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Quick update... I ended up getting some of that CA cyanoacrylate glue and bonded up my broken BP8. Seems ok so far... this stuff is strong!

You know, I am so careful with my Valks but my GPB one just had the BP8 go... I guess I must have handled the backpack a bit tough.  Anyway, PM sent to Neova.. or if anyone has a glue suggestion, like above, I'd love to hear it -

EDIT - trying "cement for plastic models" Testors style first... Oh God I hope this works

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The same happened to me last night. My BP8 broke as I was folding up the backpack. I'm trying the model cement route but I'm not sure how well that will work.

I have also pm'd Neova. And this post is my public plea for a replacement BP8 for a VF-1S...

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You know, I am so careful with my Valks but my GPB one just had the BP8 go... I guess I must have handled the backpack a bit tough.  Anyway, PM sent to Neova.. or if anyone has a glue suggestion, like above, I'd love to hear it -

EDIT - trying "cement for plastic models" Testors style first... Oh God I hope this works

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The same happened to me last night. My BP8 broke as I was folding up the backpack. I'm trying the model cement route but I'm not sure how well that will work.

I have also pm'd Neova. And this post is my public plea for a replacement BP8 for a VF-1S...

Welcome dude! Just last week, I picked up my first Yamato 1/48 VF-1J with the Strike Fastpack. It is AWESOME!! It cost an arm and a leg but I'm so glad I bought one.

Haha... if there was a group buy, count me in!!

I'm feelin' the love here... I like this place!

Holy moley! That's a huge collection!

I don't have room to buy two of everything so I'm usually selective about what I buy two of... but including my original G1's and various other "mecha" toys (Voltron, Gundam, etc), I think I have between one to two hundred or so... mostly loose though. Only my G1 reissues are still in the box.

Wow, thanks for the tips and the welcome.

Yup, I'm afraid I'll probably pick up some more Valks after hanging around here long enough. That's what happened to me with the Transformers G1 reissues... I started out with an Optimus Prime... now I have a whole mess of Transformers!

Thanks... hehe yeah, that's what I'm afraid of...

Hi all... I stumbled upon this web site and found out about the Yamato 1/48 Valks. After seeing all the pics I broke down and ordered one! I got a 1/48 VF-1J Hikaru (TV colors) along with the DYRL Strike Armor Fastpack. Holy smokes, the toy is beautiful! I was expecting a little more die cast parts for the amount of money I paid ($200 with shipping) but I can live with it. The transformation is alot more complex than other Valkyries I've played with in the past (Bandai comes to mind) but I love all the little touches - moving flaps, integrated heat shield, etc. I'm not sure if anyone else has experienced this, but whenever I transform it, it feels so delicate - some of the little parts pop out really easily and I'm always afraid of breaking it. But all in all, I'm really happy with it. It looks so GOOD.

(Yeah, I've been a little slow on the Macross toys side of things... I've been

spending most of my money on Transformers reissues and Alternators...)

Anyways, nice to meet you all!