Dimis
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I haven't bought a pack yet, so i'm not sure whether to get one if they are going to do any damage.
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Hi, Does anyone know whether the Super Parts for the VF-17 scratch the plastic at all? Have you seen any such comments? Thnx D
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Just daydreaming, but imagine how relieved you would feel if there was another announcement from Yamato saying "Actually, we are not going anywhere, all this was just so that we teach our japanese buyers a lesson for chasing after Bandai DXs all the time... and so we are on schedule, with VT-1 in June, YF-19 in September, and VF-5000 for December..." - got to stop now!
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So cute!!!
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Agree about the Vf-19s. The gerwalk at least would look much better without them.
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To be honest the 1/48s i really didn't like. But i have the two VF-1As and Hikaru's VF-1S and those really don't look bad!
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Makes sense. Yesterday i bought the P and today the F, but i was just wondering about that because if they do it, it means i will be buying them again. (By the way it was your site Jenius that i read what i mentioned. I'm visiting often lately! )
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May i ask, what are the chances that if/when Arcadia re-releases the VF-19, they may implement removable intakes? I have read the issue about the joints. This is the really the only detail which i find not satisfying.
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I picked up the P from eBay. A small premium unfortunately which, added to the full retail price, was lethal. I'm sure that eventually some will make their way to auctions or websites sourcing out-of-print items, but i don't expect those to be any kinder.
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And the lower priced on eBay are "pre-order and we should get it" type. I already asked... :-)
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Also if we take the "likes" on Amazon.co.jp to be any indication, you rarely see more than 10 likes for any Yamato compared to 300+ for the Macross Frontier stuff. Bandai gets away with doing one repaint after the other, due to the popularity. How much would this change if they re-released everything from the beginning in another scale? Personally i'd rather see them release 1/60 but in webshop editions for existing releases and new VFs in a more conservative manner. In May it felt a bit like a garage sale.
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Although i had bought the non-weathering, i wish i had bought this one.The tan matte plastic looks really cheap to my eyes. It may be the only fighter mode valkyrie that looks better in a photo (VF-171EX too perhaps)
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I have the Ivanov and i didn't have a problem with parts, however the gerwalk is a bit helpless. It relies on really weak small pieces to "lock" into place the shoulder/wings/arms area and it doesn't hold. Also the way the wings fold suffers too. I should expect all of them to be this way though.
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Ok so you bought the same as the one i said i was eyeing, and you are even admitting it? You are so green!
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The cheapest i have ever seen was about 15,000 Yen at Yahoo Auctions with Proxy fees included but without shipping. Generally it's only there that you can find decent prices. I have the Ivanov variant and if i had needed to pay that amount of money (i got mine for about 18,000 YEN brand new without shipping), i would feel okay paying it since it's unique. Generally they are rarer than most other valkyries as they have not been re-issued so the price will never be as low as others. Color-wise it's a matter of preference. I only like the Ivanov, other people only like the Nora, and some people prefer the Mass production. Just make sure that MIB is MIB.
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I would say be careful of the VF-1. When i decided to get one, it was a Weathering special. Then i got 2 more Weathering versions, a VF-1d, VF-1s , VF-1j, VF-1a mass and i'm eyeing a VF-1a hikaru TV version. All i wanted was a weathered VF-1!
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Thank you both very much. I decided that i won't be buying it. It will be impossible to handle the model without somehow picking it up from the hips- it has a ball joint in the waist so it will be a case of what to stress this time!
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Although i don't like the gerwalk of the Macross Frontier valks- too long tails- the gerwalk of the Yamato SV-51 is probably my most favorite mode of a valkyrie, and the VF-1's with S&S parts is also gorgeous- the VE-1's even better. So i voted gerwalk overall.
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Hi, Apparently it's epoxy. d
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This is a more general question you may have experience in. I am interested in a Gundam Zeon suit master grade, and the modeller who is selling it has used modelling putty to elevate the hips and around other areas. Would you venture a guess how lasting or fragile this sort of renovation is? Does the material disintegrate after a number of years? The hips section worries me slightly because it's thin, and for some reason I'm having visions of it cracking! Obviously i know nothing about modelling so any input will be appreciated before i throw thousands and thousands of yet at his feet! Thanks.
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Sorry, but no one can top the kind of experience I have had with 3 different couriers over time. The most recent: The driver could not be bothered with carrying my 7kgs parcel out of the van and to my door, so he wrote "not at home", which i read almost in real time, about 10 minutes later, called the company and complained, then they called me back and said that the driver could not "find my address", so they would send a different driver. The obvious question would be, how then did he write "not at home", but you never get anywhere with courier companies if you are just a private customer.
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Or at least a revised VT-1 would have been nice before all this. So annoying to have most other VF-1 type valkyries in my collection except this.
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And now they are crying
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I had bought an SV-51 Ivanov and it was fine up to Gerwalk (i didn't go to Battroid). The wings were a bit floppy but i'm not sure if this was something that was addressed, or even how it could have been addressed because the parts that were holding them up in position were really small and didn't lock in any way, they just slided. However the fighter mode is Gorgeous.
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While this was happening, i was sleeping (i'm in the UK) and, inexplicably, i woke up twice during the night. I think i'm developing psychic abilities to sense these pre-order windows. Sadly, i didn't use them this time.