Mommar

Holy hell, that's awesome. How is it supposed to lock though?

I am wondering if the silly transformation gimmick to get the gunpod to fit underneath in fighter would be adversely affected by those slits?

You would think it was obvious but we all saw the gunpod in pre-production and none of us ever brought up that point.

Did they reuse the top half of the mold from the VF-19's? I hadn't even checked that stuff yet. I did complain that it isn't that color right up there.

Yeah, my review complained about those parts.

Damn, Hugh Jackman is ripped.

I'm perfectly fine with this joke... provided you finish that VF-1 you've been working on.

So it was excess glue just like on mine. What did you use to remove it? There's glue all over the exposed part of the YF-19 in front of that "well" on mine.

So how many of us have had real problems with the toy so far? Kicker and I had the most spectacular issues with the broken Left wings. There were some shoulder issues as well?

Oh hell, I rattled the cage so loud it brought Graham out of hiding. lol Thank you.

That's good to know. I'm an engineer, you presented some real numbers that I can bank on. That's very good to know. Maybe I will take the plunge at HLJ, but first I need to know how you leave a note to tell them to please check the time first.

Dunno, Kicker's in particular is very strange. Mine was stressed and cracked on both the top and bottom but the bottom piece still snaps into the wing so it's relatively intact, if warped. Kicker's is totally sheared off, and it almost does look like the wing was broken at the factory and the worker said, "eff it, here's your broken wing" and threw it in the box.

Paypal will close my account if I go above them? Every internet business is a douche. I've been reading around and it sounds like there's a strong chance if I dispute it with Paypal I can get all of my money back and won't have to return the toy. Don't know how many months that will take or if HLJ will have anymore available by the time I get the money back though.

From reading stuff online if you open a Paypal dispute with just about any Japanese shop they will ban you. Not that I want to by anything from Amiami anymore but I guess I'll be on my way here. Forgive my cynical nature but I don't put much faith in "hope." I'd rather use this thing for batting practice if I'm stuck with it.

Why not? If I end up having to keep it I'm not going to display it as is. It looks terrible.

To everyone who has tried to help me out, I'm very grateful. Otherwise I'd probably be so furious I'd be buying tickets to Japan to track down the owner of Amiami so I could film smashing this broken thing into his face. It's too bad it's killed all momentum for me. This was going to be my first video review/transformation guide plus I had preliminary plans drawn up to create attachment pieces for the VF-11 Fast Packs plus additional attachments for a second fold booster beneath the 19 so we could recreate the Operation Phantom look from the Master File books.

I can't be swinging any extra expenses right now so I can't even just order one from HLJ right now as a replacement.

I'll never buy another thing from amiami and I'm blocking their account so they can't attempt to steal anything else from me. And even if paypal won't get me my full refund I'm taking this to my bank and informing them it was a criminal action. The boxes were perfect, this is purely a manufacture issue. But Harmony Gold, etc... Arcadia can't do anything legally (which I feel is a great excuse for no customer service... which seems consistent with everything else in Japan so far.) They said they can't replace the item because it's out of stock bu they can offer 1500 JPY store credit. That's $14.42 US. There's no either/or, I just rounded because what's the difference between that and $15 when compared to what I paid. Kind people on the messageboard have already tried to contact Arcadia for me, they always go back to the legality. Personally I don't see why Mr K can't send his "Nephew" a toy from the confines of his own home... which would also be a hell of a PR stint for them. Blacklist them, Amiami are obviously underhanded. Other people have experienced it. I almost didn't order from them thinking about what happened to other people but went ahead anyway. Should have listened to my instincts. In other news I'll review how I felt about the YF-19 upon first touch and other things that aren't "broken" with it. David Hingten (SP) is correct, the color has a bit of green-ish tone to it and I think it is actually quite terrible personally. Upon first touch the thing I noticed, and I compared it to my other Yammies, is that the plastic does not feel as high quality as the VF-4, 17 or even the shiny 19's. Touching this thing gave me the same feeling I got when I first opened my V.1 19 after having a few V.2 VF-1's, it was disappointing and cheap feeling compared to previous efforts. Could someone who owns both a YF-19 and the VF-19's tell me if they all fit together the same way? One thing I noticed immediately is that the gear doors, which are the same between the VF and YF releases all fit together perfectly and line up on my VF-19's. They are decidedly gappy, and don't align properly on the YF-19. They seem a bit warped, but that seems consistent where any thin plastic on this toy comes into play. One other thing I noticed are some triangular bits on the forearms that appear to be glued on. If you turn the YF-19 over in Fighter mode you can easily see them. I'm assuming they're screw covers, or something like that. On the VF-19's they're square and they sit flush with the rest of the arm, you can see it's not a single piece but it sits flush and isn't anything you would immediately notice. I certainly never noticed them. On the Yf-19 they're triangular shaped and they're horrible. They're crooked, gappy, don't sit flush at all. I noticed it immediately and wasn't even aware there were glued on squares on my other three VF-19's until I compared them. The flaps next to the head are also a terrible fit, I've had the same problem David did where one doesn't sit properly and the shape isn't uniform between both sides. The piece beneath the cockpit that folds down and has the two little flaps that fold up and form the lower portion of the chest area when in Battroid fit horrible as well. Those two small flaps are warped and do not create a nice flush fuselage, unlike my three VF-19's which all hold together nicely. Following on from that my three VF-19's all have nose cone sections that pop into place and stay. Like another member here it seems the YF-19's nose cone is held my friction and it wants to be forced downward. It never really feels like it's in place. How come the YF-19 doesn't come with a part so you can attach just one of the long thin missiles? Or that there's no way to use the t-shaped piece for them instead? I think it looks better when they aren't paired up but you can't do it. I've had fun swapping out the missile pairings on the wings to see what it looks like with different loadouts. I wish the odd-shaped green... things (I don't know any of the names, the green missiles without the tiny dots) had removeable attach points so you could put them on the T-Shaped mounts as well, I think they would look really cool that way. The gimmick for high speed mode is horrible and affects the orientation of the missiles. The hard points on the wings aren't lined up straight, the only way to adjust them to be straight leaves a gap between the wing at the fuselage in the back and it doesn't hold well. I haven't transformed it, I'm assuming it will need to be mailed back to somewhere eventually. Now that I think about it since it's broken I should see just how far those ankles can be pushed while I still have it. Overall, this thing cost what I paid for the VF-17D when it was originally released and I think the plastic/fit/etc... are inferior. It certainly isn't anywhere in the league of the VF-4G, and only twenty or so dollars cheaper. And in a lot of ways it isn't even as good as the VF-19's IMO (I personally don't like the shiny plastic, but if it would have made a more solid product I would take a shiny YF-19 with better fit over this matte one now.) I don't think it's worth the price, honestly, not taking into account my issues with Amiami and broken wings. I can still largely compare the fit and plastic quality in fighter mode to my other Valks and I think it's a large step back. Most of the new, added gimmicks affect the playability. High speed mode. And of course some people don't like the added price for all of the missiles, even if I do enjoy them. The odd little plastic bits on the shield to close the gap in fighter feel cheap and don't really slide or line up well. I was really excited for this release but the overall product is really a step back IMO, considering the prices keep rising. If you're going to charge me like it's a VF-4 I expect the same quality as the VF-4 and it's simply not here on the YF-19 I received.

Paypal is only letting me dispute this with the seller via the paypal website...

Direct bank withdrawal via paypal. I'm going to go that route next. I'm also letting my Credit Union know what happened as well.

Amiami offered me a 1500JPY refund... $15 dollars, really? Thanks a-holes. Oh, even better. $14 in store points!!! Thanks, crooks.

Outside of the broken wing I'm not happy with the fit or construction of this thing at all. I'd rather get a whole new one that wasn't built by whoever was shipped in on the short bus as it appears everything about the construction of this item was sloppy. That's their problem, if it's written on their website they're bound by it. If they won't give me a discount I'm going through my credit union to treat them like criminals. I want that money back.

I guess I don't really see what someone who lives in Japan is really going to be able to do about it?

If they ever bother to get around to it.

I posted on twitter. All they said was if you're Japanese contact support otherwise you're screwed.