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Just being majority dark or grey doesn't make a plane low viz. Yamato's "low viz" Skull Squadron releases are not low viz (only their 1/48 low viz1 really was) The yellow will stick out from and be pretty visible. This is why the majority of fighter planes come in light / dark ghost grey and the only times you ever see strong yellows, reds or whites on a combat-ready plane are CAG planes, at least in the USN. Example of low vis vs high-vis in the navy F-14 Low Viz Jolly Rogers

And then when we put the whole thing together it took a 180

Just imagine if Arcadia released the VF22s Moonshooters. Raptor would get a 2nd mortgage just for that.

Imagine if people on these boards expected the market to react the same way to a Hikaru 1J as they do a Kakizaki 1A. Now apply this to Macross Frontier. Nuff Said

Sorry But I was thinking about it for a few days and then decided to just take the plunge as it' the only Hi-metal Vf-1 I don't have. Just wish they had made the Milia as well

Just scored the Max 1J off Mandarake for 5000 yen

I had the dyrl edition of max that came in that ugly, ugly minty color....omg the memories

It's just the default yf-29. Theres a non-hero version of almost every valk in macross 30 and they have a default low-viz scheme like that

While Isamu is nice and I have it pre-ordered, I want this more than any other YF-29 coloring

OH please, it's not the 52nd it's only the 46th!

Shop Guy 1: Oh crap, one of our guys flaked out. The boss is gonna kill us if we can't move this extra vf-25 Shop Guy 2: No worry, I know this guy who will buy it without fail. Shop Guy 1: Sweet, I'll call him up and tell him we got his "preorder" in. *Evil Laughter*

Um.... I know... the 1/72 Bandai VF-1. The VF-25 isn't bad at all, just the decals suck

The whole joy of Bandai Gunpla was that you could put less than 8 hours into a model kit and end up with something that was by no means a WM-cheng-build but good enough to diplay on the desk and enjoy looking at. Just look at the VF-25's.... The 1/72 armored Alto builds up in less than 8 hours and retails for 8000-ish while the DX will run you 22000 retail. In real-world prices the model is more like 6000-ish while the DX + parts prolly be in the 30000 range. The Models offer people a chance to have a nice display piece (albeit with some elbow grease) without having to pony up big bucks for Yammies or Bandai DX Chougokins. *yeah I know ozzie's helmet is wrong The VF-1 falls pretty short of even the mark the now 6-year-old 25's set for Bandai Macross :0 Considering the plethora of alternatives available on the subject (even the Yammy kit can be found for pretty close in price and is actually more accurate) and the numerous flaws I uncovered on my Bandai VF-1 During Building , I honestly couldn't recommend this kit to ANYONE who is expecting the casual gunpla experience. This thing will raise your blood pressure and after you build it and even look at the legs wrong, they will hemmorage various pieces like it's going out of style. So Bandai kit in the closet out of view, hellow Hi-metal vf-1s, 1/48 yammies in the display cabinet

Wow, ocean day. Why cant we westerners get vague national holidags like that :0

I guess I must be lucky. Haven't had a Macross F valk crumble on me yet O_o. ON the other hand, I will have my first broken valk in a week or two. Just purchased this broken Renewal Ozzi for under 100 and will try my hand at restoring the wing. I already checked my current VF-25's and the piece is going to be thick enough to be pinned so a repair wont' be too hard

Well, one of my HLJ vf-25F's just went to "being packed" so I guess we're ok.

The Japanese modelers are hating this according to the reviews on amazon japan (currently only at two stars) http://www.amazon.co.jp/product-reviews/B00C0NS0KW/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 The funniest review I've seen is the first 1 star which states: こんなひどいものなら、出さないで欲しかった。 時間の無駄、です。 Translation: Because it's so bad I wish it never came out. A Waste of time.

WOW. a yammy..er...arcadia box worthy of displaying

Finally somebody makes a macross stand that holds stuff O_o I wonder if the mount / pivot point is really that big or it's just the angle

Her legs look like twigs

sticky tac works for me.

Just bendy ones ALso, did anyone notice their reissue had a really oily gun? I had to wipe if off with some rubbing alcohol.

Finally got my 25F from NY Had super parts waiting for it Now if only HLJ would get off their asses and ship my other two 25Fs >_< also no word from Otacute yet

Lol that one went fast, but i don't care because i already have so many f's...like.... 5.....

To Think I was going to use the beautiful Advanced Valkyrie Cartograph decals from the hase clear editions on one of these.....woulda been a total waste