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Not sure if that's actually official color since it looks like if it had a grey filter applied. Can someone translate the text?

I got my VF-25S armored today from anime-export. Unfortunately one of the head lasers were bent right from the box with a slight hairline crack. Luckily, I was able to bend it back with minimal damage. Aside from the obvious head/neck changes... the two pegs on either side of the hips which peg into the body of the fighter mode or for gerwalk mode have been upgraded (?) and by meaning upgraded with the (?) it's not for certain that this would be a great long term addition. Bandai has added a metal pin in the middle of the pegs which is visible (sorry no pics atm, mine is back in its box due to the lack of space in my room). I haven't had the chance to further inspect my Armored VF-25S. ***EDIT*** It just seems like my luck with valks hasn't been that great lately. I am glad to say that Tamashii's exclusive Alto armor pack will be my last product from the DX line in the foreseeable future.

@Graham... I noticed your VF-25G already suffered some scratched paint on the left shoulder by the SMS marking (on the yellow border). I guess Bandai still hasn't improved their paint apps. -=\

Are you referring to the Yellow and Green emblem on the side of the fuselage? If so, then yes they are suppose to be a standard tampo.

I just got back from my vacation at the Bahamas. Haven't been on to follow up with much. I apologize if my previous post was too superficial for your focus of the topic. If that's your take from my previous response then all I can say is that since you've only considered it, why don't you try it on some scape styrene? The Krylon fusion black gloss can and does cover in one coat [edit] without runs [/edit]. You never stated in your original post that was what you were looking for from a can of black spray paint. If you're looking for a really nice finish/cover I could recommend Alclad lacquer, however that would require an airbrush, take a good day or two to fully dry and would require a pretty pristine/dustless environment.

As mentioned in my prior post: nail polish remover/thinned out acetone isn't as strong...

Krylon Fusion Gloss Black is pretty nice. It dries in 15 minutes and fully in one hr. It's pretty cheap for the amount you pay in ratio to Testors, Tamiya or Gunze Sangyo. You can grab a bottle for $5.00 at Sears, Lowes, Home Depot, etc. If you're looking for anything other than a total flat or not completely gloss finish... Krylon also has a Satin finish (not matte) in their Fusion line, but I've never worked with it. I've worked with their Fusion Flat and Fusion Gloss. Both turn out pretty well.

I just noticed this...

One way to store (ish) the gun pods while in Battroid mode. I was bored... XD

Yea... I was pretty surprised too. However, nothing looks broken, cracked, or overly stressed. I was thinking of taking a razor/exacto to it, along with some nail polish remover/thinned out acetone. I just hope my other one didn't suffer the wraith of the same or similar assembler.

Really didn't want to quote myself... And I apologize for not indicating exactly in the two pictures above. I was just feeling too lazy. Thanks for circling the noted area anime52k8. ***EDIT*** Nice eugimon... unfortunately my 22 underwent the bitter assembly process of an unexperienced assembler.

Yea I figured it would have the gap since it originates from the molds. It's not a big, big issue. Mine isn't that loose, however the left bay door is a bit looser than the right when fully extended, due to the gap. ***EDIT*** Or otherwise I would send an email to Overdrive to have them order and send me the better parts. XD

The differences between paint and plastic is acceptable in my books, unlike how Bandai molds their valks in two different types/colors of plastic and different shades of paint.

so your VF-22 doesn't have the gap between the left two pieces?

Still need to be registered. Save the photo image(s) to your computer and upload it/them.

@MacrossJunkie... Nice work with the panel lines and trick for the stickers. The issue/problem/thing with the bay doors flopping around in battroid mode when fully extended is not a single case. It's a problem which all the VF-22S have. It's due to the way the bay doors were designed/engineered. It seems they weren't designed exactly off the YF-21's doors, but entirely from scratch. they even made the middle screw peg on the left bay door (outer) half about two millimeters too long which causes a slight separation/gap (mine was miraculously glued together by the assemblers). Overall... yes my VF-22's bay doors have the same loose jiggle as yours.

The 22 is actually blue-grey. Definitely not green-grey. ***EDIT*** But I definitely agree that the blue/yellow combination is definitely more appealing to the eyes.

Yea... tell me about it. It's a pretty bad eye sore. -=\ I guess I could put up with it. If anything maybe sometime down the road I'll give it another matt finish. XD

Okay my camera skills suck on top of my lame DSC-T50, but what the hell... (ain't going to top eugimon's nice pics):

I don't think it was an entire new head, but new back half (?) and antennas.

@m0n5t3r... Yea thanks for the credit about the somebody who pointed out the names on the sticker sheet. It took me a whole minute to snap a pic with my camera, resize it in Photoshop and post it. Jking... XD Okay... one of my VF-22 wings was somewhat loose, but after reading a couple posts about loose wings. I just wanted to see if one of the screws were loose (which fasten the ends which hold the wing attachments) and found that the threads which hold the screw were stripped! There was no bite when I attempted to lightly tighten the screw. It just spins freely. This screw is the rear one located on the right under side. Can anyone else confirm if they have this problem? Thanks in advance. I never check to see if this was a problem on my VF-21, but I'm pretty sure it's a one off and could easily be solved with some super glue or some other simple repair. And talk about QC... I noticed this when I first got the VF-22, but never mentioned exactly what it was (I mentioned it as a blemish in a previous post). It looks like whoever assembled the VF-22 had some light corrosive chemical on their hands and may have melted(?) the matt finish top and bottom so it appears somewhat gloss. Bleh... w/e I'm just nitpicking. ***EDIT*** Since my YF-21 is currently in parts, I decided to take it upon myself and attach the 21's tail fastpacks to the 22. Looks pretty nice IMO. XD

Excellent pics eugimon. I see you got some scratches on the faceplate as well. Mine has them on the opposite side.

The sensors on the legs are blue now? XD Kind of hard to tell since it's super packed up.

Okay... I found a problem with the left bay section. On the left bay cover where the middle most screw connects the screw hole pillar is about 2mm too long which causes a separation between the two pieces when fully screwed together. The genius assemblers decided to glue the two halves together making it more difficult to repair rather than chopping/shaving off the extra length. I'm aware that by fixing this through the molds would be too costly, but hell did they really have to glue the two halves together? -=\ I'm pretty sure most if not all will experience this problem with their VF-22 variants even maybe with the Max and Miria since it seems to originate from the molds/CADs. The valk still transforms w/o a problem, but I'm not sure if this will cause any long term complications. Maybe I'll post up a pic later if I'm not feeling too lazy, but if you have the VF-22 you will notice the slight gap between the two sections.