acruther

Well, you know, $200 toys... I returned the figure to tisinc after multiple unreturned messages. Won't order from them again. I'm thinking of getting a 1/48 instead. I really liked the 1/60 minus the shoulders. Would love any recs in terms of what to buy, what to avoid and who to buy from. Thanks.

I'm having the same problem with my newly purchased Yamato "Perfect Trance VF-1J Ichijyou Hikaru Type with Super Parts 1/60." I bought it through newegg.com but the merchant was Treasure Island Sports (http://tisinc99.com). Anyway, the darn thing broke on the very first transform. I was watching the transform instructions while doing it, so I tried to be careful with the shoulder, but to no avail. Dang thing cracked. Anyway, I tried tisinc99 but they haven't returned my emails. I tried hlj.com but they said I didn't buy it from them, so...no love. Yamato won't sell them to round-eyes (OK well Americans because of the whole licensing thing). So I'm at a bit of a loss. Fortunately I bought a couple Bandai 1/55s for my kids. I had Jetfire when I was a kid so that's how I go into all this. I never watched Robotech until the last month or so. Actually Robotech kind-of sucks, really. Love the toys though. The Yamato is gorgeous but is a fragile POS. They should have used a lot more die cast in the shoulders. The Bandais are much more solidly built. Different types of toys really. Anyway, if anyone has any leads on replacement hinges, I need two for sure. Otherwise I'll just be stealing my kids stuff...