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    Looks great! I never really even realized that the windows were blank, I never thought it looked out of place for some reason, I might have to do that as well. I'm so torn over this.. I've already got a VF-84 Tomcat on my desk, but I'll probably wind up getting the Hik- er.. "Rick" version. I'm surprised to see it out already though, did you order direct from Calibre? I'm still waiting on their VF-142 scheme as well.
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    This is going to be entirely up to the quality of Wave's molds. I've seen it done with Bandai's Star Wars kits in 1/72 (specifically the A-Wing.. though whether that counts as 1/72 is another story), but that's Bandai for you. This kit looks like it will need to be of similar quality molding to pull off that sort of assembly.
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    Hey, I mean, it worked in Ace Combat 5.
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    The front landing gear covers are a little loose, they seem to be a tiny fraction too small to catch well on the inside of the well. What I did was put a small strip of scotch tape around the front of the box, and the thickness of the tape was enough to make them stay in nicely.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    Chronocidal replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Was that buried in the description somewhere? That's actually surprising, since they didn't show any photos of it, and I'm not sure why they'd change it up and not include them in his super packs like Mirage.
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    I honestly don't really care about the "NO STEP" markings, and all the little tiny panels and labels.. but consider the standard DYRL paint scheme. They didn't have a modex on the wing, but the one on the nose has always been printed since the V.2. Some of them have even had it printed on the ventral fins, and I think all of them have had the UN SPACY on the legs. That should be the absolute minimum markings for every release. They skimped pretty darn hard on the VF-0 renewal, and it's disappointing.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    Chronocidal replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Honestly.. with all the itty bitty hinge pieces making up the spine of the 31, I'm baffled they didn't find some better place to print those dumb logos.. it mostly just winds up looking like a jigsaw puzzle.
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    I will throw in that while I'm not a huge stickler for panel line and rivet counting accuracy, I can say that the quality of the Calibre Tomcats feels higher than the Century Wings release I have. I've heard that those have degraded in quality over time, either from slacking off in the assembly lines, or degradation of molds. As far as features go, the Century Wings Jolly Roger 202 I got needed some work. The rubbery probes on the sides of the nose were terribly messy how they were glued, and I had to gently break them off and glue them back correctly, while touching up the paint. Also, the nozzles on the Century ones are recommended to be glued on, because they do not snap on and off like the Calibre ones, and some of the hardpoints are similarly loose, while the wing glove pylons are permanently mounted, instead of being optional. (Side note: the Century Wings afterburner cans are terrible. Like WWII era turbojet engine looking terrible.) The only other 1/72 die cast I have is a Hobby Master F-106 CA ANG, and that's a beautiful representation, but quite a bit less detailed than more recent releases.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    Chronocidal replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Ok, I don't think I'd seen that paintscheme up close before.. the red stripes to the rear of the head look really bizarrely placed. Ugh, once more unto the preorder stampede...
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    I think either could have worked equally well, since the whole fold wave ability seems to have grown out of the concept of spiritia in Mac7, and Veffidas clearly was contributing by her drumming. It looks like any significantly enthusiastic outpouring of personal effort/emotion is a viable source. Music just seems to be a convenient way to address it. I'd have to watch again to confirm, but it looked like Keith and Messer were getting into that sort of state just from their dueling.
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    Personally, I'd just scrape off the tampo before applying the modex. Really, it just makes the VF-0 release look worse compared with all the VF-1s now that I notice it, since those all have it printed from the get-go.
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    Was about to correct my original message, but that's good news at least. But yeah, I never looked closely at the original release apparently. Looking at review photos, the original release just has a solid black stripe across the wing, with no break for the modex. I guess that looks nicer if you never use the stickers, which is fine by me, but it makes the stickers or decals just look that much worse.
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    So.. wait. Did the original release have a solid stripe? Why did they print a white background around the numbers that doesn't match the plastic?
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    There's even a meta example in that they completely wasted the voice talents of Mirage's VA, who's a singer, if I recall (and then they upped the insult to 11 in the movie, judging by the amount of dialogue she's reported to have). For all the insanity surrounding Basara, we've yet to see a pilot get better because of their own singing/performing/whatever, and for a while it looked like Hayate's dancing was going to lead into that. All the art of Mirage in a Walkure outfit just added more fuel to the trashfire.
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    Honestly, that's looking a lot like Bandai's treatment of the Star Wars kits, what with the colored molding and easy assembly. Price is pretty steep, but might be worth picking up one to build up. Have to see if the molding quality can match up with Bandai's, as far as precision and fit. Snap assembly can range from "goes together like LEGO bricks" (Bandai) to "you better put it together right on the first try, or you're doing to destroy it trying to take it apart again" (Revell).
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    These F-14s are die-cast crack. I've picked up this one, and their VF-1 Wolfpack version, and I'm planning on at least two or three more. I'm really hoping they get around to a classic VF-84 scheme, because while the old Century Wings version I have is pretty nice, the Calibre ones are definitely a step up in quality all around.
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    This.. yeah. The story jump between 4 and 5 felt like someone forgot the clutch. It was jarring to the story, and the transition at the start of 5 was probably the cheapest animation I've ever seen in a Macross episode. It just didn't fit. I definitely enjoyed Zero for what it was though, and could give a bit of a pass to the vagueness of what the governments were after, just because it felt like they were pulling a typical Men In Black plot, with government agents going bonkers over seizing any mysterious thing that might give them an edge in the war. Even the mystical floating rocks sort of make sense, even if it's only in hindsight after the events of Frontier. Truly though, the dogfights were the absolute peak of the series, and made up for a lot of the problems just with pure "wow" factor.
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    I've really got no great love for the Messer scheme either. It's not nearly as bad, but the paint scheme is still just cues from the VF-31 paintjob splattered over the VF-1 frame, with little to no regard for the shape or contours of the different design. Only reason I bought any was for spare TV missile clusters, and the alternate color canopies. I don't know if I'll completely strip down and repaint them, but they would make a nice bright white VF-1S.
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    Definitely would have been interested in getting that 5000th production scheme, yep. Or, pretty much literally any schemes Hasegawa has made that aren't specifically made to celebrate a series anniversary.
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    Yeah.. like the 35th anniversary scheme..
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    Heheh, really though, that's because the 31 paint schemes, as busy as they might be, actually look nice, and the stripes flow well with the natural body lines of the plane (mostly ). These anniversary schemes usually seem to be more a case of someone designing art that's meant to look good from the top view of the plane, without actually realizing that the curvature of the design means those stripes get twisted and mangled all over the place on the other surfaces of the aircraft. The weird disconnected patches of color just look chaotic and disorganized when viewed from other angles
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    Anyone get an email cancelling a premium Roy VF-1S order? I'm not expecting any success really, but I've gotten no response after the initial order confirmation.
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    Oh yikes, I forgot the shuttle entirely.. it's even been on my mind a ton lately due to remodeling my UCS Lego one. Would love to see that in 1/144.. 1/72 might be doable, but I think that's the rough scale of the old MPC kit, and it was a bit of a beast. It wouldn't be anything on the level of the PG Falcon probably, but still a huge and expensive kit. I'd love to see some of the larger capital ships done well finally, even the mid-ranged ones. The only thing remotely comparable I've seen thus far are the X-Wing tabletop miniatures. I think they're around 1/250? That's a little big for some things, but the Blockade Runner is really nice in that size, a little over a foot long, and easily displayable.
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    See.. the lack of progress on the SV-51 is probably the biggest reason this is such a let down. Like.. priorities people.. no one's going to buy this, but they will knock down your doors for an update on that old design.
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    This is the main issue I think. These are stupidly niche releases, and they have to know that. It's like they're extremely hesitant to overproduce anything now, and take forever to release the schemes everyone is clamoring for.. but.. then they go and blow who knows how much money to open up a production line for something like this... Maybe they're getting a massive kickback for participating in the anniversary? I don't understand why they would bother making this a general release. Take pre-orders, and make it an exclusive, so you don't lose a ton of money cranking out bargain bin fodder. The scheme is what it is, and I think the super busy paintjobs do a disservice to the design overall, but that's an entirely separate pile of questionable decision making.
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