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well, it's in the compendium it's stated that starting with the VF-15 (not animated) onward, something called the"biological anti-G boost system is in use on valks. in the compendium its described "This system stimulates the human body with laser, electromagnetic pulse, infrared, and other means to momentarily activate metabolic functions against stress. " this is just speculation, but it's possible that the VF-25 uses a newer version of the same system but it's integrated into the EX-Gear.

it's likely the attack never really happened. the emergency transmission was probably faked.

no, there are three, but when the super parts are attached the inner most one is partially covered by the booster units the hard points are the little rectangles on the underside of the wings

test shot. it looks like the head/super packs are resin, and the rest of the body is final materials.

no, not at all

the SDF-1 is Spacy central command. it was before it was damaged and continued to be afterwords (and besides, the SDF-1 is a landmark, it be like not fixing the statue of liberty if one of the arms fell off)

2008 Sep - VF-25F (Alto) Nov - VF-25S (Ozma) Dec/Jan - VF-25F super (alto) 2009 Jan - VF-25G (Michel) *is the super version wishful thinking?* (yes it is) Mar - RVF-25 (Luca) May - VF-27 (Brera) July - VF-171 (standard) Aug - VF-25S Super + Full Armor - (Ozma) Oct - VF-171 EX (alto) Dec - VF-25G super (michel) and RVF-25 (Luca) 2010... RVF-171 EX - (luca) VF-27 Green Variant never coming Vajra (I'm sad about this one Queadluun-Rea AIF-7S Ghost Fighter - Perhaps a three-pack expansion pack to go with Luca? Koenig Monster (Start saving money if they do release it!) Quarter - Not as 1/72... revisions in red. also there will be special metallic finished versions of alto and ozma somewhere in there (and the will look like ass)

hmm... very interesting. the alto, as a toy actually looks pretty good. it's not accurate to the anime at all, but as a a toy separated form the show it looks good to me (still not buying). as for the armor, it looks good, though I think the armor is too fat (as in it's excessively thick). another thing I've noticed, it looks like the shield has to come off in order to transform, like on the model kit. overall the model looks good, the toy looks decent but not my cup of tea. and as for the gashapons... OMG WANT!!!!

I kinda sorta want to choke you through the internet.

キラッ☆ !

but blue ray sucks, the players are expensive as hell, I'm not getting a f**king PS3 just to watch movies, and not getting english subs defeats the purpose of buying the DVD for me.

the VE-1 and VT-1 also have different heads, and possibly different cockpits/avionics/other internal systems that set them apart. the difference between the VT and VE are at least as great as the difference between the 1A and the 1J. and the mecha designs in DYRL are considered cannon, but not the story. in universe DYRL is a movie produced in 2031 that depict a fictionalized account of the events of SW1. the movie used the 2012 refit version of the SDF-1 and upgraded block 6 VF-1's (the block six's have slightly different heads on the 1A's, and the cockpits have been upgraded with new ejector seats, streamlined controls, and a HUD projected on the entire canopy. as for what I'm using as my transformation reference, I'm basing my points off what I've seen from various line arts, the toy's and models that are out, and the animations themselves. I've seen/have plenty of images to support my points, but it could take me a while to find them all. edit: here's some images and links: the yamato 1/60 SV-51, (the toy's transformation is essentially anime accurate. http://gamu-toys.info/goukin/yamato/sv51/sv5102.html transformation detail on the YF-19 and the VF-25 transformation (the 27 transforms the same way more or less)

which board pray tell?

ok now overwing hard points we have no real evidence for. we see 6 points that look like hardpoints on each wing, up two 4 of them are used in the show. we also see what look like two hard points on the spikes that project from the wing gloves. and as for the legs, the legs have a thin panel that pops open, and under it is the engine. that's it. no room for anything else in there.

can we get pictures from a front angle?

yack, no way. the last thing we need is another VF-1 whatever. the VF-1 is cool and all, but there's been so many kits and toys and what not done of it already. we need something new, and the VF-25 is just that cool. (besides, a PG kit would be 1/48 and we already have a 1/48 VF-1, I want a 1/48 VF-25 to go with it.)

except for at the time the 1/60 valks came out, they WERE the best VF-1's available at the time, they were more detailed, more posable and better portioned than anything else out there. the problem with the DX is that other companies have done valks that look better and are more accurate to the show depiction than this thing. and bandai has already released a VF-25 that looks more correct than the DX in the form of the 1/72 model.

VF-0 varients: 0A - standard variant, 1 head laser, swing wings, single seat 0B - test/trainer variant, 1 head laser, swing wings, two seats 0C - special variant, 1 head laser, delta wings, single seat D - special variant, 1 head laser, delta wings, two seats S - comander variant, 2 head laser, swing wings, 1 seat B and C are only seen as hase model kits. VF-1 varients: 1A - standard/cannon fodder varient, 1 head laser,, single seat 1B - upgraded 1A, (improved avionics+ 1S head) 1D - 2 head laser, two seats 1J - flight lead variant, 2 head lasers, single seat 1S - squadron lead, variant 4 head lasers, single seat 1X - modernized VF-1 (looks like a 1A) VT-1 - dedicated trainer, no head lasers, two seats VE-1 - reconnaissance/AWAC variant, no head lasers, two seats VEFR-1 - electronic warfare variant, no head lasers, two seats VF-1 wins 9 to 5

except that the BDI and the BCS on the 21 doesn't require a neural implant. you put the helmet on and it worked. anyone can put the helmet on and use it. off hand I can't think of any examples of actual implants or human modification in plus, just development in terms of AI. and I'm not saying that they are using the same spacific system on the 21, I'm saying they're using the same type of system. I'm using BDI and BCS as generic terms the same as you would us fly-by-wire or radar. well based on the visible panel lines on the YF-24 it would apear to transform in overall the same way as the 25 and 27 (which would make sence since they are both based off the 24) except they do still the cockpit and forward fuselage point up and the nose pivots the same direction, it just rotates further. not really, the whole oriantation of the cockpit part is different. the SV-51 has the cockpit pointing down at about a 45 degree angle. with the uper torso siting above the cockpit. the 25/27 has the cockpit going strait up with the torso sitting on the nose like the 19. as for the wings, even though the SV-51 ends up with them in the same place they don't get there the same way. on the 51 the two wings are completely separate, and connect to the mech at either shoulder mount via the wing roots. on the 25/27 the wings connect to the backpack which in tern connects to the torso. and one thing no one ever mentions is the arms. on the 25/27 the arms fold behind the uper torso and lay side by side between the legs with the shield filling in the back of the fuselage between the legs just like on the YF-19. On the sv-51 the arms lay on either side of the mech along the engines with the tail planes sticking off the forearms sort of like on the YF-21. here's a picture to explain what I'm trying to say. and heres a highlighted pick to show exactly where all the parts are going.

the reaction missiles were attached to the fastpacks when the mech is wearing the armor packs, but in ep. 16 you see Alto, Michel, and Luca using super packs with a reaction missile on each wing. as for saying that the 25 uses micro missiles internally like the YF-21, the problem is that on the YF-21 it is clearly shown exactly were on the mech the missiles fire from (those black diamonds on the back). On the 25, there isn't even a place were the missiles could possibly come out let alone be stored.

I know it's been stated somewhere that the VF-25 has at least 2 external hard points on each wing, and if you look at both the animation model and the bandai kit, you'll notice that it has what looks like 3 hard points on each wing plus what apear to be hard points on each wing glove. it's been known pretty much from the beginning of the series that the VF-25 was designed by SK to be a departure form real world fighter design, particularly passive stealth features (like internal weapon stores). also its a fact that SK designed the VF-25 with the intention that it have super/armor packs attached 90% of the time. so as you said, the large missile load the packs offer negates the need to have internal weapon stores. not to mention SK wanted the VF-25 to be very skinny (since it would be using super/armor parts so often) so it would make seance that in order to accomplish that he made the continuous decision to not give it internal missiles, therefore eliminating the cavernous bays needed to store them. as for wear the missiles come from when the VF-25 is launching them without fast packs; It's possible that it's supposed to be carrying missiles in either pods full of mini missiles or in groups of 3 medium range missiles like the VF-1 used to (the VF-171's are shown with this set up. it would make seance that the VF-25 could too) and the lack of stuff on the wings is an animation error. well, since the missiles launch from the 4 little back diamonds on the back, I would assume that the missiles are stored in thin bays are only 1 missile deep and spread across the back of the fighter fuselage.

DOT 2 used to be standard for drum breaks, it's not any more and they don't sell it. but some people might still have some sitting in their garage.

I wouldn't say that cybernetic implants are becoming common place. Just because galaxy had lots of them doesn't mean everyone else is doing it. Galaxy is supposed to be a corporate sponsored fleet that's on the bleeding edge of technology, acting like an R&D think tank for it's corporate backers. if anything the way things are on frontier (where cybernetics are banned) is more likely to be the norm. also we have know idea where sheryl was born; her grandmother Mao was on the 117th, but her mother wasn't necessarily there as well (though I have a feeling she was at least on that fleet at one time.) in any event she spent most of here life on Galaxy, though she explisitly states (I think in Star date) that she has no modifications or implants. as for whether or not what what they use can be considered BCS; I think it is to the extent that it's a brain control system. he controls the operation of the fighter with his thoughts. the difference being instead of useing a special hemet that picks up his thoughts then transmits them over wires into the aircraft (like on the YF-21) he has implants in his skull that pick up on brain activity (replacing the helmet itself) and send his thoughts to a wireless modem in his body that transmits to the aircraft (the same wireless modem is what lets him communicate with grace in cyberspace.) once again the VF-27/VF-25/YF-24 DO NOT transform like the SV-51. if anything it transforms like the YF-19. the only real similarity in terms of actual transformation is that both planes have the nose cone fold under into the front gear bays. everything else is purely cosmetic. the feet, the Forward swept canards, the purple color and the way the wings appear to lay in battroid mode are the only real similarities, and it's not like the VF-27 and the SV-51 are the only things that have those. (well the purple color maybe.) and the wings aren't really all that similar. they don't actually fold the same way, and they have completely different shapes. i think it's mostly the engines pods in the wings of the 27 which look the the boosters on the SV-51 that most people are drawing the similarities from.

where would you need to put magnets to actually hold the legs up?

in the real world the designation suffix "kai" means "extra" or "augmented" (i.e. VF-4EJ Kai) maybe the VF-171EX is actually "Nightmare+ kai"?!?