Doublepush
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One of my favorite aspects of collecting Macross is that the fans are so passionate. To the point where many people are using real skills and technology to make some fantastic modifications, improvements, repairs, and accessories for their collectibles and sharing them with others.
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Haha, sorry all I could think when you replied was "I'm a guy that designs and sells stands, here to tell you that Valkyries look better on stands" some day I'll buy a few of your stands Yeti but I've gotta get more valks before I spend that much on a stand. Damn international shipping costs and my Canadian...ness. Doesn't stop me from drooling over the photos of them in action though
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I want one of these stands so bad, but I can't quite bite the bullet on the international shipping when there's still so many valks on my want list first. I suppose I'm not the first to follow this pattern, buy a bunch of figures first before thinking of any way to actually display them all
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I've got my first flightpose stand in the mail right now which I'm super excited for. The 19 is the one I want to display most in fighter mode but also the one I don't have a dedicated stand for yet, so he's relegated to being gears down laying on his belly. It's shameful really, grounding such a beautiful bird. Few more days and I'll be able to have an extensive photo shoot (won't hold a candle to Saburo's pics but I'll be trying my best )
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I've got a question for you, but I'm afraid if I ask it may start a chain reaction of requests. Would you be willing to take an Arcadia 30th Ann. VF-1J and repaint it?
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There's a small piece of plastic on the underside of the swiveling portion of the shoulder that is attached to the torso. You have to (CAREFULLY) pry it out (one side on mine was fairly easy, the other snapped on it's way out) that covers up the two screw holes.
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My personal favorite, apologies for cell phone pics.
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Successfully ripped apart and tuned up a valk for the first time. Everything is nice and tight, my 19 can hold just about any pose now and look great doing it. It's still a strange concept to me that high quality toys require regular maintenance, like a car.
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I saw how quickly my paycheques were being funneled into gunpla so I realized I had to slow down a bit and make more careful purchases. I do have the GBP pre-ordered right now but still unsure if I'm going to bother. It would be nice to have a canon VF-1 but really, there's plenty of time for that. Thanks everyone for all the comments I wanted to have as varying a display as possible (molds, eras, and transformation state) in as few figures as possible.
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Now that I've had a few minutes to transform him he's in pretty damn good condition. I do need to tighten a few joints and could use a little help from someone who's taken this guy apart and fiddled with him a bit. Mainly I need to tighten the swivels on both shoulders (the up and down swivel), and the horizontal swivel joint on the knee. Any help would be appreciated as to which parts to remove and where to apply future, or which screws to tighten. Cheers
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I'm still far too inexperienced at even customizing model kits, let alone high quality completed transforming figures, but that's a super awesome mod! I'll have to bookmark it for a braver day. In other news though my 19 did arrive today safe and sound in the mail, the 2004 repackage. Managed to snap a couple pics so far in the display thread and most recent purchase thread but I have to wait until my kids are in bed to really dive into this beast.
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Only started collecting just after Christmas, so I didn't feel right posting in this thread until I had at least one Valkyrie to represent each mode. So here is my little collection, on one shelf in one detolf (makes me a little jealous seeing some people have more valks thab I have Gunpla, but such is what drives me to want more!). Yamato YF-19 for fighter mode, Chogokin VF-25F Alto Renewal for Gerwalk, and Arcadia 30th Anniversary VF-1J for Battroid.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Doublepush replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Received my Yamato YF 19 in the mail today from Shukenzero, very happy with the purchase even though so many people advised me against it.
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Agreed, one of the exhaust detail bits fell off the bottom of the foot of my Arcadia 30th anniversary VF-1J on the first transformation, so it's not just a Yamato issue.
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My 19 is in the mail now (thanks again shukenzero) and these pictures are getting me really damn excited
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I was curious about this as well. I found the arm cannon on shapeways but it only lists it being compatible with the Arcadia YF-19 and Yamato's variants of the VF-19 but the Yamato YF-19 is not listed. Is it compatible with the original releases as well?
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Either way, I was referring to the design of the ones released by Yamato themselves. There's a nostalgia aspect to it too, I remember looking at that release online when I was quite a bit younger and never being able to buy it.
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Yeah I ended up snagging the final release of Yamato's mold from shukenzero, I don't know there's just something I find endearing about Yamato's attempts compared to Arcadia.
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Ended up purchasing the Yamato through a member on the forums, should be shipping next week so I'm pretty damn excited. After reading many reviews (almost a torturing form of window shopping at this point) I don't think I'll be disappointed.
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Ontario Collectors Con 2015 is February 1st
Doublepush replied to oohyaa's topic in Conventions and Local Gatherings
Anyone here actually attend this Convention in the past to know what it's all about? I'm a little wary after seeing their guest of honor is the wrestler "Road Warrior Animal"... -
And success. Took a more detailed approach to transforming that section into gerwalk and also tightened a few screws here and there (specifically behind the hips for the ball joint) and they stiffened right up and now I can pick up my 25 in gerwalk with one hand and it stays as solid as my v2 vf1. Well, not quite that solid but still pretty damn close
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I'll give that a try, thanks a lot!
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I have a question, probably been answered before but I haven't seen it mentioned much as a common issue. Anyway, I'm having a hard time getting the intakes/hips to stay pegged in to the fuselage in gerwalk mode. The left is especially bad but both of them fall out of place all the time while trying to adjust the pose of the legs, and makes it next to impossible to maintain any sort of pose with it on the included stand. It seems to pop out even worse when I use the built in support for the aft section during gerwalk. I've already thought about applying future or super glue, but I'm not sure if that will work with the style of connection
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Christmas present from the wife arrived!
Doublepush replied to Skull Leader's topic in The Workshop!
I think more of the complaints come from Bandai's apparent lack of care for the Macross franchise. Bandai has released better engineered and better functioning transformable Gundam kits for cheaper retail. As well, the proportions for Battroid mode are a little wonky for my tastes, but that's just because I prefer the look of Yamato's v2 1/60 as opposed to the broader chest look of the 1/48s. That being said, the kit has a lot of potential for someone with more modding/customizing experience. I'm no slouch when it comes to basic skills but I don't do much to alter the original kit, so take these statements in reference to a more traditional "out of box" build. -
I'm unfortunately in that mid ground. Not brand new by any means, but still not quite able to afford $300 all at once. Having until May to save was how I was going to be able to afford a 19 finally.
