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Photos of the breakages attached. Graham

Will take some pics when I get home tonight. It was strange, cus the toy was standing there fine in the cabinet, but as soon as I picked it up the joints literally crumbled before my eyes. Graham

Damn, one of my display 1/60 YF-19 toys suffered a spontaneous disintegration of the right shoulder joint and left knee joint at the weekend  This was a first release YF-19 that had been standing in battroid mode in my display cabinet, untouched for several years. At the weekend, I decided to have a reorganization of my display cabinet. I carefully lifted out the YF-19 and the arm and lower leg just suddenly fell off. The grey plastic in the affected areas had literally just crumbled away. I’ve seen this happen to VF-0 shoulders and elbow joints before, but never on a 1/60 YF-19. Will post some photos of the effected joints later. Anybody else had this happen on their YF-19 before? Graham

Alex, If you know somebody that lives in Japan, have them telephone or email Yamato Customer Service and ask if they have the part you need. Please be aware, Yamato Customer Service will only supply spare parts to people iving in Japan. They will not ship spare parts to people living outside of Japan. Perhaps you can ask one of our Japan based members like Save or Renato to help you? However, as the 1/48 hasn't been in production for a while, it's probably unlikely they have many spares (or any) spares in stock. And to be honest, the 1/48's wing is not a part that I've heard of ever breaking before, so they many not have stocked that part. Oh, and forget OverDrive, the person there who was responsible for handling overseas orders and was really helpful and responsive left the company ages ago and the present staff and management don't seem interested in responding to overseas enquiries. Graham

1 pair of cream hinges remaining. Graham

Hopefully, it's an Android game and something similar to MUF.

Ha, I remember seeing this in the cinema when I was like 10 or 11 and quite enjoying it. Graham

Status Update Down to 9 pairs of cream hinges only. Graham

I'm sure he's a nice guy and all, but I just can't get into his artwork, it's always looked too rushed, unfinished and minimalistic for my tastes. In fact he's one of my most disliked comic artists. No matter how well a story is written, I just can't read it if it's drawn by Yeowell, especially his black and white stuff. If it's coloured, I can sometimes tolerate it. I don't mind simplistic and minimalistic art, by other artists, like Jock for example, but there's something about Yeowell's art that's always bugged me. Graham

In no particular order and representing British comics, which have been noticably absent from this thread so far: 1) Brian Bolland - Judge Dredd. 2) Mike McMahon - Judge Dredd (Pre-80's era only). 3) Bryan Talbot - The Adventures of Luther Arkwright / Heart of Empire. 4) Carlos Ezquerra - Strontium Dog / Judge Dredd. 5) Kevin O'Neil - Nemesis the Warlock / Marshall Law / LOEG. Honorable mentions to: 6) Steve Dillon - Axel Pressbuton / Preacher / Judge Dredd / Mean Arena. 7) Ron Smith - Judge Dredd. Mark Harrison - Judge Dredd / Glimmer Rats / The Travellers. 9) Dave Gibbons - Rogue Trooper / Watchmen. 10) Cliff Robertson - Judge Dredd. 11) Jesus Redondo - M.A.C.H. 1 / The Mind of Wolfie Smith / Timequake / Return to Armageddon. 12) Alan Davis - D.R. & Quinch / Miracleman. 13) Ian Gibson - The Ballad of Halo Jones / Robo Hunter / Judge Dredd. 14) Massimo Belardinelli- Meltdown Man / Ace Trucking Co. / Inferno. 15) Colin Wilson - Rain Dogs / Judge Dredd / Rogue Trooper. Graham

Same here. I like most FAST packs and love the ones for the VF-1, VF-11 & VF-17, but I just can't bring myself to like these, or the YF-29 much either. As others have said, it just looks too busy. Perhaps after watch the second Frontier movie I'll like them more. Graham

Now down to 12 pairs of cream colored hinges. Once they are gone, that's it. Graham

Just saw some pics of the paint master for the VF-19S, but not allowed to post them (as usual). IIRC, release of the VF-19S is scheduled for end of October or early November. Graham

Status Update No more off-white hinges. No more bright-white hinges. Still quite a lot of cream hinges. Graham

But it would be good if you could post a detailed step by step guide with (in-focus) photos , showing how it's done. Graham

All off-white shoulders are now gone. No more, so don't ask for any. Still have a few pairs of bright white. And still quite a lot of the cream hinges. Requests by PM please, as I seldom check this thread. Graham

If all goes to plan. Graham

Be patient young padawan. Graham

Yep, some nice side and top view fighter mode pics and front and rear view battroid mode Graham

It's out? Not straight to DVD.......LOL. Graham

Fringe is OK, not completely sold on it yet though. Hated Red Dwarf. Graham

Yes, development is coming on nicely Graham

Here's the list of my favorite science fiction series:- The Prisoner (but not sure you can actually call it sci-fi). Blakes 7. Firefly. Farscape. Babylon 5. Star Trek - The Original Series. The Twilight Zone (original black and white series). Tom Baker era Doctor Who (my favourite Doctor as a kid). New Battlestar Galactica. Star Trek - Next Generation. Star Trek - Deep Space Nine. Honorable mentions go to: Black & white Larry Buster Crabbe era Flash Gordon (used to love watching the reruns as a small kid). Gil Gerard era Buck Rogers. Original Battlestar Galactica. Terminator Salvation (showed promise). Doll House (should promise). Graham

The VF-17 Super Pack does not included any packs mounted on the shoulders! If you mean the back-mounted packs, they are still there, but you can't see them much as the arms mostly block the veiw of them. Graham

For me there's only the original unmodified trilogy. Graham