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The Unlicensed Third Party Transformers Thread
MKT replied to slaginpit's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Recently browsed through old pics, and Unique Toys' Peru Kill (Bayverse AoE Lockdown), piqued my interest again.. So I took it down from the display to fiddle with it again after some years. Back when it came out, there were many comments on how UT did some black magic for its transformation design, and no wonder, as there were hardly any car bits to be found in its robot mode visage, whilst maintaining pretty good accuracy to its on-screen counterpart. The car bits weren't pushed to the back either to result in all sorts of hanging kibble. In fact, it probably has the least (none!) kibble of any car bot that I know. Only a couple of details are visible from the back that gives a hint to what Lockdown actually transforms into.. Figure not without its faults though - in robot mode it probably looks the best in basic A-stance, as due to the transformation the joints can be located in slightly odd positions and dynamic poses may make it look a bit out of whack. Still, when returning it back to its shelf, I'll put it in what I think is a bad ass stance that defines this iteration of Lockdown - its B.F.G Face as seen in the movie.
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Movie was a dud, and the toy even more so because of it. Still, this is a very nicely made diecast spaceship. Too bad it doesn't transform, have variable wings or other movable parts to change to other modes, else would have easily picked up another.
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VE-1 & VT-1.. purely because they have never been done before in 1/48.
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Thanks for pointing to the post. I'll give the arm sliders another go on my Hayate's the next time I bring it out from storage.
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The absurdity, ridiculousness yet awesomeness of a face transforming into a B.F.G.
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I tried sliding the forearm parts but it didn't do much for me at all, whilst others like yourself have success. The arm cannon issue seems to vary differently from one copy to another. If you meant the wing pegging onto the leg, my first copy Hayate's hardly fit too. Mirage's and Bogue's at least fit somewhat better, but still feels like they can easily come undone.
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I am wondering, if you would know anything about Bandai’s model kit plastics? I’m finding them extremely resistant to yellowing..
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I was one of those that thought the arm cannons on Bogue were fixed. But it turns out I just got extremely lucky, whilst others’ copies still have the same issue.
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1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
MKT replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
I do agree. I’m trying to wean off multiples but this is one I’ll gladly pick up another if it’s reissued. -
I'm guessing Arcadia didn't produce any extras like they might had done for their other PF web exclusives. Possibly down to all the QC issues that was the likely the reason for the lengthy & repeated delays for it.
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Sadly high aftermarket prices don't seem to affect how well reissues do, as far as Arcadia releases go. We've seen how the VF-1Js Milia + Max, and the VE-1 turned out, and Arcadia themselves are probably scratching their heads on this too. On contrary, YF-19 appear to be their most successful mold. The prices never really went to strato levels right from their first release, but they appear to be doing well enough on each re-issue.
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Even the reissue 31AX Hayate's in plastic, rather than the styrofoam of the first issue release.
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Lol hand grenade it is.. I put it into this pose & left it as it is forever. Around the same time I had the 1/72 VF-25S Armored on PO, but cancelled it soon after putting this Zeta together. It would be quite some time before I touched another RG kit as I thought all RGs were like this Zeta.
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Very first model kit built back in the day.. Up till that point, always thought model kit needed glue & paint like in even older days, so was pretty stoked that it can look like a decent toy with a straight build out of the box. I got the Zeta because it could transform, but once it was built, that was when I learned model kits are not toys and the idea to transform it was quickly abandoned lol.
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Outside the 1/55 chunkies, 1/48 Yammies still have lots of charm & relevance today despite the various newer VF-1 releases after it.
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Is Prime1 = Pose+?
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It’s past 6 hours and counting, and still available at Amiami. This must be a record for any Macross Chogokin lol, even for a WWM. Yeah I guess at this stage folks likely adopting a wait and see approach on what other improvements Bandai gonna implement.
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No prizes in guessing what the CF would be named when it gets reissued lol.. it will give PTSD
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Ok after 2 days, KC have fixed their listing error. It's properly showing $152.99 now. Edit: Actually, not so much they fixed it. It is just the flash sale of $190 was over, and now it went back to the 'default' $152.99 price they mistakenly put earlier LOL.
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Still up at Amiami after an hour.. tables have really turned lol. Seeing the results of WWM now
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And wow still up at Amiami after 6 minutes..
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Situation is reversed now lol.. HLJ did add the 10% for quite some time when others didn’t.
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Noted date and time.. Amiami eschewed the recent practice of PO on following day morning, and reverted to same day for this, although an hour later than the rest (5pm JST).
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Wow the knee joint is really a big mess of a design.. That said, I can't seem to find much info on exploding knees on the other 171 releases. Did Bandai change the internal knee design of these other releases? Maybe not, as Alto's actually came out before the CF, so the most likely culprit would be bad materials in the CF knee joint just like its shoulder triangles. The other 171s, despite the problematic design, probably have sufficient toughness on the parts to not explode even if the knees are incorrectly rotated. Ok found one of his posts.. Of the total 12 units CF, 9 units have breakage mainly from triangles and knee joints. That pushes the failure total to 3 out of 4. This is a valk that suffered the combination of being the most fiddly Chogokin to transform, I think even more so than the 262, and horrendous QC lol.. But still gotta love the teal and angular cockpit design, at least for me. The 31AX arm cannons is a non-issue now in comparison lol
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I'm reminded of the old 171 tread, where someone on these boards procured quite a number of the teal CF 171s - I believe close to 20 units in total and reported the number of exploding black triangles on transformation. Failure rate was pretty abysmal, with something like about 70%? Those are some really bad odds.. Still, the triangles durability issue should be more likely to have been solved than not, since the 2 releases after the teal CF had no problems on this front unless Bandai have selective amnesia and decides to Bandai us again. I'm now thinking the wing peg issue may not be an issue even if they retained the old design, since the wing with hardpoints should already installed out of the box and there would be no reason to take them off at all (except for clear coat, panel lining customizing works etc) So the biggest question mark would be the exploding knee joints, and I'm not too sure about this, but does it affect all releases and not just the CF 171? And it's something about, from Battroid to Fighter, not rotating the legs in the reverse direction as Fighter into Battroid? My RVF-171 was the only 171 I had ever put into Battroid, but it never went back into Fighter, so I have not encountered this problem yet.