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    Did they finally add in DS9 to the online selection? For the longest time, they had everything BUT that. If it finally is there, I'll have to go watch it myself, since I never did. As far as Voyager goes.. For all the hate it gets, it still has some of my favorite moments in Trek. In particular.. the entire WWII holodeck nonsense episode. No, it wasn't really good in any sense of the word. No, it didn't make a lick of sense that a holographic airstrike would blow out 4 decks of the actual ship if the safety was turned off. But I laughed so freaking hard at the entire mess that I didn't care. The entire episode needed Benny Hill music put to it. Also, Seven as a 1940s nightclub performer.
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    I don't know why people are getting all worked up about what real plane a fake plane looks like. Leon: What manner o' thing is your YF-30? Mina: It is shap'd, sir, like itself, and it is as broad as it hath breadth; it is just as high as it is, and moves with its own engines. It flies by that which fuel it, and the elements once out of it, it explodes. Leon: What color is it of? Mina: Of its own color too. Leon: 'Tis a strange valkyrie. Mina: 'Tis so. And the missiles of it are missiley.
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    I just hope it goes better than the stupid nonsense with the YF-29 Alto re-release. So far, all of Bandai's "re-releases" seem to be more a case of: Bandai exec #1: "Hey, we actually sold more super packs than we did valks." Bandai exec #2: "Really? Well, let's just release enough valks again so the numbers are even." Bandai exec #1: "But how can you be sure everyone who bought packs will get one?" Bandai exec #2: Shrugs while the TROLOLOLOL song plays in the background
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    Heh.. well I'm not too concerned about getting multiples of these, but I might attempt to pick up a second of each if I get the chance. Can never hurt to have spare parts... or collateral for a house payment somewhere down the road.
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    If you avoid hitting any paint, a flight pose one is probably your best bet. The normal mounting point for the VF-19s is near useless because of how far forward and loose it is. Even holding it manually by the stand adapter, my Fire Valk wouldn't stay on its mount. That can vary a little by the particular valk and stand mount, but I just don't trust that mounting point at all.
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    I dunno about real aircraft, to me it's just an SV-51 with delta wings. On multiple levels even. The way it transforms is extremely similar, the shoulder covers just got blended into the main wing, and covered up with a bunch of little opening flaps. I'm still waiting to hear more about it, but I'd be okay with a kit instead of some blink-and-you-miss-it DX release. Battroid just doesn't do it for me because of the giant box hanging over its head.
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    Your best bet if you can't find a replacement might be to just cut the laser down to the base, and replace it with something new. You could cut down the rest of what's left on the head, and drill into it with a pin-drill, then add something like a needle into the hole to act as a brace. Then you can just add a new laser onto that, maybe made from scrap plastic, or even metal. Or, you might be able to drill out the existing pieces, and just glue them together with a pin between. Might work pretty simply.
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    I'd say both are pretty good actually. The gear doors at least look like they definitely move (though that could be to plug in gear), and you can make out a sliding track on the underside of the chest that might be a track for the heat shield. Could also be a track to relocate the chest as a whole, but it looks like that uses a swing-arm. Course... we wouldn't have to guess at anything if they'd actually put up some finished product pictures before asking people to buy it. This is feeling like a kickstarter.
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    I think I can.. I think once my last kit comes in, I'll have 22 of them
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    Yeah, someone did an actual McDonald's scheme by painting up some lineart... it was significantly more painful to look at than Basara's. Two words: Striped Stockings.
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    I actually have to say I really prefer the off-white from DYRL, just for the sake of preventing yellowing of the plastic. The bright white kinda worries me.
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    Probably an A/S release with DYRL markings, and a J release with tv style markings. Hopefully they'll go the full distance, and release bundled M&M versions.
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    Yeah, thought I recognized the mold. I've built a couple of those over the years, don't remember the nose being that off before though. I made it a mission to pick up at least one of every 1/48 F-14 mold out there for comparison, and they all have their ups and downs. Hasegawa gets definite points for their cockpit details, but in terms of mold quality and ease of assembly, I'd actually have to say the old Fujimi kits are even better. Don't recall if they had engraved details, and don't think the cockpit was anything fancy, but that was absolutely the most clean and simple fuselage assembly I'd ever seen on an F-14. Could have glued the whole thing in one sitting, and barely have to sand anything. I really should dig those out and work on them, but I just don't have room to display them in my current place. I usually wind up finishing sub-assemblies and cockpits, and chucking the kits back in the box for later.
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    Might be a really stupid question, because I think it only can go on one direction.. but.. do you have the nosecone on upside-down? It just looks droopy for some reason, could be a side effect of the tape over the joint.
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    Yeah, LAX is really slacking on the whole import thing. It's why I usually shell out for FedEx if I can, since they don't generally go through there.
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    Keeping the kite separate from the background gives a solid background for consistent color. If it was printed in one decal, you might see changes in the paint underneath through the kite. Although, I think on the decal sets I have, you have a separate complete kite logo with a white background to go under it, which makes more sense. Putting a white background behind a decal brightens up the decal, and helps it appear the correct color.That's actually what Bandai needed to do for all their decals. The VF/25 decals were horribly printed, and transparent. Ozma's yellow markings were especially bad. Having some sort of a solid white backing would have actually made them infinitely better. Instead, we had nasty looking transparent decals that picked up every color underneath them. Anyway.. every time I look at those pictures, a little voice keeps yelling at me and reminding me how incredibly tiny all those parts will be. Plus.. Have to say, it looks like they screwed up the knee covers. Judging by that picture of the leg folded down, they've got the knee attached and hinged just like a VF-25's, which I don't think it was. Might be the only way they thought they could do it in this size I guess, but they look funny that way.
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    Yeah, the VF-25 kits are still a decent price for what you get, and there seems to be absolutely no shortage of those at all. I'm stocked up well on all the versions, but I keep coming up with reasons I want to buy more, just to attempt different building styles and methods. My handpainted one went pretty well as a first shot, but I actually do want to mask and spray the markings on another. I just can't see any reason to use the decals unless I have to though, they're horribly annoying, and in some cases, just wrong. I just hope the decals for this VF-1 blow the VF-25 ones out of the water. Of course.. if all else fails, I could steal a set from a Hasegawa kit.
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    Well, don't look a gift horse in the mouth, you have a wife who got interested in Macross enough to buy and build a valk kit. Really, my interest in the 1/60s is entirely tied to the kits. I want to build the kits in a single mode, and not feel any regret for doing it. Long as I have one I can transform, I don't mind having the kits locked in specific modes forever.
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    Well, he kinda was the fourth horseman. I bought my DYRL and TV Kakis a long time ago though from an HLJ sale. They had the Max and Kakizaki 1A strike bundles for about half off, so I couldn't resist. Then my Vermillion squad felt unbalanced, so I grabbed the TV one too.
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    Actually? To be honest, if you're just going to keep the plane in fighter mode, the V.1 isn't that bad. The packs help cover up the ugly pretty well, which is why I still have my Alto and Michael V.1s. And considering how often Luca actually transformed (or did anything himself ) it's pretty fitting anyway.
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    I've been tempted to do the same thing, but I resigned myself to wait until they begin to wear off on their own. Anyway, I believe the ink used in tampo prints is similar to water based acrylic paint. I remember someone commenting on this when they went to remove the rainbow coating from a VF-1 canopy. They suggested using something like Tamiya acrylic thinner, or possibly windex, but warned that it will remove the black paint from the canopy frame as well. I can't say what the exact chemical is that will remove the tampo prints though, someone else may be able to give more details. On the other hand, if you really tried, you could probably remove the markings with your fingernail.
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    You won't miss the super packs, don't worry. They're pretty much guaranteed to be an online exclusive, so you'll see people pointing out shops that'll order them as soon as the announcement goes up.
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    Possibly, but I don't see a way the lower fin and upper dish could clip onto the existing figure without interfering with the transformation. Also, the RVF had green strips, where Alto's had red. If there's one thing Bandai will be sure to do it's reissue the entire thing with its own individualized super packs, because they can't have you mixing and matching pieces that you didn't buy separately.
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    HKC took a while to ship out the last VF-19S I ordered, but it's definitely sitting in LAX customs right now (and has been since the weekend ). Seems like they can take a few days, but I wouldn't start worrying.
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    Yeah, I'm really amazed they're already selling stuff when they haven't even finalized any designs.
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