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The fingers on mine are ok. It's the wrist that is very loose. He can't hold his gun and aim! Can't seem to find a way to tighten the wrists. There is also no way I can pop the palm part off without stressing the plastic.

Any news if the arms offered by HLJ are of the FIXED variety and not the ones that they cannibalized off their slow moving existing stocks?

You're sad because they don't get to go home and enjoy things that they've bought? How about feeling bad because they're never going to share another meal with their families, or walk on a beach, or celebrate a birthday?

Yours is a classic otaku response if I ever saw one.

I don't disagree with you. We do have many priorities in life and family do come first to many people including the victims - too bad it just wasn't enough for them to stay home and not go to Akiba. What I posted was without thinking too deeply into the matter because it was a very sad news. It has got nothing to do with a person's order of priorities. Bah, why do I bother. Nothing changes.

It breaks my heart that such thing should happen at places like schools and now at a place where people go to escape and spend money for material stuff that makes them happy and bring peace to their souls. What breaks my heart even more is that they don't even have the chance to get home and enjoy their hard-earned loot. They are all in my prayers.

That's a pretty nifty trick with the super glue! So i gues the nail polish is a safer way?

Super glue would be more permanent lol. It wouln't be sticky after the course'ing would it?

Supaglue is permanent and does not peel and flake overtime like nail polish. Once dried, all you're left with is a coarse ball surface that is ideal for a stiff but posable wrist.

Okay, I figured out I was putting the leg pegs into the wrong hole - insert joke here - but the shoulder thing is driving me slightly nuts. The wheel halves appear to be lined up with the shoulders, the magnets on the body are popping out, and whilst the wheel halves do attach to the magnets there is a tendency for them to lean outwards.

Has anyone got a close up of their shoulders to show me where I'm going wrong (if I am at fault)?

The key to your shoulder problem is ALIGNMENT. This link has a very good transformation tutorial.

http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2060

Having said that, I think you should dig out your magnets of the shoulders (at the grey rim parts) and reposition them slightly outward with some glue so the magnets connect with the magnets on the torso... mine came with loose shoulders because the magnets were not connecting - they were separated about 1mm apart and were held together by what little magnetic force the magnets gave. I reposition the magnets with mine and the shoulders are tight now.

The review at CollectionDX suggests that the wrists aren't stiff enough to hold a diecast sword.

You could use several drops of supaglue (one drop at a time) on the ball of the wrist joint and rub it on throughly to make the ball coarse. When the balls of the wrists are sufficiently thick and coarse, the hands will hold that metal sword at almost any pose. But if you prefer not to, Voltes can still hold it best with a high guard pose.

That link offers a pretty good price, provided that shipping is not too expensive.

Transfan52, I think most 1/60 Y19 owners face that problem... Your male connector is too well endowed. You gotta force it in gently or sand that part down.

Dude, you are.... fast. Nah, it's a peg-and-hole deal, and the peg just got stuck inside, it seems. There are actually two shoulder joints, one which moves the arm forward and back, and one which moves it outwards and in. You will never need to move this second one for anything so I do not recommend it, I tried it and this is what happened. I guess it's too tight.

Anyway, Lupin III figures for the Garland! Our lines are waiting!

Finally got the chance to check with mine. I see why your Shogo's shoulder broke - the painted PVC parts are stuck to each other. You can however, force that part of the joint gently until they can move freely.

But I tell ya... aside from the face and the helmet, the whole figure itself is a POS. I say that because they took the effort to give Shogo so many points of articulation so we can freely pose him on his bike, but he's stuck in sitting position. He's got like what... 10 points of articulation. Just how hard is it to give him one more that allows him to stand?

Thanks. I've always though the VF1S is much darker than the Stealth. If I'm not mistaken, the Stealth is like Midnight Grey and the VF1S is more Blackhole black, I just couldn't confirm it thru the monitor until now.

Nice! Are the blacks for both 1S & 1J the same shade?

Yikes! Was that shoulder joint glued or stuck together because of the paint?

Took the plunge on HLJ's sale... I'll be finding out soon if the Military Garland is able-bodied or not.

Good for you. I bought the factory version. Just got it today. Can't wait to see if everything is alright tonite.

I can not for the life of me figure out how to attach the fast packs to my YF-19. I was looking a picture of Ruskii's and he has his connected seamlessly, but I am obviously doing something wrong when I attempt to attach mine. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Are you having trouble pushing the tabs in, or are you having problem with the fastpacks on jet mode? If you pushing the tabs in gives you trouble, try to file the nubs thinner or you can force it in gently until it goes in. If it's jet mode, there is a tab that connects to the YF19's shoulder that you need to pull out so it's length will allow you to lock it to the feet.

The good:- The misshapen ABS reminded me of Takani's art. The VF1J sculpts are pretty close to the linearts in Perfect Memory.

The bad:- MISSHAPEN ABSs!!!

The ugly:- The price. And the chances of lousy paint quality at this scale is high.

No probs. You explained it clearly. Thanks.

Got my Factory colored Garland yesterday.

When I tried to transform it, I found the holes in the rear wheel the be miss-aligned making it impossible to get the hip-pegs into place. I had to take the whole rear end of the damn thing apart to get the wheel out and re-align the holes on the wheel.

Other than that little F up, the toy is fine and is standing next to my Protogarland looking snazzy. I'll post pics when I have time.

Do you mean there are two halves that make up the rim of the rear wheel? Any chance for a photo of that misalignment?

I don't get it, does Chow Yun Fat owe money to some mafia group or something?

He's a crowd puller in Asia. It's more like he's being offered alot for that role as an insurance in case the movie REALLY suck.

Ok, this is mostly for everyone, but especially for BOB. "For BOB's Sake!"

Be careful of the fins on the arms. There is a small plastic part that holds these on. If you put too much pressure on the fins the fins will pop off (seems to be designed that way). HOWEVER, the small piece that anchors them there will fly off and i'm talking SEVERAL FEET.

It's not a QC issue, just a slightly annoying design. be careful with this. I just glued mine in there.

So... does the plastic anchor parts that pop off show any stressmarks? Why not remove them during transformation and put them back once you're done?

Yea, but is it magically delicious?

Why not? the coating is like artificial flavoring... you know it's bad for you, but you can't help but want more. I hope they sand down the excess plastic seam in the middle of the canopy. Don't wanna cut my tongue for not being careful.

I wonder what BoB is doing now.

Jacking off at the pictures. Of course it would be more pleasurable with the real thing in front of me... alas. It's kinda like wanting to bang that beautiful chick in the porn magazine for real... but ya settle with jacking off at the pics for fear of catching disease.

I found this one, it IS officially coated with rainbow...

http://www.toysdaily.com/discuz/thread-65383-1-2.html

I just don't have enough room for this scale, cos no one can just got a single VF in a new series, right? Althoug we maybe lie to our wallet all the time...

Excellent! The pilot is now protected against UV radiation. In time, the valks will yellow but the pilot will not.

so, I'm new to this whole man-doll thing...what should we expect from Medicom as far as characters and updates go? Will it be like one or two new models a year, or will they start pumping out every character and variation month after month?

I've already broken down and preordered the 2 gokus (totally due to this thread ), so I need to know how much bleeding to expect over the next year.

From the looks of it, 1 fig every 6 months or so. Normal Goku is coming soon. SSJ Goku is coming December. I buy what I like so even if they start churning 1 a month, I'm still gonna read the 1/6 reviews about their build quality before buying.

*sniff* anti half blood zentran bastards!!!!!

Who woulda thought Kawamori & gang would insert subtle hints of racism in a cartoon if it weren't for those clues.

BTW. Am I the only one who thinks "Beady Eye" when they mention the BDI system. Whenever i see the cameras being tested in the pre-flight check of the 21......"BEADY EYE. OK!"

It's a conspiracy to do away with Guld. Look what happened to him in the end!