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For the record, I followed the book very carefully also! You guys just have the benefit of the book plus me, Renato, and now Yamato saying "Watch out, this joint is fragile." I think it's a safe bet the Blazer valk's instructions will add a word of warning (I doubt they'll change anything since it seems a simple word of warning is probably enough). EDIT - we'll see how well it holds but the part is VERY easy to access via one screw and so a repair was easy to implement.

My full review is up on anymoon.com. Unfortunately it's late so I didn't have time to proof read it. I'll read it tomorrow after work and clear up grammatical issues. In the mean time go to anymoon.com and check it out!

Jet fire or sky fire?

Bandai's VF-27 also owns and the YF-29 doesn't look bad so I'd be on board for a VF-171

Based on videos on the internet you can't imagine it could be broken? Um... It's a 1mm plastic tab. Hopefully now that others have seen it though most will avoid the issue. I'm hoping to figure out a way to fix it tonight. It looks like a bead of glue would make it as good as new provided there's a way to unscrew everything.

Put a few more pics up on anymoon.com. Here's the break in close-up: If you do like Graham says, one click at a time, slowly, and you're cognizant of which click is the last you should be fine. It's only when you're not looking and trying to pose GERWALK or on the first cycle through when things are ultra tight that it should be a real problem.

I don't know about solid as an 80s toy... it broke on the first transformation. It's ALMOST as solid as an 80s toy but there's obviously one weak point. Then again, maybe most 80s toys had at least one weak point also. On the glossiness of the plastic - I love it but I have always wished Yamato used glossy plastic and let matte finishes to the modelers. On the Kai since the plastic is red there really isn't an issue with finger prints being extremely visible.

I'd say the heaviness is perfect. The metal is in good places... where it can't do any harm by weighing on joints.

Yep, exactly the same tab broke on mine... I'm guessing the japanese instructions say "Be careful not to go too far!" but that didn't help me. It sucks because you really want to get it fully extended to get a good GERWALK pose so I can see lots of people breaking that tab not just in the first transformation when things are super stiff but later when they're trying to pose the toy in GERWALK. Having the tab broken actually makes GERWALK more fun to pose... but that doesn't make me feel much better about it. On a 1 to 10 scale? If I hadn't broken mine I'd probably give it a 9 or 9.5. Fighter mode has a couple parts that can move freely during handling which is a pet peeve of mine. I couldn't give it a 10 because of the lack of truly perfect transformation. Since it costs just south of a billion bucks and it broke on its first transformation I might be more apt to give it an 8.5. Still a great toy and if people learn from the mistakes of us early converts a lot of people are really going to love this thing.

Yep, I think the lack of Robotech on Robot Chicken is two fold - obscurity of the reference and crappiness of the merchandise. When people hear about my website they more often say "what's a Robotech" than "OMG I totally remember that show!"

Got the first hunk of my review up... broke mine already but I think it's a good toy none-the-less.

I actually got a version of that malware on my work computer just before a big deadline. I think it was XP Security 2011. SUCKED. I picked up from going to msnbc.com. I probably clicked on a story that led to a different site where the malware had managed to get hosted. I didn't choose to run anything. I was pissed. So anyway, my IT guys decide to image my computer instead of removing the virus to some image from YEARS ago. What a pain.

I'm afraid it just means "I don't really know." If I ever get an upgraded Maia I'll be happy to let you guys know my impressions. From what I've heard from surfin' the web it seems like most people think it's better than most MPCs but that's not exactly the highest praise. On that note, of all the Legioss toys I have ever reviewed, the best scoring one just got an updated review on my website.

Sofubi Zentraedi character + remaining destroid giftset FTW!

Well I just ponied up and sent my money... seeing that charge on the credit card statement will definitely help reduce my enthusiasm... let's hope this toy kicks major tail. Of course, I'll be sharing my opinions with you all -

If HLJ carries it, I'll probably buy it.

it looks like there's the soundbooster in the background, do we have more pics of that?

Glad you like the site! I would pick up a reissue of the Maia MPC but I'd have to find it at a very steep discount. I'm not much of a Shadow Chronicles fan but I heard they're decent as far as MPC Alpha toys go.

Both are dead due to poor sales.

Even if it is a D you'll be getting your S later and I'm pretty sure we all have a long while to save for this bad boy.

Ooh we've entered the irrational exuberance phase... this is always the best time. Let's hope it's not followed by the "did anyone else have an arm snap off?" "OMG AGAIN?" phase.

Glad you like the site. If Yamato says they are selling a YF-19 with fast packs then they are selling both boxes together as Renato has seen in some stores. They never did release a version with the toy and the fast packs in one box. The box with the fast packs also includes "upgrade" parts. These parts let you attach the fast packs and also increase the articulation of the figure.

That makes sense. HLJ had the upgrade parts sold separately, that's what I had to do to get them.

I have never been able to do those magic eye things. 3D movies work fine for me though.

I just double-checked to verify, the Beagle Ride Armors have the Tatsunoko seahorse on them so Tatsunoko still has domestic rights. Even if HG owned both Japanese and international rights Yamato could still play ball. BW's licensing agreement doesn't prevent the companies they work with from dealing with HG entirely, it just prevents them from dealing with HG for Macross-related goods.