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generally you'd be much better off contacting a vendor. If you got through to Yamato it'd probably be some girl at a front desk who would have no idea how to get you in touch with the proper person (if Yamato is anything like most manufacturing companies).

If anyone hasn't seen it, I did update my VF-27 post on anymoon.com some time ago with pics and info on the Greenie -

Grace ftw. I try to keep only one (or two if it's iconic enough) of each toy so I kept my greenie and sold my Brera VF-27.

Don't forget to upgrade it to a 6970! I've been running mine as a 6970 for a little while now, absolutely no problems.

In case anyone didn't notice, there's a post up on anymoon.com for this now. -

Yours must have been a bit easier to manage than mine was. I was attacking it from the edge and applying far more might than I feel safe with for a toy of this expense. Every time it didn't snap into place I felt I was risking danger to the shoulder guns or the bridge antennae as I man-handled it. I'm hoping subsequent pop ons and off will go a smidge easier now that its lost its virginity. It really does make the magnets seem very superfluous given the grip those guides have. I wonder if that whole area is a function of the prototype not having as strong of ridges so the ARMD popped on and off easier than they felt happy with so the magnet was employed to help keep it together whilst not being concerned about the effort it'd take to install the ARMDs. Another question, did anyone elses look like it was covered in tiny shards of glass when they opened the styrofoam? I only noticed it around the bridge so I suspect it was caused by the antenna rubbing against the top of the styrofoam and sort of skinning that material. I probably should have taken a picture but since it's just an oddity and not anything wrong I just whooshed the toy around once and was done with it.

Do what I did.... refuse to buy anything not shown in the Macross TV series. It makes collecting every line a whole lot more palatable. Can't afford to buy a joke machine VF-1A Max? No worries, it wasn't in the TV show. Can't afford a chunky monkey VT-1? No worries, it's not in the TV show. Can't afford to buy that new SDF-1 from Yamato? It's cool, it wasn't in the TV show. Your wallet will love you... unless you cheat all the time like I do .

Since it's like a billion dollar toy, maybe they could have made it so you push down on the array that sticks up on the ARMD and then a mechanism lifts the guides ever so slightly. Then you would attach the ARMD and take your finger off that bump and the guides would extend all the way again locking it in its channel.

I just started futzing with mine. My fingers are sore from attaching the ARMDs last night. There had to be a better way that could have been handled.

Maybe since they have no culture they resorted to physical confrontation much more quickly to resolve disputes leading to a number of facial injuries. Also, it might be a cool upgrade... like it gives the owner a targeting scope

Spartan HDP kit on the way! Only 50,000Yen This is a joke... until it becomes the truth.

Silly, the goal isn't to blow up their ship, the goal is to punch a hole in their hull, slip inside, and make them change to your side by singing to them. How are you going to do that with a light speed nuke? Next you're going to tell me that The Last Starfighter isn't scientifically accurate. Pfft... as if.

Yep, it's my understanding that a key component of yellowing is the quality of its initial manufacture. All plastics yellow but poorly made plastics yellow faster.

There have been some excellent threads on yellowing here on MW, maybe someone can dig them up for you. The advice above for avoiding it is sound but it also has to do with the quality of the plastic. Plastic degrades over time so plastic that isn't made just right will break down quicker and show yellowing. Temperature changes, sun light (or hot display lamps), and a host of other things help speed up the process. If you keep things in a dry, dark, cool environment you're doing your best but you'll find some toys are still going to yellow. The Bandai VF-25 toys look really different under different lights... if you're not sure it has yellowed it probably is just that you're looking at it under different lights. The Tornado definitely has a different shade of white than the first release (I actually prefered the white of the first release). Jury is definitely still out on how bad these toys are when it comes to yellowing but it's definitely safe to say they're not immune to it (as no toy is).

You're probably smart to wait for the Tornado VF-25G but I suspect it's just a reissue of the exist toy, no real design improvements.

PE = photo etch

This is a little too easy, you can take a still frame from any animation and make fun of it for days... not every frame can be a winner. I think if I had drawn this particular frame though, I would have moved Scott's shoulders up a bit.

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Hey guys, I just gave the CMs Legioss toys the mega review treatment (I try to keep busy while I wait for my new packages to arrive). Lots of new line art comparisons and video reviews and most the old pictures have been upgraded. Check out anymoon.com

I don't want to Poo-poo the "Sidious or Plaegus is Anakin's father" theory too much 'cause I like it but that scene shows Sidious lying to Anakin so it's not very solid evidence. Remember later in the movie Anakin's like "Sweet, I'm evil, you implied I could save people from dying, let's do this!" and Sidious is like "Oh, about that... maybe we'll get there some day." He's just feeding Anakin old wive's tales to convince Anakin to join the dark side.

Was that even implied though? I thought Lucas was just picking common historical tropes and wedging them into Star Wars... "Hmm, what haven't I wedged in yet? Oh yeah, virgin birth!" I even thought it was mentioned that a convergence of midichlorians (spew) could cause a virgin birth. The implication in both cases is that there was no darkside father to Anakin (although that's obviously a cooler story so I could see why people would prefer that).

Is the TV version city in the leg too? If it's in the leg it doesn't seem like transformation should do that much damage to the city.

I will not be the LEAST bit surprised if your guess is very close to accurate. The Yammy definitely looks good proportionally in comparison to the Hi-Metal... but I wouldn't say that Hi-Metal looks bad. The Yamato is going to be a completely different beast though, I expect very good things at a premium price (think triple the Bandai... or quintuple the Bandai after it went on sale).

I think the V2's floating heads and leg shape actually make battroid look a bit more feminine. It looks stockier with the head in the correct position. I prefer the 1/48's battroid to the 1/60's even though the 1/60 does do a couple things a bit better.

I'm confused, why do you think the Yammie is more accurate than the Hi-Metal? I feel the opposite. Floating battroid head that's too high and too short back pack. It's definitely larger scale, and it definitely has tighter seams (as it should with the larger scale), and it has integrated landing gears and heat shield. Both toys are phenomenal (provided your shoulders didn't break off your Yammie).