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  1. kajnrig
    I figured Shawn and co. were fine with third-party threads for other IPs because they're strictly not Macross. I could be wrong. But that aside, I think the sheer complexity of Macross designs means a lack of toy attempts. Fixed-mode kits, sure, but I definitely haven't seen any transforming kit attempts, much less full-on toys with their higher QC demands.
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    Meh... *rumble rumble get ready for the sourpuss again* It's fine, I guess. This one doesn't hold together nearly as well as the VF-31, because the transformation demands much more precision. That complicated area around the intakes is particularly cumbersome, with I think four swiveling joints within the same cubic cm all needing to align in just the right way for transformations to work out nicely. The aforementioned intakes don't come together nicely for the battroid mode; there's always a major gap splitting the chest right down the middle, and even though I expected as much beforehand, it was still disappointing. Fighter mode suffers the most: the arms/shoulders/tailfin make for a gap-filled fuselage; it's impossible to get the wing root pegs to clamp into the legs; and no matter what I tried, I could never get the feet/engine exhaust nozzles to lock together, even before things became naturally misaligned from the transformation. Gerwalk mode is definitely where this kit shines. None of the above issues exist in Gerwalk mode (unless you for whatever reason want to display it with its arms stowed away), and it's easily the most aesthetically-pleasing of the three modes anyway. Oh, and the hands are still terrible. Y'know, because I need to. Now I just have to finish test-fitting the Hasegawa version for comparison.
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    Also, isn't it forum policy to not discuss/advertise/endorse unofficial products?
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    Hm. I went back to the Sayonara no Tsubasa scene and it actually looks like the in-movie model is more in line with the Hasegawa kit lineart than the DX. The shoulder bits are hard to tell, but they do wrap over the shoulder pivot points. The booster packs are also slimmer than they appear on the DX. (Look at the distance from booster to SMS logo on the wing.) Thanks for the pic, wmkjr. I totally forgot about that scan. It seems the shape of the Hasegawa kit's implementation is completely wrong, too. Shame about that, but I suppose it doesn't matter much regardless of which version you're hoping to build (VF-19EF/A because it had such limited screen-time, or YF-19 because those parts don't exist on it).
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    Yeah, I've never gotten the feeling that Zelda WASN'T an open-world game, whether it was listed as one or not. I don't know about the more recent and/or mobile ones, but during casual gameplay I've never felt that LttP/OoT/etc. was lacking in exploration options. I suppose this one can be considered more "open" in the sense that challenges aren't necessarily designed to be tackled in any particular way, but... Well, either way, I'll definitely be getting this game anyhow, so it's splitting hairs I suppose.
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    Wait, I thought the Frontier version was called the ADVANCE a la the Bandai toy. I'm guessing they changed it in canon? Also, I'm still gonna get it, but do the packs look off to anyone else? Are those two small bits forward of the shoulders present on the YF?
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    If you have a PC and happened to not have either Wolfenstein: The New Order or its sequel, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, DO NOT buy them. I just got around to downloading/playing them yesterday and today, and by god are they D-tier PC ports. They're so poorly optimized for PCs, and by all indications they were never patched to any significant degree. I've been trying all manner of tweaks and fixes and still can't get rid of the dips down into the ~30 FPS or the constant screen stutter (indicative of frame-time problems?), even when the game is at its lowest graphical preset. When Dark Souls, infamous for its subpar PC port, can be more easily modded than you, you know you've fraked up somewhere in the optimization process.
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    I'm not sure if I asked this before, but did the VF-17 ever have an underbelly gunpod like the VF-171? If I remember correctly, the VF-17's main weapons were the arm-mounted, internal gun(pod?)s. Moving on from there, does the animation (of either Frontier or Delta) ever show how the VF-171 gunpod goes from underbelly to handheld, or is it just anime magic the same way all VFs pre-VF-31 did it and we're to assume that the gunpod spends some amount of time separate from the VF until the VF grabs it?
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    The Tamiya glue will work if you sand away the paint from the areas to be glued first. It's supposed to work with bare plastic, so obviously the paint will get in the way of that. As for type of super glue, I'm partial to gel-form super glues that have a slightly longer work time than the 20 microseconds you get with the watery variety. Brand doesn't matter too much, I think. I wouldn't want to offer advice without having tried it myself, but I imagine (thin) aluminium foil glued to the walls of the kit would work just as well... NZEOD?
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    It was a USB 2.0 cable (and I think this iPad model's Lightning is also based on USB 2.0), so I wasn't expecting 3.0 speeds, but even then, and accounting for the whole lot of small files, sane devices would take between 10 and 30 minutes (5-15 MB/sec) to transfer 9 gigs of data. This took an hour? Really? Egh grumble grumble grumble. It's finally taken care of now, so fine's fine, I suppose.
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    So mi madre maxed out the 32 (EDIT: 16) GB on her iPad and was adamant that absolutely none of the 1200 photos be deleted. I look at it thinking, "Okay, no problem. I've done this before. Shouldn't be more than 15 minutes moving some of this stuff somewhere else." Two hours later, the iPad is still full and I nearly give up. I can't attach a flash drive/portable HDD because it has its dumb proprietary Lightning connector. I can't slot in a MicroSD card because it doesn't support them. I can't upload the pics to Apple's own cloud servers because 1) iCloud integration is nonexistent unless you install the iCloud app, and 2) the iCloud app isn't preinstalled. I can't use the only option available to me - the Backup feature - because the only option is to bulk upload all 12GB or so to iCloud's 5GB of available storage, which preemptively disables your upload attempt (without even the option to do a partial upload). I can't email even a single picture to myself because the Mail app needs storage space to function at all. Jesus Christ on a stick, frakk this machine and frakk Apple. I'm reminded once again of just how smart I was to have never ever EVER adopted a single Apple device. Finally I plug it into my computer via the charging cable and it takes AN HOUR I SWEAR TO GOD to copy the available 8-9 GB over. (For whatever reason, i can't get to the other 3-4 GB, but whatever, I'm taking what I can get at this point.) There's nothing wrong with the computer, nothing wrong with the USB 3.0 port, and nothing wrong with the cord or iPad save for their being Apple products. Just... UGGGGHHHHHHH.
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    If they scaled up their Delta Mecha Collection kits to 1/72 and provided some halfway decent decals/sticker sheets, I would be on that like white on rice. Okay, maybe not the sticker sheets. Okay, maybe not the decals either because... Bandai decals. But I've bought like ten of those and only two of the 1/72 Delta kits, because the 1/72 kits are just too much of a pain to work with.
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    The closest you'll get (for now) is this: http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/models/club_m/1_48_ultimate.htm
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    They would all at least benefit from being larger than the VF-1. The significantly smaller size of the VF-1 is one of the reasons why the model is so unwieldy, I think. The VF-25 has its share of problems, too, but they would only be exacerbated if it were the same size as the VF-1.
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    They sacrificed with Rhodey, Bruce Banner, Dumbledore, (the entire cast of Star Trek*,) and countless others, and no harm to The Canons was done in the long run. I'm not saying your opinion is wrong, but I do think you're overstating the importance of the technique.
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    I dunno, seems like "needed" is a strong word. It's not needed at all, but it certainly is more comfortable... from a certain point of view. For my part, I didn't care much either way, but I imagine it must have cost a pretty penny to implement.
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    Is there a new way to open up the full editor? The default quick reply is nice for previewing as you write, but I'm having problems formatting posts, especially when multiple quotes are involved. Pointing me to the option to use the basic editor (where everything's in basic text) would be nice, too. Thanks a lot. Otherwise, liking the new forum.
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    Oh, my bad. Thanks for correcting me.
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    I've not yet built it, but I can't imagine it's too difficult to get things working smoothly. Just time-consuming.
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    As for petitioning, Bandai recently (as in a year or so ago, so...) held a poll asking fans what they wanted the next Master Grade to be. Fans voted for ZZ Ver Ka, which will be coming out sometime this year. But generally they don't do much in terms of interacting/reacting to fans, petition or otherwise.
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    There have been VF-2SS toys recently released, one in 1/60 by Evolution Toys, and one in 1/100(-ish?) by Bandai (as part of their High Metal R(evise?) line). Kits? No. Aside from fixed fighter mode only resin kits, that is.
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    Well put-together? No. 1/72? Yes. Not very parts-formy? Yes. VF-1S? Yes. Hikaru Ichijou ver. - http://hlj.com/product/BAN982338 Roy Focker ver. - http://hlj.com/product/BAN984464 Super parts - http://hlj.com/product/BAN984465 Strike parts - http://hlj.com/product/BAN982339 Then there's also the Yamato 1/60 VF-1 model kit version, which is rare-ish and rather more expensive than the above.
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    I know From Japan helps order off amazon.co.jp. I haven't paid attention to their recent rate change, but I'm pretty sure the change has been a simplification.
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    Yeah, I can definitely see that making the figure a no-buy for a lot of people (both the markings and the poor construction). I like that Turris Babel quite a bit. The Full Saber looks to have been significantly reworked, and it actually looks really good now (at least in the above photo). I agree with chyll2's assessment; compared to the Fanmade, the MoSho looks just like a slightly pla-plated Master Grade. (Also that splayed hand looks funky.)
  25. kajnrig
    This... I like this. Thanks very much.
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