PointBlankSniper
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Mostly commenting to keep track of this post, but I just had an idea. Since these are intended to match the Bandai 1/48 VF-1 in size, the pilot would be out of scale with the vast majority of other valks in 1/60, despite the toy actually being at a similar size. If you added a swappable pilot (and seat if necessary) in 1/60 scale, you could fulfill proper scaling with both lineups. It could be in both scales until you put the pilot in, making it a proper schrodinger's cat lol
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I almost replied something similar too, but that's not what he's actually talking about. He's asking about the emblem that is repeated on their opaque cockpit and left thigh. I'd say it's probably their rank or medal insignia.
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That's not exactly true. Ignoring the hyperbole that clearly ignores non plamo items which are clearly still there, there are in fact still plamo items still there. Hobbysearch has been able to circumvent bandai's restrictions with part of the 30 minutes missions line. I don't know how or why, but I'm sure there are other a small amout of other bandai restricted items on there. That is just the english side. The japanese pages still have full listings of the latest plamo and gunpla releases, so if you wan't to go the roundabout route of using a proxy like buyee to buy from the jp side of hobbysearch, you should still be able to get your bandai plamo from them. For w/e reason, the jp pages can have different prices from the items available on the english side, even before jp tax though
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One of the pics show gunpod can mount on the new belly plates, at least in gerwalk.
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I guess a Lil Draken + missile pack is on the cards then. It kind of annoys me that Lil Drakens can't change colors or ever get repainted to match lol
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Too lazy to check footage, but most images suggest he never wore the missile packs, so there's probably no canon livery in these colors even if Bandai wanted to slap them on...
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Just watch the two Delta movies. It's much better focused on specific plot lines and even reworks some of the main characters. The TV version is basically rendered non canon by it. Kind of how Frontier was retconned, but even more wildly divergent, to the point that it's not even remotely the same story anymore.
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I think the shield is their national coat of arms, and has nothing to do with their custom livery. Even the Ba's have those colors. Only the white royal guard units of both Ba and Hs variety replace the dark green stripes with white ones. Keith just happens to use more patriotic colors for his custom scheme lol.
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Wow, it's basically the same price as Keith's Unit combined with the Lil Draken and missle pods pack. It's the YF-19 price inflation debacle all over again lol. I know it was too much to ask for, but still no shin hatch with a transformable sword. Of course, this package should't even include a sword at all. I'll add to the pile of calls for the Mirage Ba instead, but I'm not sure I would be able to stomach even that at this price point and no add on parts. The greatest part of this news is probably that the movie releases haven't been completely halted and reset by WWM releases. My copium says there is still a chance for Mirage's AX to get super parts. 😁
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If that's how they did it in the show, I'm expecting a lot more frankenmechs in the next series. Maybe even frankenvalks lol
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IIRC, Gamlin also comes with dup runners for color accuracy, and effect parts, making it a bigger kit than the YF-21. Anything not bandai's IP also gets IP tax. In this case, it's bigwest tax. I think there's also some sort of economy of scale tax. You can see the same price hike with other bandai kits for 3rd party IP.
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There are two replies under that tweet that claim the same issue. Considering how little visibility the tweet itself got, and how easy it is to not realize it is a defect, I'd say it's at least a tiny bit more common than random one offs.
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Very cool to see all those gargantuan objects together for scale. And looking forward to the G Drive filling up with goodies, even though I will probably do nothing with them lol
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I assume the model is animated in game, so do the missile tubes and the chest armor pod actually depict anything inside? Or are they just duds like the DX? lol
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Just gonna comment to keep track of this in my notifications 😁
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That's similar to my idea a few pages back, except to flip it out from the other end of that flap hinge block, and let it slide in under the block to double as the lock pin as well. That without replacing any outer shell parts. That's more and idea for replacing that whole lock pin block from the factory though. Don't actually know if thats feasable as a mod, since YYK still hasn't shipped mine so I can look at it in person. At least I know they went ham and checked for the double shoulders after I requested it. But it's been radio silence for a few days again after I replied to ship it. 😭
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The goodies keep on coming!
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Nice, more Klan pics 😁
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Some of these look like it couldn't have happened without being yanked out of the injection die while they are still warm... Also, still no word from YYK as conversion rates become rapidly less favorable... It's just shipping, and import tax... but still 😭
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I know this convo came about from confusion, but YYK has stopped responding to me after they sent the photos. My response to the photos was basically that things looked fine, and asked them if they could check for the double same shoulder, and if not, to just move on to shipping. I've tried email, order details chat, website contact form, one of each, in that order. The latter being from yesterday, so may not have been adequate time, but it's been a total of 2 weeks with no confirmation of even recieving any messages. Not sure how I sure feel about it, seeing that they have a good reputation, and personally experiencing great communication up until this point... Me aside, the last few bendy photos above really suggest it's hard to blame the bubble for the bends...
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That's true horror right there. Outside of fiction, this is actually a nightmare scenario that I wish with all my might, to not befall on the franchise. Hopefully disney doesn't get any funny ideas just because BigWest went with them for streaming...
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So it was him, bending all the head lasers before delivery because he is jealous of his replacement getting a DX made.
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Nightmare and Monster are definitely on brand for UPS package handling 🙃 Those two just look right at home with the UPS badge. It's like they were meant for the job. These trade wars are starting to heat up lol
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The competitive cargo dumping scene is heating up!
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Can confirm my photos were different too. I didn't get one in that angle. The reflections and angle are all different.
