Last time on Busou Shinki & Friends, >>11608439New 30ms! A bear! A robot! More Idolmaster! Merunja! She has an eyepatch! That is a sticker! And a chainsaw! Are you excited? What kind of variant should she get? Will you get two for chainsaw dual wielding action? Official Skintone & Compatibility guides:>https://imgur.com/a/busou-shinki-skintone-comparability-guides-AQ4aRUpcoming Releases & Restocks:--->Megami Device:• B1R-M Chassis Kit Skin Color A [Nov]• B1R-M Chassis Kit Skin Color B [Nov]• Desire Maiden Raider [Dec]• AUV Susanowo Souen (Reissue)[Jan]• Asra Ninja Kaname Shadow Edition Full Package [Jan]• Desire Maiden Medic [Jan]• B1R-M Chassis Kit Skin Color C [Feb]• B1R-M Chassis Kit Skin Color D [Feb]• PUNIMOFU Gin Lang [Mar]• Asra Archer Kizuna Shadow Edition Full Package [Feb]• Bullet Knights Executioner Hell Blaze [Mar]• Yggdrasis Garm Ripper (Apr)>Frame Arms Girl:• Magatsuki Kika (Reissue) [Nov]• Grande Scale Magatsuki [Nov]• Stylet Swimsuit Blue Impulse Color Ver. [Nov]• Shingen [Dec]• Durga Gold Ritter [Dec]• Hresvelgr=Rufus (Agito) (Reissue) [Dec]• Grande Scale Baselard [Dec]• Kagutsuchi-Kou [Jan]• Wilber Nine Beryl Armor Custom [Jan]• Shadow Tiger (Reissue) [Feb]• Laetitia Azurite Ver. [Feb]• Baselard with Exosuit Baselard [Mar]• Greifen Baracuda [Mar]• Durga II Noire [Apr]• Kagutsuchi-Otsu Fencer [Apr]>Metamor Verse• MV-01 Ao Kiriyama & Blade Liger [Jan]
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New brown hair looks like some ore wa gundam shit.
Somewhat continuing question from previous thread - Im also considering getting, instead of Emma (could hunt for her instead on Suruga or Mandarake later but I still have enough of kits so it's not a big deal), Act Mode Rumi (also 80€) or one of Plamax line kits (Guilty Princess Maidroid Kuon for 60€ or Godwing Dragon Knight Himari Bahamut for 80€). But I never got kits from this company so I don't know what to expect. Or if it makes sense to buy Rumi since it looks like she comes pre-assembled so instead of plastic kit I would have action figure. Unless people paint Act Mode.Any opinion is welcomed, it helps me make final decision.
>>11628471Goodsmile has high quality plastic, but poor color separation. The clear plastic also has tendency to crack under pressure, but that can be rectified by careful fit management.
>>11628550>poor color separationNot a problem since I like painting. Thanks.So, would you suggest either of this listed three instead of Emma? If so, which one would you personally prefer?
>>11628455thats just sestieh without twintails
>>11628471>Act Mode RumiNo! Don't buy that piece of shit.I have her and it uses one of the worst plastic I've seen and even the figure looks horrible.
>>11628629Is it really that bad? Please say more, Im intrigued.
>>11628640Model kit-Plastic feels like stuff that you would use on cheap children's toys, stuff that are gummy and weak.-A lot of nubs are stupidly huge.Figure-Looks ugly-Horrible paintjob (Why use semi gloss on hair?)-Joints are extruding outAlso the display base breaks easily because the joint area is made of a single thin plastic.I've bought 3 act mode kits so far (Rumi, shark girl, and penguin girl) and Rumi was the worst one.I know it's the first kit of the line but these guys have been making figmas for years and didn't even do the bare minimum.They could have at least made the figure look nice since this was made back when goodsmile was just starting to make model kits, but the figure was just complete shit.
>Take a break from plastic kits since Elena>Work on GKs for the year>Go to Meltina>Have to autistically sand every mold line and make every nub and seam perfect>2 days and still on human half
>>11628438Finally getting around to building again after taking a break for a few months. I came across my WIP's and felt bad for leaving them like this for so long, so I guess it's time to make more progress on them. Haven't done anything since Tanlines's wrist joint fucked up her forearm, so I'm starting there and bought this set from my local shop to replace it. They're also apparently getting Rei within the next two weeks, so that'll be nice.
Got my pink mermaid. Very pretty - these colors look a lot better on her than the default ones. Won't have a chance to start on her this week, but I'm looking forward to adding Not!Ianeira to my collection - I think she'll fit in nicely next to MD Arnvwswk0al and Strarf.
>>11628640She isn't that bad. She's actually a pretty nice shelf piece with how massive her weapon is. Maple is still the best act mode.
>>11628551If you want an Emma go for the og color version of the summer or winter clothes just to have the character. The other colors should be used for unpainted mixing builds.
>>11628455Brown?
>>11628678>Tanlines's wrist joint fucked up her forearmIt's the wrist peg. It has a nub to add tightness to it, but it fucks up the flesh arms because of how thin the walls are. Trim it off and you'll instantly fix the issue.
>>11628678Oh god those tanlines I must make this.
>>11628272nah, your taste is shit.
>>11628438CUTE!
>>11628694what's the kit next to her?
>>11628758Not a kit - USAGS was giving away Clear Files for their anniversary, and I just happened to make my order during that window.
>>11628657>>11628699I ran into another user review just now, complaining about joints in figure itself. Overall, that feels pretty grim, maybe I shouldn't consider her anymore.That leave these two Plamax kits - Bahamut and Maidroid Kuon. Or none at all. Still hard choice...
Lumitea a cute! Cute!! I'm hoping more of the Arcanadea line get the date style/casual clothes treatment.
>>11628438Name of this semen demon?
>>11628835how is the fitment of the hair on the casual lumitea? mine is kind of fucked on side
>>11628858I didn't have any particular problems with mine but I find the fits tight throughout so careful filing/sanding helps.
>>11628861i see, mine is really weird on one side only with that big gap.
>>11628875
>>11628856Sheila the Bear fucker
>>1162885630MS SIS-J00 Melunja(spelling?) revealed from the livestream.
>>11628888Op has it spelled correctly
>>11628886>>11628888Built for BBC (Big Bear Cuddling)
>>11628835>I'm hoping more of the Arcanadea line get the date style/casual clothes treatmentI will only accept a trashy crop-top and hot pants as casual wear for Velretta.
>>11628888>MelunjaMelunga*
>>11628926I wish Vel's human partner would be female. I originally wished for Lumitea's partner to be female and Vel's to be male, but with the only preview we have for the anime showing Lumi's partner to be male, I have to switch things around just to make ownershipping worth it.
>>11628945She doesn’t look like a melungeon. Are you sure?
Go go go!!
>>11629083>Missed Hambrabi>Missed AsukaNoooooooo! When did they say preorders would open today?
>>11629091About noon JST on their xwitter, so like two hours before they actually did. I still haven't gotten the promo email kek. Just don't sleep I guess.
>>11629093Goddammit>>11629094She isn't, she changed to order stop as soon as I clicked shopping cart at the 20 minute mark. I might get my Hambrabi tho
>>11629094Um, Anon? Also holy fuck that was fast. Are they only getting 10 or something?
>>11629099Production might be low, neither Manda or Amiami have second hand Kitas or Reis
>>11629099I ordered it 12 on the spot so yeah, they probably have low quantities.
>>11629105Accidentally posted the holder's name (made the account like 20 years ago), not mines.I see this kit is still in stock, are they any good?
Buff
>can't get kits from hlj because I didn't order 1/5th of second of them going up >amiami doesn't sell kits to us anymore where is a slow white boy supposed to get model kits of cute girls?
>>11629108>hlj >still in stock lmao you can try, but 30MF are really good and fun kits
sold out on amiami.jp too. fuck my gay nigger life and fuck them for announcing this shit 30min before going live.but what's up with pbandai jp not having 30mp? in fact none of the new stuff is live there, but 30mp isn't even a category. only 30mm, 30ms and 30mf. do i scrame making an account in case they open preorders there?
>>11629144BBTS always has them, sure they arrive way later than usual, but they arrive
>>11629208I'm European so ordering from BBTS is a bit of a roundabout way for me, but my local plamo seller has started getting them pretty early so I can just wait for them or worse case stalk mandarake
>>11629208>BBTSscalper site, not paying those prices especially when BBTS donated to BLM
>>11628745Holy hand grenades anon. That's definitely an opinion. All Asukas are nice, but c'mon now.
Very odd opinion but - I personally would love to have (maybe cheaper) mono-color, unpainted gray plastic girls kits, entirely for painting. I simply enjoy painting process.
>>11629253Warhammer is gay
>>11629098>>11629099Apparently I didn't delete my reply fast enough. I must have got the very last preorder or Asuka on HLJ. I got my order in at 19 minutes past and then came to the thread and saw >>11629091 and thought "nah man, I just got her." Went back to HLJ after making that post and saw orders were closed. Didn't want to give people false hope so I deleted.To be honest I completely fluked it and just checked HLJ on a whim without even reading this thread.
>>11629253That would be cool but Bandais main audience are the straight builders, but maybe they'll do it as a limited thing, but it's not that hard to prime kits for painting
>>11629253There is literally zero difference between a grey plastic sprue and a blue or green or whatever other colour plastic sprue. They are all dyed.
>>11629261I know but having them already in color often discourages me instead. In case of plastic girls, it also means that I either paint over already placed eyes on face parts or leave skin untouched (which also means I can't add exposed skin areas via painting) since you cannot match skin shade 100%, feel that I won't be able to paint as good as existing scheme and so on. With "gray" kits, these problems are nonexistent, whatever I do will be good. Works well with miniatures, would work well with those plastic kits.
>>11629265Grey, bone, sand, blue, whatever - I'm referring to kits that comes in single color since whoever bought it is expected to paint them anyway. Scale models or miniatures, for example.
>>11629268Only way it works is if it's completely new, redesigned kits to use fewer runners (since no need for color separation). Reprinting an existing kit all one color wouldn't be any cheaper, and would probably end up costing more due to even smaller print runs because of the niche appeal.
>>11629218Your paying those prices anyway with how shit shipping has been for the past year.But seriously, HLJ has become so shit I'm just going to stop ordering from them.
>>11629282I never said I would want existing kits to be sold that way, some new line would be fine.
>>11629268There are the new BoneR kits coming, that will come with an all flesh-coloured body alongside the regular one.
Nothing quite like moving to realize how horrifyingly large your backlog has become.
>>11629199If you're in Japan try hobbysearch, dmm or even
>>11629380Looks like small time, honestly. Mine does not fit in single image.
>>11629428Anon… that’s just one bag, it’s hardly everything! You can only cram so much into a single duffle.
So this is her preposed leg part? Was this really necessary? Most figures have the articulation to do this ugly broken leg pose without needing extra parts... Rei's preposed part was better
>new sisters order stop>30MF stuff order stop>some 30mm leftat this point I might as well just ignore HLJ and just get them second hand or wait for domestic releases
>>11629465Better than letting you order them, knowing full well they'll be in backorder hell, and you'll never see them anyway.
>>11629449The way the legs are they wouldn't look good doing this pose. I won't be able to get her, but I WILL get the inevitable test plugsuit version
>>11629494they don't look good here either. I know it's an anime kawaii pose but I always thought it looks retarded kek
>>11629474yeah and then not letting you cancel the backorder despite the fact it won't happen, no one is gonna want HLJ suddenly charging you years later, hell currently having issues with the 2B figma, HLJ is just being bad which sucks I used to get so much gunpla from them
>>11629426i'll keep an eye out but i don't have too much hope.camping at a store on release day seems the most realistic. but i need to figure out a) the exact release day and b) which stores stock her. i'll probably ask around, maybe amiami or volks in akiba or the bamco cross stores. they stopped selling 30mm stuff at the gundam base
>Sestieh costing around 60€ on Suruga-yaWhat the hell is happening with this kit? Japan can't stop hoarding her leotard body?
>>11629558She's hotShe has very useful parts in a good neutral colorShe's hotShe's a Color C which I can't confirm gets less printings of but they are less commonShe's hotShe also got good nice weapons tooShe's also hotIn fact she is so hot I've seen fan art of her on pixiv and only 1 is AI, what can I say they got excellent tasteI also bought 2 of her myself.
>>11629574I perfectly understand but I want one on my own too ;_;
>>11629582I feel you buddy, I managed to snag them when they were new and I still had to pay a bit more, hopefully Bandai gets on reissuing them asap, though I will say it looks like she might get a European release soonish judging from what I've seen on some local stores listings so keep an eye out
>>11629474>backorder hell is a thing>makes it impossible to order backordered items>won't let you cancel backordered items>even when they let you pre-orderI'd wrather get scammed by bbts at this point.
>>11629597yeah I did put in some 30MM stuff preorders because they don't seem to go as fast but I think I'm generally kinda done with HLJ, they're leaving a bit of a sour taste in my mouth now when they can't even fulfill my figma 2B order.Still not being able to cancel backordered things is insane, I've asked and they've been like "oh more is planned to come in january" but cant tell me if I will actually get it or if I was too late and is actually number 350 and got no snowballs chance in hell to get it anyways
>>11629597>I'd wrather get scammed by bbts at this point.im just gonna change my credit card and ship all my orders after a certain point, HLJ shipping and tariff charges are much more than the other sites I use so im just done.
>>11629604You can fanangle the shipping a little bit if you have a lot of stuff to ship.It still is expensive as fuck.
>>11629611That was one of the first advice I was given when ordering from the site but man, the 20ish% tarrif theyre charging me is retarded while the two other sites I use are just doing 15%. Im going to start shipping all my stuff next month or so when they do the minor shipping discounts.
>>11629603Yeah, they kinda suck now. That new cancellation policy is dumb since most items the cancellation deadline is the same as the day pre-orders start, so you immediately get a popup 'like lol you can't cancel XD'. So the new policy is the typical nip 'we don't except cancellations'. Then just fucking say it. Doesn't take 3 pages of a policy statement to say it.Plus>Order item>Doesn't get filled for weeks>Shows discontinued >Can't even cancel it and get rid of it>Don't want to order elsewhere and end up with two>Sells out elsewhere as well>End up with zero>Stays in my order history taunting meI mean the private warehouse is nice (basically their only selling point now) but if you can't get stock of it just kill it and send me a email or let me cancel from my end. And for the love of all that is holy stop shutting down for weeks on end to re-arrange your warehouse for the eighth fucking time. I paid shipping last Friday and still nothing, they used to fire things out the door the next business day, in the old warehouse that apparently was so shit.
>>11629592I actually monitor two major shops in my (EU) country daily so lets hope you are right.
>>11629646>Don't want to order elsewhere and end up with two>Sells out elsewhere as well>End up with zero>Stays in my order history taunting meyeah this shit annoys me, with model kits its like kinda fine because they're cheap and if I get a spare thats just one to customize or at least use alt parts on, but big expensive shit? yeah, actually annoyed because I got a bit tight on cash and I had to ditch a PO on something I wanted more than 2B because of HLJs policy (granted part is on me for not canceling orders when they let you in october)>I mean the private warehouse is nice (basically their only selling point now)Nin-nin and Hobby Genki have PW too, not as robust and I've not really used them but still, HLJ isn't the only game in town for that anymore>but if you can't get stock of it just kill it and send me a email or let me cancel from my end.Yeah if it's a thing where they know they can't get stock for a long time then they really should just ask us if we want to keep the PO or just cancel it, especially for Bandai stuff, that will sell no matter what.>I paid shipping last Friday and still nothingmy last shipment only took 3 days but I am also european so that might be part of it, but I've had times they took a long time to ship so I don't know. HLJ is just getting annoying, especially with Bandai kits, also still annoyed that PO just sell out so damned fast, its like they seriously only get 3 kits of each thing
>>11628745Yawn
>>11629675faggot. what's next, rei is better than asuka? pfft.
>>11629657good luck man, idunno where you are in Europe but I hope what I'm seeing on mine applies to it too
>>11628745based and truthpilled
>>11629665>also still annoyed that PO just sell out so damned fast, its like they seriously only get 3 kits of each thingI mean, order stop is better than endless backorder hell. But last night was ridiculous, you had a 19-minute window to get Asuka or Yellow Bocchi. I got both but I'm annoyed on behalf of other Anons. As it is I have to watch Twitter like a hawk (both Bandai's 30 minute and HLJs accounts) and set an alarm for the middle of the night my local time. I've never gotten anything Bandai from HLJ unless I pre-ordered within 15 minutes or once I happened to notice Luluce randomly come into stock. Although that is partially a Bandai issue since they think all gaijin are scalpers. I might check out Hobby Genki and see if they are any better to deal with. Or just say to hell with it and go back to monthly AmiAmi orders, not that that helps much with Bandai stuff.
>>11629719Hg can be just as bad. Maybe if you mentioned years ago id agree but it is popular enough where people actively use it as an alternative now.
>>11629449>>11629494If she doesn't have an eyepatch sticker option in her base version, she will have it in her Test Plugsuit version. Though I wonder if you can make Rei sit in one of Asuka's legs for a good display...
>>11629465>>11629474>>11629526I manage to get my SHF Kamen Rider Cyclone bike but that was still open for orders until the day of release. Now I dont know if thise whi ordered day of got theirs, but this new system MIGHT at least show this time how much stock they do get. Not glazing them, but it's definitely not the best. Maybe Discontinued items are the only ones you can ask to cancel?
>>11629719Hlj opens pre-orders at midnight here. I leave to go to work 5 hours later. The situation with their private warehouse the past couple months has been absolute cancer with how the automation made customer service much worse, and now this shutdown holding orders paid days before it for three weeks after being violently raped by their shipping prices. The bridge isn't just on fire at this point.
>>11629830>If she doesn't have an eyepatch sticker option in her base version, she will have it in her Test Plugsuit version.How about her version from the shitty 3rd movie, you know, the one were she wears an eye patch
>>11629558What? Fuck. I thought "oh well, can always get her later", but I suppose not.Re-issue when?
>>11630044I shit you not.
>>11630164Christ. No way I'd pay quadruple the original list price.At least Shuremi goes for just under 5k on Amiami, which is still a lot (double), but not 7.7k (more than triple). And speaking of HLJ, they still tease my by having the latter on backorder.
>>11630164if you can consider aliex, Sestieh is going for around $40 burgerbucks right now thanks to their black friday sale (at least those are the prices shown to a sudaca like myself, dunno how's the price difference for eurobros).while I know it's not the best place, desperate times needs desperate measures
>>11628455Are 30MS hair parts Frame Arms Girl compatible? I've been scouring AliExpress for FA components but it seems like the people there only make Megami Device and Snail Shell compatible shit.
>>11630554I don't think so. Annoyingly, even different lines from the same company will all have different head cores and faceplates, so you can only swap within a line without modifying or scratch building.
>>11630554Not even remotely.
>>11630605How is Koto maid lady? The one with orange hair and glasses.
>>11630618Fantastic. She is also the largest girl that uses the frame arms girl body type.
