Extra Large Mumma

Love the white color. If the final production color is white, I'll definitely get one.

Yes, it can be done. First make sure you have a YF-19 in your hands. Once you have it, the question is irrelevant. But if you have trouble sweeping the wings back, it's because they're too tight. Just loosen the nuts that attach the wings to the hip, then just S-L-I-G-H-T-L-Y shave the wing blades so that they can get clearance to the top of the back legs. After confirming the sweepability through iterations (since you want to shave gradually), you can apply some nail polish to coat the shaved areas so that there is no friction from the wing blades to the back of the legs. Cheer!

Thanks for the review, Graham. The transformation video is especially useful.

Your mechas are skillfully done. Your characters are unique. Don't stop. Do develop more characters.

Yeah, how did he come up with that figure? Selling for $55 and still making outrageous profit sounds more believable to me.

Ah, such long suspense is the YF-19... Looking forward to your delicious review, Graham. Hopefully, mine comes shortly after your review.

Battroid looks mighty good to me. The hunchback makes a good conversation piece.

Nice!

Thanks for the pics and link, Two Ducks. The rear landing gears look like those of the VF-11B (crude-looking wheel connected to a slap of plastic)! Given the size of the new SS, I don't think it's that hard to give those wheels better rims (like in one of the pics of the actual F-15 that David H. posted). One of the reasons I like the 1:48 VF-1's and 1:60 VF-0's is because their LGs look cool.

No more 1:60 VF-1's for moi no matter how perfect they'll become. Once you have a 1:60 VF-1, why would you want another one? Sounds silly to me. I have a lot of other things I want to buy. Of course, I understand this is a personal thing.

Finally found some amusement here at MW forum.

Anyone got pic of SS with the landing gears? How are they compared to the old school ones, where the front LG is just peg?

The upcoming YF-19 looks perfect to me. I still like my original 1:72 version as well. I believe you guys' passion to perfection by voicing it at MW might have contributed to better production. Kudos also to G-Man, our ambassador. (* quietly playing with my VF-0S *)

No doubt when it comes to look, Yamato is the better toy maker. But durability, give me a break, man. This VF-0, just by being stared at, smoke, exhaust, and oil start to come out of it.

Yes, the right intake cover pops out easily. The left one feels like it's glued to the frame. Funny, I tried my nails as well. Didn't work because I always keep them short. I'll try the exacto knife tomorrow. Thanks for suggestion, G.A. If anyone has a different approach, do post it here. Thanks.

I know a PC isn't a console, but shouldn't it be included in the poll?

Mao is cute, but I prefer the nubile Sarah. LOL! I don't recall Mao was in the plane with Shin. But if Yamato will include all your mentioned figures, more power to us.

So, nobody has removed the intake covers yet? Any difficulty?

Technically, it is possible. But a VF-0D would require a lot of new tooling, which would be very expensive. Graham 398498[/snapback] Graham, I don't see cost an issue here. The question is will they sell enough? Judging from this forum, there are enough MWers who are willing to pay the price. I suppose everybody want the two-seater come standard with Shin and Sara Nome figures?

Go, eugimon, go! I now have a VF-0 in my hand. I have not transformed it yet. For now I just leave it at the factory-default fighter mode , with the Macross sail logo applied to the sides of the cockpit. The goods: There is no shipping mishaps on this dude. The tail fins are good. The Jolly Roger logos on the tail fins are straight. The paint is perfect everywhere. The pilot is nicely sculpted and painted. Does anybody know how to safely remove the intake covers? I'm able to remove one of them by pressing on the bottom part (in the manual). The other one just won't budge. I still want the valk have its glory within the first day out of the box.

The VF-0's arms are small not because of bad design from Yamato. It's just the way Kawamori designed them. You can see the small arms in many scenes in the Macross Zero anime. I don't have problem with small arms as long as they don't break off due to gravity one day. If anyone notices the VF-2SS, the arms there are small as well.

Thanks for such informative review, Graham. The pics are anything but gratituous. Always glad to read your review.

If the QC'ers only look at the fighter, it's not called QC'ing. They're supposed to transform between the modes and look for flaws. There's no reason for shoddy QC after their years of experience and good profit. Yamato's poor QC reminds me the reason I stop buying multiples. To those who wait: it's not going to be any better. As I said, it's not experience. It's the process, commitment and attitude to assemble better toys that are lacking from Yamato.

I'm going to order the Voltron kits jut for the artwork.

Nice box pics! I wish they use pic of the actual (released) toy rather than the prototype. The actual toy isn't as white as the box pic, is it?