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YF-21. Actually prefer VF-22 as animation design but on the toy the non-integrated gunpods bother me quite a bit, so YF-21.

Just transformed it last night after leaving it for, oh, about a month? Seems solid enough.

This isn't any kind of scientific observation, but the plastic between my 25 and 29 feels different to me too.

I enjoyed the v.1's. I mean they're toys, they always lose a bit of their appeal after a while, no matter how great they are. Anyway I particularly like the change to the position of the wing joint... EDIT: Or rather, the fact that the backplate is up slightly as it's supposed to be, according to the CGI.

I've only had the shoulder armor pop off a couple times and it pops right back on. The transformation is pretty easy and fun for me, so to each their own. I agree with the Armored Ozma v.1 however. I never want to touch that again.

Integrated gun attachment, articulated hands, crotch thrust, gerwalk joints: solved Loose joints: still potentially a problem Minimal wing bend: don't care That's where I stand on it I guess. Honestly the lower fins sticking out the back of the battroid mode bothers me more than the wing thing. But neither very much.

The first YF-19 had some issues, but the Double Nuts and Bird of Prey are pretty solid toys. But yeah, they all have the "gullet," so if that bothers you just wait for the impending VF-19 releases. They will make at least the VF-19P and VF-19S.

Hmm, you're right, the wings do come out the middle. Still, if you look at: and compare it to the v.1, it almost looks like there's an extra hinge that makes the backplate sit a little higher up on the back.

I wonder how the v.2 looks from the back. Whereas the line art shows the wings sort of coming out from the shoulder-ish area, the v.1 looked pretty ugly from the back because the backplate didn't sit high enough, making the wings look like they're coming out of the middle back.

I'm probably in the minority here, but the VF-19S/F is my favorite valk in fighter mode. I love the sleek look of that plane with smaller wings and without canards.

Yeah, I don't have the model. Looks okay though, I don't mind it. I was just surprised the fin was that big in the first place. I thought it was just angled badly in the DX v1.

Odd, seems like the lower leg fins don't retract into the leg all the way. Or rather, they fold into the leg and are too big to be concealed completely.

Oh, sweet

I hope they will remember to include the (tiny) gerwalk rear thrusters on there. Now that they've re-sculpted the shield attachment point in fighter mode, I have a sneaking suspicion the thrusters will be overlooked.

Yep. Definitely throwing both my v.1's against the wall.

Observation: I have a feeling that the metal-on-metal ball joints on its shoulders and thighs could get loose fairly quickly. We'll see.

I own 2x 25 v.1's, and a 29 now. If it's as simple as adding engineering changes of the YF-29 to the 25 (and it should be - in fact from playing around with the 29 I would surmise that they focused on creating an improved 25 v.2 first, and built a 29 around the design), it'll be pretty fantastic.

Totally agree. And yes, both are still pretty great.

The wing engines are pretty loose on mine. It seems to be a common problem. I might just superglue it in place; I'm not really enamored with the swivel engine anyway.

Should note that, if you don't like the crotch thrust, you can snap it back to flat. At least with YF-29.

Sweet! As soon as I get one of these I'm throwing my armored v.1 vf-25s against the wall.

Yep, I can confirm this. I usually just leave my gun-hand + open palm hand on for all my VF-25's through transformation. I'm the most happy about the fighter mode gun clip thing, that started with the 27. The detaching gun clip on the 25's really really bothered me. Second, would have to be the integrated gerwalk mode brace. Sweet!

I always thought this thing was totally goofy, but I'm excited for the Blazer remold/repaint!

Wow, check out that thigh hinge! They might have finally gotten the crotch angle thing right.

You can do it. All I can say is go incredibly slowly and apply even pressure to both sides of the legs. It gets better with practice. I've gotten pretty good in keeping them in there, as I greatly dislike leaving parts out from one mode to another. By the way great fan of yours Peaugh, from when I used to buy Transformers (don't anymore). Welcome to the Macross bandwagon. I love these things.