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

    Chronocidal replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    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?
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    I'm just hoping they can pull off something that offers the same sort of alternate take as the difference between the Arcadia YF-19 and their own version. I love both, but I wouldn't mind a slimmer take on the Fire Valkyrie for an even better fighter mode. I know the thicker legs are iconic, but the slimmer ones really don't bother me, and they fix some of the bigger issues with the Arcadia design. (Also, please just fix the LEX angle )
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    Yeah, my "hobby room" is turning into the exact same situation. Just boxes everywhere.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Chronocidal replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I'm curious if they'll even push the line that far. The Fire Valk is prepped to cover a VF-19P release, but I'm really wondering if they'll follow through with the rest of them, since I don't know how popular the original HM VF-19S was. I love the 19F as well, but I'm not really wanting to get my hopes up. I really don't want any of them to be webshop releases, since it makes it that much harder to get multiple copies.
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    Looks like someone got the character names mixed up, that's definitely not Rocksteady.
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    PFFT... One left on HLJ even. https://www.hlj.com/dx-chogokin-vf-31j-super-siegfried-hayate-immelmann-revival-ver-banc664181 This release went off like a silent fart. Maybe if it shows up on heavy discount at Amazon it'll be worth picking up for extra super parts to repaint.
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    I think they're just a sub-brand attached to ShowZ Store, so I believe they're perfectly fine. Both of my God of Flame Jetfires showed up with that name on the shipping box.
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    I'm kind of debating whether it makes sense to try and print something, or just make the hinge mounts by slicing the noses off a couple of spare missiles, and cutting the tails out of plastic sheet. I'll have to take some measurements, now that I'm thinking about it. Sadly, this is exactly the type of thing I would have tried to get from Shapeways, just because of how rugged their materials were.
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    Agreed, I always wanted that red one made. Though I think Isamu's cameo was more of a sly move by Bandai to squeeze into the YF-19 market by way of introducing a "legally distinct, totally not a YF-19 (even though it looks exactly like a YF-19)" product. I'm not privy to all of the background copyright/licensing shenanigans involved, but it certainly was surprising seeing Bandai casually drop a direct competitor to Arcadia into the market, when we generally hadn't seen the two companies with any directly competing licensing before.
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    It's really hard to judge, I love them all. But yes, the folding leg fins and derpy landing gear doors are my personal pet peeves about the DX. Too fiddly in one case, just badly designed in the other. I did find a nice cheap fix for the VF-1S head lasers though. I just pulled all of the individual barrels off, and pressed them back into their holes over a single layer of scotch tape. It wrapped around the pegs just enough to give them enough sticking power so that pressing on any single head laser will move the whole turret on that side of the head, but I can still spread them out manually by holding the base. I never did pick up any of those three of the Yamatos, but I did collect pretty much all the rest, as well as a few Arcadia re-releases. As the collection grows though, they're starting to look like more of a burden than a joy, and I might wind up selling a few of the more common ones. I always think about it.. but I never get around to it.
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    I do think they needed to merge the designs and replace the YF-30's tails though. Those were probably the weakest feature, both aesthetically and structurally, of the entire design. Yes, even worse than the stadium lights. They just needed to slide them forward and mount them to the wings solidly like the VF-31 series had, and it would have been a solid improvement all around. That actually reminds me, I think I did start on a design for a replacement set of tails to just snap over the existing stubs with something that blended smoothly into the base of the hinge fairing. Not even a difficult thing to do either, those tails come of extremely easy... which is part of the problem.
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    Yeah, my experience with them has been that they aren't necessarily fast, but they will at least get around to your order eventually.
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