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Hey @MKT thanks for your kind words! I am just bitter missing out on the 1/60 😁

Thanks very much for your input @Chronocidal @treatment. For now I sent an urgent reply to Mr.K’s latest post on X wondering if he could come to the rescue, as per your suggestion. The worst outcome is me out $300 cad having to buy a regular version on Mandarake just for the left arm, and what an expensive arm that is!🤯 In the meantime I managed to disassemble it entirely. Luckily the two screw covers came off easy, perhaps someone at the factory was being stingy with glue that day (thank you). The two halves of the lower arms is NOT glued either so you just wiggle jiggle carefully pry it apart. The pain in the butt however was to knock the pin out as you see its teeth on both ends of it. Some collateral damage was inevitable but it’s contained on the broken bit. With the pin finally out, the bicep armour slides out completely, the metal slider separated undoing one screw, and it is pretty much ready for donor parts. PF? More like Explosive Finish, you got yourself a really nicely detailed anime accurate transforming time bomb. That being said, I suggest everyone to push the metal sliders from inside the arm rather than pull when you extend for fighter mode.

A breakage alert 🥵 Well ain’t that a peach, I was transforming back to fighter to put it away in the box then it happened.. I was trying to pull out & extend the arm and the joint just broke away. This reminds me of Max factory Guyver figures from years ago where the joints just crumbled away if you moved it. It did not help the metal piece was lodged in there rather tight either. Either way I would like to fix it if possible, Does anybody have a spare/junk Arcadia yf-19 regular version please? It is the lower left arm I can probably knock out the pin and replace it if I get my hands on the part in question. I also have to remove the metal drawer joint from the lower arm, which without inflicting further damage would be a fun activity.. Please help a brother out, thank you!

HMR VF0D

I had a good look around searching for glow in the dark initially but figured it’d diminish rather quickly so I opted for fluorescent paint + bars of black light for a prolonged enjoyment. I used mr.hobby Acrysion fluorescent pink and green because of little to no smell working at home otherwise wifey would’ve had me by the neck. Still WIP, I got fed up when got to the ARMD, times 2!😆

The Yamato ghost showed up on my door the other day, together at last! Had to google ‘how to make peg thicker when the hole is too big’ to overcome the obvious fitment issue.🫢 ================================ 1). Maximum uploads of 3 pictures of a toy even if you bought two. That means if you bought DC Batman you can post a combination of boxed and opened pics of up to three here. Anymore than three will get the post deleted. If you bought another copy of the same DC Batman toy that does not constitute as a different toy and does not earn you three new photos. The moderation team considers that spamming and will be deleted. Text link to an external photo gallery if you have more than three pictures to share. 2). Image size: Height maximum per toy will now be set to 2400pixels for 3 pictures combined. That means one high resolution picture at 2400pixels or three decent resolution picture of 800pixels each.

Any chance I get to complete skull squadron in this lifetime? I would’ve appreciated DYRL Roy, the extra super pack I got for it years ago is now growing roots.🤣

I have been on and off working on my reissue Arcadia sdf-1 and I strongly suggest to finish with topcoat to protect your work - freshly applied paint rubbed off multiple times as I handled it along the way..

I have not found the canards drooping yet (perhaps a matter of time?) but do find the chest wants to pop back out going into battroid for some reason. I see the female end inside the nose isn’t deep enough to accommodate the full length of the neck peg, maybe that is the cause? Because I fiddled with it one too many times ended up with a small paint rub on the tip of the canopy. 🤣 Also one of the rear landing gear flaps fall out rather easily, because one peg is nonexistent and almost flat..

@Paco Grande is in Canada and DHL is indeed ripping us off with fees, I too paid $20 processing fee and 13% duties on top recently.🥵

I hope Bandai is updating the type of material this time because the first release Roy had cheap feel to it for some reason on the white, whereas the subsequent releases didn’t.

HLJ charged me just now, looking at my storage space I am in trouble.🤣

For some reason stuff I wanted such as dx fire valk, sdf-1 reissue, etc all ended up getting released the month of October, my wallet is literally bracing for impact.😁 release delay? Yes please.

Thanks! I am hopeful Arcadia don’t go out of business and continue feeding our plastic addiction 🫠 speaking of which, is SDF-1 reissue likely to be delayed next month? Sounds like factory production coming to a halt or something..

Don’t you dare give up on me Arcadia, for I was just starting to fancy my late acquisitions..

Hey @davidwhangchoi, perfect fit or not I am interested in one of your misb sets if you wanna help a brother out, shipped to Toronto Canada, thanks!

That looks great! I have been looking for a Yamato Ghost on used market to dress up my newly acquired 0A Shin but no luck..C’mon Arcadia, tweak that mold and re-release already.😎

I have just gotten mine the other day, not happy with it. The matte finish looks and feels cheap, that’s a first. The double up screws on the shoulder is okay but the hip out of the box is loose & needs to be tightened. The revival attempt didn’t translate as well as the previous 25’s revivals, it feels particularly like an old toy, corners not sharp enough, an old design brought back. - and that’s exactly it I am afraid. Does the knee joint not rotate 360 freely on the vf-27? When I rotate it for Gerwalk stance, the joints fight back and it feels like going to break off if I keep at it..Does the vf-27 not have waist rotation? hate to be naysaying but it feels like a waste of money. Damn you Bandai.😅

The initial 0S release did not include the slotted parts to accommodate missile launcher up top. Apparently this release includes a stand with new print as well.😅

Wow you got it real fast it showed up on Mandarake only a few days ago lol. Sorry to see the crack, maybe someone has come up with a 3d printed replacement for it?😗

Or boiling water has worked for me in the past:)

Okay I busted my copy open today which marks my very first Arcadia Valk (yay!😗). My first impression is it’s a big bird for 1/60 scale I suppose the Zero valks are designed significantly larger than VF-1’s eh, it takes up a good chunk of my limited display space. I have not audacity to transform it yet however right from the get go, the drooping intakes do bother me as they do not seem to positively lock in against gravity. I keep pushing it up, wiggle jiggle the remainder of the legs with no success. I was watching Jenius’s review dated 9 years ago and it had the exact same problem. 9 years is apparently not long enough time for a reputable boutique toy manufacturer to redesign an extra tab. Lastly is it just me, the whole thing feels so bare like a blank canvas with wings without tampo printing it screams decals and possibly some focused weathering because this was a 40k yen valk, yikes. I see now why folks spend the money to get its premium finish equivalent. Of course it isn’t the worst toy, I like the die-cast landing gears come already painted in white, that’s a first and real fresh coming from a heavy Bandai’d user.😆 I have ordered in some Aliexpress third party waterslide decals hopefully I will grow to appreciate it more when everything is said and done.

Up next the inevitable Tamashii exclusive sound booster the dx for..say 13,000 yen?!😆

Does anyone have recommendations for a decent third party waterslide decal to replace the sticker sheet it comes with?

Being a latecomer to the party I seem to remember being real desperate trying to pick up a 31j super pack which was scarcely popping up on Mandarake and if you blinked, you’d miss it.😆 The tables have turned indeed, at least for Delta franchise.