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    Not really a Gundam fan myself, but certain designs resonates from design perspective, and the Wing Gundams are one of those.
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    On the upside, the chest lock does seem present after all, and shown quite clearly on Wotafa's review. Interesting because another earlier reviewer's video was on contrary..
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    Add loose ankle ball joint to the list of potential issues..
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    More and more issues.. Not too long ago some of us speculated Bandai might introduce fixes on the 31AX; if not Mirage’s, then Bogue’s. How the tables have turned. Instead, it’s new problems on a long established mold. Max’s YF-29 doesn’t look like a sure win now..
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    Thanks for the initial impressions @Lolicon. In the pictures and of others, have Bandai made the diecast parts totally black now? I see that in the landing gears and also the ankles.. Just like yourself, collecting Macross at this point mostly feel like for completist purposes. This mostly due to having run out of display room, so new arrivals mostly go straight to storage for the ever changing solution in mind to the display situation. Whilst waiting for my copy to arrive, I pulled my VF-25S from the display, fussed with it, and the early satisfaction of collecting DX Chogokin Macross toys came back to me, back when the v2 VF-25F Alto was really the first toy that immediately got me into this rabbit hole & toy collecting in general. I’ve forgotten being so impressed with how it felt in hand, how far toy tech has come from days as a kid, with the sharp sculpts, materials, integrated gimmicks & not to mention the perfect transformation factor enabled by Kawamori-san’s design. Once released worldwide, this WWM VF-25 might become shelf-warmish due to the rather meh impressions so far. I hope it doesn’t discourage Bandai reissuing the rest of the VF-25 colors, especially as the Frontier movies are now making it out of Japan. I’ll recollect them all in matte finishing, since the VF-25 is the one that started my journey..
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    This has to be, by far the ultimate jet fighter porn. Just when I thought it climaxed, it kept going with more! Catch it in IMAX if possible everyone, it is well worth the extra admission..
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    Or it could be Bandai just cheapened out; the chest mold for the 29 is different, so they could not directly carry it over to the 25. Whereas, hips between both are the same.
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    Is there a way to smash the like button 100 times? It’s rare to see a whole display room dedicated to only Macross, much less a very organised one. Great work @Benson13
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    I was just too focused at the toys on the shelf first time around, and only now I noticed the green helmet hanging up there doubling as the lighting.. cool!
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    Another video review. Somehow there’s no auto-translate subtitles on my phone YouTube app (Youtube on PC browsers usually have that option). If I’m not wrong, his copy doesn’t appear to have loose hips or crotch clasp. However, it appears that the Battroid chest lock mechanism introduced in Alto’s Full Pack YF-29, is NOT present here. Going backwards again Bandai?
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    More concerned about the cockpit color, because unlike the official pics, here it is pure booger green..
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    That cockpit shield doesn't seem to cover the canopy properly, does it? Kinda reminds of the HMR VF-2SS.. but hopefully its just mis-transformed in this pic.
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    From the more recent comments in the video, yeah it appears one commenter copy is fine, but another says his copy has the exact problems. Poster of video mentioned he has contacted customer support (Bandai?), and awaiting reply if this is acknowledged as defects..
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    Not too worried about the crotch clasp, I think it was always something that can detach rather easily.. The extra crotch brace piece should be something that alleviates it somewhat. As for the legs, well, time to bring out the nail polish again..
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    Cool these would be perfect for my 1:1 Chucky figure
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    This must be the first reviewer that runs through the entire transformation tutorial using only the manual & not the toy he has in front of him.
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    @Slave IV in addition to its design, it’s also a testament to both Yamcadia 1/60s & Bandai HMRs (now why not the 31AX dammit! ) were well implemented in their fit & finish. There are no obvious tell-tale gaps that show which parts come apart for transformation & this help sell the non-transformability factor.
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    Loving it! Recently I’ve been thinking the YF-21 has the sleekest Fighter mode, but seeing these VF-4A pics in both its anime & toy form again just makes me think it should be right at the top for best Fighter design.
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    Still in stock after so many hours.. which could be a good thing long term for WWM releases.
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    Bit of a shame to see the WWM prices for HMR. Unlike previous 2 Chogokins, pricing for this is as if Bandai is getting their stock into Japan first, then posting every box individually by EMS to the toy shops worldwide. This on top of the HMR base price looking to have jumped quite a bit more than the recent increases in Chogokins. Err.. blame HG?
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    The hip joints should not loosen so easily and turn its legs like a rag doll's, requiring Kiki's / nail / floor polish to tighten them up. Older VF-25s / YF-29s only had one screw and if I remember reports, the hips still loosened even if the toy spent a significant amount of its life in Fighter. So far, since the YF-29 Alto Full Pack release about 1.5 years ago that started this (and among others) improvement, there hasn't been significant accounts yet of loose hips..
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    No pics of any improved hips with 3-screw arrangement yet as per YF-29, but we'll find out soon enough.. HLJ just charged me, will be able to ship this out before the rate increase.. Edit: found on FB the most important pic!
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    Proxy informed my copy of super parts arrived their warehouse. Hopefully can get it packed and shipped by end of month before the shipping rate increase..
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    10,500 Yen? That's an insanely good price!
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