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Ahhh geezz... all the debates about the glossiness/dullness of the finishes still? I'd have to say that with all Bandai's limited releases the glossiness wouldn't have too much of a toy effect/feel once it's emptied your wallet! LOL ***EDIT*** Glossy, Matt, Flat... ahhh...... the expensive intoxicating bliss of it all. Hmm... it must be the chemicals from all the plastic, metal, finishes/coats/paint. LOL

If I recall correctly this idea of why Yamato chose to finish their valks in a matt finish was discussed and concluded maybe a couple of years ago. It might have been clarified by Graham, but don't quote me on this. ***EDIT*** Thanks thirty.

No I actually mean the White part of the shoulder (outer casing) with the single red dot painted on it. ***EDIT*** I am definitely aware of the fact that Bandai had reused the molds from the VF-25F and VF-25S for the VF-25G and RVF-25 and they definitely had a lack of "future thought" on their behalf. I can't tell since my VF-25S won't be coming in until they release the armored set and I noticed on jenius' website that Ozma's shoulder's are the same color as the bottom half of his wing connector/body. Can anyone confirm if both the bottom half and shoulder's have both been painted or only the shoulders? Thanks. I haven't displayed/played with my RVF-25 yet, but I'm guessing its shoulders were casted in green and painted white. LOL. ***RE-REDIT*** The feet is another good example... LOL

Of course there isn't a company out there that can't produce a perfect figure on the first try. That would violate all the laws of any scientific/mathematical reference. I think what a good number of us are trying to say is that with the years of experience (the technology) that Bandai has they should have and could easily produced something way better and I mean wayyyyyyy... better. I'm not even going to go into the details of how they could have easily incorporated the blue prints into their DX line by scaling them up and interchanging some parts. I'm pretty sure that somewhere here on the forums it's already been discussed and would deserve a topic of its own. ***EDIT*** A nice example of such a situation where Bandai should have thought things through would be for the VF-25G's shoulder parts... they were casted in blue, but painted white, why? They had already casted white parts on the VF-25G (the bottom half of the wings) why not just do the same for the shoulders. That is just dumb if you ask me honestly.

I was referring to the Bandai DX VF line not all of Bandai's toys (since I do not own many of their other products aside from their models). I don't know why you're bringing down Yamato valks with a lame McDonald's Happy Meal reference, but I'd hate to say that Yamato valks makes Bandai's look like happy meal toys. Not the other way around. And I must say that nothing for any toy is ever "immaculate". ***EDIT*** No toy is ever immaculate. XD

LOL. Thanks for pointing that out. I highly doubt I would buy this clear version... not even for displaying. Bandai's paint jobs absolutely suck! Transform them once and expect paint to flake off. If Bandai really wanted this bird to be that exclusive they should have included clear super packs or clear armored parts as well. ***EDIT*** Not to even mention the mark up on this thing... since tamashii has it listed at 15,000 yen.

I would agree. Maybe a bit lighter...

Really....?!?!?!? Great this gives me another 6 months to really save up for doubles or triples of each! XD

Yea... at some point I would have to stop with buying all the exclusive stuff and start with custom paint jobs (which require stronger/better paint).

LOL... I'd hate to say it only because it's probably going to happen if they do make the VF-171. Bandai will probably make an Alto exclusive and an Elint version (or the Elint exclusive and Alto being the regular).

Read a couple pages back in the thread.

Yea... I would recommend Overdrive rather than HLJ. XD

Yea... I'm aware. It's just too damn bad. -=\

Damn Bandai and their exclusives. They should have realized they would've banked more by selling these products publicly and not just to the locals. But yes the clear VF-25 definitely speaks exclusive; the armor set not so.

Yea... edwin posted up the really good point I was too lazy to argue about last night. Bleh, w/e. I have pretty good eye for detail. Since the birds should have started being produced I'm pretty sure Yamato would just retake shots instead of photoshop (one less person to pay or less effort needed). The blue and black (b&b) is a photoshop of it's original counterpart (b&r), but definitely not of the orange or orange of the b&b. Additional area's on top of Repiv's:

Not no photoshop. Just look at the displacement of each bird, they won't take the time to photoshop the background too... >.>

OMG... what the freaking hell. >.> Alright... if this is the case I may just buy Ozma's and repaint it lol. Hopefully I have enough money for this one by the time October comes around. -=\ ***EDIT*** DAMN BANDAI! Yamato isn't this bad at least.... HMM... why couldn't they just make this a normal release version and then release a transparent exclusive version.... >.> ***RE-EDIT*** Hmm... either that just keep playing with Ozma's until the paint falls off (which should be pretty quick) then repaint it for altos. XD

Yea I would definitely agree with captain. I was going to state that last night, but figured since it's a prototype/mock up I would wait until its been confirmed whether it's a variable or not. ***EDIT*** The fuselage definitely looks a bit too "one piece" to me. Along with a few other sections. I figured they would've made the wings separate from the body at least. However, it looks real nice with all the detail.

Uh-oh... you know what this means they'll have to remake the plastic stems to hold the gun pods in fighter mode!

Thanks for the clarification/translation.

Thanks for the speculation, but translation plox! XD

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...st&id=66896 I can't read Japanese, but couldn't help to notice that on the board in the back it mentions something about the VF-22? I know this is Bandai's showcase and not Yamatos. Could someone translate?

WOW! That was a really speedy and fantastic job! Kudos!

Hell. I cancelled my two early bird orders with HLJ for the VF-22 and gave my business to Overdrive (even though with the early bird HLJ was like $1.75 cheaper for each). I really hesitate when giving my business to HLJ because of the time I ordered a Yamato 1/60 VF-0 Shin and VF-0S. The boxes came in super smashed down to the plastic tray and there was no bubble wrap or anything to absorb any of the damage. HLJ pretty much packed the valks in an exact 1:1 shipping box size.

When the order is placed.