MacrossJunkie

I think you just really lucked on on your purchases. I don't think it's user error that is causing these things to have stress marks/crack and break. It certainly wasn't a problem with Alto's 171EX. The most I've seen with that release was just missing parts. Of the two 171s I got, the one I got from NY was flawed all around with missing and stray pieces, and a stress mark in one of the shoulders out of the box which eventually led to it cracking and breaking. The other I got from HLJ has been perfect. I had transformed it back and forth multiple times while weathering it and taking photos of it and didn't notice any issues. I'm still going to try to avoid transforming that one any further if I can help it. These two were first batch as well, so I don't think it makes any difference. It's just luck of the draw on whether you get a problem free one or not. You probably should have done the lotto when you found out you had 6 good ones. Or perhaps not because you may have used up all your luck with the 171s

It doesn't seem very likely the battroid exit would be implemented due to the fact that the front half of the canopy would be connected to the front edge of the cockpit area which wasn't true with the VF-19 F, S, P and kai which had a single piece canopy.

They did right at the top of the post. The source link was put there as well.

David, could you take a couple pics illustrating the two points? I'm curious if this is an issue with the re-release of the F and not the original renewal or if it's just something I didn't spot on the first release.

It's incredible how much QC fail Bandai was able to cram into a single release. I dare not even transform my single good one for fear it might explode into plastic shards.

I've personally resorted to wrapping some paper over the tips to prevent direct contact. Nothing else I've tried has worked to an acceptable level. If you get the set of 3 with the different sizes, you can mix the leg lengths together to assist with the posing for GERWALK and battroid modes. Even if you don't, you can still get creative with the stands for the purpose of posing your valks in those modes like in these pics I took where all three legs are the same length. Sometimes I only use one or two of the legs, although I wouldn't do that for a long term display scenario since a bump could make them fall.

For a second, I thought the door broke off the hinge... or maybe it did?

The lighting really makes a difference. I've been meaning to get some for my cabinets as well as a 4th cabinet but I can never find the time to drive all the way out to get another. Whenever my parents bring relatives over to my house to visit. They always give the relatives a tour of my entire house, much to my dismay. So inevitably they see my collection in my home office. Then they go, "Oh! You collect Transformers." which I then I do a facepalm. I try to explain they aren't Transformers and that I like the designs and they provide me some outlet for creativity in the form of painting and weathering my collection and generally spending a good bit of personal time getting them to look the way they do rather than just buying it, taking it out of the box and sticking them in the display. I try to use my SDF-1 as a primary example of the work that goes into this stuff. Some get it, some don't. The ones that don't, I kick out of the house. (not really)

That default scheme does look pretty good, but I have to wonder if a toy version would look anywhere as good or just plain bland as it would be solid gloss plastic grays which would be lacking the sort of textures you see in the game model that make it look good (to me at least).

Is it the parts on the back of the leg here that Yamato originally couldn't figure out how to do for the 1/60? http://www.macross2.net/m3/macrossplus/yf-19-fastpack/yf-19-fastpack-battroid-rear.gif

Wow, that is amazing work there! That's some convincing damage.

I wouldn't mind if it was just 1/72 scale and vinyl or a model kit.

I noticed a couple days ago that HLJ had changed the release date from 07/2013 to 08/2013. I'm guessing it got delayed for everyone and not just HLJ specifically.

Wow, that regult looks amazing. And it's so huge! You did a fantastic job on that.

I'm very curious to see how they manage to do the high speed mode. All these features are impressive.

At 1/250 scale, it would be 4.84 m or so in cruiser mode.

Wow. I'm not sure which is better news. That this is coming out or that it is going to be an easy to get web exclusive. I hope they make the shield attachment in fighter mode up to the VF-25's standard this time.

Dang, alert box must be broken. I had it scanning hlj's VF-25A page on two separate computers and neither of them ever found an update.

My last pics of the VB-6 König Monster. I wasn't very happy with my last batch of GERWALK pics because the lighting was too much and washed out the weathering detail. So here's another along with a few destroid pics.

That's true. Although to be fair, the Quarter has a stupid looking carrier mode and storm attacker mode is the only decent form it has. Not to mention it was floppy. The color didn't please many people either. I would love a Uraga and even a Guantanamo or two in 1/3000 scale to put next to my SDF-1.

That area would have to be replaced altogether. Painting the fan and surrounding area black would just have a visible black fan =(

I think I may be the only one wishing someone would make a New Macross class carrier. Preferably Bandai because I like Battle 21 and 25. But I'll settle for a Battle 7 from Arcadia as well.

That's way too shallow, imo. It's right at the edge. I think they'd be better off just making it flat with no fan and painting it black like what Bandai did with the VF-27.

I think they may have glued it in place. I wasn't able to get it to budge at all without risking stress or breakage on the plastic. You could try going from the underside of the backplate and using something to push on the pegs from that side.

Arcadia should sell kit versions as well, like Yamato did with the VF-1's. Then people could do custom schemes easier without having to figure out how to pry the pieces apart and risk damage or breaking things. Ugh, yeah. If it's going to have a crappy looking fan that also doesn't sit deep enough (hopefully not), I would rather they just make the intake covers permanent. The intake fans on the VF-25 renewals are atrocious and if it weren't for the fact that the armor pieces need you to take the covers off, they could have just made the covers permanent because I'd never display them with those crappy half-assed, unpainted fans showing.