SR Shooting Video Game History Gashapon ...Preorder now!!

dnbiola · Post by **dnbiola** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:48 am

I'm really new here (like this is my first post), but I love shmups and was irresistibly drawn to these figures (I just bought them). I've never ordered NCSX before, but hopefully the ships arrive safely. Anybody know exactly when they come out?

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:26 am

aventus wrote:I would DIE for an XMULTIPLY-ship! With arms made of rubber!

Me too, classic ship design. Shame Gradius got 2 designs. I'd sooner of had 4 different ships.

Not keen on the model that comes with R-Type Tactics. Naff colour choice.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:39 am

Sly Cherry Chunks wrote:Scource: Annonymous Craft BBS

The NCSX link states that there are only five in the set, yet that picture shows 6 models.

Gwyrgyn Blood · Post by **Gwyrgyn Blood** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:10 pm

4 of the ships have an alternate color scheme. The boxes of 12 they are selling next year will randomly have the alternately colored ones... no idea about the sets that are being sold in December.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:14 am

Play Asia now have them on pre-order too (individually):

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-92- ... -2f9n.html (pre-order for Feb)

They also have a similar gashapon set called SR Shooting Game Historica Figure Collection, which is currently in stock:

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-93- ... -2fq1.html

Sadly, they only seem to send out random ones though.

DreamerNL · Post by **DreamerNL** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:53 am

I placed an order for the box of 12.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:33 pm

If you pre-order them through NCSX they're shipping out the set today (the set of five or six I think)! I'll get mines on Friday (by UPS, don't mess up UPS!).

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:49 pm

Post back when they arrive - would be useful to know if it's the complete set they are selling.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:29 am

bcass wrote:Post back when they arrive - would be useful to know if it's the complete set they are selling.

Well it's going to come with everything but one SilverHawk (it's either going to be blue or red).

I'm planning to Pre-Order the large box set of the 12 toys (but I'm waiting for the package on Friday to come in).

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:33 am

Who's selling the box of 12? Also, does anyone know where I can order a set? NCSX have sold out.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:37 am

bcass wrote:Who's selling the box of 12? Also, does anyone know where I can order a set? NCSX have sold out.

NCSX.

Here:

http://mgrsti3030s.seamlesstech.biz/tem ... lderID=155

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:44 am

Interesting, so the ones released in Feb will come in individual boxes, and there are a total of 9 unique ships (incl. variants). Will NCSX under-declare when shipping (to help avoid import duties)? I notice there is a Notes field on the shipping form.

postman · Post by **postman** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:46 pm

Mine arrived today! Pics might show up on the net soon, I'll keep you posted.......

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:23 pm

postman wrote:Mine arrived today! Pics might show up on the net soon, I'll keep you posted.......

Went for the one day eh?

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:04 am

Well I got the set today from UPS and put all the pieces together for the five ships.

Each ship came in a ball with the ship pieces (you must put the parts together, it's easy really).

Now, the good:

They all look great when completed.

The bad:

I think the Chinese factory who made the Toys were either rushing or didn't do a good job at all.

When putting some parts together they don't hold good (you just touch them a little and they fall off). I had to use superglue for this.

Anyway, let me explain.

The OF-1 from Image Fight. Look at the back of the ship, the small wings at the back. Look how good is the left small wing, and look at the right. Yeah.

Also the pilot area of the ship is crooked. I later fixed it.

The Pods look cool.

Look at the front left area. You'll see some black. Look at the front right area, the areas that should be black is missing (it's actually really hard to see, but look carefully).

How it looks for the side (sorry for the shitty image).

Anyway, the Image Fight ship wasn't that hard to install. I Didn't have to use superglue for it.

The Silverhawk, lovely fighter ship. Looks good when completed but trust me it was a bitch to install it. The parts are mostly small and thin and they don't stay on the ship that well so superglue was needed. Most of the small parts of the ship were most likely superglued to prevent them from coming off.

The Vic Viper was not that hard to install, but they were some parts that needed to be glued.

The Option is a orange ball plastic.

The missiles had to be glued. If you move it, it came right off. >.>

Why the back of the missiles are not straight? I didn't do it, it came like that.

The Metarion was really easy to install. Took me about a minute to put the pieces together. I had to glued the top wings but that was it.

The R-9 was just hard to install not because of the parts (I didn't use any superglue at all), it was how the Bits + force was set up. Well, take a look.

Group photo.

It's really cool to have it in your room if you know what I mean. I just pre-order the big box of 12 from NCSX. Can't wait for the ship color variants and hopefully replace the right wing on the Image Fight so the colors would be perfect! I need a Blue Silverhawk.

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:26 am

I really like the design contrast between the Vic and the Metalion. Metalion looks really industrial and purpose-built by comparison. Never played the MSX Nemesis games much, but it reminds me a lot of Gradius II's arcade title screen. Thanks for the pictures, by the way!

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:14 am

fighter17 this is your greatest post yet!

Sundance · Post by **Sundance** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:36 pm

Nize...now i know what to look forward too. I got mine in the mail a couple of days ago but haven't had time to put them together yet.

dnbiola · Post by **dnbiola** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:34 am

I'm pretty sure I ordered too late...I called yesterday and they said that I wasn't included in the pre-order but they'll see if they get more in stock. I haven't ordered from them before, but I'm thinking I might just cancel my order and buy the box of 12 for Feb (even though I really only want the five...).

DreamerNL · Post by **DreamerNL** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:09 am

looking good! Here's hoping for a vol.2, since it says vol.1 on the box...ikaruga and radiant anyones?

Post by **nZero** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:32 pm

DreamerNL wrote:looking good! Here's hoping for a vol.2, since it says vol.1 on the box...ikaruga and radiant anyones?

Raiden mk-II and mk-IIβ please

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:06 pm

Thanks for the great post and pics F17!

Can´t wait for them to arrive in our mailbox.

(Michaelm, if you´re reading this... something should be in there for you 2

)

Post by **spadgy** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:38 am

NCS are bloody good. I Preordered these so long ago my bank details changed, and they contacted me direct from New York, spoke to me on the phone with me being in the UK, and sorted everything super fast. Me like...

Post by **spadgy** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:59 pm

I just got them today - they are fuckin' awesome, but they are a little cheap and crooked. I too had to glue some parts, but it seems I had problems with different areas, so it's total luck how much work your's need and where they need it.

Bigger than I imagined too...

Just off to fly Vic-Viper around the kitchen...

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:39 pm

These look awesome! Thanks for posting them.

Fighter17 wrote:I need a Blue Silverhawk.

Looking for the butch version now, huh?

Bill wrote:I really like the design contrast between the Vic and the Metalion. Metalion looks really industrial and purpose-built by comparison.

I was thinking the same think. It really has a '70s sci-fi look to it. Now I want to go play its MSX game.

nZero wrote:
DreamerNL wrote:looking good! Here's hoping for a vol.2, since it says vol.1 on the box...ikaruga and radiant anyones?
Raiden mk-II and mk-IIβ please

Make mine Solvalou.

Post by **Ghegs** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:43 pm

Got my 12-set from NCSX yesterday and now they're proudly guarding my bookshelf along with the rest of my nerd swag. The duplicates (and the blue Silver Hawk) are still in pieces, I'm not sure what to do with those yet. As long as we're hoping for the next batch, I want Thunder Force ships with Guardian's Knight as the hidden, secret one. Not that that's gonna happen.

Fighter17, I assume you've already figured out the proper way of setting up the R9 with its force and bits?

Sly Cherry Chunks · Post by **Sly Cherry Chunks** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:53 pm

Mortificator wrote:Make mine Solvalou.

EDIT: not my image, from anonymous craft BBS

nem · Post by **nem** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:01 pm

You're missing Xevious.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:02 pm

hahaha.. were you drunk when you set that up?

the force pod is supposed to be in front of the ship with one each of the small pods above and below the ship

ed: heres what it should look like..

Post by **Ghegs** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:12 am

A golden Silver Hawk and a black R-9. Were the variants a luck of the draw or what?