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Thanks for explaining & recapping (intentional pun ) @Chronocidal. I really forgot which peg is which, as I’ve never touched that area after a peg on my Alto sheared off from the first wing I tried to remove years ago when I thought to install the armor. I didn’t proceed with the other wing so the whole armor never made onto the toy.
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Those mushroom pegs? They do look different, somewhat thicker..
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What we know so far: 1. Matte finishing as per all Chogokin revivals. 2. Extra new tampo on the armored parts. 3. Contents list: ・VF-171EX body • 3 pairs of interchangeable hands (L/R) • Gunpod • Pilot figure ・Replacement antenna (hard) ・Wrist cover left and right ・ A set of armored parts ・ Anti-Vajra MDE particle anti-gravity cannon / 30mm MDE cannon matrix AVPAGC / MEDC30-EX-A ・Large anti-ship missile for anti-aircraft carrier Sentinel AVM-11R quadruple ・Medium-range anti-aircraft missile Befores AAMM-05D × 2 ・Sentinel FXA-60A high-speed armor-piercing rocket 6-tube pod x 2 ・ Short-range high-mobility anti-aircraft missile LAI / AAMS-02A triple × 2 • Dedicated stand It doesn't mention an extra pair of wings, so naturally the ones with hardpoint will be the default. Hopefully the mushroom pegs have been re-engineered in some way so the wings are permanent, or if removable, make it durable enough so the pegs don't break. Hopefully the wings fit flush to the wing root like the Fighter promo pics.
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Well, I suppose all Revivals get their own treads: https://tamashiiweb.com/item/14559/?wovn=en Price: Yen 30,800, inc. 10% JP domestic tax Release: Jan 2024 PO date: 01 September 2023.
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Usually when these reviewers get their hands on something, the actual release will be within following month. Must have fell off or something. Pre-production copies after all.
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Another one.. This reviewer mentioned the paint is a bit rough & not very cleanly applied, but it could be due to it being a pre-production version.
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Early reviews:
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Revival CF from Frontier should be the version best received by collectors: 1. Unique teal colour. Also yellow 'resistant', providing the yellowing is even all around. My copy has yellowed but I didn't even notice until I took it out from display, even then it was a pretty nice shade. 2. The angular cockpit canopy design. Small difference but somehow visually makes a world of difference to the rounded ones on the hero schemes. 3. The triangles! Bandai should never underestimate how many fans want an updated copy to replace the old broken ones or those who never transformed theirs (like me) for fear of breaking them. But this being Bandai, they are remarkably hesitant to release non-hero schemes now, even secondary hero ones get the short shrift. We still waiting for Chuck's 31E super parts? But yes, those awful swappable wings should go. They were not toleranced well, such that at least one wing if not both will always have a sculpt-breaking gap against its wing root in Fighter.
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This is a huge annoying aspect of Bandai plastics. Even cheap HG Gundam kits stay pristine white over the years, but the pricey toys yellow easily. I sometimes think Bandai purposely build-in this obsolescence into their toys.
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Based on google translate of that image, this will be Revival version with matte plastics, no surprises here. The armor parts will have new tampo markings. Hopefully there will be other, yet to be announced improvements.
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I miss old-school shooters.. So this is perfectly fine for me. Perhaps they might include old-school cheat codes as well. Preferably a secret code to unlock VF-1 for international markets. Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right then Select+Start at the logo screen.
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Sometime ago I was trawling decades old posts on these boards and remember coming across how folks were buying up Yamato 1/48 VF-1s in cases quantity, for the reasons you mentioned haha.. I guess they were relatively cheap then, even accounting for lower average incomes on basis of lower average age of collectors. Sounds like really fun times then..
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The very first pic I took of my very first modern valk toy I acquired years ago. I was so impressed by it especially as compared to the KO toys I had as a kid, and the collection quickly ballooned, and grew even more into all sorts of other titles. It's been quite a journey since..
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Macross Fan art by Rodrigo Barraza "rodrigoprofiles"
MKT replied to Rodrigoprofiles's topic in Fan Works
I've been a fan of your work on social media for quite some time @Rodrigoprofiles. These are truly great art! -
Tsk tsk what horrible quality! Send them to me! I'll take in your broken copies
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I see quite a bit of myself here and am at the stage of trying to free myself a little. Too much obsession with collecting, FOMO, and the dopamine high when purchasing & receiving packages but not enough time spent on enjoying. There's was also the fear of being away from the collection for long periods of time; an invisible chain tying me down. So I started to sell my collection extras, very anxiously at first to see how I would personally handle it, and the good news is that I don't miss them at all! The next stage would probably be selling the only copies of items I have, which will entail a hard look at what I really want to keep. That would require quite some mental fortitude.
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Yeah not optimistic. After so many repaints, I don't think Bandai will bother with any improvements at this stage. These will be reserved for the next Revival version!
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I don't know about others, but Macross figures is a secondary line to me. The first are always the valks, and the figures are complementary pieces to the valks so the displays look a bit less mechanical with a bit more warmth? So if the figure prices have rocketed to even much more than the valks, then meh, easily skippable.
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I kinda think now, that international DYRL fans are the most screwed from BW-HG deal. BW can't bring TV VF-1s outside Japan, but at least on HG side there are other quality brands now like Threezero covering that. But movie VF-1 schemes are still very much in international purgatory and limited to JP only.
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I don't know anything Gurren Lagann, but its great & inspiring to hear a collecting goal complete after 15 years.
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Starts at time 14.00
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'Because I was inverted!'
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Now that’s the true exclusive item for this release!
