Solscud007

Not everything looks good with fast packs. MPCs dont

Am I the only one who knew this? I mean did I miss this on the boards? Well this was listed in Model Graphix. And acording to HLJ it is a ltd release kit

http://www.hlj.com/cgi-perl/hljpage.cgi?HSG65768

See the proportion difference

Armor comparison. it is a little bit shorter

Leg armor revealed. It is a nice look

See the cover comes off? both do. Hmm copy of Strike 1/55

Looks nice though

Notice how thin the MPC armor is?

I picked up a Hikaru VF-1S armor pack from Kevin at the World Con 3 to go along with my 20 dollar Hikaru VF-1J MPC. I have to say for 25 dollars it is a great deal. That is until I put it on the MPC.

First lets take a look at the Fast Packs. When i bought them I immediately opened them up for examination. I showed them around to everyone. Kidk, XStoys, even Shwan. Looks wise they have a nice lookign product. then we looked at the boosters. they seem a bit skinny. Kinda like the banpresto supers. Other wise the detial of teh removable cover is a nice touch. The nose cone comes off but I dont know why. Its not like HG could make a Strike legally. Also it uses a trik similar to the Banpresto to keep the fast packs on the back.

The arm armors are nothing to rave about they look like any other arm armour. however they are collapsible. The whoel thing extends open and closes onto the arm. so it is a neat trick rather than the snap on bandai. although i like the snap on bandai.

The leg armor box (behind the legs) have the same telescoping trick to them. The side armor use magnets to keep teh outer cover on. (Chris B I think they copied your 1/48 Club M) j/k but the resemblance is uncannny.One gripe and maybe its because I used VF-1S armor on a VF-1J but the side armor would not press fit and stay onto the armor behind the legs. you know how the Bandai has a box thing and the side armor plus into that box? well the MPC does that but it refuses to stay on so I had to super glue it in place.

The large missles are the worst feature of the package. Toynami panel lined the entire thing. armor and all. Most pof it is sublte but the missles are a yellowy white and teh panel lines are thinck black. plus the method of attachement ont he wings is very weak. you breath on them and they fall off.

Due to teh lack of clicking like the Bandai or locking positions like the Yamato the MPC has difficulty in keeping the legs in fighter mode. they have a tendency to fall down regardless of HG's "wonder magnets"

Look how gorgeous this Hase is !!!! too bad he was running LATE!!!!!

even more pics

More pics

Here it is with the addition of Steve's Friend's beautiful Has battroid

edit: sorry folks My info was incorrect. The true creator of the Hase Batt is Steve not his friend. so everyone marvel at Steve.

My good old loose VF-1S Joke Machine that I found after 15 years of looking for one.

I hollowed out the visor and used hase parts

Nick - any shots of the leg armor? The boosters look great! I tried to work on a JM Elint, but as with most of my projects, gave up on it - for some god unknown reason....

Hey Fulcy took your idea and made it work. I couldnt find D rods or styrene for that matter so I used wooden rods.

yeah... you never hear of Super Deformed Star Wars figures or Super Deformed GI Joe toys... just plain silly if you ask me.

Oh I beg to differ I have seen drawings of SD GI- Joe Plus bobble heads and what do you consider the Playschool Starwars? those are SD too.

Thats a no on the decals. It never came with any. the planes are about 3-4 inches long.

Dont worry. With Rohby's Excellent recasts I will make an Elint very soon. Unless some one (ahem Kidkorrupt) beats me to it.

Pics of the Drawings it came with

Pics of the SD planes

Pics

Ok I picked these up while at wonderfest. I gave them over to Rohby. The SD planes are really just SD planes but one looks like a YF-19 and the F-14 Tomcat is what teh VF-1 valks were based off of. These were made and casted in one piece straight from Japan. So it is easy and cheap.

The Cyclone lookign Girl is not really a cyclone as you can see. However I thought it was cute lookign so I bought it. THere are a lot of pieces compared to the SD planes. but she transforms into a tank like vehicle. my plans are to make more than one so I can make one int eh paint scheme of Mospeada cyclones

Need to get an idea of how many are interested

Oh here is a comparison of teh Joke Machine Fast packs compared to my Ostrich booster and tanmen's.

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