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    Also.. while it's kind of a lame way to justify broken shoulders.. you really didn't see much of the VT-1 using its arms at all, did you? I got bad shoulders in mine, but never actually discovered it until someone suggested looking, because I never transformed mine past dropping the legs. Most of the iconic shots of the VT-1 in DYRL were either pure fighter, or half gerwalk, so I've never really had the urge to take it all the way to battroid.
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    Picked up mine after work, and very nice overall, but I wish Bandai could get a handle on their paint shading issues. I have to give them credit for trying, because the paint scheme on Ozma's VF-25 is nothing simple, but I've got varying shades of the same color all over the place, as if it was touched up with different mixes. Can't wait for the armor to finally get released, then this thing will be complete. Oh, should say, my intake covers don't stay in at all. Won't be a problem once I get the armor, but it's annoying.
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    Bingo, payment sent around 3:00 am today. And yep, I think I'm just gonna go ahead for both armor sets. I skipped the first release, so don't mind double dipping to get both Alto and Ozma, especially since they include the reaction missiles this time.
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    Know what I'd love? If they could figure out some way to ditch all the goofy extra attachments their stands always require. I honestly wouldn't mind if they could just put a few random reinforced holes on the bodies of the valks in obscure positions (under the main body, into the centers of the feet, etc), and then gave me a stand with a metal peg on the end that I can set at a variety of angles.
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    Well crap.. ok. Now I want both sets, just to make sure I get the painted set I hope they standardize them more than those pics, because having that many differences is just frankly... bizarre. I mean, besides the paint, they made multiple door designs? And the paint is terrible on the Ozma.. Why do I think the Ozma pics are of an earlier prototype? Happy to see the reaction missiles are being included from the start though. In for a group buy on both I think though. Definitely on Ozma, assuming they fix his paint, but might be fun to have an Alto as well.
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    The early pics showed the paint matching pretty badly as I recall. Probably partly due to the lighting used, but I do remember some people saying that the shades of gray used weren't put in the right places. As for the 30th anniversary logo... anyone else find it funny that we're getting that on a toy from the series that celebrated the 25th anniversary?
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    Maybe we'll get a red one first then?
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    Given how different the feet on this one are, I am interested in seeing what they do They're basically much more like actual thrust vectoring paddles than feet in this case, and they have to extend a lot to become the heel and toe. They're really just pads that hit the ground flat.
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    That's actually what always made me wonder how the VF-4 even functions.. I did see a transformation sequence once that detailed it, but it's messy. The upper legs are basically right down the center of the wing structure, and meet the engines sideways. When they drop down, the thigh does some magical rotation and winds up pointing out of the intake. With the arms out of the way, the tops of the intakes are open, so the thigh kind of rotates into that space. Looking at the pics a couple pages back, I think I see how it works now actually.. the thigh meets the side of the engine at about the middle. When the legs drop down, the lower leg rotates 90 degrees (toe outward) so the thigh is on the back of the lower leg, with the knee joint bent 90 degrees. Then the entire knee joint slides toward the intake, placing the knee right inside the intake duct. Good thing these things don't actually need air to run the engines. I really am anxious to see how they pull it off with a toy myself.
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    Still not sure I like the way Yamato seems to love making gappy knee joints in fighter lately, but I will probably still get a pair of these. I'm going to hold off for the D though, and pick up Millia's S model.
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    Well, I'm trying to remember.. wasn't Gamlin's VF-22 supposed to be web exclusive? Or was that just a limited release? Either way.. if they can engineer this to the same level as the VF-19, I'll pick up at least one (assuming HLJ keeps up their habit of selling the Yamato exclusives). Extra paintschemes would be nice, but we've only ever seen one canon scheme in the anime, so I'd expect that to be the first one. However, given where the major markings are, and how few moving parts are near them, I can see this being a rather easy one to customize.
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    Aha.. yeah.. now, if you want to make something that'll put a foam dart through a wall, glue some pvc into the missile launcher tube, and use that pump to shoot single darts.
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    Yeah, those pins are not going to last. I might go and fill them with glue myself.
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    I don't believe so, but I don't have my Fire Valk and Blazer to compare right now. I think the wing gloves are the same, just with different wings attached. The big differences would be the shoulders really, since those are entirely different between the Fire Valk and regular VF-19s. Also, the P has ventral fins like the YF-19, which would probably be attached to the different leg side panels that one has, with missile ports visible. If they make the P a web exclusive, I won't be too terribly bothered I think, since HLJ usually winds up with some of those for us. But on the odd case that they do make a VF-19 kit version, I want all the wing/canard options included at the very least, and it would be great if they included all the head designs and shoulder options, as well as the ventral finned leg version. I really don't see a kit version happening though. The VF-19 is an absolute mess of tiny mechanisms. I can't even imagine what would be required to assemble one myself.
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    Ok, Graham... if it IS the 19P... ask them to include both sets of wings, and both nose version pieces, so we can decide what wings to use, and whether we want canards. Maybe even multiple head designs. Head would be more difficult, but the wings are just a simple slab of plastic to install, and I want a spare set of short ones. If it's going to be a customizable one, I'd like them to make it able to be fully customized from the start, not restricted to a single version.
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    Yeah, portions of the YF-19 were made in plastic that was really similar to the explodium used in the VF-0s. It cracks, stresses, and disintegrates if you breath sideways. The YF-19 just isn't in as much stress as the VF-0 was, so it didn't happen as fast... for the most part anyway. I do recall people reporting that random bits of the plane would just crack.
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    For a very long time, I told myself that I would get a 1/48 Hikaru 1J, and a Roy. I never got the Roy, and I still only have the single 1/48. But I'm ok with that. After getting so many v.2 1/60 VF-1s, I kinda don't want any more 1/48 ones, unless they remake the 1/48 using the same design as the new 1/60. The design is just much more refined now, and the 1/48 doesn't match up to the current manufacturing standard. Plus, the 1/60 are just much easier to find a place for.
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    Darn, kinda wish I'd held off on the Fire Valk now, but oh well. I've been able to enjoy it all fall. The Angel Bird is tempting, but I really do not need more VF-1s Though $50 is pretty good for the GBP-1.
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    Well, the thing to try.. if you're going to do gerwalk, loosen the screws. Even with mine fully loosened to the point where they were almost falling out, the ankles would still hold a good gerwalk angle. One thing to note thought, don't let them pop out above the surface, or they will interfere with the feet opening. When you go to battroid later, just re-tighten the screws once you center the feet. It's annoying, but this might at least keep from stressing things as much as forcing the joint without loosening the screws.
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    Holy crap, that is so freaking awesome. Makes me want to paint up a bunch of valks in Vietnam era markings that way.
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    Given that the VF-11 supposedly didn't sell very well, I don't see them revisiting it any time soon. Plus, despite being unpopular, that's probably one of the most solid valks Yamato has made. I haven't noticed issues with the arms really, but I've never trusted the tiny tab they used to lock the nose in place. I've only heard of one case where it actually broke, so I might be paranoid, but I feel like that would be the first piece to go from repeated transformations. Now, I'm starting to wonder if I should try and pre-order one of these.. I'd rather have the D, and wait for a red S model, so I'm ok with waiting, but the thought that they might not produce them if this one doesn't sell well concerns me.
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    One thing that strikes me about that custom VF-19 for the movie though.. I mean, besides the fact that it looks like the original YF-19 prototype.. Mounting the boosters there just wouldn't work in any mode other than fighter. In gerwalk, they'd probably block the arms from unfolding, and in battroid, they just wouldn't work at all.. they'd make major trouble for the legs, and probably drag on the ground.
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    It's not that he didn't have more, it's just that that particular valk sneaked into a display of Highlander figures, and made off with a sword..
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    Hehe. Well I have to admit my main knowledge of the series comes from watching a friend play through Snake Eater. Not terribly realistic no, but I don't remember anything as crazy as lifting a mech like that.
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    Of course, because that's an anime. That sort of thing is expected. Ki, and all that stuff. In MGS? That's about on par with them adding lightsabers to the splinter cell games. The sword thing, and that style of gameplay, has nothing to do with the way the rest of the entire series was played. Or at least as much as I've seen, I never saw much of 2. You know... stealth... sneaking around... using tranq rifles to knock out people so you can get around them... Not, "ZOMG I AM HUMAN GINSU KNIFE MAN NOW WITH CRAZY LAWNMOWER SKILLZ."
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