BANDAI DX YF-19!!

[Dirtyboy]

1 hour ago, Foblander said:

Beautiful VF-22. How are the thigh joints? When I owned a 1/60 Yamato YF-21, the legs were a floppy mess.. Could not stand in its own..

Thanks, after reading all the messages on this thread I have also gone ahead and loosened the screws. Seems to work better in getting it to the top. 

My VF-22 seems OK, the possibility isn't amazing but seems to stand OK in this pose 

[CHAVAKAISER]

Here we go 

[kajnrig]

7 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

You can also mitigate the risks by supporting the structure properly when moving it.  Don't just yank the leg around by whatever you happen to grab onto, but grip it by the hip region, and support the material around the joint so you aren't applying force to just the half that we've seen break.

This. IIRC removing the intake covers (and the back of the thighs/upper air intakes? I forget if they're easily removable or not...) allows for a firmer grip closer to the point of movement, so there's less stress being put on the plastic.

In my case, even that didn't help and I had to take the thigh apart, but I can definitely see how just being careful/thoughtful in massaging it loose would work as well.

[onnasake]

As far as I know, I'm the only one on this board that was dumb enough to rip the leg off.

If I had loosened the screws, it probably wouldn't have happened.  YES...I used too much force and was yanking extremely hard to try to swivel leg into position, and that's certainly the main reason it snapped; but those legs are just too damn tight.

I loosened the screws on my replacement and (knock on wood) I've transformed it several times with no problems now.

Sure, you can be super careful and keep the legs factory tight....but after going through what I went through, I don't see why anyone would choose to do that!

[spanner]

8 hours ago, CHAVAKAISER said:

Here we go 

That's unfortunate.. 

[borgified]

@CHAVAKAISER - Let me guess HLJ or another supplier? 

I'm going to find out if my copy from Manda has the head laser intact when I get it..  

[CHAVAKAISER]

Hace 17 horas, borgified dijo:

@CHAVAKAISER  : ¿Déjame adivinar HLJ u otro proveedor? 

Voy a averiguar si mi copia de Manda tiene el cabezal láser intacto cuando lo reconozco.  

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[Xigfrid]

If I remember well the renewal 25 and 29 came with soft plastic by default and they had hard plastic replacements (except 29B saggy antennas !). They should have kept this trend or at least give a second hard plastic antenna. Hopefully this will be the case for future releases.

[ArchieNov]

The double head laser 29’s (Alto, Fokker, Rod) didn’t come with hard versions of their lasers.

[chyll2]

11 minutes ago, Xigfrid said:

If I remember well the renewal 25 and 29 came with soft plastic by default and they had hard plastic replacements (except 29B saggy antennas !). They should have kept this trend or at least give a second hard plastic antenna. Hopefully this will be the case for future releases.

irc, the frontier series is inconsistent on what figure gets a soft banana laser and solid plastic laser/antenna.

[grymg]

Sucks about the antennas.  Did the VF-19A's ever have this problem?  Because mine come intact with no issues.

[no3Ljm]

16 minutes ago, grymg said:

Sucks about the antennas.  Did the VF-19A's ever have this problem?  Because mine come intact with no issues.

I can't remember if ever there was any posts regarding broken VF-19/Adv's head laser before. But it just shows that the new box packaging/layout probably added to the cause of it for the YF-19.

 

[chyll2]

I remember nothing about broken laser on the VF-19 Advance. I think the new packaging has less clearance for error so if the one packaging the toy back has not done it properly, then the can be problem during shipping if it ever get bumped.

 

 

[Chronocidal]

I remember at least one or two head lasers on the Advance being broken, but it's frankly a very easy fix, and people forgot about it quickly.

The packaging has been entirely redesigned, and while the Advance had a plastic shield over the rear half, the forward half of the fuselage was held down by a Styrofoam bar, and taped shut under a sheet of cardboard.

What's actually really odd that I noticed recently.. the Advance's head laser does not lay as flat as the YF-19's.  Maybe it's my particular copy, but something about the way the laser fits in the slot in the shield is different, and the laser lays farther back than on my Advance model.

[Guyffon]

9 hours ago, grymg said:

Sucks about the antennas.  Did the VF-19A's ever have this problem?  Because mine come intact with no issues.

If i am not wrong, the advance was packed with the accessories tray over the main toy, that would already help mitigate any potential antenna breakages, while the Yf-19 had the main toy at the top of the box

[Shizuka the Cat]

I wish the gun pod on the DX YF-19 attached better to the arm cannon in fighter mode.

[Saburo]

18 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

I wish the gun pod on the DX YF-19 attached better to the arm cannon in fighter mode.

 

Nice collection!

 

[Lolicon]

1 hour ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

I wish the gun pod on the DX YF-19 attached better to the arm cannon in fighter mode.

Great setup! But one of those things doesn't quite belong there. 

Yeah it's great that Bandai made it so the gunpod could be mounted together with the arm cannon, it looks rather ridiculous with the gunpod hanging so low. Just hanging out there in the open, flopping around for all to see...

[no3Ljm]

8 hours ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

I wish the gun pod on the DX YF-19 attached better to the arm cannon in fighter mode.

Great collection indeed.

It's making me want a Yamato VF-11B Thunderbolt too. 

 

[rdrunner]

10 hours ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

I wish the gun pod on the DX YF-19 attached better to the arm cannon in fighter mode.

What are those clear stands under the VF-11 and YF-21?  Thanks.

[rdrunner]

1 hour ago, no3Ljm said:

Great collection indeed.

It's making me want a Yamato VF-11B Thunderbolt too. 

 

I would love to get the YF-21 and VF-11B at reasonable prices too...

[no3Ljm]

6 minutes ago, rdrunner said:

What are those clear stands under the VF-11 and YF-21?  Thanks.

It looks like an acrylic stand designed for anything round shape. Think of it like a bowl stand version of those picture frame stand.

Edit:Found a something that looks like it. It's called 'Egg Stand'.

https://www.polartcenter.com/Acrylic_Gentle_Twist_Egg_Stand_Ostrich_p/9816714.htm

Edited October 19, 2018 by no3Ljm

[rdrunner]

14 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

It looks like an acrylic stand designed for anything round shape. Think of it like a bowl stand version of those picture frame stand.

Edit:Found a something that looks like it. It's called 'Egg Stand'.

https://www.polartcenter.com/Acrylic_Gentle_Twist_Egg_Stand_Ostrich_p/9816714.htm

Thanks!  I am putting the last of my 6 detolfs together for my display (finally), and is looking into acrylic stands or other options. 

[Shizuka the Cat]

2 hours ago, rdrunner said:

What are those clear stands under the VF-11 and YF-21?  Thanks.

2 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

It looks like an acrylic stand designed for anything round shape. Think of it like a bowl stand version of those picture frame stand.

Edit:Found a something that looks like it. It's called 'Egg Stand'.

https://www.polartcenter.com/Acrylic_Gentle_Twist_Egg_Stand_Ostrich_p/9816714.htm

Yeah, that is what I am using.

[borgified]

Last unit for the DX YF-19 Full Set on Manda for 28k yen.

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1098369908&ref=list

[VF-Zer0S]

I don’t know if it’s been said but can we all agree Bandai stepped up the packaging. Luckily mine arrived without a broken head laser and this thing is gorgeous. Time to dock it into the Yeti stand and whoosh it around the house lol

[no3Ljm]

14 minutes ago, VF-Zer0S said:

I don’t know if it’s been said but can we all agree Bandai stepped up the packaging. Luckily mine arrived without a broken head laser and this thing is gorgeous. Time to dock it into the Yeti stand and whoosh it around the house lol

Actually, everyone loved the new packaging that Bandai does on their DX Valks. The thing is that there's not enough clearance from the clear plastic tray to the flap cover to the YF-19's head laser. So if the box wasn't protected properly during shipping then you'll end up with a broken head laser.

 

[Lolicon]

16 minutes ago, VF-Zer0S said:

I don’t know if it’s been said but can we all agree Bandai stepped down the packaging. Luckily mine arrived without a broken head laser and this thing is gorgeous. Time to dock it into the Yeti stand and whoosh it around the house lol

Fixed. 

[Sanity is Optional]

Aesthetically, the packaging is much better. It just lacks cushioning at the top.

I do like that I can open the box and actually see the valk, rather than just a sheet of cardboard taped to a Styrofoam tray.

[Lolicon]

29 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Aesthetically, the packaging is much better. It just lacks cushioning at the top.

I do like that I can open the box and actually see the valk, rather than just a sheet of cardboard taped to a Styrofoam tray.

Doesn't matter how nice the packaging looks if you receive a broken item. It sucks. 

[Sanity is Optional]

14 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

Doesn't matter how nice the packaging looks if you receive a broken item. It sucks. 

At least it's an easy fix, and it's not broken on all of them. The 4 I received all luckily had intact head lasers, and the new design let me check them while leaving the tray sealed.

[PsYcHoDyNaMiX]

From a technical pov aside from bandai not having the proper clearance for the antenna maybe some other method (other than the clear plastic cover) could have been used to keep the yf-19 properly seated from being jostled around in the styrofoam tray. A flip upside down with a sharp slam and the weight of the yf-19 itself (& lack of antenna clearance) could've easily cause a snap. The dx vf-19 advance had a styrofoam cross bar (and few of the other frontier valks) when it was packaged. 

Thanks to jenius for the reference pic.

[Foblander]

I wish Bandai would acknowledge their flaw in packaging and provide a replacement antenna for those affected. >< Come on Bandai do the right thing..

[onnasake]

It wouldn't be THAT hard for them to replace since it's a small, single piece of plastic.  It does have tampo printing though so that might be a factor. 

[onnasake]

By the way....on my (replacement) toy, the Battroid mode comes together and holds together better than fighter.  I still have some annoying gaps around the neck of the plane that I just can't seem to get to close.

But I'm thrilled by how nice the Battroid looks.  In fact, I've left it in Battroid mode in my display for about a week now.

That definitely seems to be the less popular opinion on Macross in general though.  Seems almost all pics I see of displays are in fighter mode.  Does anyone leave their toys in Battroid mode for any extended amount of time?

Just curious.