I always wanted a Yamato Valkyrie but have always been holding out for one due to the 1/48 VF1 reputation on being fragile and when the 1/60 was announced I was still vary because of their past reputation but due to Graham positive hands-on of the new 1/60 valky, I took a chance and ordered one.
I got the figure back in July and voted perfect in this topic cause it was really perfect back then. Solid and sturdy and an amazing piece of engineering. It's one of my favourite toy in my collection. Well, fast forward today and I was reading about all these broken hinge and and upside down spurs or what not and I took my Roy out for inspection (I haven't transformed this for months!!!) and guess what? My left shoulder has the dreaded upside down spur. I then decided to transform it back to plane mode so I can keep it in the box before it starts to fall apart and lucky me, THE SHOULDER HINGE BROKE!!!
Well, not the whole piece, only a small piece of plastic where the metal pin ends. The shoulder is still intact and I can still transform the Valk without it falling off but I guess it's only a matter of time before the whole thing fails. The right arm is currently fine but there is what looks like really fine hairline cracks or maybe it's just the plastic texture I can't tell for now.
So that's it guys, Yamato has been at the valky game for decades and they couldn't even solve one simple QC issue. I really love the VF1S so this has been a really HUGE disappointment for me. This is probably my sixth or seventh times transforming it that's by any standards that's not unreasonable amount of wear and tear on the toy.
Any ways to get a replacement shoulder? I really love this toy and it would really sucks if I have to buy a whole new vf1s just because of an small and easily replaceable part.
