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    See.. I can understand some amount of hesitation on that front, but I think they've overcompensated for both the inflated production runs, and over-zealous production of obscure schemes. The situation with the VF-31A should put forth at least a hint that the low-vis schemes do, in fact, sell. They still need to manage production numbers carefully, but there is absolutely a market for them.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Chronocidal replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I'm not going to say it's bad, because it's a decently nice image.. but you people do realize that's just a photoshopped image of the toy, right?
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    Hi-Metal R

    Chronocidal replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Yeah, the chest intakes are the weakest part I think, with the weird jagged yellow tail tips a close second. I might strip them down, but if the main plastic color is the same, I may just swap parts in and out with another version.
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    Boy do I ever wish Bandai would give us versions of these in the same scale as their star destroyer kit. The destroyer isn't exactly big, but a rough one foot length is just a nice display size.
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    Oh, no, I get you entirely, don't worry. And you're right, Bandai's tampo really is all over the place. It just seems to peel off on its own sometimes, especially on those early VF-25 releases. I forget where I got the impression that weathering/panel-lining from Yamato/Arcadia would wear off, but it might have been a comment about the early 1/48 weathered releases. The PF SDF-1 is definitely top-coated nicely.
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    Once NY sends out my order, I should have six sets of packs, which will cover all of the DYRL versions I intend to equip, and leave me a couple to experiment with. I'm going to be repainting a lot of the Skull logo pieces with other markings.
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    Hey, maybe I just have greasy fingers, but yeah, I have smeared tampo edges before just from handling. Could also just be badly applied, but hard to say. I agree though, it's a goofy argument now that I think about it, since the paint will all be recessed anyway. I'm not a fan of excess paint applications on transforming stuff because of the potential to scratch during transformations, but it shouldn't be a problem with panel lining.
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    Pretty much this, yes. It looks cheaply done, partially because you can see where they just slapped stickers on it, and partially because the "weathering" looks dirt cheap compared to the work they put into the PF VF-0D. I'm just really not interested in the PF version. I don't care for panel lining in general, and would rather not have to worry about smearing it when handling the toy. I'm really happy that I don't have to pay extra for a feature I don't want, just to get a FB2012 version of the VF-4.
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    Part of me wonders how many people will just trade up to whatever newest version comes out over time, putting their Hikaru VF-1Js up for sale to pay for a new VF-1S, and maybe repeating the procedure down the road until they get the variant they want to keep, and then sell off all of their "test drives" for a profit. Assuming the cost of the VF-1J remains higher, you could theoretically have purchased a bunch of those at launch, and then gradually sold them off to pay for all the later releases. Hikaru's 1J will peak again later though, once they release the GBP armor for it. Anticipation of that eventual release may be keeping the demand a bit higher overall.
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    That actually makes me rather happy, since I would rather just have a normal one, but the complication of releasing both at once is getting annoying.
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    Note the missile pack, on alternating shoulders. Odds are that means it'll be removable. And I will absolutely grab that red one, it's a beauty.
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    All of the anniversary versions, at least. I'm not saying I expect it, I'm just saying it'll probably take that to get me to buy one. If any version will though, it's probably the bright purple one.
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    Mnn. Not sure I'm sold on the weathering, but the VF-4 does look good, happy to see it's not "weathered" like the VF-0D. I -might- set aside enough to try and grab one. Nora.. eh. I have the original, and not sure the new one feels like enough of an improvement. We'll see, maybe it'll hit the bargain bin like my first one.
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    Ok, yeah, I'll pick up a couple of those. The figure does look chibi-fied a bit, but still looks good, and it'll give me a nice HMR-sized super VF-25.
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    Wait, almost 19 inches? That's 1/1000 now? Does that mean they bulked up the scale like they did for the Kelvin timeline? Have to agree that it's a good design though, and I'll happily grab one. It's one of the better attempts to adapt the TOS design to the Enterprise aesthetic.
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    I'm not going to knock the figures, because they're well crafted, and easy to put together, but the entire reason I picked any of these up was to get more 31As. The fact that they're so close in scale to HMRs is just a bonus, and I barely see a reason to display these in anything but fighter mode. The figures are just kind of a side project that I might use for something somewhere down the road, but I'm not huge on character models or figures.
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    The bad photography doesn't dilute that amazing paintwork, don't worry! That F-14 is gorgeous. Can't wait to see what you do with the Bandai X-Wing! I've got three of those to do eventually, but I'm really not all that interested in the electronics, so I'm trying to rig up an alternative way to open and close the wings. I'm still kind of salty they never released a non-electronic version, since all I really want is a way to open the wings without batteries. Best option I've come up with so far is a pop-out handcrank that's hidden behind the back greeblie panel, and manually turns the motor mechanism. I'd love to remodel the entire thing as an upscale of the 1/72 kit, but duplicating the mechanism's precision would be iffy, and I can't deny the worm gear-driven mechanism is a solid way to keep the wings from sagging or rocking.
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    Are the Armada miniatures not kept to the same scale like the X-Wing minis are? I know the "canon" scale is all over the place, but I always thought the Nebulon-B was always depicted as much larger than that, compared with the Corvette.
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    I feel like that's getting a little too meta.
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    Kind of cautiously optimistic, since it looks and sounds really good, but I think the amount of fantasy fighting elements shown in this trailer might detract from it a bit. Either way, I really hope this turns out successful, because I would love to see Disney lean more in this direction for future live adaptations... less making scene-for-scene copies of their old animated movies, and more exploring the source material for ways to turn the stories into any number of different genre flicks.
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    This. All I want is the proper molded colors and tampos.
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    I think it's a comparative thing. Everyone in that series was criminally underdeveloped character-wise, but I feel like the first half actually tried with her until the story fell off a cliff, and she got shipped off to the far reaches of the triangle. Actually though, let's look at this from a practical standpoint. All of the main SDF/DYRL characters can sell out on nostalgia alone. Wouldn't it be nice to have a nice looking DX VF-1 without all that nostalgia baggage and pre-order scramble?
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    Reminds me.. I need to spray those barrel tips... and maybe add something inside them so it's not an empty hole. They're big enough, you could probably drop in something like a spare vernier nozzle in there.
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    Wasn't that the first live action movie though?
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    Yeeeeeaaahhh, about that... that is very unlikely to happen, for assorted reasons.
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