Lolicon
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I like it a lot. It's a big weighty figure comparable to the Bandai 1/48 DX VF-1. I had no idea who this maker was but decided to roll the dice on it and was pleasantly surprised. It's solid with a fair amount of diecast. I didn't get the Sentinel version because I didn't like the way the sculpt looked. My only complaint is that getting the batteries in and out of the microscopic battery compartments is a $#@%&.
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Nice work cleaning it up! Unfortunately I don't think the console decals are going to be useful. It appears Bandai decided to glue the pilots into the cockpit. Bandai just loves glopping glue everywhere, even when it's completely unnecessary Looks like typical sloppy Bandai paint app.
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Over $100 more than HLJ price. PW shipping also reduces shipping costs by a lot. But only a tiny number of people had the fortune to catch the HLJ preorder.
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25G PO open again. https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?scode=FIGURE-152950 -
VF-11 might do well as an Arcadia webshop item rather than a regular retail release. PF only of course.
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1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
Lolicon replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
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Still available at multiple shops. Wonder if this one will become a shelf warmer and derail any future 171 reissues.
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Bandai would never release a shoddy product.
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Managed to squeeze my HLJ order in right before the red order stop of death appeared.
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Yeah you have to apply a layer of clear acrylic over the printed decals and let it set before they're ready to use. I'm not at home atm but I'll post it later. LOL!
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Glossy finish is fine for commercial/civilian aircraft like Basara's. I prefer the flatter finish for military aircraft. In toy form, matte all the way. That glossy finish really makes valks look cheap. (Unless photographed just right like the above pic.)
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Printed them myself. HMR is non-scale so I used the Arcadia VF-0D as a reference on how big the decals should be relative to the aircraft. Even then I still had to upscale them slightly to make them look right. It reminded me of Yamato's 1/3000 SDF-1. Instead of doing a straight scale down of their 1/2000 kit, Yamato had to make some tweaks to the SDF-1 to make it look "right" at the smaller scale. Much less pixelization scaling down vs scaling up.
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Decals are tiny at this scale...
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Slightly cleaner copy for ya. (Dusted off the scanner first)
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Old glossy still looks pretty good!
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Alto's unit preceded the CF release so Bandai should have known better. They cheaped out or contracted it out to a different factory or something.
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Yeah, though I'll need to clean them up and scale them down to whatever HMR scale is supposed to be. I just use an inkjet printer to make decals, though it's more limited compared to a real decal printer. The insides of the kites are indeed clear. Since it's a model kit, I'm guessing they probably wanted people to have the option of painting it to whatever they like and using the clear insides to match the color of the aircraft.
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Wait, people actually read the instructions that come with their valks?
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Kinda lame if that really is everything. Glad I picked up a bunch of extra CF sets with the warheads back in the day.
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Here's something that might help.
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Bandai also withheld the reaction warheads and MDEs on the hero armor set but included them with the CF armor set. We'll see if they actually include them with the Alto 171 reissue.
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It clearly snapped off. That section was always something that could break somewhat easily if you weren't careful. Bandai used a metal bar on that section for the DX VF-1.
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I still don't know wtf the difference is between the "Metal Build" and "Metal Composite" line.
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Those crappy swappable wings were a cynical ploy by Bandai to force collectors to buy two different armor sets for the CF and hero versions of the 171 as the armors themselves are identical. I'm guessing this will be a "full pack set" with the armor included, so that crap isn't necessary. I would love it if Bandai redesigned the wings to be non-swappable, but c'mon, this is Bandai we're talking about.
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Yes, please give us a PF VF-0A! And reissue the PF 0D while you're at it! And also a "premium premium finish" version of the 0S with all the weathering effects like the PF 0D!
