yea i agree it is true about toynami i do feel they get thrashed on purpose sometimes , but sometimes they are looking for it , many of the alphas have problems, they know what has been happening but they have not seemed to correct it yet. as for Yamato yes i know about the VF-11 both legs poped off on mine as for comparing the price of the 1/48 to the alpha there is a difference between price and QC, the 1/48 is also massive compared to the alpha, i have had a few 1/48's and have never had a problem with any but i have one alpha and it broke very quickly (I am still waiting for the replacement parts from them). why i do agree Yamato does have its flaws it seems like Toynami has many more.
chris