Usagi
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you can live without this stuff... I did transform and play with YF21 without backpack lock in battroid and without this pin... but such stuff prevent backpack from moving so if you plan to set fighter mode on long time display it is better to instal it
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I live in Japan and had been sent my toys for repair and replacement to Bandai support center several times. They cover the cost of shipping that is for 100% I think LP just want shake you off. The problem is that VT-1 is premium Bandai item... which means technically they only support person who bought it. And I dont think your LP bought it directly. Which means Bandai Just refused to do anything. Moreover thanks to Harmony Gold this particular figure is Japan Only Item and officially can not be purchased from overseas. So Bandai just do not support if customer says "I'm from different country"... it is like saying "I'm not your customer"
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It could be the ear antennas need to be removed and the Soundbooster adapter plugged in place. That seems appropriate, the Kai will be wearing the biggest mecha headphones ever known. Can't wait to plug in the Soundbooster that way in Battroid. My first thought actually. But I want to try this in Gerwalk mode
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You are right, after a couple of transformations it seems loose enough to me, but still, I really miss the stopper peg, that prevented that joint rotation on Arcadia version.
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yeah, 0S made me angry with them… I can install Ghost Booster from 0A to 0S but I have to replace white parts to dark grey … so it seems Bandai will do additional booster release for 0S and 0D with the same booster but different attachement parts
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Yeah, but I did not forget to shift it. Actually I did it… but because of very stiff hip joints and loose extension joints, after every single and even small rotation move of the legs in hip area hips automatically moved down. i didn’t noticed it during shooting, but after that it became obvious, especially on comparison screens. Tamashi nations told me that it will be included in booster. And it seems connection will be done through the head (ear antennas, or so). But there is no connector prototype in the store, so the show only battroid with booster.
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No need to print adapter it is included in HMR. Here is my video, check right below corner at 2:53 (I have put url so it would start at that time) this is exact the same adapter for booster as in the photo))) When i checked it for the first time I wondered what is it for... now I have an answer ))) https://youtu.be/TAq_CnbNEQM?feature=shared&t=171
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The biggest problem for the booster is how speakers are turning. Arcadia offers long bar which helps to put rest part of backpack much lower and hide it. But in Bandai case that part covers half of the head height over the shoulders.
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And bad news for those who want HMR booster. It is exactly the same as old HMR type… it is not copied from Arcadia!!! here is some photos from Tamashii nations store Tokyo
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Question about legs. I just noticed that when I made this video (from quoted post) hip joint automatically moved to extended position because it have no stop peg as in Arcadia case, and hip joint more stiff than hip position mechanism. Not a big deal but making positioning a bit harder. I didn’t even noticed that till today. Had anyone checked that? is it common?
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HMR VF-4 are quite different I terms of internal mechanical part proportions. So even though it looks alike I don’t think HMR might be Arcadia copy. but as for YF19/21 bandai seems to make thing too over complicated with chogokin series. So making this as a base for HMR is out of option for now… yet Arcadia tend to make transformation smoother and easier, but they still have rights to exclusive use of current molds, so probably no YF series in HMR line for time being.
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This also might be the case. But before Bandai deliberately avoided copying of other’s stuff completely, so it still seems strange. And I’m not sure about robots, but in character figure cases, figure design is owned by both, main license holder and sculptor. Which means it is ok for main owner to use parts of sculpt design or even full sculpt by themselves, but forbidden to pass it “as is” to third parties without sculptor consent. Looks like in mechs category (or may be in big west category) rules and contracts are different. I myself would like to have old Yamato stuff in more affordable price range. So completely agree with making more And as for t-Rex … well I don’t think it may be the case. Subcontractors in Japan usually forbidden to even show their work to other possible market competitors. So if these CAD data was passed to Bandai, it seems that CAD owner gave “ok” to this deal. But again, it may be like that only if Big west’s license works the same way as most character figures.
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VF-19 fighter almost the same size as HMR VF-0
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Well, this years Arcadia rerelease much better and no problems with angles so far. Mechanically it seems the same, but they did something with joints material. as for copying… I’m guessing that Arcadia had financial problems … again, and sold VF-19 Kai 3D and mechanics data to Bandai. Because it is not just similar… it is exactly the same. They even copied stuff that is not required due to parts exchanging during transformation. And they might do something with legs extension in fighter mode, but didn’t bother… etc. actually VF-0 also seems the same case. Because HMR VF-0 almost identical to Arcadia releases.
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I forgot to make some images of two Valkyries together. But basically Hi metal R slightly bigger than half of Arcadia
