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Gotta love the slim Yamato fighter!

Yeah, unless fighter mode somehow miraculously looks better in hand, this one is going to be in battroid mode most of the time. Which is exactly the same thing I did with the DX 19. When it comes to fighter, Yarcadia is still king.

May'n is the best vocalist the franchise has had. Megumi has a nice voice but she doesn't compare to May'n. Junna is the only standout among the Walkure, but she lacks May'n's vocal range. The others are serviceable enough but they don't really stand out. I never liked Iijima Mari's caterwauling. I shall say no more as we're way off topic.

Just wait for the VT-1 Mechanics Edition. Available via lottery only, of course.

Is this thing any good? Should I order one?

Ohhh don't see too many VF-22s 'round these parts anymore.

Ordered under names like: Hugh Jass Earl E. Morningwood Amanda Hugginkiss And so on...

The fact of the matter is if you're buying an unopened Bandai valkyrie that's several years old, you're playing Schrodinger's yellowing. If only there was a front flap and window so you could see the valkyrie without opening it...

Thanks for making us all feel old.

Same. Got my Yamato for fighter mode.

Welp, as I expected my proxy order got canceled. I flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami. Down to just one order now, and now I'm not really sure I need a second one. I wonder if I can just jam Hikaru and Misa into my spare Yamato VT-1...

Usually a day or two. Or three. Then they might also put me and others who had discount coupons in the cancel pile regardless of where we are in the order list just so they don't have to honor the coupon.

I think we all already knew what my first order of business was after getting my Revival 171.

Haven't had much luck with proxies with the last few TWE items, but I really, really hope they come through this time. Ordered another elsewhere just in case though.

You're both right. 32000 is the "retail price" but since it's a webshop item and there's no way around paying Japan's 10% tax for such items, the real price is 35200, before any vendor markups.

Nope.

They just mean different stages of the preorder process. Nothing to do with what preorder batch you're in. And as far as we know, there's only one batch of VT-1.

I know, right? Preordered two and spent $460 I wasn't expecting to spend today. Ohhh prepackaged ramen is on sale...

I thought Moehime was the place started by the former owner of NY.

Landing gear color doesn't matter to me.

Retailers: We want to order a bunch of of the VT-1 because have a bunch of customers who want it! Bandai:

Unfortunately PO madness extends even to web exclusives, because Bandai hates their customers.

This set does not come with extra wings. But if you happen to have the old set and wanted to use the non-hardpoint wings, you can't. If the pins aren't glued in, then they're incredibly tight and you'll need to pry them with a screwdriver or something to pull them out. I haven't bothered since there's really no reason to take the wings off. Hmmm so I was looking at the Luca and Maruyama 171s and noticed that on the rear part of the wings, they do have tampo printing, but instead of "NO STEP" they have "171" printed on the rear flaps. WTF? Even the Wave kit shares this. Is that how it appeared in the show? EDIT: Yep, that's how it appears in the show. I guess it's so the mechanics are constantly reminded of what aircraft they're working on so they won't accidentally install any VF-25 parts in the 171.

The wing pins appear to be permanently glued in place, so no swapping wings for the non-hardpoint ones if anyone was thinking of doing that. That's probably also why they appear to sit more flush. Also, the wings aren't as badly warped on this unit as my older ones. Still, Bandai seems to have a hard time producing wings that aren't a little warped. I broke my toy.

171 arrived. As expected the matte finish makes it look great. Otherwise it's pretty much the same as the original 171 release, aside from a few small changes to the paint apps and markings. Transforming it reminded me of why I haven't transformed any of my 171s since I first bought them. At least the arms aren't so ridiculously tight that it feels like you'll snap them off trying to move them. Welp, time to take her apart!