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I think my biggest gripe with the entire design is just what insane nonsense they made the lower legs into. Like... just why did they make them do that? And is it even necessary, or are they just really fond of showing off how many moving parts the legs have?
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Honestly, after they flubbed the AX release so hard, I really don't care if they put out more of them or not. I never liked the altered nose/canopy profile they went with, and in either case, I'd much rather see them go back to re-release the original Kairos. Would still like to get the original VF-31 packs for Arad and Chuck, but I figure those are a lost cause as well at this point, because Bandai seems to have just abandoned those characters in the dirt. I'm glad I picked up a couple of cheap super parts sets (Messer's, I think) to repaint into their versions if I ever actually get together the space to display the full flight. I do kind of prefer the AX super packs though, they look more balanced mounted centered on the wings. Maybe if I get bored someday I'll just do a Siegfried+ and kitbash the best parts of both versions together... Siegfried nose section and gunpod, AX wings, arms, and legs. The molds are so similar they'll probably just slot into place. Edit: Scratch that, of course, me being the lowly fan I am, I forgot my place. So silly of me to imagine Bandai might deign me deserving of tools such as screws in order to accomplish such a blasphemous slight upon their everlasting engineering wisdom. Seriously Bandai, get bent. Your designs suck, and unburying my AX from the depths of my closet reminded me why I banished it to the bottom of my pile in the first place. Miserable piece of sloppy, mis-toleranced garbage.
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Yeah, don't expect to get it anywhere near release date. I'm STILL waiting for them to deliver on my original YF-21 kit preorder. Still, $35 isn't too bad, and Bandai's decals have never been worth the paper they're printed on anyway. I'll probably just make a custom scheme for it.
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Don't be surprised if that's a web exclusive though. They love doing that for those "last episode power up" versions. I still have the original release though, and I grabbed a pair of the super bundles, so I'll probably skip it unless it's just the armor.
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Yeah, I mean, I at least like to think they aren't intentionally malicious with their teases. I can't even begin to pretend I understand the logic that governs their releases, and I can't say I know enough about gundams one way or another to guess why they behave the way they do, but their behavior with models at least seems a little more flexible? I'm surprised we got Gamlin's VF-22 at all, but maybe they were gauging reaction before they committed to the M&Ms. With the DX releases though, I'm firmly convinced they have their investments min-maxed to an obscene level, since they seem to have next to no interest to revisiting anything they don't think will sell well. With Luca, I cannot really blame them one bit for ignoring him (kind of like the Frontier movies did). I don't think anyone was clamoring for more from his character in any of the Frontier media. I would also not be even slightly surprised if Bandai collected export numbers for every release, and if the distribution between foreign and domestic purchases reached a certain point, they might make the assumption that everyone in the foreign market who wanted him probably already got him. Like imagine if they tracked the stock from the original release, and found that more foreign purchases were made than domestic. While that might point toward more of a foreign demand, it also means they'd probably be struggling to make back anything locally, and would be losing a lot to export expenses.
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Realistically speaking, I would not hold my breath. They haven't cared enough to complete any series group (that's valks and their packs) since the original Frontier releases. I think it's frankly kind of amazing we got Chuck's VF-31 at all. They just aren't willing to commit the resources to characters that don't have "enough" of a fan following at this point.
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I mean I don't expect Arcadia to ever re-produce it, but I guess my point was that it doesn't make sense to scale up the HMR version when the 1/60 version already exists to just measure directly. The weapons shouldn't have any trouble fitting either, aside from the chest mounts. My thought was more that it shouldn't be hard to design and print a set of adapters to properly support the original ghost, since Arcadia just can't be bothered to do the work. Edit: To be clear though, if it wasn't stated earlier.. Bandai didn't fix the proportions for the ghost either. They did a straight re-scale of the Yamato version without changing anything, and because of this, it doesn't fit correctly either. The only thing they changed was molding the canards permanently bent into the position that would over-stress the moving Yamato version, leaving the ghost propped up too high in the front.
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I think a lot of people are holding out hope that Arcadia will just re-release the old Yamato version, and save them the trouble. It doesn't fit right, because the proportions of the Arcadia are narrower than the Yamato VF-0, but it's still a lot of work saved. Printing new front fins, or adjusted slotted tanks for the VF-0 might be a decent way to make it fit better though.
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The really hilariously sad thing? I still think this might be the best official aircraft transformer we've seen in about a decade. -
I wonder how difficult it would be to just unscrew the upper pivot, and replace that topmost segment with a solid metal nut and bolt.
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Glad it feels solid at least, it certainly doesn't look like it should be. It kind of looks like someone looked at the original VF-1, saw the VF-2SS, and went, "Hey, what if we take that older one and update it so it looks more like the same kind of sloppy collection of robot parts cosplaying as an aircraft as the newer one?" "Brilliant!"
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Problem there is that they would probably never produce those designs anyway. All they seem to produce are the most common and popular versions that Yamato made in the first place.
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Yeah, happy I can skip that mess. I'd rather they make something actually accurate to some of the designs that they still struggle with. Speaking of accuracy though.. I'm gonna be that guy and point out that it's cute that they included the ROTJ throne room in an otherwise ANH Death Star I.
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All things NASA & SpaceX. Past, Present & Future.
Chronocidal replied to 505thAirborne's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Man lived an incredible life, no matter how you look at it. Reminds me though, both of my grandfathers were born in 1925, so their 100th birthdays would be coming up shortly. Time certainly flies. -
STAR WARS Merchandise Episode - 2
Chronocidal replied to Black Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
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Hey, I'm happy to see them finally prove the line isn't dead with a release I can happily snooze through. Wake me up when they decide to release something actually seen in a series or movie.
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That's kind of the funny thing though, they're already way past that point in some cases. For the most part, I think the prices still tend to float around 10 cents per piece on average (lots of exceptions in both directions, depending on the size of the parts included), but they keep pushing out bigger and bigger sets. At the end of the day, I'm ok with spending more if I'm still getting what feels like my money's worth in parts. I think this might be pushing that envelope a little, but it's also just a set I really want to build to see how they made it (and how difficult it will be to convert it into a Nebula ).
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I would honestly be incredibly surprised if they attempt any sort of interior on the ship at all. Anyone who has ever built a model of the Enterprise-D knows exactly how structurally challenging the saucer connection is, and with how many creative arrangements of angled tiles they're pulling off there, I really doubt there will be any room for anything but support framework. Would be happy to be proven wrong though. That is a really fun story though, and I actually had never made the connection to Bing Crosby. It's a shame they didn't want to do more with her in the show, but I'm glad they eventually pulled her back into the universe through some time shenanigans, and even further into the MMO continuity for Star Trek Online, leading to some of the most entertaining story bits I remember of that game.
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Oh, I wasn't worried about the playability scale, just that I hadn't seen anything about a shuttle separately. Good to know they have something better planned then.
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I guess the Sv-51 makes sense after the VF-0A re-release, but I can't help but think the Tomahawk is just trying to fire a shot across Bandai's bow.
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Do you mean an actual shuttle that's bigger than a single brick? Because there is one there, mounted on the back of the main bay. I can't imagine they'd try to package a maximum of five parts separately. I really want to see a good view of the deflector array though. That's a challenging shape to get right in any medium, and the angles so far don't look great to me. I don't know. Maybe my standards are too high for complex shapes, but I feel like the recent Jango Slave I set the bar very high for complex shaping, and their more recent sets are not living up to that at all.
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Not to be overly harsh, but I feel like the nacelles are the only shape there that really works well. The angled panel patchwork is a lot harsher when you can't cover it up with greeblies like the Falcon sets. I have to think there are enough angled tiles available to get that edge smoother. Still, will be happy to grab one. I think the colors on the edge of the saucer are causing some issues though. I think I do see a tiny shuttle mounted behind the main bay as well. Actually.. I'm kind of tempted to get two, and rebuild one as the Galaxy-X. I feel like the extra superstructure and phaser cannon would cover up some of the uglier parts.
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Happy birthday! Mine's later this month, so I might burn my VIP points and pick up the Shuttle carrier to redesign. That Batmobile does look great though, I might have to grab it. I picked up the big TV Batmobile earlier this year, primarily for the selection of parts (those windshield parts are amazing), but it's an amazing set altogether. Bumblebee didn't convince me, but I might grab that Soundwave though. Otherwise, still searching for options to reshape the shuttle OMS pods.. I might need to pick up a few more small brackets to stack to form the rear thruster banks better, and maybe get the color divisions better.
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Fair enough, yeah. Those VF-25 fighter kits did have the main parts color-molded, but considering how much of Alto's VF-25 is white anyway, it really wasn't a challenge. It think the only colored parts it had were the tails, fins, feet, head panel, cockpit insert, and gunpod. I bought a bunch though, since at the time they were about $6. I never intended to use the (absolute garbage) Bandai decals, since I was more interested in painting them up based on other schemes in the Master File, and a blank white plane was the ideal starting point.
