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Thanks technoblue. I think odd colors stands out more than the usual colors so I think that's fine. By the way, I'm just guessing here. If people will cancel their orders after seeing the final colors (if this is color based reasoning for why they cancel, is all), would Arcadia will learn its lessons (losing potential buyers) if they don't listen to their customers? I know it's not a perfect system or perfect way, but in the age of social networking and stuff like that, would Arcadia be more successful to sell numbers of products if they listen to fan's inputs as well even if it's not 100%? Like before they head out on doing those 'T' color variants, how about they show color swatches first and compare it to the OAV? I guess, it will make their life easy, right? Unless Home Depot takes over Japan and use their scan-swatch-mix-paint department to get the correct blue.

Thanks xrentonx! Looks like they're using correctly the shipping price guide for the item itself and not with the shipping package. Guess, I'll try HLJ next time then.

Hey david! Thanks man. That's good to know. My only complaints on my not-so-updated-ones were the shoulder problem. I already have the replacement parts from Shapeway just in case it falls off. What's stopping it for now on my 1A is the side covers (which I also purchase it from Shapeways), it helps holding the shoulder joints. And the 1S is displayed in Gerwalk/Valkyrie mode so the shoulders were intact in Valk mode. Reason why I haven't repair it yet besides lack of time is once I switch it to the Shapeway joint, I cannot use the side covers on it. The slot on the side covers is not big enough for the replacement joints.

How cheap were they, xrentonx, if you don't mind my asking? Thanks. Ok. So do they have almost the same price with each other, shipping included? That's good to know. Will take note of that for future reference. Thanks treartment. And you can cancel it with no hassle I guess. Is that correct, davidwhangchoi? Maybe next time, I'll order the upcoming VF-0S thru HLJ.

Got my invoice as well. It was emailed to me 2 hours after my first no words on AmiAmi post. Hehehe. So excited now. As always, thanks for posting the first round of photos, Shukenzero. Is it ok if I ask questions regarding the figure? Since you mentioned the tights on the wing joints are super sturdy, any chance that it might loose over time? And was it racheted joints or regular joints with a locking tab to lock it in place? And how was the blue? Was it the last blue posted by Mr.K? Any chance also that you have a Guld YF-21 to compare with? If you do, is it ok to request a pic beside it? And lastly, did they include a warning notice regarding the paint scratches in the manual, etc? Again, thanks Shukenzero. Yeah, actually even if I really love Guld's Yamato YF-21 blue color, Arcadia should have made this one accurate, if not, a little bit closer with the OAV version. But come to think of it, the Guld's blue also is not actually the OAV blue. Oh well... You also forgot to mention their first foray. The YF-19. With the upcoming VF-0S/A, I just hope they will choose more into the neutral side of shade since it's just white/grey/darkgrey scheme. But even so, I'm still looking forward to have a VF-0S. I wonder. I really don't know why Arcadia messed up the colors even if they're doing those 'T' versions/variants before going into production and post it online to show it to the fan base/followers? Were they listening to the fan base based on comments? Or just showing off, telling us 'this is the final color we choose even if you guys liked the T1/T2 versions, so get used to it'. Either way, weathered or un-weathered, they should have used somehow a closer blue. Don't get me wrong, I'm still sure I'm going to like this when I get my hands on it. But it really would be nice to have a closer blue from the show. You're done with Arcadia wm cheng? Don't say that. There's still the upcoming revisited VF-0S/A figures.

PO Madness again?! Think I'm gonna pass on this one even if I love the color scheme. Just used my 'extra' on the VF-11C.

Out of curiousity since I just have the not-so-updated-ones for my Hikaru's 1A/S. Were both releases made of the same 'white hue' body mold? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the advices, guys. I might try this one if it really become so loose. But curious though. Is this going to be like a lifetime thing? Like once it gets loose again and again, will keep on using pliers on the said rivet? Any chance that the area will keep on somehow 'flattening' ovetime? Thanks.

Don't worry McFly. We, Pinoys were made with those stuff. Hahaha! Yeah, I just hope I won't mess it up. Actually, I'm scared of doing it or even trying it. Worst case scenario is I might use the magic of Photoshop everytime I post pictures. Hehehe. With the other 'special products' that Bandai's doing, I would love to see Arcadia's 1/60th take on VF-1S Minmay Guard. And not a rainbow version of VF-1J.

Lighter than last year's YF-19 (1.4kg). Guess the extra 100g went to the missles.

Nice! Woot! Nothing also from AmiAmi.

Hahaha! That's ok, Ryoma.

@David Hingtgen Mine as well. It's starting to become loose.

@happy_spike I think he's looking for version 2 Valks. The one on the eBay link is version 1. @davidwhangchoi Rainbow canopy here as well.

It's Noel. You're welcome.

Wow! That's HUGE!

Congrats! Imagine if that were sold in Starbucks. Instead of the Skull logo in the heat shield it will have the Starbucks logo. Congrats Saburo!

Thanks McFly! Hahaha! Lucky Me! Yup, already tried that one and it was so tasty. Hehehe. Tipid-tipid. Yup, Plasti-Dip. So that I will not ruin the original color of the valk just in case I want to return it to the original color. Reason why is I love Hikaru's color scheme. And most of the hero valks I have has that scheme. VF-1A/S, YF-19, VF-25F, VF-171Ex. I bought Ozma's 25S, hoping that I could replace the yellow stripes with red. And the quickest way to do it for now is use plasti-dip. But I haven't tried it yet so maybe one of these days. Same thing with the upcoming VF-0S if ever.

It is actually. Got it from Buyee. It's the cheapest one out there as far as I can tell. Everywhere sells it from $400 and up. Have to bite the bullet on this one though. Since I rarely seen one posted below $300. Oh well... time to take out those Cup Noodles once again. Hahaha!

Thanks b! It's just that sometimes the completist in me takes over. Hehehe. I think I'm all set without the Ghost as well. Instead of using the extra money for the Ghost, I used it to buy VF-11C. I'm happy and content. Though it means, that I'll pass for the VF-1J/GBP for now.

I vote for Arcadia's as well. Anyways, have fun collecting Valkyrie Driver. I might say that this hobby of ours is a killer. Most of our wallets here needs defibrillators.

@Valkyrie Driver You can cast your vote to Kurisama's Upgrades and Add-ons thread at: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=37124 And so far, the APS-11 is leading.

@Ryoma Found this online since I don't own a Yamato one. Arcadia left. Yamato right. Hope that helps.

Great purchases everyone! My only contribution for now since I don't have the item yet is the 1/60 VF-11C. Finally. Now it's time to buy red plasti-dip for this one and the VF-25S.

It's already the 25th in Asia. Any invoices?