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  1. mechaninac
    Convention, and it makes it easier for maintenance crews to spot hydraulic leaks and such on a white background. Edit: David beat me to it... our resident aircraft expert strikes again.
  2. mechaninac
    Groovy, indeed. Sam Raimi directing the pilot, Bruce Campbell in the starring role (nobody else could be Ash, nobody), deadites, mayhem, silly humor and snarkiness, AND NO PREQUEL, REBOOT, RETELLING, OR RE-IMAGINING... what's not to like? October 31st, 9PM -- "come get some..."
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    In the absence of anything better, perhaps. It'll all depend on sculpt and price; although, from that image, they look rather underwhelming in body sculpt and do not resemble the characters they're supposed to represent in their "dead expressions" facial features... need better close-up photos to judge properly.
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    Had a chance to futz with my VF-19Adv earlier this week. I found the whole transformation process from fighter -- gappy and misaligned out of the box as many have mentioned -- to battroid intuitive and drama free. The only minor impediments I encountered were the left wing glove upper tab was hard to disengage from the leg's slot, and the right hip swing arm was very stiff; once these minor hitches were overcome (10-15 minutes of careful application of pulling or rotating force as necessary), the toy practically transformed itself. I also had no issues mounting any of the armor parts or boosters... a little finesse and pushing in the right spot and direction, and presto... and the pivoting mechanism on the hips support the wing gloves and wings with the boosters attached, in any position desired, without sagging a single millimeter. I find that Bandai has hit a home run with this toy. The only demerits I give this toy at this time, nitpicks really, are that I wish the canards could rotate upwards another 5 degrees or so, and that the feet weren't so pointy... reminds me of the Sabatons on some medieval armors.
  5. mechaninac
    Ah, the old game of Closet Tetris...
  6. mechaninac
    Were this any other property, I'd say Disney runs the risk of running this franchise straight into the ground through over-saturation; but it is Star Wars... fans will just about eat up anything that's thrown at them.
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    Ha! That would solve so many problems... but what happens when the Nefario Principle kicks in?...
  8. mechaninac
    Huzza! Got my N-Y purchased Maruyama VF-171EX and CDJ ordered VF-19 Advanced delivered today; 2.5 weeks and 1.5 weeks respectively to my door... not bad for SAL and SAL Registered.
  9. mechaninac
    ^ I don't think we're witnessing any developments from the posted picture as I believe that the prototype on display is the same one we've seen before.
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    It seems to me that Evolution did incorporate a sliding function on their hinge design. Note what looks like a track right behind the hinge on the inner side surface of the pod. That slit suggests a substantial amount of travel to have the pods sit higher up the back in battroid; incidentally, this detail would also visually benefit from being moved to the lower half of the scram-jet pod, along with the hinge assembly, as we've been discussing. Great job with those Photoshops, BTW. It's amazing how much adding color to the prototype improves its looks so much, and ameliorates a lot of the less pleasing aspects of Evolution Toy's rendition of the Valkyrie II, even without any changes/corrections to the prototype.
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    ^ But that is the UN-SPACEY kite emblem. It's just that it is M2's version of it; as in, the emblem's design was changed over the intervening years between DYRL? and M2. It's certainly much less of a change than what we see in Frontier's change to NUNS and its complete drop of the kite in favor of that generic looking diamond.
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    If HLJ offers to take it back at their expense, including original shipping and return shipping, I'd return it and secure another copy off CDJ or AmiAmi (both discounted) while it's still a viable option. Which store? I paid 2200yen for SAL shipping for my VF-19Adv off CDJ, and I live in the East Coast of the US.
  13. mechaninac
    12 still available, as of this post, at CDJ as well, for 23000yen (~$187) and with the option to ship SAL to boot.
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    Hi-Metal R

    mechaninac replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Same here. I'll become interested once the destroids and enemy mecha are confirmed and set for pre-order; until then... ZZZZzzzz...
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    ^ A telescoping pylon, made of POM and/or metal, would get around any reach or pivot range limitations, and solve the visual issue of the exposed arm. Durability should not present any problems either as the pylon is not supporting a heavy or structural part... just the scram-jet pod. I'm just not sure how feasible, from a manufacturing/assembly line point of view, such a solution would be in 1/60-ish scale.
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    Is Arcadia releasing another YF-19? Only Arcadia knows. They could reissue their 1/60 version, but won't likely do it for the foreseeable future since Bandai just released their VF-19 Adv. What would it include? Probably the same array of ordnance as their original release, including fast packs, and stand adapter. Chances for a Fold Booster are slim, unless they choose to do something like a Ghost X-9 and include the booster with it. Otherwise, you'd need to hunt down a Yamato fold Booster -- they are compatible. Arcadia's YF-19, AFAIK, does not suffer from crumbling anything, but it does have severe weak ankle syndrome due to horrible design inherited from Yamato's VF-19s. Price-wise, Arcadia's YF-19 was almost 100 USD more than Bandai's VF-19 Adv. And their value has been increasing despite Bandai's new entry. Look to Bandai to make one in their HI METAL R series of toys, if the line survives long enough. There are also the VF-19 Kai and VF-19S that were produced from their old, now defunct, HI METAL line.
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    Comparing the line-art with the prototype, Evolution Toys placed the hinge too high; it's not that they're too big, it's the location that is wrong. The hinge's size/geometry is about right, and if it was placed in the correct location it would completely eliminate the obtrusive looking box-section arm. This: _______ | | | | | |__ | |__| | | Not This: _______ | |__ | |__| | | | | |___ _ _|
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    Great picture of fighter mode, thanks for posting. Does it look perfect? No; but it does look pretty good, to be honest. It definitely does not seem as sophisticated as recent efforts by Yamato/Arcadia or Bandai; but it's nowhere near as crude as the old 1/55 brick, or even Yamato's 1/72 M+ or v1 1/60 VF-1, I'd rate it far closer to something between an HCM and v1 VF-25.
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    Hi-Metal R

    mechaninac replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Is that a nosecone or are you happy to see me?...
  20. mechaninac
    That fighter... someone on the production design team must be a Macross Plus fan.
  21. mechaninac
    I've said it before and I'll say it again, and I'll keep repeating it until it sinks in for everyone: Play-Asia should be avoided like the plague; the kind of stunt they pull with these pre-orders is beyond underhanded... it's borderline dishonest, definitely unsavory, and truly bad business practice.
  22. mechaninac
    D'oh! After such a great hour, having to wait 3+ month will indeed suck.
  23. mechaninac
    ^ Sanity is overrated...
  24. mechaninac
    To me, Bandai takes the win, by a hair, in the Fighter Mode category: It looks a bit more dynamic overall; It's slimmer in profile; It lacks the slight hump evident on the spine of the Arcadia version; It has a clean transition from intake to thigh to leg, unlike Arcadia which sports that unsightly black hole disconnect; It's intake shape and angle are much more complimentary for fighter... and no thick lip; The larger, more prominent, canopy; The way the canards sit; On the minus side -- all nitpicks: The rear landing gears are too small; The front landing gear doors are really tiny; The feet stick out a bit too much; It tips forward on its rear gears; Bandai could've fixed this by making the front gear longer to compensate -- it already folds anyway; The hard-points are too closely spaced; Arcadia's rear stabs look better; Clearly, Bandai went for Fighter mode supremacy, while Arcadia paid slightly more attention to Battroid mode in their design process. The fact that Bandai's looks almost as good as Arcadia's in Battroid is a testament to Bandai's engineering. Both renditions of Isamu's 19 are top notch... Yamato's is just embarrassing by comparisson.
  25. mechaninac
    Que in the black clad, asthmatic villain!.. Season 2 premieres tonight at 9 PM on Disney XD. Cannot wait.
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