days then it will either get updated with a delay or advance to within 50 miles. With the Corona virus it's gonna be so much worse. So unless you get told "sorry the package was returned" I wouldn't worry just yet.
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Apr 14, 2020 00:37
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The top ten cheap gunpla tips video included a section making display bases out of empty sprues, I'm thinking of trying that. I just got an email from JapanPost, they say they've delivered an order I placed through Amazon on March 25. This is just the handoff to USPS, but that's pretty fast in my book.
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Apr 14, 2020 00:38
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 I hate these smooth, round, pain-in-the-rear end to grip eyeballs so much. Also: making Gaia Memories at scale with the figure is a real bitch: 
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Apr 14, 2020 02:07
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Unlucky7 posted:So I ordered from HLJ and got shipment through EMS and...apparently it shipped last week but I have not seen any movement since? According to the tracking it has not left japan yet. Is that normal? Is it some sort of customs thing I need to handle or merely just a COVID-19 related delay? Like Midjack said, the air mail is pretty much cancelled out of Japan at the moment. The other shop I buy out of only offer sea freight for shipping now. Presumably as it has a long enough lead time for any virus to die/get processed with sanitisation if it can even make it through the receiving ports. Probably only able to order from the country your in for the time being.
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Apr 14, 2020 04:03
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Puddin posted:Like Midjack said, the air mail is pretty much cancelled out of Japan at the moment. The other shop I buy out of only offer sea freight for shipping now. Presumably as it has a long enough lead time for any virus to die/get processed with sanitisation if it can even make it through the receiving ports. SAL is just not happening, but EMS still has limited availability depending on what country you're in. HLJ's said EMS is still good to Australia, but I'd wager nobody wants to be on a plane flying into the number one, pretty-much-uncontained, COVID-19 hotspot in the world right now  .
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Apr 14, 2020 04:25
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Neddy Seagoon posted:SAL is just not happening, but EMS still has limited availability depending on what country you're in. HLJ's said EMS is still good to Australia, but I'd wager nobody wants to be on a plane flying into the number one, pretty-much-uncontained, COVID-19 hotspot in the world right now According to that pdf they're still cool with it
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Apr 14, 2020 04:36
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Just finished the Heavyarms Kai MG, great kit. A few dodgy bits, particularly the chaingun belt feed which I was forced to superglue after the second time the interior belt disconnected from the end part, sending the individual links flying everywhere. I'll never understand why they often give them toe bends that bend DOWN instead of UP so they can kneel and stuff, they give them plenty of leg articulation and all but then the foot is barely movable. But yeah, just a solid kit. Only major complaint is it does not have a specific hand made to hold the chaingun, and the ones available in the kit are passable at the best of times, but bump it and it'll drop the chaingun instantly. One question, there seems to be a 1/100 Heavyarms Custom Endless Waltz version that looks to be the same kit but almost triple the price and apparently sold out except for resellers. I thought bandai didn't really retire kits. well, unless they release a newer version of the same suit.
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Apr 14, 2020 05:21
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I think the Custom EW was a P-Bandai.
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Apr 14, 2020 05:25
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Midjack posted:Japan Post stopped accepting international EMS to a lot of places on April 2. They are also super slow on everything else because there are nowhere near as many planes in the air at the moment. There's not much you can do besides be patient. Yeah, I ordered some stuff off eBay recently not knowing that. Seller shipped it and it bounced back to them. Right now they're offering to ship DHL for an additional fee, refund the order, or wait until something like May 15th when the shipping restrictions should be lifted. 
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Apr 14, 2020 05:46
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I have box envy and I got it bad. I ordered a Sinanju Stein Narrative based solely on the box size. Well, it is a cool looking MS, but my motives were not pure.
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Apr 14, 2020 06:08
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Midjack posted:I think the Custom EW was a P-Bandai.
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Apr 14, 2020 06:16
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Captain Invictus posted:ah, very cool, my favorite gundam and it's some promo bullshit that's limited and super expensive on top of that. great. They get reprinted occasionally, and there's starting to be US releases for some P-Bandai stuff for basically retail. If you can get a limited kit from the source, it's not much more than for the basic Heavyarms. It's just going to be a bit of a wait at best.
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Apr 14, 2020 06:36
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Captain Invictus posted:ah, very cool, my favorite gundam and it's some promo bullshit that's limited and super expensive on top of that. great. chiasaur11 posted:They get reprinted occasionally, and there's starting to be US releases for some P-Bandai stuff for basically retail. P-Bandai is currently very slowly working through a 'best of' series of reprints based on the results of the 10th anniversary poll. All the MG EW Customs scored very highly so they should be coming up for reprint some time soon.* *As in within this year if we're lucky. 
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Apr 14, 2020 07:18
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If anyone was wondering about it, I ended up typing up the whole 10th Anniversary Poll results ranking. Anything that's on this list has a fairly good chance of getting a reprint in the near future, however they're not working through it in any particular order so don't hold your breath on anything. 1. MG V2 Assault Buster Gundam Ver. Ka 2. MG Enhanced ZZ Gundam Ver. Ka 3. HG Pale Rider (Ground Heavy Equipment Type) 4. HG Pale Rider (Space Type) 5. HG Gyan Krieger 6. HG Gundam TR-6 [Woundwort] 7. MG Tallgeese III 8. MG Full Armor Gundam (Blue Color Ver.) 9. MG Hi-Nu Gundam Ver Ka. HWS Expansion Set 10. MG Gundam Heavy Arms Custom EW 11. MG Altron Gundam 12. HG GM Sniper II White Dingo 13. MG RGC-80 GM Cannon 14. HG Efreet Custom 15. Re-GZ Custom 16. MG Dozle Zabi Zaku II 17. MG Gundam Sandrock Custom EW 18. MG Zeta Gundam Unit-3 P2 Red Zeta 19. MG Hyaku-Shiki Custom 20. HG Efreet Nacht 21. HG Gundam Marine Type 22. HG Blast Impulse Gundam 23. MG Heavy Gundam 24. RG 00 Qan[T] Full Saber 25. HG Zeta Plus C1 26. RG Zeta Gundam Unit 3 27. MG GM Sniper II (White Dingo) 28. MG 00 XN Raiser 29. MG Nu Gundam HWS Ver. Ka 30. HG Gundam Pixy 31. MG Crossbone Gundam X2 Ver. Ka 32. MG ZZ Gundam Ver Ka. Enhanced Expansion Parts 33. HG Sword Impulse Gundam 34. MG RX-78-1 Prototype Gundam 35. MG Crossbone Gundam X3 Ver. Ka 36. HG Act Zaku 37. HG Gouf Flight Type 38. MG S-Gundam [Bst] 39. MG Tallgeese II 40. MG Gundam Avalanche Exia Dash 41. HG Crossbone Gundam X-0 42. MG Gelgoog Cannon (MSV Colors) 43. MG GM Dominance 44. PG Unicorn Gundam (Final Battle Ver.) 45. MG Zeta Gundam Unit 3B Grey Zeta 46. MG Double Fin Funnel Expansion Unit 47. MG Powered GM 48. HG Efreet 49. MG Dozle Zabi Rick Dom 50. MG Gelgoog High Mobility Type Uma Lightning Custom 51. HG GM Sniper Custom 52. RG Gundam Astrea Type-F 53. HG Heavy Gundam 54. HG Gundam AGE-2 Special Forces 55. MG M'Quve Gouf 56. HG Crossbone Gundam X2 Custom 57. MG Jesta Cannon 58. HG Silver Bullet (Gael Chan Custom) 59. HG Stark Jegan (CCA-MSV Ver.) 60. HG Zeta Gundam [U.C.0088] 61. RE/100 ReBaWoo 62. MG Gundam Astray Red Dragon 63. RG Gundam Exia Repair Parts Set 64. MG Aile Strike Gundam Ver. RM Launcher Striker/Sword Striker Pack 65. HG Hi-Nu Gundam Influx 66. HG Turn A Gundam Effect Parts "Moonlight Butterfly" 67. HG Cathedral Gundam 68. MG Gundam TR-1 [Hazel Custom] 69. HG G-Defenser & Flying Armor 70. MG Qubeley Damned 71. RG Zeta Gundam (Bio Sensor Image Colors) 72. MG Mega Bazooka Launcher 73. HG Johnny Ridden's Gelgoog 74. MG RX-78-2 Gundam Ver. 2.0 Realtype Colors 75. HG EWAC Jegan 76. MG Gundam TR-1 [Advanced Hazel] 77. HG Re-Zel (Defenser b-Unit) 78. MG V2 Gundam Ver. Ka Assault Buster Expansion Parts 79. MG Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee Norn (Final Battle Ver.) 80. HG Crossbone Gundam X3 81. MG Musha Gundam Mk-II Tokugawa Ieyasu Ver. 82. MG Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee Norn 83. MG Mass Production Hyaku Shiki Custom 84. RG Strike Rouge + HG IWSP 85. HG Ground Type Gundam (Parachute Pack) 86. HG Rebawoo 87. RG Gundam Mk-II RG Limited Color Ver. 88. RG Destiny Gundam Effects Parts "Wings of Light" 89. HG Turn A Gundam Shin 90. HG Gundam TR-6 [Hazel II] 91. MG Gundam Amazing Exia 92. MG Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex (NT Ver.) 93. MG Dwadge 94. BB Senshi LegendBB Victory Daishogun 95. MG Gundam Exia Repair II 96. MG Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee Ver. Ka Final Battle (Novel Ver.) 97. HG Gundam M91 98. MG GM Command (Space Type) 99. MG Garma Zabi Zaku II 100. Weiss Sinanju
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Apr 14, 2020 08:17
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Started on my RG Eva 01 and it's a nice fun build. I'm surprised that it's slightly smaller than the Kotobukiya version, for some reason I was expecting them to be roughly the same size.
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Apr 14, 2020 15:56
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I think I should just cancel my order from HLJ of the RG Eva 01 and try to get it from somewhere stateside at this point.
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Apr 14, 2020 15:58
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I got insanely lucky and managed to snag a pre-built heavyarms custom for like $90 Canadian, but now sellers are trying to sell it for $200+ which is just crazy. I'd love an mg tallgeese III reprint. It's the last I need for the complete Endless waltz set.
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Apr 14, 2020 16:30
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Veotax posted:After building the Exia I've been itching to build another PG (also I'm bored out of my mind with the country being locked down), anyone built the PG Gundam Mk-II? How is it? If you can't wait for the 40th anniversary granddaddy Gundam, it's absolutely ridiculous so I recommend the Red Frame Kai because swords.
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Apr 14, 2020 16:47
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Have they shown anything else about the new RX-78? Since it supposed to be a culmination of everything so far I'd like to know what aspect of the Unicorn they're gonna use.
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Apr 14, 2020 16:52
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Captain Invictus posted:ah, very cool, my favorite gundam and it's some promo bullshit that's limited and super expensive on top of that. great. There's a P-Bandai Deathscythe variant that went up for pre-order recently. It's currently listed as sold out, but for these sites they typically do waves of preorders, so might be worth keeping an eye on to see if a new wave opens: https://p-bandai.com/us/item/N2505894001002
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Apr 14, 2020 17:50
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For me, between shipping and local sales taxes, p-bandai's US service is just straight up more expensive than ordering p-bandai through a proxy. It sucks and I wish they were still doing it through bluefin.
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Apr 14, 2020 17:58
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This is more likely to be useful here than in the Gundam thread: Bandai has a poll up to decide which Gunpla will be featured in the Re:Rise spinoff webisodes. https://en.gundam.info/about-gundam/series-pages/builddivers_rerise/battlogue/
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