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    DX Chogokin VT-1 Super Ostrich

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    8 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

    Did anyone ever notice this notch. Looks like Bandai improved the arm to leg connection to reduce sagging.

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    8 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

    Wonder if that's a feature on just this specific valk, to address the fact that it doesn't have any arm packs.  I don't have one handy to look at, but I think the arms usually rely on the legs holding up the arm packs to support them.

    Edit- Looked at all the close-ups I could find, and I'm really not seeing any reason for those slots.. and it looks like the opposite arm has a plug in that hole, so who knows if it's supposed to be there.  It looks like the arms are just going to depend on the tabs that usually hold the backpack down.. which, yeah, I'll probably be looking for some way to reinforce those dumb arm pegs, or add a notch to them to lock the arms up, because they've never been worth anything.

     

    Yeah.

    There is nothing in the promo pics to indicate any peg  nor usage from the FAST Pack for that notch:

     

    20 hours ago, grogall said:

     

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    DX Chogokin VT-1 Super Ostrich

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    On 11/15/2023 at 10:42 PM, grogall said:

    I for one hope they do something about the number, 102 was already used for the VF-1D, so hopefully this is just a prototype mistake...

     

     

    On 11/16/2023 at 1:48 PM, Lolicon said:

    Probably don't need to dwell too much on single screenshots from a show filled with animation inconsistencies and errors.

    Aside from that split second frame, neither 102 nor 607 was ever firmly established as the proper modex for the VT-1 Hikaru borrowed, so it really doesn't matter what modex number Bandai used. The tampo is just as obnoxious. :p

     

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    VOTOMS

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    Posted · Edited by treatment

    1 hour ago, jenius said:

    My son and I are building a 1/20 Bandai kit now as a "when we have time" activity and I'm pretty impressed (as many of you said I would be). Anybody have a suggestion on what kind of glue I could use on this kit? My son snapped a couple thin rods on the missiles and now he can't connect the red missile tips to them. 

     

    You can try the regular Tamiya Extra-Thin Cement (green-cap):

    https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/finishing/extra-thin-cement-2/

    I don't have any experience with the Quick-Setting version, tho.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Bandai 1/60 DX Chogokin Macross Plus YF-21

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    Posted · Edited by treatment

    4 hours ago, MKT said:


    HJ Web has finally put this article online, with nice pics. Be sure to enable web-translation.

    https://hjweb.jp/article/1322009/


    The 'replacement canopy parts' in Bandai's product page is almost certain to be parts-forming replacement seat for Battroid. Quoting HJ Web:

    "The cockpit hatch can be opened and closed, and the Gard Gore Bowman figure in the boarding posture can be seated inside. The unique posture of BDI (Brain Direct Image) and the mechanism that rotates the seat 90 degrees when in battroid form are also reproduced by replacing.."

     

     

    The cockpit/fuselage of the DX seems to protrude a bit much in Battroid-mode that it looks floaty.

    Like some kind of a bizarro crotch-thrust..

     

     

    MacrossWorld's PO Thread - NEXT PO of 2024 will be APRIL 5TH at 4PM JST...HI-METAL R VF-19 Kai Fire Valkyrie...a WWM Release...POST LINKS TO AVAILABLE PO's and KEEP DISCUSSIONS ON POs HERE

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    Usual scalper bots most likely hoovered up initial allocations.

    At US340 + taxes, just hope scalpers get permanently stuck with unsold inventory of it.

    As such, just wait a bit. It'll most likely come up avaiable again.

    Just don't buy 'em from scalpers and/or scalper-shops...

     

     

     

    Arcadia VF-5000G

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    6 minutes ago, rematron said:

    I'm sorry if this question has been answered a thousand times but why is this the case with Arcadia releases?  I have seen it myself since I started collecting a few years ago.  Is it because Arcadia releases are typically more expensive to purchase than Bandai? Or is it because they don't offer completely new designs very often?  I'd be tempted to be a little worried about the VF-5000 pre-order just because it's the first toy version of that model to ever be released.  It's not like a tweaked and remolded SV-51 or a VF-0D premium finish or a VF-4.  Is it that Arcadia will adjust their production number based on the number of pre-orders and just keep making them if they need to? 

     

    Nothing to do with any of that nor with Arcadia itself.

    It's all just about Bandai.  They've been employing strict artificial scarcity on their toy lines since at least the DX VF-25 Renewal era. This tactic sustains the current ludicrous preordering shenanigans for their toys, especially on their various Chogokins (DX, SOC, etc) and their MetalBuild (Gundam or otherwise) lines.

     

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