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1/48 still has some color options that the 1/60's never got. Stealth 1J, Stealth Packs, Low Viz 1/2, Low viz GBP and Urban GBP.... all awesome. I remember there were many members who preferred the Stealth Fast Packs to regulars on their 1/48's One thing I also miss on the 1/60's is that little Antennae in Gerwalk and the ability to store your missiles and/or intake covers inside your Micro Missile pods

After getting shapeways replacements i enjoy CF 171's much more. Pretty much I took the triangles off all the gerwalk and battroid units and gave the unbroken triangles / shoulders to my fighter moded valks since they're the only ones where it really matters aesthetically. If anyone knows how bad the QC on these guys were it's probably me :0 I've seen pretty much every possible plastic piece that's not green-colored break on these bastards. I assume the contractor/factory that Bandai used for the CF's tried to cheat them by cheaping out on the same good plastics used on the Alto/Luca/Maruyama People prolly think I'm crazy for having this many CF's despite the QC issues. I just got two more like last month thanks to "Kanedas Bike" and I rehabbed them and put them in my display hehe. Honestly I don't think I'll ever do such an expensive army build again for many years.......at least until they release a non itasha grey VF-171ex or a delta Browny CF

Screw that. Give us a modernized conversion kit between tomahawk, defender and phalanx For nostalgias sake

Bro.... it's still available http://www.anime-export.com/product/31460 http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-188770

It's not stable. The front bar is supported by tiny pegs; same as the add-on sticks for the Tamashii stage 5. I would totally use these if I love to have my valks tumble down and break into pieces

The limits were pretty crazy this time around. Amiami - 3 HS - unknown NY - 2 CDJ - 3 AE - 3 HLJ - 1 It was pretty easy to score hella CF VF-1a's Hell, AE has a great price and is still open for those that have the scratch to put down now http://www.anime-export.com/product/31460

Exactly why I mentioned I don't care about how bad the landing gear looks I knew Bandai and landing gear have been crappy since the dawn of time :0

Could care less about the landing gear. Mine will all be displayed in flight using the stand adapters and the action-base stands

When the Fast Packs were out on the tamashii web store in the hi-metal days they were like 15 bucks a pop and came with stickers for all of skull squadron and a generic Kite symbol. I hope if/when they release hi-metal R fastpacks on the webstore they are also that affordable edit* HOT damn anime export has like one of the best prices. Screw it picked up 2x more. don't mind paying up front

They authorized it. It'll pop off ur card and wont officially be charged until september. Just be sure u don't overspend in Sept so that you dont get a lil surprise when cdj claims that authorization from ur cc company

got 1x hlj., 2x NY, 2x CDJ, all legit without multiple account madness. 5x is enough..... for now mwahahahahah

NY GOOOO https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/16821-hi-metal-r-vf-1a-valkyrie-standard-production-model.html

Got cart jacked HS. Got 1x HLJ

May the F5 be with you kekekeke

1:48 VF-1A Low Vis 1 for life. No other yamacadia valk has appealed to me as much as this one thus far...some 12+ years later The 1/48 is like the new Chunky Monkey for many of us Not as refined and beautiful as the new stuff but who cares when you have a bigass valk?

I think it's more the plastic used on the CF's as well. They broke apart like nothing. Zero of my Alto,Maruyama,Luca 171's have any QC issues at all, and I do have a lot of them. Kinda sucks I had to get shapeways replacements for all my Battroid / gerwalk CF 171's while the good shoulders and triangles were given to the fighters

The 1/72 is no replacement for the DX, but they are infinitely easier to acquire and with a little elbow grease you will get a nicer-looking single pose valk at a fraction of the DX price. However, if you wanna play, the models are a big no-no unless you hate yourself and love suffering. Just ask any married man (j/k, just recently married) Now that we know Hayate's custom cockpit allows him to fly without a helmet, does that mean we won't get a generic helmeted pilot figure for our VF-31J? If so that sucks, because I wanted to make a non-canon VF-31J. The Models are great bases for custom jobs which is why they appeal to me, despite my huge DX collection.

Looks like Dengeki Hobby put up pics of the S ver, complete with oversized headlasers http://hobby.dengeki.com/news/190854/

This is pretty cool. We get a crapton of spare parts, including an extra TV-pilot Also, new Phone Background lol

Also kinda concerning is that's a new sample and the red pinstripes are already chipped. Mine are like 4 yrs old and still solid

vf-1a will be easy to get in Japan. Never had any issues getting one post release

It's that tiny. The legacy hi metal hikaru and max had this microscopic tv pilot. They are reusing the mold it seems

I think the reason I'm not enjoying this series is the music, believe it or not. The non vocal background music is cheap PSX / Ps2 jrpg generic music while Mac Frontier got the full Symphonic orchestra treatment much like Mac Plus. The non-vocal music in Mac F gave it a sense if epicness that I just don't see or feel here.

There were early pics that showed the gunpod. The stand hooks into the gunpod and there's a removable filler piece to flush out the gunpod for those who won't be using the stand

Wow, it looks like the VF-1A is getting two new headsculpts. The legacy Hi-metal 1A's head has a stubbier antennae and the Markings on the Chin are distinctly different. Also, the angling of the black eye piece on the new one is a little more aggressive. I hope we see the rest of DYRL skull squadron sometime soon. (I can't believe I got my MAX 1A with fast pack addon set for only 7500yen on Mandarake)