Duymon
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Bandai 1/72 fully transform able VF-1 plastic kit for Macross 30th Ann
Duymon replied to Vi-RS's topic in Model kits
Maybe because it was marketed as Gunpla and Bandai has a buttload of Gunpla that can be worked with after building? Bandai applied the whole Snap-together build-up and all the POM joints to this sucker, which means it's meant to be handled or at least posed. I would say maybe 5% of MW'ers actually woosh their valks around their houses and make gunpod noises. The majority of us "play" with our valks by transforming them and posing them, which this kit does Miserably. I can't believe I bought two of these lol -
I've seen countless J-blog reviews on this unit and pretty much I've decided this is really not something I want. The finish looks cheap, the mold is 4-years old and not up to par with the 29 / renewals / 171's and the vf-27 in general no longer tickles my fancy. Just ended up selling my HLJ preorder to one of my collector buddies in NYC who will end up paying for it tonight / monday when HLJ's invoices go out.
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I have one coming in from HLJ at release, but gotta say the pics make it look... cheap and V1-ish when compared to the finish on the V2's. Maybe it's the shade of purple or the sculpt, but it certainly doesn't look like a big change over the V1 VF-27. I guess for peeps who only care about fighter mode and not about super packs they can hold onto their v1s or pick up one for cheap. Gah.. they even have super gumby Brera and Ranka. Did Brera get depressed and put on the pounds?
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Did VF-11c's start getting cheaper? THis one is on Mandarake for 25000 http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-305655.html
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There's a Roy on Mandarake for 7000 yen ! :0 http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-628281.html *Edit... damn sold out. Somebody got that one fast
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I just did the mod to the neckpiece of one of my Alto 25's. Difference is night and day! Gonna have to go mod all of the altos now O_o
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A lot of people will hold onto their yammy stuff despite the arcadia releases because they could care less about toy value and dont want to buy everything all ovr again.
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Yeah the V1's had lot of color variation too from what I remember. Thank god I never bought them and settled for the Models which actually weren't bad at all.
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The V1's were Tamashii too. Nothing was ever reissued, only put into a bundle set.
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The Tamashii website says 8/10.
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I have 4 ALto 171's and none of them have these issues. ALso have 6 171 CF's and none of them have this problem. THen again, when I transform I take the shoulders off the metal joint. Reason I do this is because I can tell that there will be extra stress on the the folding bottom LERX as it rubs and presses against the shoulder when you move it in or out. As for the cracked Shoulders on the NUN's section , never seen this on all my CF-171's. If it makes any difference, all of my 171's were first-batch.
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Even outside of macross we've rarely ever seen reissues of Tamashii limited web exclusives, hence the term limited
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I think I'm gonna recast my DYRL pilots and put them in my non-dyrl valks just cuz I can't stand the super undersized Hikaru and max figures in the TV 1J's :0
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Wish they had gone up until milia, kakizaki and max tv at least
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The real live-action ingram looks better than their CGI's, but I still wonder what would a vanilla ingram look like at that size?
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Woo Hoo Otacute sent me my payment request
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Just a heads up there's an Ozzy on Mandarake for 25000. prolly would bhe 28000 after shipping http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-824686.html
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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
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Bandai 1/72 fully transform able VF-1 plastic kit for Macross 30th Ann
Duymon replied to Vi-RS's topic in Model kits
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Just imagine if Arcadia released the VF22s Moonshooters. Raptor would get a 2nd mortgage just for that.
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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
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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
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Just scored the Max 1J off Mandarake for 5000 yen
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I had the dyrl edition of max that came in that ugly, ugly minty color....omg the memories
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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
