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  1. Pontus
    Pardon me if this is common knowledge and/or been asked before, but I just watched DYRL for the first time on this 4K release (just beautiful, glad I got it!) and noticed something; Flashback 2012 is not the first time the VF-4 was featured. Unless I'm mistaken here, in Hikaru's apartment scene, he has a blue model of a prototype VF-4 on his shelf. The only thing that might be different is that I don't see the front kenards on the model. (what am I talking about, I must be confusing my valks) But it's only a small part of a few frames. Anyway, I was just wondering if that's been noticed before, or is this only just now noticable (or perhaps confirmed) due to the high resolution?
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    I was disappointed at first too especially after having to wait so long for a preorder, but looking back at the OG pics from SDFM to compare, it's really growing on me. Maybe I'm just being contrary after seeing all the negativity here, but I'm going to add some positivity and risk ridicule by saying... I think this is pretty good! Is anyone else making Max figures that look half this good with such articulation? Maybe a model kit, but ain't nobody got time for dat (and no articulation at all)! Sure, there's some nitpicks to make, but it looks like Max and has REAL CLOTHES that are quite nice. I am very happy to have finally gotten another great addition to their figure line up, and I hope they keep it up. All I ask for is Kakizaki (and it better have a steak), but Global, Claudia, or even another Misa in real cloth would be killer. Anyway, just my 2¢ and wanted to lend some perspective to what seems like a very negative reception. I mean, there's a fan with a company out there that's still making toys from an 80's anime for crying out loud! I'm so thankful for this. Still not doing kickstarters tho.
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    Max will be shipping soon. Just got an email from KC asking me to confirm my address.
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    I got mine yesterday. This is my second shipment from Crunchyroll after returning the first, and although it arrived without damage this time, it's not for better packaging. This time, they chose a "box" that was actually just a prefolded cardboard piece with no corners just slapped around it, and it was way too narrow so they just bent it over the edges, slapped some more miracle paper in there, taped it once across the middle, and called it a day.🤦‍♂️ For those that had issues extracting the disks from the book, I see what you mean, and I found the solution. It's tempting to wanna crank on that disk to get it out, but that only makes it harder to extract like an inverse finger trap. It's actually a rather nice retainer imho (better than too loose), but you have to really press hard in the center while supporting the back of the book with your other hand, and DO NOT pry on the disk - only use enough pressure such that it pops out when you press. It pops right out without stress that way, or at least it did for me.
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    Interesting, mine spent several additional days in USPS shipping too after it came up with an error saying it was getting forwarded back to the shipper, but then it went back through the local shipping system again. My box only had a single wadded up sheet of paper under one side. I'll see if they'll exchange it, but I don't want to wait for them to get the return before shipping my replacement in case they run out of stock in that time, so I think I'll see if they'll ship the replacement before I ship it back.
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    DO NOT buy this from Crunchyroll. They packaged mine in a box with zero padding other than some craft paper under one side. The whole corner of the box ripped out. Fortunately, it only dinged the corner a little bit, but this is unacceptable packaging!
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    Got mine today. Very nicely done... other than powering the lights with 4 different battery sockets! And I love the instructions, "insert the batteries according to the instructions." These ARE the instructions ffs! And WHAT batteries?! They don't say what model to use anywhere that I can see. Does anyone know? I think I'll rewire it for USB power some day. As for scale, I bought it to match 1/100 instead of getting HMR because I feel like 1/72 regults match HMR valks better (and cheaper). I was already planning to build the bandai kit, but since I had super custom plans for that (a purple stealth sniper) this is really great to have a proper regult. But as the pics above show, it does seem a bit large for HMR (which isn't really 1/100). Happy to have it finally tho regardless.
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    Gee, must be nice. I ordered mine YEARS ago, and I still haven't gotten any tracking. Oh wait, they can't keep track of email changes despite it being my main login... nope, nothing in my old email. Let's check my account... OH, it says "partial shipped" on the 15th of Sept. That's great, nice of them to let me know... wait, where's the tracking? No tracking, so MAYBE mine will finally show up on my doorstep one of these days (sans figure of course).
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    I think you got a QC reject considering the paint issues and loose ankles. The ankles on mine are perfectly stiff, seem quite well designed, and allows for some confidently aggressive posing. As for the hands, I personally have no issue with the lack of fixed fold ins because I never display them on any of my valks of any model (unless forced to) because they always look tiny and delicate. And since you'd never get folding SDFM style hands to fit in the arms without something being out of proportion, I don't see any other way around it short of some complicated folding. I just put up a display shelf at work. This and Roy's will be placed here since I don't need more copies of the same thing at home, and these seem pretty tough and relatively cheap. It's kinduva shame to put these up at work tho, because so far, these are my favorite iteration of VF-1 and looks quite sharp! But it looks like I'm going to have to find some more to display here as it's looking pretty empty.
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    Welcome back! As per the thread topic tho, did you choose @BigInJapan because you're a Tom Waits or Alphaville fan, or did you simply like the phrase as it applies to our hobby? And why did you choose that particular avatar pic?
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    I hope that means I'll be seeing my 4k preorder arrive any day now. Edit: Google says any of the blue ray releases are not due until Nov. 29th. Did you get a Japanese release Shawn?
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    I never ordered any valks because I thought the legs looked too skinny, weren't well reviewed, and seemed kinda cheap. Plus they were an odd scale that didn't mesh with pretty much any other toys. But I was really hoping for more figures since they seem to be the only ones making them for SDFM. I hope they don't flake on the Max figure before they go under. If they make any others, I'll buy them, but not directly. A Claudia (with pineapple salad), Kakizaki (with large steak), and/or Milia (with baby Komilia) figures would be awesome, but I'm not holding my breath.
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    Have you watched the show/movie/s yet? I feel the same, but I haven't watched any of the other stuff yet. If you have watched it and still feel that way, then I'd chalk it up to bad writing or character development. For VF-1 valks, you really feel like you're buying "Roy" or "Hikaru" instead of just their valk. SDFM characters just have a special place in my heart, and I have to have all of their valks. That's why I never got a YF-29 until they made the Max version which I had to have despite never seeing the movie. I have bought 3 of the SV-262 tho, and preordered "the red one" because I really love the design of it, and I'm not into (or have time for) building model kits. Other than the fiddly bracket buried in the middle of the thing, I found the DX to be quite nice, but I haven't played with it enough to argue the point.
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    Got my 3rd SV-262 (for the only model I can display in all 3 modes) with another draken set. Also got the 3zero VF-1J from amazon. I think this is the nicest iteration of the VF-1 I've seen so far!
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    I got mine from Amazon yesterday, and color me impressed! Except for the less than Bandai quality stand that is, where it doesn't even hold it in battroid. It just sits on the stand in a couple of grooves but doesn't snap in or actually hold it at all. Lame. I bought this (and preordered a 1S Roy) to have something to display at work and brought it in today, but I think this is nicer than any other iteration I have.
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    Considering that they asked for final payment back in June, I think it might be too late by now and doesn't accomplish much other than guaranteeing a loss of the downpayment (which is nearly 2/3 the total), but has anyone else considered reporting KC to Paypal for taking our money for a final product and never actually sending anything?
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    I just opened and took my PF outa the box for the first time, and man this thing is crisp! I can't bring myself to transform it, not to mention that bits be popping just from putting out the landing gear and getting fins and such aligned. A little rectangle brown metallic piece fell off when I moved the lower rear stabilizer, and it seems like a piece that should be glued on...? But man that cockpit and pilot are well detailed!
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    Be careful with the super glue. It's good to have a fan on it while it dries. Super glue can get "bloom" which appears as a white haze from the curing fumes. At work we use a low bloom CA glue made by Resinlab called Cynergy (bottle is marked CA 6704), but it is really expensive stuff. Do they make low bloom CA glue for modeling? I've actually wondered before if model glue would work on this type of plastic, does anyone know for sure? You'd have to scrape off any paint from any contact surfaces first of course since it reacts with the plastic to do the gluing (at least as I've understood it). Edit: Unfortunately, model glue only works on polystyrene and no other types of plastic like our toys are made of. Just make sure to ventilate so the super glue doesn't haze up. You could also use an accelerator, but I wouldn't recommend it around painted parts as it will take off the paint. Some accelerators are safer for that tho if they are hydrocarbon based (usually labeled foam safe) like Bob Smith Insta-set.
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    Bandai Sv-262 DX valk

    Pontus replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    Yes, what @PointBlankSniper said. And no, I haven't had a chance to see it yet. I'm going thru all of Macross in chrono order (very slowly) and currently on Zero. I guess it was just wishful thinking that there might be a cool lance included in a future set, cuz how awesome would that be! And if a future Macross tech allows for a collapsible sword to be strong enough for a giant robot to swing around, then a lance is certainly a possibility. Bonus, it's naturally suited to gerwalk or fighter modes! I know I wouldn't wanna be in the way of a point barrier tipped lance coming at me at mach speed. I mean, if we're bringing hand to hand combat into play... why stop at blades and shields?
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    Bandai Sv-262 DX valk

    Pontus replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    I noticed that the cockpit and one leg/intake has a sword on the blue one, a sword wrapped in angel wings on the white one, and a spear on the green and this new red one. It looks like @valhary gave theirs a Gundam spear earlier in this thread, but I cannot find any other reference as such. This is clearly intentional, but what is the meaning there? Did they actually have a spear in the movie/show?
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    Isn't Freyja just the cutest! I guess my figuarts can stop masquerading as a VFG now. Btw, what's the deal with the cherries/apples(?) and the valk dog thing? Is this from the show/movies?
  22. Pontus
    OMG, thank you for posting this picture. I know this is going to sound silly, but I normally don't pay much attention to transformers so this is the first time I've seen this package since I was 6yrs old when I was so excited to get this exact packaging (except I remember it with foam instead of a plastic tray) as my "one big gift" for Christmas that year! I'm a little choked up seeing it actually. 😊 The funny part is that, until I came here and started looking into the history of Macross (which I didn't discover until my mid 20s), I never realized that I've actually been a Macross fan since I was a young kid. I dabbled in Robotech if I happened to catch it on Saturday mornings at Grandma's house, but I never got into the story and was only into it and transformers for the jets (Top Gun had a much bigger impact on me). I didn't really want any of the toys except this one. Anyway, back to your regular, scheduled programming...
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    @nightmareB4macross, I can't believe I never put that together! I always imagined your handle was a reference to Macross having helped you thru a dark place in your life. 🤣
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    This might be a meme posted as a joke, but this is mild compared to how packages are actually handled. I have seen worse than this first hand at UPS on a regular basis. I used to have to go to the local distro center to pick up my packages, and they always had the door open to the loading docks. I'd see stuff falling off the conveyors, boxes all over the floor, and worst of all, they loaded the semis by literally throwing the packages WORSE than this GIF depicts into the back of the trailer like they were practicing for olympic shotput.
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    Bandai Sv-262 DX valk

    Pontus replied to seti88's topic in Toys

    I too would rather have the Elvis, but I was just asked today by my daughter what my favorite valk was, so I can hardly pass this up after telling her it's the 262.
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