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so does anyone know how to get the decals if you're in the US?

Probebly a standing/dancing figure. It would be really nice if bandai included an extra hand with an indentation that matched the shape of the base of the figure so it could be standing in VF's hand. as for the missiles, maybe the RVF and 25G will have mounting points molded into the wings that aren't there on the ozma and alto valks. (more proof that the alto/ozma valks suck)

between this and your comments in the 1:8 ranka figure thread, I've learned so much about you I wish I hadn't.

just going by cockpit hatch size, I'd say they're about the same size, with the original glaug being a little taller do to the legs.

it was cute the first time, now... it's still kind of cute.

well considering how much Macross II copies DYRL, any time they reference something from DYRL in Frontier, you could construe that to be from MacII as well. and Ishtar in the slave Leia-esque Emulator outfit is undeniably hot. Go Mikimoto! also there was the mistery fighter from the galaxy fleet which some people will tell you is the VF-2SS WHICH IT'S NOT!!!

so you get a fold booster with the Gallia IV set? cool, too bad the DX still look like ass. considering luca's model kit comes with the 3 ghosts, I wonder if Michels model will come with a fold booster included?

corrected that statement for you. seriously, the 1/100 still has the same too high fat legs, the funky too tall shield, the droopy saggy legs in fighter mode and it still has a meh looking GERWALK mode (the knee articulation DOES NOT have to be that bad) that the DX has. it's better in some areas than the DX, but the 1/72 model still looks light years better without haveing to be a partsformers.

if that's what you want to call it

I really don't get how everyone can be so thrilled with the bandai 1/100's when they don't look any better then that thing.

I thought the psychoticness was kind of hot, in a messed up creepy sort of way.

I'm pretty sure this is the fighter form that Kissdum engage planet show that SK did mecha designs for. not sure because I never watched it (did anyone actually watch it?)

there's more Ruri figures than anyone else because she's the most popular. (and most of those figures are of her as she appears when she's about 17 so technically not loli) :edit: by the way, what we really need is Sheryl from episode 3 with anime accurate cast off...

OMG CUTE! 0.0 it's nice to know Megahouse is doing more macross figures (there work is some of the best out there). First we got micro Klan, now Ranka, when they going to be done with the loli's and get to some real women. I want to see sheryl and her hopes and dreams, I know Megahouse is good at that kind of stuff, I've seen them do it before. also Grace and her despair and nightmares would be nice too.

ok, here you go: This is absolutely RIDICULOUS! what kind of crap is bandai trying to pull?!? It wasn't enough to make an ugly, chunky, poorly articulated, shiny plastic abortion of a product and sell it for $100+. no they just had to go for the gold standard A game of suck and ship it with a inherent defect that will cause catastrophic failure. at least with Yamato products you get something that looks good even if it runs the risk of breaking. If Bandai is going to try and push there chucky crap on us by saying it's more durable, then the should probebly make it strong enough to not BREAK RIGHT OUT OF THE F***IN' BOX! maybe Bandai's banking us being complacent and gullable enough to just accept it, but I'll tell you this much, there not getting one measly cent out of me until they get there act together and make a halfway decent product! :angry: [/angry tirade] there you go, now we've got angry totaly blown out of perportion rating all around. by the way, if you've got these and haven't had any breakages yet, "take you're toy and loosen a screw" is a lot lower on the hassle meter that "be very careful and regularly inspect you're toy and if you're lucky you'll be able to attempt a repair with glue before the whole arm falls off."

there are a couple of exceptions, but in most of the cases with sukhoi's the even number arcaft are actually just variants of odd numbered planes. the new number is an in house name from Sukhoi used for marketing purposes, the Russian air force designation is usually just the old number plus some letters.

actually, TBH it looks even goofier than before...

most of the time a BLCS works by taking pressurized air (usually from the engine) and venting it across the wing in order to increase lift. the important part is that your venting air (and sometimes suck air in) on the surface you're trying to effect. the small intakes just above the main intakes may be used to get air into the system, but they also need some kind of vent/slats or whatever on the wings themselves. and as for the little v shaped lines on the underside of the nose, I think those are part of the hip joint for the transformation

well the Russians are weird when it comes to aviation (there the only country that measures speed and altitude in meters). part of there odd naming convention system is that small fighter/attack aircraft receive odd number designations and bombers/transports and other large aircraft receive even designations. valk designations fallow a US style designation system more than a russian style system, and the US system is about half and half even vs odd.

I think it would better if instead of having the legs end before the engine section starts, the legs should be bigger, run bellow the existing engine, the backpack engine would be smaller in diameter making length less of an issue (it would just be a small engine). you'd no longer have a true single engine valk, you'd actually have three small engines (backpack plus legs) in a tight cluster. you'd still get the interesting look of having a narrow fuselage though it looks a lot like an F-104 but it's not single engine. the red hilighted part is the actual exaust nozzle, and the green highlighted part is the foot.

again, direct linky no worky for us westerners, save the pics and upload them on the board or host them on photobucket/imageshack please.

well the X part implies exparamental, and is a running theme with these designs, and the SU and 37 parts are reference to the real life SU-37 that this is modeled after, and the VF part is for variable fighter. as for the Galland part, I would assume it's a reference to WWII german fighter ace Adolf Galland, that or its named after Antoine Galland who did the first European translation of Arabian knights. (I'm going with the first one)

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or we can spend the couple dollars extra for the strike cannon, and have the freakin' strike cannon! in fact every set of super/strike parts should come with cannons, and two missile things. then you can do super, strike, and DUAL STRIKE!