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  1. Ryoma
    Great purchase! Definitely in my top 3 valks of all time.
  2. Ryoma

    Bandai DX VF-31

    Ryoma replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    God, they are speaker pods, aren't they? Usually this is where i draw the line...speaker pods/sound booster. No valks carring something like that will ever make it into my lair... That's unfortunate though. I started to like Delta and its valks, especially the SV...well, it seems my wallet is saved for now.
  3. Ryoma
    In any case, i think that the quality of the stickers has improved a lot. The one in the OS are much better than the one in the 0D in my opinion. Or they just look better on the white plastic... But Arcadia, please, the 301 sticker on a white background??? That's really low.
  4. Ryoma
    Excellent job on the panel lines. What did you use? I panel lined plenty of gundam kits but i still don't have the guts to do it on a Macross toy...
  5. Ryoma
    That looks really great! What company is it from?
  6. Ryoma
    And i agree with you there. The problem that i have with the VF-1 V.2 is the lack of details compared to the 1/48. For the rest, they are great toys and i do love my collection of V.2. Anyhow this is the curse of Macross toys, right? Every new generation, one step forward two steps backward...i guess i got used to it. I agree with every word you say, GU-11. Although i would love to see a recolor of the Arcadia YF-19.
  7. Ryoma
    Well, clearly the engineering is way better in the arcadia version but there are few details i can't stand: the shallow panel lines, the colour, the chubby battroid mode make me hate it. Honestly I hate everything that arcadia did so far and i am among the ones who are still in love with their 1/48s so maybe i am not the more reliable collector. Anyhow i do own a Bandai VF-19 and i think it is among the best valk, actually toy, that i have.
  8. Ryoma
    You are not alone! I love my 5 yamato YF-19. I personally hate the arcadia version although i have to admit that i was lucky i never had single issue with any of them. The bird of prey and the double nuts might have their problems but their color schemes still look great!
  9. Ryoma
    i think there are some screenshots(or it is a full animated cut scene, damn i can't remeber...) on the DYRL game on Saturn and Playstation with a Vf-1a wearing the armored parts. I remember that it looked pretty cool... you should be able to find something on youtube.
  10. Ryoma
    Wow the final result is really great! Congratulations! Would you be so kind to tell me what is the main ingredient of "Vanish"? I live in Italy and i doubt i will find that exact brand of soap. So i will have to look for something similar which has a similar composition. My max 1/48 vf-1a would be really grateful to you!
  11. Ryoma
    Thank you no3ljm! I am actually really tempted to do that...but, hey you actually gave me a good excuse to take a sneak peek at it @rnurmin: yes, it was around 200 euro including ems, i know i got lucky this time but i really wanted this bird since i loved M+ since i was a kid and the 19 has always been one of my favourite valk(apart for the M7 variants).
  12. Ryoma
    I am sorry to hear that. I know HLJ is weird. Sometimes i got like nextday shipping other i had to wait for a week or so. It is frustrating. But still i have been buying at HLJ since 2000 and i can tell more good things than bad.
  13. Ryoma
    So i got mine today. I bought it from anime export, my first buy from them. I ordered it on Thursday, got shipped on friday and i received it on wednesday. Very fast service i have to say, considering i live in Italy. Overall the service from anime export was really excellent, fast, clear and above all, for the first time in years i did not have to pay any import duties. I don't know why but that made me happy this morning. In the end i ended up paying everything around 200 €, slightly more expensive than what would have been if i could pre-order it but still not bad at all. I promised myself this would have been a gift for my birthday, so although i opened the package i want to wait until July 2nd to open the box. Will i resist? God, it's gonna be a challenge! Anyhow i wanted to post this also for letting all the other users know about my experience with animeexport. It was really good, so if i were in you i would check that website regularly, i have the feeling it is gonna pop up pretty often in the future, hopefully at a reasonable price.
  14. Ryoma
    Thank you! That should work then!
  15. Ryoma
    Do we know the exact release date? I was hoping to get it for my birthday (July 2nd) but it still says June 30th on HLJ...
  16. Ryoma
    Thanks, this is really interesting. I used to dislike the arcadia version. Now i am changing my mind though. I actually own only the weathering version of the 1S so i might considering buying the arcadia one(although it is actually more expensive than the yamato one these days).
  17. Ryoma
    I really like your pics! And the pose is great. It almost looks like it's about to move. Question, is the arcadia reissue or the the yamato version?
  18. Ryoma
    Well, to me it is one of the worst looking toy i have in my collection. Especially in fighter mode, it just looks like a big piece of...blue.Plus all the things about being too tight and with the wrong cockpit proportions that have been told by the other users....to me it was really a disaster. Not to mention that what Arcadia promised us with the first pictures was really different from what we got in the end. I guess that is what really made me mad. I always promised myself to write a full review but unfortunately i never was never able to find the time
  19. Ryoma
    Now Arcadia i would like to know why i should buy something that never appeared on the anime(as far as i can recall the Shin VF-0A only appeared with the ghost booster in the last episode. I don't remember the "naked version", not the shin one at least)...even if the old ghost fits (and i have at least three of them) it won't match the toy, i mean you could totally tell that it's a different generation of toy(honestly not quite sure which one would look like the newest though)...after the disaster of the 0D things are not getting any better.
  20. Ryoma
    The V2 really looks great. What did you use for the panel lines?
  21. Ryoma
    The destroid in the first picture, i think is a Phalanx right? What version is it? Some 1/72 kit? Anyway i like your collection very much. It really has a unique personality.
  22. Ryoma
    I personally consider the 1/48 line the best representation for a perfect transformation Valkyrie(i think we can consider them a perfect transformation valk, right?). And i am still mad at Yamato for not doing a VF-1S MAX a VE-1 or a VT-1. I think they would have looked great in that scale. There are only two things i don't like: Chicken hands(as already stated by pretty much everybody) and the stickers which tend to peel off after a while(well, few years). Also, not only some very cool colour scheme for the valks but also some very nice GBP armor. My favourite is the Urban camo(especially on a VF-1S or VF-1A CF).
  23. Ryoma
    Thank you. Now i know i am not the only one out there. I was never able to replace my VF-1 TV version with the V.2. Especially the VF-1J Hikaru. In battroid mode it still looks great. What i like more of the V.1 compared to the V2. are basically three things: 1. In battroid mode they look much more like, well, a robot rather than a humanoid. 2. Panel lines are too shallow in the V.2(Although still acceptable). 3. I like some metal in my toys. I do have to say though that the V.2 from dyrl are really good especially with the FP and especially the weathering version. Those are just beautiful.
  24. Ryoma
    Very nice pictures lancalot...can i ask you what kind of decals did you use for the black 305 number on the front?
  25. Ryoma
    Thanks hal9000, you did a great job in bringing out the white. And the amazing work you did on the panel lines makes it look like almost like an improved version of the 0S.
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