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Playing deal hunter show off huh? My card was charged CAD$356.36 EMS shipping included from HLJ, cause I had a 10% off coupon. Custom/Post office charged CAD$46.62 though.

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Read similar thing from HK - last batch from 1st release is in retail shops today, and no more in HK or Japan warehouse. No doubt it will be reissued, but when? Yamato may just sit on it like the 1:48 Fast Pack or 1:60v2 VE-1. I hope it convince them that a proper TV SDF-1 is worth the risk.

I think it may be intentional - even the earliest prototype show the guns pointing outward. Is someone at Yamato think the movie and line arts are wrong to have the big guns pointing forward?

No it is not an assembly bug - it has been like that in all 1:3000 and 1:2000 official photos.

I got mine today from HLJ - looks small in the box, but feel big in the hands. Really great details. And since I got a little obsessed by this, I started modding it after the 1st transformation... It turns out to be really simple to get what I wanted. Use a 2mm diameter cross screw driver to unscrew the screws that would be covered by part 11 and part 17, it will remove the top covers. I simply swap the top and bottom guns and reattach the covers. Here are the range of movement before and after: And the cruiser mode after modification:

Web limited fast packs available for pre-order, 2100 yen each. http://p-bandai.jp/tamashiiwebshouten/item-1000008465/

With panel lines: http://www.toysdaily.com/discuz/redirect.php?goto=findpost&ptid=144410&pid=4855440&fromuid=449 With panel lines and added decal, e.g. 01 and 02 on ARMD: http://www.toysdaily.com/discuz/thread-144432-1-1.html So it is expensive huh? Well some treat it as an investment: http://www.toysdaily.com/discuz/thread-144402-1-2.html I think I may found one bug - can the shoulder rail runs point forward straight in cruiser mode, like the line art?

Which size do you want? http://www.hlj.com/product/CSP29546 http://www.hlj.com/product/CSP29545 http://www.hlj.com/product/CSP29544 http://www.hlj.com/product/CSP29543 But for this review he should wear this one instead... http://www.hlj.com/product/CSP34733

It's the other way around for me, because I expect I can do better than a factory worker at fixing sprue cuts. See complain thread: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=32213 The parts looks much less difficult to work with than stickers anyway. Graham: Love the video. The ratchet clicking is the best sound effect ever.

Oh yeah... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPpSfYzUXk#t=8m38s

From Figure-O: There will be 3 versions released on Feb 26th: Regular/Alto: 1200 yen + tax Sheryl ver: 1500 yen + tax Ranka ver: 1500 yen + tax

The color scheme, especially the red trim and fin on the head remind me of this. May be Kawamori-san will give it a space surfboard too...

The command you were looking for is "rotate".

http://ga.sbcr.jp/mgapr/016312/

Macross F Ichiban Kuji - Diva Collectionst 1st stage - Feb 2011 一番くじﾌﾟﾚﾐｱﾑ ﾏｸﾛｽF～歌姫ｺﾚｸｼｮﾝ～ﾌｧｰｽﾄｽﾃｰｼﾞ http://www.1kuji.com/maf-1st http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/iam-cybergundam/article?mid=62778 Macross F Ichiban Kuji - Diva Collectionst 2nd stage - March 2011 一番くじプレミアム マクロスF ～歌姫コレクション～ セカンドステージ http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/iam-cybergundam/article?mid=62786

The 1:48 VF-1 don't come with adapters unless they added them into the new packages. The launch arm stand: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10114747 come with the adapters for 1:48 VF-1. The 1:60 VF-22 come with adapters originally designed for the large stand that came with 1st YF-21 package (in transparent plastic) and all Sv-51 (in black plastic), e.g. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10065282a5/20/8 . The VF-22 and the new YF-21 package don't come with that stand. However the fighter/gerwalk mode adapter in the YF-21/VF-22 has the rectangular plug that fit the launch arm stands. The rectangular plug also fix the small stands from Yamato: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10083566 . But they are hard to find and are generally considered too weak and small for anything bigger than the 1:60 VF-1.

Try follow this link instead and you will see a few stuff you may have missed because they are not "toy", e.g. weathered GN-U http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljsalepage2/?word2=&series2=Macross&type2=All&scale2=All&maker2=All&DisplayMode=images&GenreCode=Sci

Review with inked panel lines: http://schizophonic9.com/vfhimetal_vf1s.html http://schizophonic9.com/vfhimetal_vf1s2.html

Most of the new units can be seen here. That server is slow today tho... http://www.toysdaily.com/discuz/thread-141755-1-5.html

Personal most wanted: New, some possibility: 1:60 VF-4 (Yamato) 1:60 VF-17 (Yamato) New, very low possibility: Revoltech Destroids, Glaug (Kaiyodo) 1:60 VF-0D (Yamato) 1:60 VF-171 (Bandai / Yamato?) 1:3000 SDF-1 TV proper (Yamato) Reissue, very low possibility: Joke Machines (Bandai)

++ on no repaint. Fans are not going to drop another $250+ on a half-hearted effort that also takes up lots of space. It is not some $15 HG gunpla. If it get released people will just say "no space." / "I am not paying that much for this! May be at 50% off." / "I will wait for the v2.0" etc.

New display. http://ga.sbcr.jp/mreport/016054/

You may not want to inline the scan since they change it every month. You never know what kind of nasty stuff will show up as "03_2008/fk_103.jpg"

Yes this one come with the missile box attachment to the Tornado pack, in blue.