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I'd say the Toynami 1/100 VF-1S has the worse head sculpt. Graham That was my first ever 1/55........ah, the memories. Graham
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LOL.........comedy gold Graham
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I'd have to disagree about the 1/65 VF-17S/D being less durable than the 1/55 VF-1. I've broken 1/55s before (especially head lasers), but I've yet to break a Bandai VF-17. I've got a dozen of them bought in 1995 and they have been used and abused, jam packed into a toy chest with other toys, hurled across the room, hit hard with a rolling pin (by my son), dropped, soaked in the bath, but nothing has ever broken. Despite being all plastic, they are built like tanks. The proprtions are not too bad also. To this day, the Bandai 1/65 VF-17D/S are still amoung my all time favorite Macross toys, for their ease of transformation, durability and the appearance is not too bad in battroid mode, or top down view in fighter mode. Bandai certain did a good job of adding all the correct panel lines. Of course, the attrocious Bandai 1/65 VF-19Kai/S is a different story altogether. Graham
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Difficult to tell from that angle, can't see any ports. Could just be like the VF-25's legs with no launchers. But I'm going with the theory that it does have the internal launchers. Graham
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But interestingly, the YF-30 is also shown in that gameplay video firing missiles with the egg carton in the stowed position in fighter mode, with the missiles looking like they are coming from the underside of the plane. Possibly it has internal micro missile launchers in the legs, like the YF-29? Graham
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Snagged that. Good price. Graham
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They are both great toys. Really depends which you like the look of the most. Graham
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Bandai Macross toys ain't that much cheaper than Yamato's and are significantly harder to obtain, what with the limit stocks which sell out online within seconds. Graham Very well written post. Completely agree. Graham
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The reason Yamato discontinued the rainbow finish to the canopies is because they were not satisfied with the quality of the finish as it was found that on a small percentage, cracking and flaking would occur. Graham
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quote name="Shaorin" post="1021465" timestamp="1360796242"] 91% isopropyl from WAL-MART will do the trick. EASY DOES IT, though; the alcohol will mar any paint-work it contacts!! Yeah, I'm not putting alcohol anywhere near mine, I don't want to risk accidently rubbing off the black panit on the canopy frame. As I mentioned, using dish washing detergent seems to work fine and won't harm the paint. Graham
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This is now one of my favorite VF toys. I far prefer the look to the Alto version. Strange, when I first saw the pics online, I hated it. But in person, it's fantastic. Pilot sculpt still sucks though. Bandai could really learn from Yamato regarding pilot figures. Graham
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Well, one of my lower level contacts got back to me, he confirmed it is still the same CEO, the company hasn't been sold, they want to diversify apparently. But my contact didn't know whether they will carry on with 1/60 PV Macross toys. Waiting for someone higher up the food chain to get back to me. Grahm
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Always nice to see Macross 7 footage. I sure hope Gamlin and VF-17D/S is unlockable as a playable pilot and mecha. Hope Gamlin, Max & Milia are not just in the game as brainwashed bad guys Would be nice if these Super Dimensional Seminars showed more actual gameplay. Graham
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Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series
Graham replied to BoBe-Patt's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Episode 17 started really well, I thought we were gonna get a full-on battle episode with Clones liberating a planet from Seperatist, but it quickly went down hill when Anakin and Ahsoka got recalled to the Jedi temple and it turned into a CSI type 'who done it' episode Yes, the CSI stuff was well done visually, but damn it I wanted a large scale battle with Clones slagging droids. Graham -
Well, once the CNY holiday is over here and shops reopen, I'm scouring them for whatever I can find. Graham
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Oh well, if this is Yamato's swansong, it's a great way to go out. Fantastic design and engineering, possibly only equaled only by their excellent VF-19 series toys. Graham
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Have emailed my contact to ask about the future off variable Macross VF toys. Let's see if I get a reply. Graham
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I'm not a huge fan of the VF-4's battroid mode either. Graham
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So the answer to this thread title is now "nothing". Graham
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Yes, did read. No mention of new PV 1/60 VF toys. Not even any existing VFs on display at their booth. And we all know how well Hikaru dolls sell, ask Noel. I hope they are not going the 'dolls are easier and cheaper to produce route' and giving up on transforming VFs. Graham
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Hope I'm wrong and I'll attempt to find out. I wanted my VF-17S Milia, as well as the other three things that I knew were planned. Sorry, I'm a VF guy, mandolls just don't cut it for me. Graham
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Very sad to see Yamato go. Really the end of an era Like many of us here, I've been collecting their Macross toys since their first 1/72 YF-19 release and I've had the added benefit of having good friends in the company. Although in they past year communication has been spotty. This name change is a complete surprise to me. Any sort of corporate rebranding, renaming or restructuring is always a worrying sign IMO. And if the're were no new or even old transforming Macross toys at the Acadia booth or website, that is further cause for concern Hope they haven't given up on transforming Macross toys as being too difficult, too expensive, etc. Graham
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I've got a bad feeling about this. Hope I'm wrong. Graham
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What are your favorite VFs/YFs/VBs/RVFs?
Graham replied to nick20050's topic in Movies and TV Series
Damn, VF-17S beaten by VF-2SS Graham -
Just experimenting and found that a wet cotton bud (q-tip) and dish washing liquid (detergent) seems to work pretty well Graham
