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Great read and pics. Interesting to see how a factory looks. I wonder if Arcadia's one looks like that but more amped up.

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Suuuppaahh Baattlllee Pooosssuu!

Missing a couple valks to make it like a Super Sentai pose.

That sucks.

what! a double seater vf-0a? did you just make it a......vf-0b!!? I would like to hear if it could pass as the 0b version.. ​

edit* Just to add, you may have accidentally revealed the next arcadia release after the vf-0a CF!!

@no3ljm just trying to imagine the squeezing of the ghosts canards to fit you mentioned.. From vf5ss video review it doesnt seem possible and would end up scratching the top 0a paint or worse breaking the ghost canards?

It's close to passing for a VF-0B. I would need to swap the heads with each other then it would pass as a B and the other as a C. Oh and paint it a uniform color but it kinda matches like that.

As for the Ghost. Can't you put the ghost down first then peg the tank down over it?

Hell yeah I want Arcadia to remain in business as long as possible! Any company making Macross anything for that matter (but I focus on the toy part mostly). They keep making them, I'll keep buying them! But for the more obscure offerings, I can see fans stepping up to fill those gaps with the tech to back it up in the future. Like the garage kits now but higher quality materials and finish.

Does this help?

I like how this one feels hefty or something.

Finally picked up my box and what is the first thing that this big idiot does?

I bet if you send it to an enterprising individual or measurements he could make a set.

Additional pointers on the backpack area based on what I saw in the manual. Push the folding back part area more towards the body so that it will create a space so that when you fold the backpack it will have more clearance. Atleast the pointy part from the back is not touching the tailfins. Hope that helps.

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Just comparing the greys on both VF-4G and VF-0A. Love it.

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Thanks for taking those ghost shots and I wish I had a VF-4G. Those two look great together. Great pics Spanner and Anubis too!

Hopefully by then Arcadia released their VF-1 V3 line. I kid! (love that sig)

10 years from now with the way 3d printing technology is going and with a collective of talented members here, you could probably CAD design and then print your own mecha including the not so popular ones/ obscure ones that no one made yet.

Because they are way more awesome with Super/Armored/Tornado parts!. J/k .

If they ever revisit the VF-25 line they would figure out a way to make the wings removable so you can swap it out like the VF-171 so people that want it clean and those that want it with hard points can have them. Also make them swivel too for different wing positions. The V1's clip on weapons set look horrible.

Both of them look awesome!

Kinda neat how just changing the valk changes the background appearance too.

The VF-0A has a 2 piece metal socket.

AFAIK, Bandai's have half-metal / half-plastic joint in a plastic socket.

Thanks for clearing up the info!

Maybe if it was all metal it would wear down the plastic socket so they put a plastic on plastic contact to reduce wear? I'm not sure. Bandai's hip are full metal to plastic socket correct? Some of mine are getting floppy.

I am a newbie...but I've been OVD and spent enough time fixing nitpicky mistakes to be able to confirm this.

Obsessive Valkyrie Disorder. I got that too.

Good info here and the Beginner's guide to modeling as I'm also a newbie and about to start on my first model build.

Thought I could win it at Y55100 on the last 15sec. But I was surprised to see that after putting my bid the seller extended the time for another 5mins before that time ended. (Didn't know they could do that. ) And that's the highest I could go since I'm using Buyee. Oh well.

VF-4G. Used. Y56100.

http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/195944620

I guess the other deal fell through. Same seller with relisted item now starting at 55000 but with a gunpod thrown in as a bonus.

For those that own both: the main "pale" striping/marking color. Is it different on the new one? V1 used the same very pale lavender as Brera's, which almost looked grey, but was in fact purple. The Hase kit used actual grey for the stripes and I believe it should be that way.

In short---Bandai used the exact same tampo printing color for Grace's, as Brera's, and that's wrong I think. On the V1, at least.

I took some pics of both of them together. Maybe it'll help answer your question...or not.

Nice pics Spanner! Love that UN and 0D sticker on the laptop!

Looking at the other blog pics, I'm starting to believe that's how it is. The leg pack covers that gap though.

It's probably not transformed correctly. Look at how the backpack looks in the gerwalk pics or the wings in battroid. I don't think that's how it should look.

hmm ube... i miss that purple gooey goodness so much... the closest i've been able to get here is taro (all the bubble tea places have them), which doesn't really come close...

i do like the avocados here (from mexico) better, even though they're way smaller, since they usually don't have a lot of the bitter roots

this may be weird of me but, i kinda like the v1 grace better... the lighter gray 'toes' and thrusters turn me off

Doesn't the v1 grace have the lighter grey thrusters/toes ? The newer one is darker.

Thanks Jasonc. That is so sweet at 1/1 scale. Is it big like a VHS tape somehow or smaller like a Betamax tape? And it's a resin, right?

What's a Betamax? I kid! I kid! (Runs away and ducks for cover). Never heard that for awhile. Had one of those a long time ago.

Adapter plugs right in for the fold booster.

I will now name this the Hulk valk.

Found a box waiting on my porch.

This is the contents of the foam packaging (I swapped the canopies) plus the decal stickers:

Bonus shot (adapter and booster from V1):

The green painting is way better than the first one. It's pretty uniform even though it doesn't look like it from the pic. As mentioned in the previous page, the turbines behind the intake covers are lame as when you remove the cover there is nothing behind it. Will post some comparison shots later.