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Man, I'm still going to be playing with the YF-21 when this arrives... Good problems to have.

Boys art foul. Pre-order cancelled! Jk, I would have never caught that.

Aw man, wish they would have it at SDCC, I would totally grab one!

This might sound a little crazy, but I don't think it's from the box being squished. I think the toy is so heavy that the problem comes from the box being shaken. I think the little brick of toy causes the trays to flex if the box bumps around too much. Just my guess though.

I also gently pushed the head laser into position and it looks fine now. There's a stress mark but you have to look real close to see it. Since it's not a part that ever receives any intentional stress it should hold up fine. Hopefully I don't accidently stress it a bunch of times on accident while handling the toy.

I think that would be its own video, a YF-19 Original Release vs. Reissue. That would definitely be a video with talking instead of this picture show. I have a few hurdles though: 1) I don't have unlimited money for toys so I can't afford to buy the same toy twice; that's why I tend not to pick-up straight reissues. I make exceptions when a manufacturer like Arcadia puts out some tweets about improvements or even changes the packaging. 2) First release vs. second release would always be an unfair comparison. My first release toy will have always been handled and transformed several times in comparisons to other toys while the reissue will be right from the box experiencing its first handling. If the reissue doesn't feel better and tighter, that's a really bad sign! Things like the Arcadia YF-19 ankles are known to get looser over time, especially if you put the toy in GERWALK a few times. 3) Though you would think with all the computer assisted manufacturing that tolerances from toy-to-toy in a manufacturing run would all be consistent, but they're not, so observations like "this joint feels tighter on the second release" could be specific to the toy I purchased. I did make a few of those references in the DX YF-19 comparisons but tried to make sure it never sounded like "this is what you will experience if you buy this toy". Maybe I can purchase and compare a lightly used reissue to my lightly used original release... so maybe it'll happen some day.

A little late to the party but I put together this video comparison of the PF vs the Regular release:

I don't know what the solution will be through retailers. Hopefully a picture will suffice and then they can mail a replacement part. Sending the whole toy back seems like a much sillier process than fixing the kink when it's a relatively minor case. I'm hoping I can get a replacement through my retailer and also fix the one I have so I can enjoy it while I wait for resolution.

Anyone figure out a way to straighten it yet? Maybe an iron on it's lowest setting and putting a thick piece of fabric above it? Blow dry it for a bit and then place a book on top of it to flatten and then run under cold water?

Mine arrived from HLJ and I too have the crooked head fin.

Don't we have pictures in this thread of it removed? Bandai is going to burn money with this approach.

It's very hard to imagine that though right? Much easier to imagine it is getting banged after the fact. At least with the volume this is happening, Bandai will definitely research it.

Really wish there was a basic version without a cockpit or lights... Extra weight and expense... I'd rather own three cheap battlepods instead on one expensive one... Or the cheap AND one expensive one.

The plates should have openings that slide closed and the guns should mount to the legs. This would also help with the 22. The guns could also be designed to collapse more.

LOL, it's almost certainly the shape of the blister the toy is packed in: if pressure is applied on the left side the blister is better supported, if pressure is applied on the right side the blister gives and the fin gets crushed. Though not exaclty the same, that's also how the YF-19 lasers broke... the blister would give if the box took a shock during shipping and snap the laser.

Wow, looking good so far!

Thanks for posting that! Man, CM's toys were so awful when it came to durability. I have a huge box of these Votoms toys but I've only handled the Scopedog and I was appalled at the quality. Sorry I didn't catch your comment earlier tekering, I appreciate the words of encouragement!

I've always enjoyed the Tread (and still have my fingers crossed for the Sentinel). It just looks like it can take a punch (and deliver one). The only thing that kept it from being one of my favorites was how clunky it looked without the Legioss in bomber mode. If it were redesigned more in the vein of a B2 bomber (which debuted like 6 years after Mospeada was made), that could have been epic.

Easy mistake since he did so many of the iconic Mecha, including the Legioss. The Tread was a late addition to appease the sponsor. I wonder if the Legioss design might have been a little different if it was planned from the beginning to have a Tread.

Aramaki Shinji didn't design the Tread so that'd be an odd way to build hype.

Yes, largely the DX is the better engineered toy but it has a couple glaring deficiencies that might make people prefer the Yamato V2. Like the ThreeZero from JVMacross' report, the DX has insufficient tabs that go into the elbows to hold the arms up in fighter mode, but on the DX it's mostly just a problem if you're using Super Parts. The DX also has the controversial disconnecting piece in the swing arm that, when used, enables a full waist. It drives me nuts because it usually causes my toy to become two separate parts during transformation which can actually be quite dangerours for the toy if you're trying to transform it standing up instead of sitting and holding it in your lap. I also think 1/48 scale is rubbish but that's not really an engineering issue.

Lol, where there's a will, there's a way, but I suspect it would be significant effort and compromises. Arcadia should swoop in and show Bandai what's up with a Yammy V2.

It's the pressure to get things online ASAP to grab the biggest audience.

Can't wait for the renewal version.

I'm totally going to put them on backwards when I get this toy and shoot my review.