davidwhangchoi

damn not keeping count as i don't really check this thread cause this thing is a mess... how many bent antennas so far reported in here? seems like a lot.

checking in... any more broken reports valks today? i'm curious if anyone in Japan got Bandai to cover the warranty on these damages. Arcadia delayed their releases due to Mr. K mentioning the factory not being up to par. wonder if that affected Bandai.

@Graham@Duymon https://www.bandai.com/pbandai-returns P-Bandai returns and replacements Doesn't hurt to try it (edit: i know we don't have the order number as required on the site maybe the store/proxy that ordered may have it on file, i know it's a longshot...)

if Macross World veterans are breaking the head sensors, then this is some fragile POS... did they make the stabilizers and head sensor from dry playdough???

Carefully opened both VT-1's and both copies wings or head radars are intact. I'll consider them mint and just briefly checked for quality assurance and off to storage they go. i even wrapped the plastic sleeve inside the brown p-bandai shipper in the same pattern as came from factory. first copy left and right stabilizers was perfectly seated in place when i opened the box. 2nd copy had the left stabilizer slightly pushed in towards the center as reported in several posts. I guess, i have a piece of mind until i get my yf-21 copies down the line...

damn it, now i have to break open both. i wanted to keep one sealed to collect and one opened. Bandai Q/A is trash for these two DX releases.

bandai quality slowly starting to become a dumpster fire. not quite there but it's alarming to see many reports when prior dx vf-1's didn't have this drama

thanks for reporting your damage, damn... i can't even keep my two sealed in the shipper box. 2 for 2 bandai of muliple broken valks. yf-21 and VT-1

i would quit while being ahead, i usually will damage it beyond recovery if i try to make it perfect.

ah, maybe that's why i'm confused... i thought we're going off the anime (for anime accuracy).

hikaru, max and roy all look red to me on the opposite wing

so how do we know which wing should be painted red or blue

damn... i kept both mine sealed in P-Bandai brown shipper boxes. I hope this is a minority and not as widespread as the yf-21 antenna debacle

the red looks good

oh... i didn't open mine... ok i see it now in your tray...

wow, that is a nice tub for your valk. i hope you can paint some lights on the wings and edit: make the rear of the back head unit like the movie... with the yellow arrow.

my 2 came in from fedex yoyakunow this morning. shipped friday and they put deliver on weekdays only so i had to wait an extra day. now to wait for customs charges...

mine is set to come in stock in October I ordered from Otaku Mode. I hope they have antenna's still by then.

wow these are going up in price. i should've got a third...

nice to have 8 month coverage.

mine 2x are on the fedex w/ customs extra change plane. estimated to come in monday

why bandai you miss tail lights