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I was there with someone new to the con, and when he asked us what our nicknames were, she asked me what that was all about. I told her that there's a lot of interaction on forums and that some people are well known by their handles. The guy got all excited and asked where I was from. So I told him macrossworld, and he got all quiet and said, I posted there once. So I asked him what he thought, and then he said we were jerks. haha. But you know, he does have a point... a lot of us can be pretty abrasive and pretty snoby. How many threads start off with some newbie asking a question about robotech, or calling hikaru "rick" or some other relatively minor slight, only to have a page of hecklers, who don't answer his question but rant at him about how we're not a robotech board or some crap. I'm just saying.

I honestly think it looks fine, sorry if I sounded snide.

yup, while I can't say I like yune's professional work, how he handled himself on the floor was pretty classy. Of course, now he has a MUG SHOT of the idiot who pied him... which I'm sure will be turning up as evidence when they catch this guy. Frankly, I don't understand the mindset of these protesters. Do they really think that by assualting these figures, that they'll somehow get them to change their minds?

can we try to stick to the actual topic of this thread. There are more than enough on going threads where people can discuss issues with other toys. For people who didn't bother to read, this thread is for conjecture on new versions of the 1/48 VF-1 line up.

i said that we could be a little snobish... and uhm, that we're pretty argumentative, and that it can be hard for newcomers to feel welcome, but that basically we're good people. he didn't seem impressed.

I don't know why you would think that. I've had plenty of bandai models snap on me. The one thing that some of the more complex models have going for them is that there's a lot of overlap of layers of plastic. Which helps strengthen overall... but the individual parts... I don't know, I've never seen an indestructible or flawless toy, despite all the bandai love that goes on here.

I thought the signs were dogs and cats living together and the dead rising from their graves?

I'll refrain from thinking the sky is falling until more arm break reports start coming in.

ouch, that sucks man. That's a pretty nasty place for it to break as well.

only went for one day, but I had a pretty good time. I thought the venue sucked as well... well, I always hated LBCC. I felt out of place without one of them big ass Bleach swords though, seemed like everybody was walking around with one. On a side note, a guy at the registration booth told me that macrossworld is full of a bunch of jerks. haha

you're missing out then. the pics rock.

oooh, that's nice. Doesn't look like they got the shoulder to sit anymore flush in fighter mode though. kinda disapointing. But after seeing the FP, I like how the slightly bent angle of the legs gives it a very aggressive feel that the lineart version doesn't have, imo.

yeah, that stand is pretty tailored made to fit that coupling arm. I thought it looked pretty good overall. sorry about the hazy shots, that display case was pretty nasty from people's handprints.

this is essentially what EVERY yamato toy thread ends up becoming anyways.

yup. we all know the URL, but we don't tell you out of spite.

neh, I don't worry about it, personally. Mine has stress marks as well and no ill has come of it. I've transformed mine dozens of times.

heh, odd to see the strike pack in atmosphere but it's a nice composite all the same.

No, I was answering the claim that japanese consumers were more forgiving or not as quick to criticize flaws in products. Given that many oakley glasses fall in the range of yamato's macross toys, I thought it wasn't that big of a stretch.

I'm interested to know if the shoulders fit better as well.

never had a problem with they yf-19 neck hinge either. Anwyays, onto the comment that the japanese just aren't as nit picky... I'd dispute that. My wife worked for oakely for more than half a decade, and the japanese were her pickiest customers, their tolerances were far higher than what was acceptable to USA or European customers and would routinely send back lenses due to imperfections.

I receieved my replacement arms for the 1/60 yamato VF-0 series valks today. Total was 6 arms, 2 sets for the 0s and 1 set for 0a. First, let me say that the 0s arms do have the bicep swivel o-rings... so they are nice and tight now. However, the bicep armor itself, is still glued in place. the screw design of the 0a arms was not brought over. I found 3 of the 4 0s arms to have their shoulder halves GLUED together. This probably occured when the rubber cups were glued into place. The bicep armor was also glued on as well as the two halves of the elbow assembly. This didn't thrill me, as it meant that for 3 of the arms, I would have to force the shoulders on over the ball socket, something which I suspect the factory workers do in China, which can cause stress marks or out right cracks. Well, for the 0a arms, I found everything screwed together with no glue application, except on the rubber cap on the shoulder. This allowed me to take the entire arm apart. What I found in the bicep swivel in one arm was disturbing. The rubber o-ring that yamato used to tighten up the bicep swivel had quite a lot of rubber flashing still on it. More conjecture on my part, but I think the extra material is contributing to the biceps breaking on some of the 0a types out there. Using an x-acto, I cut away the flashing and re-assembled the arm on the valkyrie, starting with the shoulders, the, the bicep/elbow and then finally the fore-arm itself. While the replacement arms did not come with any stress marks, I'm kind of paranoid about them as i had to FORCE three of the arms on, thanks to the oh so happy glue gun of some factory worker. I'm also concerned that there maybe flashing on the bicep o-rings on the 0s arms as well.. but unfortunately, as everything was glued together, I can't tell. I'm hesitent to pry open that piece for fear that the stress will weaken or break the retaining ring on the bicep swivel. Was it worth paying 1500 yen, per arm, to fix my three VF-0 valks? Yeah, i guess so... but all in all, I'm not totally satisfied. I think the design is just unworkable with tolerances yamato's chinese factories have. 1. there's was quite a bit of variation from arm to arm in the build quality as far as glue application goes as well as how carefully the flashing was removed on the rubber inserts. 2. I'm not convinced that POM, if they are even POM, can handle the stresses invovled, considering how thin the pieces are. I personally think yamato needs to scrap the arm design and re-engineer the entire part. The bicep swivel has precious little plastic on it, and that part will fail if tugged on during transformation to gerwalk from fighter. All in all, this is definitely the last Vf-0 design I purchase from yamato. Having seen the replacement arms, I have no faith that these arms will fair much better than the original arms. And while I would love a Vf-0d... I just can't bring myself to spend 150 dollars on a transforming toy that I'm afraid to transform.

While I love the 1/48 line, I'm pretty darn tired of all the repaints. Unless they release something really special, I'm done with the 1/48 line.

makes sense, one of the stated reasons for the Ultimate Universe was to make the marvel universe more easily accessible for new comic readers. That and the ultimate nick furyis badass and the regular nick fury is... uhm... played by the hoff.