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Yeah, I just hate the way Bandai deals with panel lines. They obviously don't have any understanding that panel lines are the result of piecing together an airframe with various panels, so they should never just go somewhere and end without ending at another seam. Bandai (like many Robot designers... aka Gundam) treats panel lines as a graphic design, something to break up large areas of colour. That's what really bugged me with their Yukikaze models too. With Bandai, you can always count on bad panel lines that go nowhere and fat overly thick landing gears with no tire proportions! Overall this interpretation seems like a step backwards... just goofy and ill-proportioned. Although it might be worth the spare parts to detail up the internals for a Hasegawa kit.

Wow, MacrossJunkie & Lolicon ARE the masters! I bow down to you! Great work on all the toys, it makes me want the ones I never new I wanted now... argh. It's especially hard weathering the dark coloured planes convincingly, but you've done a great job! Have have that Tamiya B kit too, but I found the consistency of the colours to be too hard-like paste, it doesn't pick up much with a brush, it just stays in the container, I have to use the smudge brush to pick up the colour, then it won't lay on the plastic, it just stays on the brush/smudge sponge. Any tips? Fantasic photography BTW MJ! You should do a step by step thread with a photo-spread section at the end, I'd like to know what you're lighting with and is the background just a dark velvet curtain?

YES! Definitely.

Then, what makes it a model? Isn't it just a smaller fragile Yamato kit then?

Oh man... this is a grail kit for me too. I can't imagine trying to put together another Bandai crap to get a VF-25. Have have the utmost confidence in Hasegawa's interpretations and expertise - please just DO IT!

Didcha say something sonny?! can't hear ya over my hearing aids

You could buy adapters at hardware stores that slide on the glass and would bridge the gap better. You still can't beat a 70$ Detolf. What kind of adapters?

It looks so ugly in aircraft mode! Its exactly as I suspected, its ok in battroid (which is Bandai's robot heritage) but its pretty dismal otherwise. The nose seem to have that wierd nose down slant that some of the earlier 80's ARII kit had - aside from the fact that there is no sleekness or refinement to it at all - its a throw back to the Chunky Monkey days. Painting this puppy will be a b*&%# due to all the rubbing and transformation gimmicks. I don't think I'll be touching this with a 100 foot pole! Bandai can never get aircraft landing gears right (look at their Yukikaze 1/100 DX models) - they just do robots! Quite disappointed despite my low expectations.

I don't know... whatever it is, I thank NY (even with their inflated prices) for my sanity and sleep in the last week!

If I want the super parts for this baby, should I buy them now at 15,500Y or wait till a later reissue? Would it be cheaper then? What was the MSRP on the Super packs anyways?

Thanks everyone!!! I finally got one last night. My first restful sleep in a week. Where do you guys see the quantities left? I'm using Firefox, maybe it doesn't show up on that browser? I have pre-order awaiting payment - so I assume they will e-mail me a week before to ask for payment when the time comes? I forgot what they did last time - I think I paid up front.

Woohoo!!! finally got one... now I can sleep.

What?! that serves me right for taking an early lunch... argh!

Yay! Thanks so much!!!

Yes, I signed up right from the very beginning, but have never received any notifications via e-mail from NY at all (yes, I've checked my spam)

Woohoo! You've got a deal brother. I'll still keep looking though. Thanks a million.

Has NY opened up any more VF-25Fs this week yet? Since I missed them last week, am I SOL (until the release?) Pls. PM me if anyone see one available please - I'm still looking. (what a loser!)

Damn! Woke up just to check again tonight... sleeping with one eye open... still no re-stock at NY even with the inflated price... argh...

Amazing builds Chris! Truely beautiful. So the grey is bare metal right? I just got my Kodai, and was wondering if it should be red with bare metal (whenever I get around to them - nice kits though - although the details and panel lines are a little deep/trench like for the scale - but that's typical of "heavy-handed" Bandai) Have you considered Alclad metalizers? I would try those on my build - maybe a few different shades. Now I've gotta get a second one for that folded up look - love it.

It's tough for east coast as it seemed to have been restocked at 1:40a, 2:50a, 5:50a, 6:40a EST - oh it pains me to even think that I've missed out on all those opportunities and that's just last night! Is there anyone in Toronto, Canada that has gotten more than one pre-order that wouldn't mind parting with any extras? I'd throw in a free tour of my models collection and even a "hands-on" tutorial on panel line oil wash for their VF-25F when I do my baby at my "famous" workbench?

Hey speak for yourself! I was sleeping, so I snoozed I loose... Up too many nights with work lately, and the first night up till 4:30am my time, had to catch up - I HATE THIS! So last night I thought I'd reward myself with a good night's sleep (I guess I was wrong!) argh. p.s. I never got any e-mail notifications on any of the rounds at NY ?!!

PM me too plz!

I can't believe I missed so many opportunities... damn sleep!

Oh well, I hope NY puts it up again tomorrow at $20 more...

Well NY put up the page finally - of course its not available immediately! - argh!! http://www.nippon-yasan.com/lang-en/macross/4884-macross-f-dx-chogokin-vf-25f-messiah-valkyrie-saotome-alto-custom-renewal-version-reissue.html