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Graham reviews the new Yamato 1/60 VF-1


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man thankyou Swoosh my mate!!! :D wtf are people talking about, it looks great!

Considering till this point (although not perfect) there has NOT been a variable battroid to pull of a correct Boldoza assasination pose.

Even revoltech (whislt not variable but should be known for extreme poseability) can't do it perfectly.

So i'm happy! :) Bring on DYRL? VF-1S HIKKY!!!!

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Swoosh - are you not locking the chest plate down all the way? Makes the too-high head actually look OK.

I'm totally stoked about being able to strike a proper DYRL end pose. Those pics are a wet dream :D

Yes, I did lock the chest plate down all the way, otherwise you will see reflection leaking from the rainbow canopy.

I never think the head is too high, but I agreed that if it sit somewhere between 1/48 and 1/60 v2 would be perfect.

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Well while transforming from battroid back to fighter mode, i must be transforming it wrong cuz while fighting to get the hands back into place in fighter mode, the shoulders keep popping off and coming apart.. :rolleyes:

Not sure if I want to superglue the pieces together but kinda annoying that the shoulderpads are not glued into place tighter.

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Become a Manwhore

That seems to be the answer to everything these days :lol: . Anyways the new VF-1 does look gorgeous, all these pics almost make me want to buy one........ almost. The bodolza assassination move isnt perfect on this new VF-1 but its pretty close.

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Welp. I would love to say I got mine, but HLJ is really screwing with me right now. My payment has gone through, but the account at HLJ says I haven't paid. I am waiting to see if they ever try to resolve this. I am a bit pissed, as the cost for this thing was not cheap.

Ugh. I hate ordering stuff from overseas.

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does anyone have any news if this has made its way into HK stores? does it look like it might sell out? i cancelled my pre-order when a trip came up and was hoping to get mine from there when i transit in a few weeks.

The Fast-pack set sold out in Japan almost immediately. Haven't found one anywhere.

The stand-alone VF-1 is out in a few days. It WAS looking like I would have to wait for the stand-alone FP sets to come out to have the full set but last night I met a few Japanese Mac fans (in their 50's) and I got a set of the FPs (minus the strike cannon <_< ) for free.

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lol, so they kept the strike cannon so they could have double strike on their VF-1?? :p That must be it.

I guess so <_<

I know the wife of one of the guys who went so he got us all together.

One of the guys kept asking me to say "Dekulcha" and acting like a happy freak when I did. He wouldn't talk to me except when asking me to say that word. Moron. Other guys were cool though.

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I guess so <_<

I know the wife of one of the guys who went so he got us all together.

One of the guys kept asking me to say "Dekulcha" and acting like a happy freak when I did. He wouldn't talk to me except when asking me to say that word. Moron. Other guys were cool though.

Wow what a jerk, I would of shot that guy in the foot for saying that crap too me.

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I wasn't totally surprised that no one else said anything to him. Maybe he was their superior at work or something :rolleyes:

Funny to hear of the opinions of the REAL old-timers. They were mostly positive of Frontier, but they were petty much "old-school".

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After a further weekend of play, I see the hip bar as probably the toys weakest point. It's not a deal breaker by any stretch, but it DOES make it hard to want to transform

But it looks awesome in all modes with and without FP's and holds togteher perfectly. I like this more than the 21, bout on par with the later Zeroes.

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does anyone have any news if this has made its way into HK stores? does it look like it might sell out? i cancelled my pre-order when a trip came up and was hoping to get mine from there when i transit in a few weeks.

HK and Japan has them for sale on the same day, I got mine on 19th July, and accroding to toydaily, I think they are now sold out everywhere, so I suggest you to keep your pre-order.

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Coming apart as in damage/breaking, or merely "separating into the original unassembled parts"?

Just seperating. I would say it broke if it did....and be really pissed off too. :lol:

But it still is quite annoying. Seems like i am the only one on MWF experiencing the seperating shoulders problem?

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Okay, after seeing Swoosh's pics, I've also broken down and ordered from HLJ, regardless of the QC issues discussed here.

It's a terrific looking valkyrie, made even more so with that side by side pic together with the 1/48, 1/55 and old 1/60.

This will be my second Yamato valk. I just hope my luck with Yammies change with this one (started out with a VF-0S first gen, cracked shoulder and all).

OT: I've begun watching Macross Frontier lately, and I must say, I'm pretty darned impressed. I'll probably get the upcoming Bandai VF-25S too!

Still, the VF-1 is where it all started, and the V.2 1/60 seems to be the best of the lot for the time being.

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