todd77

Noticed that the once flat nacelles now protrude quite prominently with the armor pack. Of course, the whole thing looks really good even at this stage. Wish we could see more of the front though.

Some new pics I think...

Ain't she lovely? Mikhail's and Luca's valks this month. This bird and reissued Alto in the next. Ozma's full armor in June and VT-1 in July.

true true : but Dx contains palstic

as for the landing gear I was just thinking about making them longer

I wonder if they can make the gears telescope? Weird I know, but if space is an issue... Of course, it's got to be really tight to manage the weight.

Comparing the two I'd say that the TV version is the sports car, and the DYRL version is a tank. I'll take the tank, if you please. I much prefer the DYRL appearance. It's much more powerful looking, and conveys a greater sense of scale.

For me though, I always thought the DYRL, especially the main cannons, was "sportier" looking than the TV version. But yeah, compared to the slenderer TV version, the DYRL one is a beast. I like both nonetheless - it's the SDF-1 for crying out loud! I'm just glad we're getting a toy incarnation that truly justifies the "Super Dimensional Fortress" namesake. Just hope Yamato doesn't skimp on the detail. Or quality control for that matter, considering the price of admission.

It can but the landing gears are too short to let the plane rest on the ground so it has to be mounted on the display stand when the Dragunov rifle is attached. You can see in the pic below that the rifle sits much lower than the landing gears can go.

Oh wow, thanks for the reply. The 25G in the pic you posted looks awesome! I suppose the sound booster and ghost add-ons are another special order items from Bandai's Tamashii site? Anyway, I'm glad I pre-ordered the 25G along with the RVF. Now waiting for Ozma's full armor version and some kind of bundled version for the 25F (if they'll release any...).

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Beyond the clouds, the promised place:

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Byokoso 5cm

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I've watched both and thought the animation was beautiful. The pacing of the films were a little slow for me but I like the melancholic feel of both.

I disagree. From the moment I first pulled the DX out of the box I got a heavy and distinct Chunky Monkey vibe. In my eyes it's the new Chunky. In many ways it's better.

Although I've never once owned a chunky monkey, I actually like the chunkier (read: beefier) proportions of the DX battroid mode. It's unfortunate though, that the fighter and gerwalk mode suffers a little with that regard. Still, I like the overall look enough to want to collect at least all four 25s. By the way, can anyone confirm whether the DX 25G's sniper rifle can be attached in fighter mode? I haven't seen any pics that show this.

Its not that she has talons and are hiding them purposely.

I never said that she's doing it deliberately. I'm just pointing out that the way she behaves, her generally hazy nature which are captured in those photos of her, that look of uncertainty, betrays the awesomeness that is her true nature. One look at those photos and you couldn't tell that she's a world-class ballet dancer or a fantastic rideback-er. And I really like that part of the character's down-to-earth persona.

There is a good sense of this letting you know that there are actual thoughts going on behind those eyes.

To me though, it's more of "the talented eagle hides its talons" or something along those lines. She has a totally different, more determined look though when she puts on her A-game as shown in ep. 3, just before the race using the Balon.

Still at ep 6...woah...nice moves there Rin. Doesn't she have any other clothes other than the white dress?

Hey, she's a college student now. If she isn't feeding on instant ramen on a daily basis or wearing the same rags for days on end, well, that ain't college life! On a more serious note, I like how every image of Rin, whether it's on her profile card or the printed interview, has her in this sort of modest, space-out look to her. It totally betrays her sheer genius in all things acrobatic, whether on foot or a two-wheeled mechanical monstrosity with funky arms.

I hope there are no compromises to both the cruiser and attack modes, unlike the WAVE one, which had giant air intakes / vents / holes in the former. The pics shown here do look lovely and I'd definitely like to own one although my wallet may have a thing or two to say about that...

I like Frosti's though they can be a little behind sometimes. And yeah, ep. 4 was awesome and the bike designs are growing on me.

im holding out on HT Iron man till I see some reviews.

Here's one but it's in Chinese I'm afraid. Lot's of nice pics though. And the lights - wooooo!

hi..

i want to share my patlabor collections, but this is 1/35 MG model..

Nice! What kind of models / toys are those peacemakers and the X-0 in the background? They look a little Kubrick-ish / cardboard-like to be MG grade models and I wasn't aware that they made MG kits for these labors either (I'm no modeling fan though).

Really? I think of her first and foremost as Sayla (and Haro!) from Gundam...but then, I found out about her death from Gundam Ace, so I suppose that's to be expected.

Well, I was exposed to Patlabor a whole lot earlier than Gundam but it was a welcome surprise for me to hear that familiar voice when I first watched the original Gundam series.

Kaifun and Gepelnitch. Lung cancer in both cases.

I will always remember Gepelnitch's actress, You Inoue, for her role as Kanuka "shut up!!" Clancy in the Patlabor series.

What size screws are those?

If you mean their measurements, the screw cap is about 7mm in diameter and the screw tip about 3mm. The length of the screw is 1 inch. The label has a name for the screw though - it's called the 1-inch 6-32 (6-32x1). There are other variants which differ in length including a 1/2-inch 6-32. They also differ in terms of the shape of the screw cap - mine is the flatslot whereas another one has a semi-spherical cap.

gaddamnit!!!!! i can't find any of those 6-32 screws!

what the hell... i just used my metal cutting saw and some more sandpaper...

sorry for the SOC ... just wanted to try if it could handle some heavy metal.

That's an effective alternative fix. And it looks like the stand works really well too with heavy loads.

Anyway, I used these screws. Forgot to mention that they were nylon. I got them from Fry's Electronics so I assume you could find them from electronic or computer hardware stores:

And here's my contribution to the thread:

Sorry for the error guys! I can't believe this happened.

If you damaged your stand in any way please let me know at carlos@laftoys.com. We will be contacting all customers individually to let them know that replacement screws are on the way.

For what it's worth, once the prongs are firmly tightened, the stand holds up beautifully.

Since the flexistands are brought up in the discussion, I have an issue I'd like to bring up: I've recently received my flexi v2 and for the life of me, I could never get the prongs to hold up tightly enough with the supplied screws - the prongs are very floppy and won't hold my Yamato 1/60 v2 Valk at all. It seems that the supplied screws are a little too big for the screw holes and hence, they can't screw in deeply enough in order to tighten the circular plate that holds the prongs together. I've tried this many times to the point that I've totally worn out the screw caps. In the end, I had to resort to getting thinner screws - the 1-inch long 6-32 type - in order to tighten the prongs securely (which works wonderfully by the way).

With that, have any of you flexi display stand owners out there experienced this before (v1 and v2)? Or is my case simply an isolated one?

Looks like my issues with the flexidisplay v2 are confirmed by Carlos himself, judging from his email:

1.12.09 - FlexiDisplay Announcement

It has come to our attention that the screws packaged in with the new FlexiDisplay v2 stands are not the correct size. We are not sure if this manufacturing error was made in a few cases or if it affects the whole shipment. For now we are suspending all FlexiDisplay orders. If you order is in 'Processing' status, we will ship the order out at the end of the week with replacement screws. If your order has already been shipped we will ship out replacement screws as soon as possible. If you have already received your order we advise that you wait for replacement screws to arrive before assembling the stand(s) to prevent permanent damage to the base and/or cover plate. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

Carlos

So Yamato is finally putting lights on their toys, oh happy day! This means the (never going to happen) 1/60 monster will have a light up cockpit, cannons and other uneccesary places to have lights!

Don't forget the fold booster - that one lights up too - if you find batteries for it

Since the flexistands are brought up in the discussion, I have an issue I'd like to bring up: I've recently received my flexi v2 and for the life of me, I could never get the prongs to hold up tightly enough with the supplied screws - the prongs are very floppy and won't hold my Yamato 1/60 v2 Valk at all. It seems that the supplied screws are a little too big for the screw holes and hence, they can't screw in deeply enough in order to tighten the circular plate that holds the prongs together. I've tried this many times to the point that I've totally worn out the screw caps. In the end, I had to resort to getting thinner screws - the 1-inch long 6-32 type - in order to tighten the prongs securely (which works wonderfully by the way).

With that, have any of you flexi display stand owners out there experienced this before (v1 and v2)? Or is my case simply an isolated one?

The flashing pat-lamps look really nice and the light-up chest lamps are a nice touch. Knowing Yamato however (fold booster hello!), I think it's a safe bet that batteries are not included.

Hi Todd,

Glad to hear that you're enjoying the WHAM Ingram. All quibbles aside, could you do a side by side size comparison with the CM's? That's because the CM's scale was never officially stated, and I'm sure many fans would be considering getting the WHAM Helldiver if the relative sizes weren't too far off.

Hello Drifand,

That's the first thing I wanted to do but unfortunately, I don't have my CM's Ingrams with me right now (they're in my home whereas I'm currently living in an overseas dorm). I did measure it with a ruler and WAVE's Ingram tops out at above 19cm (about 19.5-ish) for antenna height and above 17cm for head height. I remember measuring my CM's and if I recall correctly, they top out at about 18cm for antenna height. Still, I took a pic of my WAVE's next to a fastened ruler. I hope this helps.

Updated pics of Yamato's Ingram here. Is it me or are the proportions a little more balanced now? Shoulder armors are still a little over-sized though, IMO.