jenius

Yes, clearly it is our fault and not Yamatos.

Add Jenius to the list of people with shoulder problems (albeit, not yet severe at all). I just completed my first transformation of the toy and lo-and-behold, I have a stress mark on the left shoulder: As a precaution I have loosened both screws in both shoulders. Oddly enough, neither shoulder seems any floppier with the shoulders loosened so I'm not exactly sure my backing out the screws will really have any effect.

That's a zero isn't it? Not an SV-51. Wait, was there an SV-51 CF? I'm confused.

Perfect, thank aaajin! It does prove my two biggest suspicions (claspers are too small and the attachment piece requires the screws to face toward the front of the plane). Thanks!

I think he's talking about the Fast Packs that were supposed to be sold separately?

LOL, if you haven't heard of Orguss (and I can't really blame you) then I think there are probably many other 80s mech shows out there that you haven't heard of so there are quite a few more options than just Orguss or Mospeada. Perhaps we should start a new thread where we just pick the possible shows Yamato could be making a toy for? Then, once we know all the options available (I'm sure there are tons of shows out there I don't know exist also) we could start up a poll and see what show most MWers expect it to be. Of course, it'd just be rampant speculation for fun. Hey, maybe we'll get a hovertank!!! As to the 1/60 thing, I'm with you. My 1/60s are a sunk cost now. I've never been very fond of 'em anyway. Still, I'd rather Yamato go on to new things then revisit the 1/60s. Where's my 1/60 Glaug and Regult??

If nothing I think this finally settles the "Does Yamato read our forums" question. The answer? No.

Ah but let's not confuse size and scale here. A 1/35 Legioss would be the same SIZE as a 1/60 VF-0 (again, if memory serves correctly, I'm at the office so much these days I'm forgetting what my toys even look like). Also, it seems Yamato is happy to make large toys and the 1/60 scale works for Macross for everything except the VF-1 so the 1/48 scale was always a bit of an aberration just to give the VF-1 the love it deserves and can't get in a smaller scale. Our members here have proven it's possible, complete with an internal heatshield, so there's no good physical reason they're not doing it. They're not making them for a business reason... and that makes me sad. Eugimon, I love the new avatar.

No way, Alpha needs to be 1/35 to be done right. A 1/60 Alpha? That'd be smaller than the MPC and look how well that turned out. A 1/35 Alpha would also stand about as tall as a 1/48 VF-1 so that'd be cool (I'm just going off memory on that, I think they're pretty similar in size). Since it'd be a Mospeada toy I don't think Yamato would feel pressured into adhering to their Macross line of toys (you know they could care less about Robotech). Still, I think it's more likely two beautiful Norwegian girls are going to walk through my office doors to pleasure me at any moment...

I seriously am shocked that Yamato has no intent to put out the 2 seaters. An SV-51 but no 2 seater 1/48s? Where's the logic?? Still, I'm far more interested about the news of a new series of toys. I'm still not into Votoms, and it seems like there are tons of Votoms toys out there competing (and it sounds like many people prefer the smaller Votoms toys to Yamato's efforts) so it'll be neat to see what's next. It's also a bummer to hear we're getting a 1/48 GBPIII but no new valk to go with it (not even a reissue). Sounds like Yamato wants the supply to dry up for a while longer.

Man, this thread is chaos I tell ya, chaos. Cats and dogs living together, chaos. So now some notes from all over. 1) HG is *NOT* the major force stopping Yamato from importing toys in the US. If memory serves, it was considered but BW said "Like hell you're going to deal with that company and keep the Macross license" and Bandai also raised a similar stink since if one BW license-holder was going to be able to deal with HG then ALL BW license-holders should be allowed to. 2) Toynami does *NOT* have an exclusive Mospeada license for toys. Much like the Macross license, it's entirely possible that more than one company could build products for that series. EDIT - for the record, I highly doubt it's a Mospeada product.

Okay, so I'm starting to handle my VF-0S and my launch arm for the first time and so I thought they'd make a cute marriage... but this is proving quite bothersome. Can someone here confirm my suspicions (all involve the VF-0S in fighter mode): 1) The claws of the launch arm absolutely will not work with the VF-0S (they're apparently too short). 2) The heft of the VF-0S is too much for the launch arm in most extreme positions (my launch arm was sealed so it's brand new tight at the base... but can I tighten it further to deal with this heavy of a toy?) 3) The attachment piece that connects the VF-0S to the launch arm is backward (screws face toward the front of the plane). Okay, Let me know if I'm tripping or if you guys have any suggestions to make this work better. I bought the launchar arms to display my super VF-1 1/60s so I'm not too concerned but I'd like to discuss this on my blog and don't want to go misinforming the world or taking a bunch of pictures of a set-up I was just doing completely wrong. I did check Graham's review and they sort of confirm my suspicions for the moment.

Now that makes me wonder... SV-51? Meh, I wanted 1/60 YF-21 news! LOL, 1/35 scale ORGUSS!!

I think we also actually see Focker in a Fokker at one point as well. I seem to remember him like flying away and dropping a hankerchief or something? I didn't say *I* was insulted by the mispelling thing, I simply stated that someone may be. They would be offended by the statement because it could be read to infer some form of inability, as if the Japanese could never figure out something as complex as anglo-germanic languages or surnames. Now, if you don't mind, I'll be off in the Japanese Engrish thread.

Aren't half the shoulder complaints coming from 0A owners?

How long before a Japanese member takes offense to that comment?

Not so fast... how do you know these weren't like this at purchase? This looks like it might be the kind of thing caused by tension related to the screw... your shoulder could be disentegrating in the box! I really meant to transform my VF-0S for the first time last night to check... hopefully I'll get around to it today. What's going on over at Yamato??? I'm supposed to save this kind of concern for my far cheaper Toynami products! First the Garland, now the Zero

Isn't the super O supposed to be more blunt than the fighters? It's more bulbous all around from the canopy to the wings to the fast pack parts.

Meh, needs some panel-lining and some weathering.

I figured since I re-did my review for the Toynami Appendices I better get a new review up for the actual MPC VF-1 themselves. So, I posted it tonight (got in too late for drinking ). So folks, here are some teaser pics, the review is very pic intensive but if you have high speed I recommend ya check it out . Edit - For those of you who do check it out, let me know what you think about the Rick Hunter in different shades of light with the LED on pic montage... is it "meh" or is it better than that?

The 1/100s are a huge improvements over the Banprestos. Lest we forget this picture from my original 1/100 review? By the by, I ordered my second series from Kevin (aka Valk Exchange) at a great price. I'll be putting up a review for them on my website in the coming month. I'm too busy to promise anything sooner though. I still have to get through the Yamato launch arms, 1/60 VF-0S, and some vintage toys first...

Doesn't that toy have a reputation for being needle-nosed? I never thought of it as blunt before...

TSINC just has a habit of selling items they don't have in stock and then forgetting to tell you that. So you buy something, wait, wait, ask about it, they refund your money. If they have it in stock though they're usually quite good to deal with.

Have you tried asking Kevin in this thread: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...=20359&st=0 He might be able to ship to you. I'm not sure he's on the board all that frequently though at the moment.

I'll be transforming my new 0S for the first time this weekend. When I get it into battroid the first thing I'll do is remove the shoulder armors and investigate for cracking. So far I have already used the shoulders a bit since I put the gun on in fighter mode and that was an absolute female dog. Once again, the hole in the gun doesn't appear to be big enough for the peg in the arms .