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Even if that thing is PVC, it's thick enough to not be warped unless it were left lying on something (like Alto's lasers from the first release). I'm not really worried.

If it were limited or something I'd agree. In general though, while I know it's a favorite amongst collectors (because of how frequently it's made) it's just not something a ton of people are going to seek out. If you ask most people "If you could own just one Valk" I'm sure there'd only be a few VF-1Ds, and those people would be hardcore collectors. Now, onto the stuff that did change... the pictures in battroid have largely been corrected, the super valk will be left as is because I like that pic a lot (and think the toy looks better with the chest up a mm.

LOL, great, so I could make my VF-1D look worse, you guys figure out the best features! Oh well, if that's how it's supposed to look I guess I can take it out, transform it, press down harder, and snap a new pic for that comparison. I'm still not pushing in the trapdoor on the back. On the .5 on charm, it's a less popular mech for the mainstream (not exactly a hero mech) so I probably wouldn't have changed that score even if us collectors love it.

See, people say "Give us bigger pictures!" and when i do they say "you should have tweaked that!" It's a tireless effort. Seriously though, if you're talking about that trapdoor the head goes through during transformation, I thought it was only supposed to be pushed forward when super parts were put on the toys (to eliminate the weight of the super toys pulling back on the back half of the toys). That's the only time I ever recess that trap door as I don't think having it recessed is anime accurate.

Sorry about that guys, I changed the date when I noticed the post got forward dated on me back to the proper date and broke my link. I fixed my linky above and obviously Grand Admiral's works too. Thanks GA

I think it's slightly mistransformed right there though, it looks like the piece the shocks should attach to ought to be rolled up a little higher into that opening.

I got mine from Overdrive. Glad to see a series 3.... since series 2 didn't have an insert I was beginning to wonder if the line was going to die. There is no chase figure in VFC2. You get all 12 toys... up from VFC1's 10.

There's not much more to add but I've posted some additional pics on Anymoon.com. Overdrive was nice enough to email the pics to me after the event. I can't say enough good things about both Save and Overdrive. - CLICK THIS LINKY TO SEE ADDITIONAL PICS

Yes, my 1J I had a hard time extending the legs fully and that was the issue, the 1D was like butter though. The 1S doesn't have its legs extended in the comparison pic because I skipped GERWALK mode in the transformation so I didn't feel the need... although I guess since I was doing a pic of them all standing together I should have. On the scores - I just didn't feel it was different enough to warrant one, same with the VF-1J.

I think this was my favorite pic in my latest review:

Full review with tons of larger pics is up on my site. Now I'm going to go celebrate my tiny sliver of Irish heritage

There are differences between the Bandai 1A and the Takatoku 1A (in 1/100 scale) but it's pretty clear they used as much of the old mold as possible. Mainly I think they just changed the head a bit to make it less easy to break the antenna but it's been a long time since I looked at both. One of these days I'm really going to need to buy a new tape measure so I can help settle these odd scale debates when they pop up...

The irony is that the 1/100 transformable VF-1A toy there was made by BANDAI. So Bandai is both right and wrong in the same picture. Nooch.

I kinda did. I was a bit on the fence about ordering it at all, then I saw it would be released domestically and figured I'd just wait it out and hopefully get a domestic release for cheaper than the cost of buying one. As it is now, I never bought the origin valk... but at this point if they released it today I probably still wouldn't buy them until I found them on sale.

I'm pretty sure they are but I'll try to double-check with them and confirm.

I'm guessing BBTS is going by the old information supplied by Toynami for release dates. That had the Red Beta out at the end of January and instead it came out mid Feb (IIRC). So I would expect at least a couple week delay on the green Beta... I'd guess late April but that's totally just a guess.

At the risk of repeating myself yet again, the release order confirmed by Beagle is Stick, Ray, Houquet, Yellow. Anyone who ever said otherwise was going off the information provided by Toynami BEFORE they started working with Beagle.

I know I'm a little late on this but I've just posted an update to my review of the original Yamato 1/60 VF-1D toy that includes a few comparison pics to the V2. Here's a sample A post completely dedicated to the VF-1D should be up in a day or so.

There is shoulder articulation. That spot is extremely stiff right out of the box though. I can't really explain it right now but if you watch one of the movie reviews I think they'll show you where the shoulder is supposed to be articulated (I'm pretty sure Wizartar does this but I can't recall for certain). It sounds like that should help your opinion of this toy out. My toy locks fine enough, it's only when I try to pose it in a way that would push the tab out that the tab actually does get pushed out. If this continues to be a problem you can always just put a piece of clear tape on the tab to make the fit tighter.

I've updated my previous 1/60 posts to include that picture.

Tokyo Anime Fair is March 18th

No problem, the proof is on this page: http://www.robotech.com/store/viewpreord.php It states:

RT.com only charges you when they process items for shipping.

Wow, RT.com not exactly representing well these days. I heard they announced the Shadow Chronicles recall and then when people sent requests for refunds RT.com stopped communicating. Lame.

The TV Macross was always meant to dock with the ARMDs also so this isn't a DYRL specific question. Gloval just uses the carriers instead because he folds to the wrong spot.