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  1. Mechapilot77
    finally! the vf-25s look so anorexic and naked without the super parts! so preorders start 6/14? any word on actual release date yet?
  2. Mechapilot77
    i seriously doubt that, lots of these swirls are almost circular. someone was wiping them try to get stuff off of it. i think random nicks scratches etc may be from the bins or buckets etc but i'm really doubting the siwrl mark scratches are. It pains me that bandai has to relearn how to make transforming high end toys (and that our macross is the test bed) when they apparently knew how to do it almost 30 years ago without issues like these. FWIW yamato doesn't have these issues and even with all the pain finish issues on takara MP TFs, they don't have molded plastic finish issues. bandai has just been doing gunpla too long. i'm going t ostand by my guess of the use of mold release and subsequent wiping.
  3. Mechapilot77
    yeah overall i'm quite displeased with the finish (particularly on the wings for some reason) of 2/3 of my Vf-171 CF. The marks look mostly like what on cars would be described as "swirl marks" and they are somewaht round or circular in nature usually. There is also at least once scuff mark on one of them. you can't feel them but in the right like you can see them. I think the darker coloring of the vf-171 CF makes it much more obvious. I almost don't want to go back and check my Vf-171 alto under good lighting to see. i'm sure they are there but much less obvious due to color. I wonder if putting a coat of clear coat (or what is it you guys use, future mixed with clear/matte paint?) would "fill in" these really light scratches or would it magnify it? anyone got tips? anyway i almost think that they heard people complain about the oily nature some of the older DX's had (no doubt due to mold release use) and instructed the workers to merely wipe it off with something as a last step before packing. unfortunately they seem to be wiping it with something that scratches the plastic/finish. :-( what they should have done is design the molds (or specify to the molder) that mold release is not be used for the parts or in lieu of that have the parts cleaned properly degreased/cleaned prior to assembly.
  4. Mechapilot77
    wow MW got trolled hard. i'd buy it if it existed and also had matching strike parts
  5. Mechapilot77
    interesting. I never even thought to play with the stand to see what else it could do. i do think it looks better. i also think someone should recast these in clear plastic. the black is just so....visible.
  6. Mechapilot77
    pretty sure that is exactly how i'm going to display mine. i do have one set of armor/missles pack coming for one of the CF's...thinking if i should arm all of them or leave them unarmed like this pic.
  7. Mechapilot77
    personally, i would NEVER let the transformation scheme affect whether or not i get or buy a toy, but different strokes for different folks. granted it may affect how ofteni take it off display and transform it but I think as a collector, me personally - i don't care if the actual transformation is a little frustrating so long as I don't break it, and so long as I enjoy both modes and I think the 171 looks pretty damn awesome in both modes (because i'm going to be looking at it or posing it alot more than i'm going to be TFing it.) It is probably my favorite battroid mode in the whole frontier series. In comparison to other high end transforming collectibles, i don't know that i'd say Takara has a "better" balance in terms of playability vs. line art accuracy or whatever but that being said, i do fiddle with my masterpiece TFs (i have basically every mold) more than my bandai dx chogokins WITH the exception of masterpiece megatron (mp-05). tales of his fragility during transformation have relegated him to robot mode permanently. lol. Anyway, i'd say yes bandai could learn something but i do still feel the dx chogokins FEEL like slightly higher end products than masterpiece TF's due to things like the amount of tampo, intricacy of mechanisms, line art accuracy etc. All this comparison does though is make me think of how right yamato got it with their more modern releases (personally i think the V2 Vf-1's are a near perfect balance of accuracy, playabilty etc) and how wrong they got it with some of their earlier stuff. I think we are truly in a golden age of transforming toy and its a wonderful thing as all the guys that grew up with them can now have toys of the level they always thought that their childhood toys could be. The VF-171 is no exception.
  8. Mechapilot77
    haha, yeah i have to say transformation on the vf-171 seems very not intuitive. i had to watch videos when i did my alto (havne't done my cf yet). I don't look forward to changing him back to fighter mode to lead my CFs into battle. i'll have to watch the vids again etc...hope there is one for going back to fighter mode. i wish i could transform it as easilty as a masterpiece seeker. I think i can do those in well under 5 minutes these days (granted i have tons of practice as i have most of them ). I would be ecstatic if I could do ANY of the DX chogokins in under 20 minutes. The mid section is just always "did i do that right?" and comparing with pictures or vids and fiddling around with it. also there is also the fear or TFing it too much will make it loose (then again the V1's seem to get loose sitting on a shelf after being tight thru a first transformation, haven't checked on my V2s in months). no such fear with MP Seekers.
  9. Mechapilot77
    Mr. K is the valk designer from yamato right? thats a very good sign!
  10. Mechapilot77
    wait...the same maiden japan that is / was on these boards? i also wondered if its the same maiden japan that did custom TF junkion parts (that now has similar kits being mass produced)? personally i think the beta (tlead) is exceptional. the alpha....poor material choices and a bit sloppily tooled.
  11. Mechapilot77
    i voted alaska base vf-1 since well the mold exists, easy repaint. It will sell. Easy one first time out and hopefully it will show them macross is profitable! other than that i guess i'd love to see a 1/60 glaug and regult. The V2 YF-19 would be a good play too as their are tons of macross plus fans and that V1 isn't up to par with the other recent releases.
  12. Mechapilot77
    Which "little tabs" are shearing off? swing bar mechanism may be different from your vf-1j if your 1j is an earlier build. The newer ones should be easier to do/transform though. Never heard of any not tabbing in. I personally have over a dozen vf-1's and thats never been a problem ( i have "darker" DYRL ones as well as bright white TV valks).
  13. Mechapilot77
    really hope you are right! :-) although i've been "panic buying" most of what i want anyway...i hope our "golden age" of yamato macross toys lives on under arcadia! IMO yamato has not put out a bad valk since before the V2 vf-1's in 2008 (save for early bad shoulders and some reissues of other bad product). maybe they might actually improve upon what has been done too. onward and upward!! i'll buy one of those ugly paint scheme valks just to support them. lol
  14. Mechapilot77
    I actually set the alarm for the middle of the night 3:45 east coast time....everything was sold out or not posted yet at around 4:00. so bitter! haha. hoping NY or someone else will have it back up either soon or on release and hopefully less ass rapey than i predict. brera's ride is popular....hopefully it'll be more like finding the 171's than the vf-25's. FWIW the canon fodder vf-171 seems to be down to about $161 on NY now (i paid an ass rapey $220 or so on preorder). perhaps we'll get lucky later on with lower prices (wishful thinking i know and i'd rathr pay a tiny bit more and not have to worry upon release).
  15. Mechapilot77
    yup i no longer fear the shoulders breaking on my early release DYRL stuff. Think I have that stuff bookmarked on my home laptop. think one of our very own on MW made them? VF5 aka Veef or something like that.
  16. Mechapilot77
    cool that they include brera and ranka.
  17. Mechapilot77
    wow those look awesome all lined up like that. i had 3 on order myself but dropped it down to one. couldn't justify the cost because i don't have enough room to display them all together anywhere. can't wait for the armor/weapons pack!
  18. Mechapilot77
    Honestly, I love the presence of a 1/48 on the shelf. I have 3 (dyrl focker with strike part, a super vf-1j mirria, and a custom 1/48 based "mp jetfire"). They have some cool gimmicks for sure and they look awesome on the shelf but honestly the 1/60's just feel that much better in hand (if a bit small). I'd be up for a rebooted redesigned 1/48 maybe...i'd by a couple probably but i can't see recollectng evey valk i have in 1/60 again since i went all in on the 1/60 v2 (bought almost ever single deco i like) even if it was as solid as the 1/60 (or better) and had the presence and gimmicks of a an old 1/48 (or better). Who knows though?
  19. Mechapilot77
    oh man...lesson learned. never buy a bandai valk until 3 years after the release of the anime because they are just gong to make a better version later. lol. yeah i'm gonna need one of these. guess V1 will be relegated to figther mode.
  20. Mechapilot77
    yup looks like a 1/60 v2 in the first image in the OP. at least we know they are interested in making something for the franchise. please let this be the first of many things to come!
  21. Mechapilot77
    unfortunately in a market where supply is limited and getting smaller the people who control the market price are those that "must have" an item and are relatively insensitive to price. i'd argue that those people affect prices of actually...everything but in this market where supply is dry its hard to argue against it, as it seems there is a decent enough quantity of these type people collecting these things.
  22. Mechapilot77
    ok so this is an interesting topic actually. i do not know what it is like in this specific case but a couple things are for certain. 1. Factories in china definitely do unauthorized runs on tooling not owned by them. not every factory does it but there are definitely those that do. Usually there will be some minimal differences between official run products and illegally produced (though on same premise and tooling) ones. again i'm not sure how or even if this applies to bandai or yamato product. 2. There is a history/cuatlure of actual companies (not just the factory) specifying lower quality components for "domestic" (read: china) destined product than for things meant for overseas consumption. for examples in the electronics industry some components are rated to certain failure rates or certain tolerances etc. Now there are other components that function the same but have higher failure rates or wider tolerances that work just fine when they work. A device that is domestic product may use the lower grade (though equivalent function) components while the exported versions of the same model have higher grade components. This is a fairly common practice actually. The thought is that the chinese market (replace china with any low cost developing nation doing manufacturing as this isn't new) consumers are not as discerning or don't care as much and that the "brand" name should not be diluted overseas in the more developed nations (read: nations where the profit margins are higher for a given product). Again i have no idea if this applies to yamato and bandai.
  23. Mechapilot77
    umm, those armor packs look pretty grey to me (a blue tint sure, but much more grey than the ones for alto's 171)...glad i preordered! i just got taht game i the mail and haven't played it yet...is it going to be a b*tch if i dont read japanese?
  24. Mechapilot77
    sweet. i just preordered a set too but forgot to change to USD though. doh! hopefully the yen drops against dollar a bit.
  25. Mechapilot77
    i have one and have yet to unbox it. doesn't come with all those scaled down mini mecha does it? i'm also wondering how well it can hold its arms up? can i pose it like that on a shelf and leave it like that for weeks?
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