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Nice pictures, thank you for posting them. The cannon length looks good to me. The last thing I want is a weak joint where each one attaches, droopy cannon barrel due to the length, and the length of the barrels directly influences the length in shuttle mode. They have to compromise, or people will complain that shuttle mode is too long. Looking at the second picture from the top, you can see what appears to be the 30mm cannon Graham mentioned, but I'm not sure. Edit: Damn, just noticed that the cannon barrels looked like they are rifled. Rifling is used to put spin on ballistic rounds to increase accuracy/range, but I was never sure what type of ammo the VB-6 uses, because rifling would be moot with regard to non-ballistic ammo.

Graham, Best wishes to you, your wife and son! I'm very happy for you. Sincerely, Christopher

Just curious, but who are we talking about here? Initially, I suspected "Mechafreak," but all his title says is "banned." So, what's the story?

Ditto It's a fun game, which is not necessarily indicative of intelligence. I'll admit that I definitely over analyzed the puzzle, which is characteristic of geniuses such as myself and Bill Gates.

David Hingtgen, One on hand, it would be cool to have the F-14 kit from a collector's point of view, but I would rather take the decals out and use them on an accurate F-14 kit. So the question becomes, which 1/72 F-14 kit do you recommend as being accurate to the anime? The same applies to the Mig-29. Is it accurate, or do I also need to obtain a better representation? If so, what is your recommendation? If anyone else has any advice, please let me know. Sincerely, Christopher

Hello, I agree that the prices I was quoted correspond with what has now been posted, and are completely fair. Keeping in mind the salient points Hurin made, I know from experience that there are some people who like to haggle, regardless of how reasonable the price might seem to everyone else. Sure $10 times (14) equals $140, but one has to take into account time, and that is a valuable commodity. The person selling the parts has to take the time to carefully disassemble an entire valkyrie, package it and make multiple trips to the post office. That in turn saves the buyer time, and it's hard to put a price tag on that. Fulcy, Still waiting for my PM response from you... Sincerely, Christopher

True, the box and decals are very nice, but that does not excuse the exclusion of the PE parts in my opinion. One does not justify the other. Ken, Interesting observation. Are you referring to the two pieces identified as "Part #5" from the picture above? Sincerely, Christopher

Rob, Thank you for the update! Did you make him a nice pair of cement boots? He's taking a swim with the fishes now. Sincerely, Christopher

Yes, thank you for the picture. Do you want to sell them? Without getting out a set of the standard photo-etched parts, I don't really see too much of a difference, besides the lack of parts for the armor.

Definitely, one of my favorites as well.

My best wishes to everyone who has gone through this ordeal, I myself did not order anything, but I've followed the developments. I wouldn't mind having a Dragon either, if one were to become available.

Hello Haterist, First of all, thank you very much for what you are doing. Secondly, in keeping with the "fairness" you alluded to, I clearly precede "GreenGuy42" on the list. I'm on Part List #2, and he's on Part List #3, according to what has been posted since the beginning. Now, for some unknown reason, I'm "pending," and his parts are ready to go? I have been patiently waiting, and ready to pay at a moments notice, and was surprised to see the sudden change based upon the fact that I have not been contacted at all. Secondly, I contacted "Neova" quite a while back and told him I would also like to get "L-L2," in addition to my already pending "R-L2." I also added a post on May 8, advising of the same, and yet no update was made. Once again, based upon my place on the list, and longstanding request, I would like to purchase: R-L2 L-L2 The parts can come from any DYRL 1/48 valkyrie. Please feel free to PM me, and hopefully update your post. Sincerely, Christopher

Gene, Yeah, you got a deal my friend. Just do me a favor and cut back on the Viagra. Actually, the Rogaine thing is funny, because I still have a full head of hair at age (29), and hopefully I'll keep it, God willing. Sincerely, Christopher

I personally can think of a lot worse things that I could "scrub," like someones gunpod.

Thanks for the information! I'm still glad I bought it from a collector's standpoint, but I'm disappointed by Hasegawa's strange decision.

Hello, I remember reading that the Hasegawa VF-1D comes with a special set of photo-etched parts, if so, how do they differ from the separately available photo-etched parts set? The reason I ask, is because I recently purchased the Max VF-1D "Virgin Road," and my kit did not come with any photo-etched parts at all. Which is really weird and makes no sense at all, because besides the color of the parts and decals, the kits are identical. So unless my kit is missing them, I find this oversight to be pretty freaking stupid on Hasegawa's part. Not only that, but both kits are supposed to be limited editions. If the photo-etched parts included with the standard VF-1D are that unique, I guess I won't have any choice but to buy (2) VF-1D's, and remove the photo-etched parts from one kit for use with the Max VF-1D. That is of course unless the standard set is the same or similar, or if I can find someone willing to sell me their VF-1D photo-etched set. Any info. will be appreciated. Sincerely, Christopher

True, seems to be a matter of housekeeping. The road to hell is littered with good intentions. I'm not sure what happened, but I haven't heard anything in a while.

The "VF-1Riders" are pretty amazing. Never seen a (2) seater Y-21. Very nice modification. The YF-21 with the hawk/golden eagle on it is unbelievable. I can't imagine that they used a decal, so it must be handpainted on there. If so, the artist is highly skilled. If you look at the legs, you can see the feet and talons, and so I would imagine that the bottom of the valkyrie is painted as well. The orange and white VF-0 looks sweet. A pilot in cockpit would make it all the better. The VT-1 Super Ostrich is my least favorite. The black overspray on the top of the boosters is odd, as well as the dark blue tinted canopy. If you look closely, the legs look like they also have black overspray as well, and it may or may not be intentional, or the valkyrie has not been completed, based upon the lack of decals/detailing.

Bartagama, I clinked on your links, and received the following message: "This file is not yet public." So I logged into my account and did a search by your MW user name, because I thought you might have used the same for both sites, but nothing came up. Any information will be appreciated. Sincerely, Christopher

My wife just bought the extended edition DVD, or whatever it's called, and I watched it for the first time last week. I enjoyed it overall. Definitely interesting, but some parts seemed a little slow. I personally hate needles, and so the worst part for me was when they were doing all of the testing, and had to insert the needle into her jugular so the radioactive dye travel into her brain for the brain scan. I would like to see Rosemary's Baby as well, but don't know anything about it. As a child I remember my older brother telling me that if I went into the bathroom, turned off the light, looked into the mirror and said something like, "Rosemary I have your child." She would come and kill me. It's been a while, so I can't recall all of the details. I'll have to do an internet search on the movie to see what it's about.

Bartagama, Don't let it take the wind out of your sails. If we were to do that in all instances where someone beat us to the punch, Yamato would have never improved upon the Bandai 1/55 with the 1/60, and then on to the 1/48. I'm not saying you can necessarily do it better, but there is also room for improvement. I can't tell the scale of Glagla's VB-6, so perhaps yours will be different in that aspect as well, plus the potential for a different color scheme. Don't lose heart, I would love to see a MW fan make a Lego transformable VB-6. I'll be looking forward to seeing your pictures! Sincerely, Christopher

Damn, I'm sorry to hear about your bad luck. They should have never repackaged the item and sent it on to you. If I understand what you are saying correctly, they had a responsibility to get a replacement, or at the least contact you prior to sending it on.

Damn Rob, I'm sorry to hear about your bad luck. I know that people in Japan are just like everyone else as far as propensity for good/evil, but it still sucks that you were taken advantage of. The very first bill I pay every month is rent/mortage. I wonder what the hell he went and spent the money on. Sometimes it seems like the worst crap happens to the nicest people. You've had problems with Yamato, someone flaking out on Yahoo Japan, the stuff you sold to Arafat, and now this. I'm not sure if I got all of the details right, but you get my point. Best wishes to you and thank you for persevering. Sincerely, Christopher

M J, Thanks for taking pity on those of us not worthy to have a custom member title. Sarcasm aside, I appreciate you taking the time to do it. You're right, it's actually a trivial thing, and certainly there are more important things in life to get "worked up" over. It was all in good fun, and made yesterday interesting "fighting the good fight." It's no so much about winning or losing, but speaking up for your principles. The donation idea in and of itself is great, but the added bonus of being able to select a witty custom member title for someone else is cool. It would be interesting to see the creations that we could bestow upon one another. It would give insight as to how we are perceived by others. Christopher

Definitely sweet! Awesome paint jobs.