Mechapilot77

so.....not sure if everyone saw this but in the yf-19 thread it was posted that the dryl valks from arcadia are going to be white white....like the tv valks (with confrmation fro mmr. k on twitter). not sure i like that being that all my other dyrl valks are off white....so the question now is "do i care if they match being that i have an off white roy already?" really annoying actually...now do i sell off my dyrl valks and replace them all as they come from arcadia, or attempt to sell off this preorder have for the vf-1s roy and get a misb yamato with option parts version...or do neither and just "appreciate the differences". ugghh. man this wouldn't be so huge an issue if i ever got aroudn to picking up the vf-1s max (the only dyrl valk i want and don't have and don't want to pay aftermarket prices for). i don't understand arcadia. clearly they know we are a niche market that is very picky.....and they (including mr. k) wait until now to disclose this...which causes us semi OCD people to go bonkers. i'm almost fuming righ tnow. ok done fuming...they just want us ocd f*ckers to buy more aka rebuy the whole line....which...i am not prepared to do. now if they start releasing the tv valks in off white dyrl yamato white the hate will be strong.

Sorry if this has been discussed to death in the past (i've only just discovered we had a mospeada thread here on MW and went back about 15 pages or so of threads), but has anyone attempted to make/remake/redesign the flawed components of the MPC Alpha from toynami (other than the hands)? I have a few and i'm deathly scared to handle them. For instance the hands feel like they will crumble. I know back when the V2 VF-1's had crappy shoulders someone (VF5s?) made some shapeways shulder hinges for people. Anyone addressing the MPC alpha issues? I do have the CMs legioss and tread too (just one set was enough for me to stop though) but i don't like it as much for some reason (probably because i think its a 50-80 dollar toy that was sold for close to $300 back in the day....i got it at STEEP discount but STILL....i prefer the toynami sculpts and would love it if someone had already looked into that. ahha

i have both but have only opened my first release and its too dark. Actually, MANY of the yamato vf-1s have green that is too dark for the eye/sensor IMO. I wonder if anyone has kept track of whic h releases seem to have darker green than others (to my knowledge, not even jenius has and he used to detail almost everything his reviews)...i've not paid too close attention BUT it does seem like some are better than others (although IMO they are ALL too dark). someone could make a pretty penny by releasing aftermarket heads with the correct shade of green (already molded in the correct dyrl/sdfm colors)....especially if that person were to include an LED gimmick for the eye too. It'd be perfect, as its not like the heads aren' t meant to be removed. lol. just sayin... although i'd take a simple one piece replacement clear correct shade of green plastic anyday too. :-P

great photos man!

Did this get enough traction? Please PM me if its not too late as I 'm interested in a 1/60 scale one. Thanks.

promotional photo - they look almost the same...and both look whiter than the yamato DYRL of the past....even though one of them is a yamato DYRL....so that tells you that the photo.....tells you almost nothing. lol

its its not too late, put me down for just 1. thanks.

True, BUT only if you prefer DYRL to SDFM. i like the hikaru dyrl scheme but i'll take a bare bones vf-1j white with red trim to a strike hikaru vf-1s anyday unless you are talking about resale value (due to fast packs). being american the dyrl hikaru scheme was always a "reverse jetfire scheme" with a cool green eye...black and red reversed on the chest. the vf-1j hikaru is the iconic hikaru colors to me. i didn't see DYRL until the early 90s release of the VHS "clash of the bionoids" (horrible version of it btw but i still liked it).

looks pretty good. i do wish the deco had more black to be less "alto-ish" ( i mean how many valks does that little princess need?!) and had a more distinct head. i wish i knew if they had other decos planned or not. if they did i'd probably skip this one (especially if they are going to releaes that "skywarp deco" or "thrust deco"). as is, i'll probably get it for fear that other decos will never materialize.

man, less tampo...guess i should have bought one of the many reissues (the most recent ones had the option parts too right?) of the dyrl back then instead of just holding on to my original v2.0 (which by some miracle still has no cracks although shoulder hinge is loose). now all i'm getting is a stand. i suppose i could elave the new one in battroid and have the old one in fighter...as the alck of tampo son't be as evident in battroid mode.

skywarp and thrust, is that you? :-P

the mighty block stands would be better if they just eliminated that rotation point altogether. IMO the bandai gundam action base stands are a serviceable solution with that custom adapter exo made. they can be had for like 6-10 bucks, come in a variety of colors and is stable enough for a VF-1. still its not stable enough for more dynamic banking/posing etc...which that SV-51 based stand should be

man i just preordered this from amiami yesterday. not sure if i want it now...they don't allow cancellations either...gah! oh well.. guess i can always resell if i need to. tight shoulder joints plus a stand....worth $150+?

because it looks like its flying when its clear sorta. also if you photo on certain backgrounds its very easy to pshop out the stands if clear.. i hate bandai stands with a passion...looks like the valk has a giant plastic stick up its ass....because it does. lol.

love the new stand....wonder if all of them are this way or just the vf-1s roy? i prefer it to the grey quite a lot. i already hav a dyrl vf-1s roy though....albeit it has floppy shoulders by now (not broken just loose....unlike any of my other valks oddly enough other than the vf-1s hikaru...oddly the two that are being reissued first).

true, but their lack of width is...annoying. They actually hold very little for the space they take up. one cabinet twice as wide as a detolf will absolutely hold well more than twice the amount of stuff a detolf can without looking nearly as cluttered. I know some do the double detolf mod to fix that...but i'm not a fan.due to the double metal beams in the middle that result. i right now have only 3 detolfs that can display about 1/3 to 1/2 m collection of toys. Debating on getting a 4th or just redoing everything with wider cabinets. heck its only the price of 1.33 valks. lol

Dust in everyone's home is different. Dust comes mainly from dead skin and hair cells, but also lint, papers (especailly newspapers and magaines etc) etc.. keep your skin moisturized! lol. Also it will depend on your HVAC systems as well. Some forced air units have have great filters in them etc. Some people even use a separate HEPA air purfification system. Some people contorl humidity better than others. FWIW more humid conditions make dust heavier and it will settle. more dry coniditons keep the dust suspended in the air so while you may have dust, it will not settle on your figures and displays. Also if you live in or near a city, you will have a higher amount of dust just by opening a window etc. I lived last year in the worst possible conditions for dust (ok maybe not but def. not ideal)...humid (so it settles), no forced air so no filtered air, no separate air filter, tons of papers etc. Also i have dry skin. lol. The bottom shelves of detolfs and the figures sitting there definitely accumulated a layer of dust after about 1.5 months or so and needed to be dusted. however...dusting figures after a month or so is easy...any of those feather, microfiber or even swiffer duster takes seconds per figure. the shelf even less. The trick is to not let dust on a figure too long and get caked up (having dust settle and then having big changes in humidity and tmperature will cake dust on) where you have to wipe away vs. easily dusting it off. This year after my move 2 months ago, its still not an ideal environment but i checked last night...still no need to dust. that being said it'd b really nice to not hav eto dust at all. lol. eventually i'll get nicer cabinets but for the money $60....they are impossible to beat. then there is teh othe rargument...why put thousands of dollars or toys ina $60 cabinet. to each ihis own. someone linked these a while ago...not outrageous pricing at all. http://www.specialtystoreservices.com/productdetails.aspx?productid=34319 i'll look into that someday....maybe when i stop buying $300 valks all the time.

undecided on it....i may just pick it up for frontier (ish since this i a game valk) completion....loving the fighter mode...battroid may take some getting used to. man im ready for a new series and new aesthetic though. this frontier styled stuff i think has finally run its course with me. give me a sleek plane that turns into a beefy bot, not some anorexic looking evangelion influenced thing.... any series or OVA planned in the near future? seems macross is fizzling out. 30th anniversary didn't get a new production....just a video game. :-(

Count me as interested. By what date would you need to know for sure? It looks really nice btw. This just seems like one of those rare opportunities not to miss.

that does look pretty cool! someone is selling a custom max/mirria wedding one on here too IIRC. even though these sets never existed, the box style and art really take me back! i kinda want someone to make custom boxes styled like that to display some yamatos in. lol. how aesome would tha tbe?

where are you getting the 99/2000 number? IIRC, macross zero came out in 2003...just 5 years before the release of frontier. i have no knowledge of when those designs were penned but my guess is about 5 or less years apart more or less coinciding with the development stages of those 2 series/OVA.

BEST VF-25 color scheme yet!!! actually looks good naked....whereas the other decos seem to need super or armoed packs

obvious answer....they were designed by the same guy, kawamori. also frontier was the first series after Zero so more or less there is some continuity in design. the VF-27 is clearly a design evolution from SV-51. Heck pretended my SV-51 as a VF-27 for a while. Also, look at the head of a VF-25F, does it not more closely resemble the head of a VF-0S moreso than a VF-1S, or anything from M7? i think its just where the designer was in his design aethtic at that time...granted i'm sure certain aspects of the continuity definitely influenced some decisions (for example the VF-171 derived from the VF-17 because teh VF-25 was too much a a hero looking valk to be used as cannon fodder) but sometimes the simplest most obvious answer (i should say oftentimes) is the actual answer.

good god that is glorious.....don't feel so bad about spending the money now.