Graham

It's not just the gunpod stowage that is so very, very wrong. The shape and panel lines/detailing of the legs and backplate are totally, completely wrong according to the VF-17 full detail lineart. The head cowl an is also incorrect as are shoulders with their lack of twin Micro-missile launchers. Being a huge Macross 7 fan since 1994 and given that the VF-17D/S is one of my all-time favorite VFs, it really annoys me that Bandai has cheaped out so much on the DX VF-17S. Frankly, it also sets a bad precedent for future DX releases.

Never been a fan of the Brutishdog, as I've always felt that that it was pretty silly having that heavy Gatling gun on the arm being fed from that tiny little stick magazine. Yeah, I know it carries spare mags dispensed from the backpack, but given the large calibre of the gun and the small size of the mags, the mag capacity has gotta be miniscule. The Brutishdog is usually the one Scopedog toy or model that I never buy. 😅

Absolutely gorgeous.

I defintely prefer the shape of the Bandai DX. The drooping nose of the Arcadia looks pretty bad in the side by side comparison pics.

That is awesome custome work.

I'm really liking the Walkure emblem on the tail fins on this reissue.

If I remember correctly from when I tried putting on the Super parts on the Kairos, it's not the canards that cause the problem with fitting the chest armor, it's the two panels on either side of the head, the ones that have the fold crystal on a Sigfried.

I did try putting a spare set of Messer Super Packs I have on my VF-31A about 6 months ago. In the end I took them off though, as I prefer the look of the bare VF-31A From what I remember everything apart from the chest armor fits. And it would be easy to modify the chest arour with a dremelto fit, if you are so inclined.

I really like the Bandai DX VF-19 kai in fighter mode. That being said, I still haven't transformed it yet, so can't coment on the other modes or transformation process. 😅

Currently watching and enjoying: Gnosia. Nyaight of the Living Cat. Tojima Wants to be a Kamen Rider. Given up on One Punch Man, season 3 after 2 episodes.

Forums all the way. Never used Discord or Redit or Twitter. Been using Facebook for many years, mainly to keep in touch with family and old school friends, but these days the there's just much spam, ads, AI stuff and posts from people or groups I've never interactated with and have no interest in interacting with. Started using IG fairly recently, mainly just to post pics of my dog.😅

I've got one on pre-order, but not hugely excited about this release, as I already have the standalone HMR VF-0S and the VF-0A with Ghost Booster, which I find very frustrating to handle, especally in battrod mode, as the Ghoost Booster and missiles get knocked off / fall off at the slightest touch.

Got my 2 last night. So far have unboxed one, opened the front and rear landing gear, attached the speaker pod launcher and put Basara in the cockpit. Front landing gear seems more tight and less prone to collaspe or fold compared to the YF-19. Have not transformed it from Fighter mode yet. I'll keep this one in fighter mode and when I unbox the second one at the weekend, that will get transformed to battroid mode. It's really solid in fighter mode and in my opinion looks great, apart from the speakerpod issue, which I personally don't really consider that much of an issue. I just wish Bandai had made the sensor on the front bottom of the launcher collapsible, so that the launcher could be stowed a tad closer to the plane's belly. I really like all the small tampo printed warning markings, which is something we never got on any other version of the VF-19Kai. Seems Bandai finally learned their lesson and made the tampo markings small and understated unlike the YF-19 and YF-21, which in my opinion had way too many large, gaudy and unnecessary tampo printed markings. I really hope the next release is a VF-19S or VF-19F.

I'm picking up mine tonight.

Me too.