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Great coloring Chris..... dayam... all these talented builders/painters/re-casters on MW make me feel sooooooooo unworthy... haha

Hey Zeo.... what did you do w/ your 1/48 that had the same side arms???

So i went to Frank and Sons today and hit up the TISINC booth right before they packed up for the day and i found what i was looking for, a Yammie 1/60 VT-1 Super Ostrich. It was brand new sealed and i ended up just picking it up for $80 since i didn't want to bother ebaying and it was sort of an impulse buy since i'm a poor college student. I was still struggling w/ my decision to purchase it the rest of the day since i wasn't sure if it was the right time or right price for me to buy. So i just got home awhile ago and finally got a chance to sit down and open it, when i find out something terribly wrong! I HAVE TWO RIGHT BOOSTERS!!!! Freakin ay!! I opened up a factory sealed box and after tryin to set up the armor, i find out that the left booster has the right booster attachment part. Not only that, there are scuff and stratch marks on that part. I can tell the top removable part on the left booster is normal since the right one has an attachment for the antennae, but its the bottom part that's all wrong. Did i get screwed??? Is there something i can do?? I took some pics of it to show you guys and get some advice.... have there ever been any problems like this??? Here's a picture of the box Now here's a picture of the side of the box i opened. It was sealed when i got it today. Notice the factory tape. Here's the other sealed side of the box Here are pictures of the boosters that i carefully took out of the box for pics. Here are boosters facing the same way w/ the same attachment points for the right booster. BOO!! Here's the other side of the boosters Here's a bird's eye view of the boosters. The removable top parts are correct as you notice the antenna attachment point on the booster on the left. Here's a bottom view. Notice how they face the same way. Here's a close up of the left booster w/ the right attachment point. Sorry that the pic is fuzzy but if you look closely, you can see the scuff and scratch marks on the booster near the top of it. There's my evidence. Has Yamato ever had a problem packaging the wrong pieces for VT-1's?? I tried using the search function to look for stuff but i couldn't find anything. If anyone has any advice of what i shoud do i'd appreciate it.... I really don't have a lot of time since school is starting to head back to Frank and Sons to talk w/ the dealer, although i don't think there is much he could do. I could try emailing him from one of his Ebay auctions but i dunno if that'll do me any good. I hope there's something i can do so i don't lose out $80 on a faulty valk. Bee

HAUNTED STITCH DOLL!!!! hahahahahahahah this is the craziest thing i've seen on Ebay.... it was relisted because of a non paying bidder as it originally sold for over $11,000. I kid you not!!! haha..... guess its not worth that much anymore.... check it out Possessed doll

holy!!!! the removable missles look very sweet! wow.... i'm impressed.... but i can bet this is gonna put a dent in the wallet just for the armor alone..... I'm guessing alone it'll go for about $60-$75 to start since the 1/60 GBP's are $45.... and w/ the 1J it'll be almost $200!!! just a guesstimate.... no??

I am down for 2 sir!!! =]

haha.. nice!! me too!! i have an 8am final tommorow that i should be studying for but instead i'm on these forums.... GOOO FELLOW POOR COLLEGE COLLECTORS!! haha.... are there a lot here??? i was always curious to how old everyone is on these forums....

yea dude!! i like to check out the goods at Puzzle Zoo whenever i go but man.... wayyyy overpriced.... the only good thing i got there was an MPC Roy at retail for $80 (not that the freakin shitty toy is worth that much since the head lasers are crooked!!).... at least i completed the collection... haha anyone ever remember Mandarake a few years back in Santa Monica??? MAN!! i miss that place... *sniff sniff*

ooo... what kinda sandpaper do u use?? or do use one of those electric drill sanders??

wow... mad props for the head mod.... thats all i can say... sign me up for a recast head!!!

I was checking out Tformers.com and they just posted a link to a guys website w/ out of box pics of Decepticharge... here it is... http://www.blogcn.com/user15/tankor/blog/6937155.html i like it!! =] but not the name....

thanks for the tips sir.... now i know how to put it together!!! awesome... just gotta go find some very fine sand paper.... as for paint... I was thinkin of using enamel matte paint... but i'm pretty sure i'd like to paint it coz it kinda looks naked w/out... hope i don't screw it up...

hi folks... i've been reading up on the forums a lot more lately since i've been neglecting my macross collection for while since i started getting Transformer crap.. Well i have a 1/48 DYRL Max with a recast 1S head that i got off of Ebay a couple of months ago and i haven't assembled the head cause i wanted to sand and paint it... I wonder if this is one of Rohbby's recast heads but i really have no clue... I was searching through the forums if there was anything about putting together the heads... I thought i read somewhere that Rohbby had instructions or tips for putting it together but i couldn't find it.... I've never really sanded or painted any of my toys so can anyone give me some tips of what type of sand paper i should use to smooth out the head? and what type of paint to use for the antennae? and yellow arrows? and red dot? haha... its a nice 1/48... but i wish i had more experience with these things... can anyone help me out??