Graham

What's wrong with the Cheyene II, it's a great looking destroid IMO. Graham

I never thought that the Frontier mecha were insect like or organic. Graham

Finally had a chance to take one of my two RVF-25 DX out of the box when I got home last night at about 11pm. I’m happy to report that both black stripes under the cockpit are present. However, at night under incandescent lamps, the color separation is much more obvious and immediately noticeable. You know what though? It doesn’t bother me at all! I’m a sucker for Elint Valks and think the RVF-25 looks just great, even with the different shades of green. I love that you can spin the radar dish and had great fun spinning it. I’ll probably keep the RVF-25 in fighter mode most of the time as I think it looks best in that mode. Also, I’ll probably keep the Super Packs off, as they make it look a bit too busy IMO and distract from the radar dish and ventral Elint fin. Graham

Heh, so many people position the missile pods incorrectly. Graham

I suspect this whole color difference thing is something which is much more visible in photos and not so much with the naked eye. Unless I was lucky, I certainly couldn't see much (if any) difference with my two. Graham.

Flexi-stands are great with most VFs IMO, but not I've found with the VF-25 DX in fighter mode. I've found that if you want to have the DX pointing even slightly nose up on a flexi-stand then the rearward centre of gravity of the DX can make it slide backwards off the stand. Had one near disaster already. Graham

Picked up two RVF-25 DX from my usual Bandai supplier last night. I took them out of the box and examined them in the shop under the shop's flourescent lighting, but couldn't really detect much noticable color difference with the green plastic. Haven't had time to take them out of the box at home and examine them yet though. Graham

I'm probably the only person who prefers the look of the X-32 over the X-35. It's ugly yes, but looks menacing IMO, like a shark. Graham

.....cough.. end of year....cough. I wasn't here, you didn't see me.

Not me, I gave up on Gundam half way through Destiny. Tried watching the first 6 eps of 00 season 1, but it did nothing for me. Just thought I'd stop buy ans see what you all are saying about season 2. Graham

But isn't the toy super part missile count different from the model kit super part model count?

Looks good. I'm guessing you canibalised the old Bandai 1/144 scale model kit for parts? Graham

There is still a trickle of shoulder breakages reported with other VF-1 V2 1/60 releases after the initial VF-1S Focker problems, but the number of reported breakages so far as been very small. Graham

It's called 'milking the fans', I belive. Graham

Or like CM's did with the constuction Labors. Graham

Meh to Bleh-ray, what about a DVD release of season 1. Graham

No, that's two competing Eurocanards (Typhoon and Gripen). The subject of the conversation was the Rafale and it cannot compete with itself! Graham

I use a mix of flexi stands, Yamato's stands (v.1 & v.2) and also now the Bandai DX stands. Graham

We need a 1/60 red Vajra for Armored Ozma to fight. It can be PVC to keep cost down. Graham

Looks fantastic. The VF-25S with armored pack was always my favorite mecha from Frontier. Can't wait to get it. Graham

Quite happy with my VF-25G so far. The only complaints I have are: - • The loose hip armor. • Some chipping of the black paint on the top of the left 5-hole shoulder block, despite being very careful with transformation (easily touched up with a Gundam marker). • Two of the tines on the sniper rifle get knocked off very easily. On the plus side, the joints are nice and tight and I have no problem with the groin connector on mine. Also, until somebody mentioned it, I never noticed the different shades of blue plastic. Doesn’t bother me a bit though, as it’s hardly noticeable IMO. Will be picking up my RVF-25 tonight and will open the box to check before I pay, as the color difference issue does seem more worrying with the green plastic. Graham

Looks like the scratchbuild model kit shown in Hobby Japan Magazine about 3-4 months ago. A nice build, but sorry, not a toy and nothing to do with the DX, so shouldn't really be posted in this thread. Graham

I would love to see some snow. I haven't seen any in 22 years.

Confirmed, the leg parts for the Armored pack do have their own rear landing gear. The latest pics in the new issue of 'Figure Oh' magazine, show the Armored pack rear landing gear in the open position. Will scan and post when I have time. Graham

The Galaxy defender is not a VF-17 knock off and I wish people wouldnot call it that. It bears no relation to the VF-17 and does not share a single common component. It is more correct to call it a transforming F-117 toy. Graham