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7 hours ago, Mommar said:

Time to flex...  I should check my three for these cracks.

The same problem happens in the 11B and there are a couple other hinges that will have similar cracks.

Be aware that the Yamato 1/60 VF-11 molds are prone to having lots of little cracks but they rarely lead to catastrophic failures. 

On 7/10/2025 at 4:42 PM, F18LEGIOSS2 said:

No gap between the feet for this one! Yeahh !👍

The one thing they didn't do, that I wish they had, is eliminate the hinge on the panel behind the cockpit. Instead of that panel flipping over the way Gakken did originally, it should recess into the cavity. The array that goes over the shoulder should swivel out on linkage that allows it to sit above the shoulder without that panel being used. The array would twist back toward the exhaust, then pivot on an arm at the back of the chest piece, and then hinge to flip up and over. At this scale, they could have been the first company to make that happen. If they ever did a Shadow/Dark variant (which they obviously wont) that also would eliminate one of the mold changes necessary. 

I wonder if the head lasers are too torqued if you could just spin them completely around (gently) a time or two to loosen them up? Maybe wishful thinking.

Hong Kong is different China (at least, outside of China) and HK seems to have taken the tariff situation much worse. That might be why ShowZ just bumped up shipping fees while KC is struggling to find an option.

It went from being lame if you bought from BBTS to being great as I haven't heard a peep about my pilot figure 

They really should have just made a Rodimus toy that looked more like a Fire Valkyrie in battroid mode and had the trailer transform into the stage. Transforming into the plane and mating the crumpled plant to the trailer is madness.

11 hours ago, grogall said:

You ever going to review the series or what? 🫢

Life is crazy right now! I have so little time but I really want to get to them. As soon as things calm down, I'll start pumping more reviews out.

Another TWE item. I feel like I gotta show my support though. Grabbed it from anime export.

Magnets are a much more expensive solution than pegs and slots and if they're not done well, the result can easily be less satisfactory than pegs and slots. Often times the manufacturer still adds a peg and slot to make sure the alignment is perfect, then they're left to wonder why they did the magnet at all when they could have just made the peg and slot a little more robust. 

I wired my home for Ethernet while I was waiting to move in... Everyone thought I was crazy because mesh has taken over but I love my old dependable wires.

I love being able to preheat the oven while I'm at the store getting the kids their corn dogs or whatever. My fridge has wifi but I never even bothered to set it up. The advantium microwave oven is set up but I've never used it. They should add a reset feature to the apps though because sometimes the microwave gets itself in a bizarre state and needs a reboot.

I think there's a lot more to this story. Neighbors claim he had his power shut off and was heating his home via a fire pit before it burned down? Sounds like there might be lots of crazy in that neighborhood. Gives me a healthy appreciation for my sane and friendly neighbors.

A Melkia Scopedog feels like an easy TWE release to fill in the gap. A Brutishdog would be lovely.

It's like they read and responded to all of my criticisms!

I PM'ed the guy with the 19F wanted thread that it was available earlier today... hopefully he moves fast. 

Box looks exactly the same BUT it doesn't have the flip top lid any more. 

Right on for doing that!

Bleh, the shipping issues are real. ThreeZero just told me they can't ship me two tiny parts to fix my Focker 1S toy until the US rescinds its tariffs. Woof. I hope this gets resolved before the Glaug hits.

Did anyone ship to the US from ShowZ? Are we being hit with crazy tariffs?

Well, that confirms it, no more Macross elements. I like it more... though I do wish they gave us a heat shield. 

LOL, I'm just now getting to Yamato Weathering releases, you gotta give me like ten years before I'll get to the stuff releasing today! 

I want to see some pics of the new version before I grab another. 

1 hour ago, sh9000 said:

Just received a tracking number for my Macross Jetfire.

Wait, you mean "non Macross Jetfire" now right since it's the one without the Macross embellishments?

If "Toyrise" is a model line, that's just rude. I feel like I pre-ordered some Scopedogs from this line and expected them to be like the old Actic Gear toys.