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Man, that is a great shitajiki. And at that price, it's a steal! Thanks for the giant scan. It's my new desktop background.

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I have all the 1/48s, and have all the version 2's either in hand or on preorder. I like both scales for different reasons, and will be keeping both.
I am definitely keeping the 1/48's, as they certainly have the presence that the smaller valks don't have, regardless of the refinements to their sculpt and engineering.
This way, I also have more display options. If my 1/48 DYRL VF-1A Hikaru is displayed FAST-packed in battroid mode, I can display the 1/60 version non-FAST-packed in fighter. Kind of a having your cake and eating it too sitution.

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Holy crap!! Great review! This guy has great editing skills..
Hey, that WAS pretty good. Some planning went into that, and I agree about the great editing.
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The Arcade-Color Millia is pretty cool!
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much nicer but no bikes/motoslaves...
I have a full set of the Atelier Sai's, and have always been curious about how they compare to the Yamato versions...
How do they compare to one another? I get the sense, from photos, that the Yamato versions don't seem to pose as well.
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Yeah, the screen just fell out while I was transforming it. I didn't know what it was supposed to be attached to until I was done and looking at photos of it with the scope up.
The small pin is quite loose. I have a Beagle version, and the pin fell out the moment I picked up the scope. Not a problem to reinsert, assuming you can find the tiny pin!
Oh, and thanks to the folks for reminding me about using Scotch tape to address the floppy head issue. Works like a charm!
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All Beagles with the Beagle head (that I know of) have a problem with floppiness. This was addressed a while back by advising the use of a piece of Scotch tape on the bottom of the head ball. The Toynami versions don't seem to suffer from this problem.
Yep, you're absolutely right. It's so strange...the ball on the non-helmeted head is large enough to provide a tight fit in the neck socket. But the ball on the helmeted head is much smaller. It slips into the socket loosely, and the head just hangs....I will definitely try the Scotch tape remedy. Now that you mention it, I DO remember reading about that 2 threads ago. I'm so late to the Beagle game...
Anyway, the different size head-balls (sounds weird) is such a random ball for Beagle to drop (pun intended). Other than that, looks great out of the box so far. Am going to have to set aside a good chunk of time to do my first transformation of this thing.
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try tightening the screw at the side of the neck... Mine doesnt do that.
Thanks, >EXO<. I'll give the screw a look later, but I think the problem is more with the ball-and-socket connection between the head and the neck. Neck stands upright...head hangs down on the neck.
I'm typing this while on a conference call away from the Mospeada, so hard to say for sure haha....
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I just received my Beagle MOSPEADA myself. When I put the helmeted head on the neck of the Stick figure, it's incredibly loose. His head just hangs there.
Is this navel-gazing normal? Or am I just doing something completely wrong?
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I had initially resisted the impulse to pick up one of these MPC Betas. Actually, in the beginning, it wasn't too much of a strain. The Alphas really turned me off of Toynami fare. But then the CollectionDX HD video review kicked off a slow but steady assault on my resolve that built with each visit to these and other forums praising the toy. So I broke down and purchased one...
The Beta finally arrived yesterday, and not only did it become immediately apparent that most of the praise was well-deserved, it became absolutely clear to me why the toy's quality was head and shoulders (and torso, legs and feet) above that of past Toynami offerings...
Right there, on the little card included in the packaging, buried several lines beneath the freakin' "Artwork" and "Packaging Design" credits (really?!) were the all-important "Product Design" and "Engineering" credits.
Ahem, AOSHIMA.
I know this is probably common fact for those who've had more intimate knowledge of the MPC Beta, but this fact seems to be pretty much glossed over. All the reviews, video or otherwise, lavish heaping praise on Toynami.
At the end of the day, I am GLAD Toynami executive-produced and brought to the mass market such a fine Aoshima product that, perhaps, might never have otherwise seen the light of day. I just find it interesting that the credit for such fine engineering seems generally misplaced. Anyway, I am no longer scratching my head trying to figure out how Toynami was able to get the Beta so right.

By the way, I just learned the included stand does not support the Beta by itself....What are folks using to display this giant, back-heavy diecast brick? The FlexiDisplay stands look like they might be too loose to bear the weight....
Thanks!

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It was black whenever Max's 1S was shown in battroid mode.
Really? Man, my eye (or memory) must have unconsciously objected to the color mis-match and color-corrected it...
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Can someone remind me when in DYRL the heatshield was black, and when it was blue? I could have sworn it was blue in the dogfight with Millia...
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Man, Vermillion Squad looks great together in those Macross Chronicle pics.
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Once I have it, I'll try to get some good pictures with all four Yamato originals, Yamato Metallic, Yamato Boomer, and the Aoshima Machine Canon. I'm curious as to the size comparisons myself, so it'll be interesting to see how much is interchangeable. I really wish I had the Atelier Sai set to round out the scale comparisons, though. It's too bad I keep missing out on those.
Damn, I would love to see a comparison between the Yamato and Atelier Sai figures...I've got all 4 of the latter, and have been debating whether or not it's worth picking up the Yamato versions.
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Interesting...looks like Yamato decided to go with their Votoms-type packaging. i.e., thicker corrugated cardboard, but with no flap and window.
Can't wait to get mine from Tokyo Hunter!
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The "renewal" Gyakuten-Oh is basically just another production run of the original. I guess they didn't make as many of those as they did Sankan-Oh (since stores seem to be practically giving Sankan-Oh away), so they're putting it back on the market.
As for the differences; I've attached a picture. The limited edition has metallic flake black paint instead of gloss, a bronze paint color instead of yellow, and most importantly has chromed knees instead of straight yellow plastic. Slightly more blingy

I want the Gyakuten-Oh to go with him, myself, but not for the price more sellers want to sell him for...
Aha, got it. Thanks! The bling is pretty nice.
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Dammit. I sold off my CM's Gyakuten-Oh about a year ago, telling myself I wanted only to collect "serious" robots from "serious anime" like Macross.
Now these pics make me "seriously" want it back, but it seems pretty hard to find these days. Though I do see a "renewal" version listed on HLJ. Anyone have more information on this?
Also, QuinJester, have you seen any comparison pics of the HK-limited Sankan-Oh versus the regular? Both seem equally chrome-y and shiny in the photos I've managed to dig up....
Thanks!

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yeah, the 1J is like the squad leader of the brownies and Hikaru was in the 1D when it was shown. ep. 2
...but in ep. 6 it was shown during hikky's training... like 2 seconds. and it has the stripe outline just like the red stripe on the reg. 1J.
Cool. So the answer to whether the CF 1J is Hikaru-independent or Hikaru-related is Yes and Yes.
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The Cannon Fodder VF-1J was a trainer jet for Hikaru before he got his Vermillion One with the white and red color scheme, in episode 6 or something like that. I thought it was an animation error because all the other brownies in the show were VF-1As.
I am surprised Yamato is going for this version.

I coulda sworn the VF-1J CF seen in the show was just a random one, not Hikaru-associated. I'm about 7,000 miles away from my DVDs right now.
Anyone want to confirm or deny?

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Wow, wow, wow. Not only the first CF 1J ever produced, but also Yamato's first TV-style CF. Great surprise! The probability of other obscure (but still canon) color schemes now much higher.

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I've owned both. Both are the movie sculpt, but feature different paint jobs.
Version 1 was dark, shiny and blue. Colors not terribly accurate, but nice to look at nonetheless. Fans were just glad to finally get a movie-version SDF-1 toy. (Previous, vintage incarnations have all been TV-version SDF-1's IIRC).
Version 2 went a step further and gave the movie sculpt a matte, shaded paint scheme for improved anime-accuracy. Shifted palette away from blue, and more towards a military gray as well.
I sold my Version 1, and replaced with Version 2!
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Ok, someone did a mockup a long time ago of a Millia TV VF-1A, done up like Max and Kakizaki's TV type 1A's. It was also discussed between CYS and I that it might have shown up during the video game battle between Max and Millia, but don't have proof.
Can anyone confirm it? Because I think that would make a really cool scheme that I'd like to see in the 1/60 line. White main body, with red arms and legs.
Yea, I think that scheme did, in fact, show up in the video game scene. Cool! And here I thought there were no more "canon" valk schemes left to identify...
If the version 2.0 1/60s make their way through every scheme that appears in the series and DYRL, then duplicates the non-canon schemes they've already released in 1/48, we'll have a veritable "Baskin Robbins." 31 flavors!
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Oh my....looks like Beagle is definitely a CM's and Megahouse killer. Still waiting for mine to ship....Can anyone comment on whether the CM's or Megahouse ride armors are superior to the Beagle in any respect, no matter how small?
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Hi guys
All of the next wave of valk's are now on early bird preorder at HLJ - all kakazikis (TV and DYRL) and all Max VF-1's. Also early bird for the defender OD
Thanks for the heads up. Hmm, no VF-1D or VF-11B though.
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That's what I used to think, and I resisted mightily until just sheer curiosity got the better of me.
Even when my first v2 showed up on my doorstep, even while I was opening up the shipping box, I was still hanging tenaciously to my mental comparisons of the v1's elegant nose versus the "snub nose" I'd been seeing in online photos of the v2.
When I finally lifted up the outer flap to reveal the valk in the window, I could see that I was wrong. And when I lifted the valk out of the plastic cradle and could see the offending nose in 3D, I could see I was completely wrong. I don't know what it is about the photos, but in person the sculpt is spot on. And the mosquito nose of the v1 really, kinda, sorta is relatively insect-like by comparison.