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    It has always been open for any cel submission...if you look at the early pages, there were various non-Mcross cels posted...it's just that this is Macross World so most stuff will be Macross-centric
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    https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/witcher-blood-origin.html
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    It's cool how almost 40 years later there is still Macross stuff to be seen that is completely new!
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    Haven't had a chance to run Google Translate on the book, but I hope there would be some additional info on that "green" Tomahawk painting that Takani did.. ...sort of makes me wish someone released a book on Takatoku and other show sponsers and vendors and the story behind the merchandising and marketing of Macross back in the original SDFM TV days...it'd be instabuy! PS. I held out on posting one pic that will make you proud of getting this book....I think you'll know which pic I am talking about once you receive your copy!
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    Looking forward to the painful demise of Stormfront!
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    Hobby Japan Vintage Vol 4 - IMAI Nice book with a very limited showcase of all of the vintage IMAI Macross catalog...but some very nice original sketches from the Takani paintings used in the boxart are printed, with the most interesting aspects of the book most likely being the interviews with the various talents involved in the old school IMAI kits....from Kawamori to Takani... ...a few pics from within..... I hope to see a Hobby Japan Vintage Vol 5 - ARII edition soon!
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    Focker Special has landed!
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    That was fast....Amazon.jp sent me a notice to expect these on Sept 8th.....
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    The real Batman would have beat the living crap out of Covid19....
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    yes, same with the original VF-1S, which is what I commented on as an issue with both molds....my suggestion was to try and select more flattering angles which entail not using side shots or direct front end shots...the big intakes become less obvious with 3/4 from the top shots....or just completely block them out!
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    Operations will quickly be resumed by MEPIN!
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    Season 2 coming October 30th.... https://www.gamesradar.com/the-mandalorian-season-2-finally-has-a-release-date-on-disney-plus/
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    1/72 brothers (and a sister?) from different mothers....
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    OK...time for fighter mode.....pics first..... How to begin....well, it definitely holds extremely well in this mode....in fact, it is slightly better than Battroid....the bad news is the sculpt.....in some angles it is fine....in angles that show too much of the intakes from either the side or head on...they just seem way too big and boxy.....again, it all depends on how you are posing it or looking at it.....however, because of how well it all holds together in place with various well-placed tabs, I can overlook the intake design by posing it in more flattering angles... Some of the misses that still exist in fighter mode is the dragging gunpod....all that had to be done is to make the landing gear a bit longer and it would have resolved the issue...the gundpod is sort of thicker than it should be, so maybe redoing the gunpod sculpt may help....another issue is with some "gappiness" throughout the valk in fighter mode....most noticeably when viewed from the side in the intake area and within the space between the hips and kneee joint area..... One other "nitpick" is the bizarre paint used for the cockpit seat....it looks like some aqua-green chrome paint? Perhaps KC had gallons left over from when they worked on that 1/2000 Chrome painted TV SDF-1? Anyways, someone with painting skills can probably correct that problem..... The light gimmicks are still there and look good, but are much easier to enable/disable them this time around with a process that does not necessitate major disassembly combined with utter frustration! So kudos to KC for those improvements... I feel I like Battroid the best, followed by Fighter mode and finally Gerwalk.....the 1/72 VF-1J is put together much better than the VF-1S and most of that improvement has to do with the wise move away from diecast....oh...to answer a previous question about the "holes"...nope...no covers included in my set....not sure if they should be, but I did not see anything about them in the instruction manual....so it looks like you will need to settle for "holey" rather than "floppy" this round! If you have not jumped on a KC 1/72 VF-1....I would recommend to pick up the VF-1J rather than the VF-1S...or just wait until your preferred flavor gets released using the current mold...or perhaps a tweaked one in a future release.....
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    yep...KC's 1/72 VF-1J
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    So let's get into the Gerwalk...but first some pics.... So full disclosure....in my 35+ years of collecting Macross VF's I never had one break on me during initial handling (not even the Evolution VF-2SS although that happened after the second or third transformation!).....with that said, I will not entirely blame poor construction or quality.....more so extremely tight joints and fit, which was sort of the opposite of what I experienced with the VF-1S....the pieces that broke on me were the heat shield tabs....so now it is a parts former due to the small tabs breaking off during transformation to Gerwalk from Battroid....I will ask KC if they can replace it, if not, I can live with it as it still can be transformed and the pieces stay in place.....with that said..... I do like it, but it still has it's flaws.....KC did attempt to correct some of the bigger flaws it had before with fit and to an extent has made good improvements, but it still is not 100% there...... Here are the spots that were improved, but still need further improvement.... Connection betweeen the main body and leg intake sections.....they still require considerable fiddling to get them to line up and more importantly stay attached...once they do, they hold better than before, but still separate with handling.... .....the intake connection points have been improved, but they still have a tendancy to separate with handling, still, much improved from the previous attempt on the VF-1S.... The intake has much improved tabs (2 X) that assits with the connection to the main body of the VF, the weaker one is still the one directly underneath(behind) the intake, the side tab hold well.... Once again, the connection of the fuselage/cockpit to the main body is problematic...it requires much finagling to get it in place and it still seems to separate after you have accomplished the connection..... One good thing is that KC seems to have added an additional folding tab that helps to "tuck in" the head (ok, that sounds bad) underneath the cockpit...still not as good as Yamato's design or the Bandai DX's, but better than KC's previous attempt..... That's as far as I cared to dive into this toy for the time being.....I like it in Battroid more so than in Gerwalk....overall, it is an improvement to the V1 KC VF-1S...eliminating the diecast will go a long way for this toy, in terms of floppiness, but only time will tell..... I would say, buy this toy instead of the VF-1S if you have not purchased either.....the scale makes it a unique addition to your collection, but you probably just need one of these hybrid Bandai/Yamato VFs....it's sort of a peek into the much prophesized Bandai 1/60-ish DX that has not shown up...yet
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    A few extra Battroid pics with his bros.....
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