CoreyD

I've always wanted to put a VF-1D head on a Super Ostrich. I like the Ostrich, but I never liked the head unit.

Actually, after reading the wikipedia article about FC3, you're probably right. Will check it out. Thanks!

Does a free-world military shooter exist? I'm talking basically Fallout 3/NV or Skyrim with modern weaponry? Mercenaries 1 was close to what I'm looking for, but 2 was a disappointment.

The single player campaigns of battlefield and modern warfare just frustrate me b/c they're basically rail shooters.

Paul Rubens as BIG BOSS!

Decent price on the regular Beta's, but that Shadow Beta is way too expensive given the demand.

Use this list to determine which VF1's are prone to shoulder breaking and which are safe: http://anymoon.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Yamato-V2-Table-2.jpg

NICE

So, I guess I'll be the Lone Dissenting Voice, and still be uninterested in buying one. The underneath side of the nose cone is just too damn busy. And all the complaining about how fragile the pins and hinges are from their VF-25 line, well, it looks like that will be amped up to 11. And do we know if that's an actual pilot figure, or just another Timmy Torso?

You are not alone.

Thanks, the F5 and AV-8 help illustrate my point. They are 14m long fighters but the landing gear is clear of the cockpit. On the F5 it telescopes in/out in front of the cockpit. The AV-8 has its front gear dehind the cockpit. I tested these models and there is only room for the ejector seat underneath the pilot. Not saying there are no 14m jet fighters or that your average G.I. Joe can't fit in them. What I'm saying is If you are going to take the Ban Dai 1/55 model, scale it up to 14m you are not going to be able to have the landing gear folding underneath the pilots. They can't occupy the same space, it just dosn't jive. Unless you make it look something like this.

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Alien tech aside if you are going to make a 14m non-transforming Ban Dia 1/55 VF-1 the landing gear would have to be the telescoping in-front config like the F5 and look like this.

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The F-15 is 63 ft 9 in (19.43 m) and one inch shorter then my reviesed length for the VF-1. It gives you a good sence of what 14m jet looks like next to my revised specs.

Why not start with the 1/55? It is the original toy from the original show. It is the purest tangable form of the fictional cartoon plane. It really works and it transforms beautifuly. There are no original drafted drawings of the VF-1 with a scale pilot, so how did they arrive at that length? If you like your mecha to make sence and look like it works (which is part of what is so cool about macross) and you are trying to translate the 1/55 to real life (like for a live action movie), a length of 14m might need to be reconsidered.

Not trying to overly-critical, but isn't that like making a 1:1 scale mock up of the 1980s GI Joe figures or Star Wars figures with the huge heads and then saying that it looks disproportionate?

Comparison shot here: http://eyeforthings.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/vf1stvsuper_vs_vf1sdyrl_leg_locking_mechanism.jpg

Via this blog post: http://eyeforthings.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/yamato-macross-160-vf-1s-super-valkyrie-tv-version/

Note, it's not confirmed that David Hayter is not coming back to voice Big Boss. He's simply not featured in the trailer, and no where in it do we see Big Boss actually speaking. I believe they are saying "no David Hayter" because of the last shot of the trailer, which in actuality doesn't make clear who is talking.

Sounds like Master Miller at the end, yeah?

A point was also raised that b/c Big Boss is getting older, they might end up using Richard Doyle from MGS4 for the voice work. Again, this is only an unfounded rumor.

Why is the thread locked?

I was joking. Seems like anytime RT gets mentioned the thread gets locked soon afterwards.

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My biggest complaint about the 1/48s were the decals. I thought the 1/60 decals were far superior. The 1/48 ones ended up peeling and falling off like crazy.

I've got my stuff in an expedit. It gets dusty a bit, but it's nothing some compressed air and a swiffer pad can't handle.

Oh ok, thanks for the screencap.

I thought you were describing m&m red and blue GBP1 armored valks, which I'd never seen before!

OK, thanks!

Max and Miria Armored Valks appeared in Episode 27 "愛は流れる” (Love Flows By)

Anyone have a screenshot of that? I totally missed it?!

just won a vf-1J cannon fodder for 245 shipped. finally got one but ouch.

Where'd you get yours? I just picked one up off of yahoo japan for about the same price

Action Base 2 does not work with Exo's adapters and is also not large enough to support a yamato valkyrie.

I played through this not too long ago. Overall really really fun, though it does get repetitive after a while. I do wish that they would've implemented a block/parry button instead of just using the attack button. I was having a lot of trouble getting the timing down and was getting pretty frustrated.

Are the arms metal or plastic?

Agreed, how would the the design change if the cockpit seat was angled like a F16?

So you want a VF-1J that uses the off-white/gray color of the DYRL valks?

Yeah, synthetic materials like plastics are tricky and they're going to deteriorate to some extent no matter what. This is what's called an "inherent vice". Even in ideal conditions, there's not a whole lot you can do.

Not too long ago I pulled out some old star wars guys that have been kept in a shoebox since the 80s and some of them are starting to get sticky, which is a definite sign of the plastic starting to go.

I've seen some objects made of older plastics that are so far gone that they're actually oozing what looks like honey or syrup. Unless you're a museum, there's not a whole lot you can do about it, and even if you are a museum, the most you can do is try to stabilize it by keeping the object out of the light and in a controlled temperature/humidity environment.

Unless you're Kicker, that's probably not going to happen, so bottom line, enjoy your stuff and realize that nothing last forever.

I like the desert digital camo userpic, Kicker. How about a peak of the full valk?