As this was going on, I was still on the fence about transitioning from the old school 80s 1/55 Takatoku and Bandai. The whole Yamato 1/48 line did not seem to appeal to me at the time. And by the time I had money to spare for my 1st VF-1S DYRL H Ichijo, man I was instantly sold.
Unfortunately, I had to fork out for the premium prices for my very 1st LV1. And I'm so looking for that day for an LV1 of 1/60 V2....