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have the same problem on the left side (same side). i think the little fin or tab on the circular part of the metal swivel for the arms (you can see it from underneath if you open the little plastic cover near the intakes under the wing) should slot into the inside hollow of the wing to make it flush. for some reason it stays in for the right wing but keeps popping out on on the left. i've forgotten all about this for a couple of mos. now... but now i've been reminded of it, its annoying me again...

that's what people are saying the skinny legs and foldable fin is for... but no "official" news yet of new GBP armor, but i think it's fair to say that it will eventually come out. everyone, including myself, is just hoping that it will be soon... esp. coz the 1J will be coming out real soon...

nice! even w/ the black heatshield. good thing i'm patient coz i don't have the nerve to mod like what you did...

me too. seems bandai has perfected the art of making models, why not concentrate on the toys? they are more expensive anyways...

yep, i'm already planning to start watching SDFM all over again... i'm very sad that MacF is coming to an end and the possibility of having to wait for years again for a new macross show... just remembering the feeling i had when i first watched ep1 deculture ed. last january makes me even more sad...

watched all M7 just a couple of months ago after avoiding it like the plague for almost 2 years, just sitting in my HD all that time... since i wasn't really expecting much coz of all the flak it has gotten, i can honestly say that it was ok... compared to kiddie-fied cartoon shows, that is. granted it is my least fave macross show, it was still macross coz of the mechs, the pseudo love triangle/triangles and familiar characters like max & milia. of course the music, some of it i liked but just too much repetition, it even made me remember what i was like in the nineties always having my guitar w/ me. i liked gamlin even if he was kinda "slow"... but what i just couldn't get is how the writers could have conceived a main character as extreme, abrasive, one-dimentional (always resorting to singing) and obnoxious as basara. granted he would show some vulnerability from time to time, it's just overshadowed by his obnoxiousness. i wish he could have somehow ended up with sivil w/ whom he showed the most vulnerability to, and just forgot about gigil (i couldn't stand his singing at all, had to fast forward!). and he just showed up in front of a mountain w/ his guitar out of nowhere? and i don't believe the rumors about where he came from, especially the rumor that he's minmay's and hikaru's love child (preposterous!) Dynamite was better for me. better animation. But it could have done without the IMHO. But, like many (even my wife), i too was hoping for a resolution to the love-triangle. BTW, what the hell is wrong w/ basara, every girl he encounters just falls for him, even mylene's sis (emiria, i think) and he just blows them off... anyways, all in all it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be, it just didn't excite me as much as SDFM/DYRL, Mac+ and the first few eps of MacF w/c had similarities to SDFM. 2¢.

it's like a stopper for the wings when you swing it inward/outward so the left and right wings will match angles (hope that wasn't confusing...)

wasn't there a part in m+ where the planes were cockpit to cockpit?

yeah, was wondering why they didn't do this for the new vf-1's, would make life easier for people obsessive about the wings' symmetry...

can't wait to see those "photos"....

finally got around to loosening the shoulder screws on my 1S. piece of cake, nothing to it. now my blood pressure doesn't rise whenever i change its pose. thanks to SDK for doing it first...

if you're still in manila, try looking for the gnu at greattoys goldcrest makati , i got mine for 1,100P. if they're out, there's a store near them that sells it for 1200P.

nice pics! 1A looks mighty fine. (one of the pics of the 21 looks like it's taking a dump, LOL )

i think its been mentioned already, but IMO if it could at least transform to gerwalk that would really seal the deal.

+1

LOL!

looks like 20th anniv. w/ battle damage. didn't realize the classics jetfire is near the size of the 1/60 in plane mode...

not a movie but i used to love watching this 80's time travel TV show - Quantum Leap.

could be... so far all the pics i've seen were right shoulders. i also noticed that the part where the intakes/thighs latch onto in fighter/gerwalk are metal on the new 1/60 whereas on the 1/48 it's plastic. personally, i would've preferred they kept it plastic coz its a friction part and it'll be annoying when the paint starts chipping coz this part is visible in fighter/gerwalk modes, unlike the other metal parts w/c are hidden in all 3 modes... 2¢

if this is the case for everybody, then essentially Yamato used the same part for both the left and right shoulders. hmmm.

I just noticed on my v2 1S that the shoulder hinge pin is upside-down on the left shoulder (thick part w/ teeth on top).

you can use the "U" attachment and slot the gunpod into it, no need to remove the head.

nice! ... but when i saw the underside thumbnail i said " where are the arms?" ... looking closer... are the arms supposed to be recessed that far in?

nice! more pics. ....wish i had even little talent to build one... my only talent is to wait for someone to come out with a VF-4 toy...

thanks for that link, really nice vf-4... if someone was able to do that in '06, bandai should have no excuses making the vf-4 by next year. ... but that's some funky transformation... arms and legs near the middle of the wings???