Chronocidal

Hah, I don't know if I'll get that adventurous with it. So far the only non-reversible change I've made is to repaint a Hikaru figure as Roy, and that's only because I don't need the extra figures for both of my VT-1s. I haven't looked at the shape of the fuselage to make sure it works, but I think it should work to just snap the 1A head on a 1S and put stickers over the arrows, so I might do that, but I'm not going to be scraping off numbers and replacing them with decals any time soon. I'm still hopeful we'll get an actual release, but even if we only get a Max 1S, I'll probably call the squad good.

You make a good point.. I've got enough assorted copies of each of the releases so far to cobble together a Hikaru 1A between his 1S and a spare Kakizaki (the cockpit donor for my Roy DYRL kitbash). They even gave us the decals to fix the tails. Really though, spare military numbering and lettering decals should be easy to come by, and it would probably be fairly trivial to actually fix all of the numbers as well, so long as you have the rest of the painted red parts from Hikaru's plane.

I don't even care about the tampo, I prefer the TV version in general.. just give us both heads, both pilots, and a swappable cockpit console.

Considering the VF-11s were fair shelf-warmers even before exports were a thing, I think they're perfectly justified in not expecting to get much of a return on the investment. The VF-11 is simple enough, I'd be happy to just be able to buy a kit like they made for the VF-1.

I'm hoping the fact that they're packing them in for once means they'll introduce a new packaging layout that leaves room for them going forward. Otherwise, I kind of would have loved to see them paint the DX missiles to the same level as the HMRs. I'm not entirely sure I really want them with the red fin sections, but they would at least add something more than the black stripe.

I know it's probably blasphemy of some sort, but I'm kind of okay if they never release that one. Would much rather have the brownie, since it's just more interesting. I think once they do that one (please do the DYRL/TV double like the HMR Bandai), a DYRL Max (A or S, I'll take either) and the M&Ms, I'll be pretty well done.

I think that was the motivation for the VT-1 release at least, but whether that will lead to a VE-1, or any other DYRL release, is really a crapshoot.

Maybe a silly question.. I know the TV releases all show dual ship markings for both the SDF-1 and Prometheus, which.. ok, that kind of makes sense, it's a combo ship. But the thought occurred to me when dressing up my DYRL Roy hackjob in strike packs.. did they just never actually name the ARMDs? Because... that's what the tails should say for the DYRL versions. I also wish they'd painted them all with the TV style ship markings on the underside of the chest, rather than on the thighs, but I figure the thigh markings are going to be the first tampo marks I wind up rubbing off, since I tend to hold the valks right on that spot. And maybe this is just a better question for a series/movie lore discussion. I'm currently just wishing I could get a DYRL Max of any type so I could get the squad together, even if they're not all from the same scene. Just seems really funny to me that the ARMDs don't seem to actually be named vessels, having nothing but what amounts to a registry designation. Imagine if a carrier was just named "CVN-95" or something.

They certainly were an easy way to make copies of things, though at this point most of us carry around digital libraries in our pockets that make them pretty archaic.

I definitely have the sloppy laser issue on both of my copies (one bent that I heated to try and fix, the other straight). Honestly, my quick and dirty fix for things that small usually comes down to slipping a layer or two of scotch tape into the rotation mechanism. I would just apply a small strip to the underside of the laser so it wraps around to fall into both sides of the crevice where the nubs snap into it, and repeat with more layers until it stays how I want it. The other option I experimented with was to just cut a new antenna from yellow styrene, and sand it to a different shape so that it snapped in firmly, but met the upper fuselage with a flat surface instead of a rounded one, so it just doesn't rotate at all. Note, I've never really examined the long term effects that scotch tape glue might have on plastic, but I've only ever done this in places that really aren't visible without disassembly. I used the same method to tighten up the individual head lasers on my DX VF-1Ss, and it was plenty to get them firm enough to move each side mount by a single laser.

I think some folks have also had success replacing that tab with a pair of magnets in the hips and underside of the nose, but I haven't tried it myself, and they might need to go on the inside of the structure, which might be difficult if the kit is completely finished.

Yeah, I was really hopeful for a PF VT-1 after that random Elintseeker re-release, but then everything just dried up.

I'm... not sure I would recommend trying anything to fix it. You're not dealing with bare plastic there, it's all painted, and I don't know if I would trust anything involving heat or water to not wreck the paint or panel lining.

What are these "multiple Roys" you speak of? All I'm seeing are literally six separate variants of Hikaru (eight if you count the VF-1D and VT-1). Edit: Realized I actually forgot to count the GBP boxed set.. yeah, Bandai is just obsessed with Hikaru releases, apparently. He's fully two-thirds of the entire release lineup (and the only character to get both TV and DYRL releases of any type), with only three other characters and a no-name for the Angelbird getting any attention at all.

Those hands are so hilariously oversized, I'd honestly be looking for something from another valk to repaint and use on this one. Maybe the original HM Fire Valk hands would be better?