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To be precise, a certain company's toy line should be compared to another company's toy line, not models. Take for e.g. bandai SOC or 1/55 macross line, the same ABS plastics are actually alot more firmer and stronger than what was offered by bandai. Never really hear a soc or 1/55 VF-1 broke

Got yamatoed, so much so i would like to make tomato paste of those idiots

Im still not really convinced that the the neck/fuselage hinge part has been rectified and replaced with one that has a stronger materials and correct "hole" size to accomodate the hinge. Really need confirmation and pictures on that area, but other than that im quite happy with the fixes done namely: 1) Crooked gunpod fixed 2) Rear left landing gear inability to extend fully fixed 3) Gap at the fuselage area minimised Ohter problems which are not confirmed or are still existent are: 1) Loose shoulder flaps? 2) Reinforced neck hinge? Lastly, what im really displeased abt are those idiot trigger happy yamato factory workers, who enjoy applying excess glues on watsoever areas which pleases them.

Really feel for you man! Those idiots at yamato, i really wonder what are they doing, allowing such shoddy stuff to pass QC inspections.

What does it say on the left hand side of the image (something abt transformation or joints) posted by graham? anyone care to translate?

Thats sucks man! really feel for you odr78 having paid a substantial amount to get the replacement "POM" parts for the VF-0S but the end result is still the same. These defintely dun feel like pom even for the VF-0A shin, more like they are just regular ABS or maybe worse, inferior quality ABS, which i dun doubt so especially when cost cutting measures are being employed in the toy industries nowadays. On a side note: perhaps this should come with a warning like: 1) Transform at your own risk!! 2) Do no attempt 3 or more transformations!!

nah no, please no automorph feature in the SV-51, that would increase the risk of future QC problems given yamato's bad history.

I feel that graham has not deliberately withheld information from us in regards to the VF-0A Shin, maybe he has been preoccupied with family/work commitments lately. Even if he did, the truth will be sooner be out due to shoulders breakage as a result of wrong materials usage and stress factors, which does not warrant him to hide this important information from us On the contrary, i rather believe its the guys at yamato or hlj that foul up, knowing that they can't even handle a simple request or question. If thats the case, i must say im very disappointed and disgusted at their lack of professionalism, especially when this is a 3rd release.

Im cool about it as i always trust and appreciate graham for the good work he has put in. Its the people at yamato and hlj that i dun trust.

Hearing this, i feel glad and yet at the same time angry. Looks like would have to order some arms just in case as a precaution even though when my VF-0A Shin is suppose to have the so called "pom" shoulders

Tks OE for the confirmation! Now that really su@ks big time! Firstly, the 1/60 VF-0A Shin does not come with pom shoulders as informed. Secondly, we would have to buy the "new" pom shoulders from hlj if ours were to break. Thats really great! now comes to big question, since the shoulders for the VF-0A Shin, Vf-0S and VF-0A CF are made of ABS, why is there such a drastic difference in the quality of parts? My guess is that sub standard ABS were used for the shoulders of VF-0A CF and VF-0S, while the Vf-0A Shin has the regular ABS. We have to be the one to bear the cost of their "mistakes". This really like a kick in the nuts! This makes me even doubt wether the YF-19 does possess pom parts as claimed or maybe just ABS.

I was thinking about that too, either are they simply lazy to list down the parts composition or maybe the parts aren't also made of pom? One thing for sure, is either hlj or someone is being given false information? We do really need graham to come forward and clear things up

think i just paste whats being describe on the yamato website on the materials used in the construction of the 1/60 VF-0A Shin With ghost booster. As it can be seen, there is no mentioned of POM plastic being used in the manufacture of the shoulders

Hi Erick, would you be doing a combo set for the 1/60 VF-0A Shin with Ghost Booster or the upcoming YF-19 with Fps and Fold Booster? tks

Hi Wmcheng, Glad to hear that it helped. The tips that i highlighted doesnt really entirely resolved the droopy syndrome of the fuselage area (bad design), but sort of just improves the looks by minimising the gaps, and reducing the dropping of the fuselage by 50%. It still does droop abit if you were to lift it up, its no where as near as the firmness and sturdiness seen in that of the 1/48 VF-1. Agree with your points, the VF-0 in my opnion, is defintely a beauty for display but not for playing.

This is really getting annoying! why the contradictory in the information released, one says the VF-0A shin has pom replacements for its shoulders and other other say it doesnt, just regular ABS. If its the latter, this does to show that yamato has previously used inferior quality plastic for the VF-0A CF and VF-0S shoudlers, then rectify the problem with the regular ABS treatment. I dun understand why is there such a great difference in the customer service and quality of design/parts used as compared to other companies like takara, bandai or even the newer companies like CMS, especially when we are paying a premium price for macross stuff. It really seems that yamato nowadays is going the direction of t*yn@mi.

Did loosen mine both biceps and shoulders area as a precaution. But before doing that, did now observe any stress marks as shown by Mowe..crosses fingers. Mowe, think you should not have to worry too much about it as the stress marks are probably cause by over tightening of screws by over enthusiatic yamato workers or mishandling by them. Remember the mp starscream by takara did have stress marks here and there but so far no cracks or broken pieces. If the shoulders start to crack, then maybe yamato should give us a proper answer

Really hope that yamato would consider changing the color of the VF-0S to greyish/white instead of beige white as its fits the scheme more, and to also include the fixes that were incorporated in the VF-0A Shin version.

Chrome plated would be nice for the gunpod of the VF-11B, with a press, the bayonet flicks out. Oh wait that would be asking for problem, maybe just a simple push/slide gimmick would do I would love for yamato to slow down after the release of the SV-51 Nora, maybe a Super Nova Yf-19 or Raven scheme, and use this time to concentrate on their designs and fixing the problems before releasing it for mass production for possible future releases e.g. YF-21, VF-11B etc. It seems from the short span of time between the SV-51 Nora and SV-51 Ivanov releases, yamato seems pretty confident that the SV-51 would have no or minimal problems. Crosses fingers lets hope they are right

The updates provided by graham are of course wonderful news, but what im puzzled is why hasn't yamato provided any updates on the neck hinge problem since there has been quite a number of breakages or stress areas. Shouldnt this part be at least change to pom or diecast as its any area which undergo alot of stress and movement during transformation?

Hi Wmcheng, Nopes, i did not take pics of the problem areas, but i could show some illustration with the help of swoosh pictures here to highlight how to solve the fuselage drooping problem, Tks swoosh! As for the legs..cant doo much about that area, unless one is willing to thicken the horizontal tab with pla plates, to get a nice and tight fit with the backpack. As for the landing gears, i use the end tip of a paint brush to dig the gears out or you could use a paper clip as they are quite tough to take out...also minimal risk of paint chip when using a blunt object

Yups the legs do not lock securely to the backpack when in fighter mode, as the holes on the backpack for insertion of the horizontal tabs locking mechanism are slightly bigger. Arms on the other hand lock quite tightly together to the legs with the user of circular tabs. As for the fuselage area, did some experimenting. Notice by forcing the chest halves to close to the minimal, the fuselage/cockpit is able to lock securely without drooping down. But the new subsitute parts for mounting the micro missile pods on the chest area sort of deters the proper closing of the chest halves thus the fuselage drooping syndrome. The original ones dun have this problem as they are slightly shorter.

Hi guys, Did noticed something, was observing that the replacement parts for mounting the micro missile pods on the top of the fighter seems abit longer than usual thus causing the two halves of the chest area not to close fully, thus leaving a gap. Didnt have this issue with the original parts where in fighter mode the two halves of the chest close fully, leaving no gap. I had to force the two halves of the chest section to close fully, thus making the replacement part budge out abit. Wonder if this is an isolated incident

Graham, Just a query, is hlj is the only authorized distributor for the replacement parts? is there a possibility that we could order from yamato directly? Would yamato reissue the VF-0S and VF-0A (CF) in the near future with the improved parts? On a side note, could you hint to yamato to change the base color of the VF-0S from beige white to greyish white instead, and maybe package it as a giftset with the ghost booster aka anime accurate version?

From the boxart of the hasegawa, nopes the anti glare of the VF-0A with ghost booster isnt painted..so no QC problem on this one. My only gripes is that the base color of grey should be closer to that of the secondary grey. Other than that, its a beautiful specimen to own..adding to that the lightning stripes on pilot's helmet is more detailed and nicer