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Bandai always being regarded of over-tampo-ing the valks, but I gotta say for the VF-1 & Super Parts as per @grogall's pics above, they look pretty good especially when a few of them are side by side. Ditto the 1J Armored as well.

@m0n5t3r Nice! They do look good together.

Not sure if this the right thread, but has this been posted yet? https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2023/10/8/seiko-celebrates-40-years-of-macross-with-skull-leader-inspired-watch Yen 44k.. for what some are saying for a rather basic Seiko watch. At least the face is at least not as bland as the 35th Anniversary version.. Just the right amount of subtlety imho.

Many more Halo figures coming to Re:Edit line.. https://1000toys.jp/detail.aspx?goto=product1310

Picked up a weathered olive Tomahawk along the way couple years ago, and loving the subtle shadings it has compared to the normal version.

Myself haven't had any issues with the silicone-tips stripping paint on the newer ones, but then I have been pretty careful not to have painted surfaces rest on it..

@grogall The Thunder Hammer isn’t canon though. My understanding is that it was a fan-made design, first appeared in a model kit magazine (pic below), and then much later on adopted by Fext Hobby with quite a number of variations in color, minute accessories & fittings to fit the single & dual-seat VF-1 variants. The Atmospheric Booster though is canon. It appeared right at the beginning of the Episode 30 of the TV series. Fext-Hobby was also considering producing this, but sadly it fell through. As to the second image in your post - the Armored-Gerwalk, I think that is an unused concept art so it is not canon. What other accessories for the Vf-1 wish list? Not much, perhaps ones like a baby pod, or the little repair arms..

I hear the tune too when I see this.. but ashamed to say, it’s the wRong one that came to mind first.

Nice time to be collecting for sure @grogall. Great you got Focker after all. Referring to accessories / add-ons, brands usually produce them only for their own line of valks. So for the DX Chogokin VF-1, you won’t find any add-ons aside from Bandai. The only exception I can think of, are the Thunder Hammer inspired armor add-ons made by 3rd party Fext Hobby, but those are for Bandai’s smaller Hi-Metal R VF-1 range.

Street Fighter 6 coming to Amazing Yamaguchi line:

Since it scales with the B2Fives, I wonder if this Pose+ Alpha has space to store a folded up Cyclone within..

I've started doing that too, to carefully distribute the clamp force. Still, the ones with long prongs need more tightening as there is more leverage for them to loosen when something rests on top of it, and they are the ones that risk cracking the most around the screw heads. Too bad the heavy old ones are no more; even the current ones seem to have been halted production for a long time. I love their flexibility for almost anything, so I guess it's a good thing Calibre Wings currently have their own version of it.

1/48s still have presence! Oh I'm also curious, for the older FP stands, do the acrylic around the screws tend to crack if the screws are tightened even moderately tight? I have the newer ones, and even though I'm careful to not overtighten them, they still develop crack marks after some repeated usage. Haha to me it turned out for the better, as it looks like there's some heat haze going on there.

Another new shot of Pose+ Triple Jim. But looks the same as previous prototypes..

From HK Toy Collector Exhibiton. Pose+ Alpha Fighter on top right shelf.

Have a great convention tomorrow everyone!

You're welcome & glad you like it @Raikkonen

Nice setting @enphily Love the strategic use of blur on the sand.

Someone posted a pic of the 31AX boosters some pages back, mounted Lil-Draken style on the 31 Siegfried at the end of the wings. And I thought it looked more natural and infinitely better than the original booster on top of wings. Edit: Found the post. Includes the booster sandwich pic.

Well we've been seeing quite a bit of the HMR VF-0 lately, apologies if it gets a bit too banal.. last couple of pics here before they go back into the display. Been trying to work on this shot but ultimately not very happy with the result. And the couple of them doing.. whatever it is they are doing lol.

VF-171EX Alto available at Amazon JP: https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Chogokin-Macross-VF-171EX-Armored-Nightmare/dp/B0CGZDFTSR

@Beko Pharm I am on the PS4. I got the Hori joystick to relive some Street Fighter & other fighting games just for a brief period. I don’t think a controller scheme would already have been finalised at this stage, but I’m optimistic that as with many games these days, the schemes would cater to a wide variety of controller types.

Thanks for posting the video @Mommar Finally get to glean a few things about the short gameplay: 1. Not very sure how I feel about the shots moving in the direction the VF is going in Fighter. I've never liked this type of shooting mechanic in other shoot-em-ups. On other hand, the stage/screen relative to the VF is pretty huge, and shooting semi-directionally prolly does help clear stuff across the far ends in a quicker manner. 2. I was thinking I could finally break out my wayyyy underused HORI joystick again for this game, until it got to the boss fight in Battroid. The way you lock on the shots in any 360 degree direction, independent of VF movement, appear to point that the second analog stick is necessary. Guess I can forget the joystick now, unless the shot directions are controlled using perhaps the shoulder buttons to rotate the VF. 3. Transformation appear to be encounter-dependent and not arbitrarily controlled anytime by the player. I think this is a good move, as the stages can be planned out more tightly and uniquely to each mode's abilities. But remains to be seen if other stages allow player to select between modes on the fly. If they do, I hope it is done in such a way that transforming is quite a necessity to get through that particular encounter, and not so much a personal flavor thing in which players usually just leave it in one mode all the way through.

Only just became aware of this Yolopark 62cm Prime, just amazed by the details and the way little pistons and gears move as it articulates. Not so much by the price though The feature I really like are the magnetic activated light-ups; it is such a quality-of-life improvement. Although, I understand some of the smaller 3rd party toys are already doing this.

Hmm I'm not sure if that's how she appears in comics, but Supergirl's face & sculpt seems a bit too.. bishoujo-ish? (hope I'm using the term correctly). It feels a bit out of place from the other DC superheroes.. Perhaps you may have found by now, but in case you haven't, here's a link: https://hobby-genki.com/en/marvel/23032-revoltech-amazing-yamaguchi-agent-venom-marvel-action-figure-limited-bonus-set-4537807220233.html