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  1. Lolicon
    Do you remember a simpler time when women couldn't vote and certain people weren't allowed on golf courses? Bandai remembers.
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    Had some time to buckle down and apply the thousand or so tiny markings on the VF-4A. Again thanks to @Anasazi37 for the awesome decals! Also been sanding down the unsightly seam lines. The seam lines on the nose were especially obvious. Just need to topcoat her and seal everything in!
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    Bandai picks the most bizarre things to be really accurate about. Who says size doesn't matter? Bandai finally releases a valk with proper white aircraft landing gear. And it's on an HMR toy rather than their more premium DX line.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Lolicon replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I know HMR is technically non-scale but it's still going to be hella lame if they don't at least kinda-sorta get the scale somewhat correct i.e. make the VF-0 larger than the VF-1.
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    I was wondering wtf was with the head lasers. Why does the other set exist?? It's not like Roy got his original head lasers shot off and replaced with centered ones in M0. Someone working at Bandai with OCPD foisting it onto us.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Lolicon replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    VF-0 should be noticeably bigger than the VF-1.
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    Now that's a fantastic display setup!
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    Troy McClure would love this!
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    I'm in for a couple of sets for any decals @Anasazi37 produces!
  10. Lolicon
    Here's a little something that's super easy to do that will improve the look of the 31AX with a pilot sitting in the cockpit. You see Bandai didn't actually put a seat inside the cockpit. This wasn't a problem with the cramped cockpits of the 25 and 31 series, but on the 31AX, with its more spacious cockpit, the pilot looks like a little kid in an adult seat struggling to look over the dash. So on both my units I put in a booster seat of sorts under each pilot so they actually look like adults sitting upright. In my case I just put a wad of blue tack under their butts. It also keeps the pilot from jostling around in the cockpit when, er, taking evasive maneuvers.
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    So it depends on what definition of "flagship" you're using. First definition is: "the ship in a fleet which carries the commanding admiral" Which in the case of the Battle of Midway would have been USS Yorktown as it was Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher who was in overall command of Task Force 16 and 17. However, in Star Trek, they're probably using the other definition: "the finest, largest, or most important one of a group of things (such as products, stores, etc.)" Which in Pike's time were the Constitution-class starships, so it's not much of a stretch for Enterprise to be the flagship, and it was not something that was ever explicitly named in TOS.
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    The covers can be pulled out with tape or blue tack. They're just held in place with a little friction. Later Bandai DX releases are harder to take apart than earlier ones as Bandai has continually upped the amount of glue applied to each release. I know because I've disassembled (or tried to) all of them.
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    I haven't tried taking apart the Sv-51 yet (I can't even find where I stowed away the replacement legs I got from HLJ) but the VF-0 line can be taken apart as well without the need to break anything. It's really Bandai that makes it impossible to take their valks apart without breaking things, and it's Bandai's valks that I feel need the most work to get up to snuff. (super old pic)
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    Nice! I only had a couple of Yamato 1/48s from back in the day before I sold them to make way for the newer 1/60 versions, but for only 6000 yen I would have definitely picked them up from Mandarake had I seen them. They're definitely a little dated and that battroid mode looks a bit dodgy, but in fighter they still look great even next to Bandai's DX.
  15. Lolicon
    Awesome that you got one! The iconic Skull 100!
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    That's a pretty sweet display!
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    Man, you remove all the screws from a toy and it just falls apart. How cheap! (Ready to apply @Anasazi37's excellent decals)
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    Hi-Metal R

    Lolicon replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    And an integrated heat shield! Parts-swapping is lame!
  19. Lolicon
    So did anyone who entered the Amiami lotto for the Max YF-29 PO ever hear anything back?
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    Hi-Metal R

    Lolicon replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Cool. It's a downgrade from the Arcadia version, but I'll still get one. Knowing Bandai's history of releases, we'll get a Shin VF-0A and Nora Sv-51 after this. Then they'll skip the 0D and Ivanov.
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    Yeah I might have to follow your lead and repaint her to a more proper red.
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    I haven't bought from LP due to me being a cheapskate who refuses to pay above MSRP for anything, but reading everyone's comments gives me a serious NY vibe about them. Excellent summary of the problems with the 31AX. It really is a step backwards in many ways from the VF-31. It's the reason why I've declined to get more than one of each, despite my long standing habit of buying multiples of many valks. It's just not worth the substantial price hike over the old 31. Thankfully the current weakness of the yen is making these a good deal less expensive.
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    It's a combination of Flory's wash, dry brushing, and mechanical pencil. I had to go a little heavier than I did on the YF-29 because of Bandai's incredibly cheap tampo printing which rubbed off in a couple of areas while I was handling it, forcing me to cover up some fixed areas. Was able to zip through that part in a single afternoon at least. Yeah I like the very unique head unit on the YF-25. It's very different from other valkyries. The RVF-25 has a similarly unique design that's a departure from the usual mono-eye or visor look (not that there's anything wrong with those!).
  24. Lolicon
    Got my Fuke? ride armor
  25. Lolicon
    Finally got my Wing Gundam Zero in!
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