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    Sorry this doesn't excite me in anyway. Maybe because I don't like the look, maybe because I have already payed for three members of the Feral Rex team. The legs look wobbly but that might be due to the prototype status. Besides that they look like folded up robots and I like the extra step MMC took in transforming the legs and hiding the crotch of the leg-bots. I would preferred it if the lower legs would collapse inward to make the animal legs a bit slimmer. On TFCs the torso also looks very unbalanced with the small waist and the long arms. I prefer the smaller arms on Ares however because the MMC forearms are again too wide for my tastes due to the rear animal legs not folding into the arms pieces. Also the Ares looks terrible busy with all the details, edges and cavities. That says something because MMCs style has also a manifold of this design elements. Overall I prefer the MMC version but if this image makes you happy good for you. I'm terribly biased because I have Bovis on my desk!
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    I'm just gonna pay the YF-30 in advance and deal with the YF-19 when it's released. Not passing out on this one because then all I need will be the VF-25G Tornado Parts.
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    I have the issue that the lower legs don't stay attached to the backplate very well. The leg packs peg in into the wings and thus pushing the legs together resulting in secure connection. I think the backplate is extended all the way because the arms are pegged in position and I'm not sure how I should rotate the legs differently.
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    Just received my Fast Packs and I really like how they help the legs to stay attached in Fighter-Mode. Now I need to find some stickers.
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    On my copy there is not really stress on the legs. The bar just prevents that the gun-pod doesn't falls out. My VF-25S holds together without the part but can't hold the gun-pod. That said I haven't displayed my Armored Messiah in Fighter-Mode (too big for my display cabinet) for a longer period of time. However I'm interested if anyone knows something about that topic.
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    I know I know but it has to be smoothed out and primed and painted and detailed up and in a way so it is not noticeable when looking at the plane. I have some modeling experience so I'm 100% certain that I cannot achieve this. Your model looks great though but my hopes are that Arcadia will include this head if they are reissuing the VF-4.
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    Thank god they redid the terrible connector piece form the first issue. What is he pointing out with the image where the head antenna is pushed out of its mount? Does it mean that the missile pods have a clearance issue with the antenna or that his antenna suffers from a defect?
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    It still has this ugly head doesn't it?
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    They will ship them together once the RVF parts are released. I ordered the YF-29 and the Super Parts together and they where shipped when the Super Parts where available. I also ordered the two sets together and haven't gotten any notice for the VF-25G parts. Hope that helps.
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    I think the V1 YF-19 had a nice Gerwalk-Mode when it comes to the leg position. Hopefully Arcadia has designed different ankles for the new YF-19. And seeing the VF-171 this Valkyrie has in my opinion the best ankles of them all. They are gorgeous!
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    Am I the only one that thinks that those look more like the VF-11?
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    Now having seen a image of the box I think it is ok but I find the boxes of Bandais more pleasing. I don't like the plain font of the text and the contrast between the black and the yellow is too strong. Something about the Bandai boxes just hits the right spot for me.
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    I think all the Bandai Frontier Valkyries look amazing in Gerwalk-Mode at least to me. I think it is a combination of the lanky legs and the ankle joint that allow for a good look. I usually bend the legs forward at the knee joint as much as possible to achieve the best look. I'd love to see some more sideways motion in the ankles so the toy can achieve a wider A-stance but for that there is the stand. They are just a pleasure to look at. Arcadia take some notes here!
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    That can only mean that the invoice of hlj will soon be in my inbox. That is sweet! Too bad it will stay in the warehouse until the Hikaru VF-1S is released.
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    Can't see it because I'm at work now. Can you describe it?
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    I was yesterday at a hobby shop and bought a can of TS-80 just to make sure that I have one available when I'm building my MG. I thought about buying all the cans but that seemed a little to paranoid when I don't know if I need them. Any information if it really is discontinued? I have to check where my can is from because the store I bought them at also imports them. Good luck with your package DarrinG!
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    I'm still waiting on the MP-11 Skywarp. It would be nice to have the original Skywarp in alt-mode and the MP-11 robot-mode next to him. Hopefully Takara makes one some day but seeing how they go full force into the car line I'm pessimistic that we'll see one soon. Sorry Mike can't help you with that. In fact I had to read your question a second time before I fully understood it.
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    So it is a Tamashii Web Exclusive? That might explain why I didn't find it while searching through hlj. Thanks for the heads-up.
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    Is it expected that the preorders for that will sell out? I got my other Gundam Unicorn figures after their initial release so I'm wondering if this will be true for the Kshatriya.
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    I like to think about it in a way similar to the Inglorious Basterds movie. There are some "real" events that happened and documented (like the Third Reich/The Vajra encounter with the 25th fleet) where they spun a story around it. To this point it is not important if Alto survived or not what is important is the outcome of the story. For example that humanity won and the Zentradi where integrated into human society. If that was not the case then the sequels to SDF:M/DYRL would be wrong. So if Alto would be the protagonist of a Macross Frontier sequel that has a noteworthy impact on the Macross universe then it would be a problem if he was dead after the second movie. But even that might not be the case because of the example stated above. Bad stuff happens when someone tries to rework a fictional universe to a fitting continuity. The Star Wars prequels/OT and the Legend of Zelda series being two examples where the one is really bad (SW) and kinda funny (Zelda) when you see what is developing around that. Like I love the discussions around the split time line in Zelda and I hate seeing Hayden Christensen at the end of RotJ. So I favor the Macross canon in some way over ways to approach this topic.
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    What about non human mecha like a Glaug or Variable Glaug?
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    That is cool. Hopefully we do get a Transformers airplane that has not an entire robot on the underside. I think it is cool but I'd rather buy a repaint of it. The design looks o.k but I don't like how far the helmet sticks out of top of the vehicle. Maybe it will be a little bit more smoothed out in the final product. It seems like it is accurate to the show however. The kind the helmet is designed it looks like it will be a smaller robot inside a giant robot. I'm really hoping we get a cool transformation scheme and great articulation.... ...with double joints on the elbows and knees.
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    That's why I said with the release of the RVF-25 and VF-25A. Ok that is a bit derailing but has someone tried to dress the VF-25A up with the Armored Parts to see if they can stand without modding the hips?
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    Well nothing and everything is cannon... ....except Macross 2. If I remember correctly Veef was talking about how the DYRL movie was a movie about events that happened in the Macross universe (based on an interview with Kawamori). So why not apply the same logic to the Frontier show and movies? I don't want to say much more because a) I haven't seen the Frontier movies so I cannot make adequate guesses and b) I'm not sure I can remember everything correctly that was brought up during this podcast.
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    I know what you mean but for example the way the nosecone folds up... sure there could be a different joint at work but would the result being different enough to justify buying one? I mean the toy wouldn't get more or different articulation. It would just handle somewhat different. I also think that Bandais V1 VF-25s where plagued by following slavishly the CGI model without thinking it through and having the end result in mind. If I imagine a new VF-1 from Arcadia it could have the anime accurate leg delivery system (I know some consider this to violate the perfect transformation thought), no more priest collar, filler pieces for the chest that flap out of chest and back, a nosecone that can jut out a bit. I'm not being super creative here most stuff comes from Bandais VF-1 model kit (regardless how terrible it might be). What I'm saying the Renwals look like the Messiah from the show they have the range of motion from the show. I'm not sure if different joints, a matte finish and Super Parts with removable housings would cut it for me. On the other hand I'm sure that a Arcadia VF-25 would sell. As seems the third iteration of the YF-19 (not counting the VF-19). I'm not so sure about a VF-9 for example.
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