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I've been eyeballing this thing for years and finally decided it was time. Sold a bunch of old anime stuff I wasn't into anymore and got something awesome.

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[–] Samowar 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Woah, thats awesome! Can you easily take it off the stand? Because if so, I would never get any work done - I'd just spend hours flying it above my desk and making spaceship noises :D

[–] Izzy 19 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. Not only does it easily come off the stand, but it has many moving parts such as landing gear with wheels, foldable wings and even a light up engine. I've yet to get the 3 button cell batteries required to power it though.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's awesome! Where did you get it from?

[–] Izzy 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's made by a Japanese company called Goodsmile that makes all kinds of figures. The way they make figures in Japan is that everything is a limited run. They take pre-orders and then only make a little bit more than that. So at this point the only place to get one is a reseller. The price is actually about the same as the initial sale so it isn't really a problem until there is no more and then you have to pay gouged prices.

[–] ZagamTheVile 7 points 1 year ago

Yoooooo. That's badass.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Gaaaahhhh....so fucking cool! Where did you get it...I'd love to look and then be ultimately too stingy to actually buy one

[–] Moghul 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's dope! Such an incredible design! I have one too, is yours also a model kit? https://imgur.com/a/LrGdJhb

[–] Izzy 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yours looks different, but the model looks identical. Did you paint this yourself? I like the more raggidy look as that is pretty much how it was in the show as it always gets beat up.

I had to put on a handful of parts, but I wouldn't call what I got a "model kit" as it is 95% preassemble and painted.

[–] Moghul 3 points 1 year ago

Mine is made by Bandai and yes, I did paint it. Out of the box it's very plasticky and "perfect". You're totally right, it should be a bit beat up. I tried my best to do some cartoon style damage.

I looked up the one you have and the features are really cool, hope you're enjoying it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

So awesome!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That is so cool!

[–] Tenthrow 1 points 1 year ago

Nice Quality!