Chronocidal
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Well, considering I'm not even a huge Mac7 fan, haven't seen it in ages, and still remember that Gamlin's lackeys were named Dick and Mory... yeah. Actually, did the VF-19S or VF-17S have name stickers at all? I guess they most likely had the main characters for them, but I remember looking over my VF-17S sheet looking for a Jenius sticker and not seeing it. I'm hoping it still had Gamlin or Kinryu's name. I suppose I'm just used to getting a standard sticker sheet that comes with every variant of a particular valk (like Gamlin's VF-22 stickers came with Max and Millia labels). What with the fancy Master File logos and stuff, these latest sticker sheets look like they've been tailor made for individual repaints, rather than covering everything.
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Yeah, getting things by FedEx is enough to turn me back to going to HLJ for everything. The stupid shenanigans with USPS is a pain, and it always means I have to wait a day to pick up my stuff, because they don't offer to hold things for you... since.. you know.. I actually work for a living, and can't be waiting around for their guy to stick the slip in my box. If anything, it's just a pain, because while the actual post office closes at 5 pm, the trucks keep running, so once my package goes out for delivery, it's pretty much guaranteed I won't see it until the next day after work.
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I like the design enough that I wouldn't mind having one, but unless BBTS ever fills my order, I'll be fine not getting either YF-29. The colors for both versions make me want to gag really. I'd love to be able to get a YF-19 in standar gray camo patterns, but if I'm going to be painting it myself anyway, I'd rather just spend about $10 for the 1/100 kits, rather than $300+ for something that'll probably stay in fighter mode after painting anyway.
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If you don't pre-order one now, probably. I consider myself extremely lucky to have gotten a VF-171 from Nippon Yasan, because I ordered the day after it was released, and they still had stock. If you're dead set on getting one, I'd say it might be worth a shot to try ordering one from them still, assuming their preorders are still open.
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Oh that's true, you could always just mix and match the components. I'm personally a fan of the VF-1D head on the VT-1. In fact, I might mix and match things a bit more than that.. I wish I could get a set of regular fast packs like the VE-1's in orange.. then I could slap them on the VT-1, throw on the VF-1D head, and outfit it with a pair of strike cannons, or missile launchers. Grr, now I'm wishing they would issue a tan/orange set of strike packs for the VT-1/VF-1D.
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Well, sad to say, I tested my VT-1's packs on my VF-1D, and they don't really fit or stay on at all. You can fit the leg packs, obviously, but the backpack doesn't line up. The boosters can slide on without any trouble, but there's nothing to hold them on, since they need that extra backpack piece to clip onto. While you can put the backpack piece on, attaching the boosters to it means you have to pull up the backpack to the angle the VT-1's normally sits at, which doesn't work with the VF-1D's tails folded over. Now, whether the VE-1's boosters are any different I don't know, but I would assume they use the same type of backpack clip, or some other similar method to attach to the other backpack type, without having the tails folded.
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Woo, can finally tentatively check the VE-1 off my "to get" list. Only getting two sets of strike packs though, since that will cover my DYRL CF, and one other random VF-1.. possibly a custom, once I build my kits.
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Actually, I did the same thing, but that's what caused it to break. See, the big fat pin isn't want broke. That's fine. It's that itty-bitty white nub that the wing actually pivots around that snapped. Every time you actually remove the wings, you have to remove the main pins, and then pop them off those nubs. Well, I wouldn't recommend doing that anymore. Like I said, once I get the actual wings, I'm gluing the big pegs in, drilling out the white nubs, and replacing them with screws. I wish I could shove the plain wings down the throat of whatever dingbat at Bandai thought what they did was anything approaching a good idea.
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Same here, it hit customs at LAX sometime saturday, so hopefully I can call and have the post office hold it for pickup on tuesday. Otherwise, those goofballs will leave me a note and tell me to come get it wednesday.
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Pardon my rant, but I'd like to try and organize an international angry mob to go and storm Bandai HQ until they hire some competent design engineers.. So, I figured I'd run my 171 through a transformation for fun last night. We all know how those pins love to pop out of the wings, right? Obviously, happened again (a few times). Usually, the pin pops out, I replace it, no big deal. Not this time. The pin fell out as usual, but this time the wing flew off with it. The head of that dinky plastic pin that forms the actual rotation pivot for the wing snapped off and flew across the room. So. Now, if you don't count the actual large pin (which I don't, seeing as how it pops off if you breathe on it funny), one of my 171's wings has nothing holding it on. So my current plan is to wait for the new wings to arrive with my super pack set this winter, drill those stupid pins out of their holes, and screw the freaking wings directly to the fuselage like the dipshits who designed it should have done in the first place. Seriously. Do these people understand absolutely nothing about how to build something with structural integrity surpassing a soggy cardboard box?? There are just SO many things wrong with that wing design that Yamato somehow had absolutely no trouble with. One freaking screw to hold the wings on, and that's all it would have taken.
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Metal Gear Solid - Ground Zeroes
Chronocidal replied to Omegablue's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I'm still waiting for Plasma Snake, and Vapor Snake. I mean.. we've covered solid and liquid, time to finish the science references. Or, you know, we could always name one Trouser Snake. -
Yeah, Bandai still doesn't seem to know how to make a good solid joint (which is, frankly, astounding due to what their major cash cow franchise is ). But the actual accuracy of the renewals is just a quantum leap ahead of the first versions. They just can't seem to nail it though. I actually wonder how much of what tends to go wrong with the Bandai valks is that they're specifically trying to not copy stuff Yamato has already done. I do wish they'd ditch the die-cast pieces entirely, or at least reduce them to what Yamato uses, because it never ever seems to cause anything but trouble. As far as the paint/colored plastic issue goes.. I think that's just lack of any foresight, or possibly a lack of trust in the franchise. I mean, why plan ahead and spend the extra time to make sure the parts on future versions are molded the right color, when you don't expect to ever have the line be successful enough to warrant putting out anything but a solid white VF-25F? Alto's is easy, it's all one color. Just means they didn't think enough about the later releases, or just chose to play it safe, and not spend the money ahead of time to prep for potential future products.
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Well, I'd rather see a Ravens VF-11 personally, but either would be nice. I don't want to see any more YF-19 variants until they make a v.2 YF-19 though. The old one just doesn't hold up anymore.
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That'll take a tiny bit of stress off the shoulder hinges, but those aren't the problem. The issue is that the "flappy" joints that the wing gloves rotate on often have the staying power of soggy cardboard. The right wing on my Ozma already flaps back and forth if you breathe on it funny, so there's no way it's ever going to support the armor booster without soaking that joint in superglue, or building a custom support to hold the wing gloves back.
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Basically, there's a reason those armor parts are supposed to be restricted for use in space.. they don't play nice with gravity.
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If they have the decency to include the speaker pods and fold booster with Michael's pack set, I might be willing to spring for those when they come out, but I think given we still don't have actual hardpoints on the wings, they'll probably be resorting to those stupid clip-on weapons again. Otherwise, Michael will probably be posed with no packs at all. Luca's an odd case though.. I don't think he was ever missing his packs, because I don't think we ever actually saw him flying in anything resembling an atmosphere.
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Huzzah! Actually I was a little shocked with the total for this one too. Probably due to seeing the shipping lumped in, but it almost hit $300. Fortunately, this was intended to be a birthday present to myself for months, so I've got enough set aside. But I might wait on getting a VF-17D and VF-19P after all, now that the news about the VE-1 and strike pack re-releases hit. So much awesome, so little money.
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I have noticed one small ding in the paint on one of Ozma's hips, but it was there from before I got the armor parts, possibly caused by hip armor that came with the super parts. I really still not sure how any bad scratches could even happen, unless you're extremely brutal with how you put those pieces on. They don't slide around at all, they just clip. Only issue I've had so far is that the wing boosters don't like to stay on as well as the ones that came with the super packs. They clip on securely enough to stay put, but I can't lift the wing sections by holding them, or they'll pop right off. The boosters are actually surprisingly lightweight though, for how bulky they are. I think I'm going to work on tightening up the wing hinges on my VF-25S before I try going to battroid though, since they've gotten very loose. The boosters will want to flop around like crazy right now.
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Hah, found it! Little different, but the angle of the shot is what made me do a double take.
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So, what day is the VF-19F supposed to come out? I'm anxious to get that one now.
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Is it terrible that I bought the giant Lego Millenium Falcon, and never assembled it? I got it (partly) for all the gray pieces (along with the original UCS Star Destroyer) because I know I'll be able to make some epic aircraft with those parts. I think I will NEED to get one of those Imp Shuttle kits though, I had no idea those even existed. I have the original kit, and it's a mess of badly fitting parts.. not to mention, it's really huge, and difficult to display. Those little snap Star Wars kits are rather nice though, I picked up the Jedi Starfighter and ARC-170 kits.. no where near the same scale though. Now.. the amusing thing. I know I've uploaded the pic here before, but I can't for the life of me remember where it is, or I'd link it.. I made a render of a low-vis YF-19 a long time ago, as a set of textures intended for Flight Sim use.. and it's nearly IDENTICAL to that angled pic above. I need to find it, because it just looks so similar.
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I'm pretty fortunate my closet is on the cool side of the apartment, and none of my valks are against the outside wall. But yeah, I've got those things stacked to use the space perfectly. They're like legos, where the odd sizes of some boxes make the perfect space to stick other ones. I am glad they've been sticking to the VF-1 sized boxes for everything new though. All my pack sets except for one, I actually got in bundles, and usually discounted. I sprung for a separate TV set early on, because I knew how rare those got with the 1/48s. The rest of the bundles are all DYRL though, and I'm only short two, since my original issue Roy 1S and my new DYRL CF don't have packs. I'm tempted to get three just in case (or to equip my other TV CF) but not sure if I'll want to yet. Counting specialty packs, I've already got 8 sets.
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This fall is going to be about prioritizing I think. The VF-25G, VE-1 reissue, and strike packs get priority, along with the VF-4. I'm not cancelling my VF-19F, since it'll be coming in about a week, but I might postpone the VF-17D/packs and the VF-19P until later, since they'll likely be around for quite a long time. Actually, I'm discovering that while I do like the VF-17S, I'm not in love with it, and may forego getting another altogether now that I can get separate packs for it... unless Millia's comes out I mean. Funny enough.. I'm getting more concerned about storage space than cost in some ways. I keep all my valks' boxes since I rotate out which ones I display, and so far, they all fit in my office closet. But that closet is filling up fast, and I either need to cut back on what I buy, or consolidate a few of my VF-25 kits into less boxes to save room (which is perfectly possible if you cut all the pieces off the sprues). Time to put on some Tetris music, and go at the closet once more.
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I don't believe that you could easily just snap two one-seater setups together to get the two-seater seat piece, since the seats both look connected to a single rail piece. It'd probably be very easy to mod two together though, with a minimal amount of cutting. As for the VT-1 packs on the VF-1D, I don't think that'll be possible, at least not without major reworking. I can try it when I get home with mine, but the VT-1's backpack is entirely different since the tails don't fold over, it has that extra thruster attachment on top, and the booster connections are in a different spot on the backpack because of it. I'm considering cancelling my super VF-17D preorder as well because of this stuff, but for something like the VF-25G, I wouldn't wait. I waited for the VF-17S to go on sale before getting one, and it's bound to happen with the VF-17D eventually as well, so I don't mind waiting a while on that. But with the way Bandai works, the absolute last thing you want to do is delay getting the renewal VF-25s. If you've got one on preorder, I'd hang onto that for dear life.
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FINALLY. Thank you Yamato! Think this is the last VF-1 on my list of "stuff I should really get, and missed before." In for a VE-1, and two more strike packs.
