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I'll give it another go in a day or two. My luck seems to have been going down hill since this morning. Just in case.

I may end up doing that in the end, but right now I'm extremely reluctant to do that.

Well, I got my VF-1D today. I did an inspection and everything looked great. Then I tried to transform it and discovered that I got Bandai'd! The plate under the head will tilt forward for the seat gimmick, but it will not tilt past the 90 degree Battroid position to tuck under the cockpit. It seriously feels like it will snap off at the hinge if I try to bend it past that position. I may need to figure out some way to push out the roll-pin to figure out what's wrong with it. Any advice would be appreciated.

You don't count the unassembled, unpainted (black) version that Arcadia sold as a separate release?

You can always flame polish acrylic. Practice on some scrap piece first before you ruin your stand.

My CD Japan order took 3 days to leave Japan and got into customs yesterday. The last time my VF-4 spent a whole week in customs before the post office received it. I don't know who caused that delay, but I expect it to me similar this time around. I'll see my VF-1D in May most likely.

I watched Clash of the Bionoids about a year after the 1st airing of Robotech ended. My brother's friend picked up a copy. I actually like DYRL better then SDFM. Aside from the better production quality, I like the Valkyrie paint schemes better as they are more military realistic. I also prefer the ARMDs over the two ships mounted to the SDF-1. Pressure hulls for keeping out pressure and keeping in pressure is a whole other discussion. I wouldn't mind getting a 1:3000 TV version SDF-1 with both ships and TV style ARMDs. And because DYRL Misa > SDFM Misa in my opinion.

Getting paid? That or "Retirement Plan."

Good job turning that negative experience into a positive one. It will forever make that particular Valkyrie all the more special.

You need to print out some kind of sky background for that!

What did you end up getting anyway?

I think your are right, but I think it was more "Min Mei" or "MIN MEI" on her door. I tried to do a quick search of the 1st two episodes, but I didn't want to end up watching the whole thing again. Of course, it could be another production error!

They masquerade as women to get you to give them free Valkyries as gift for being soooo CUTE!

I don't believe it. There are no women on the internet! Anyone who claims that they are, are probably guys faking it!

Maybe Bandai will offer a TWE hard point wings with TV missiles and sitting Minmay.

I found the Macross World forum topic!

I didn't get into Macross mecha collecting until about 3 years ago. Up until then I've only been watching the shows subtitled with no thought of looking into anything beyond that. Not even Robotech. I watched Shadow Chronicles a few months ago just to see what everyone was talking about. I did a quick search for Robotech Academy and can't seem to find an video or trailers about it. Everything official appears to have been removed. You guys age making me curious.

Regardless of where the items are manufactured, it is largely the responsibility of Bandai to make sure QC meets their requirements. Bandai may just need to either sample more items off the line or send more staff for QC. Now days, all the best consumer products are made in China: Hydro Flask, Apple products, Samsung products, etc. It's doubtful that Bandai would be able to move production back to Japan. They are experiencing a major labor shortage now days. Your collectables would still likely be produced with non-Japanese labor. QC might improve, it may not. Japanese pride and ethics may not be what it use to be. Look into Mazda, Nissan, Suzuki and Yamaha's emissions control scandal.

The 1/55s were built for play by young people. The 1/48s and 1/60s were made for older fans and collectors. HMR is kind of a middle ground. I'd like to play with my 1/55 more, but replacement is becoming more costly. The older HMR are going in that same direction sadly. The price of the Regults have gone up so much that I'm reluctant to play with them now. CD Japan shipped my VF-1D today!

Well, it really is an old argument. We all know that the show (SDFM) was riddiled with production errors. Lots of things look different from one scene to the next. It's really hard to say what is 100% correct. I'm sure that this won't be the last time where someone feels like Bandai cheaped out on details.

On my screen the VF-1D looks to have the same orange color issue as the VT-1. The Orange of the chest plate appears duller than the painted orange. My CD Japan order is also in "In Shipping Process."

Now at 458. I'm out! Sleep is more important to me now.

How does this work exactly? If I get in and decide to window shop for 30 minutes, do I tie up that connection for that time and no on else can access the site until I leave? I would guess that they need to upgrade their server service so PO night doesn't appear like a DDoS attack on their website. I may need to use NY only for web exclusive stuff only from this point forward. It's taken over 20 minutes to go from 1150ish to 570ish.

You got Bandaied! Is Bandai's QC getting worse or is this within what's normal? There were a few complaints about QC with the HMR VF-4 release. Not to mention the DX YF-19 and the HMR Hikaru DYRL VF-1A.