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    Just the one's appearing in the movie... I guess what I am saying if Bogue's was "04"...and you were to get all the rest through "06"...it'd look obvious you are missing one of the AX's
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    Is "06" the last member of the squadron? At least it won't look odd when you have all of 01-05....right?
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    Not into collecting the music, but I do have the original BGM sets.....remember buying them from Books Nippon back in the day
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    The arm packs will essentially just be hanging on via friction....however, there should be no issue with them mounted to the VF-1 in either gerwalk or battroid mode
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    Indeed...was kidding...lol
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    Yeah...it would be nice, especially if you are collecting the skylark items....but it is one of those life time searches that may not end with completing the set...good luck!
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    Ok!
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    Yes, they seem to be characterizing the change to the leg tabs as a "fix"....I am highly doubtful that many of their customers were citing this as a major problem that needed correction, which means that this was something likely pushed through by someone within their own design team....as I said, they may or may not "revert" based on feedback, but for now they apparently do not consider it a problem....not sure how or if it is even possible to cancel a PO since they take immediate deposits....a wave of cancellations may get the message across...as far as I am concerned, it was unecessary and should be reversed or re-engineered to lower the backpack...not sure how other buyers feel and I have no idea if negative feedback would even turn into a redesign or some sort of "fix" for those of us who took the bait and switch...
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    Apparently the only person left in the galaxy that knew Boba Fett was a cold-blooded murderer for the Empire is gone....long live Boba Fett, the benevolent, patron saint of Tatooine!
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    Yes....the way everything tabs in place now (based on what wasn't on V 2.0) is more or less resolved....the only thing now would a complete redesign of the intakes themselves which are too blocky when judged against the lineart...the misstep on the leg tabs just sort of makes the improvements a wash imho...still, it is now much better in gerwalk and battroid...as long as you can ignore the extremely long leg tabs....which don't actually tab in correctly with this latest revision of their VF-1....they actually cannot tab in all the way and just half way at most....not visible in most fighter poses, but what it does do is ruin the position of the rear vertical stabilizers....again, something that some photo tricks can disguise...like with the giant intakes... I guess since I like to display my VFs in a hangar or carrier deck diorama....the new version does not lend itself well for those type of display poses when in fighter mode...first world problems I suppose....
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    No, they actually do nothing for it in either gerwalk or battroid....they just stick out more in those two modes...they can't be unseen now...lol
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    Pics of this oval skull?
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    Oh no...the vinyl is ruined!
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    Nice catch
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    Swann....why are you posting cels in the Stationery thread?
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    Yes, it is dissapointing... KC was making good incremental improvements but this idea to relocate the leg tab is a real head scratcher....and with a potential competitor in the 1\72 arena looming...it is not only a bone‐headed move, but certainly ill-timed as well....
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    The biggest takeaway from the profile pics I posted and the ones you posted is that in none of these representations does any part of the backpack become visible when transformed into fighter mode.... In terms of the toys, I think most would agree that the Yamato/Arcadia and Bandai DX VF-1's are the benchmark for lineart accuracy....with that said, the KC at least had that going for it on the rear of their VF-1... I know I have told them before and now and I am sure other customers have told them that their biggest opportunities for improvement were the tabs and how they need to hold everything firmly, the re-design of their intakes, and to re-design the ability for the head unit in their VF-1 to tuck further into the body of the VF-1 when in fighter mode... Unfortunately, KC has responded and have doubled down on their belief that the alignment of their VF-1 was off and that the problem was where the backpack was sitting in fighter mode....they said that they felt that the legs in fighter mode had too much of an upward angle, while this may be technically correct, their solution simply overcompensated and to be honest, the angled position of their VF-1's legs really did not change much...as you had stated, the issue was barely noticeable They have not offered any kind of solution other than to wait and see what feedback they receive from other customers....so if you think the change has taken their design backwards, now would be the time to make your view known to them.....if not, the design change will stay for all upcoming releases... They also admitted that the changes to the tabs will have an impact on the mounting of the Fast Packs, which at this point is just the attachment points for the arm fast pack parts to the legs.....they fit very poorly and also now have an extreme angle to them that also affects the position of the gunpod when mounted between the arms....BTW, just remembered, the other design tweak they should do is to elongate the landing gear just enough to provide adequate clearance for the gunpod when mounted in fighter mode....that should not be that difficult to accomplish.... As for me, I will keep what I have, but will be considering whether or not to cancel my Super VF-1S Hikaru PO. If the changes are not reversed or somehow improved, I think I may need to pass on future releases as well.... Of course, there is always the possibility for a mod, which would remove the current tab and replace it with another one in the original position found in the V1 and V2.....but not sure if it is worth it, as two of the other modes are just fine....
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    Yes....collecting Macross is like an addiction...lol
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    Yeah...when I took out my V1 Fokker I considered removing it's Fast Pack parts and dressing up one of the V2.x...It should not affect Gerwalk or Battroid...right? However, you bring up a good point....one of my PO's is for a Super VF-1S Hikaru....and as you pointed out....using the same Fast Pack parts (V1?) will be a problem for the V2.x in fighter mode... Incidentally, they had mentioned in a previous email that the factory that they had been using in the past had actually damaged their mold for the Fast Packs....I did not think much of it at the time, other than it being an opportunity to make some tweaks to them and releasing them as V2.0 Fast Packs... Just going to wait and see what they say...but imo they really should not move ahead with further batches of these before fixing the issue
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    No....the arms are still in the same position as previous versions...the easy solution is just to make the landing gear a bit longer...plenty of room in the landing gear bays
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    No idea....but it seems that making the backpack sit higher takes it further away from the way it is depicted in the lineart....if anything, the only real tweaks it needed were to slim down and stretch out the intakes, especially the profile of them and find a way to tuck the head further into the underside when in fighter mode....we'll find out what happened soon enough... Still, seems like a bad decision to have released it with a modification that actually ruins something that actually was not deficient on earlier releases....did they really think no one would have noticed? LOL
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    Well, what sets KC apart from all other purveyors of Macross is there amazing customer service....this is pretty bad and it will really push their willingness to make things right to the limits...but they have not dissapointed me yet, in terms of correcting issues.... After looking at the pics I posted...I was thinking that maybe, at least for the VF‐1S Fokker, that I could unscrew that side of the leg with the crappy new tab and replace it with the part from my Fokker V1....hmmmm?
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