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You're welcome! I used Tamiya Extra Thin Cement when I did my Lego repair. I'm not sure it makes a difference but thought I'd mention it since i didn't see it in your lineup. Please let us know how it turns out!

You've been hit with the "brittle brown" syndrome. For a stretch of a few years, about a decade ago, the reddish brown color (and dark red) was defective and known to crumble and break. Lego has since changed the formula for those colors and newer pieces are unaffected. Yes, Tamiya cement will work on Lego but the plastic along the seam will melt if too much glue or if too much pressure is applied. The seam will be visible even if expertly glued but in most cases the piece will be completely functional. In your case, I believe the piece is likely to be part of that bad batch and it'll just break again after repairing.

You can't always count on those inflation calculators to be accurate. They're based on the records of increasingly cooked inflation numbers.

Fifty bucks for those! It seems dirt cheap but that was a lot of money back then. I didn't even know those existed as a kid. All we had was Jetfire.

@Duymon Wow! You have 16 valks with no pilot? That's a lot! Those look great! Where can I download the file and is there a TV version pilot?

@Mr March That's an awesome infographic! There is some great info there. Thanks for posting that @grogall.

That's awesome! Does anyone know which publication that illustration is from?

I thought it would be chrome throughout but now I see that some parts are clear. Hard pass.

That looks awesome! What is it? I don't recognize it.

I really want this too but when they did the TV sdf-1 they just gave us the DYRL version with the TV colors.

Exemplary. These old kits look deceptively simple. They require a lot of work to make them look this good.

http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/product/33/ The detail looks really good! Insta-buy for me.

Wow! Check it out!

She looks good! I love seeing these older kits brought to life!

I think you're right. I'm so used to the Hasegawa Battroid that this design gives off a chonk vibe. However, when I compare it to the line art @Big s posted, it looks almost perfectly proportioned. I have Battroid Dysmorphia. Go figure!

Seems just a bit too chonky? I dunno. I guess if I saw it next to the line art it might look ok.

I can't wait for mine to get here. Everything I've seen and heard about the kit so far is positive so I'm itching to get my hands on it. Also, I'm about 8 or 9 episodes in to the original series and I'm enjoying it so far. If anyone here hasn't seen it yet, I recommend giving it a shot.

Here I am, a year later and my order for my kit was finally fulfilled. Now I gotta wait for enough stuff to buy to fill out a whole shipment from HLJ. A whole year it took!!!

I wish I could remember the specifics but there was a video game where the whole squad goes out in GBP armor for a mission. I Googled it but didn't come up with anything. Did I imagine it? I'm pretty sure there exists a whole canon color scheme of armors for every character.

It looks promising. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

A lot of cool stuff going on here! @Thom Your F-14 is looking real nice with all that extra detail you're adding. I don't have the patience for all that anymore because, like you said, "sanity"! @electric indigo The paint on your intruder is so perfectly demarcated. You must be the best at masking for your paint jobs. I'm always impressed by the quality and attention to detail of your builds. @Urashiman That resin Zelda looks very cleanly printed. I think with a print like that, it would look great painted even with minimal prep work. Seeing all the cool stuff here makes me want to set up my workbench again so bad!

I think I've identified the cause of my problem. I've been using the Iwata brand lube this whole time. I guess I'll clean it out and lube with a different brand. Thanks for taking the time to post, I think this will really help with a problem that's been bugging me.

@derex3592 Out of all the things you did to fix the sticky trigger, which of them did the trick? I have the same problem with the same airbrush. I read it all but you didn't really say which step was the solution.