dreadpyrat Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 Ok, got the Ozma Frontier fig and spent a while playing with his transformation. The illustrations in the book are a little hard to follow so maybe I'm doing something wrong but...is he supposed to be this flimsy? I mean, the shoulders kind of just lay there with 3 or 4 hinges making up the shoulder. They aren't actually connected to anything,as near as I can tell. The connector that holds the fuselage together to form the abdomen is not that tight and I cant for the life of me get his head/neck ring thingie to do what it suggests in the manual. Oh, and am I the only one who thinks that having the rear deck/wing assembly just lay over the cockpit canopy is bad design? Nothing is actually holding it in place but gravity and it rubs on the canopy glass! I don't mean to stir anything up; I'm just wondering if I've transformed him incorrectly or if anyone else is noticing what I'm seeing. Thanks all!
VF5SS Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 You're just noticing the half-assed design work that went into the toy.
captain america Posted September 10, 2009 Posted September 10, 2009 In reality, all of the VF designs are like that: they look good on screen, but they don't translate well (and by "well" I mean practical) into three dimensions. Blame the Hory froating Headd
Vahouth Posted September 11, 2009 Posted September 11, 2009 @dreadpyrat If u are not sure about the VF-25 transformation, check these out:
VFTF1 Posted September 11, 2009 Posted September 11, 2009 I dunno. With me, the VF-25 design has really grown on me. The shoulders are fine. Much better than the VF-1 shoulders which need to be on stumpy ball joints. I like that Bandai made the VF-25 shoulders out of metal because that is a spot that could be prone to breakage. As for the wings lying on the canopy... well... yeah - technically I think in the "perfect" design, they would literally envelop the canopy which itself would, VF-11B style, rotate inward to let the pilot "sit" correctly in the Battroid. As such - that doesn' happen here. The design isn't perfect, but I really have come to appreciate it. I just wish there were Sheryl Nome decals for the 1/60s. I would sure love to deck out Alto with those:) As it is...gonna have to build my 72 Alto to put those on him... Pete
Loop Posted September 12, 2009 Posted September 12, 2009 Yeah, I looked at a few reviews and user reviews. All the comments scared me off of these VF-25's
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