Mommar

Looks like some decent refinements going on there. They've got a nice gentle curve of the nose going on now. That should make some of the fans of fighter mode very happy to see.

While I think you're likely right in some respects that Michael and Luca are not nearly as popular there is also the fact that the first two of the V.1 25's released were Alto's and Ozma's and it was widely known the time the third and fourth iterations (Michael and Luca) came out that they were pretty shoddy in quality. Combine a poor first showing with two less popular characters and you're almost guaranteed people who might have been interested in a whole squad made the easy choice to skip the two less popular characters. That being said, I really do hope we see a V.2 Luca and Michael as well as a 171 Luca. I have a weakness for Radomes.

Man, I came pretty close to never owning these things too. I had them on preorder and the month before they were released I got laid off. I almost cancelled the order to save money but my Mom talked me into "treating" myself one last time (with the Elintseeker in this same order too.) It's a bummer other people can't get them, Max especially looks very striking.

Me three. I really like the look of the polarized effect and none of my Valks have the chipping/cracking happening to them. It's a bummer my later Valks don't all look the same. I thought it was a really nice touch.

Yeah, Yamato Valks are almost always released on the last Friday/Saturday of the month.

The shoulder thing is absolutely fixed. Except for one confusing issue with the VT-1 and then the reuse of some older stock 1J HIkaru's with the original GBP sets the shoulders have been rock solid since the middle of 2010.

Those side covers shouldn't function any different from the one's that came with the GBP considering they look exactly the same. The old covers never did anything with the shoulder, I don't expect these to do it now.

I don't understand why that's a problem? Locking the shoulder in limits movement and pose-ability.

This mindset is why gamers can't have fun things that aren't shooters. It's done in a pixelated way but it still uses a lot of 3D tricks for the makeup of it's levels. Besides, a platformer would SUCK to play on a crappy smartphone. You must not be aware of the HUGE downloadable game component to most consoles these days either as XBox Live the PSN and the Wii all have games like this for download on them. They're not sold as boxed items. They're $8 downloads.

They've still got it at HK-Collectibles. I've ordered from them before and haven't had any issues getting my items.

Considering the price of the Cavalier is exactly the same as these new Valks with the special parts it's odd they wouldn't include them.

You know you could always go for the 19S/F... and if you aren't a fan of the stubby wings the P. That way you get the awesome engineering without all of that red.

I guess Bigger Johnson is out of the question then?

Hey Man, have you had a chance to check this game out yet? I just downloaded it after work/daily exercise routine and it's a real charmer. I've caught myself sitting grinning like a moron the whole time I've played it. Also, the painting in the background of your room is a nice touch... obviously this guy likes The Legend of Zelda.

Why not? I like both and have stated as much.

Other then a few of us who can't find one of these things being irked at someone having more than one I don't see why a Skull Leader color scheme would offend anybody.

Wow, somebody has got an axe to grind. The Hi-Metal is no more or less flawed then a v2. It's got it's ups and it's got it's downs. A big one in my estimation is that the Yammie looks good in all three modes. I do not believe the Fighter or Gerwalk (anemic as far as pose-ability is concerned) are any good on the Hi-Metal, the wings are weird and floppy too and the missiles don't hold on nearly as well. Battroid mode is easier to pose and the shoulders are a good design on the hi-metal (plus the hip implementation is cool though I question how well it would work in a larger scale) but the feet on those little metal ball rotators can become EXTREMELY loose (my Hikaru hangs on by a thread.) I COULD put nail polish on it but then... that's a fan fix, like the shoulders (of which I have had zero break, even on my original Hikaru DYRL VF-1A) so that's not perfect. They're both good in different ways. I tend to pose and repose the hi-metals in battroid more. I actually have Yammies in Fighter and Gerwalk. Like whichever one you like but be realistic about the pros and cons.

"Updates to classic franchises? Fist of the North Star got 3 movies, 2 OVAs and a tv series about Raoh. City Hunter got a direct sequel (Angel Heart) as did Captain Harlock (Endless Odessey) and Cobra (2 OVA’s and one TV series). Not to mention the Golgo 13 tv series or the terrific Cyborg 009-1 spin-off series. Votoms also got at least 2 OVA’s and Yamato actually got a fully-fledged sequel with Yamato Ressurection. Evangelion also got the first 2 rebuild movies. Oh and Towards the Terra received an excellent update in the form of a new TV series that outdoes (imo) the old theatrical version." So what you're saying is that Macross should get a remake?

I'm beginning to wonder if the reason we haven't heard about a Michael or Luca yet is because somebody realized that they either need to spend money on new molds to fix that issue or they just decided to forget it because those two aren't as popular and it will look like crap to paint them so why worry?

Hmm.... super packs for my Max 1J would be cool to have.

I don't have a problem with the way the F-35 looks. Then again I don't intend to see anything called "Top Gun 2" anyway so it doesn't matter.

Good Lord, where would one have space to store something that massive!?

I looked through several of wm chengs build ups but most of what he showed required you already understood what he was talking about. In addition, isn't the plastic on the model kits different from the plastic on the 1/60 Yamatos? Besides, if we get the input from several different people we also learn about different techniques/styles from each other. Not just the newbie people but people with experience could get ideas for different techniques to try out if they wanted to.

Here's the rub really. Two guys above you say it's not that bad. I am in your camp... cannot watch it. I'll gladly keep buying these 17's if they'll keep making them though. Hell, I don't even own an 11B. I prefer the way the 11C's from 7 look more (minus the gun pods.) Now that I think about it I don't own a 21 either, they're all 22's from 7.

Hi guys, I dug around the forum but had a hard time finding anything. I recently came into acquisition of an extra VF-1S TV Roy (because the first one i had ordered for a friend was broken so it's still laying here.) I've yet to fix the broken part, which affects Fighter mode zero and is only a minor issue in Gerwalk and Battroid (still would not be fit as a gift in it's broken state though.) I was thinking I'd try my hand as a complete newb to paint this thing but... I don't know what I'm doing. Knowing what type of paints (hand,spray,whatever) work on what types of plastics is confusing. To say nothing of masking/priming/whatever. And clear coats or whatever else might be used to seal/finish/gloss/yadda. I thought it might be useful to have a pinned thread with lists for this type of stuff just for new people to get started. The different toys, their plastics types, what paints adhere to their surfaces, etc... I thought about this after Benson posted his first few questions about painting side side and intake covers, then I started looking at this body of this thing and I realized I didn't have a damn clue.