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Well the stands came in. I gotta say I’m impressed. They seem very stable. They will definitely do for now 

On 6/16/2020 at 1:34 AM, chyll2 said:

imo, yeti stand has no equal out there. It just goes to show w hat happens when someone who knows what he needs and knows how to design it work on it with passion.

 

Flightpose stand is a good alternative but be careful. There was a quality issue with the rubber tip on the first few batches of it that causes it to eat at the paint/tampo or cause plastic blemishes. I believe this is already fixed but better test it first if you are not buying new stocks. (I traded one with fellow collector before before knowing this, turns out, the reason I got a good deal back then was that those are old stocks)

If you are using Yamato / Arcadia VF, then the recent arcadia stand is also a good alternative. It has a good base so you can easily pose the arm without fear of the base tipping up.

I appreciate the heads up. I’ll definitely keep an eye on them. I ordered two and they should be here by the weekend 

3 hours ago, Mog said:

If you mix and match rod lengths, you can also use the Flightpose stands for Gerwalk and battroid mode poses:

I will concede that the newer bases aren’t as solid and heavy as the older ones.  And I’m not sure if they ever resolved the issue with the new clear tips.

But they ain’t a shabby alternative.

Ok these look pretty good. I’m sold now. These will definitely get the job done!

6 hours ago, TheLoneWolf said:

FlightPose stands are the closest you'll get to Yetistands. The advantages FlightPose has over Yetistands are that they're stupidly easy to setup and can be used with practically any plane or ship, even a dinner plate, since they don't require toy-specific adapters. Speaking of adapters, most of Yeti's adapters are opaque plastic, which look pretty unsightly, at least to me.

The disadvantages are that FlightPose stands can't achieve the extreme poses that you can do with Yetistands and battroid poses are nearly impossible since FlightPose is designed for planes and ships. There's also inconsistent reports of the stand's rubber tips melting the paint on some toys. Anecdotally, I've never had that happen to any of mine, but it may be due to specific combinations of paints/plastic used and/or room temperature.

Thanks I’ll look into these.  I think they’ll do for now until Yeti is up and going again. I’m mostly going to display my current toys and future ones in flight mode. I’m also into Gundam model kits so those satisfy my mecha needs lol I love Macross for the jet designs mostly. And yeah I agree with the Yeti adapters being a little unsightly, but the flight angles and possibilities more than make up for up imo

5 hours ago, Slave IV said:

Yeah, I think @ChaoticYeti is still offering stands but I think I read something about a supply issue that would make sense. As for comparable stands, there are none. Yeti stands and by far the best out there. 

Yeah supply issues with everything going on, definitely makes sense. And from what I gathered, I agree 100% on it being the best. I went as far as to see if there were any second hand yetistands for sale on eBay lol no luck obviously 

Thanks guys, and yeah I actually did pm him not too long ago. I wasn’t sure of how active he was on the forum these days. So I decided to post the question and see other potential options.

Hey guys, new to this expensive hobby of Macross toy collecting and recently acquired two DX VF-25 renewals. Ive been looking for proper stands that can give me dynamic flight display ability. Research lead me to yetistands which are perfect! But from what I’ve seen and read, the site is down with no plans of it being back up. My question is, are there other stands out there that are comparable to yetistands? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks