I'll just throw in my 2 cents here and say I am in the Yamato "fan" column. As someone who is over 30 and never had hardly any Macross toys as a kid, finding Yamato (and Macrossworld) a few years back has really been the best thing in a long time for me. Well, for me yes, my poor wallet, no. I collect these things because I fell in love with the mecha as a kid. I just display them, but its so cool to know, that if I want to take them out and play like a kid, I can! I only bought one 1:48, but now have a LOT invested in the new 1:60 ver, 2's and I'm gonna stick with that scale. For the most part mine have been 99% totally problem free. However, that being said, we NEED enemy mecha, and and SDF-1 TV version SOON Yamato!