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  1. MacrossJunkie
    I think it's more like the butterface girl of valks. Nice body, but the face isn't much to look at I dunno, I somehow like the head unit on it now. I think maybe because it looks very robotic.
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    It could do without the blade thingies sticking out of the ends of the main cannons and the arms and legs to stand to be a bit shorter, but I wouldn't call it horrible looking, IMO.
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    I'm surprised no one has mentioned the 1/3000 TV SDF-1 kit in the first Wonderfest post on the front page. http://mrd-3d.com/anime/macross.html It doesn't look transformable to me, but I don't know if it's planned not to be or if that's just a prototype. Either way, it looks pretty awesome and detailed. I wouldn't mind having one of these as it would look good with the DYRL version with the amount of detail it has. And yes, I realize it's not a toy, but it looks to be the closest thing we have to a nice looking rendition of the TV SDF-1.
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    I love the weathering job you did on the 25, 1J, and 11. Did you use an airbrush for that?
  5. MacrossJunkie
    So the armor is finally being released? I can't wait to put it on my Ozma VF-25. It's just not the same without the armor.
  6. MacrossJunkie
    Nothing new here. Just an old toy. I was rearranging my display case and realized that I've never seen my VT-1 in battroid mode before. I've always been afraid to transform it because I was afraid the shoulder parts would break since they came cracked out of the box. I said to myself, "F- it. Here goes...", and fully transformed it for the first time despite having this thing for years. My tastes/perceptions must have changed over the years because I used to think the VT-1's battroid mode looked stupid with that "head", but now I think it actually looks pretty good. And yes, I only just realized that I forgot to open up the sides of the "head" unit before taking the pics.
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    Great job on repainting the stripes. I'd also like to see more pics of it from other angles and modes.
  8. MacrossJunkie
    That armor pack looks awesome. I mainly wanted just the gun and missile pack that should have come with the EX to start with, but the armor looks really good on the toy. I'm glad I put down a pre-order. The only thing I hope is corrected or is just due to lack of attention from the person who put it on is the large gap all along the front of the leg armor where the panel is.
  9. MacrossJunkie
    Despite being mostly unassembled, the assembled parts look pretty good and well detailed and makes me want it more. To paraphrase Isamu... This is really an impressive fighter, even the the way that it lays there in pieces.
  10. MacrossJunkie
    Hard to say. I'm not digging their new site. It's less informative to me. They don't even show the different shipping options and costs on the page anymore for in stock items.
  11. MacrossJunkie
    How about the Ford Exploder?
  12. MacrossJunkie
    All three of Alto's rides. I think the lesson we can learn from Alto is that the more birds you wreck, the more likely people will give you new toys to play with
  13. MacrossJunkie
    I really hope they do put out a standard VF-171. My plan is to display the EX version in battroid and use the standard 171 as the fighter mode display.
  14. MacrossJunkie
    I agree that it's a pretty solid toy all around. It has excellent representations of all three modes with respect to the line art. My only personal gripe with the toy is the way the cockpit doesn't stay solidly in place in fighter mode and is so fiddly.
  15. MacrossJunkie
    I'm guessing the lack of a double jointed elbow to let it bend beyond 90 degrees is one of them. Aside from that, I can't really think of anything else articulation wise.
  16. MacrossJunkie
    LOL. Man, I loved that back in the day. Well, here are the pics of the other modes. Bonus pics:
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    New pics of my VF-171EX after panel lining, weathering, and clear coat applied. Just battroid pics for now.
  18. MacrossJunkie
    Was it the little flap that you had to slide into the back of the head when you try to move the chest back into place for fighter mode? That part stumped me until I took a close look at where it was getting stuck and where pieces could go. I did some initial panel lining and detailing on mine. Trying to decide if weathering and clear coating it is a good idea. Unlike the VF-17, it seems like a lot of things scrape together due to the tight tolerances which would be bad for any clear coating. On the other hand, I want to try to protect the existing paint applications from rubbing off... decisions, decisions...
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    Got mine today. Had a hell of a time trying to figure out how to transform it as it was hard trying to tell what the instructions were trying to illustrate. Despite all that, the wings on mine stayed in place from fighter to battroid and back. I did manage to knock off the left chest gun and one of the landing gear bay doors... and the head.. during the process of trying to figure out how to transform it. It's definitely a lot trickier than the Yamato VF-17 is.
  20. MacrossJunkie
    I hope they have these sold separately at some point as well.
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    DX VF-25G

    MacrossJunkie replied to zulu's topic in Toys

    Is anyone still scanning HLJ for the 25G's availability? I stopped scanning about a week and a half ago (well, not stopped entirely, just stopped having it run all night). I've just assumed at this point that if they haven't opened up pre-orders by now when pretty much every other shop's pre-orders have come and gone, that they aren't planning to have any to sell.
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    An interesting idea. Would that affect the durability or its ability to stick to the surface? I used dish soap back when I used the pro-modeller's wash, but that was just for panel lining so any effect the dish soap would have would not matter. In any case, it's a non-issue when I airbrush it on, but that idea may help anyone using a brush if someone is wanting to clear coat one of the Bandai DX's.
  23. MacrossJunkie
    Yeah, an airbrush isn't needed if one doesn't have access to one. I just prefer it since it's easier. Especially on the super glossy surfaces of the bandai valks. It's such a huge pain and highly frustring trying to brush on Future as it is has a tendency to pool up on that plastic they use. It's like trying to brush oil on a teflon coated frying pan. The YF-29 was the last time I tried it and it required the patience of a saint and many many many tries for me to get it to coat even a small area. I eventually did it, but that was the last time I would attempt that. Yamato valks are easy to brush it on. It just stays in place.
  24. MacrossJunkie
    The amount of the flat base added can affect how it feels. Also, how it's applied (with a brush vs an airbrush) can affect the feel as well. The lacquer based clear coats I tried using in the past always felt sticky to the touch even after months. With the Future floor polish, once it's properly dried, it doesn't feel sticky or crusty. With the flat coats, it just feels like how many matte surfaces feel. The gloss and semi-gloss coats still feel pretty slick and smooth. The number of coats you apply would obviously affect the thickness, but I've never had an issue with the clear coat getting in the way of joints.after spraying on 3 or 4 coats.
  25. MacrossJunkie
    Hmmm, actually, you're right. My bad. It had been a long time since I had looked at the piece and I was thinking there was another piece that attached. I had to take off the shoulder armor to verify.
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