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Perhaps one of the shipper boxes is the renewal version brown shade.. So far it looks to be the same as all Revival 25/29 releases - matte finishing, extra thigh screws, chest lock & the 'no step' tampo print on the wings. The head laser being one soft and one hard as confirmed by @ArchieNov is an odd choice though. For the other Revivals, Bandai made them all hard plastic.
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Hopefully that extra head laser piece is straight lol
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When I first saw the scans, I thought it could be a whole new mold. But turns out it is the same sculpt as what they exhibited previously though, with very minor differences: There was some discussion on the Battroid backpack shortening feature when it was shown in one of the more recent exhibitions. As it turns out, the one in the exhibition was mis-transformed, and the backpack wasn't pushed up as far as it should be. With a higher backpack, this should also allow the leg belly plates to have a bit more backward angle. I noticed the arm cannons in Fighter have a slightly different sculpt too. Not a really a notable change, but a difference nonetheless. It just shows that Bandai have continued to iterate on the mold, but only on minor stuff but the overall sculpt should be pretty final at this point.
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A preview impression: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2023/tokyo-game-show/macross-shooting-insight-hands-on-a-solid-shmup-with-rocking-music/.202723
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So its not only the toe and heel have separate articulation, the toe has an extension feature as well. Hopefully everything won't become an over-engineered mess like the 171.
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The recent 0D pics were all mostly lit using a small LED torchlight, narrowly focused through the transparent diffused panels. I like what I think to be layered shadow look to the pics, and exploring more in that direction these days. I think your 0D will be your best work ever judging by all the custom decals this time.
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New pics via Stone Cheung on FB, examining some aspects of the mold: Edit: Updated with better scans from Gokin.it
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Pics from Kin Fung Chan on FB:
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Agree with this. Really thinking what is the point of these repaints that nobody asked for, when they should have gotten on with releasing the other characters they never completed.- 2948 replies
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These Bring Arts figures are really nice, love the gradient shading they show in the pics. But yeah the price really look ambitious.
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Thanks The gun blocking the landing hook is a bit of booboo on Bandai's part, mimicking Arcadia's original release. Unlike Arcadia's though, the gun's butt does rub a little against the landing hook. You can still make the gun point straight, but it's easy to bump it aside ever so slightly but thank goodness it's not so noticeable.
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Shin & Edgar on night training mission..
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Love it from most angles.. TBH, the least favourite of the VF-0D is from top straight-down view, but there are other nice angles to fire off the imagination & nerd out with. Found the thread. Always like to come across interesting tips. I only recently started using tripod, which is super handy not so much for image stabilisation now as today’s phone seems able handle it well, but for minute adjustments to the subject within the frame.
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I kinda totally forgot that cameras have flash these days, what with all the advancement in phone cams these days lol. Those cards, including the ones for cars, were the one of best educational subjects during school bus rides.
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The more I see the Legioss + Tread combo, the more I can't wait for Sentinel's Tread release..
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I got an update from proxy, that shipping rates for Airmail small parcel rates from Japan Post will go up come next month 1st October. Airmail small parcel was always a nice middle ground between EMS and SAL shipping, but were traditionally not offered by many of the JP-based web stores. However, more stores have been adopting it ever since EMS prices have shot through the roof during the past couple years, and SAL packages continue to be unavailable to many countries. Notice from JP Post: https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/2023fee_revision_kokusai/index_en.html Rates translation from proxy:
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Never much like delta-winged fighter jets, purely on visuals, until fairly recently. I trace the bias to the Top Trumps fighter jets card game in the younger days, whereby the delta-winged ones were always somewhat middling in stats compared to those that are top or near the top and were almost always the US 4th gen planes. Fast forward to this HMR VF-0D, it is currently a top favorite..
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
MKT replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Yup I will.. At moment still having bit of fun with the HMR VF-0D. -
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I'm still hoping they can make a last minute change to have the landing gears white. Black really is more inappropriate and feels like a further screw-you for those who already abhor the bare diecast / silver color of Bandai's.
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Like Roy's 0S, the 0D price have dropped on Jap secondary markets. Extra helpings so easy to justify now
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New video. If the production toy follows the 3D renders, then I don't think the arms will hang down low in Fighter like what we have seen on some of the promotional pics.
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For the Sci-Fi 03, one set may be enough for smaller toys like the HMR valks, but for the larger 1/60s & 1/48s, you may need multiple sets to comfortably fit them in. @Saburo was the one who designed the graphics for Sci-Fi 03 btw.
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Ok I think I figured out how the limited waist swivel works.. If we go back to the 3D animated transformation video on the previous page, here is the hip swing bar set up: The swing bar is essentially 2 different pieces, the upper part (colored yellow) and the lower part connected to the hips (colored red). The yellow part, has a semi-circular bar that follows the curvature of & partially wraps around the nosecone. The red part, which actually locks into the nosecone radome, is able to slide anywhere along the yellow semi-circular bar. In combination with radome rotation, this essentially gives the waist swivel, as much as the circular bar allows (the red arrows). I'd say it is a pretty ingenious solution, allowing a fair degree of waist swivel without the fiddly, wholly detaching and therefore perfect transformation-breaking swing bar of the Chogokin.
