Axelay
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Y'know... just a crazy thought, but I would totally get down with Messer's VF-31F with an S head swapped and paint matched onto it.
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Macross Δ (Delta) - Mission 26 -Finale - READ 1st POST
Axelay replied to azrael's topic in Movies and TV Series
I haven't commented on a single episode until now, but man, am I disappointed. This whole series was just a humongous "meh." Am I wrong in being sick and tired of the recycling of so many of the plot elements of so many previous Macross series? For God's sakes, give us something new. I despise that as time goes forward, so many Macross characters are becoming younger and younger and have less experience in their designated roles. Isamu was a talented and reckless hotshot *military* pilot. How are we expected to believe that a little kid like Hayate has any piloting experience or sense of aerial tactics whatsoever? This character has no appeal to me in any capacity. Shin started out as a pilot before learning how to fly a Valkyrie. Who in the hell knows how Basara learned to fly, but I have no problem in believing that he's got more talent than Hayate - even if he's using one of the goofiest control schemes imaginable. I'm almost saddened to think now that for as much as I disliked this series on the whole, I'm *still* going to end up buying Messer's VF-31F... and I already know that I like the YF-30 infinitely more than the VF-31. It really frustrates me how I feel like the first episode of the series might have had some (hidden) potential to become interesting, but the whole thing completely flamed out early. This series was hands down my least favorite of all of the Macross series. -
My love for Ozma's Armored Messiah knows no end. I am reasonably sure that it is my very favorite of all of the Valkyries. It is just so very, very intimidating. Being able to finally have it back on fully armed display makes me giddy.
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It brings me tremendous pleasure to be able to post this photo: You'll have to excuse the quick camera phone quality (infants are very demanding of one's time), but the key takeaway is that Xigfrid's new set of replacement reaction missile pylons for the armored VF-25 renewal series gets my full recommendation. These are a fantastic replacement for any broken originals which you may have. I sincerely appreciate Xigfrid going back to the drawing board and refining his original pylons, as I had some concerns about the first batch. (See my previous photos in this thread.) Every single issue was addressed, and these are as spot-on perfect a replacement part as I could ask for. The reaction missiles are straight and parallel, the pylons touch the armor pieces correctly, and the quality of the plastic is top notch. Thanks very much for this fine work, Xigfrid!
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Oh, derp! I haven't followed up on this thread in a very long time! I will be in touch with you right away. Sorry for the delay.
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OK, I received the Shapeways parts yesterday. Sorry for the not-so-great quality photos, but I was trying to shoot these with my camera to show some comparisons. First off, here's what I received. Both pylons are attached, and need to be carefully removed and sanded a bit. Here's a shot of my one OEM intact pylon alongside the Shapeways replacement part. At first glance, the only thing different is the texture of the plastic and the detail "etching" in the OEM part. However, upon attachment, this is where I started to find some things which are just slightly different. For starters, here's the OEM pylon to illustrate how it sits on the end of the armor pack booster. I specifically put an arrow to show how the front end of the pylon makes contact with the armor pack. This causes the angle of the missiles to face almost completely straight forward in alignment with the nose of the fighter. Here's what it looks like with the missiles attached to the OEM pylon. This is port side, with the nose facing west. The missiles are almost perpendicular to the bottom of the photo. But now here are the Shapeways parts... Note in the top arrow that the pylon does not quite touch the end of the armor pack booster, and this causes the alignment of the missiles to cant way outward. The lower arrow illustrates this. Here's a shot of the OEM pylon (port side) with the nose facing south. As you can see, the OEM pylons don't let the missiles face quite perpendicular to the nose but it's pretty close. And here's one more of the Shapeways part. The outward facing angle is much more obvious... This is really quite a good attempt, but the ultimate angle of the reaction missiles when mounted seems off by just enough to not let my OCD let it go. I also might need to try to put some Future floor polish on the connection peg which goes into the armor pack booster, as it is ever so slightly thinner than the port and doesn't hold securely. If I were to jostle the Valkyrie while on its stand, the pylons will fall out. This is so close to being a solution to my problem, but it needs just a *slight* bit of adjustment.
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I got notification this morning that my Shapeways order is in transit. I will try to post photos once I have received the parts.
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THANK YOU Xigfrid! I have been hoping for this for some time now! Purchased a set just now.
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Oh, how I wish that these would go on preorder already. My PayPal account has funds which are just begging me to be used...
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Wow, I haven't followed up on this in a really long time. I still have a small stack of the UN Spacy kite decal, but I only ever did one of the SMS decal.
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Macross Δ (Delta) - NYE Special Talkback - READ 1st POST
Axelay replied to azrael's topic in Movies and TV Series
I finally got to see an English sub of this. Let me say straight off that I am a huge fan of Macross 7. Delta, though...? It's difficult for me to contain my dislike of this. Whoever thought that infusing Sailor Moon into Macross was a good idea needs to never have anything to do with anime ever again. With what little I've seen, I just can't even take this series seriously. For as dedicated a Macross fan as I have been for years, this may truly be the curtain call for me. -
I can't get that part to move at all. I am quite afraid of applying too much force, as I may break the landing gear door or even the cockpit itself. I tried to take a screwdriver and see if I could gently move the "plate" either up or down, but it won't budge. I just feel like it's glued. I do not consider this problem to be any kind of issue which should cause widespread panic, but I do feel like this is some kind of error in factory assembly. It's probably just an isolated incident, and I could totally see this happening if they are being assembled by hand. Still, though, for the price paid, I don't feel like I should have to make this kind of repair. This should have been caught by quality control.
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Funny you should say that. I am currently thinking exactly the same thing after receiving mine and inspecting it. I have discovered that right out of the box, there is a VERY visible gap between the upper and lower halves of the cockpit on only the pilot's right side. I was very perplexed by this, and it was enough of a visible problem that my OCD could just not let it go. Let me show you what I mean. (This is obviously after I disassembled the cockpit from the fuselage.) The gap is much more pronounced when it's attached to the metal rail on which this whole cockpit assembly is supposed to slide when transforming to battroid mode. Curiously, there is no gap on the left side of the cockpit. I had to investigate further. Need good jeweler's screwdrivers to get these. The hole in the nose is deceptively small, and both of these use different size screws. Once these are removed, you can take the upper and lower halves of the cockpit completely apart. Upon close inspection, I have discovered that one of the "plates" on the bottom half of the cockpit is sticking up too high. The one on the pilot's left side is completely flush, but the one on the pilot's right side sticks up quite a bit. Wonder what would have caused that? Here's the culprit. That "plate" is actually part of the landing gear door. It's the upper part of the piece which extends into the wheel well and provides the attachment hinge for the gear door. It appears as if, during assembly, this part was not pushed down far enough into the lower half of the cockpit. I don't think I would have ever noticed one of the landing gear doors being just slightly lower than the other, but the incorrect assembly of this piece really hurts the assembly of the halves of the cockpit. For the sake of comparison, this is what the one on the other side looks like. Because this is pressed down far enough, the "plate" on top doesn't press against the metal sliding rail. Now, the ultimate question is how to solve this problem. Well, I am thinking that I'm just going to have to get out my Dremel file and effectively file/plane down the "plate" which sits too high. The only reason I consider this is because I won't see the (repair) damage after I reassemble the cockpit halves. It won't solve the problem of the landing gear door being sightly out of place, but I don't think I'd ever notice that anyway. I have attempted without using excessive force to see if I could just push the "plate" down into its socket, but it won't budge. I am guessing that it is glued, but I can't say for sure. The bottom line for me is that this is a really obvious QC issue which should not have happened with something this expensive. If anybody has any other suggestions for how to solve this problem, I would appreciate your feedback.
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STAR WARS Merchandise Episode - 2
Axelay replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
What is this, exactly? Because I want it in the most covetous way... -
After having seen this three times, I have a question about something which I think I observed in the very last scene: Anyone else pick up on this? It may be absolutely nothing other than my imagination. Also, a few slight nitpicks/curiosities:
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Huh. I am assuming that the UN SPACY markings in those photos are stickers, then? And no red stripes on the head lasers is still disappointing...
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Looks GORGEOUS to me. I am thrilled to have preordered this.
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I just opened mine last night, and am fairly happy with it. The exception, though, is that I did not realize that this particular armor set wasn't going to come with the reaction warheads or the MDE bombs. This is highly annoying to me, as I was going to outfit my YF-30 with 4 reaction warheads. Ah well.
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Soon! I am thoroughly excited about this since I haven't purchased a Valkyrie in months. Next stop for me after this is the VF-0S.
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I appreciate seeing these scans, as I never have until now.
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That makes two of us.
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I'm kinda tickled that the new VF-171 EX is coming with more reaction missiles... which I can then pass along to the YF-30. A whopping 4 reaction missiles on one Valkyrie... ooooh, goody. I'm gonna go hunt some capital ships.
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I scroll all the way to the bottom of the last page and see mention of Ozma, and almost lose it when it's not what I had hoped. I have wanted really badly for the YF-30 to be repainted in Ozma colors. Alas...
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Well, for as much as I am afraid that I will jinx myself by saying this, I can also claim to have no damage to mine. (Knock on wood.) I've transformed mine at least 15-20 times since having purchased it back when it first came out. Mine is wearing the super packs, too, and it's been standing in battroid mode in my display cabinet for a very long time now. I came out of my bedroom the other morning to find that one of my cats had been jumping vigorously on top of my Valkyrie display cabinet to the point that I found my 171 face down on the top shelf. I was certain that it was going to be broken... but nope. Not yet, anyway. I am highly curious if the forthcoming white EX model with the Sheryl decal will have improved/redesigned joints, but I'm not terribly hopeful. I think my green 171 is a prime candidate to go back into its box to be replaced in my cabinet by the new white one as soon as it's in my hands.
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I just want some little tease of Cable, and I'll be happy. Even just a glimpse.
