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received my VF-25F Revival today from HLJ via fedex. oob: Canopy is not frosted, but does have a very light tint. Annoyingly, out of the box, the right head-laser on mine is a bit raised up and not laying flat/flushed as the left head-laser: Haven't messed with it nor transformed it, yet, so I'm still hoping it was just packaged that way and will be properly flushed after it goes thru all the TF forms/processes. Also, the right knee-cap on mine is not quite as flushed compared to the left knee-cap, either:

Ouch! Try to get some support from the Manda-shop you bought it from. They do try to help sometimes. Otherwise, you will need to contact Arcadia and try to get support from them. If you do get support from Arcadia, you will need a proxy-service for a japanese-address since Arcadia somehow cannot send items outside of Japan for warranty-service.

think this is a 1/24 head : https://twitter.com/6jiro1/status/1653247814552670208?cxt=HHwWgMDSgZmIwvEtAAAA

mine should be delivered today. in the meantime, Bandai doing Bandai things... https://twitter.com/MTM_025_8_S04/status/1653343340493152257/photo/1

looks like a Lefeld... Hopefully it got better feet than Lefefd's shenanigans...

couple of new tweets regarding fit issues with the new Revival version: (use auto-translate from your browser) https://twitter.com/MTM_025_8_S04/status/1653211038026973184?cxt=HHwWgIDSxcKrsfEtAAAA https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/1653212366086209536?cxt=HHwWgIDQren4sfEtAAAA

Bandai: Hold my beer... https://www.gunjap.net/site/?p=280461

Ami usually lists all their available shipping-options with their respective fees on the actual payment-request page. If there is no payment-request, yet, then you can always ask them for estimates on the other shipping-fees.

from https://twitter.com/MTM_025_8_S04/status/1652297397157105664/photo/4 Hope the "Revivval"-version (left) don't yellow like that Renewal-version on the right....

vf25f-revival unboxing with loungey bgm... another more regular japanese hands-on yt vid... Wotafa's should be soon...

from https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/1652163601673891840?cxt=HHwWgMDRydmC1e0tAAAA more pics and vids on his main twitter page. add/edit: this shot is triggering my ocd... https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/1652163603930439681/photo/1

another shots of the coloring... from https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/the-macross-thread.101574/page-3784#post-21269777

for those that missed out on the original PO, HLJ has the Super Alto open again: https://www.hlj.com/dx-chogokin-vf-25f-super-messiah-valkyrie-alto-saotome-machine-revival-ver-bans64966 26000y (excluding shipping-fees)

https://hacchaka.net/archives/52094372.html samples:

from https://twitter.com/TamashiiNations/status/1650311776486170625

OWWWW!!! Broken Insidie The Box! That's a really major bummer. Hopefully HLJ will do you a solid with a quick verified unbroken replacement.

Wonder why they (still) haven't done a 1/60 VF-19A since the original Yammie 1/72 and the tiny GN-U. Regardless, hope they re-do Isamu's VF-11b soon. with the Booster rocket this time!!! while they await approval for their YF-21 re-do...

another Arcadia YF-19PF review: No arm/shoulder breakage at all...

I tell yah, wotafa makes transforming the PF so seemingly worry-free. At least, his PF copy. His YF-19PF is definitely gorgeous. Still, be careful with your own PF copies...

Bandai's DX forgot leg-day when compared/contrasted with that PF...

moar PF badnews/goodnews... https://twitter.com/tachi_yuji/status/1641352513696993280 (autotranslated): vs https://twitter.com/zerostart08/status/1641423888684060674?cxt=HHwWhMDUrZCVwcctAAAA (autotranslated) Y'all be careful still when transforming your PFs!!!

from https://twitter.com/hami006/status/1635244163171254274 c;'mon, Bandai! DO DAT, STAT!

I like this dude's pics... https://twitter.com/masani_papa1002/status/1641069285350195200?cxt=HHwWgIDS0b_0n8YtAAAA sample (resized for forum):

anecdotally... this guy tweeted no defects found on his four PFs... https://twitter.com/XXXG00YSW/status/1641064711109353473?cxt=HHwWgoDR8Z7qncYtAAAA