Those pics were posted by Graham a long time ago, also the answer to what that black plastic piece is:
http://www.macrosswo...ndpost&p=936813
http://www.macrosswo...ndpost&p=936831
IMO when you don’t like your valk’s battroid mode, are afraid of breaking something while transforming them and think they are too expensive then the only logical way to follow is to switch to model kits, otherwise you will always feel miserable.
CYBERGUNDAM has posted this recently:
發售日未定: Model Kit 1/60 SDR-04-Mk.XII Destroid Phalanx.
It looks like Yamato hasn't defenestrated this project yet.
Source: http://blog.yahoo.co...%B0%88%E6%AC%84