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    Looks good (in robot mode). I'm interested in a colored test shot where you can see details of the face better. I'm also very interested in some images of the transformed prototype especially from the underside and some images from the side and back of robot-mode. I guess the cockpit splits to allow for a waist swivel. On the other hand the backplate looks pretty solid so I'm not sure about that. That makes me think if the whole backplate is detached from the upper body to allow for movement in the waist area. Which would be a terrible in my eyes. The test shot looks much better than the image of the 3D model. This is the Dakatoys Chronos right? I'm wondering how the FansToys one will look.
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    The central spine looks terribly misaligned in Fighter-Mode. Hopefully the final version has a seamless, more natural flow in this area but probably not. Maybe this is still a prototype and partially mis-transformed so there is still a chance that the final product will look more like the line-art.
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    I finally saw The Lego Movie and I think it is the best film ever made. Now I feel the urge to buy a blue space ship and some mechas.
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    The hip joints of my VF-25A are still solid and I transformed the VF-25A more than any other of my VF-25 combined.
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    Preordered! http://www.hlj.com/product/gsc44392
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    I wonder if the final product will be a bit more smooth looking in fighter mode. The one in the pictures Reïvaj leaves a bit to be desired in that aspect. The head turret sits at a weird angle and in the shoulder area there are a lot of uneven surfaces. I guess the edge where the wing root meets the main body is also present in the line-art.
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    But we all agree that it is not a preorder system right?
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    You can always open the canopy.
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    I love the dark blue canopy!
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    I love my RD Unicorn/Banshee/Sinanju. It's just hard for me not to compare the RD Nu Gundam to my MG. The different shades of gray and dark blue plastic is gorgeous as is the turquoise frame parts. RD is a great as desk candy but I've been spoiled.
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    derex3592 on the boards did an Oberth kit recently. Maybe you could ask him about and top down picture and create some drawing by yourself (or you know someone that is good with drawing). Here is the best picture I've found: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=108144 Check out his other images: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=35120&page=59#entry1082583 Hope that helps
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    Just saw the images of Nendoroid Link from Windwaker over at CollectionDX (http://collectiondx.com/news_item/41014/nendoroid_link_legend_zelda_wind_waker) and I have to have one. Release date is August 2014 so I have to ask when do preorders start and how fast do they sell out for other Nendoroid? Please don't tell me I missed it already. (I would prefer hlj because they will send out my MP Wheeljack in August ).
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    It is normal that the high speed mode wing hinges droop out of the wing root in Battroid-Mode? That looks really ugly.
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    I guess I'm spoiled by the Nu Gundam Ver. Ka I build this winter. It just looks less bland than the RD one.
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    I think Gerwalk-Mode looks great but takes up a lot of space. I usually have one Valkyrie that I took out of my cabinet to be shown prominently on my desk. This one I have often in Gerwalk-Mode and the semi Gerwalk-Mode where the arms are not deployed. It looks almost as it could be a real thing. The F-35B with STOVL opens panels, rotates parts for this. So why not have a aircraft with two engines that has VTOL capabilities by rotating the turbines. However I dislike the Gerwalk-Mode of Yamatos VF-19 because they can't get their lower legs under the center of the plane. This looks extremely unpleasing to me. I think for a Valkyrie to look good in the in-between-mode it has to get this right, the Excalibur doesn't. I'm always confused about the VF-17 special Gerwalk configurations. In line art it looks like lower legs don't rotate under the center of mass rather sit behind it. Is this correct? (courtesy of the Macross Mecha Manual: http://www.macross2.net/m3/m3-index.htm) I tried to pose my Yamato VF-17S in that way but I failed every time. I guess it is impossible until they make your toy Valkyries out of Overtechnology.
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    So I saw the review for Citizen Stack and I have to say that I really like the idea because I always thought of Ultra Magnus as his own entity and not Optimus Prime with armor. And I dig the chrome. However I don't like the hollowness of the toy and the lightweight feel of the whole toy like the lower legs or the cabin/torso. It feels more like a cheap toy. Much like Generations Metroplex. Of course it is hard to tell this through watching a video but that is the feeling I got from it. Lets see what Takara has to offer. I have a question for all the hardcore Ultra Magnus fans out there. To me the stacks at the shoulders at most toys of Magnus are too thin and too long. It is true to the G1 toy but I always preferred the proportions of my FP Shadowcommander. From memory they where less tall in the 1986 movie but I could be wrong
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    It has rear landing gear bay doors.
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    So if this takes a few month before they are available I might be interested in the stands. Keep us updated please.
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    The fighter competition is on the New Edwards Air Base which is on the Planet Eden. So to get quick to earth the YF-19 had to use the fold booster. Hm so Yang Neumann is only 16 years old? How odd. Some of the issues come from the fact that in order to save cost Arcadia decided to base the YF-19 heavily on the VF-19. At least that is my opinion. That the gun-pod sits so low, doesn't have to proper cooling vents and that the canards fold in the way they do stems from the way they are on the Excalibur. I think this is probably also true for the tail fins. On the previous iteration of the YF-19 they slid upwards to create room for the heals in Gerwalk-Mode. Since there is no sliding mechanism for the tail fins on the VF-19 they opted for folding the tail fins in. Please keep in mind that this is all speculation on my part because I don't have the Yamato YF-19 and the new one (yet). These are all observations I gathered from my VF-19S.
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    No it doesn't. I think they didn't include the feature because it would be to difficult to make it work because the YF-19 has a hinge for the front canopy section where the egress hatch would be on the M7 VF-19 Valkyries. Plus (pun intended) the egress hatch was never featured in the animation of Macross Plus but was a prominent feature of the Fire Valkyrie in M7. [edit:] And since the YF-19 is a two seater Valkyrie it would be extra difficult to implement that feature for both seats. On the VF-19 the cockpit won't close when the seat is rotated and the seat is rotated though a gap in the bottom of the cockpit. This was probably not possible on the YF-19.
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    The way I understand it is that the landing gear bay doors of the YF-30 have two panels to close the bay: one in the front and one in the back. I assume he wants to express that the front bay door seems to open perpendicular to the roll-axis of the plane much like the landing gear panels of the VF-1 (front and back) and the first panel of the front landing gear bay of the VF-17/VF-19/VF-22 (basically all bays that are concealed by three panels) He seems to indicate that on the VF-0 (which has also two panels for the back landing gear bays) both bay doors open alongside the roll axis of the plane. So that's what I got from it. However I have no idea how the bay doors of the VF-0 work.
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    Maybe you haven't collapsed the torso properly. I assume that you have to "break" the neck of the plane to shorten the torso in Battroid-Mode much like the Yamato VF-19. If there is something blocking it it would explain why your torso is longer than it is supposed to be. I would check if the shortened neck of the plane is in its far back position or if the metal hinge where the spine of the Battroid is attached to is pushing the collapsed neck upwards. It is hard to describe without pictures but I had this problem on my VF-19S where something similar happened. It would also explain why the belly plate is not touching the abdomen. Hope that helps.
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    Wait I though Mylene was the main hero of Macross 7.
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    If they planning to improve the VF-19 mold it would be cool if they reissue VF-19S with Fast Packs. I would definitely buying this especially if it is cast in a matte color.
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    Really? I think his back is a bit short.
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