Sanity is Optional

How do you guys get all these discount coupons? I had a Hi-rez Wing Zero ship to me broken, and all I got was a refund once they got it back in the mail (they did pay for the shipping at least).

Well, I'm in. I want a VF-0S anyway, may as well get a new premium one.

Had a NY shipment prep on the 26th, ship on the 29th, and just made it to LA customs.

I'm interested by how much parts-forming this will involve. I guess removing the wing-folding mechanisms (apart from the inner-most pivot) simplifies that area at least.

You can try getting a sheet of conductive glass and putting it between the base and the camera, ought to shield some of the EMI. Same deal if you wrap the camera with tinfoil except for the lens and viewfinder.

I collect gundam kits MIB. It's called my backlog.

Probably for the best. One of the main reasons I went with the -27 is it's relatively low number of pinstripes compared to say the -25s, which have gigantic decals all over. There was only two parts that needed significant decal coverage.

I've got an armored VF-25 Also myself in my backlog, going to try and use a bunch of tiny neodynium magnets I have to mod the armor to be removable. By default you can remove it, but you've got a bunch of tabs and such underneath. The Armored/Super kits do include the normal parts without such, but there's no way to attach the armor to them by default. I'll say my favorite of the 1/72 was the SV-262, since in some ways it's nicer than the DX Chogokin, at least as far as the transformation goes. The 1/72 VF-1 is actually really accurate to the mechanisms and transformation from the TV series/movie, but unfortunately that makes for a terrible transformation in practice. I have made the Brera VF-27, with full decals and topcoat, plus some detail work here and there. I can't get the damn thing to transform into gerwalk properly, the legs won't lock into the intakes, and putting pressure starts destroying the decals so I gave up. It looks amazing, and gerwalk aside it's much better than the VF-25 in battroid and fighter, holds together much better. I've got some WIPs and pics of the final product on the -27: https://imgur.com/a/29TBG https://imgur.com/a/smpKq https://imgur.com/a/QdBuE https://imgur.com/a/h0iWK https://imgur.com/a/CWOd4 [edit] Finished model: https://imgur.com/a/78X1t [edit #2] Feel free to PM me if you want some tips, I ran into a couple problem areas: neck and a couple of the decals specifically.

Is this the 2013 bandai VF-1? If so, I can tell you as someone who has built it alongside the Bandai VF-25, VF-27, VF-31, and SV-262 that the VF-1 by far the worst of them all. The rest are much better, and the -31 and -262 are downright pleasant to transform and lock together nicely. The VF-25 doesn't have as many tabs locking it into form as the later ones, and the -27 is essentially an updated -25 with some improvements.

I'm more thinking of when there's a cut between different video segments, like if you put more than 1 transformation in a video. In that case you're already doing a fairly jarring cut.

What about a 1-sec long splash-screen when you cut between transformations or other video sections? Much harder to remove than one at the start.

According to NY's customs form this is a ¥6000 plastic model (no batteries).

Now that I think about, I guess I have seen the gun arm-mounted in battroid/gerwalk rather than the typical in-hand in any mode other than fighter.

Arcadia is going to release an Ivanov (and presumable Nora, eventually) SV-51. No release date yet, but it is confirmed.

https://distill.io/ I have the plugin running on a computer I leave on, and set email alerts for anything I'm trying to catch (like Chogokin and Metal Composite figures).

Scratch built and non-articulated.

Well, enough people aren't thrilled that it's retailing ¥4,000 or so below MSRP and is still easily available. I like mine though, and wish they'd release another so I can have multiple in different poses (without having multiple Keiths).

Maybe a pearl coat on top of a transparent bronze?

I feel your pain, got mine a couple months back.

Nice, how much did that run you? I vote for the Arcadia, and set them up as Battroids beating the crap out of eachother.

Looking good Xigfrid, looking forward to seeing how it looks outside of CAD.

It's a decent price, since that's the Yamato rather than the Arcadia.

Oh, they're in-scale. Zentradi themselves, however have wildly varying sizes. Note that they're the same size as a VF-1, but also the same size as a VF-25, and also fit in a regult.

I'd suggest getting one of the Tomytec ones next HLJ sale, or possibly through Mandarake. Much more reasonable prices than retail.

Huh, he wasn't when I bought my Ozma from Mandarake a few months back in March (20,000 vs 25,000). Looks like he is now though.