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    The real issue for me with the new color is that it doesn't match what they already put out. If they were releasing the entire set of DYRL valks, it might not matter as much, but I've already got the whole Skull squad in matching styles. On top of that, they don't even match the existing strike parts I bought, since the missiles will all be off-white. I picked up the Hikaru and Roy Arcadia releases just for the stands really, but they're so bulky I wound up never using them. All that leaves me with is a spare TV-color Roy, and a mismatched DYRL Hikaru that looks out of place. They're at the top of my list of valks to sell when I start running out of space. They're still outstanding toys, I just wish they had kept their new releases consistent with the old ones. It's nice that they can release one for all the people that missed them the first time around, but I wonder if they're actually missing any sales from collectors who would've bought more if they matched.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Chronocidal replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Seriously, I'd love to have a nice simple Gnerl to pose with my valks in fighter mode. I know, I know, you can pose battlepods in flight, but it's not the same.
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    I don't remember it saying "movie special" so much as "Roy Focker Special Movie Edition." Thing is, I think people are mis-associating "special" with "Movie Edition." Might be an older term, but I know I've heard Roy's VF-1S referred to before as the "Roy Focker Special."
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    Chronocidal replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    If it's that easy to dislodge, I have concerns about the mechanisms used to hold it on. Huh.. though actually, seeing it in profile, I'm starting to think, yeah, the nose just really does stick up that high. It's not really attractive, reminds me of the old Yammie YF-19.
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    The fact that the pilot was found dead in the cockpit makes me wonder if he was one of the first targets for song-based mind control. The shadiness of everything they're saying just reeks of blatant lies.
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    I love how they've got him surrounded by glasses displays.
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    Oh, boo.. guess I'll just wait for the CF Hi Metal then.
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    I think what's probably keeping it from going back to gerwalk is most likely that the nose isn't pulled out far enough to let the chest plate sink back down and lock. The nose has to slide back and forth on that metal plate that the two tabs are on, and it can be really tight at first.
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    Have to admit, I'm not sure which die-cast flaps you mean. Are you talking about the plate that the intakes attach to on the underside? That's a single piece that the cockpit slides onto, and you have to pull the nose down/forward before you can slip the chest plate back behind the cockpit. If you want to play it safe, you can actually pull the nose section entirely off the plate, fold the chest down, and then reattach the nose afterward, but you have to be careful to fold the neck joint out of the way to get it back on.
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    Amuses me when people do mix up the name tags with forum ranks, but I completely missed when I achieved that rank.
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    Know what I've always wanted for the VT-1? A duty-uniformed Hikaru and Misa, plus a tent to put up under the half-gerwalk VT-1.
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    "Always wear the proper safety equipment when building Macross Models. Don't let this happen to you!"
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    Anyone who gets one together, mind posting a quick profile quick? I'm actually curious how the profile compares to the 1/72 transformable kit, since that one feels like it's too thick, and nose-high to me.
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    Fortunately, that hinge only serves to hold on that little flap, and won't harm the functionality of the valk, even if it falls off really. The way that can break is if you rotate the backpack into fighter mode position in a certain way. If the hinge is open at all, the edge can catch on the part of the backplate that surrounds the arms, and spread that piece, cracking that part off. The way I prevent that catching is I keep the backpack angled up about 45 degrees, then push upwards on the backpack until the hinge bar sinks into the backpack entirely before rotating the pack down to be level. It makes sure that hinge slips under the backplate without rubbing. Edit: Decided pictures might be more helpful. So here's the edge you're catching the hinge on. What I do, is pinch the backpack, pushing up on the thrusters with my thumb, and down on the hinge with my forefinger, until the hinge snaps flush with the upper surface of the backpack. You might need to bend the backpack down a bit more than I have there, but when that hinge snaps in, it'll also snap the broken part past the edge it catches on. Here's a view without fingers. The double pivot for the backpack is flush now, the hinges are past the edge of the backplate, and you can just bend the backpack down level without it catching now.
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    I do know the USS Stargazer had the backplate of a VF-1 glued to the saucer somewhere.
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    Congrats! That plane's a real beauty.
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    See, I always thought that way too, until I realized that the VE-1 is pretty literally the only VF-1 we were likely going to get in semi-standard military colors. I think I just like it for the unique super packs. Still missing the VF-X, Angel Bird, and a Max-1S, but I have a plan to fix the Max issue myself.
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    I think what gets me most of all is that we just spent the better part of a movie watching upgraded X-Wings and barely-different TIEs duking it out over several planets within the atmosphere. But now you're telling me that, 30 years ago, they had a version that's specifically for atmospheric flight?
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    You know, I can understand the merchandising angle to a point, but throwing out a bunch of new designs to use in a movie set 15 minutes before Episode IV just makes me wonder why those designs were never seen nor used again at any time after. They also need to stop giving every putz of an Imperial official their own (fugly) shuttle design. The classic shuttle was good enough for Vader and the Emperor, so with all the budget going toward the Death Star, who keeps approving these custom rides? I know I'm being a stick in the mud, and honestly I'd probably give all these new fangled designs a pass and even buy them all if they looked good.... but they really just don't.
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    To be entirely honest, I never liked the individualized colors on the packs. All of the VF-1s used a black tail, so the colored circles seem out of place with the skull to me. Same for the canopy shield really. And figures I'd edit that before refreshing the page, and the next reply mentioned the heat shields.
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    It's kind of a multi-layered problem, because Bandai also doesn't really seem to understand how pilots fit into cockpits, or how tightly all the components of an aircraft are actually crammed into the fuselage. Really, the plastic is far too thick everywhere. With the transforming kits? I really think it's just the way they're engineered with so many layered panels for structural integrity prioritized over any cockpit detail. Really though, Bandai has no consistency in this regard across any of their kit lines that I've seen. Oddities in ship scales not withstanding, their Star Wars kits have absolutely beautifully molded cockpits and pilots. But then I went to put together one of their Cosmo Zero kits from Yamato 2199, and while the pilot looks nicely molded, the cockpit itself feels like it's far too deep in the fuselage, and the pilot can't even see out the canopy. Bandai absolutely knows how to manufacture incredibly molded and detailed kits, it just seems like the engineers designing them vary widely in how they approach things, and what details they focus on.
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    If you're concerned about the shoulders, it's an easy process to loosen up the pivots they're on. The pair of screws holding them to the backplate can be easily loosened with a screwdriver to give those pivots more room to side over the stops when rotating the arms out from fighter mode. Too loose, and they'll flop around or fall past the stops in battroid though. Though, I'm assuming you mean the folding/rotating piece that attaches under the backplate. If you look up the history of the Yamato v.2 VF-1, those pieces caused a lot of problems early on due to improper assembly/design, and would crack around the metal pins. If you mean that the shoulder joints are too tight to pose easily, and you're worried about snapping off the ball joint, you'll have to gently spread the shoulder covers that are slipped over the top to pop them off, and then you can access the screws holding the joint together to loosen them a little. Can't stress the "gently" part enough, though the covers are fairly easy to glue back together if you happen to pop them apart by accident.
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    Sweet! Going to hold off shipping them until the Sv-262 and Hi Metal VF-1A brownie are ready to go though, they'll be dropping some time in September. Between these and the 1/72 Draken III, gonna be one massive HLJ box of Macrossy goodness next month.
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