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just finished reading book 3... damn! i had to stop at around p. 482 coz of shock, sadness and disbelief. on to the next book...

on the toy you just detach the legs from the hip joint block. it kinda looks stupid coz the whole underside of the plane is 'empty' and the main thrusters obviously don't connect to anything. when i disassembled my YF-21 a year ago for some joint maintenance i removed the legs but disassembled the bottom plates from the legs and attached them in fighter mode.

from "order stop", it now says "July Restock" http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN968698 guess what the local shop here told me about restocks arriving in 2-3 weeks time is true... if i can scrounge up enough spare cash, i might just get this... damn all of you and your pics!

thanks! and yeah, i meant US produced animated series. it's been a while since Avatar finished so I'm really looking forward to watching an animated series where I won't have to read any subtitles.

what would be truly awesome is a life-size (1:1 scale) VF in fighter mode....... without landing gears.

MP Black Rodimus - http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/ehobby-masterpiece-9b-black-rodimus-convoy-revealed/22221/ hurt my eyes looking at the pics

looks good... when's that 1 hr. premier??? this'll be the 1st US animated show i'll be watching after Avatar.

w/ stand?... then that would probably account for the increase in price. so the bundled packs should have near the same price as before since the v.1s had them already. all we need now is for our currencies to get stronger vs the JPY.

yeah, i've been wanting a Super G forever... if Bandai will follow the same release pattern, this would be my first v.2 purchase... the srp would probably be around 18000+JPY though this time around. edit - oh, i suddenly remembered why i never got around to getting a VF-25G... Renato's sig... so thanks!

version 2?

VF-25 Master File book is available again at HLJ. for those who missed out, like me... "discontinued" a couple of weeks ago and they told me they wouldn't be getting any soon ... saw the status upgraded to "backordered" a couple of days ago and now it's "in-stock". getting this and the VF-1 vol. 1 to complete the series (whose status changed to "low stock" when i punched in my order).

so... when is this thing gonna go on sale?

i'm tempted... the color scheme is growing on me... the red looks good when side-by-side with the VF-27. heard from local stores that re-stocks are set to arrive in 2 weeks time... hhhmmmmm. oh, btw, how's the mechanism for getting that crotch thrust look? does it lock or is the joint just tight enough to hold that position?

looking at the GERWALK mode pic, i'm hoping it has that support thingy that the YF-29 has for the backpack.

i'll probably wait for the bundled packs to roll out... every single add-on pack for the v.1 was a Tamashii exclusive and I have a feeling it will be the same for the v.2... Bandai is the king of exclusives after all. but please, none of that baby blue 25F and Super Packs please... now those are for pussies

no super pack?... bad sign

yes, VFs are aircrafts first and foremost with a robot mode and a one-of-a-kind in between mode. i think the guy was thinking Gundam w/ waverider mode when he said "Landing gears are for pussies"... w/c are robots that are docked in their hangars as robots and not like VFs that are docked in their hangars as aircrafts.

what he said... in the hangar bays every valk is definitely on its landing gears, even if the angle of the shot doesn't show them.

i just noticed that the gunpod can clip on the forearm... nice... another thing they got from Yamato ... at least they're learning i see the pics now. are the silver parts just painted plastic or metal? i'm assuming they're still using those rolled metal sheets as pins for these hinges, yes? i hope this is just an isolated case...

can't see no pics on this link... what's this about... cursed again?

look on the bright side, at least it's not a web exclusive.

but aren't those dolls (j/k ) as expensive, if not more? this is the reason why i've quit collecting other anime/toy lines... Macross alone is bleeding my wallet dry... @charger - that's a truly beautiful pic. seeing that makes it hard to argue which one is better.

yeah, those too, but i can consider them nitpicks and not part of "my only real complaints"... like i said, it's a good thing that we're seeing on the DX YF-29 that all the problems the v.1 VF-25 has, whether it be a nitpick for some or a major turn-off for others, are already being addressed... in the end, everybody'll be happy (as long as you can afford it! )

can't wait for people to chime in on whether which one is the better toy - the 1/60 VF-19 Kai or the 1/60 YF-29. i have to admit that this looks very good esp. since it has a lot of improvements and new gimmicks compared to its predecessors. a funny thing though... Yamato seems to have copied Bandai's love for metal ball joints and Bandai's offering has removable intake covers while the Yamato doesn't. i haven't watched the 2nd movie yet but it got me wondering... now that we have a YF-29, will there be a VF-29 series of VFs and a new VF that'll look like the YF-21/VF-22 in the future...

this and the landing gears are my only real complaints when it comes to fighter mode... otherwise they're pretty solid whenever I want to zoom them around the house. but i desperately want a VF-25 i can play/display in GERWALK and battroid that won't make me want to throw them off a wall. how the paint and the joints on the YF-29 will be are still unknown but i am liking the articulated hands, removable intake covers, convertible to 2-seater cockpit, improved neck and the new crotch lock/positioning... i would assume these will all be incorporated on the v.2 VF-25 along with the removable and better sculpted pilot figure, double-jointed elbows, locking shoulders and the better GERWALK knee articulation that started with the VF-27. i also fear that Luca's RVF-25 might become an exclusive along with the Super Packs.