nightmareB4macross

So if Bandai is making a TV “accurate” VF-1S Roy Focker... why are we stills getting DYRL articulated hands? 

It kind of defeats the purpose doesn’t it?

7 hours ago, jenius said:

Yeah, I think "special" and "custom" are synonymous.

I think “Special” refers to weapons packs like Strike parts and “Custom” and “Use” refer to designated Mecha.

Well this showed up on my FB feed. The translation is hilarious!

Holy...That looks amazing!!

The newly integrated details make it look like a model.

Glad to hear you’re back to work.

On 6/14/2020 at 12:34 AM, treatment said:

definitively moar badass this way...

 

Without a doubt it looks way better. I know the correct colors should be red but it just seemed right that the heat shields should be blacked out, as should be the background of the Jolly Roger emblem on the boosters. All VF-1S squadron leaders would stand out much better this way.

Leave the color arch shield ad booster marking for the VF-1As.

Apparently there seems to be an issue with Bandai QA scattered through out the VF productions.

When I purchased my first VF-1D is was missing the large wing with the Macross Kite. After many attempts to get the missing wing the retailer just refunded my money as said for me to keep the toy. It sill bugs me that I don’t have the missing wing. If anyone out there has one to sell it I would greatly appreciate it.

11 hours ago, Convectuoso said:

I got my first non-Macross toy in years, and I must blame @derex3592 for this!

Can't wait to open it!!

These figures are pure unadulterated fun. So much thought and engineering went into these and the figures tells it all.

Here is an interesting bit for everyone.

At the end of the Strike VF-1S/Elintseeker production run there was an uneven production run of VFs to Armour. More VFs were produced and were sold to various retailers through out the US accompanied with Matsushiro armor.

From a story I was told involved Pony Go Round in San Francisco, CA. The owner was given a rare opportunity to buy stock in mismatched VFs with Jetfire Armor. These were sold at a steep discount to the retailer and then these ended up in the common market. So this is why you see VE-1 and VF-1S Valkyries with Jetfire Armor from Matsushiro. 

IIRC, this all took place in mid 1990s.

The source was Ravishing Rick an old MW member on the boards.

I actually have each of the two versions with Jetfire armor. It’s easy to tell when these are real and not a Frankenstein mash up but I won’t give away the tells. 

Hope this cleared up a bit of mystique from Valkyries of our past.

31 minutes ago, TWC said:

Hi guys, 

I dug our my old toys and found my macross vf-1s , not in great condition coz it was played with heaps.

however I noticed the booster and armour is in red as opposed to grey/navy as on the box art. 
 

were there error productions? Ie boosters meant for transformer jetfire but ended up in macross boxes that sort of thing

cheers guys

 

Post a picture.

Let’s see what we can do to figure out your mysterious parts.

Oo, la, la.

So nice!

I just received my second complete and beautiful YF-25 Prophecy for 125.00 shipped.

So happy at this moment.

11 hours ago, UN_MARINE said:

I pulled some favors, and got us a video!

SDF-1 transformation video

Excellent video. Really demonstrates the capabilities of your SDeFo-1.

Really need to get one, but I don’t have a 3D printer.

3 hours ago, ScrambledValkyrie said:

I recently (and finally, you might say) acquired a joke machine. Here he is with his favorite video game on a monitor that small enough to actually make him look big!

 

Very cool.

The Macross game as a background is a nice touch.

6 hours ago, DYRL VF-1S said:

Found my replacement shield recently thanks to @nightmareB4macross and @jvmacross

Looking sharp!!

6 hours ago, electric indigo said:

Luca Zampaiolo - he's basically Italy's Makoto Kobayashi.

Extremely talented individual.

Thank you for the link.

Incredible sculpt and amazing build!

The only details I am not a fan of are all the “CAUTION” and “WARNING” signs. 

Is there other work from the builder?

Clever use of the fast packs. Nicely built!

Wow! Nice job Gatsu!

Excellent transaction with kkx!

KO Macross F DX Super Alloy VF-171 missile set received.

Thank you!

8 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

UPDATE: Some work on the Defender 1/72 (Matchbox/Playmates)...

What I started with:                                                          Where I am now:

          

 

Stay tuned...

The changes made to the chest are done really well. Are you using putty to reshape the chest area?

21 hours ago, snakerbot said:

How does this even happen? Did they somehow make way more of one leg than the other?

I think it was more over production of the ankle assembly than the leg.

Super clean unboxed Matsushiro Jetfire with painted symbol.

Sorry about the background mess. Been searching for items and also doing some clean up.

They sure are must haves.

Hopefully, you can come across a nice specimen for a decent price.

Just sharing a pic of some SuperOtriches that have adorned my collection.  My Elintseekers are tucked away, somewhere.

Love these things

This subject gets very confusing and I often get confused just talking about the leg instead of the ankle or vice versa.

In order to help everyone here especially myself, here is a picture of fighter mode legs. 

In the picture with the angles extended you can see the correct orientation of the ankles as they relate to the leg.

In the picture with ankles retracted you can see in the yellow circle how the foot points outwards and is not in alignment with the leg. 

Hope this helps someone.

If anyone needs the extra legs flanking the SV-51 by all means hit me up. I bought these from apptt4, a really cool member from Australia who helped me out when in was need. So now I don’t need them as my Arcadia is finally in great working order.

Thanks again apptt4.