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  1. Chronocidal
    Honestly, I'm not going to even label this a "bad" experience. They delivered without issue once I asked, and I purposefully dragged it out to see what would happen, so that part is on me. I'd probably still use them as a backup if I couldn't get something elsewhere, provided the price wasn't absurdly inflated. I'm not going to say it's a positive vote for them, but it's neutral at worst, and I'd be willing to believe it's just a miscommunication about them expecting me to request shipping when I was ready.
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    Yeah, Luna Park has never ever actually done anything wrong with my orders, but they seem to be very scatterbrained about when (or if) they send things without constant prodding. The last thing I ordered from them was a Mirage 31AX. I wasn't in a rush to receive it, since it was a backup, so I decided to wait and see if they actually sent it without me requesting it. In short, nope! Order was placed on October 25 2021, and they didn't ship it until I poked them, in February of 2023, almost a year and a half after the initial order. I had to wonder if my request sent them scrambling to find stock of it, but given the issues the 31AX line had, I don't suppose it was all that difficult to find one.
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    I wonder if some factory workers are confused about the fact that the tails on this one don't fold, and are trying to force them down during packaging.
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    Just keep in mind that removing it might make the pivot sloppier as it wears down. That's the biggest reason I kind of prefer the homemade one, I flattened it out so it sits flat against the back of the head, and doesn't rotate. If Shapeways had the right color to print them in, it might be worth seeing if they can make them in whatever crazy nylon mix they like to use, since it would be really sturdy.
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    If I can find my box of saved scraps from old Bandai kits, I might try and carve out another copy or two, just for spares.
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    Urgh.. I appreciate the effort, but that is the least VW Beetle looking VW Beetle Lego has ever produced. I don't want to be too harsh, since I know transforming stuff is so difficult, but I'd probably keep that one in bot mode forever.
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    No, they actually go this one right thankfully. Right is definitely blue. Reason I remember it (besides being around aircraft all the time) is an old catchphrase I picked up at some point: "Red, Right, WRONG." If you see the red light on the right, it means you're set up for a head-on collision. Still sucks they completely forgot to paint them, but I actually wonder if it's due to the extra layer of paint on those thruster blisters disrupting the normal production flow. Would be really funny to scrape away a layer of that tan paint, and find out they did paint the lights, they just got the layering out of order, and painted the tan over the top of them.
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    I don't think the animators picked up on the nuances, looks like they just did all of them red.
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    Sheesh, did they outsource both this and the YF-21 to new production lines? These are some of the dumbest and most preventable issues they've introduced in a long time.
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    For what it's worth, I think they all use that same material, and I don't think I've heard of any cases of it shattering on any of the previous releases. And, on the off chance they do wind up exploding.. I'm going to be perfectly honest, it won't matter to me, since I don't think I've ever transformed any VT-1 past half gerwalk anyhow.
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    I know it's weird and bafflingly Giger-esque, but I wouldn't mind the Batman Forever Batwing as well. For some reason, my memory of this one got blended with the TAS version, and I've always had a mental image of this one's fuselage with the TAS wings, which I think makes a really nice combo, honestly.
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    That... is an interesting choice. I guess so long as he leaves the mask on, it won't really matter? But I can't help think they're trying to pull more multiverse shenanigans and play with the nature vs nurture angle. I'm also not deep enough into Marvel history to know whether those two characters may have ever met or interacted in some way, but after their first foray into using characters from that franchise, I'm not sure I trust them to try again.
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    The VT-1 tails have never been able to fold all the way that I know of, even on the Yamato. They just didn't have as much of a drastic redesign, or what looks like as fragile a connection as the Bandai one does. The plastic really does look thin there. I wonder if someone in Japan could get the replacement part for you with your photos. I do think someone took apart the entire DX VF-1 early in the release cycle to repaint it in another set of markings, so you should find some helpful posts in the forum history somewhere. If you're able to get the backpack apart to access that hinge, it might be thick enough to drill into and repair with a metal pin to hold it together. As far as the tail clips on the backplate go though, I've never found a reason to use them. They definitely put stress on the tail hinges, and they've always looked funky to me, so I'm not going to risk it. Though, I have to give credit to Yamato for coming up with a less disruptive design for them, and in a smaller scale no less, Bandai's hinged ones take huge chunks out of the upper surface of the plane.
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    The stylization I'm kind of ambivalent about. It's a different look, more of a Gundam/Armored Core aesthetic, instead of being a pure transforming aircraft design. Interesting in battroid/gerwalk, but it's definitely not doing fighter mode any favors. Just looks sloppily slapped together, very much like the VF-2SS in both good and bad ways. Interesting detail on the legs to make them beefier though, it looks like the entire inside panel collapses to give the arms more room.
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    Really is a beautiful one, going to be fun setting up displays for it. I'm really glad they included the extra figures for it as well, since that helps solve a completely different problem I have.. I'll probably repaint one flightsuited Hikaru as Roy, and do some components swapping to make myself a DYRL version of his VF-1S, since Bandai seems completely uninterested in releasing that version. Unless that'll be the next one we get, of course. Maybe they'll throw out a Strike Roy VF-1S as the next 40th anniversary release before getting to the VE-1. Would be great if they bundled in the missiles too, but I'm not getting any hopes up.
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    You might be better off in the end if you actually need a replacement. I would not be surprised if replacements start getting sold on various sites though, and it's not too hard to make a replacement out of plain sheet plastic, minus the tiny little warning marking tampo. I'm wishing they had just make it non-moving like the Yamato for two reasons though.. one, it wouldn't slop around in a stiff breeze, and two, they would have had to remove it for packaging.
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    Interesting, it's back in stock at Anime Export, though the markup makes me think they're going through a third party seller.
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    Ahh, oof, yeah, that does hurt to get stiffed on the order. I didn't realize those were DYRL packs to start with. The color match for the kite looks really close though, glad the old stickers fit! Fortunately the strike sets come with so many spares we can afford to repaint a few.
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    So.. I got bored a little earlier, and curious about how difficult it might be to do this. Turns out Bandai's general yellow plastic in many of their kits is a pretty good match. This is just two of those big tabs they label sprues with, sandwiched together with cement, then cut and filed to shape. The notch was made by pressing a 1/8th inch drill bit into the plastic and cutting a dent, then filing a channel for the snap to travel. Not a perfect match, but not bad for about an hour's work. Honestly? I think I like it better than the stock one, just for filling out the mount, and not constantly getting knocked out of place. The pivot is horribly sloppy on the normal one.
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    I think with DHL that might not be wrong. I usually avoid them when possible specifically because they wind up being more expensive for large orders. Think it just comes down to whether a particular shipper is charging by weight, or by volume. Not sure which DHL uses, but when I look at options through HLJ, DHL seems to increase faster than other shippers when I add more items.
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    Interesting note, but I'm curious what it's useful for. Maybe if they printed them off center? I'm still debating what to do with the piles of extra Skull roundels my fast pack sets came from. Since each set comes with every member, I've got a good dozen spares I could decorate in custom markings. On that note, where's my DYRL CF, Bandai?
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    Anyone able to get a hold of the MGS Tie Bombers? I've had a pre-order for a pair of those with Amazon for months, and they just up and cancelled them on me. Kind of irritated, I've been waiting on Bandai to make a kit of those, and it seems like they've just completely shelved the franchise at the moment.
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    Yep, exactly this. Both the Yamato and HMR versions have them painted, and pretty much every source I've seen (at keyframe animation quality, anyhow) generally shows them. Bandai engraved their outlines to look the same size as on the HMR, and then just forgot to color them in. Again, not really a huge deal, they'll be very easy to paint in. Just weird that they missed them, in this singular case where they are twice as prominent.
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    I'm pretty sure the majority of the orange is painted, including the chest. Judging by plastic translucency, I'm guessing the parts that are molded in orange are the tails, the underside of the backpack, the outer panels of the legs, and the leg strakes. I don't think you have much to worry about for the backpack scratching the chest though? Only because there's really no reason you have to press the tail flap flush against the spine of the aircraft. That flap on mine is actually pretty stiff to move, and it would take a conscious effort to try and rub that panel against the spine. Otherwise, there's no plastic on paint grinding between the backpack and chest, or packs, that I can see.
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    Happy to report my second copy from AE came with an unbent laser. I immediately removed it, and stuck it in the cubby for the hands and engine petals.
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