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In my opinion no, not really. They snap on pretty tight. Not sure what the deal is with having the magnets there.

AWESOME PICS!!!!!

I just spent 45 minutes screwing with that part! (rewinding Graham's video the whole time) It's that little tab in the back under and behind the bridge part that was giving me grief. Somehow I had pushed it to the "up" position and didn't notice. Use your fingernail and slide it up, THEN the center part will swing all the way around and down. Once it is in position, lock it by pushing the tab up. Hope that helps!!! As for the ARMD arms, just be patient and don't force them to hard, they do pop on eventually, just kinda gotta hit the sweet spot.

Started gluing little pieces on tonight. As Graham noted...some fit tight and do not gluing at all. I feel a few require just a drop of glue in the screw hole. Some of the really small ones are a bit tedious, but that could just be that I'm tired. Anyway, A sharp hobby knife and a little patience is all that is required. The parts all fit very, very well. You cannot tell were not put on at the factory once they are on. Might start panel lining tomorrow or Monday... And as far as I can tell the rail guns do NOT go all the way forward which kind of bummed me out also, you CAN slide them past the last tab, but then they point up slightly, BUT they do face straight forward. I don't recommend this as I do not think Yamato intended for them to go all the way forward. By far the HARDEST thing is extending those front four spikes. They pull out in pairs by the way. BE careful pulling those out, or you WILL damage the plastic. They are really in there tight!

Fort Worth TX now has a Macross....Is it WRONG that I don't wanna go out with the girlfriend tonight???? This toy is incredible. Expensive? Yes. Worth it for a die hard fan? YES. If Yamato does a TV version, I'm there!!!!

I'm driving around on the "hunt" for the Postman in my neighborhood whom I missed this morning. ARRGHH! The nice lady at the post office said he should be back from his rounds in like an hour, so i WILL get my SDF-1 before 2010 ENDS!!!!

I cannot WAIT to get this and spend some long hours panel lining, weathering, adding tiny decal strips and basically making look as realistic as possible!!!!

I agree!! good job!

Got my shipping confirmation from AmiAmi this morning!!!

"Thank you for your order! We have confirmed your payment, and your order will be shipped today or on the following business day." WOOOOT!!!!! :lol:

Got my payment email from AmiAmi and charged up the old Credit Card this morning! Now the waiting begins......

AWESOME review Graham!!! Thanks!!! Can't WAIT to get my shipping notice!!! p.s.--i WANT that freakin t-shirt you got on!

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That was exactly what I was thinking also! They are just trying to minimize breakage during shipping. Take 5 minutes and snap on a few pieces, DONE.

AWESOME!!!! Us model building guys LOVE to see parts that we have to attach!!!!

WHOA!!! BAD hair day! :lol:

Yeah we will! those of us who have already pre-ordered will either be A. Jumping for joy rejoicing in Yamato's greatness!!!! OR B. Saying "ohh man, thanks Yamato for this $400 lump of coal I'm about to receive for a late x-mas present..."

I would be in for BOTH of those!

AWESOME PICS!!!

AWEEEEEESOME!!!!!!

Do we KNOW the actual PRICE on this yet????? Christmas is right around the corner---need to start budgeting...

I gotta say, that's one PRETTY Valk!!!!

I spy FX Lightsabers! I use to have almost all of those---the good ones broke! (Green Luke was my FAV!) ohh and NICE Macross collection!

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Any updates on these and the 1:60 VF-1D parts Exo?