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So far CMS has a good history of QC other than the first ltd GGGG, which was corrected in the mass production version. Its rest of of its brave releases seem to be pretty good as well, with almost zero QC problems. Pretty sturdy plastic was used, similar to that seen in bandai soc products. In regards to the legoiss alpha/beta fighters, i must say im quite impressed as its the first time i have seen panel lines done on their toy products. On a sidenote, wondering if CMS version have missile pods/compartment as compared to the toynami version? Ok just check the alpha battroid pics carefully, yes it does seem to have missile compartment on its thighs/shoulders. What im hoping next will be that CMS does minature yet combinable and transformable cyclone riders Something close to the scale of starwars figures

These magnet 1/144 series valks look real good..hell they even have pilots seating inside of the cockpit. Erm whats with the landing gear, as the valks seem to be slanting to one side

haha you cant blame me for it due to yamato records for not churning a perfect 1st version variant without any QC or design problems. Of cos i would love yamato to prove me wrong on the upcoming 1st version of SV-51, cos it is really a torment to see many other MWers enjoying theirs while i wait for a corrected version to be reissue.

Will still wait for the reissue or 2nd version as a precaution, it never hurts to see wait till the reviews are out cos you are paying a premium price for them.

Some other gokin news that might interest you guys from robot-japan forum 1)SOC Getter robo 3 pc set GX-06 reissue on Jun 2007 ( Hong kong release not Japan) 2) SOC Zambot GX-23 reissue on Jun 2007 3) Maxfactory maxgokin GGGG version 1.5 release this year. (It is an upgraded version of "MAX Goukin Genesic Gaogaigar" released almost two years ago) 1) Maxfactory maxgokin Big O... release next year 2) SOC Raideen GX-38 is year (Confirm) 3) SOC Daltanius GX-39 is year ( Not Confirm ) 4) SOC Daimos GX-40 is year ( Not Confirm) ( to complete the Robot Romance Trilogy ...Combattler V, Voltes V and Daimos)

I will happily give you an Oreo....anything is better than that of toynami's. Reallyglad that CMS has decided to do the alpha/beta fighters, hopefully they would do the cyclone riders as well Being putting off buying the vintage legoiss fighters cos hoping that yamato or others might do one. On yes, graham has yamato indiciated any possibility of a VF-0S reissue with the fixes and maybe with a ghost booster together as a giftset. As for the SV-51, thats really good news that yamato has decided to release it with all the overwing boosters, would there be a nora version as well with all the yellow markings tampoed on?

Or a mix? Blue/white on the top and Orange/white below ..recall seeing a 1/72 YF-19 customized Super Nova sometime back in one of blackaces wonderfestival photoshoots Cheers

Lets not too carried away with the yamato bashing thingy ...like what graham said if you feel uncomfortable with purchasing a toy with defects, you can refrain from getting it till a corrected and improved version come along...like what im doing now. Afterall despite the lousy QC, some design errors, yamato have since from the beginning produce beautiful, transforming toys for the macross line. Even though they have been 6 years in the business, they would never of bandai's equal in terms of QC, design and plastics used.

Fully agree, i couldnt care less for the fold booster and yang figure as im only interested in the Fps. anyone interested to take the fold booster off mine?

Cool! Please dig as much info as possible in rgds to the SV-51. Do help us confirm about the improvements that are going to be incorporated in the upcoming releases for YF-19 and VF-0A. Plenty of pictures please!

Great news graham, a relieve for me in the sense that i have being holding for a fix by that of yamato. In addition, graham, could you suggest to yamato to also replace the grey plastic of the fuselage hinge with that of pom plastic too as it it seems some members have either experienced stress marks or broken pieces on their YF-19. Tks Cheers

Lovely work erick, love the kite shield with wordings on it. It does really make the Yf-19 stand out alot more despite his lack of panel markings.

Tks graham for the large scan, agree that short nose looks horrid. The SV-51 looks great except for the intakes part, which seems to be pivoting downwards instead of inline with the fuselage, it would look alot better if it was in line with the fuselage with some form of locking mechanism. Graham: As for the mid point hinges on the wings,is there any to find out from yamato, are they held together by plastic tabs or reinforced with a metal rod? Tks

Tks for the info gobotfool, think i will apply some lighter fluid on that area before making any attempt to remove it. Seriously, im getting disappointed with the use of such cheapo techniques to protect the toy, if bandai can use plastic bags, why yamato cant do the same especially for such a high end product. Much less can be said to the quality of parts used and assembly work done

Gobotfool/WolfX: What is this sticker thingy that is being pasted on circles of the verniers? do please provide some pics as i wish to avoid this issue when i get my YF-19. Tks Just a thought, seems that many of the breakages lies in the plastic and maybe the size of screws used for VF-0A/S and YF-19, maybe smaller screws and tougher plastics would sort of rectify the problem. Do find that the screws used are a tad bit large, leaving little for the plastic surrounding it during transformation.

Sorry to hear abt that. This breaking of parts, stress marks seems to be a growing trend with the recent releases, VF-0S/A, YF-19. Wonders if its the cheapo plastic being used, over tightening of screws or other reasons like misalignment/size of internal parts? Havent got any of the abovementioned due to the problems, hope these problems will be resolved in the future reissues/releases

Im for it too..a remake of the VF-1 in 1/60 especially for VF-1S with the squash peasize S head

Yesh thats word from the main man himself. Hopefully it would be mospeda being done although i kinda of doubt it. Back to SV-51, Graham, any news on wether yamato is going to do the booster packs for the SV-51?

Remember that a super nova custom scheme was featured in wonderfestival for the YF-19 in fighter mode, in which the top area was blue/white and bottom area was white/orange. Low vis qould be kinda of cool but plain, a better alternative would be digital camo or egnima

For the SV-51 Ivanov ver, would prefer it not be totally black, best if its base is black with some shades of charcoal grey, something which was similar to VF-0A, Grey/Medium Grey. Hopefully if yamato were to do the Nora ver, they would at least tempo print the yellow markings on it.

Cool news, just as i suspected the SV-51 will be done before the YF-21 or VF-11B. Defintely will be getting the ivanov and nora vers. Will wait and see how things go, cos it would involved alot of intricate and delicate transformation parts. The 1/60 super nova YF-19 sounds good, would defintely get both the Blue/White and Orange/White if it was done, please do tempo printing for the sponsor markings on the wings and shoulders instead of providing stickers for them. As for the low vis YF-19, most probably its a black/grey ver or a digital camo ver. Tentatively we could be seeing 4 to 5 different variants of the YF-19. As for the 2 seaters VE-1, VT-1 SO and VF-1D, my guess they would be done in 1/60 but with perfect transformation and better details/poseability/accuracy to the linear art. There is even a possibility that yamato might redo selected series of the VF-1S/J/A namely the squadron leaders. As for the 80s anime, my best guess is mospeda, bring them on yamato, the alpha/beta fighters!

Graham, the soon to be hot celebrity of Youtube..waiting for your next demo of video of watever new that is going to be released.

*Curses%$&! The suffering we must endure Hopefully it would something significant and symbollic of macross..*cough*..*hic*..SDF-1..*cough* Cheers

Questions to ask: 1) Rectification of crooked gunpod and Right rear landing gear (unable to rotate out fully) 2) 1/60 Super Nova YF-19 (Both Blue and Orange ver) 3) Provision of some locking mechanism for the chest piece on the YF-19 4) Rectification of loose/fragile plastic shoulder problems of the VF-0A/S 5) 1/60 VF-0S Anime colors, base color in greyish white instead of beige 6) 1/60 VF-0D 7) 1/60 SV-51 (Cannon Folder, Ivanov and Nora versions) 1/60 VF-17D/S 9) 1/60 VF-19 D/S 10) 1/60 VF-4G 11) 1/60 VF-22S 12) 1/60 YF-21 13) 1/60 VF-11B/C

Looks yummy, tks for the pics graham. Looks like will be getting some of these as a decor for my office desk...