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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).

does anyone have tips to prevent this from happening? the peg that connects keeps coming off when i put the booster thingys on the wing

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n218/op...06/DSCN1342.jpg

Read a couple pages back in the thread.

It is hard to tell which way is more profitable for them. They take all the profit of this directly ordered items, instead letting distributors and retailer taking a cut. They also only need to made the ordered numbers plus a few spears so they don't need a big warehouse or sell unpopular items at great discount.

If only they can handle international orders, we wouldn't have a problem. May be one day Bandai and Yamato would consider hiring someone like HLJ to handle oversea order for them.

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. -=\

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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.... >.>

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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.

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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!

The text behind is the introduction of the VF-27. Piloted by Ranka's brother, better than the VF-25, the engines are inherited from VF-22, blah blah blah.

Thanks for the clarification/translation.

Could be that Yamato has the Macross 7 license for toys, but Bandai has the Macross 7 and all other licenses for 1/48 kits. It could also explain why Yamato isn't doing much with their VF-1 in 1/48, and concentrating much of their efforts on their 1/60 lines.

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.

Don't quote me on this... from what I can recall (here on the forums) I don't think there were any real cases which a group of people were affected with the YF-21.

If not then you would definitely see people raising questions like... did Yamato fix broken wing flap hip joint elbow bend head tail thing, yet? LOL...

Sorry to burst your bubble logos...

Taken from HLJ's site:

How final shipping costs are calculated: The total weight of all items in your order is added to the weight of the box and packing material required for shipment (see below). Then we simply cross-reference the Japanese post office shipping charts and bill you accordingly for the weight and type of shipping you've requested. Again, some requests for SAL shipping may be shipped by EMS instead if the item is too large to go by SAL small packet, or if there are many items in the order and/or the order is particularly valuable (above 15,000 yen).

http://hlj.com/hlj_shipping.html

Even if you selected SAL they'll change it over and charge you for EMS when the item comes in.

And the confirmation for the VF-22 doesn't apply/effect everyone, but just your order. I received my order confirmation two weeks (or so) ago when I placed it. I've ordered plenty of times from hlj in the past and this is their normal procedure.

Argghh!!! Pic links died!

However, I can imagine the speedy progress. Keep it up!

Thanks!

Still snug as a rug. LOL.

The mod doesn't affect the part falling off at all. Aside the part being a pretty good fit from the beginning prior to the mod.

If it's really limited... your best chances might be on ebay or some overpriced online shop. Honestly it would probably be the same exact thing as the YF-21, but just remolded/painted in a different color and the retooled respective parts (head, canopy, and bay attachments).

I think the issue with the bent/warped wings are not because of the manufacturing line, but from packing it incorrectly in the Styrofoam tray (with the way the plastic bag is wrapped around the plane). Upon opening... I noticed that all of my VF-25's had the plastic bag section between the tip of the wings and the feet of the plane lifted up by the Styrofoam tab on tail section the tray. This would definitely cause a warp in the wings because the rest of the plane is heavy enough or is forced down by the workers further into the tray while the wings stay afloat.

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The wings are straighter on my re-issue VF-25F compared to my VF-25G.

Yea... Overdrive's prices are a bit disappointing. I would've cancelled my pre-orders from HLJ since I've have a couple of bad shipping experiences with them (they tend to pack poorly on large shipments) and ordered with Overdrive.

Probably a stupid question, but how are the head lasers on the re-issue? (ok... can it REALLY be a re-issue if the original came out like a year ago? wouldn't this be considered a revision? maybe? no? ok, I'll shut up about it )

I love the Alto scheme, but I'm avoiding it and the Ozma versions due to the Dr. Suess head lasers and getting a Micheal/Mikhail/Max clone version instead (besides, I love the VF-25G design and weapon anyway... but having a non-snipe version would be cool too).

The VF-25G comes with a gunpod aside from the sniper rifle. Don't know if that would fill the need of having a non-sniper version. XD