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  1. kajnrig
    No cannon fodder 31? Dang. Everything else is looking sweet, though. All those panel line details... EDIT: Seems the release dates are...? Apr 2016 - VF-171 - VF-31J (Hayate) May 2016 - VF-31S - SV-262 Jun 2016 - VF-31E TBD - VF-31C - VF-31F I dunno the pilot names. Feel free to correct any wrong guesses I've made.
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    Cannon fodder looks better than the hero mechs...
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    According to the discussion here, Vermilion TEAM is a part of Skull Squadron. http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/?showtopic=7015 That being said, Macross canon is as flexible as taffy, so for all we know, there IS a Vermilion Squadron and the typo on the model kit is not a typo at all. EDIT: I'd like to know, too. Assuming you're in the US, you've got one heck of a hobby shop.
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    Bare VF-1: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10127265/10/0 Super/Strike VF-1: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10242344/10/0 From the instructions it looks like the two wings have a gear-linked swing mechanism (same as the 1/72 kits).
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    Is the base connector secure like that? If I remember correctly, you have to insert it onto the base from the rear and slide it forward for a secure connection. Love the clean work, though, and especially the asymmetrical decaling. Will you be making the shield as well, or was that intentionally omitted?
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    Completely by-hand scratch build? Or are you printing a few parts as well? Either way, good luck and godspeed. Also, transformable or fighter mode only? Also also, it doesn't seem like the 1X is different in overall appearance from the original design. Were all upgrades limited to only materials/internal components?
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    To be more specific, the Max/Miria kit is a standard Super VF-1J Gerwalk in white/gray with a decal sheet specific to the two of them (mostly a few stripes here and there). I don't know about articulation, but I'd imagine it's similar to Hasegawa's battroid kits, ie articulated enough in the major joint areas. As for the Bandai VF-1, your assessment seems to be correct (I haven't built it either and don't intend to). If you want to play with your model, it's the kit for you... but even then it's so flimsy and delicate as to undermine itself. I haven't built the older VF-25 kits, but I'd imagine that they're a bit more rugged (just a bit) simply by virtue of being bigger.
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    Ooh, I'm liking the all blue way more than I thought I would. Looks very nice, will definitely be getting this.
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    Geez, Lolicon. With that preshading (post-shading?) skill and effort, why not build those kits you're stealing the decals from?
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    Quick question: Is the YF-19 paint scheme based on any real-world paint schemes (prototype craft or otherwise) a la Skull squadron, or unique? The -21 has heavy Blue Angels inspiration it seems, but I'm less sure about the -19.
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    Considering the price, the Bandai one does seem the sounder proposition. ~10,000 yen lower retail for comparable product and more extras... But look at where the two companies are coming from (Bandai the big dog, Arcadia the smaller company taking greater relative risk), and the price differential is arguably understandable. Still, Arcadia doesn't project the image of a smaller-scale maker the way, say, Evolution Toys does, or at least not to me, so the upcharge for less and potentially lower quality content seems less justifiable. But then again I of course don't buy this stuff anyway so my opinion hardly matters at the end of the day.
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    Well, that's essentially what they'll be in the end, but yes, you'd have to build them beforehand.
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    My father (and mother, and basically everyone who wasn't born in the States) didn't have birth certificates or keep written records, so when asked by refugee/US importation agents, he had to make up a birthday. His was 1960, meaning he was ~10-15 when he was fighting in Vietnam.
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    For my part, it's not so much a stretch as simply something I never considered. It does add a certain degree of desperation to the series.
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    RE Proto Dom, ZEE from the Gundam Eclipse forums pointed out a design lineage you might find interesting: http://gundameclipse.net/single/?p=701170&t=5710477 (EDIT: Also, note the Proto Dom has two different, interchangeable chest plates. One resembles a Zaku chest piece, the other a Gouf.) The more I see of the new Barbatos design, the more I'm disliking it. The original design already looked like a ground-based mobile suit, so space scenes looked awkward, but this "Full Burner" version still looks half-baked. Perhaps when the seventh or eighth forms get released and we get to see the suit entirely redesigned for space combat, it'll look more appealing. Those shoulders, forearm guns, and side skirts would look awesome on a different, more spartan design, though.
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    If it's of any consideration, VF-27_driver was asking about proportions in particular.
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    You do have a point there. I often forget that very basic thing. That said, I'd hardly call 15 "young adult." (Though I'm sure I would have ten years ago...)
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    Huh. 16. Wow. Nothing from Robotech; I think I just sort of assumed his age from his looks. He doesn't look particularly young, though to be fair I can't imagine any of the SDFM characters save for Minmei as being younger than 18 either. It doesn't surprise me, in retrospect. Anime tropes and all.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    kajnrig replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    Were there any of these anime-decaled itasha planes in real life? Like demonstrator aircraft, acrobatics teams, etc. I've been seriously considering getting the Ranka/Klan idol planes for a change of pace from the same old VF-25s.
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    Wait, what????? That's... young. Isn't Max like 21?
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    I'm guessing that's a mix of the Gundam face and that weird Graze mono-eye popping gimmick?
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    Both are also nearly twice the size of the Tomahawk, which mitigates that stress somewhat. There was a super robot manga somewhere somewhen that talked about how super fast seems almost slow when you're big enough. But of course all of these should be collapsing on themselves, so bleh to physics in general, eh?
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    Well, so much for "consensus." I'll know better than to presume to speak for everyone again. Was there ever line art for the 19 Advance? Are there any major differences between its design and the prototype YF? If I remember correctly, the Advance has VF-25-esque feet, but its design is otherwise exactly the same as the YF.
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    You might think so just because they're the two left standing at the end of M+, but yeah it doesn't seem like something the two of them would do, or if they did, not something that they could maintain.
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    Very pretty, very classy. Nice.
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