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I could probably get BBTS to exchange it for me, they're good about that, but I don't know if it's even worth the effort. I could probably even get them to refund my money if I sent them those pics, but I want a Legioss in my collection and it's been too hard to track down a 1/35 Gakken.

OK, I was finally able to take this thing out and spend some time with it. I'll cut right to the chase: It sucks. It feels like the Toynami toy in my hands. Well, that's not entirely fair. Some of the plastic seems to be of higher quality, but some of it almost seems worse. The tiny missile-bay hatch covers for example. Some of them are so thin that they start to bend when you try to open them, and I stopped pulling out of fear they'd snap. The hands are truly terrible, just like the Toynami. Crappy painted plastic that will crumble if moved too much. The right hand on mine is so loose at the wrist it spins freely, and if you open the fingers too far the hinge pin starts poking out. Speaking of the right arm, mine is pretty much lame all around. The bicep doesn't slide out far enough and will not by any amount of force. The bicep swivel will not turn and actually feels like there is a square peg in a round hole or something, it's very strange. When I try to swivel it there is a ton of tension and the arm goes back into place like something is keeping it from moving. What else? The head is loose and crooked, there are little chips and smears and imperfections all over the thing, the cockpit looks like someone painted it, poorly, with blue nail polish, the flaps that are supposed to snap together in the back in bot mode do not because one side has a round peg and the other side has an oval hole (what the hell??) - like a "o" and a 0" Oh, and the front landing gear hatch...somehow it was assembled crooked, or molded crooked or something, because it will not close all the way so it's fluch with the fuselage. It sticks out about 1/4 inch and looks really shoddy. Aside from those specific problems, the thing just doesn't look pretty in flight mode because few of the parts line up and lock together the way they should. This was a problem on the Toynamis and it's a problem here. The most glaring example of this on mine is the left shoulder/intake. I cannot get it to stay lined up with the rest of the thing so it sits crooked and looks absolutely terrible. If anyone knows how to fix this or can tell me what I'm doing wrong, please inform. Overall I'm just happy NOTHING BROKE. Yet. It looks fine on display so it'll be an almost-adequate placeholder for whatever better Legioss toy comes along. If anything it inspires me to save up for the CMS. At this point though, I'm going to need to hear STELLAR reports on the QC of the CMS before I'll pay that much for it. To anyone thinking about getting an Aoshima - if you're familiar with the Toynami and don't like it, I wouldn't bother with this one. Some parts are better, some parts are worse, most of it's the same. It's just simply not a good toy, at least not the one that I got - but then I wasn't expecting it to be. Here's some pics.

She can't fit inside in slave mode, but she looks awesome riding it. I actually had her on it before Shogo.

Since it's coming with the sword and since there are no new Inbit toys to fight, I think I'll pose my Legioss with some Kaiju in a tribute to that episode.

I voted YES before reading the thread, so let me elaborate. YES- I would cancel a preorder if I found the item at a different reputable site for substantially less ($10 or more). No one is obligated to buy a preordered item just because it's preordered, unless the site has a 'no preorder cancellation' policy. NO- I would not cancel a preorder as a sort of statement for Yamato (or whomever) to lower their prices. It's a noble idea, but the thought of getting the legions of collectors organized in a large enough strike to make a difference is nightmarish at best.

UPS just dropped off my Legioss. I'm still at work and wont be able to open it up until later tonight, but I'm already concerned because I hear something rattling around loose in there....

Every toy should come with a sword.

This is a pic MattAlt posted at ToyBoxDX over the weekend. It not only shows the arms positioned further apart, but also how the gunpod can be stowed there.

It's also a 2007 anime series loosely related to the game, and in the anime the idols all pilot mechs. Either way, I'm not that interested in it so I hope it doesn't steal too much of the Fraulein spotlight.

I'm SO happy to hear this thing will be the TOY that it looks like. Thanks for all the info SaveRobotech. I'll definitely have to get one. I wonder how long before HLJ gets these up for Early Bird?

These still look like they will be my favorites. They look like some nice, sturdy, high-quality plastic toys. Can't wait to get mine!

I'd love to get one, but weather or not I'll be able to at that price is a different matter. Maybe I'll sell some valks.

I'd love to, but I got rid of my Toynami long ago. I could post some side-by-side pics with the Morpher...and hopefully the Morpher wont end up looking better than the Aoshima.

Godmarz is up on BBTS for 239.99 http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product...amp;mode=retail And they now have both versions of Reideen listed. http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/search....?search=raideen The funny thing is, when they originally listed Reideen they had it for 79.99, and now they bumped it up to 99.99. Luckily I preordered before it went up so I'm locked in at 79.99. One thing I'd like to know, will the cheaper version of Reideen be able to do Godbird mode? It'd be kinda crappy if only the deluxe mountain version had the parts necessary for it.

I don't know, I think using a Sharpie would be more fun.

*head explodes* And DND, thanks...now every time I look at woman I'm going to wonder to myself if her breasts are in scale with her body.

I wouldn't pay $60 for a Toynami version, either. I'm not expecting much better quality than the Toynami, but I guess the cleaner-looking colors and possibly better hands was enough of an improvement for me to play Legioss Roulette. At least I know I won't be horribly disappointed if it crumbles like a skeleton koopa.

For $300 you could get several... Hooker

$60 shipped from BBTS. They're 69.99 there but I had some store credit.

Well, I just decided to go ahead and buy one. At the price I got it for, it's not that big of an investment and I'll just be happy as long as nothing major breaks on it, like an arm or leg falling off, or a hand crumbling. If it breaks, I'll just put it on Ebay and let someone buy it for scrap. I'll post some thoughts/opinions of it when it arrives.

meh, I wouldn't watch it dubbed anyway. And as long as the subtitles are good enough for me to know what's going on I'll be happy.

I paid $175 for mine, with all of the booster/fastpack parts. Although I'd happily trade the booster for engine intake covers.

There are so many YF-19 threads that I wasn't sure where to ask this question, so I just picked this one. I recently purchased a YF-19 from someone and it is missing the engine intake covers. I don't know if the seller has them because I've been unable to get a reply from them. Two questions: If I'm not able to get the covers from the seller, is there any possibility of getting replacements from Yamato? Has anyone done recasts of them? If my only option is getting a junker 19 to salvage, I'll probably just live without the covers, even though it looks sort of lame in battroid without them.

That's about where I stand right now. The backlash over the Aoshima release doesn't seem to be even a fraction as loud and negative as when the Toynamis first came out. Everyone and their dog's imaginary friend had a review and story to tell about the Toynami's, but people are somewhat mum on this one. I don't know if it's because so few people actually bought an Aoshima or if it's because they aren't as bad as they initially seemed. All I can say for sure is that I already like the looks of the Aoshima better. But without a difinitive documentation of problems it's hard to know what exactly is so bad about it, or if the outcry at the beginning of November was based largely on the let-down factor of it not being a 'new' Legioss, but rather a slightly retooled Toynami. I'll probably just throw caution to the wind and get one. If the CMS is going to be around $300 I wont be able to get it, even though I honestly would love to. That pretty much leaves me with Toynami, which I've already tried and hated, and Aoshima.

What did your wife think of it? My wife likes it and she gets mad when I watch it without her.