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1 hour ago, rdrunner said:
Mine also arrived today.
Quick verdict: for about $80 including postage, this is not a bad KO copy for messing around when I can keep the genuine Arcadia copy in display. There are a few noticeable differences in tolerance and finish. I will just focus on these:
1. Leg fin parts do not line up well when they are not folded. Bigger gap than Arcadia or Yamato and the Fin feels slightly thicker.
2. Wheel doors on each leg do not close up flushly. This may be a tolerance thing or the parts just need massaging in
3. I can’t get the tabs that tab into the back of the legs in fighter mode to tab in properly. The alignment of the feet in F mode is a little off probably because of this
These specific things match my experience too, though I still want to try fiddling with it a bit more to see if I can get the legs flush.
3 hours ago, aaajin said:Thanks for the mini review. BTW, yours is £100 for just the valk, no strike part, right?
That's right, just the figure with no packs from ShowZ.
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Mine arrived today, so here's my little mini-review. The "Bad" section will be longer but only because I want to be specific on the differences vs a 1P figure:
The Good:
Everything's complete and intact. No major blemishes, just a few small scuffs. Nothing is loose or floppy. It comes with more tampo than my 30th anni VF-1J. Everything transforms properly. I don't know whether modern Arcadia releases are coming with the cool neck/side covers, but it's a nice upgrade over my existing PT figure.
The Bad:
Tolerances are all over the place. I've seen photos of the back pack hinge breaking on the first attempt, and I thought mine was going to as well, but it eventually gave. Also the tabs that hold the chest and back together in F/G mode had some sprue junk on them, took a lot of force to transform but I suspect that will be easier now the junk's gone. I also had to take the left shin apart because there was some junk stopping the foot from getting past the detent, some light filing sorted that.
If the nose wheel turns, I don't want to twist it as hard as it needs. It doesn't seem as though the intake covers come off, but maybe I just didn't put enough effort into it. If anyone gets to the intakes, let me know!
The Ugly:
Mine was incredibly gappy over the hips in F mode when I took it out of the box. I haven't transformed it back yet so maybe it just needed some play. I'll take a photo if it's still the same when I put it back in F.
Conclusion:
For the price you pay (£100 for me all-in), this is really great value. Absolutely worth it for custom work, or if you feel as though you're missing a VF without wanting to pay Arcadia prices. I'd probably buy another if I saw one for Max, just so I could pair it with my V1 Milia.
Some people have been asking whether these are QA rejects, but based on the tolerances I'd guess that this run came from molds that were already spent by Arcadia standards.
I'll take some photos at some point.
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4 minutes ago, rdrunner said:
Is the orange the same tone as Nerf guns?
Jellyfish attack!
*Keith is bombarded by dozens upon dozens of huge foam darts*
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Oh and is that a bit of Chuck's wingtip on the left? About time.
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Mother of machines...
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Neck covers from the looks of it, to fill in the space behind the head.
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11 hours ago, borgified said:
As goofy as it sounds, I wonder how would Mirage's 31c look like with the Lil' Drakens on the wings... I know that Mirage used the SV-262 Ba in the movie.
I like the sound of this! Maybe I'll switch the black SPs I have on Mirage to Messer and put the Drakens on Mirage.
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2 hours ago, vfxraven19 said:
To those who ordered via TaoBao or ShowZStore or any other shop, did you guys receive your order yet?
Mine's still in Pudong waiting for a flight.
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30 minutes ago, Pedro2k6 said:
I got 1 question.....what valk use the armor pack in Macross Delta the movie?...beside Arad VF-31S.
31E and briefly a pair of 31As.
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I've been slowly collecting nice-but-not-garish Hot Wheels Asian cars. I plan to work them into a Lego diorama with my 1/60 VFs.
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8 hours ago, mickyg said:
Do you mean DYRL hands? The Micky Mouse (or "Clown") hands are the TV style hands. The square profile fingers, or the more robot looking ones are the DYRL hands.
You're correct, I got mixed up editing my own post
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Just curious: the 1S on Showz is shown with DYRL hands, but my 30th anni 1J came with Mickey Mouse hands. Do modern Arcadia releases generally come with DYRL hands?
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I think I might pick one of these up. That's a better price than I paid for a Yamato v1 VF-1.
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4 hours ago, MacrossMania said:
I hate saying this, because macross fans are always so preening and well wishing -as the internet is generally I guess, but especially so when you get these self-anointed specialty groups like nerd heaven or something. I know I risk the wrath of the Macross community by daring to criticize a Kawamori design, but let's face it, you can rank them, and as far as the 31 is concerned, it had to be said.
I don't think anyone's going to ostracize you for having an opinion. For my part, I like the backpack on the 31, it reminds me of someone carrying a folding bike.
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1 hour ago, seti88 said:
Chuck would seem a likely showup, as a guess.
I would be happy if bandai announced the fast packs for the A, not to mention hoping for Armor Parts.If they release all of these, I will finally be out, and then I can start spending all my money on 3D printed missiles instead
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23 hours ago, seti88 said:
Dont worry, you will soon know at the end of next month @ the tamashii nations event, on what macross releases will be on the radar to be scheduled for next year Quarter 1/2.
You may want to panic only then, if none are.
Ah, I wasn't aware there was an event coming up. That does dovetail nicely with the end of the currently announced releases.
20 hours ago, Rogueload said:We need chuck’s 31E! Come on Bandai! Finish out the delta squad!!
ermahgerd tell me about it. My initial plan was just to get the 31C and the 31E, to match with my Milias and Luca, but I've ended up buying three other 31s just because I was waiting for the E! Well played, Bandai, now I regret not trying for a Kai.
18 hours ago, spacemanoeuvres said:They did. It’s at the bottom of this page:
I had also forgotten that they had teased the AP at the same time as the Drakens, that's nice to know. I guess we should expect that before any other VFs or SPs.
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I hope Bandai announces something soon, starting to have doubts on the 31A SPs and 31E. Once the 31F w/ clips and Lil Drakens ship, there's nothing queued up for Delta.
What are other people's thoughts? This is the first time I've followed a series like this so I've no idea what the pace of releases was for eg. Frontier. Was Delta more popular with the idol fans as opposed to mecha fans in Japan?
Maybe they're just taking their sweet time molding all those huge APs? Or could the 31A issues have forced delays in the rest of the series?
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Looks as though someone used half of each adapter set
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20 hours ago, HardlyNever said:
Adding to the strangeness is that it seems NY knew this is how it would play out, to some degree or another. Their refusal to refund money, never fully admit that they can't fulfill orders, and general lack of providing information about the situation seems to imply that they knew they would get a steady stream of these long after release.
I'm not saying how NY handled this is right, but what is going on that they knew they would be able to fill most of the orders over the course of several months?
I wonder whether maybe Bandai made a snap decision on the 31F reissue and had to pull the moulds from 31A production. The reissue did kinda come out of nowhere. They still haven't announced any movie content besides the Lil Draken clips, so up until then the release schedule was probably decided before the movie finished production.
From there, Bandai would have contacted the resellers and asked who wanted eg. a discount on their orders if they were willing to accept a delay.
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55 minutes ago, kajnrig said:
"Version 1.3"? What other improvements are they planning to make, and what improvements were in versions 1.1 and 1.2?
I believe that the second release has improved range of movement? Something like that.
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18 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said:
The used VF-25G you got was probably not the renewal version, and got seriously reduced in value by the release of the renewals.
Yup, that's about the price I paid for my non-R RVF-25 at around the same time. In fact, if that 25G came from Jungle in Akihabara, they might even be from the same collector's squadron.
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3 hours ago, seti88 said:
Black suit army!
Hahah, I was actually going for a standoff pose, but yeah, I guess this works too.
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My 31S arrived last week and I've finally had a chance to transform it. Gotta say, whilst I love the design and colouring of the Valk, the finish and QA on mine is worse than my 31A and 31C. There was some debris under the paint on one shoulder edge and some stray paint on the back pack. Also, all the joints seem SUPER stiff.
It does look sharp in a black suit, though:
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3 hours ago, TrickyCustomer said:
Suddenly so glad I went ahead and PO'd the Messer reissue. These birds look great together.
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I haven't tried it myself, but others have said the chest armour doesn't quite sit right. The fold carbon is larger than the crystal on the hero variants, for one thing.
Nope, that was a separate purchase. If you bought the movie version, then it includes the clips for the Lil Drakens, but not the Lil Drakens themselves.