Really? What's wrong with your VF-1J? I bought one without the FP and its near perfect. There's a small nick in the head visor (not much to complain about really).
And underneath the rim(behind the cockpit/above the heat shield) of the chest plate, part of the plastic is chipped. Not a big deal really since you can only see it when its being transformed.
Other than those 2 small nit picks, my VF-1J is good. Tight joints etc.
- 1J chestplate and back plate gap in fighter/gerwalk mod (slight though)
- the air break wont stay in position in battroid
- gap near air intakes/chest plate in gerwalk/fighter
- legs want to leave the toy in gerwalk. (the 1S is perfect here)
- The backpack latch plate isn't firmly positionned. it creates a gap.
- gun pods want sto leave the arm in every configuration.
- I have to press real hard to have the backpack in position in battroid config. (I dread to break the small hinge - u know? - and it is folding the backplate, so much pressure there... hum...)
all those problem are not found in the 1S reissue or greatly reduced.