1/48 Max VF-1J Quality Poll

[Hurin]

Hi people. Please vote only if you actually own one!

[jasonkimberson]

just some fuzzy white paint lines, nothing too big...

[Godzilla]

Just the gunpod doesnt fit on the armor, but I'll live with it. Paint isnt bad at all. I just my Millia. No real complaining except the mounting the gunpod on the armor.

[Fatalist]

The only problems that I've seen on mine, are an (what looks to be) slightly over cut canopy and a really loose right arm and leg.

Other than that, its fine.

[Armor]

In Valk mode the little tabs that secure the intake part is not tight. And the seat in the cockpit is crooket has the day is long.

[Mechamaniac]

With a limited number of polls available per forum, couldn't these have been combined into one?

I voted flawless btw, I don't nitpick every little thing on my valks, this is the best TV Max toy I have ever owned, hands down.

[sci70716]

I voted satisfied...taking into account that I will not be able to see the flaws with it display in Battroid mode and viewing from a dist of approx 3 m.....cept for the blue laser which I am quite neutral about.

[Hurin]

With a limited number of polls available per forum, couldn't these have been combined into one?

Considering they are two different valks and some are saying that the Milia is worse than the Max. . . uh, no.

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[Mechamaniac]

But they aren't really that different, one is blue, the other red. They are inexorably linked and always will be, so why take up all the poll spots, especially when your poll choices are exactly the same.

[Hurin]

Sigh. . . because they are different toys. Some say that the paint looks worse on the Milia (more transparent and sloppier). Others that the airbrake is worse on the Milia.

If you can only vote once in any poll, I'd like to see a way of coming up with questions that would allow you to say one is satisfactory but the other one isn't. How about when you only own one. What if you own both. . . but feel differently about each? It isn't possible to cover each possibility in one poll.

Is this really worth a debate?

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Edited May 9, 2004 by Hurin

[scand]

I'm very happy with Max's 1J. The only 1/48 I have that I think has sub-par QC issues is my Focker 1S.

[Blaine23]

Is this really worth a debate?

H

Nope... but does it really have to be?

Mechamaniac has a point. So do you. No debate needed. Respect each other's opinions and all is well. If the mods think its too much, they'll lock one, the other, or both.

My $.02 - both releases are fine... paint job could be more perfect, but I'm thrilled with mine. Both of them. I can't tell that the Millia is any different than the Max, QC-wise.

[Hurin]

For the record though, polls are limited to 10 questions each. So I'm serious, if anyone can figure out how one poll can cover all the contingencies listed above, that'd be cool. Looking at the "math" though, I don't think it's possible.

[do not disturb]

guess which one i picked?

most of you dudes know how i feel about this so i'll just end it there.

[DrClay]

exactly what has been posted here that hasn't been discussed to death in other threads about the Max/Millia 1:48s? (besides the debate over the exactly how lame these two polls are?)

[Hurin]

exactly what has been posted here that hasn't been discussed to death in other threads about the Max/Millia 1:48s? (besides the debate over the exactly how lame these two polls are?)

Uh, these polls are here as a direct result of those threads. Since, reading those subjective rants and opinions might give someone a skewed idea of how the Max is really considered among those who own it. I know that I was beginning to think that everyone really did hate it. But the poll shows differently.

Reading the threads, I think a lot of people would get the impression that the Max is just terrible. Yet 80% so far are satisfied or better.

As for a debate about them being lame? I don't see one. Just you. And Mechamechanic wondering if two were necessary. And they were.

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[Blaine23]

Reading the threads, I think a lot of people would get the impression that the Max is just terrible. Yet 80% so far are satisfied or better.

That's actually a pretty good point.

The folks on this board seem to come off negative... but the fact remains that the minority of people that are really unsatisfied with these two toys are simply very vocal. Which makes since, because they're unhappy about it.

Most here loved the toy, but there's not really much to praise that hasn't been already said in all of the other 1/48 threads.

Kinda like the squeaky wheel gets the grease, the loudest complaining minority gets all the attention.

Which would leave those who don't have the toy to think that it's a much, much worse toy than it is.

Just something to keep in mind when you're reading bad reviews.

[Hurin]

That's actually a pretty good point.

The folks on this board seem to come off negative... but the fact remains that the minority of people that are really unsatisfied with these two toys are simply very vocal.  Which makes since, because they're unhappy about it.

Most here loved the toy, but there's not really much to praise that hasn't been already said in all of the other 1/48 threads. 

Kinda like the squeaky wheel gets the grease, the loudest complaining minority gets all the attention.

Which would leave those who don't have the toy to think that it's a much, much worse toy than it is.

Just something to keep in mind when you're reading bad reviews.

We're in complete agreement here. That's the argument I would make in the discussion forums for Ultima Online when everyone would say that "everybody thinks this game sucks!" Or when people would visit a tech support forum and come to the conclusion that a product must suck if "this many" people are having problems. Happy people don't tend to drop by to post how happy they are. At least, not as often or as intensely as those who are pissed.

I had a feeling that this was the case with the Max and Milia (actually, just about every Yamato release). . . and I decided to test the theory with a poll.

(Edited out a reference to a possible future poll that might have skewed the results of said poll)

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Edited May 10, 2004 by Hurin

[Agent ONE]

This thread is fuKin awesome!

This thread + your sig = Irony

[VF-18S Hornet]

I had a problem with the seat being crooked and the right leg landing gear wheel wobbles causing the wheel to stick to the gear and collapse when I push it plus the the NP-AR-01 armor does not allow the gunpod to stay on in both fighter mode and battriod mode.