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You know... after watching parts of this video, I actually don't feel as bad about receiving my preorder when it arrives. The plane mode looks okay to me. And since most of my stuff is displayed in fighter mode anyway, it won't look ugly among them.

This is probably the first time I feel like selling my valk even before I receive it lol. I'm usually quite open minded about experiencing new valks myself before having an opinion on it, but seems like this VF-17S is just universally disliked. Even hardcore 17S lovers like Graham couldn't like it.

The only VF-1 I want from the DX Line is VF-1S Max. Never had one of those and I don't even know if one was ever made before.

I'm guessing they made it 1.2km long based on the length of the aircraft carrier arm. After all, large modern carriers are over 300m long so that would make them just about the right length to serve as the arm for the SDF-1 if it was 1.2km long. But when I look at tekering's image above with the SDF-1 in robot mode in the middle of the lake, that Prometheus is gigantic! That's way bigger than any modern carrier.

I still firmly believe that the SDF-1 is waaay bigger than just being 1.2km long. Heck even Macross City alone in the leg looks more than 1.2km long just on its own.

What a coincidence. My HMR 19P has practically the same issues as yours. But I was able to tighten the thigh swivel with some Kiki's Joint Fix, and also use the same to work on one of the forearm sliders that didn't want to lock in place. After doing those fixes, it's quite solid and enjoyable to handle now.

Honestly it's quite a shame people are skipping on this DX VF-19. Like I said before, I think it's currently my favorite DX, despite its flaws. And I'm not a Fire Valkyrie enthusiast. I actually think it's the ugliest among the 19 variants because of the ketchup/mustard color scheme and the battroid face. But I think it looks really good and it's enjoyable to handle. It edges out the YF-19 because I prefer the fighter silhouette of the VF-19 over it.

Seeing this brings back the painful memories of my childhood when I used to deploy those spring loaded metal landing gears. Those really hurt!

They missed sliding up the knee gap covers in fighter mode. I just find it silly how the HMR Fire Valk is a lot more like the Yamato/Arcadia than the DX.

I just received my 2nd copy of this valk. It has better hip joints, but it has some weird alignment issue in the flap for the neck cover that prevents it from sitting flat while in battroid mode. If only there was a way for me to swap the lower half of my older copy with the newer one, I'd have a perfect valk lol.

Ouch that sucks. Will you buy another one?

As much as I like the Kairos, I think I'm good with the old one I have. Funny thing is, the main reason I wouod want to get the reissue is because I want the newer box that doesn't use styrofoam. Helps prevent yellowing while stored in the box. Now that I think about it, maybe I should get the reissue just for that. But not sure if I'll preorder or just wait until release date and get it at a discount like how the VF-19 is already discounted now.

Thanks for the info. Good thing I didn't try forcing the leg parts apart after unscrewing the hip screws. I was trying to see if I could wiggle it off. Oh well. Maybe I should just buy another copy and hope that has tighter joints.

I don't live in the US. Tariffs have been around since forever in my country and probably the rest of the world (except for the US until recently).

Whoa. I bet those aftermarket prices will start dropping fast.