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okok...i am no longer as pissed as before...someone requested to see some pics on it so i tot i just post a few....i still love my 1/48s no matter what

<_< hmmmm...... what superb suggestion grassland..

my 1/48 1J+FP (from WS too) was PERFECT though... ABSOLUTELY PERFECT

ok...so the head seam is a design flaw....oh well.... but does everyone's 1S head have that opening? i was pretty pissed cus i thought being the reissues they shld at least have improved the design.... and yes recon...mine also had a bad paint job with the right "shoulder orange light"...mine was like not really there <_<

oh by the way, anyone has the same probs with their 1/48 fokker reissues?

got my 1/48 1S fokker reissue today from wondershowcase(thanks noel!) after goin thru the forums abt QC problems pple had with the 1st issue i hope i wont have to see any pimples and crooked skulls.... i am glad mine did not have any of those....the pilot seat headrest had the new curvy thing....BUT the bloody seam thing at the head WAS STILL THERE!!! pretty pissed with it....it quite spoils the battroid look....sigh.... <_< oh well.....have a happy new year everyone lets pray for more great macross toys to come our way(with NO QC probs)

You do not need to and should not use force for any part of the 1/48 transformation. When swinging (I prefer the term pivoting) the arms from fighter to Gerwalk mode, there is a stop point halfway. You need to slightly pull the shoulder joint upwards, in order to be able to push them past the stop point. Graham thks for the reply graham... as for the pivot point do u mean that SOLE single tiny piece of rod that holds the swinging arm joint to the plane? u mean i can pull the joint upwards to push them past the stop point w/o breaking that small rod at the pivot point?it sure looks very breakable to me....i better be super careful when i attempt to transform to other modes...meanwhile it stays in gerwalk.... one hell of a masterpiece of a toy

got my very first 1/48 set yesterday.1J+FP. i was trying my best to transform the valk as carefully as possible and i met my first obstacle--gettting the arm joints to swing out fully when transforming from fighter to gerwalk mode. there wasnt much space so i had to push them real hard before they snapped into the correct final position...is that normal?i know i shldnt be using excesive force and now i am wondering how i am even goin to swing back the arms w/o breaking the joint