Lolicon
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Do you have an issue with people preferring the 171 and comparing it to the 17? You know there are peeps who prefer the 17 over the 171 in their comparisons. I don't see anyone bitching about that.
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I'm with you on that! Never cared much for the fat VF-17, but the 171 is quickly becoming one of my favorite VFs. VF-17 is the fat chick in high school no one paid any attention to. VF-171 is the same chick years later after losing all the weight and is hot and won't give you the time of day because you were a dick to her in high school. Really hoping Bandai decides to release the standard blue unit. Much more excited about that than the remaining 25s.
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Adding my late pics. As usual, I had to do a wash on it. Wish I had the nice lighting setups and better cameras you guys have. There's not as much surface detail on the 171 but it's still pretty nice. Finally have all of Alto's rides.
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After only one transformation to battroid and back, with some fidgeting while I was doing a wash on it, one wing is already loose and flopping around. This pin design sucks.
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Oh I know who my carriers are. The guy who does express deliveries during the week is not the same as the lady who does my regular mail and always gets my SAL stuff to me. Express deliveries on the weekend are done by a different older gentleman who always knocks. The dude who handles express during the week is the lazy jackass. And yes I got *two* package slips in my mailbox today, both timestamped for 10:35 am, while I was home.
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USPS does that crap all the time. No wonder they're broke and can't compete with UPS et al. Why, just this morning I was sitting around expecting my 171 from Hobby Search to arrive. I saw a mail truck sitting around in front of my house for awhile around 10:30am, but then he drove off. Had to leave for work so no idea if USPS is gonna screw me again and make me pick up my stuff from the post office on a Saturday morning, but that's probably what's going to happen. I'm definitely filing a complaint if I find a goddamn "We Missed You!" slip when I get home.
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If anyone still has any leftover HUD decals made for the 1/72 VF-25 kits, know that they actually fit the 171 HUD pretty well. Not to mention it hides that eyesore of a gash in the middle of the screen.
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Maybe that's why I'm digging the 171 battroid so much. Or maybe it's just nice to have another valkyrie that's shaped totally differently from the VF-1 and 25. Makes me kind of want to get a 17 now... but it's so much fatter and blockier...
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Got around to transforming mine to battroid. Transformation is definitely way more involved than the 25. Elbows and shoulders are a bit loose on mine, but the legs were super tight! Felt like I was going to snap the metal hip bars trying to move the legs. As usual with Bandai toys, I had to touch up a bunch of small paint chips/scratches. I really like the battroid mode on this thing, though. Glad I got more than one so I can keep one in battroid.
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Just opened mine up. Initial impressions: -Seems smaller and lighter than the VF-25. -Not covered in a layer of grease like the YF-29. -Missing wing pin upon taking it out of the box. Luckily it had just fallen out, rather than being forgotten at the factory. Still, parts falling off while boxed? -Wings feel kinda loose/flimsy. -That is one cramped cockpit! Alto sits so close to the cockpit display that he looks like a schoolboy held back a few grades. -Cockpit display is also where the sprue connection point was, as evidenced by the gash/stress mark where it was cut. Gonna have to cover that with a display decal. -Love the orange tinted canopy. -Soft PVC head turrets are actually straight, so I won't need to swap them. -Gunpod does not collapse. Will transform and do a wash on it later and hopefully won't find any missing pieces. Now just gonna whoosh it around for a bit.
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I chose ship immediately when I got the email last week. Still waiting...
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HLJ charged me on Saturday but still hasn't shipped.
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Got one from Amiami as soon as it went up, because I am a Macross consumer whore.
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Mine arrived this morning. Now I have to sit at work all day waiting to go home.
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How do you guys track from AE? All I get is the Sagawa Express page which says the plane left Haneda Airport last week. I basically don't know where it is till Fedex is on my doorstep.
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I wonder why Bandai isn't making a White Rabbit to go with it? Feels so incomplete just getting the Black...
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Looks good. Can't wait till mine arrives so I can do the same.
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Went ahead and put in an order for the 171 armor parts at Nipponyasan. I figured how can they run short on a Tamashii web exclusive? Just order enough to fill your preorders, plus some extras...
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So everyone who's preordered from Nipponyasan has gotten their stuff, right? No one's gotten BBTS'ed with them? Asking since I'm considering putting in a 171 armor set preorder with them.
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Oh my god I must have the special wing figures!
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Does the mass production version of the VF-171 use the same color armor packs as Alto's custom? I kinda don't want to have to buy a second armor set later on down the line if Bandai releases a blue mass production VF-171... But then again, the wings would be the wrong color. Dammit!
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Got my AE shipping notice about an hour after sending payment. Also placed an order at Hobby Search while it was up. Now HLJ needs to come back up so I can cancel with them.
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Got my shipping payment request from AE. All set now.
