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  1. Chronocidal
    I never shipped my HLJ DX Fire Valk, so trying to do it now with FedEx is.. eh. I'm waiting on several other insanely late shipments that HLJ just cannot seem to get in stock, so I'm not in any rush at all here. Duties are working out to 20% on the nose, but the handling fee is tiny at least. Not sure what the current rate is supposed to be, I haven't kept up with it.
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    Oh that is interesting, I think the broken arm on one of my Fire Valks has a completely smooth pin in that arm joint. Maybe the YF-19 changed that. Glad to hear the screw covers popped out easily though, that makes things much easier. I actually noticed the same about the screw covers on the underside of the wing gloves on mine, when I was able to pop them out easily to swap in my replacement wing mounts. Maybe the weathering on the plastic, or clear coat, or whatever they did to it meant they either didn't stick as tightly, or they just didn't use as much glue. Good luck with the replacement or fix! It would be amazing if we can finally get direct support from Arcadia after all this time.
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    The lumps there I think are from an upscale of the scenes, but I'm thinking more about how the Zentaedi miclones looked. Some of the characters definitely remind me of them. The chief especially is looking back to this older style, which is a pretty big jump from how detailed the characters tended to get in SAC. I think the real kicker will be if the Fuchikoma make cartoony faces.
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    I'm honestly just really looking forward to them pulling from the older manga style characters. The art is looking pretty similar to the cutscenes in the old PS1 GITS game, and it makes me smile. More modern styling of highlights and such, but the characters themselves are making me think of older shows... heck, the greenish hair is halfway giving me Jenius vibes. Actually, looking back at those game cutscenes, a lot of the character art really reminds me of SDFM artwork. The art was kind of rough, partly from the low resolution, but the characters had the same sort of "lumpy" look that many of the side characters in SDFM had.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Chronocidal replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I mean this is just classic Bandai (non)logic at work, but I can't even say I'm remotely upset. This is one of those rare cases where their pants-on-head decisions came out in our favor, because all it means is that I had a spare set of shoulders to modify. Very rarely does Bandai's nonsense give us extra things. Doesn't mean I don't still want to slap them for gluing the missile bays shut, but it's not a feature I used that much anyhow, and it's probably just a savings on their end if they didn't have to manufacture those parts. On the other hand, knowing Bandai, I would be rather curious to pry one of the legs open and see if they didn't put the missiles in anyway.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Chronocidal replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    What I really wish was that I could just buy a few spare sets of the normal triple missile sets. They only came with the stand-alone Roy and the Max version, so there's not really much option to give Shin's any alternate loadouts. (Of course that would just mean painting more missile sensors.. ) I do think my favorite aesthetic load now is to put one cluster on the outer mount, and one of the tan underwing pods on the inner. Looks balanced, and gives the wing a fair range of sweep before they collide.
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    Yeah, the way the animation works, the tails just morph into a different shape. The best you could really use to simulate that is adding a collapsing mechanism that varies the sweep. I do wish they'd never caused the issue in the first place, and just used the standard tails for the VT-1/VE-1. Would have saved us all a lot of mental anguish at the physical shenanigans.
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    Actually that is a fair point, they might be able to more directly support you now. They might not have YF-19 parts, but the part should be the same from a Fire Valk.
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    Urgh, that hurts to see. It's sad seeing these breaks start to pop up on the various Yamato/Arcadia 19s after this long. What's kind of funny to consider is that the original Yamato YF-19 also had issues with its arms, but they were more material related at the time, and possibly related to the bad plastic in the early VF-0s. I do not know of any spares to fix that, but the upper arm is at least fairly simple to disassemble. The pin should pop out without much trouble, but if you want the entire shoulder free, you can just barely get to the main screw when you fold the shoulder pauldrons back. The lower arm may be more difficult though. Finding a way to get the lower arm apart would probably damage it a fair amount, or at very least wreck the screw covers. I hadn't looked at the elbow slider closely enough to realize it's actually two pieces of metal screwed together, but I wonder if there is enough play in the parts to pry open the elbow at full extension. On the plus side though, provided the colors aren't too different, you might be able to use the arm parts from any of the VF-19s as well. I think those arm joints were one of the few sections they shared.
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    Yep, layer lines from the printing are pretty clear on the photo. Might be a fun winter project, but I'd need to buy a whole bunch of colors I don't already have.
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    Oh, if you just mean removing the entire backpack, that might be easier. I think someone showed the rough disassembly in an older thread when they were documenting painting the gear.
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    The disassembly really is a nightmare, it's why no one does it. Bandai has a bad habit of gluing things together, then screwing them together, then gluing panels over the screws so you have no way to access anything. I would be similarly pissed about the tails, but I just display the VT-1 with the boosters on it to solve the issue Though I guess I kind of adjusted to them on the Yamato? Bandai didn't invent the stubbies, they just copied them. I still want to see someone do this with them, though.
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    Found this randomly earlier, and not going to lie, I kind of want one
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    I'm more shocked they did the DYRL Kaki 1A before either Max or Roy.. to say nothing of Hikaru's 1A, which is an even smaller change from his existing 1S. In terms of schemes, both the DYRL and SDFM groups are missing one member at this point*, but I'll be similarly shocked if we get a second Kakizaki release before we ever get a DYRL Max. * Technically DYRL is missing two, but at least Roy's scheme is close enough for me to cover both versions with a pilot/cockpit swap.
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    I'll admit I'm a heathen who kind of isn't going to complain one way or another about the VE-1. If we get it, great, if not, I think the PF Yamato version is plenty for me. I think my interest has always been the relative rarity of it, rather than actually liking the design, and I'm much more a fan of the VT-1 for the orange trainer scheme. I also collect the M&Ms out of impulse more than anything else, so if we get them, great, but again, I've got enough of them. I really just want to complete the DYRL Skull Squad with Max and Hikaru 1As (and maybe Roy if they ever get around to it, since I already made my own ), and pick up at least a couple brownie VF-1As. I'd love to see them do a combo TV/DYRL pack for those, but if not I think I'd prefer DYRL versions so I can use all those spare fast pack roundels to decorate them with some of the other squadron patches we've seen in the DYRL artbooks.
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    Yep, I think it really depends on which mode you want to display/swoosh it in. Yamato wins fighter mode by a landslide, but the other two modes have stability issues, and will need a stand. Also has significantly less "detail" than the Bandai, but whether those details are a positive or negative feature is really up to the individual. All in all, it's more like an aircraft model with two incidental alternate modes. I'll echo Jenius' thoughts on the Bandai in general though, it's a much better overall toy, in the sense that it handles and poses well. I think if the Yamato had never existed, we would all be a lot more forgiving of its flaws. If you're looking for one to pickup, the Bandai also gets the market saturation bonus, since it's much easier to get a copy of. If you're after something to pose and display in battroid or gerwalk, it just makes more sense to get the Bandai one right now. If you want a fighter mode... I'd still get the Bandai DX, and then depending on your ability with model building, I'd either get one of the 1/100 Bandai HG YF-21 kits to display as a fighter, or one of the 1/72 Hasegawa kits. Any of those will be easier on your wallet than tracking down a Yamato in good shape at this point.
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    Ok, that is rather interesting. I wonder if it's just a trick of the light, or if they actually did use a DYRL head on that one, since the shape is different too.
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    Yeah, I missed the "dedicated pedestal" note, so looks like a standard TV release. Oh well. If they ever get around to a DYRL version I'll probably try for a couple, but it was easy enough to kitbash one with a spare Hikaru from the VT-1, and a swapped instrument panel. I generally prefer the TV markings anyhow, especially the non-backwards modex.
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    Just.. wow Bandai. Reissuing it and not including missiles like you did for the Hikaru re-release... and apparently not even bothering with a stand this time? I mean.. great for people missing one, but yikes. Feels like they're pushing the franchise along in maintenance mode.
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    My family still has the original changeables toys in a bucket somewhere, my brother and sister and I essentially filled an old 5 gallon laundry detergent bucket with them as kids.
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    Boy I love those little Yamato kits, they're such fun to build. I'm terrible about finishing them though, I actually really just enjoy building them and rebuilding them like Lego kits, since they go together and come apart again so cleanly. Eventually I'll have to just glue them permanently and paint them though, once the tabs wear down. I do like the oversized boxes though.. I think I've got about a dozen in a single box. If only they came in 1/48...
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    At this point I'm just waiting for Bandai's separate lines to duke it out, and watch with popcorn as they put out a typical Mini-Yamato release for an HMR VF-17 that completely obliterates the sales of this abomination.
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    No tracking yet, but I did get a note from BBTS that my Miriya should ship soon. I will definitely give them credit for working to honor their original prices as much as possible, they said the tariff change would basically be adding $3.00 to my price, which I have no trouble with. I was expecting it to be far more than that.
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    Like.. ok, I'm all about bonus features. But.. what?
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    Given the scale, you could probably take a shortcut and make a small adapter to plug the Arcadia posable hands into the wrists. Style wouldn't really match, but we've never had posable cartoon hands to begin with.
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