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    Yeah, rewatching it, we also don't get the flash that commonly comes from the two sabers hitting so it does appear the blade is stopped by the armor.
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    Well, my Yellow broke during transformation. There's a metal pin the gauntlet swivels on that must have been damaged during assembly. The part was crooked in comparison to the other side and as the housing rotated (which was notably harder to rotate than the other side) the peg snapped off where the housing met the support. I drilled it all out and replaced with a 1.5 mm hobby rod. I might head to the hardware store to find a 1.5 mm thick nail and replace my hobby rod with that. My fix works but the flat head on a nail would prevent the whole assembly from walking upward during handling. I finished my review anyway:
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    Is it the armor or does Vader's blade just get there a little late to parry?
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    Hi-Metal R

    jenius replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Here's a race for you. I ordered my VF-4G Focker before I knew I was moving, then moved and forgot to update my address. The package was shipped to my old house via SAL and then returned to Japan. The sender received it and is sending it back out by SAL to my newest address. Let's see if it beats NY to me despite having had to cross the ocean twice during a pandemic.
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    Remember air mail packages don't travel in luxury... The conditions they travel in are not virus friendly... It is virtually impossible to get it from a package... If the handlers are well.
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    There's virtually no chance a virus could survive shipping, it's only an infected delivery person you'd have to worry about... Don't fall for the panic.
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    China is ahead on the experience curve and trying to start normalizing before their economy collapses entirely so we should see factories increasing capacities over the next month and I'd imagine announcements will resume in May... Assuming there's no big second wave of infection.
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    I wanna just climb in and fly it.
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    I'll take clips that should have been in episode 8 for $100 Alek.
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    Yamato was almost entirely a toy company. Even their 'models' were based on toy concepts that proved simply too limited in demand to warrant the spend on more expensive molds for toys. Their models came in three varieties: plastic injection (fan jet), unassembled toys, and high density something-or-other for their smallest production numbers, the 1/2000 SDF-1 and Regult). Yamato was a small toy company with very few licenses; it was either make a new Macross toys or don't have revenue for them. That was why they were so quick to do reissues and unafraid of saturating the market. Bandai, on the other hand, is a very different beast.
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    I would just wait a year, there's a very good likelihood that Arcadia will reissue it as they clearly have plans on continuing to support the line.
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    I was only kidding around... probably a little too soon for that. I do take some comfort in the notion that this virus seems to not be so hard on children though.
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    At the end of the day, the masks don't hurt... except in all the people buying them up so healthcare professionals can't find any. Sick people should definitely wear them... but they should be staying at home and binge watching the Mandalorian anyway, The big plus here is that kids don't really seem to get it, or at least, get only a mild version of it. Since kids can spread the disease though, there's a lot of schools shutting down. So, I think you can all see, the logical conclusion is to put the kids in the factories. C'mon Bandai, let's do this!
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    Oh wow, just watched the video, they got rid of the LED screen in the 1/6 version and replaced it with an orange glowing 'breathing light effect.' That's a curious choice.
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    In previous years pandemics didn't shutter factories. Who wants to tease a product right now when they have no idea when factories will open again and the kind of backlogs they will have? On the bright side, you can use your toy funds to buy Purell, masks, and toilet paper. I really have no idea what the run on toilet paper is all about. Start thinking of all the 2020 teases as 2021 teases and there will likely be lots of cancelled products as companies try to catch up.
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    I'm still receiving items from other vendors out of Japan. I very much doubt the virus can survive that kind of transportation, more likely not a lot of workers around to process deliveries.
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    They're probably being told to take time off as part of the quarantine measures.
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    While there's certainly truth that original designs would be free and clear, many of those examples would not pass muster. Sounds like some fans are confusing the usual slight visual tweaks to sell people the same toy they already own as something more clever.
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    That's the old non transformable matchbox toy.
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    You may also be able to remove the feet on the KC toy for a close enough fit.
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    He actually looks really tall... shouldn't his head be in front of the head-rest. This might be a victim of KitzConcept's toys being more 1/11 than 1/12.
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    I have heard that if you're not a Japanese company, it's almost impossible to get a Macross license. I have also heard that, even in Japan, BigWest is hard to do business with. So, some Robotech products probably begin as dreams of Macross products but become Robotech goods because HG is eager to do business while BW never returns a call.
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    There's a minimum post count for that thread so participate in some conversations.
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    Just the 1A schemes, like they did with the original hi metal line. It makes sense to do them together since it can be one production run with different paint applications. I doubt they will since three DXs at the same time would be expensive be for someone that wants them all... But it would be a significant step toward filling out the line. Maybe a better way would be one each month over three months after having made them all together.
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    Maybe they'll do Max and Hikaru at the same time??
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