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Congrats! By the way, he transforms into what? Thunderbirds! Nice.

Hey tryoness. Just a thought on looking back on this one... almost kinda Matrix-y.

Yamato/Arcadia already nailed that one down even though I don't like it since it looks 'clown-ish' and more like 'boxing gloves' for me. I really still prefer the DYRL hands over the TV series hands. Well, come to think of it, VF-0's almost has the same features as the VF-1's meaning even if it's animated via CG, it still has a longer wings than animated 'short wings'. Imagine now if the VF-1's were animated today via CG? It will almost be as identical as to what Yamato/Arcadia did. The only thing that they didn't do right is the proper transformation sequence for both VF's on the pelvic parts which is the folding intakes to the nosecone in which Bandai did on their 1/72 model kits. I don't think it's doable to maintain the 'perfect transformation' method.

Yup, somebody mentioned that before.

So Saburo mentioned this earlier and I also noticed it last night when I was putting the Advance Packs to play with it in Fighter mode. From what it says in the instruction manual, the wing root tab to be inserted on the leg's Fast Pack were from the bottom part. So how come Bandai's Official Photo says differently? Like how's Bandai's photo shows the Fast Pack is overlapping the wing root area. I compared all the shown parts to the actual and somehow it shows the same, like how the leg is aligned to the shield/arm area, except for that leg's Fast Pack overlapping on the wing area. Even if the exposed locking tabs are erased via Photoshop, how come the Fast Pack is aligned somehow to the wing roots? I know all those 'actual products may vary' excuse, but why?

After transforming it back to Fighter mode last night less than 2 hours, I really find it more difficult than Arcadia's YF-19. After reading Graham's and Spanner's post, they've almost said everything what I noticed on this Valk. In the end, I like the whole concept but somehow kinda hate how it was implemented. Like Graham said, there's too much locking tabs everywhere to not to implement it in between the legs, shoulders, and shield during Fighter mode. It would be nice if there's some locking tabs in there. Spanner showed something regarding how to straighten the Gunpod during Fighter mode by not connecting the arms to the shield, Which I guess is ok, but you will leave a big gap in between of arm and shield. It's probably doable if we could lay out the shield without the neck cover. But sad to say, that can't be done since the neck cover is connected to the shield. The only way to do that is remove the neck cover from shield rail. Saburo pointed out the wing tabs is not connected to anywhere when the Fast Pack is attached to the leg. I understand why it is but it's an eye sore to see an exposed tab esp in an 'ADVANCE Mode'. This is what the mode they're selling, right? And they have exposed locking tabs. And people complain about the exposed tabs on the VF-2SS prototype. And speaking of ADVANCE Mode, those big boosters have different pegs from each other. I know it's a 'dot' and a 'rectangle' tabs. But one of mine have longer rectangle tab over the other, and one has faded circle tab from the other. And yes, even a slight touch would get this Boosters off the wing. Speaking of Tampos, I really like all the tampo markings on this one except on the underside of the wings. Like who's going to step on it during routine check-ups and repairs? By the way, with all those tampos and whatnot, they forgot to tampo the Cockpit's HUD/Consoles. Overall, I'm still happy with my purchase. I'm still satisfied why I purchased 2 so that I will not transform it. One will stay in Fighter with all it's Advance Pack glory. And one in Battroid. And besides, they're cheaper than Arcadia's. But I have two of those as well. I'm not too keen on VF-171Ex transformation process, but I do like that one better than this one. Care to make one, guys?

Probably. They already had that spread the legs feature started in VF-0D. Hopefully it continue down the line. But they have to make sturdy coz I remember Jenius accidentally broken his. It's featured on anymoon.com review. Anyways, hope V3 have a waist joint. That's a challenge. Hehehe.

Nice!

That's a lovely set, jvmacross.

Wow. That's hot. Somehow I missed the temperature back in the Philippines. Just sunny and rainy.

Probably you can. But instead of the red stripe on the wing it will be black stripe.

Oh yeah. Forgot that one. Is this the URL that got hacked? http://robotechstore.myshopify.com/

Saburo's a little sneaky, eh? Nice. Good to know you scored. Goal! Wait. What?! No macro lens on the landing gears? Wow!

Rolling forward is ok since it's against the folding hinge. Rolling backwards, not sure. But from the looks of it, the hinge of this one is tight enough. Hey David. Did you already ordered one from those preorder reopenings?

Wow. Details are crisp via macro.

No retractable wing gimiks for both Yamato's Ver 2's and Arcadia's reissues.

I don't think the upcoming Hi-Metal VF-1J GBP comes with the 'small wings' effect. And neither did Yamato's Version1. The first gen Hi-Metal just came with extra wings with hard points for missiles.

I hope so. Coz I don't want to start all over again with the Version Ups. Unless Bandai decides to release a DX VF-1's... Now that's a different story.

You're welcome, dear sir! Yeah, true, Jenius and the others are life savers. Kudos sirs!

Salute!

Not sure where to ask this... But how safe to dip and buy something at the RobotechStore?

What?! It came with manual? All the while I'm just basing my transformation method via Jenius reviews, CollectionDX, or any YouTubers out there.

Hahaha! Good for you dear sir!

You're welcome, Ryoma. But it's not an excuse. You paid a lot on it so you have to inspect it. In the end, I don't want to scratch my head for something I purchased without inspecting it for not opening the box only to find out there's a missing or broken piece and I can't contest the store now since it way past their 14 day grace/return period.