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Nice catch.. Now when I look back at the VF-1J pics by TZ, all of them shows that thick, lower elbow forearm joint being movable. Which meant, TZ really made it triple-jointed at that time lol. A few more showing the same joint: Then I look at the more recent pics of the VF-1S TZ put out, that joint seems to have been disabled. Perhaps they decided to glue it after all.
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Wearing briefs over the pants are cool superhero fashion again?
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Comparison with a Yamato v2. Pic by William Wong on FB:
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This is not bad. I don't specifically go for genres; I listen to all kinds of stuff and its always a combination of what pops up through my feeds & many of which I get through this thread.
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Yeah its odd TZ made those elbow joints the way they did. Usually these types of joints are seen in lower priced action figures, so it's quite the eyesore here. It's like they pulled a Bandai lol. Nevertheless, considering so many other stuff that could go wrong for a first attempt its forgivable. I don't have it in hand but from videos we can say it's already the KC-killer.
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I posted a new interview with Kawamori here regarding Macross Modellers. It doesn’t say what Fujimi will do, but it briefly covers what Kawamori expects them to make. The web-translated part:
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New interview with Kawamori, covering his views on Macross Modellers: https://hjweb.jp/article/1568579/
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Uhhh... Hikaru is slightly shorter than Max, so 1cm difference in Battroid sounds about right.
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Book is up for PO: https://store.udonentertainment.com/products/bubblegum-crisis-complete-archive
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Ah ok, I watched back that video.. so KC saying then the legs will be swappable for a fixed pose one to fit the cockpit. I assume they still haven't made it work because there's no prototype yet of that. I'm inclined to agree with @tekering now, no painted prototype of figure, and not even any sight of alternate pair of sitting legs means next month release is very unlikely. As to the soldier to be made available separately, it was in a post by their store on FB, although that was the only mention of it. It does make sense for them to do so, since it's now established the Artilery Battlepods won't come with soldiers & I'm sure there are folks who purchased those want an option to have pilots for them as well. What I'm predicting is, when the solider finally goes up for sale, KC will pull the same card 'special offer price' for those who already PO'ed the Artillery Pods, and a special bonus accessory for those who PO early.
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Ok makes sense now. When I saw what were supposedly Figma 2Bs some time ago, they are actually bootleg SHFs, but with Figma name attached to them lol.
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I kept looking at it the wrong way lol. I thought it’s the front half of the pod that opens outward, when it’s actually most of the pod that opens upward & swings back. Just a speculation, maybe KC’s trying to implement a solution whereby the soldier can sit full-figured while the pod is open, & then needing to remove some limbs, perhaps the lower legs, to fit when the pod’s closed just like what’s needed for CM’s Max figure to fit into Yamato’s Q-Rau. If I remember correctly, KC did mention that the soldier will be made separately available later, so that is something to look forward to.
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I never really warmed up to the original song like many fans do, but this rendition sounds fantastic. A great find. This will be the next IT k-pop group taking over the world..
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Weren’t there already Figmas of 2B, so is this an improved version? She looks great here, as of A2. I only played the demo of the game, I likely have the full game buried somewhere in my long list of backlog library haha.. but I do like the innovative gameplay mechanics and probably would get these figures too if I played more of the game.
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Agree it’s not foolproof.. I’m just inclined to believe it provides additional protection to retard the process in some way. Nothing can be done though if the underlying plastic formulation’s plain bad.
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That's true, Arcadia has never released the Fast Packs separately. Only Yamato did. If you are looking for just the packs, they do sometimes appear over at Mandarake, but it's almost always the movie Strike Pack that pops up (currently available) and not the TV Super ones. If one is not particular, the movie Strike Pack has an option to replace the strike cannon with another missile housing (provided) so both sides look the same. The differences then would be colour of the packs, shade of white, the slightly different sculpt of the arm-packs and the roundel stickers. Sometimes, cheap valk+pack bundles also appear on Mandarake, usually a TV Hikaru 1J or a movie Focker 1S - so it might be worth to get that instead for the packs and a sort of likely semi-junker valk as they usually would have the shoulder cracking problem that have well-documented fixes available.
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So far the nitpicks I have: 1. The double hinged elbow design, they are visually very prominent, and I much prefer the more elegant, semi-hidden 2nd joint solution employed by Yamcadia / DX. 2. The gun looks to be extremely glossy, and in several higher gloss levels than the whites of the valk. It especially sticks out in comparison to the all-metal feet thrusters lol. 3. The panel lining at the wings look weird. Something looks quite off there. I think there's not enough lining detail at the wings, and whatever that's there sticks out too much. But these are just minor nitpicks. On other hand, some stuff I like: 1. The finishing of the valk. The effect of the coating (assuming what a previous reviewer in video said is true) used reminds me very much of KC's recent releases of the Vermillion Squadron. KC's Rick 1J has this subtle sheen to it that sort of makes it look more like painted metal instead of gloss plastic, and I'm kinda seeing the same effect here on Threezero's. Although, the panel lining looks better done on KC's item mainly due to colour of the wash. 2. As mentioned before, any coating at all should be advantageous to stave off yellowing from oxidation. 3. The cockpit canopy has excellent clarity, with just the right amount of grey tint? Not unlike the DX. Preproduction samples weren't so, they showed semi-frosted items, and I'm glad they turned out as they are now. Everyone has an area of OCD for their toys, and this is one for me lol. It was also why I was slightly disappointed with Sentinel's Legioss in that area - there's some blurriness to their cockpit canopy that's not dissimilar to the old Yamato 1/48 VF-1. I didn't finish watching Korean review, just fast forwarded to bits of it. I guess the review was a recorded, unedited live-stream hence the length. Reviewer was amusing to watch at first, because he looks like a caricature character - I'm thinking of a comedic yakuza lol. But he does mis-transform it quite a bit as well, and in Fighter mode he makes exactly the same mistake of not pushing the arms in towards the head, leaving that huge gap in-between. All the while he was making all kinds of satisfied squawks, humming some tune (maybe from Space Gandam V, since he made a lot of references to that show lol). Every now and then he would exclaim that he overlooked something in the transformation, proceeded to fix those, but never got to that head-arm gap! Grrrr...
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I'm interested in both Witcher & Snake..
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I made my first order with Nin-Nin with the VF-0A, but didn't realise their private warehouse system is pretty much inflexible compared to many others we are used to. There's no way to control when and what to ship - all items are automatically consolidated into a package providing they are already released, at end of 1-month period from the earliest released item date. I'm usually hesitant to pre-agree on shipping rates (if we select no private warehouse option for Nin-nin) whilst putting in orders for PO items, because almost always the shipping charged are higher than actual rates due to margin of error that the vendor have to build in without having the item in hand yet. Private warehouse option usually alleviates this for some, but not all vendors, yet to have your items arbitrarily locked away for up to a month is another matter though lol. So Nin-Nin just invoiced me for shipping, and now I'm waiting for my 0A to be sent out. -
Well this review’s better than the previous ones. He still gets couple of stuff wrong though, but for most part, everything is shown straightforward & clear. This is really mini-DX, and then some. The only complaint he has, and it’s a minor one, is near the start of video when he says the moving nacelles at the nose are somewhat loose and a bit ill-fitting. He also shows a new backpack brace locking mechanism for Battroid. i was a bit concerned that the legs are not able to bend forward enough for a deep Gerwalk pose (something KC’s & to some extend the HMR struggle with), but thankfully in the next few seconds he proceeded to show just how far forward the legs can really bend. There’s also another new Korean review, this one’s more than 2 hours long lol. I’m only partway through it..
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Guld looks really nice. Sculpt is pretty sharp. Perhaps just needs to be taller, but I suppose that can be easily fixed at file level before print?
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Hmm that ‘trailer’ is actually even older that that. It’s been sitting at 11 months on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XCY729URAB0?si=lCGXEI1ZUg95TxDS Still, excited for Andor S2. S1 has the most uninteresting premise of any SW TV, but really hit it out of the park when actually watching it. Proof that good writing & directing makes all the difference.
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UDON is releasing a compilation of Sonoda’s BGC artwork: https://store.udonentertainment.com/blogs/news/bubblegum-crisis-complete-archive-artbook-debut-at-sdcc-2024
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Last couple pics for the Low-Vis. Took some time to try give it a slight burnished surface look, compared to most other Low-Vis pics from past couple of weeks. After handling the v2 quite a bit, I now feel the shortcomings of the mold in Battroid. Mainly, the hips could do with more range of motion - perhaps pull out hips like the HMR, or more twisting range where the joint meets the hip. The DX really advanced articulation by introducing the sideway drawer joints & giving more clearance space behind the hips. Threezero then picks up from there and gave much needed larger ankle rocking range with the new ankle flaps. But handling the Yamcadia v2 is still a tactile pleasure - the ratchets, the tightness & precision. Oh and these pics are dedicated to @macfan23
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Pics by Jason Lau on FB:
