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  1. MKT
    Hopefully the problem is not widespread. Someone already have their’s broken out of box. Edit: Another report of broken head laser.
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    That locking pin thing sounds like something that could absolutely be engineered out. Thematically it’s like using a rubber band to hold a box & lid together. It’s probably the most un-Macross transformation step in Macross toy history.
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    Yup the wheels mis-transformed. They are supposed to rotate 180. Coincidentally, rotating stuff 180 seems to be the theme of this valk lol.
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    A few early Fighter pics by William Wong on FB: Couple of comparison with Yamato’s:
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    Great to hear. I hope HLJ charges me soon too, whilst the exchange rate is still nice for the day.
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    Look forward to your impressions.
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    Well I haven't bought any TF merch yet. Still waffling on the Figma Fire Leos, but I finally have the Figma Cerberus & Albatross on the way only because they were still on heavy discount from MSRP. But congrats again on the RVR.. so many other examples that have popped up before always had some missing pieces. I like the colors of this Psylocke.. but her leg is impossible long lol.
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    Cool purchase. Was it from Mandarake? I actually been watching one there for weeks, & surprised no one bought it for so long despite its rather good price. Always loved the fast paced gameplay & banging soundtrack of Thunder Force series, & TF5 was the very last one I played on the Saturn. So much nostalgia..
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    This does look pretty cool, and the brakes actually have a strut to hold it this time.
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    Haha I do hope the rotation mechanism is beyond just a ball joint, but it does look like just a simple ball joint.
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    Even with the beefier legs, it may not stand up much against that massive backpack for dynamic poses, as the feet is still relatively small compared to other valks. The whole ankle also has to rotate 180 degrees for transformation, and I just hope that joint won't easily become loose after couple transformations. I feel a lot is riding on that ankle & feet design, so am cautiously optimistic Bandai has engineered robustness into that.
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    That lock-pin is also another surprising bit. This is turning into more HMR than a Chogokin lol. Also, I hope those nozzle flaps stay on securely once installed, otherwise we gonna see quite a few ones with missing flaps down the road. Meanwhile, the packaging:
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    So, a separate brace is needed to stabilize that huge backpack against the lower back in Battroid. So far, there are 3 partsforming bits: 1. The backpack brace mentioned. 2. The cockpit canopy & pilot seat. 3. The guns. 4. Backpack lock-pin. On side note, I'm also quite surprised the fixed posed hands are the same size as the transformable ones lol. We so used to fixed posed ones being bigger.
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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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