His issue isn't the elbow can't hold the weight
I have the same problem with him with my FAU, the hand's armour which holds the beam saber keeps popping out

Why the rush? While waiting you can plan what to do with it.

Better slow down, otherwise you'll be undergoing Gunpla withdrawal syndrome like I'm facing right now.

My hands are itching to just buy anything and build, buying kinda feel like there'll be something special left this year.

y not coat it for the last step after decal, to seal everything n avoid peel of or damage decal...
nub mark can still improve though.. since u top coat... y not do some partial painting/touchup paint job to hide the nubmark..

Good to poison someone into the hobby.

Got mine from Taobao n print it with company laser jet but I advice you to print at printer shop where usually the graphic design student go one cz resolution I recommend as high as possible mine 1600 laser jet still can't get the warning details clear.

Also after that decal was done it failed miserably after top coated it and apply on my black shield. Because decal look awesome on white surface but not on black my skeleton decal turn dark brown...

So kinda abandon my Hebrew lucifer wording decal too, pity.

Tried MGM top coat too but also failed terribly, tonight gonna put 2nd coat see whether can get back glossy finish or not.

Actually it's not the software issue but the printer I used normal printer won't print white so might seemed nice on blank decal white paper but when remove the decals actually the white portion become transparent and the background will replace the transparent portion of your decal turning dark brown in my case.

Not sure bout local, usually I ordered from taobao that bundled with my other gunpla supplies to save shipping and it sure does together with other paints and stuff.

There are PC shop should sell these referred to some us guy YouTube video but the price he mentioned is crazy think 15usd 5sheet something like that. I just bout like below 7rmb exclude shipping.

Bare in mind, these DIY decals might gets a bit rough on the edges depend on how u cut it. Also need glossy topcoat after u print it.

Can but u just missed the last shipment that ship my stein, also I putting all purchase on hold due abang jib rm fall impact. Cannot tahan already, japan site also even though there's a few kit I'm putting my eye on.

Anyone buy from Mandarake Nakano online before?

I wonder how much is the express delivery cost for Metal Build?

I bought 2 VF-19 Advance before from mandarake one is SAL Small Packet and the other is DHL.

DHL: 3600 yen (umeda)
SAL Small Packet: 1820 (grandchaos)

I also VF-25S was shipped out of Nakano for 1420 yen using SAL Small Packet. These two DX chogokin have similar box dimension and weight.

I dont think they have a price guide when you put an item into the cart (or maybe they have stopped adding that detail/feature for the item), you need to order first and wait for the confirmation a few days after along with the Shipping Charges. If you want more estimate, look for  the same item in Nipon-Yasan and put it in your cart and click the Shipping Calculator button. You can see the estimate and Mandarake should be a tad cheaper. (you cant compare Fedex and DHL rate though, Manda's DHL rate is a lot lower)
might be the reason why Bandai stopped their recent MG range. The simpler implementation of the new HG allows it more articulation that allows it to achieve poses from the show.

but the mg line sure is slowed compare to previous years, mainly because of price hence re100 lines that sacrificed the inner frame...

only most gen x and early gen y into mg lines, life is getting hectic and people just want to build it fast... (im thinking of becoming one too... many backogs)

That's up to you... Marida or Ridhe?

Or why not both?

the inner frame provides more options for builders to display.. in hangar/base mode you can reveal the inner frames...
battle damage will show most details inside... but not many hv the time to customize nor hv the skill...

Despite your very accurate argument, i still find that i have to point out how bandai absolutely failed at some releases.. namely tryon 3.. i still hate that kit with a burning passion

yeah i would prefer a series much more like the good old plamo kyoshiro (may be the decision to make mg perfect gundam red warrior is a tribute to the series?), would be totally awesome to put plamo building tips and tricks into an anime instead of talking crap like plavsky particles and summore all those shouting here and there would totally awkward, may i have grown up to get the kids stuff anymore...

im fine with bf but it got worse with bft...

Haha more or less the reason why in BF they don't have to use the big cubicle anymore was because the tech already progressed to a level good enough to not require the cubicle