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Good to hear that the issue isn't on every copy. But if mine does come with the crooked nose, is there a way to easily disassemble it and fix it?

Looks like it's been released in HK already

Nin-nin is reliable right? Does anyone know if they declare full price on the shipping invoice (like Amiami or Amazon)? Or do they under declare like Anime-Export and Hobby-Genki? Wanted to know because it will greatly impact whether I will be charged a huge import fee or not.

Yes! I was wishing for this. Hope they make improvements to the hips and shoulders. The last version was an upgrade over the original, but still felt a step below the VF-25 renewals. Then if they release the ghost drones as a separate add-on, that would be perfect.

Sometimes it's a good thing that teased items don't get made. One example is the Chogokin Pacific Rim line from Bandai. They only made Gipsy Danger but teased Crimson Typhoon. I was really excited for it back then. But after my Gipsy Danger's hips exploded in storage due to the worst internal design I have ever seen, I'm glad they didn't continue the line.

I think one reason it is easier to remember the names of the Delta squad members is because they had unique valks associated with each of them. Whereas for the Aerial Knights, only a few of them had unique valks and those are the ones we remember. The twins and the others all had the same variant so instead of associating their names with the valk, we ended up doing the opposite and associate the valk's variant (Ba) with them instead lol.

I agree with this. I love the Sv-262. I was actually trying to find another Keith "as a backup" a few months ago but couldn't find a brand new one at a good price. Luckily the preorder for this opened a few weeks ago and saves me from getting a duplicate (I've kinda sworn off buying duplicates to save space but I wanted to mess around with the Sv-262 again without bothering the one I have on display).

I haven't bought anything Arcadia in a long time. I think the last purchase I had from them was the Sv-51 Nora v2. When was the last time they released something brand new? Honestly I'm kinda skeptical they will be continuing the franchise for very long...

For me, the main improvement I wish they would've done (but I know they didn't) is to make the fixed pose hands smaller. They look ridiculously big IMO.

Oh darn, they're model kits? False advertising on Amazon then for listing them under Robot Spirits.

Is there an existing topic on this? If so, kindly close this thread. But I was surprised to see Bandai will be releasing the VF-22S in the Robot Damashii line. It's a partsformer, but at that price and scale, I don't mind it. https://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0DFC89DN7/aburamamire-22/ref=nosim/ https://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0DFC3BQVN/aburamamire-22/ref=nosim/

I just got my copy. Overall, I would say that if someone wanted to get their first 1/60 VF-1J, this is the one to buy. It takes a lot of the good things from both the Yamato and Bandai designs and improves on other things neither have done before. While it still does some things worse than either, I think the pros far outweigh the cons. I'm hoping the upcoming VF-1S will have better fitting/tolerances. The current one isn't bad, but it could be better. EDIT: So I pulled out my Yamato 1/60 v2 VF-1J out of storage to compare it to the Threezero. Man it's only after I put them side by side did I realize how the proportions on the Threezero Battroid look sooo much better than the Yamato. I used to think that the Yamato was pretty close to perfect already but now its age is really starting to show. But kudos to the Yamato. Even though it has slightly yellowed over the years (still doesn't look too bad), the joints are still holding up very well. In fact, some of the joints (e.g. head lasers) actually became even tighter. I can't rotate them 360 degrees anymore and can only move it around 45 degrees. I'm not risking putting any more force because ilI can see that it's easy for my fingers to slip and I end up accidentally breaking off the laser.

I feel the exact same way.

Ah that explains it. That's good then. EDIT: Wait, I checked AE again just now and it's showing in stock again for me. So maybe they did get sold out earlier but were able to reopen it to accept more orders. 2nd EDIT: Oops, I realized I didn't login, so that's why it was showing in stock. But as soon as I logged in, it's showing sold out again haha

Phew, they closed the preorder as soon as I paid for my order. But what's weird today is Chrome is preventing me from going to AE's site saying it's a Dangerous Site. That's never happened before. So I had to use Edge to visit the site. But when I click on your AE link, my Chrome lets me go there. EDIT: I think the address that Chrome is flagging as a Dangerous Site today is https://anime-export.com However that has been my bookmarked address all this time and I never had issues with it.