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@jvmacross hmmm do you have two of the same feet? I can't really tell from the pictures. The 1J does look snazzy

Mine have been stuck in customs all week.

I was waiting for BBTS. A little bit expensive but I want to help support the Macross USA Market. 

Also long over the whole stay up all night for a preorder and still fail to get one game.

1 hour ago, sqidd said:

I couldn't make it through the last episode. I'm 100% "over" the show.

Agreed. I watched it but it completely ruined it for me. Should have stopped when it turned me off a few episodes prior.

Are you still looking for Gamlins VF-22? Thinking of selling mine

1 hour ago, jvmacross said:

...and not shipping the V1.0 FP to those who would have received them with their Super VF-1S Hikaru sets...instead they will ship out V1.5 "Standard color" FP at a later date

I am cool with that. Would rather have a set that fits appropriately with the new style figures

Customer Service said Max and Miriya will have the new Fast Packs . Thats good news...I hope they did something about the on/off switches for the lights too

Hopefully the Fast Packs get upgraded for the M&M figures. Would really be a shame if they couldnt cleanly be transformed into all three modes. The FP 1.5 sounds interesting.

I asked about the long delayed Heavy Armor set. They said they are making changes to it and it won't be ready until 4th quarter.

This is definitely a more complete line than HMR. KC has stated they will do a VF-1D at some point. Here's hoping for paint variants of that too

Max and Miraya set is up now. 

https://www.kitzconcept.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=99

Looks like you can get them individually as well

Agreed....Episode 8 got rather weird. Turned me off a bit to this show just when it was starting to really grab me. 

31 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

Hey Bandai, how about actually completing the lines you've already started? 

That would be something, wouldn't it?

Not really a big Bandai fan at this point

Here is the Arcadia YF-19 I have.

I've been a Halo fan since the original game (ugh 20+ years ago...getting old). They said they were doing their own story with this show, so I tried to keep an open mind when watching.

Five episodes in my honest opinion is that I don't love it, but I don't hate it. It has a high production value and everything looks great - costumes, weapons, vehicles, sets, aliens...obviously a lot of work and money went into it. They just went to a lot of trouble to have a weird take on the universe and the characters. Master Chiefs character is completely wrong and they didn't really get the Spartans right either. I understand they wanted to make Master Chief into a character, but he really does spend an excessive amount of time with his helmet off.

Makee's story is not my favorite thing forced into this universe and I don't really care about Kwan. Having Jen Taylor voice Cortana made the show feel more like 'home' so that and the intense action is fun enough to keep me watching. Otherwise was this show worth waiting 20 years for? Ehh....

Had a great buying experience with @Bolt - very easy to talk to and shipped the item out quickly with extra care in packaging. Many thanks!

It will be nice not to have such a floppy loose torso joint. I got excited about the open gun barrels but realized all of my Yamatos have that on the arms. They mean the machine gun looking torso gun closest to the chest.

Ending up ordering one from AmiAmi because the price was hard to beat and I like supporting Arcadia. Hopefully the exchange rate is still good in a year or two when this actually releases. I didnt think BBTS would have them but its cool to see.

From Mr.K's quote doesnt seem like a PF is planned yet. Thats disappointing

I have one I will sell too. The box is a little faded but the Valkyrie is in great shape

I don't see it anywhere else yet. Waiting for confirmation on if there's a Premium Format version. The AmiAmi listing says it comes with marking stickers. 

Super excited I paid up front for one of these. It will release someday I guess

Whoa...they really decided to re-release the Tomahawk? Didn't think I would see that day. Wonder if we will get any weathering, special paint schemes or a premium format 

Wish they would make the missing ones instead

Good call on that one. Reset and back in!

These YF-19 releases are really dragging on...

@jvmacross That's disappointing that they aren't acknowledging the newly created issue. I will email them with pictures and explain my experiences. That's at least one more person documenting problems with the newest version. Was hoping they would say something about a new Fast Packs version. They don't mount very well in the first place and now the arms can't be placed in fighter mode at all. Also I loosened my backpack considerably trying to remove the stupid booster bracket.

There really wasn't anything wrong with the 2.0 VF-1J. Mine looks great in fighter mode and so does every other one I have seen pictures or videos of.  

Issues aside, not too shabby looking!

An updated version of the Fast Packs would definitely be nice. Maybe raise the main boosters a little bit and bring them closer together. Would also be great if the light switches were easily accessible.

Curious to see what they say about everything.

@jvmacross please let us know what they say about it. 

I am trying to put the Super Parts on my 1A standard now. The arm parts are difficult to get on because the tan paint is so thick. Also worth noting that the new leg tabs interfere with placement of the Super Parts equipped arms. The tabs are too long and too high...maybe even a little bit too far forward.

I had a little better success with the Max. The various joints and hinges definitely weren't as tight as the brown one. Still can't get the backpack hinge to sit where it's supposed to. It always ends up with the back end up in the air too much. Overall looks pretty good though. 

I will run both of them through transformation again at a later time.