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If I can match the red/orange..I'll be painting over the GIANT H on the Fan Racer. Bandai really went nuts on the tampo again....Not sure where they got that particular reference. Anyone know?

The two on the right are straight baller!

I'm all in! PLLEEEAASSEE let it come with a severed tuna head!!!

Yup! I'm all in! PLEEEASE let it come with a severed tuna head!!!

@MKT - Friendly warning on the Airwolf model/toy - My electric motor died less than a year after I got it and I maybe turned it on like 10 times, also beware of the door hinges on the cockpit, they are verrrry fragile. One of mine is "sprung" and doesn't close all the way now. I also had to put a tiny drop of CA glue on the tail rotor to keep it from coming off. Just FYI.

Dang, still radio silence from AE today. Darn.

I agree. It's different enough to be cool with the Tron-esque paint job. It will be interesting to see how Bandai handles it. I'll have to try for one on PO night!

Still nothing from AE on my end....

@sqidd - I would have gone to $2!!!

I'll reserve final judgment until I have it in hand and put a few hours of work into it, panel lining it and making the frakin landing gear properly WHITE. uhhgg, Really ridiculous how close they came to giving us the "best" VF-1 yet, but then stumbled at the finish line by not doing the landing gear white, not making the arms lock into place in fighter mode and I dunno about anybody else, but I could totally live without the stupid waist swivel "ohh my Valk comes in two every time I transform it" feature. Whatever. Rant mode off...for now.

No plug in or recessed landing gear on the Fan Jet? LAME. No seated Minmay or combo of her and Rickaru sitting together in the Fan Jet? LAME. Bandai is SOOOO freakin cheap sometimes. Kinda really done with these 1:48's.

I don't think you need more than one "good" pair for removing parts from sprues on normal kits. You definingly can't go wrong with the Micromark ones. I think they are almost identical to the Meng and Dspiae, probably all made in the same factory in China. The MicroMark ones are on Amazon. I almost went with them more than once.

@wm cheng - you are most welcome sir! With your level of skill, you should definitely have top shelf tools to aid you in your craft! I've learned soooo much from just hours on hours of watching YouTube builds and comparison videos while at work during the pandemic. I can't imagine how much further along I would be with this hobby if the internet had been a thing back in the 80's/90's to teach a 12 year old kid how to use a single action airbrush and how to glue parts together properly!

@pengbuzz Those old TF's look great! Brings back soooo many good childhood memoires. Thundercracker was my first ever TFer back in the day. I went through two Megatrons..haha! He was such a sad looking robot, but as a kid, I didn't know any better and loved him. I can still remember how to transform them with my eyes shut. Some things you never forget! I had a great Sunday in model land over here, Runabout detail painting DONE (or as much as I'm gonna do), clear coated and decals applied! (Pics soon!) The Titanic got some touch up painting on the hull, and the finishing of the yellow stripe. A lot of builders skip this step on this kit I've noticed, but I wanted to do it. No, it wasn't easy, but came out good! Now for the rivet counters out there, no, it isn't EXACTY accurate, but close enough as the mold of the kit is from the 70's and where the stripe should be on the bow doesn't match up to where it actually is, but whatever, inaccuracies of an old kit. Installing LED light strip soon and then it's on the getting the main deck installed. (which I test fitted and no, it doesn't fit well at all)...*sigh*....

@MechTech - You are most welcome sir! And not that I'm profiting off recommending Dspaie by any means, but they do make a glass file like you talked about I think... Newtype: Dspiae MSF-13 Siren Glass File

Ok, DAMMIT! I haven't gotten any Joe's since the originals in the 80s. These look cool as hell! I'm in for Cobra Commander!!! He's going on my desk at work!

@peter -- It's kind of like driving a REALLY good car or firing a REALLY good gun. There's just a difference. In this case the really good nippers allow you to 99.9% flush cut off the sprue/gate with no damage to the plastic part and extremely minimal cleanup by sanding. Something I REALLY wish I'd had on my 7 Enterprise builds around the #$%$$^& saucer sections of the ships!!! I almost went for the Tamiya side cutters, but decided on these based upon reviews I watched and read. The GodHands are a benchmark, but the Godhands model I was looking at were about $65 dollars on Amazon, the 5.0 Model 120. I believe the ones you posted were for resin cutting and yes, that is a ridiculous amounty of $$$! Here's the best video review I found, you can skip around to see an assortment of higher end models, including the Tamiya, GodHands and the ones I went with. Happy nipping!

So I took my 1st step into a larger world..... After watching massive reviews and comparisons on YouTube (shout out to Barbatos Rex) his hobby channel is amazing.. I now own a pair of excellent nippers. These are truly amazing to use. Can't wait to use them while building kits. The quality is beyond great and the packaging is 1st class all the way. I'm now a fan of Dspiae. My old Xurons (which I have used for years now and never had any issues) will be relegated to big sprue cutting.

@tekering - yes, what he said!!! I'm very curious!

I have to say, Roy is a great figure. Feels much better than Rickaru in hand. I have no problem paying the asking price for quality products. If budgets work out this fall, I will want Dana/Jeanne for my collection. I really want Misa/Lisa, but uhgg..those knees just kill me!!! 🤢

@Thom - Those cockpit details are amazing! Great job! @electric indigo - I don't know what it is, but I'm loving the colors!

Focker has landed. Since 1985 I have been wanting accurate good quality figures for Macross /Robotech. I can say that with this release they have really made that dream a reality! This release is miles better than Rickaru IMHO. Feels like a quality product and all the accessories are great. Paint aps are excellent and QC on mine is good. Package was shipped with hard plastic corner protectors straight from Hong Kong so no package damage whatsoever. Great job KitzConcept! Now where's my Max/Claudia and all the rest???!!!

@Dobber - I had NOT sir and that I must say if FREAKIN awesomeness!!!!

@borgified - I had all the 29's at one point years ago, sold them off for CC debt reasons. My two favs were Ozma and the Roy ones. Rod was ok. I always wished they had done a "cannon fodder" darker brown version, same color as like the CF 1:60V2 VF-1's, or CF VF-25's.