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Nopes not getting them, as much as i love black schemes, black with gold trimmings doesnt do for me. Besides, i wonder how strong are the tampo gold, will they get scrapped off after repeated handling.

yups me too, hopefully this time the duplicated right hinge problem will be resolved. Feel that yamato should have done some marking on the hinges to guide those toopid factory workers, which are the right and left hinges to assemble

Eweww. Boy that last statement sounds like a comeon to G-man

One thing for sure, is that bandai does beautiful tampo printing for its GFF line, there is hardly the need for any stickers/decals. Wish yamato would do the same

I have a gut feeling, that actually the black gold scheme was pre-planned for the 25th Anniversary YF-19 and VF-1S, so that the gold could be subsequently be used on the SV-51 Nora Seriously, im not really buying the color scheme, but if they were to be done in YF-19 Super Nova and VF-1S Minmay Guard or Paris Act, i would surely be over them in a jiffy.

I would love the VF-1 to be redone in 1/60 but with the same details as the 1/48 and limited variants like VF-1S roy/hikaru, VF-1J hikaru/max/millia.

quite a number of us who got the SV-51 locally here have the same right wing unable to close fully, duplicated right hinge instead of a left hinge problem. Was wondering why graham mentioned his does not have a hinge problem. did a check on mine, yes it does have the same right hinge instead of a left hinge What abt you swoosh, you have the same problem?

From what i observe both hinges have recesses at both top and bottom but the difference is that for the top surface for right hinge, the recess extends into the peg ends as well. flipping the right hinge over and shortening one of the peg ends, you are reproducing a left hinge with a recess that extends into peg end. Shaving one of the peg ends is to make clearance for the rotating hinge joint of the wing Hope you guys get what i mean. Im still not too please that after all the checks imposed and delays, we still do not get a QC free product.

Hate to post bad news, but according to one user in toysdaily, his SV-51 had three problems. 1st problem: Both wings have right hinge joint thus making it unable to bend fully 2nd problem: Body locking mechanism is loose 3rd problem: If one plays with the hip joint too much, it will result in a loose leg Sorry if my interpretation is bad cos my chinese aint that good. Maybe swoosh can help translate. In my opinion, the problems listed are minor except for the two right hinge joint on the wings, which is probably a result of the assembly worker sleeping on the job Link: http://www.toysdaily.com/discuz/viewthread...;extra=page%3D1

Amen to that bro! Lets really hope this would be a first for yamato.

Havent tried the black ones, they are quite heavy but defintely lighter than the booster itself. Busy week for me but im happy cos of the SV-51

Just got mine, fiddle around with it also just now, seems like no QC problems/issues so far (Very good sign). Too tired and exhausted to do a full transformation after a long day's of work. Will wait for graham's video demo as a guide before i transform mine fully. Swoosh, you are very brave man in transforming it w/o looking at manuals. So far all is good except for the boosters and missiles seems abit too heavy for mounting on the wings, other than that, its a beauty to behold! Seems like yamato have done a through R&D on the SV-51, thus minimising the occurence of problems. yups dnd, cant imagine what they are paying for the SV-51 in Hongkong I think its slightly lower than what we pay locally here, which is about USD$150

Yups i agree with you on that, i too check the shoulders after transformation, damn u yamato for making me paranoid over a toy. Ghost on the VF-0A/S in battroid mode doesnt look as nice as when displayed on the fighter, i feel battroid mode only looks good on its own without any attachements. The same cant be applied with DYRL and M+ mechs, they both look much more cooler and menacing with their Fps.

I transform mine two times, currently in fighter mode as i feel thats the best looking mode. Now i wonder would i ever get to transform the SV-51 when it comes or will i leave it in fighter mode as a precaution

Hmm..as much as i love black variants..im quite hesitant in getting them even though they look cool, but they are 25th anniversary editions. oh well here goes my $$$

The Nora ver of SV-51 looks way wrong, pink base should be of darker tone and the stripes should be of dull yellow. Same goes for the VF-0S, wonders why in the world would they choose the base color to be beige instead of greyish white. Im contented to have just the VF-0A Shin and SV-51 Ivanov for the time being.

Nice!! A Nora version!! cant wait to see ya detailing this baby, all you are missing is a 1/25 VF-0A shin to react the dogfight

Real disappointed man, as much as i was eagerly anticipating the arrival of the Elite version, but it seems to be plagued with problems. I think i would have to grit my teeth and wait for the 45nm version with hopefully improved design for the heat sink, drive placement and graphics unit. Arggh..all the games releasing and i cant play any, for e.g. halo 3, forza 2, NFS prostreet, C&C 3 etc. MS way of dealing with the Xbox issues sort of reminds me of a similar toy company that does macross, the way it handles the problems/issues of its products...hope you get my drift.

Most likely VF-11B with Fast Packs and an additional Atmospheric Boosters, all bundled in a giftset. VF-11C is very unlikely due to licensing issues.

Just spoke to my retailer, from what i understand the 1/60 SV-51 was delayed due to some packaging issues thus leading to the whole consignment being recalled. Hopefully, thats the only problem we would be seeing from the SV-51.

Defintely need a review and video demo from the G man who handles his valks the rough way.

That means the wings would have to be slightly thicker with a cavity to accomodate the rear landing gears? Yeah man, i love the word "Sleek" cos thats wats impt in the design of the YF-19 and YF-21. Now the question is how did yamato modify the legs storage compartment such that the YF-21 have a slimmer profile?

I have a feeling the replacement parts from hlj are those from the original VF-0A/S not the pom ones.

Lovely work HWR MKII!!

These would do nicely for workdesk displays