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    Other than the differing mounting points due to different base valk, I’m trying to see what are the main design differences between this AX Armor and the older 31 Armor.. the various cannons, booster pods, missile hatches are the same, no?
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    For a display piece, I like this clear fold version as well. It looks better in flesh than in most pictures. The coating on the whole valk looks to be the similar stuff used for Yamato’s rainbow canopies. Because it is all clear plastic, it tends to be more brittle especially on stressed small areas. I would be careful of the ratcheted swing-wing mechanism as the teeth may break easily compared to other VF-25 variants.
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    We have the science winner!
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    Yes, this must be it lol.. Not so convinced that matte plastic by itself more resistant to yellowing. After all, the YF-30 appear to yellow as easily as the other glossy Frontier valks. I was a bit bothered by the black ankles in this WWM VF-25. Looking closely it appears to be black molded plastic. I always thought they were full metal items on the older VF-25s, but I guess they are nicely painted metal-finish items after all.
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    Great work as usual @Lolicon! Mine arrived yesterday, handled it briefly. Does anyone think if the new, matte plastics somehow feels stronger compared to the older 25 releases? Although the YF-30 from that era is also matte finished, this one feels somewhat different. But when I put this and the old 25 on the scale, they weighed exactly the same (only 1g difference).
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    Great mix of Macross valks & real life jets!
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    The colors really look nicely done in this pic.
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    Chased down some older items to fill some gaps: A Yamato Ghost Booster QF-2200D-A. This really took quite sometime as it pops up rather infrequently, more so for reasonable bucks, as compared to the B version. A VF100’s Armored VF-25F. Didn’t feel like paying crazy prices for the 1/60 Renewal Armored Parts, so this will make do as companion display piece to the rest of 1/60 VF-25. Also snagged a set of Sankyo Macross Fever metal straps. Nice metal representation of VF-1J in all 3 modes. I believe these originally came with the DVD containing remade scenes of SDFM for the pachinko machines.
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    I somehow felt something else was off, but couldn’t place it earlier. So, it is that white colored wing pod.. Strange, because prototypes in earlier pics show it to be same as the boosters, exactly like the artwork:
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    Not really a Gundam fan myself, but certain designs resonates from design perspective, and the Wing Gundams are one of those.
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    On the upside, the chest lock does seem present after all, and shown quite clearly on Wotafa's review. Interesting because another earlier reviewer's video was on contrary..
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    Add loose ankle ball joint to the list of potential issues..
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    More and more issues.. Not too long ago some of us speculated Bandai might introduce fixes on the 31AX; if not Mirage’s, then Bogue’s. How the tables have turned. Instead, it’s new problems on a long established mold. Max’s YF-29 doesn’t look like a sure win now..
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    Thanks for the initial impressions @Lolicon. In the pictures and of others, have Bandai made the diecast parts totally black now? I see that in the landing gears and also the ankles.. Just like yourself, collecting Macross at this point mostly feel like for completist purposes. This mostly due to having run out of display room, so new arrivals mostly go straight to storage for the ever changing solution in mind to the display situation. Whilst waiting for my copy to arrive, I pulled my VF-25S from the display, fussed with it, and the early satisfaction of collecting DX Chogokin Macross toys came back to me, back when the v2 VF-25F Alto was really the first toy that immediately got me into this rabbit hole & toy collecting in general. I’ve forgotten being so impressed with how it felt in hand, how far toy tech has come from days as a kid, with the sharp sculpts, materials, integrated gimmicks & not to mention the perfect transformation factor enabled by Kawamori-san’s design. Once released worldwide, this WWM VF-25 might become shelf-warmish due to the rather meh impressions so far. I hope it doesn’t discourage Bandai reissuing the rest of the VF-25 colors, especially as the Frontier movies are now making it out of Japan. I’ll recollect them all in matte finishing, since the VF-25 is the one that started my journey..
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    This has to be, by far the ultimate jet fighter porn. Just when I thought it climaxed, it kept going with more! Catch it in IMAX if possible everyone, it is well worth the extra admission..
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    Or it could be Bandai just cheapened out; the chest mold for the 29 is different, so they could not directly carry it over to the 25. Whereas, hips between both are the same.
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    Is there a way to smash the like button 100 times? It’s rare to see a whole display room dedicated to only Macross, much less a very organised one. Great work @Benson13
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    I was just too focused at the toys on the shelf first time around, and only now I noticed the green helmet hanging up there doubling as the lighting.. cool!
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    Another video review. Somehow there’s no auto-translate subtitles on my phone YouTube app (Youtube on PC browsers usually have that option). If I’m not wrong, his copy doesn’t appear to have loose hips or crotch clasp. However, it appears that the Battroid chest lock mechanism introduced in Alto’s Full Pack YF-29, is NOT present here. Going backwards again Bandai?
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    More concerned about the cockpit color, because unlike the official pics, here it is pure booger green..
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    That cockpit shield doesn't seem to cover the canopy properly, does it? Kinda reminds of the HMR VF-2SS.. but hopefully its just mis-transformed in this pic.
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    From the more recent comments in the video, yeah it appears one commenter copy is fine, but another says his copy has the exact problems. Poster of video mentioned he has contacted customer support (Bandai?), and awaiting reply if this is acknowledged as defects..
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    Not too worried about the crotch clasp, I think it was always something that can detach rather easily.. The extra crotch brace piece should be something that alleviates it somewhat. As for the legs, well, time to bring out the nail polish again..
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    Cool these would be perfect for my 1:1 Chucky figure
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