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    There is a shot of the YF-19's engine starting in Mac+, and one showing the VF-0's engine in Zero, but yeah, you rarely see anything inside the intakes, which is how things should be. As for turbines though.. those are the exhausts. The word you're looking for is compressor. Having the compressors visible right in the front of the intakes does bug me some, but then it gets me thinking. Given the level of technology present in the Macross universe, it would not surprise me at all if they developed first stage compressor designs that would negate the need for longer inlets, and variable intakes. I mean, we're already talking about nuclear turbines that actually don't need intakes at all to function.
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    Nope, they just screwed up the paint. The crotch plate is mostly gray, but the border is a darker shade, and it looks like they didn't bother to paint any detail at all on it. They might have decided it would just get scraped away though, and decided not to paint it at all. Given where that panel winds up in fighter and gerwalk modes, I can't really disagree. Still looks lazy though.
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    Looking good, it's nice to see they got the leg packs right this time. Noticed on my last viewing, the leg packs really do wrap all the way around the sides like that.
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    Honestly, I think there are a lot of ways they could do the feet, including ones that would match the canon feet if they decided to try it. The sharp angled ones from the VF-1 really don't fit it I think, at least not the way they've been implemented so far. Now, if they could sink them further forward into the nacelles so the points don't poke out, I think that could work. But the VF-4 isn't supposed to have feet that protrude past the back edge of the nacelles. The real trick to the VF-4 is how far the feet have to extend/retract so they fit inside the legs. They have to go a long way inside so they don't stick out. If they can pull that off, I probably would be fine with whatever shape they are in battroid.
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    Oh, no trouble, I thought you meant a full case of each. I'm not exactly into collecting those anymore anyway, but if you ever decide to get rid of any of them, I'll be happy to give them a good home.
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    With where I work, pretty much everyone has model aircraft sitting everywhere, so a few valks wouldn't look out of place. I'm tempted to paint up one of my VF-1S kits in current camo, and markings from some squadron.
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    Wow, so you still have a dozen each of those? That's kind of amazing. If you ever want to sell of any, I'll be happy to buy a pair.
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    Aha! Someone else collected the old Action Fleet ships! That falcon was always one of my favorites. Surprisingly good proportions actually, if you ignore the size of the figures. I always wanted to get the E-wing and Tie Defender, but never saw them in stores.
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    Actually it did surprise me a bit they went on sale fast. I actually think these two are the only VF-1s I decided to preorder. Almost every single other v.2 VF-1 I have was bought while on sale.
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    Probably, the gun normally snugs up much closer to the belly.
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    Check the actual missile attached to the underside of the fuselage though, that one clearly isn't just a blister. Also, one of the pics earlier showed more detail on the nacelles, with a similarly detailed missile attached to the upper side of the left nacelle, and a fully detailed tail as well. I don't think these are actually the most recent pictures.
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    Yeah.. I really can't stand any of the display stands these companies make for their stuff.. Why do they always have to be so ugly and huge? Haven't they ever seen anyone make a stand with a freaking post that goes in a hole? It's not that hard.
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    Counting the kit versions, I've got 6 I think now. But I've been trying really hard not to duplicate any schemes, so that means I don't have a Max 1S. I only got a Hikaru 1S to get the anniversary release, so I'd have a spare set of strike packs XD
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    "So you say you fell directly onto your YF-21 in fighter mode... " *Doctor holds up and looks at the X-Ray* "How on earth did it wind up in battroid?"
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    Considering the size of a single valk, I don't think you're adding much to order two over a single, but the difference will depend on the box size they use probably. I've never done a proper comparison of shipping costs really, but others here might know more actual numbers.
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    Oy.. I finally looked at the prices and caved. $60 for 1/60 VF-1s is just too good to pass up. Picked up a TV Roy and Kakizaki, plus the updated kit version with the option parts packed in. Tacked on the ghost booster for fun, since I've got the A version, but actually like the plain gray one better. I think that puts me at ...wow. 17 V.2 VF-1s. Is it bad that now I actually want a VE-1 so I can have a nice even 18?
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    Those aren't the packs, that's an unpainted prototype using random colors.... I hope. Given Bandai's love of casting things in the wrong color, I hope they didn't make the entire lower leg dark, and then paint it white...
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    This is why I'm thinking we should use some kind of buddy system for the preorders. I just want to know when the preorders will start appearing, and if I know when that is, I'll plan ahead to be up late enough to get one. Problem is that not every site gets them at the same time, so you gotta spend multiple nights wearing out your F5 key.
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    Those small scale ones are pretty darn awesome actually. It's a great way to get past the issues bigger models have. I'm currently working on something with the Digital Designer program, but it's got a long way to go. It's basically a double-scaled version of the Yamato VF-19, right down to the internal mechanisms. No idea if it will ever work in real life though, because the types of hinges I might need might not even exist.
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    Problem is, that issue is two-fold. Will it be as popular as Ozma or Alto? No. But does that mean Bandai will probably produce even less of them? Yes.
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    Heh.. I'm still trying to get up the nerve to start my White Glint kit. Got both it and the booster sitting in my closet, but just the thought of cutting that many pieces off of plastic sprues, and cleaning them up for assembly makes my fingers hurt. That is pretty impressive for an emblem editor.. but really, I don't enjoy online pvp enough to want to spend any time developing a fancy image just so I can show it off to some guy for 10 seconds before he puts a missile through it. I'd much rather be building complete mods for PC games than anything else.
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    Course, if we go by how the old ideas of THE FUTURE! were, everything from about 1990 onwards should only be available in chrome. Macross is already stretching common military practice by giving practically everyone a custom paint scheme, but the ironic part.. Usually the only bright white aircraft are either trainers, or test aircraft. Yet, in the Macross universe, the test model VF-1 is actually one of the few relatively low-vis schemes. It's just one of those things you have to accept I guess. The bright white is very eye-catching after all, but I just wish it wouldn't be so prone to yellowing.
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    Also, there's the lifetime of the plastic to consider. That bright white will be much more prone to yellowing than the DYRL color. My Hikaru 1J has spent nearly its entire life out of the sunlight, but you can still tell the white isn't as bright as it was out of the box anymore.
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    I'm .. cautiously enthusiastic. I really do want the G, but I cannot sit up all hours of the night waiting for these stupid 2 min preorder windows. Just going to put this out there ahead of time.. I wonder if it would be a good idea to organize a pre-order group buy. It's stupid that the thought even has a reason to occur, but for those of us who can be up during these ridiculous preorder windows, I think it'd be greatly appreciated if we could figure out a way to distribute any extra preorders our members could get for others. It'd have to be on a volunteer basis of course. In my case, if I happen to get on HLJ at the right moment, and can afford it, I can try and order as many extras as they'll let me, and just resell them here at cost.
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    I'm anxiously awaiting news about the group buy here, it's been so long, and my VF-25s feel so naked...
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