HardlyNever
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I'm using this link fine: https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-041234
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I'm seeing 15:00 japan time. Which is an hour earlier than predicted?
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I feel like this is relevant here. Always good to reassess every once in a while (don't judge a book by its cover, watch the video):
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After sitting around at the Tokyo airport for 4 days, mine is finally en route. This is my first vf-31, I'm excited.
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Ah, the old "what are those things." I've seen those called laser guns, or sensors. Same thing with the red dots on the front of the nose cone (some say guns, some say sensors). I just rewatched SDMF, and I can say that 100% they shoot lasers out of the red dots on the front of the nose cone, multiple times (in different episodes). Not so sure about the things on the intakes, but it is possible (the animation is pretty rough sometimes). Or you could chalk it all up to animation errors. But it is the 80s, everything that could be a weapon, is a weapon. And some things that couldn't be weapons, are still weapons.
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Second Lieutenant. But that definitely seems like an odd way to abbreviate it.
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I brought this up in the 1/48 thread. I agree, we are quickly hitting the place where obvious improvements aren't possible; more like stylistic choices about what to emphasize on the vf-1. Which, like you said, will always be subjective about who did it "better." I'm glad to see a waist swivel, better articulated hands, and the gerwalk antenna back on the bandai 1/48, but these are pretty minor improvements in the grand scheme of things. We could always go bigger and try to cram in more gimmicks ("magic hands," internal lights, sounds, things like that) but there isn't much economic incentive for a company to make a single, giant vf-1. The money is in milking the mold for multiple releases, not making a single "definitive" release.
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Eh... that's being a bit selective. HLJ still has several of their newer releases in stock, as does NY (especially the sdf-1). And this is when they had, undoubtedly, the best vf-1 on the market. That won't be true after the Bandai 1/48 is out. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it is all doom-and-gloom for Arcadia. But I doubt they can just keep doing what they are doing with their vf-1s and be fine. There is a new kid on the vf-1 block, and they need to acknowledge that. I think their non vf-1 lines will be the way to go, for the immediate future.
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Yeah, I might only get this release and the VF-1S and get the super parts after. I mean, I have both of those in 1/60, but my 1/60 vf-1j has a gray visor and GBP, and the vf-1s is the dyrl version. So I can justify getting a white visor vf-1j and tv vf-1s, because they are technically different, right? Right? And we might be getting scammed on the missiles. They are suspiciously absent.
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I literally just did this (well, not a yard stick). If it does come in at 27 cm, there is plenty of room at least on the top shelf.
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The way I see it, Arcadia's options are: 1) Abandon the vf-1 completely (for the foreseeable future), and focus their efforts where there is little/no competition like their Macross Zero line. Maybe move into Macross 7, or other less-common valk designs (from video games, etc.). 2) Keep making their (soon to be outdated) vf-1s, but focus on the rarer birds. Things like the vt-1, ve-1, vf-1d. Maybe go back to custom/weathering versions. But even with that, I think they would need something to sweeten the deal, whether it is premium finish at current non-PF prices, or some really killer bundles. 3) Try to beat Bandai to the punch with a v3 1/60 that incorporates a lot of the improvements of the upcoming Bandai 1/48, and maybe more. I personally don't think Arcadia has the resources to do this, but it would be great to see. I do think Arcadia has seen this coming for quite some time (even before November 2017, when the Bandai 1/48 was first announced), so I imagine they have a plan internally. I'm sure they will still release the Max VF-1J PF, and the anniversary valk (that no one wants). But what comes after that will definitely be interesting to see.
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Price is great, I'm in for at least one. Where are the missiles, though?
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I want to love this thing, but I just kind of like it. I still haven't seen any shot or feature that got me really excited. I think we're at the point with the vf-1 that any new mold is just going to be a small improvement over the last, with its own set of compromises and quirks, rather the huge jumps in quality that occurred last decade. I'm only 2 deep into the v2 1/60 vf line, so I wouldn't be opposed to collecting more in this scale, but I just can't get that excited about it. I'm also worried about the price per unit. I'm in for one, but I won't know if this will actually be something I want to collect until I have spent some time with the first one.
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With all that detail they can't fill in that one line on the heat shield? Seems a bit lazy... It looks like we finally might get "modern" articulated hands, though, which we sorely need on a vf-1.
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Looks like AmiAmi has their Paypal issues sorted out. I just successfully paid, if anyone is still waiting.
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I like the turrets poking through . I'm thinking about doing some from the pachinko machine animations (is that what this is from)? There is a lot of good original mech action in those animations for most of the pilots.
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AmiAmi requesting payment for the 31S now.
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The reality of the vf-1 is any designer is going to have to make compromises and concessions in one mode or another (unless they want to do some seriously extreme parts swapping). There is just way too much inconsistency between modes to get a perfect transformation toy to look anime-correct in all 3 modes. I think the yamato/arcadia v2 has a very screen accurate (for the most part) fighter mode. The battroid mode is overall too slim, but I still think it looks aesthetically pleasing, just not really accurate to how the vf-1 battroid is generally depicted. It looks like Bandai is focusing a bit more on battroid mode with this one, which is fine with me.
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Too lazy to do a better job. Maybe Noel will step in.
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Looks good, I'm excited. I'll probably be one of the last to get mine, as I'm mid-move and need to get mine sent to my new address, but at least I'll save a bit on shipping. The colors look better in toy form than animated, imo. Also glad to see the reaction missiles made it.
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Still waiting here.
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This was teased at Tamashii Nations late last year, but I still agree it is surprising this announcement came without any other previews. What we saw at TN was met with a pretty tepid response, at least here. It does look like they tweaked the chest plate, and the gunpod looks smaller to my eyes. They may have done more, but it is hard to tell with such low-res pictures. Meanwhile, we're still waiting on products that have been shown multiple times at various shows (cough HMR tomahawk).
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I just got home and I'm already looking at my Arcada vf-1s with "inferior" eyes. I'm not really sure what to do, as they still are very attractive molds. Fortunately, I only have two, so I'm not too invested in the line. I wonder how their prices will hold up after this new one comes out? I'm afraid to get rid of them before actually getting this in-hand.
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Wait, are you saying I can't throw my valks out of a window, then blame the manufacturer when they break? Sigh... Arcadia always cutting corners...
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