jvmacross

Or how about just utilizing magnets between the arms and legs? Isn't that ET's "thing"? Magnets would have also helped keep the main top part of the SAP attached to the lower part when in fighter mode...

The biggest flaw (not including the transformation process) was the lack of a strong connection between the arm and legs...ET completely ignored the problem and made it worse with the mounting of the armor as they removed what little connection points existed....no idea what they were thinking.....it would have been an easy fix by adding a thicker tab to the arm armor pieces and a slot to the leg armor.....line art accuracy be damned....it wasn't winning any awards in that category to begin with....

The only thing an HMR Monster fears is an HMR YF-19 with one of these.....

I'd still buy....would look good next to the 1/60-ish line....of course, it would take up much of your 1/60-ish line display space.....but that's not important!

Anyone have the Faerie and Nexx? If so, is the Nexx any "better" in terms of "quality".....don't laugh! Or how about compared to the Silvie? I opted to wait for the Nexx to go on clearance......I'm guessing in a few months or by Black Friday for sure.....

exactly...

I think anyone who is at this stage of the VF-2SS experience (nightmare?) is in it because they have accepted its limitations and is satisfied with it's "looks" and not necessarily its build quality. In short, it is a piece that you pick a mode, your favorite mode, and display it with the understanding to never...ever....make the mistake of transforming it again....I agree with you...it will not stand the test of time....IF you keep fiddling with it.....what concerns me more is that it will turn into a yellowed mess within a few years or less.... On the Faerie I received....on of the shoulder locking tabs is already yellowed.....so I do not have high hopes for the rest of the plastic....

They used the savings to go into improving the overall fit and quality of the VF-2SS......oh wait.....they just added clicks to the arm armor! Gabriel is correct. Guess they just assumed the only collectors crazy enough to buy a Faerie or Nexx after all the bad reviews for the Silvie....already had the Silvie, so no instructions required!

You want clicking arm armor....use the ones in the separate blister pack.... No clicking....use the ones in the tray.... Either one holds the gun pod just fine..... It makes no sense....

They'll do the SDF-1 bridge once we've bought everything in 1/100....it will then kickoff the all new HM-FU 1/144 line!

LOL.... Arms and legs hanging on with a prayer....no problem! Covers on SAP armor not "clicking" when closed....blow your entire V 1.5 mold tweaking budget on it!! Pray for the Mospeada fans....

Weird....the gun fits just fine in the arm armors packed in the tray.....the lid closes just fine too....

Are you referring to the Big West license sticker?

beats succumbing to peer pressure!!!

For Nexx, yes....although maybe his SAP combo also comes with the regular gun....did anyone get the Nexx to confirm? For the stand-alone SAP and the Faerie Squadron combo set....the regular gun can be stored within either arm armor....

It wouldn't surprise me if Toynami came out with some SD versions....they seem to think that is all Robotech collectors want....

Yeah, but it'll look like those goofy Macross Delta versions....yack! Unless.....they make the silly appendages removable and swappable with regular regult parts??? Now you're thinking like a Bandai HMR Macross marketing guru!

Those are the same portfolios I use. They have served me well.

I'm sure someone with photoshop can stitch this together much better...

HMR has the best box art.....

No...that piece is apparently exclusive to the Nexx SAP combo....there is a pic of it in the instructions book..... There is also an empty spot in the SAP Armor tray for what I assume is the heavy rail gun-pod.... Also....google translated this.... "Note armor to be given to both arms, those of the main of the blister is not used, should be used here"......huh? At first I thought maybe they were special arm armor to be used when in fighter mode.....that would have been the smart thing to do...to add some tabs on them...but nope...no tabs...they seem identical to the ones in the tray......and even if they did have tabs.....the leg armors do not, so there is no way of attaching the arms to the legs when wearing the SAP armor....it's even less "secured" than when it is naked!!! WTF???? Seriously ET??? Boneheads......

Yes.....but it's not easy....have to get the legs and feet just right to keep it from toppling over....

Aaaaand the Battroid pics.........took me a good 30 minutes to get it to stay together.....this one was definitely more fidgety in battroid mode than the Sylvie model....I think I prefer the SAP in Gerwalk mode..... Guess an ET VF-2J Icarus is all but a pipe dream now.........but perhaps it's for the best.....

Miscellaneous pics:

Part 4: As before, the fighter look good only in certain angles....mainly any angle that does not expose the underside mess...... If you have the Silvie....this one is basically the same thing....the failures are in the same locations.....there are no significant improvements in the fit.....but the SAP does make it look better....it will make a nice display piece in the mode that you finally decide to leave it in.....but make sure you decide quickly and do not transform it too many times because I do not think it will hold up to too many transformations...... Based on the Silvie, I am sure the battroid mode will be the most solid mode once again.....I will take some pics of it in battroid once I have taken some time to get over the disappointment of this release....the SAP Armor could have been designed so that it would work in holding the fighter mode much tighter....but for whatever reason ET opted to do nothing....... Final assessment......looks great with the SAP in gerwalk and fighter......pick a mode and then "set it and forget it".....still looks good among other 1/60-ish valks..... Until the ultimate 1/60 DX is released......this is still the only game in town if you want to "display" one among the rest of the 1/60 valks in your collection.....