Swoosh

Wow, she looks great! The plan is to keep her in fighter, and Ivanov in Battroid i think.

And Swoosh: Pics of the 2 of them Vs Shin and Roy in their Zeroes....PLEASE???!!!

Can do with Shin but I don't have Roy's Zero....

Damn Swoosh, those are some fine pics. This is a beautiful toy. I've made my decision, if I ever buy a 51, it'll be Nora's. For the past few years I've liked Ivanov's more, but that schanged now. What a beautiful mecha. Swoosh, is this easier to transform than the 1/60 YF-19 and 1/48 VF-1?

I like how the majority of the details are tampo printed too.

SV-51 is the most difficult one to transform among them... and very scary.

Hey Swoosh once again very nice pictures. I thought the Nora scheme was kinda ugly, but now I like it.

It also seems Yamato did the accurate color corrections that weren't on the first prototypes. Good job Yamato. Graham also mentioned the wing issue was fixed also. Very nice.

However Swoosh how's the hips on the Nora scheme? I would like to know whether they are as loose as the Ivanov or much tighter?

The hip is a bit tighter than Ivanov.

Overall, Nora is more sturdy than Ivanov, if you are already happy with Ivanov, I am sure you won't have complaint with Nora, especially the missile attachment are ROCK solid, it didn't comes off during full transformation from fighter to Battriod and vice versa!!!

Please note that my camera makes it looks more red that than actual thing.

Nora and Ivanov

Strike a pose!!!

Say Cheese!!!

Some quick snap for GERWALK and battriod...

to be continued tommorow....

I will take as many pic as I can before I go to play basketball

Just picked one up...

Please check if Yamato will change the face and hands color of the upcoming Nora's SV.... the recent official pic are still in magenta.....thank you.

I have a feeling that those Gundam can somehow operate without the pilot... as I remember someone in the Celestial Being said they wanted to understand more about those Gundam.

Tiera is so androgynous it makes me cringe in the ED sequence holding a handbag.

It is quite common in Japan and HK... some sort of tote bag...

I like CG in Yukikaze, much better than M0 IMO...

Well, figter mode is still OK, but I just don't like CG battroid....

Excellent pics, swoosh! (Originally saw them over at toyskingdom.)

May I use some of those in my reference lists? (see siggy - I also PM'd you)

Great job on the eyes....the rest of the fig doesn't look too too bad, but is it one of those deals - "the closer you look" - is when you start to see more QC issues?

Never posted anything in toyskingdom or may be you mean toysdaily? My name is GRAW there.

Regarding QC, I don't think there are any issue except the head, mostly the eyes. Overall is pretty good.

Excellent pics Swoosh, how much did you pay? Do you think the figure's joints will loosen quickly over time?

HKD120, sure the joints will be loosen over time, but this apply to any model/toys....

At least they are very tight at the moment and it is not expensive, just prepare to do some touch up since the face are horrible out of the box, I can't even see the eyes if I have not painted them myself....

I really like the display stand, very solid and can have thousands of configuration.

Display stand that only will comes with the first edition

Eyes are repainted:

The first appearance in the show!!!

After seeing the first epd, I got my HCMpro Gundam Exia

QC is real BAD (mostly the face), so I give up to search for a good one and just do some touch up paint job myself

but other than the face paintswork, there is nothing to complaint, joints are tight, and very poseable.

Packing:

sure you are not the only one...

I don't have the original one, and I still cannot make up my mind... they both look "OK".

I've bought the last set from Dyno about 2 wks ago...

I still don't understand why they can't make color-molded heatshields with a U-shaped groove on the top like the 1/60 heatshields. That would look SO MUCH better IMO. I don't like the glossy plastic they use to make them. Why couldn't they just use the plastic that the Valks are molded in?

hm... IIRC it is because they put the skull or any other emblem to the inside of the heat shield, that can prevent scracthing of it... so they have to use clear plastic....

With FAST pack

My first post in this thread!!