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he defiantly started from the Gerwalk mode (since the intent was to get a variable Monster) and made the necessary changes to make it turn into the fighter mode he wanted. and the batroid mode just sort of happened, (the most of the other gerwalk modes did)

they were thinking, "hey, how are we supposed to fit folding landing gear in that small a bay"

I'd put them in the same league. they have some charm value. :edit: let me clarify this, I find the toynami 1/100 looks equally cheap, and is equally inaccurate. also I suspect that the bandai offering will be superior in terms of actual build quality, but give the toynami a bit of a boost because it's less of a partsformer, and because the VF-1's design has been done so many times in so many different way's that I'm more willing to forgive a wildly inaccurate sculpt. (in some way's I consider it a fresh take on things, and therefore welcomed.)

good, the old sculpt looked like someone stepped on it. this new one looks better. (I have a feeling it's still going to be a b***h to clean.

because while both the 1/100 and 1/60 have large gaps and poor proportions, at least the 1/60 has a look of sturdieness about it. the 1/60 looks well finished and nicely made even if it isn't anime accurate. not only is the poorly proportioned, it looks flat out cheap. the bad hip placement and thunder thighs are even worse on the 1/100 than they are on the 1/60. and even worse the lack of detail cheap looking plastic make's it look about on par with a happy meal toy. if you showed me both toy's for the first time and asked me how much each was worth I'd say the 1/60 about $75+, as for the 1/100's I'd say it's worth about $5 max.

and yet it still looks less like ass than the 1/100's

wow, what a rip, I got the same figure from a toy store in san Fran for about $20 less than a year ago.

I haven't played AC6 multi since before the mobius scheme F-22 came out so I wouldn't know. personally I liked using the idolmaster SU-33 but like I said, almost as cheap as the ADF-01. the ADMM is just ridiculous, the EML does require some skill to use.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way.

that's the part that always bothered me about the CFA-44, the weapons on it are so completely cheap, almost as much so as the ADF-01's ZOMGLAZER!! I miss the X-02, it was awesome, but still somewhat plausible, and it used conventional weapons. :edit: you know what, an ADF-01 style valk would be cool, though the V-9 ghost and the VF-27 remind me of them a little bit (both are ridiculously maneuverable jets with big superguns, and the V-9's have the right color.)

that's great. I always' thought that Battle 7 looked rather clown like. the more menacing look of the newer NMC's make them more badass. I do find the Galaxy scarier looking than the frontier (Purple+more pointy bits=pure evil) I'm curious as to why the Galaxy has 2 points to the front of each arm flight deck instead of 1 as on all the other NMC's. though I wonder why any of the flight decks have long extended points like that in the first place.

some new finds.

the first part is in reference to this thread: http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=27899 and as for the second part, I think you can figure it out.

agreed, the middle pic is defiantly of two normal Guantanamo's and the third pic looks like a poorly drawn Uraga. the model in the third pic however is defiantly something different. maybe it's a carrier class introduced after SW1 that was mostly out of service before 2040.

I would totally wear it if I could afford a $120 jacket

actually that's just what I was thinking. just like there are different types of jet engine, maybe there are different types of fold engine. all of them work on the same basic scientific/mathematical principles, but using different technologies.

you know, when you think about it, a CFA-44 might actually work, though I don't think anything like the X-36 would work. part of what makes the X-36 so distinct is how flat it is, and I've found that it's rather hard to make a valk that's very flat, and looks good in both fighter and batroid mode.

one question on that, when the thing is cockpit facing down and backwards?

honestly? first i think the name is a bit odd, second I think the fighter looks a little stubby (in the pic+the color scheme I thought you posted an SD 25F at first)

how does that look once it's done? I'd think that the stickers would be a bit too thick to go over with a clear coat that actually does anything. anyway's I think the best option would be use the kit decals with a bit of decal softener then hit all the decal parts with gloss clear, do panel lines and weathering over that, then hit the kit with a satin clear coat. (also, it sometimes helps to give the kit a coat of gloss clear BEFORE the decals, so that you don't get that silvery edge around the decals.)

because it's more fun bitching about the DX instead, even if we end up buying it. (have I mentioned that I'm going to get at least one of these)

the partsformer looks like ass as much or more than the DX, and at lest the DX is PT. and can we drop the fu*king A-game/C-game crap. it's annoying as all Fu*cking hell.

I wonder how well that would work on that part though, the little tab looks incredibly tiny. (it sounds doable, I'd just like to know how big the little tab is.)

sorry, but we have to keep bringing up the same old s**t, it's like slavery or the holocaust, we have to keep bringing it up so that you never forget. seriously though, even without a neck, the head on the 25S looks a hell of a lot better on this than on the 1/72 kit.

let's just be thankful it has cockpit detail at all. (I'm amazed bandai actually bothered, now if only they had tried on the rest of the thing)