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Too bad Max decided to do it by putting the gun on his Valk backwards instead... 386502[/snapback] Indeed. Wasted chance. I don't even think that we see Hikaru use it from the GBP.

I really wished for once that we got to see them in action. I would have liked to see them released right into a Zentran's face.

All 93 of them? 386178[/snapback] Kurt is officially booked out till 2010.

That's awesome! I mean, the Minmay's eyes look ridiculous, but using what he got I am more than impressed!

I would like for a comical 1/48 thread to open up again. Like the one when we had the old boards. That was awesome!

Hmmm....it's hard to see. Later on I hope to refine this thing.

I knew it. You are so cheeky Graham for your age. I wait for the release date.

I have said that in the second paragraph.

Yamato VF-1 InterComparisons Ok guys, grab a coffee and a comfortable seat. This is a short “essay†to assimilate all the little tidbits of information together to discern all the differences between the releases and re-releases. Here we go. Now, the ones that you don't want to get unless really desperate are the 1st production run of the VF-1A Hikaru and VF-1S Focker. They have the black boxes with the Velcro on the two bottom corners. Concerning the VFs themselves, they have wing flap and nosecone problems, Fockers usually have a fuselage gap problem, but not on many. Joints are also stiff too. The nosecone also tends to fall off easily and the elbows do not stay stable when flexed to a 90 degree angle. I think that's it. Oh yeah, and the Skull is crooked on one of the VF-1Ss tailfins. The VF-1S canopy also has problems staying upright, and the headrest is straight/flat surfaced, not curved. Let's call the VF-1A Hikaru and VF-1S Focker 1st production run the 1st generation of 1/48 VF-1s. Now with the second production run of the VF-1S Focker and Hikaru VF-1A have the improvements. These came out after the VF-1A Max and LV, so let's talk about them first. These are what I like to call the second generation of 1/48s. VF-1A max and LV have several structural improvements over the 1st generation. They came out at about the same time, so even though they have a difference, I would like to keep them together. The VF-1A Max was the first to come out after the VF-1S Roy Focker. It has the hard plastic pilot only with blue accents instead of red or yellow. But the most important things are that there is no gap in the fuselage, stable 90 degree elbow flexion, redesigned nosecone (addition of two horizontal tabs to the radar and corresponding grooves in a revised internal nosecone redesign), improved wing flaps that only go in one direction and don't pop loose do easily. The canopy problem that was prevalent on the VF-1S Focker is fixed from here onwards. The LV featured all the improvements to the 1/48 line but is the only valk to be panel lined and weathered, and includes the first time ever rubber pilot. Up until this point the headrest is flat design and all the boxes have Velcro in the corners. I would like to classify new valk variants from now on as the 3rd generation of 1/48s. This includes the VF-1S Hikaru and the VF-1Js. The VF-1S Hikaru was released after the Max and LV. It featured all the improvements of the 1/48s so far but is the First valk to incorporate three things: the first canon rubber pilot, curved headrest in cockpit and loose airbrake. Next up came the reissues of the VF-1S Focker and the VF-1A Hikaru. Features all the improvements of the second generation of the 1/48s but now have no Velcro on the boxes (actually, there have been a few reports of Velcro on these reissues, Yamato probably just used up leftovers) and now feature a curved headrest like the VF-1S Hikaru. The thing is, Yamato kept the original hard plastic pilots. But, all the other things were fixed, such as the crooked skull on the VF-1S. Continuing on the third generation of 1/48s was the VF-1Js of Hikaru, Max and Millia in that order. Hikaru was the only one to have an option of VF-1J only or a coupled FAST Pack with his valk, Max and Millia you have no choice with. Feature all the improvements of 1/48 seen so far. There are only a few structural differences and features of these 1/48s compared to the DYRL ones. The "elbows" of the forearms are "U-shaped" instead of flat like the DYRL? Valks. Nice touch I reckon. Also, they feature the rubber TV pilots and rubbers fixed pose hands. There is a slight colour change between Hikaru and the lovebirds, a slightly lighter shade (?) of white. FAST Packs that come with the VF-1Js are coloured differently from the rest. Hikaru has a slight grey-green shade all round on has FAST Packs. Max and Millia have the same, but the NP-FB-01 Backpack Booster Unit on Max and Millia are painted with their respective colours. The NP-AR-01 Arm Units are also redesigned for the TV valks. There is no option of a ROX-2A Strike Beam Cannon for the TV valks although you can slap one on from a DYRL? FAST Pack issues if you have any to spare. (Interesting to note that even though there is a general consensus that boxes should not have Velcro by now, there were still a few people that had them even on their Millia's, which was the latest of the VF-1Js). And of course, recently we have the 2nd reissue or 3rd production run of the VF-1S Focker due to high demand. Pretty much the same as the 2nd production run or the 1st reissue, but the dreaded crooked skull was back again, although this time you have to sit and look hard to see that it is crooked. Again, there are a few exceptions. Hope that covers the differences. ^_^0 B)

It would be actually funny if they made an AFOS toy. I would have loved to see that link too. It would complete the series, that it would.

This is Amazing. Mere words cannot describe it. You've given me a reason to frequent this section more often now.

Looks like the main character's Gundam is a brawler. I thought those handles were actually laser bores. Buster looks so loaded. I hope that the battery is hyper deuterion. I also see baleena type positron cannons on the Noir's wingtips.

Hence there is really no need to wait for a second edition do you think? I hope they give us removable "shutter" type air intakes in the open and the closed positions. That would be awesome! I wonder if they are also going to give us the hexagonal missle pods too? They were only seen on the VF-0D, but adding a few of them in wouldn't hurt. Hmm...I think they won't as we didn't see them in the pictures.

No worries. Good luck. That's exactly how B. Faita found his LV. Best of all they are usally still at MSRP, a bargain nowadays.

I think B. Faita found a LV in an obscure location. But from memory, there whould be a lot of Max left on the shelves, at less than MRSP as well. Last time I heard that they were going for $89 USD.

I'm with Graham here. If you guys buy both and have one carrying the other, then I will also tease you mercillesly.

It's a one sided blade, so it's more closer to the one that the CGUE DEEP Arms one. http://mahq.net/mecha/gundam/seed-msv/yfx-200.htm BTW, what scale and line is that Strike Noir belong to? From intuition, it's 1/144 one, HG or not, can tell from the hands. Could be a 1/100, but they usually release 1/144s before 1/100s. Gunpla or toy... I assume toy.

The thing is not bad as a whole. I wish that they would rerelease them and redo the whole mold, or get Yamato to come up with their own brand of HCM Pros. The design is grossly out of proportion, but really good for it's time.

There's not much more to say. We've seen the transformation, all modes and the final painted prototype. All we can do now is wait. Unless you count the box, which really doesn't matter, you'll be paying more attention to the Zero than the box.

After the Buster Dagger, they still didn't give the Buster Gundam Kai a shield and/or close range weapon? Oh well. It my turn to be impressed. YOu got your 1/144 HG Oowashi Akatsuki. NOw it's on to the more important stuff

So you know what that means. Buy more than one!

That Infinite Justice Looks way awesome. Listed on by to buy list!

No news as of yet. It requires some canges to the present design, so we will we a VF-0A before we see a D. Keep on the lookout for news.

Ah, we must agree to disagree. I like the YF-21/VF-22 gerwalk mode. I think it looks ominous. 383292[/snapback] It's ok.

I must say that the YF-21/VF-22 is the worst GERWALK mode to date.