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  1. Scyla
    Don't worry I'm sure something else comes around that you can order while you build the first Messiah and post awesome pictures here on the board.
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    The blocks where the shoulder piece is attached to the main body are definitely not black. Maybe my monitor is playing tricks on my. Do you think it has the same color as the wings?
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    That is sweet. HasTak will probably not allow Fanoys to make a MP sized not-Grimlock right? RIGHT? I wonder if the will have chrome on them. One question: where is the forth member of the Dinobots in this picture?
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    I think NY sent out their invoices a bit overeagerly. The VF-171EX Super Parts had the 25th of December last year. They where also a Tamashii Web exclusive. I assume the release date for the YF-29 will be similar (like late December).
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    Probably not but if this isn't the time to look for reasons not to spend 300 bucks on that beauty by hitting the panic button like crazy then I don't know what to think about this community.
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    I know that avatar very well because you never change it. When I fist saw that image I thought it was the Sheryl Nome Special Edition of the Koenig Monster. But I remember an image of the VF-19 from Yamato that had also the some pink parts where the rest was black. Don't know exactly what parts are black specifically that's why I ask. I find it weird that only the shoulders are pink.
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    If there is some way that prevents the wing from sliding out completely out of the glove (like shown in the picture) it should be fine. Hopefully they can achieve that. I'm thinking of a channel where the wing can move along in the wing root. Another thing the test shot shows the wing swing exposed in Battroid-Mode (on the other wing). hopefully this is only a tolerance issue. I don't like how the wing touches the ground. That looks suspicious!
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    Regarding the test shot. Does the pink color indicate that this part is made out of metal? Or is it just that color for no specific reason? I have a hard time to imagine that there is not metal in the elbow joints for example.
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    Don't you like the tan and black color with the pink highlights?
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    Be patient. My order of the VF-17 Super Parts needed almost three weeks from angolz. Not counting the two weeks before that where they canceled my first try to order the parts because it was entirely my fault that the form for the credit card data was in Chinese and I couldn't read anything.
  11. Scyla
    Hit the Panic Button! The wings won't stay in place because of the High-Speed Mode feature.
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    They do. In fact NY should already sending out invoices. I'm very curious if they changed the drones in some shape or form.
  13. Scyla
    Your YF-25 will be based on a Luca Custom so you have a radar dish and elint fin lying around. That is actually a good idea. Any ideas how you solve the problem that the fin is bumping into the backpack when in Battroid-Mode?
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    You know Alto had his own squad of white VF-171EX Nightmare Plus Valkyries. You should buy two more VF-171 Alto custom with the add-on set and paint the red stripes gray. Oh and don't forget they don't use the full Armor Parts only the beam gun and the missile launcher on the arms (and the under wing missiles).
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    I'll wait for my PS4 when the first revision comes out (much like I did with the PS3). I primary use the PS3 as a Bluray player and have many PS3 games lying around untouched. Just getting back into gaming a but after a little hiatus. I like the design of the box though. And that I like that you can charge the controller while the console is not on (I assume you still have to connect it with a cable and it's not based on any fancy near field technology). Every time I play with my PS3 I have one controller to play with and another who is charging because the box is never on otherwise and I forget to charge controllers when watching a movie using the Blue Tooth remote (which is sweet). It might not be a big help because if the PS is not in use I flip the switch on the power strip but it might help.
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    Does anyone know if Takara is planning on a re-release/repaint of the cassettes to accommodate the release of black Soundwave release next year? I have the MP-10B so I was thinking of starting a collection of repaints of the Transformers MP line from Takara. I've got Bluestreak coming to check out the cars albeit I think they are a tad to small. Maybe ordering G2 Sideswipe to go along but I'm not to keen on the spiky wheels on his shoulders and the G2 Autobot logo on the chest because it seems this will be a sticker and not printed. I really wished they'd ditched the feature to store in Convoys trailer. First they cannot drive out of it because the ramp is to steep and they don't have enough chassis clearance. Secondly they are too small to compared to MP-10. They don't have to be much bigger (like MP-1 scale) but they are to small for my likings (as I said just a tad maybe a half inch). I love the reboot of the MP line and Convoy goes well together with MP-09 and the Kawamori Skywarp (which I both have). Long story short. Since my Frontier collection is almost finished (hohoho) and Arcadia seems to cut down on one new release per year I might start a new collection. I was not overly impressed with the quality of the first MP line but MP-10 is nice (not great) and maybe Bluestreak will win me over.
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    Opera is now based on the Chromium framework and ditched the development of their desktop browser completely. They are now concentrating on the development of the mobile version of opera because that's where the money's at. I'm still using it but missing some of the features of their own browser. They have still stuff to differentiate them from Chrome but it's not much. I should do some research what kind of data their gathering in comparison to Chrome but oh well knot enough time. Maybe I'm switching to SRWare Iron who stripped all the calling home features from Chrome.
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    I still like it.
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    Hey I got also the VF-17S Super Pack coming from angolz.com. I figured I need all the add-on sets that are available form my Yamato collection. Which boils down to the Nightmare (damn I want those gigantic shoulder packs for the VF-19) . Now that I ordered the YF-19 from Arcadia and that plane comes with packs I need them for my other Valkyries as well. Where did you get the Jaguar and Frenzy (?!?!) from?
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    Scyla replied to Dimis's topic in The Workshop!

    Maybe you could use a small gray Gundam marker for panel lines. The other solution is to find a matching color and mix it with thinner and inject some tiny bits of pain into the panel line. You can check out some tutorials about Gunpla and panel-lining on youtube. I've never build any Gunpla so take that with a pile of salt. However there is a Gunpla thread in the Science-Fiction section of this message board. Maybe this is better suited there. Personally I would just pose it in a way where I don't see this area.
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    Some Gerwalk images would be awesome especially with Bandais track-record with the V1s. I don't think that it will be bad since the Renewals have such nice Gerwalk-Modes. What worries me about Gerwalk are the missile-pod in the back. The images show it not deployed so it stores on the back. I think in the Battroid image you can see an ledge on the lower leg where the missile-pod sits in Fighter-Mode. Depending on how heavy it is and how Bandai designed the mount it might sag in Gerwalk-Mode because the support ledge from the legs is missing. Maybe the didn't show the third mode because in the prototype the backpacks sags down. If that is the case hopefully the find a solution. I have faith in Bandai that the pull it off nicely. Not as much faith as I had before the VF-171CF shoulder debacle and the half-assed Super VF-27 Renewal (I love mine though) but still an adequate amount of faith. I'm more interested if Bandai has any plans for add-on sets with different weapon-setups and armament for the hard-points. Some kind of conformable missile launcher that sits on the underside of the wing and ends up on the forearms would be cool. I think something like they had with the VF-4G and not the dark-blueish missiles like on the VF-171.
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    That is awesome! Now, where is my S.H.Figuarts of the IE-Girl and the giant transforming DX Chogokin mecha (designed by Kawamori) she combines with to destroy the evil Google Super Robot in the tense season final? Not to mentions her sidekicks the MS-Office-Girl and MS-Windows-Woman that show up in season two. In all honesty: do it Bandai! Wait, what are we talking again?
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    I guess we're all waiting for a preorder date. I mean we've seen the prototype. We've discussed the prototype. No it is Bandais turn do give some new input. I'd love to see a lively discussion around the YF-30 but I think at the moment there is not enough to talk about.
  24. Scyla
    Personally I don't like the IKEA style. Their stuff is usually way cheap and is designed well but after a while you notice the differences. the tolerances don't match, the way thinks are assembled, the quality of the construction, design solutions in general. The price difference has to be realized somewhere (besides the economy of scale). So IKEA stuff looks great but every time I look at my stuff I bought from them I notice this things and know they cannot be unnoticed. Of course I cannot live up to my own standards due to funding issues. So I'm stuck with a whole bunch of IKEA stuff and planning to buy more (I love the design of their Hemnes line). Oh, I'm so weak minded. Sometimes I get lucky to snag nice pieces for a good price from private sellers and shops that went out of business or redecorate their salesroom (that's where I got my current display cases). I feel that high-end collector toys should have a high end collector display piece. So what are a few hundred bucks when your collection exceeds this value many times. Oh well, someday I might have enough money to buy a nice cabinet and the YF-19 V4 that transforms on its own. Regarding my own collection: I'm out of room... ...but I'm thinking of getting stuff out of storage and rearrange my collection. It's like a touring exhibition in my own private museum.
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    As a rule of thumb for collectors a display cabinet should cost between 1-3 times the value of the collectibles stored inside (before tax).
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