unclechopchop

But but... people here will bash any toy line really if it is shaped even a bit funny This is Macrossworld! (cough cough)

Yeah, I guess. What's the point?

I'm surprised that after all this time people are still afraid of the 1/48. It's a pretty rugged toy IMO.

I've never had one snap in my hands. The only time I ever broke a 1/48, was when I intentionally pushed the BP8 backpack hinge on an early production sample past it's design limits (100% my fault).

I have about a dozen 1/48 currently on display and they have been transformed many, many times. Heck I speed transform mine to show people how fast they can be transformed and how rugged they are. In short, I am not at all gentle with mine. I remember shocking one member here, when I speed transformed my weathered 1/48 VF-1S in front of him.

As for the VF-0's arms, that is unfortunately another story.

I also think the Bandai Macross 7 and Macross Frontier toys are great. Will be picking up my second pair of VF-25 DX next weekend.

Graham

I'm glad you're on board with me (unlike some others already). Maybe they are rugged and I'm just scared. I just think for the money we are spending, we can get some more quality like better plastic and more metal. Metal is always nice. It's like my friend always says, "the heavier something is, the more quality it will have". By the way, nice meeting you.

is it a good point? people have different tastes than you and they'll express their views.

That's cool. I figured as much. I just wish people wouldn't always alienate everything that is out there. There will probably never be a perfect line out there, but c'mon the way people are bashing this line is kinda rediculous in my opinion. It's like I said before, I do love my Yamato toys, but the quality is very poor. So yeah, some things can always be improved on here and there, but can they do it with quality? I thought you guys wanted your moneys worth. Question yourself. Are you getting your moneys worth? So express your tastes and express your views all you want, just like I will.

Welcome to the forums where we bitch about everything that isn't perfect. Have fun here.

Yeah, I figured as much. I still wanted to get a good point across though.

I personally am getting a little tired of everybody (well alot) complaining about these toys! Personally I think they look great so far. I know I have to wait to get one in my hands, but I do believe that Bandai does make some nice durable toys. I currently own just about every carnation of Macross toy, and have been kind of dissapointed in the Yamato lines. The first 1/60 line was kinda cool, but sucked for the fact that you had to pull the legs off to transform. Then came the 1/48 scale. I blew a ton of cash on those, only to be scared to mess with them because of the lack of quality. You pay close to $200.00 and the thing snaps in your hands when you move something. Recently I went to go mess with my VF-0A and the arm snapped off. I only transformed the thing once! And now they have the new revamped 1/60 line. I hear it's great, but c'mon. People always complain about how they are more anime accurate? What's that really suppose to mean? Last time I watched the show, just about every other drawing of a valkrie looked different in some ways. It seems like the fans will never be happy. I was happy back in the day with the original Takatoku and Bandai releases. That was a quality toy. You could play with that thing all day and never had to worry about breaking anything. There was alot of inaccurracies, but all the same very cool. Dated but very cool. Even when Bandai made a newer attempt with the Macross 7 toys, I felt that they did a great job. There was alot of plastic instead of Die cast, but it was good plastic. The posing was somewhat stiff, but they still were convincing. Overall I do love the posability of the Yamato lines, but it's too bad that they construct these toys in such a poor matter. I think Bandai has took advice from everybody over time, by producing this new toy. They made it very durable (from what I hear) and more posable than the Macross 7 line. I almost think it's worth the money. Yeah, I know $180.00 or more is alot, but you don't have to worry about breaking the thing! Everything can't be perfect, but hey, that's what the model line is for. More accuracies without the playtime. Everybody that thinks that I am wrong, dig deep inside of yourself and ask "Are the Yamato Macross toys really toys, or something that I have to display because I am too scared to play with?" Please don't take any of this wrong, I do love all of my Yamato Macross toys, but I am also very protective of them because they might break in the wrong hands. Yamato stuff looks absolutely awesome, but man if they used better plastic as well as more die cast, then everybody would have EXACTLY what they want (and payed for). Bandai has always produced very good quality toys. BOTTOM LINE.