MikeRoz

I did the switch shortly after my other post. I didn't really look at the instructions aside from the picture that was posted in this thread that showed which screws to pull. Was easy enough to figure out from just that. Didn't really notice a difference. The one thing I will say is that those hexagonal shoulder-top pieces do not want to go back into their spot when transitioning back to fighter mode. Feel like I'm going to break something. This has nothing to do with the piece that was swapped.

From the picture above, it sure looks like your copy is affected. The issue is that the shoulders are swapped. The back of the shoulder is what has the longer angled edge on the outside next to the 101. On the front, this same edge is shorter. The fronts of the shoulders in your pictures look like they have a long edge. If you look at the backs, they should have a short edge. If you swap the shoulders, the short edge will be in front. EDIT: Just checked my copy from a US store and it's 'affected' as well. But if this hadn't been posted, I never would have noticed. Doesn't appear to affect how snugly the arm tucks in in fighter mode. Maybe the shoulders are canted at a little more of an angle when they're tucked in? Again, not something I would have noticed.

Everything I was thinking of is a recolor too: RVF-25 Revival All the unreleased VF-31 supers VF-1A Hikaru VF-1J M&M Difference being all the above were actually shown on screen.

Bandai has several canon Macross DX product lines unfinished, and they go with this instead...

I'll let you all know how mine is in 2-4 months...

The thing that killed the Yamato 1/48 for me was the way they shoulders hung down way too far in fighter mode. Ruined the lines for me. I probably wouldn't have bothered with the 1/60 v2 line if not for that. Though, now that I think about it again, the PF releases probably would have been enough to get me to break.

I didn't get the impression that Michelle Yeoh was in any way a victim here. Maybe I'm the victim of successful PR, but it always seemed to me like she'd been pushing for this series/movie to happen and enjoyed playing the mirror version of the character. I felt a little bit like I was watching a Stephen Segal film or a later Rock film.

The usual US stores have gotten all the TWE items (except VF-1s) since the revivals started. What's different about this listing? The usual US stores have gotten all the TWE items (except VF-1s) since the revivals started. What's different about this listing? The usual US stores have gotten all the TWE items (except VF-1s) since the revivals started. What's different about this listing?

My replacement head laser was fine, but the original head laser was in there really snug. I pulled and pulled, and what finally gave wasn't the laser itself, but the yellow housing it comes in. It has a flared base that should have been big enough to keep it from popping out. I was terrified things were glued together underneath it, so I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to shove the housing back in from above, even though it didn't fit (yet it got out somehow...?). Don't do this, it will make marks (which are fortunately very hard to see once the housing is in, but still...). Eventually I gave up and realized that the 'face' was held on by a simple ball joint, the 'head' and 'cowl' assembly was also held on by a simple ball joint, and the grey part behind/above the face in the cowl is held on by a single screw. Pop that out, pop the yellow laser base back in, then reverse the disassembly steps, and you're good to go.

Just got a shipping label creation notification from FedEx on behalf of Bandai. They don't usually do that for P-Bandai purchases, and I've already gotten my shipment for this month anyway. The weight is also 0.1 pounds, which can't really be a model or anything else I'd have purchased. I think we domestic US customers are finally getting our head lasers.

They've released revival versions of the 25F, 25G, and the 25S with their add-ons. They have to release the RVF-25 with its ghosts, right? Right? Right? There's no way they'd start a squadron and then never finish it like that, right? Right?

USAGS has this up for pre-order, now it's just a matter of waiting for a crazy discount code.

I have the original Renewal Tornado parts but, aside from a test fitting/swooshing, I don't think I've ever displayed them. I wouldn't mind having a backup Revival 25F but the price is making me hesitate.

Person I just bought a VF-27 from is breathing a huge sigh of relief right now. I bought their VF-27 and held off on their VF-25G + supers combo because with the 25F, 25G, and 25S all getting combo releases, surely the 25G was right around the corner? Never would I ever have thought an "enemy mecha" would get a release before the fourth member of the protagonist's squad. Called that completely wrong.

So you received a unit with a Bluefin sticker from Amazon, and you're sending them back one without?