Javabean

Juz tranformed my VF-22S Gamrin to battroid & back to fighter mode. Both legs got problem sitting flushed into the body or fuselage. Getting pretty annoyed with this. Wonder I miss any steps?

Wow! Peaugh is my fav reviewer on Youtube for Tranny toys. He's the reason why i bought my HA Bumblebee figure!

I agree with Bluemax that if there are no announcement of new products (by Yamato or Bandai) for 2010, most of us wl still talking abt currrent products. THe repeats of the shoulder hinge prblm gave rises to more discussion on it.

IMO, there is no need for v3....all Yamato hv to do is to permanently fix shoulder prblm (smooth pins, metal shoulder hinge, whatever). Then we wl hv a real perfect transformation VF-1!

We got so many VF-1 releases that we hardly hv times to transform all of them frequently. Some of my valks are either staying in fighter or battroid mode, like most of you do.

VF-171 might be out of question as Bandai still holding on Frontier licence. I say M7 release such as VF-17 hv higher chances, since after we seen Gamrin, M&M VF-22s releases.

My guess one of them will be VF-17.

[*]Yamato will look into changing the shoulder hinge design when they get back to Japan. I’ve told them the plastic needs to be thicker. They will look into it. I will follow up with them about this in a few weeks.

Graham

Great feedback, Graham, appreciate yr hard work!

If in future Yamata does change the shoulder hinge, perhaps to a thicker one as you suggested, hopefully it can just fit into our existing VF-1. We don't want to buy everything all over again.

I wonder if there are actually 3 types of pins then.. early heavy knurling, completely smooth, and later light knurling..

i believe light knurling is the latest, see my post under GBP-1 where I posted a picture of the pins I removed fm my 1J. It does show much lesser knurling than the 1s Focker.

Wanted to download it tonite, but anyway here is quick glance. Now back to work!

That said, it will probably be along the lines of the 1/2000 Macross: Limited and expensive as hell.

Another few grands of model kits fm Yamato, i imagine.

Thought the next destroid on the line is Phalanx yet we don't see much news/pics abt it?

Juz got mine yesty too. The pins are with knurl edge. I even remove them off to confirm .

Only my 1S Focker & 1A Hikaru hv the hinge prblms. 1S/1J Hikaru & 1D are still holding up well.

I previously spoken to that shop you mentioned & understand they will bring in only M&M 22S (after Max is released) as they thought that GBP-1 will not be out that soon, until I told them tdy that its already released. So I doubt all 3 items can arrive on time tomorrow?

Oh yes...half a grand will be gone this week if it did arrive ...

Just called the toy shop whom i ordered from and paid deposit, such frustrating answer..

They will only ship in when all orders are consolidated, and there is no dates yet, They will only ship in earliest is Jan ( first 2 weeks), latest with no dates... i am so mad with their business handling... and i have to called everywhere to get someone to answer my question.

it taught me a lesson, never pay for preorders, and never order from local shops...

Well they hv to consolidate to ship everything together inorder to save shpg costs, as all the coming release dates like the M&M VF-22S & GBP-1 are so close apart each other.

Wah....love that blue very much!

Dear all, Merry Christmas & a Peaceful New Year ahead!

I do suggest to close off this thread as the current 1/60 DX thread is good enough to discuss it until actual product is out then.

The final product does look much darker than earlier pics. Seem to tempt me a bit!

That's damn nice! Can imagine how the green version wud like as well!

Well... Starscream really no match for Valkyrie!

1) Gunpod straps

2) Side body covers.

Well, work both ways I guess, I mean, if the workers started work after a long holiday break, I'm pretty sure that they will be dragging their feet to work for a little while before finding their momentum again... that affects quality as well....

That is juz as bad too! I understand some companies are given as much as 1 month break.

Lets hope there is a initial first batch out first.

So why did the VF-11C get pushed back to february and not the M&M VF-22's ?

Perhaps M&M 22s are easier to produce as they are just straight repaints fm previous Gamrin release. The 11C hv new gunpod design & fastpacks.

We were juz talking about 11C being pushed for Feb....that means production to be completed latest by end Jan, before the Lunar New YEar ahead. I'm quite concerned as most factory workers may be in holiday mood during that time & rushing to finish production as fast possible. Will it affect quality level then??

I think the holidays should be about 1 week or so.

Unless they manufacture it by end Jan, else I seriously don't think we can see the release by the end of Feb.

That's right. According to my Chinese colleague, the Lunar New Year holiday at China wl last about 8 days fm 13/2 to 20/2. So can imagine any production muz be completed by Jan latest or miss it for Mar release