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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

All hail eugimon the prophet!! Could you at the same time do more probbing into graham's mind? Tks for the great news graham, as again will wait for the 2nd version before getting it. Think the Gman, did not only see the YF-21, he may have also saw the VF-11*..cough cough

damn, im glad i did preordered it but at the same scared of the potiential problems might come with the 1st version. It was really out of my trend to go for a 1st release (VF-0A Shin is begging for company), then to wait for the 2nd release after reviews. Oh well this sv-51 is going to stay in its fighter mode till all is clear and well.

Heard it would be in next week, a small batch before the actual release date. As for me, will be waiting for the 2nd batch that will come on the release date. Wish me luck as i have preordered it, most to most i shant transform it till graham's demo video. Crosses fingers that there wuld be no problems.

And to think i went ahead and preorder the 1/60 SV-51 without waiting for reviews. Really taking a huge leap of faith banking on the releases of the SV-51, which are so close to each other, faults on either releases would affect the sales of the other drastically. I find the YF-19 (2nd version) is really almost close to a 90% perfect toy with the remaining 10% due to design/stress issues or factory assembled problems. Its on par with the 1/48 and defintely better than that of the 1/60 VF-0S/A

But whos going to educate or guide them in the proper assembly method of the forearms and shoulders, its like nobody cares anyway.

The grey ghost would also be released as a separate pack, in so you wouldnt have to fork out the price of the giftset to do up a VF-0S/Ghost or VF-0A Shin/Ghost just like in the M0 anime. The stupid thing is that the attachement for the missile pods add on is done in colors of the VF-0A. Unless you do own the other ghost, which has a attachment piece molded in VF-0S colors, getting the QF-2200D-B ghost is pretty much for the VF-0A only マクロスゼロ 1/60 QF-2200D-B ゴーストブースター 単品（予約） 商品コード GDS-8396 備考 ゴーストブースター単品商品です。 メーカー やまと 発売日 ０７年１０月未定 原作名 マクロスゼロ 解説 VF-0S・VF-0A（別売）に装備可能！ 標準小売価格 5,040円（税込） 販売価格 4,278円（税込） 　15％オフ！ 購入制限 お一人様 3個まで。 （同一住所、あみあみ本店支店合わせての制限数です） On the contrary, i would want to get a VF0S/ghost giftset as i dun own a VF-0S as of yet, but yet im still quite skeptical about buying it due to the problem plaguing the Vf-0S/0A design

Truly mind boggling amazing stuff!

No problems swoosh, think it wouldn't be wise to use a decal setting solution on a sticker, it might help to conform it to irregular surfaces, but who knows what it might do to the sticker.