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    Very pretty, very classy. Nice.
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    The line art and animation of the YF-19 don't keep the same proportions from mode to mode, so toys must necessarily compromise on proportions. General consensus seems to be that the Arcadia toy has the best overall balance of proportions, followed closely (as in more or less interchangeably) by the Bandai VF-19 Advance. If you're looking for best proportions in any single mode, I think the consensus seems to be (correct me if I'm wrong, all) - Battroid: Yamato Gnu Dou YF-19 (followed by Arcadia YF-19) - Gerwalk: Arcadia YF-19/Bandai VF-19 Advance toss-up - Fighter: Hasegawa YF-19 model kit (followed by Arcadia YF-19) Almost everyone agrees that the Arcadia YF-19 and Bandai VF-19 Advance are massive improvements over the Yamato YF/VF-19s, and from there it's a matter of personal preference. (The Bandai one seems a bit slimmer overall.) EDIT: But again, this is just gleaning from what I've read in the thread. I don't personally own or have ever owned any of these Yam/Arc/Bandai toys.
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    You're probably right. I just don't care much for Seed in general, so can't bother myself to commit designs and names to memory. (That said, I thought Infinite Justice was the pink one?)
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    Honestly, I can't tell the difference between the Freedom, Justice, and Strike Freedom. I know they all have those wing things... And that's about it. Lol. Knowing Bandai's current trend, the assault buster will probably be a webshop exclusive a la the WoL effect parts. :/
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    Oh, you're lining in graphite? Neat. You don't see that too often.
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    Christ, they WOULD get that meta. Not like it's anything new to them, though. I'm still wondering if Michel is dead or not... and if Brera is alive or not... and basically everyone from Frontier could be dead or alive depending on how Kawamori's feeling that day.
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    What's people's experience (if any) with the previous kits? Parts separation, detail, holes/spaces need puttying, snapfit vs. gluing?
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    You say that like it hasn't already happened. Kingdom Hearts 3?
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Is the brace much of an eyesore? Also keep in mind that those were pics of rushed prototypes, as someone(s) observed some pages back. People might also be interested in the recently announced Mecha Colle model kits. They're fixed fighter mode only, but the 3D models offer good looks at the potential panel line detail and perhaps some clues as to the transformation/articulation gimmicks. http://www.taghobby.com/1-0/1-2/bandai-2016%E5%B9%B44%E6%9C%88%E7%99%BC%E5%94%AE-%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B-mecha-collection-%E3%80%8Amacross-%CE%B4macross-delta%E3%80%8Bvf-31-siegfried-fighter-modehayate%E6%A9%9F-500yen/
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    ...had to look up "croquette." I'd known the word and the definition for ages but never bothered to connect the two. Stuff looks tasty.
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    I don't think the 171 was ever released in model kit form, yes? This'll be a nice way to get one or more of them, maybe even scratchbuild a battroid/Gerwalk mode. And maybe holding the 31 in hand will help me warm up to it a little more...
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    Maybe I'll binge the rest of the season/series when it finishes. But I'll spare you all the weekly whinging and moaning. Any anime recommendations to tide me over in the meantime? EDIT: The dishes in the video above (part romaji-ization, part guesswork): - Gandamu VS Chaazaku raisu (Gundam VS Char's Zaku rice), 1296 yen The sausage is a beam saber, the drumstick is the heat hawk. Seems the "shield" at the bottom is scrambled eggs? Not sure what the brown stuff is. - Baaggai(?) III no pankeeki (Bearguy III pancake), 778 yen A small cake. Digging the lemon ears. - Chaazaku raisu LEVEL5 (Char's Zaku rice LEVEL5), 4536 yen More fried rice, and more scrambled egg beneath? Serving sizes ("levels") from 1 to 5.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Interesting you should see it that way, because from what I'VE noticed, it's been the other way around. Those who liked it when it first premiered didn't tell others that they were worse fans for not liking it. They didn't insult those who disliked the episode. On the other hand, those who didn't like it stated, explicitly (defensively) and implicitly (passive-aggressively), that to like it made one less of a fan/male/person. My first encounter was someone or other mentioning in the episode thread about how this show just wasn't meant for fans who have been there from the beginning, implying that there's a sharp division between Delta fans and old-school fans, on top of the implication that those who "have been there from the beginning" are more legitimate fans. As an old-school fan who happened to like the episode, I took umbrage with that generalization. And yes, it's an opinion, but opinions can be wrong. If your opinion is that the moon doesn't exist (props to jenius for edit), that's fine, but you're wrong. There's nothing saying that people shouldn't call you out for being wrong. As the discussions have gone on, those same little jabs have continued with little to no pushback, and yet when I make the same kind of jab going the other way, the pushback has been enormous. When people were espousing sexist, elitist opinions about the episode, very few among this forum were bothering to correct them. When I finally called a comment out for being just that, in a glib, dismissive tone, look at how quickly and how many people come out to say, in your words, that fans who like the episode's J-pop/magical girl/etc. elements are dogmatic and blindly following a perceived prevailing view of a show. My opinion was just an opinion. It's as if you feel personally slighted with an Earth-shattering insult if I dare to not blindly follow the "perceived" prevailing view of a show or any aspect thereof. So dogmatic. All of that is to say, in the bluntest of terms, that those who dislike the magical girl, bishounen, J-pop aspects of the show have routinely resorted to sexist and elitist rationales to explain themselves, without realizing and/or acknowledging that they're doing so. You don't like magical girl or J-pop aspects? Fine. That's understandable. Being (presumably) white, male, middle-class American, you probably didn't grow up in a culture that normalized the existence and tropes of those elements. But see, you didn't stop there. You didn't just say that they're not your cup of tea. You made the mistake of assuming that the "premise of frilly dressed magical girls singing and dancing their way through a battlefield with prancing VF-31s as chaperons" is "silly, eye roll inducing." The premise itself. The very idea of it is silly and eye roll inducing. Which is an untrue opinion, because it's based not on any inherent incompatibility but on an ASSUMPTION of incompatibility fostered by a limited view of the world. But like Kanedas Bike opined and I've been trying to do, that's the last I'll say about that and get back on topic. Feel free to take the last public word on the matter.
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    I'm thinking the two outer parts are the fuel tanks/verniers that attach to the back of the legs? And does the middle one go over the shield? I wonder if you can still fit that onto the fighter mode. I don't know much about the Tornado pack; does the "tail probe" that runs from the backpack guns to the rear of the fighter sit flush with the shield, or is there space between the two? (Such that the Super shield part could fit.) Does that middle part, the long protrusion (what I called the "tail probe") serve a purpose in the movie? It could be as simple as holding extra fuel, or even be a tail gun. Otherwise it just looks to be taking up space. On the Bandai manual, it looks like you sweep them back all the way (into the high-speed configuration), then install the Tornado wings. Is that what you meant here? (I initially thought you meant that the wings would be fully swept forward.) Also, what purpose does cutting the wings the way you did serve? EDIT: On an unrelated note, does Hasegawa ever re-issue any of its LE kits? I'm not clamoring so much for a VF-25G (because they're releasing a Super 25G soon anyway), but I'd love to get my hands on some of their other LE Macross/Ace Combat kits, like the Armored VF-0 and the Kei Nagase Shinden II.
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    Hasegawa kits tend to require a broader skill set, so I'd actually suggest starting with an old-school Bandai kit (80s, early 90s kits) if you're apprehensive about Hasegawa. Or really, any sub-$15 kit that you don't mind beating up on. They'll typically have lots of seam lines that will give you practice with gluing, sanding, puttying, painting, etc. As for the plastic quality, I've noticed that Hasegawa actually tends to have softer plastic than Bandai does. Some of that owes to the thinness of the parts (which is probably also the reason for the perception of them being brittle), and some of it has to do with Hasegawa using a different polystyrene formula. The engraved panel lines are definitely more shallow than Bandai ones, but I've never understood that to be a bad thing. Like mickyg said, they're a fair bit more accurate and better-looking. So yeah. If you're coming from a primarily Bandai/gunpla/mecha background (like I did), Hasegawa definitely takes some getting used to. But if you've built scale models before (tanks, aircraft, etc.), you'll be right at home. Nice build. I've been wanting to get my hands on a full range of Bandai VF-25s myself, even if I already have the Hasegawa version (which is all-around, without a doubt the better model kit) on hand. General consensus is that they make for perfectly fine Battroid and Gerwalk renditions, but fighter mode leaves something to be desired (which is where the Hasegawa kit comes in). In case you're interested, user Jefuemon has started a WIP thread kitbashing the Hasegawa VF-25 and the Bandai Tornado pack. You might be able to get more insight into the Hasegawa kit there: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=43365
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    You've misconstrued things a fair bit, but I'm not going to press the point. Back OT: I don't recall there being any other "J" variants besides the two listed (VF-1J and VF-31J), so I wouldn't consider it much of a love affair. Alto's VF-25 was an F-type, but then the F motif was strong in that series. The J = Japan is an interesting proposition all the same, though. I wonder if Kawamori is indulging in a bit of nationalism and/or the designation is supposed to reflect Hayate's cultural nationality.
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    From the Technology thread: Mecha Colle is...? Google's giving me the impression of gashopon-esque model kits??? I'm seeing lots of Yamato 2199.
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    Mecha Colle is...? Google's giving me the impression of gashopon-esque model kits??? I'm seeing lots of Yamato 2199.
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    Nice job. I take it it doesn't come with waterslide decals, only these clear-backing stickers? Are the wing flaps articulated/positionable? (I'm guessing no.)
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Because they're not manly, see, and therefore not worthy of being in this most manly man of man shows about female pop idols literally ending multiple wars through song and dance.
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    The various VF-1 redesigns haven't been nearly as drastic as this (or the RX-78), though. About the most that's happened to the VF-1 has been very slight proportion tweaks to emphasize one mode of the three or strike a balance. The angles of the arm, for instance, haven't been smoothed into curves, nor the elbows had kibble thrown on to add flair to the design. The shoulder armor looks uniform across all renditions. All in all, the VF-1 has had very little done to its design (owing largely, I'd imagine, to the transformation gimmick and the need to satisfy three separate looks). That said, I get your meaning. I just want my sexy GP01 back. (The resin kit does itself make a fair share of concessions to the design, but I cited it because it emphasized what I meant about curves and whatnot.) Not digging the newer Barbatos designs much. I was enamored with it from the get-go, and while I was fine with the initial tweaks before it received its "de facto" design, the newer, more drastic revisions will take some getting used to. Not much to say about the rest of the IBO reveals - they're fine - but when's my 1/100 Hyakuri/ren? (Also I'm warming up a lot to that Efreet. Was apathetic before, but starting to feel the burn.)
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    And was anyone especially shocked? Did anyone take particular umbrage to it? At the very least, I didn't. It felt like a natural turn of events that satisfied multiple needs both within the story and without. Harrison Ford has wanted to move on from Star Wars from the get-go; Disney want to simplify things logistically, and not having to worry about him injuring himself on-set certainly helps; the story wants to move on from the older generation and onto the new; and so on. So having the character go out the way he did frees Ford and Han Solo from Star Wars, Disney, and the fans on good terms. Now imagine if, when confronting Kylo Ren, he had shot first. Whether he lives or dies in that scenario, it would have certainly made for a conversation.
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    I've never been able to get behind the latter Seed designs. In fact, I can't tell the Freedom and Strike Freedom apart unless there's something explicitly naming them. The Strike and maybe the Zaku redesign are probably the only ones I have any measure of appreciation for. (Stargazer, though... Woosh. That thing is too gorgeous.) My problem with the HGUC GP01 is that it looks too... blocky? It and the RG have a heavy Katoki look to them, which by itself isn't a bad thing, but the 1991 kit has a few more of the sexy curves of the animation and line art. You don't really realize how much the GP01 has changed (I'd wager even more so than the original RX-78) until you see stuff like this: http://www.e2046.com/product/RX-78GP01/10593/
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    A stray thought reading through this: I'm disappointed they didn't dare to shake things up. Nothing of controversy was attempted (which admittedly is Disney's bread and butter), and given the prequels going bonkers in that regard, discretion was certainly warranted. But still, I would have liked to see them mess with the whole Light Side/Dark Side dichotomy, which I've always found to be simplistic and boring. George Lucas lamented VII's refusal to do anything unsafe. In that regard, I can safely say I agree with him. That said, casting female AND racial minorities in the two/three lead roles was plenty controversial, in its own way. So good on them for that.
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    So I know Macross is famous for Itano circuses, but I've increasingly come to suspect that the directors/animators are all actually very specific about ammo count. Has anyone ever freeze-framed an Itano circus to see how many missiles are launches compared to how many the Valk can hold? And, for that matter, whether the animators track that ammo count throughout a single sortie?
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