QuinJester
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(Is it my imagination, or did this thread get moved?
)It did. Even though it's a Macross mech in fine standing, because it has the dreaded Toynami and Robotech names on the label it got shuffled off to the pit of shame
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Phororhacos is even older...
Yes, but I don't think the ancient scandanavians knew about raptor-ostriches back when they made up the story
Back on Topic: the toy looks pretty nice - I think I'll have to pop one into my BBTS pole of loot. For $25 it's hard to go wrong.
Would it be too much to ask for a Glaug/Officer pod?
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speaking of regults, do you guys think they were inspired but the AT-ST (seen briefly in empire strikes back) or was there some earlier version of a two-legged, chicken walkin' mecha that Lucas might have even got ideas from?
Well, the tale of Baba Yaga is awfully old
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The Hi-Metal VF-19 borrows a lot from the Yamato YF-19.
Try again.
And it borrows its disconnecting shoulders from the V2 VF-1, AMIRITE? Hey, guys, am I doing the company bashing right? Ohoho! guys? guys?*
... seriously, if people could get over the "Company X vs. Company Y" wang-slinging it would be fantastic. Yamato makes a sub-par 1/72 YF-19. They improve and make a decent 1/60 YF-19. Bandai makes improvements to their design with the Hi Metal VF-19. Yamato announces a 1/60 VF-19 that will no doubt have further improvements. It all sounds like a pretty nice arrangement to me.
I might pick up a VF-1 just for scale purposes, but I'm more interested in the 21 and potentially a YF-19 (my personal favorite valk) - one thing's for certain, the Hi-Metal valks are being released MUCH more frequently than their 1/60 brothers, which means at the very least we shouldn't have to wait as long for "Fantasylust Valkyrie X" to finally get a toy release.
*My V2 VF-1A is fine, thanks. So is my HiMet VF-19.
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Pictorial review of the figure.
http://hima-toy.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/201...n_vf-27r-v.html
Looks fantastic, extremely articulated and not a pain to transform. Don't have one in my arms yet, but it could be the new best macross fighter toy...
The review mentions that the crotch lock is the same general design as the VF-25, but then says "but" and follows with something incomprehensible to babelfish.
Can anyone read that (or provide firsthand experience - Graham?) and say whether there has been any significant change to the crotch lock so it doesn't just function on friction?
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Anyone have one of these?
http://www.hlj.com/product/YMT34554
It is the one I've really wanted and I was surprised to see it's still available. Just wondering about how good/bad the Yamato Scopedogs are.
The Yamato Dogs are big but extremely dull looking. Fortunately they're also really, REALLY easy to take apart to paint, which I'd highly recommend doing. If you've ever seen one of Takara's DMZ Scopedogs (gorgeous) you'll never be able to look at a Yamato dog on your shelf without being blinded by the dull bare plastic and broad swaths of blank plastic.
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All the joints on mine are nice and tight, including the wings which are super-stiff. The articulation on Alto himself is incredible - he loses a fair amount in the armored mode, but he still manages to be decently enjoyable.
I dig it!
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I'm still hesitant. I saw a youtube video of the partsforming and it sort of scared me off. It seemed like more of a lego kit than any kind of figure. The joints looked real loose too. It might have been the way the guy cut the video though to put it in a negative light, but I wasn't prepared for what I saw.
Was it a video for the Hi-Metal VF-19 or the VF100 VF-25? They're two VERY different beasts.
There's nothing on the VF-19 that could be called loose, and there's literally just one or two pieces here and there that actually come off, vs. the VF100 Messiah valks that, as you say, are more like a lego set.
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at the robot face staring out of the back of the valk. For those who are curious, the head will turn around and the robot mode head will integrate into the body of the valk (AKA: the valk wont actually look like that normally) - back-eyes are purely optional -
Hopefully Yamato wont treat this like the VF-11C or VF-22 molds and just redesigns this from the ground-up. There's way too many differences between the VF-19 and the YF-19, and the base frame has some major issues that I'd rather not see carried over.
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Is this all Yamato had at Wonderfest?
Not quite ...
(also in Scoopda thread)
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<img src="http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j50/HellequinJester/M7-Fire-Yamato.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
Bomba?
<a href="http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/iam-cybergundam/article?mid=41210" target="_blank">http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/iam-cybergundam/article?mid=41210</a>
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Since the VF's in this line do not transform, I'd guess the Monster will not either.
Hopefully I'm wrong though
They've shown design documents that say it will.
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From what I've read, the biggest factor is actually what you say not what you do. You can either pick "need to be ready" (or whatever) or "we go now". Note that saying to "go now" doesn't instantly take you there, you can still actually go other places with the galaxy map. You still don't want to do more than 1 or 2 missions, but saying to wait guarantees at least 1 death even if you "change your mind" and head straight there 30 secs later.
I said "we need to wait" because I wanted to make sure I saved, just in case the game spirited me away instantly, and I didn't lose anyone.
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tali as the hacker does not work
She worked for me. Zero fatalities with Tali as the hacker and Garrus being fireteam and support.
It might have to do with how much you have the various characters skilled up, too.
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This thread needs more pictures.
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There's a VF-27 & VF-25F Tornado preview fm GA Graphix?
Look at the long beautiful front landing gear of VF-27
I just wish they'd provide a shot of the underside of the '27.
I want to see if it looks like there's a different crotch lock mechanism. I'm not ordering the Lucifer until I can confirm that little detail.
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I had a feeling my post was unclear. Supposedly in the add-on pack, you will get the open shoulders, with the built-in speakers showing, in addition to the Sound Boosters (and the fist/fists). There were photos of all of this earlier in the thread (or perhaps in the dedicated HI-METAL thread... come to think of it, why is this thread still around, anyway? We should be talking about this over there). The Sound Boosters themselves are independent of the Valkyrie, yes, but the built-in speakers are, by definition, not.
Thus, parts removal and replacement will be required, and that would mean separating the shoulder assembly by the pronged piece.
Maybe I'm missing something then...
It looks like it has the exact same shoulders?
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Also, this may become more of an issue when the Sound Boosters come out, because I imagine this will be a piece you need to remove to replace with the "open"speaker shoulders.
The speaker pods are completely independent of the shoulders. Is there any particular reason why people have issues or worries with this piece couldn't just glue it in place if need be? Is there any actual reason to rip the shoulder off?
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The VF-27 looks REALLY nice, and it seems to have a fair number of improvements to coincide with the criticisms of the 25, such as a swing down locking arm for the gun and removable pilots.
Now if only they had a confirmation that the crotch locking system was completely different, I'd preorder one right now.
Tornado pack included for completeness' sake.
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No, you remove the part in fighter/ gerwalk mode.
Maybe we aren\'t talking about the same part?
I thought we were referring to the head fin that sticks up in gerwalk mode:
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Anyone found a source to buy the toys outside of mainland china, yet?
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The central fin part is more than a fin... it's like a helm. I don't think it would fit into the compartment...
But it goes in there when in Gerwalk mode, does it not?
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Can't recall.... but in the Macross 7 series, wasn't the gun stored in the leg? Also, as someone else pointed out... I don't recall this particular valk ever using landing gear either. Maybe someone who has seen the series more recently can verify it. Finally, does anyone know how the gun stored on the regular vf-19's in fighter mode?
Nah, the gun should be mounted in the same place on the VF-19 as it would be on the YF-19, VF-1, VF-0, etc...
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Justice is served.
Got mine in my BBTS pile of loot now - don't know how long it'll have to stay there until I can clear some shelf space, though