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magicsp00n

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  1. I vote they include gunpod and arm armor as an homage to the 1/55.
  2. https://tokullectibles.com/products/dx-chogokin-vt1-super-ostrich?variant=47746234122557 Not cheap ($350, free US shipping), but better than the second-hand prices may be, I reckon.
  3. I've never had any luck with VF-1 DX preorders, but I reaaaaally want this one.
  4. Max flew a 1A early in the movie but switched to a 1S later on, when he fought Milia.
  5. Sentinel sent my replacement part but USPS lost it somewhere in New York... Going to ask Sentinel if they'll send another.
  6. Bandai rereleasing classic Mazinger jumbo! https://www.taghobby.com/archives/756587
  7. What do you use to replace the plastic windows?
  8. It's marked 102 in the movie (blink and you'll miss it during Saturn chase)... I wonder where the 607 came from for the Hasegawa art.
  9. Oh man. I gotta get me that VT-1. Please, Bandai, don't make it impossible to order.
  10. They also added that black paint around the cockpit; originally the nose wasn't painted. I also think this could clean up pretty well. The broken bits don't appear to be anything unique to the VT-1, so you could likely source some Jetfire parts as replacements. Even without the armor the Super Ostrich is my fave and deserves some love.
  11. Yeah, shoulders crazy loose. But I get to live that Gallia IV life.
  12. My VF-25G just arrived from RightStuf. Won't be able to get it out of the tray for a few hours but it looks pretty .
  13. Unfortunately I tried a couple types of solvent (Plastruct Plastic Weld, Weld-On #4) and it didn't work. I think maybe the piece is maybe some kind of nylon? And I actually did try running a nail through the length of my 3D-printed part and it still bent. Bananas, huh?
  14. Here's mine. They should have had the peg go up into the bottom of the cradle rather than the back end there. I tried 3D printing up a replacement part but the weight of the fighter bent the resin peg down after only a few hours...
  15. Mine too! Too much leverage on the little peg in fighter mode.
  16. All right, crew, let me hear from your experiences - I've only recently started picking up some of the Takatoku / Bandai 1/55s from the 80s (I've had some of the 200X reissues since they came out) and I find myself stressed out about how fragile they might be these days. For example, I picked up the Strike VF-1S, which I'd love to display out of the box, but the plastic on the armor pieces seems so brittle I'm not sure it'll flex the way it's intended to to fit on the arms, etc. Interestingly, the Takatoku Super VF-1S armor appears to be more flexible. What's the consensus? Is it safe to gently transform and put on the armor? Or is the 40 year old plastic going to break my heart?
  17. With this talk of the Orguss Valkyrie I started thinking about what if Takatoku made armored parts for their 1/40 back in the day. So I cooked up a set! I tried to keep the same Takatoku aesthetic. Ideally I'd have a VF-1A head on there but I don't have a chunky monkey 1A on hand as reference. Gerwalk and flyer mode are so goofy-looking with that big booster I kind of love it.
  18. The Takatoku may not have all the same articulation as the newer Orguss toys but it's a dang fine toy with nice clicky joints and plenty of style. I agree it's still a contender even with the more modern versions.
  19. What is it with the exaggerated panel lines? Both KC and ThreeZero seem to go bananas on them. Too distracting for me.
  20. Yeah, I also balked at the price, which is why I didn't pre-order, but I had my old Takatoku one out and the nostalgia came at me strong so I caved.
  21. HLJ has some of the HMR in stock in case you missed the pre-order. I just snagged one.
  22. Looks like it's time to sell my Toynami Alpha / Beta. I also don't hate that new ride armor. Not going to buy, it, though.
  23. I think if you look back at the Fuke prototypes, they didn't have cloth on them as well. I'd expect the final product to use cloth just like the previous figures did.
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