sixtybucks

I was in the process of checking out and it crapped out.

The price was right in my alley

Sold out

...that u did sir!!

Sorry for the very late reply, moving city/apartment/new job etc...

Will do GBP next wk. Here are some pics I did 2 wks ago.

Nice, always giving the joints a good workout!

Battroid mode!【VF-1J 30th Anniversary】超時空要塞!

It's not easy to take this pic! The concept to take this VF1J signature pose is totally different from shooting a Gundam.

& BTW, this outlook and overall proportion of this Arcadia Toy is fall from good (but it is the best available 1J toy in the market, isn't it?) FXXK the Harmony Gold that handicaps the development of Macross toy. I hope that one day Bandai can apply the tech of DX to VF-1 series....

Anyway, enjoy!

Nice pics! It would be very interesting to see a 1/60 Bandai VF-1... as others said, there's still room for improvement

Been bitten by the TF bug and I'm trying to keep it under control but it's too much fun!

Really dig the difference in size between these two, Optimus is one big mofo! I still feel that his shoulder articulation could have been better... but still awesome!

@ChaoticYeti Sweet Devastator! I can hardly wait for TT Devy on december...

Nicely done!

Hahaha! So who's next?

I want a breakdancing GBP from troyness! or whatever he can come up with

Thanks guys!

@troyness now I've fulfilled my part of the bargain!

$60, what camera are you using?

I used an Olympus E-PM2 with a 45mm f1.8 prime (90mm equiv.).

Ok, gentlemen, I give you the "Grenade" Super Fighter. The mechanics could only salvage so many parts from Hikaru's first sortie with the GBP... so they fitted his (refurbished or new?) J with these until the Super parts were ready! Also known in other circles as the "Ghetto" Super Fighter

Thanks to my lovely wife for providing the "hand stand"!

hey sixty, show us that "getto" GBP fighter...I know Noel wants to see it too!!

I'll try to post something this weekend!

geez! stop giving Arcadia ideas towards building a v3! that scares the hell out of me!

Oh yeah, you would be in deep deep trouble, you know it. But don't worry, I think the chances of something like that happening are pretty much zero... at least from Arcadia.

Signature break dance move: Check!

Needs more crazy balancing though haha! And don't forget the GBP, that's the real challenge!

Like Takara did? just sayin'

And yeah, there are a number of LEGO sets similarly priced that are better values than Hasbro's Devi, IMHO.

Yeah I know Takara did just that (and the reason I preordered it), I just don't understand why Hasbro felt they couldn't make that one the standard... just manufacture that version. Why have that at all? By looking at TT Dev prices in Japan, it's basically the same price, so it could have even gone for the same $150... so weird

You have a point in that Devastator is not a popular character for kids today as it's not featured in any cartoon right now and things like that drive most of demand (I would assume). So demand from that camp would be non existent. It's people like us and the few kids/parents that get hooked on the toy by itself. Even then, parents with a $150 budget might think twice between this or a huge LEGO set for example...

The question then is... if this is the case... why did they constrain themselves to $150? I mean, it's a good price, but you could have stayed below $200 and still could have added a bunch of improvements I think.

What?! You probably live next door. Hahaha!

No way! Oh man, thought I was the only cool kid from RWC, all is lost!

Out of curiosity, how many of your kids are getting a $140 devastator? Honestly, do kids know who Devastator is?. Is he in current renditions of tv offering, in this form in the movies? I am sorry but its not a true mass market toy. I am not saying its not a solid toy, I just don't think its worth $140. I own Hercules and Giant and have trouble justifying them too.

Sure, maybe they won't know who 1980's Devastator is, but I would bet most kids who see the box and the toy would want to know pretty quickly! I mean, come on, construction vehicles that combine in one giant bad ass robot? the basic concept is already cool as hell! and I'm pretty sure they already know what a Transformer is...

Someone is really having a great time posing this bad boy. Next time, do that with the GBP parts on. Hahaha!

I want to see that too!

Nice shots sixty $! Which part of the bay area you in?

Redwood City!

Shots look great sixtybucks! There are waterslide decals off ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/new-Water-Decal-for-YAMATO-1-60-Macross-Valkyrie-VF-1-action-figure-FREE-SHIP-/261858903569?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf801c611

Sweet! I'm gonna order one of those and save the stickers.

The effect worked great! The grey is a nicer color than what the supers come with!

And yes you definitely need to fit the either the kite or skull squadron logo's on the boosters.. Either would work but I think the kite logo would be better..

Yes to the kite!

The kite is canon for the TV series. Though the irony is that no supers were on Hikaru's 1J in the show. His 1S did, though, and his 1A got it in the movies.

Love the markings on your 1J, by the way. Are those stickers?

Yep, kite is canon for TV and it should be an "S" really to portray the "Booby Duck". Might get one of those eventually to complete my "Hikaru on duty" collection! Oh and yes, went crazy with the stickers on the "J"... I think I used everything I could, went beyond the manual with extra reference materials.

Oh and thanks no3ljm!

Great shots $60! Are the colors of the those super parts a little image trickery / magic? They look great nonetheless!

They do eh!

Haha, yeah, grey parts brought to you by Photoshop magic. I tend to do that, I find it more appealing. Wish I could do that in real life.

Right now I'm fighting the idea of putting the stickers on the super parts, they look so naked! argggh, are there any alternatives?

Finally got the TV Super parts! Now I've got all TV add-on for the VF-1. GBP and Super!

I don't get why they made the reaction missiles tips yellow when they are red in the TV series...

Shout out to Sephiroth! I think he's already in this list but I still want to thank him for excellent comms an overall experience! Thanks for those TV parts, man!

Thanks for the quick reply. Someone confirmed proper elbows, so i might just keep my preorder.

No problem, what do you mean by "confirmed proper elbows"? are you saying someone said that Hasbro's Devy has elbows on everyone?

^ ^ ^ How did you change it for takara's?

And thank you so much for the replies. I really want to make a dirty custom out of this. If the Hasbro has proper elbows, I guess i'll keep my order. I dont think it matters that much anyway, but I want to get something good. Maybe I should change my order to the takara version.

I cancelled it and preordered on BBTS