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I'm actually not sure how people make it break in the first place. My advice, when you're pushing it down in battroid mode, make sure that little swivel tab that pokes through the hole in the back plate is in the lowered position and NOT poking through its hole. That way the backpack is able to lie flat to the depressed backplate WITH the latch in place without having to apply too much pressure. If you do that and it still breaks, then *shrug*. I dunno.

Yep. Beautiful kit bash of a VF-1 and a VF-19. Strange thing is, after having models and magazine images of it, the 2-seater S has yet to make an appearance.

Amen, brother. Amen.

Yeah. Toy stickers (not just Yamato mind you... i mean all the way back to my GI Joe days) have always been kind of bleah. Nowadays I just leave my toys unstickered. After buying the toy itself, I'm not rich enough to buy the Takatoy's decals and other custom sets. I believe you can find sets of the custom decals/stickers at tmpanime.com for about $10 a set. I have never tried them myself, but people speak very highly of them, and they look absolutely stunning.

Most fragile areas are the backpack hinge, the head lasers and the heatshield.

I think there was a poll on the old forum about this. I can't remember exactly, but I think the whole 1/60 vs. 1/48 thing was pretty evenly split. I for one would pay premium for any Macross Plus item in 1/48. the VF-1 may be the classic, but the 19 and 21's are the badasses.

I'd take a VF-1J plain. I'd prefer the armor system over the fast packs anyday, but i don't think my wallet could take the one time hit of a 1J + armor.

Don't you know that Yamato actually hires special in-house psychologists for the sole purpose of analysing the posts of certain Macrossworld members just so they can formulate a marketing strategey designed specifically to piss off said members. It's all part of the Global conspiricy and Yamato is actually in legue with Bill Gates and the Devil. Graham Look, let's keep the snide remarks out of this and cut the peer pressure attack. And to those who harp the line "don't like it don't buy it" - you're assuming this is just something akin to buying socks. Actually no. If all sock companies suddenly stopped making socks in BLACK, then sure, complain as much as you want. Blame it on society, but black trousers and black shoes require black socks. But if all companies stopped making ** valkyrie with the ** paint sceheme, then boohoo. Poor us. It's the end of the world! What are we all to do without or perfect variable ** valkyrie?! -imo(pinionated)

All I have to say is, if you don't like it, don't buy it. Don't bother b*tching about how things aren't canon or how things are painted wrong. Those who actually WANT the toy don't care what you think and don't care to hear such comments. At least SP1 babbles on about valid QC issues. Arguing about paint schemes and what hardware goes with what Valk is just...

Tomahawk all the way!

We could use wm cheng's help here He's got both the VF1 and 19 from Hasegawa. Just gotta persuade him to snap a side by side pic.

I guess I'm not a purist enough to see what exactly looks so bad about the 1/48 in battroid. At first I felt that $120 for a toy was just astronomically ridiculous. I bit anyway. After I took it out of the box, I felt like throwing my 1/60's in the trash. I was addicted to the 1/48 ever since the 1A Hikaru, and they just keep getting better with every release.

Oh no, Shin is back!!! Quick everyone, run for the hills!

Real. Graham confirmed it the other night at a dinner with Yamato dudes. The pics are fakes, possibly even made by Yamato. But the toy apparently is very real and slated for October.

To each his own, I suppose...

I say give in to that impulse. I have 2 YF-21 FP editions and I love them. After you mess with it for awhile the legs do not bother you. I can get mines to stand fine. Fighter mode is just fearsome now. You see that comming and you know it is lights out for you. I also have the old YF-21 and have added 2 VF-11B FP editions. I recommend those too. Oh, Yamato loves you.

My low-viz is missing a catapult latch thing for the front landing gear. Anyone want to recast for me?

1/48 Neo glaug? Please...

So what's the official skinny on the fast packs and the low viz? Are they meant to go together or are we supposed to wait for the tv series versions that we saw mounted on the 1J?

1/72 - 2 (VF-11, VF-19) 1/60 - 4 (3 Super 1J's, 1 1A) 1/48 - 5 (4 1A's, 1 1S) Damn... that's a lot of money...

Given that they only use the Fast Packs in space, then yes.

how big is your house? The 1/48 SDF-1 IS my house.

Don't get your hopes up with that reply in Japanese to your post over at Project-D's site. I just Japanese'd it up for you just in case they don't understand English.

Yes... Contact D'Stance http://www.ak.wakwak.com/%7Ejasshy/ and (1) Let me know how they did it and (2) Have them help with a 1:48 YF-21 Yes... I know I'm too late but there'll always be a next time. Carl That's a really nice gerwalk mode... and battroid... ... fighter too... wow.

I'd put money down that it won't transform. Ohh, but the transforming customs and kitbashes that will spring forth from it will be undeniably amazing...