Mommar
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When transforming back to fighter I had a hard time getting the arms to fit back on correct. Anybody experience the same thing and/or have tips how to do it better?
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I still don't understand what the "thigh-panel w/hard point" actually is or where it's located.
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The shoulders on the P are way too tight. I had the same thing happen and I wasn't pulling up on the shoulder.
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Word about what?
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I ordered two VF-4's. Both arrived there on the 31st. One of them showed up at my house yesterday, the other is still hanging out with yours at LA Customs. Just so you know I called both USPS and Customs in LA and they both blamed the other for the hold up. Then again two of my three packages showed up less than 24 hours later so maybe calling and complaining will do you a little bit of good.
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I would try that if I weren't at work. I did almost bring the thing with me today though, I don't have the time to fidget with it while working.
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I popped the glue on my right shoulder too. However I stuck it right back on and the thing hasn't moved since then. I transformed it back and forth multiple times since then to take those different sets of pictures and the shoulder has not come off at all.
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The thing about it is that now they technically could make one painted like the FB2012 scheme. The VF-X also didn't transform but they painted a transformable one up in that scheme... so it can now. Why can't they say, hey, we want a non-transformable scheme and it's just a technicality now if someone chooses to transform the toy if they wanted. Or, rather, they're not licensing the Valk but the paint scheme now.
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The pack on the right side of mine is a tad bit loose as well. it hasn't been a big problem for me but it would be nice to tighten up. I also noticed my D doesn't seem to sit as flush as my S does. I noticed in the pics of the S Graham posted that what becomes the chest sits flush on this S as well but in Bat's pictures his D is like mine, it doesn't sit flush and the two little tabs on the outside like to pop off and hang down a little.
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One of my two VF-4's showed up yesterday. That cockpit was TIGHT when trying to push it down. Wow. I wasn't sure it was going to move. I did notice that both the stand attachment pieces are super tight and will stay attached to the VF-4 but it comes at the cost that removing them slightly damages the plastic. I'm not super happy about that. Also, it works in all three modes beautifully on the Gundam Stands. The legs are pretty pose-able even without a rotation near the knee, though I'd prefer a rotation at the knee as well. You can fake it with rotation at the hips instead but the ankle can't really turn in enough to give it the support you would need from some of the funkier poses in both Gerwalk and Battroid. Speaking of Gerwalk, it's actually pretty fun to try to pose in various ways. The ankle is inhibiting somewhat but you can get around it with the extra hinging around the knee joint. I've yet to transform it back t fighter yet, I'm wondering if getting the arms to fit back inside will be a minor annoyance. Being short there isn't THAT much that can go wrong but still. It's also too bad there wasn't some joint near the shoulder that could extend a little farther or swing down a little farther so the arms have a bit more clearance around those shoulders. That way you could pose with the arms closer to being crossed together or something or maybe a slide bar where the shoulder could be adjusted farther forward/back.
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Well two out of the three packages I've been waiting on finally arrived at the house. The guy delivering bragged they got here from LA in less than 24 hours because "somebody paid for it." Yeah, because I did, to have them delivered a week ago. Also, where's the third package I paid for?
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So interestingly, my VF-17D that arrived on the 30th has now cleared customs and one of my VF-4's that arrived on the 31st has cleared too. The second VF-4 is still stuck there.
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Dang, I guess I missed it again.
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Design flaw. The ankles simply don't rotate back far enough. Or, rather, they CAN rotate back very far but after that they'll be ridiculously loose from then on. Though to be honest my 19P had a floppy left ankle right out of the box.
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That's a cool custom but I've never cared for that finned version of the VF-4.
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Hopefully you're right. I'm not sure though. Most people said they weren't asking for Alto's version, they wanted the CF. Combine that with the fact usually CF's don't sell as well as the "Hero" variety Bandai may decide to under produce these even more even though it seems like demand might be higher. At least it seems to be higher around this forum, not that it's a reflection of the rest of the world.
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It's good that you'll be getting your VF-4 soon but that means there's no way to tell if they'll let some of our orders languish in the back of a warehouse for a month or two because they're not even consistent with inspecting each item in order. It's complete dumb(emphasis)-luck.
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Thanks for the heads up Froy.
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I don't blame them. They took a lot of flak from people on this forum because they couldn't fill those orders.
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"US Retailers?" You mean like Big Bad Toystore? I got my second Alto 171 from them. They only got something like 10 in total. And they're very careful about pre-orders for Bandai products after so many were boned by the Ozma and Alto 29 releases.
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Didn't somebody else have the problem missing a fin too? Or am I confusing the slide cover on the back of the leg?
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It's back and forth, back and forth. I called USPS again and gave them my tracking number and she said they haven't received it back from Customs yet and another package from December 17th didn't clear until the 7th of January. I told her I had one package enter the 29th and made it to my house by the 3rd. She said I "got lucky." frakk this government bullshit, FedEx would have fired somebodies ass for this already. Supposedly I have to wait another week. Never again EMS.
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I just called LA Customs. They don't track the packages via the shipping numbers, they just inspect and ship back. Customs claims if the package came in December they've already inspected it and sent it back to USPS. I will say the lady at Customs was far more polite then the bitch I spoke with at USPS.
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Called the Post Office, I got some lip from the woman there. She gave me the phone number for Customs. Customs claims USPS are liars and it's their fault.
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On the 19P it definitely leans back against that crotch piece.
