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Looking at these latest pics, the VF-0 in battroid will not be much bigger than the VF-1. It's appears to sit somewhere between the VF-1 & the VF-2SS. Certainly still looks too small, especially if used to looking at Yamcadia's implementation of both VFs. I have a sneaking suspicion, that Bandai arrived at this point from the size of their pilots. I'm glancing over to my HMR VF-1J Hikaru, and he's just tiny & sinking into his seat in the cockpit. Whereas in the Yamcadia VF-1s, the pilots look really cramped. Assuming Bandai keeping the size of pilots the same across the HMR range, and the HMR VF-0 were to be properly sized relative to the HMR VF-1 like the Yamcadias, then the HMR pilots will positively look like 6-year olds in the VF-0 cockpit. So, did Bandai scale the size of VF-0 down to what we are seeing now just so the pilot won't look so lost in it? We have seen this type of wonky scales before - the 1/48 Chogokin VF-1s. Bandai probably carried over the relative size of the (undersized) pilot to VF-1 of the HMR line to the 1/48 Chogokin. And then when they made the Fan Racer, they had to size it around the undersized pilot, and we arrived at that weird point where the 1/48 Fan Racer is smaller than Yamato's 1/60 Fan Racer!
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
MKT replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
The Ghost X-9 are 3D printed ya? Only now I realise that the X-9 has its own super boosters.. I thought only the latest Delta movie has this kinda set up for the ghost drones.. -
Still hopeful this VF-0S is in right scale with the rest of Macross HMRs, and this pic of it relative to the tamashii stands does make it appear so..
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"How do I break out of this cramped box? I got a movie to shoot!"
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That's great news, some progress coming and more ride-armors by Sentinel! But I hope they'll announce the Tread for PO first in meantime..
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The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread
MKT replied to slaginpit's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
"Just standing as still as possible, and distribute my weight evenly in case my hip joints explode"
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Just having fun with an old CM's Ingram 1 gashapon figure..
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Continuing with collecting older items, and by pure luck scored a Yamato GNU-Dou VF-1A Max not long ago. It scales right in with the HMR, and although it doesn't transform, the chest articulation does add a whole lot of subtlety to posing & is pretty fun to handle.
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I wonder if this means Arcadia uses different factories for their Macross products. SV-51 Nora was announced later than the YF-19, but released quite on time and earlier than the YF-19.
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Thanks for feedback @MacrossJunkie. The gold tampo prints were arguably one of the nicest things about Yamato's version. Too bad it kinda regressed in this Arcadia's. I wouldn't really notice it if it hadn't been pointed out, but now I can't unsee it.
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Just messing with some pic filtering apps.. At moment its back to the YF-21 / VF-22 being the favorite fighter valk. This time appreciating its high speed mode, with its inward canted stabilizers, and fold-down wings. No doubt the fold-down wings is a concept borrowed from the OG Valkyrie the XB-70:
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Meh that’s not a very imaginative box art coming from Ivanov’s..
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@Grey728 Pure awesomeness! Thanks for sharing. The lighting that comes in the case do seem to light up everything very evenly..
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Patiently waiting for Amazon JP to ship out mine. Strangely they will only get their stock on 02 July, one week later than HlJ and I assume other JP stores..
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Love to see the rest! I’m sure it’s ok to post the rest here
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Looks great seeing all of them together! Are these Moducase displays?
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The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread
MKT replied to slaginpit's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Just throwing this one out here.. It’s quite satisfying watching all 8 figs come together, with its crazy detailed but solid engineering and the paint job looks pretty phenomenal. Even has that balls of steel from the movie. 😂 -
Now the VF-25 is back to my top favorite fighter valk design. This spot alternates between a rather long list every other week lol I have not transformed it yet. Perhaps not daring to find out if the hips are loose..
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Despite the shortcomings in the joint strength, I actually don’t mind the mega partsforming aspect of the VF100 line so much. It just presents another way to enjoy a toy, somewhat like a simple Lego but with rather accurate sculpt. It’s a good thing the plastics are pretty strong and the parts fit rather well. Since this line’s initial release, over the years there have been more 1/100 Macross items so I feel they display well against each other. The Family Mart version is a unique scheme, and I love the metallic fighter-only schemes of the VF-25S & VF-25F.
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Opened and fiddled with a VF100 Armored VF-25F. Going over reviews of it, I already lowered my expectations accordingly and intended it to be mostly a statue piece for display. Yet I didn't expect it was this bad as a toy whilst setting it up. The hips are loosey goosey, won't support the weight of its legs when posed hanging in the air, and together with the equally loose & rubbish ankles it will not stand at all by itself on a solid surface. The included stand is also very limited in its movement range, such that this is about the only pose I can make it do with valk's feet touching the ground.
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Thanks, I'll try that
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I kinda think the chest is actually the same. The upper shoulder piece in the 31AX isn't folded down like the older 31S, likely due to the larger canards now. But yeah.. most other parts are outwardly similar. This recolor looks better than the old one, but is it enough to be excited for...?
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Love these 2 customs, especially the YF-21. BTW, for the Yammie 1/60 YF-21 / VF-22, what is the fix for the wings that tend to droop slightly? Yours are really straight.. I tried to search it up in these forums, and I know it was mentioned before, but no luck so far..
