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    I imagine so, but if it's going the P-Bandai route, that might complicate things. I'm not sure who will carry it. I did just grab one at Big In Japan though, they've been a solid site for me in the past, came to about $330 shipped. The exchange rate is really helping.
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    Eh, if it shows up on Amazon at a discount, I might bite on one, but I've already got a half dozen VF-4s at this point.
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    You know what I just realized, regarding the tilted-up Ghost... Bandai muffed the whole process by pairing the Yamato Ghost with the Arcadia VF-0 mold. They weren't meant to go together, and the issues attaching the Ghost to the newer 1/60 VF-0 mold are exactly the same as what you get from the HMR version. Namely, the chest plate is narrower, meaning the Ghost's canards had to squeeze together tighter, propping it up higher than it should have been. Bandai just straight-up copied the error by making the canards the original length. Not that there isn't precedent for this.. since they also copied the incorrect tailhook/gunpod positions...
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    Those are some incredibly fine looking hinges on those flaps, bravo! Can't wait to see where this project goes.
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    I mean, it's really easy when the original release came out several years ago.
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    Urgh, yeah, that's always painful when something just blows up on a model and it becomes unusable. I've had it happen enough times that I've just had to accept that doing something the second time (or third, or fourth.. ) usually does wind up in a better final result, and keep those lessons learned in mind.
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    Macross 30

    Chronocidal replied to Tochiro's topic in Games

    Really glad to hear this yeah, I'd love to see someone take up the task of providing a translation edit too, if that's even possible.
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    Well here's a fun experiment to do.. don't lock the backpack down between the legs all the way. I unlocked the tabs, pushed up the backpack at the base of the hinge, and it lines up much better. Go figure. It definitely fits more level if you don't press the rear tabs down though. I did wind up locking the backpack back between the leg tabs, but made sure to keep the backpack pivot as far upwards as I could get it, and that seemed to help a little.
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    Any details on where/when/how much for that Batwing? I've been kind of wanting a good one to remodel the UCS LEGO version from.
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    Should've clarified, I actually do have mine, but it looks the same to me as the Bandai photos, so didn't feel like extra pictures were necessary. Late Edit: Actually, just had a general realization.. I'm not sure the ghost's pylons being too short is the issue. As long as Bandai has been trying to make VF-1-style transformations in HMR scale, they have had serious issues with getting the arms, legs, and backpack all lined up. Usually they try to pull everything too tightly, and just don't leave enough room for the arms under the backpack. I have to wonder whether they actually pulled the backpack too low, and that's partly responsible for the ghost tilting.
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    Maybe what you intended, but not what you said. You just called them the Hasegawa missiles. Anyhow, the weird part of the TV missiles is that they don't use the same hardpoints as DYRL, since they actually use three separate pylons for the reaction missiles. I don't remember if I've ever really seen any specific explanation of this, and whether the TV VF-1s always had three wing hardpoints, and only used the inner two for the missile clusters, or whether they may have had five separate hardpoints. Hasegawa actually flip-flopped on this a little between their 1/72 and 1/48 releases, since the 1/72 missile sets used separate pylons for the two reaction missiles, rather than a dual mount. The spacing here looks more like there are five separate mounting points on the wing.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Chronocidal replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Yeah, I'm going to be doing the same with one of my spare sets so I can have the ghost flight paired up. Will be a while though, since I'm waiting on a lot of other items to come in before I ship them.
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    I don't think it's tilted up so much as it's just the natural shape of the Ghost itself being tapered toward the back, since the intake is on top. It doesn't look like it's sticking up on the HMR much more than either the Hasegawa kit, or a screen from the anime. I did notice that the Ghost does look better if you don't press it all the way down in back though. It looks like Bandai didn't make the rear tabs long enough. The original Yamato design didn't lock into the backplate, it just rested on it, and Bandai changed that to give the supports a small recess to press into. Whether they overdid it or not is hard to tell.
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    Good luck with the assembly and painting! I've got a couple of the Hasegawa sets as well, to mess with, and the only part that really needs paint is the reaction missile tips, but they can definitely be decorated nicely. As for the super packs, I wouldn't want to assume the proportions will work correctly, but it's probably worth a shot. The arm packs might be the trickiest, since they're not meant to move on the Hasegawa, so they might not be completely modeled separately. After that the leg packs will need to be carefully aligned to make sure they match. The boosters might be the easiest in general, but what you will need there is some sort of mounting bracket to hold them onto the backpack. You might be able to mount it directly to the backpack, since they will probably be lighter than the Bandai packs, but you'll probably still want to anchor them to the backplate somehow. Simplest might just be to make a copy of the official bracket, and adapt the boosters to fit on that.
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    I will absolutely pick up at least one of these for the dull coated version, even though I have the original as well. Might even grab a pair, because the armor packs are just that awesome.
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    Just.. three words. BOUT F'ING TIME.
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    My biggest gripe overall is that they changed a bunch of details of the plane that have absolutely nothing to do with the transformation in any way whatsoever. They just changed stuff because.. reasons? I have no idea. The really painfully stupid part is that some of the early prototype photos showed some details that were originally accurate to the line art, and then later on just changed for some reason into something inaccurate. Again, Bandai gonna Bandai, and there ain't nothing anyone can do about it. At least the stupid change they made to the tails can be fixed with a file.
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    Ok, I'm gonna be that old person, and say I think The Rescuers: Down Under was at least as good as the original. I can't say better, because the feels of the two films are so distinctly different (and the production style changed so much in the interim) but they're at least of a similar calibre. This is from before I even started to care about movies as an industry though, so I have no idea how Down Under was received in comparison, but I am surprised how much darker the tone went than the first one. You have to start digging back a ways before you can start to find good sequels though. This was even before my time, but I'm trying to remember if there might have been more than one theatrical "Winnie the Pooh" release.
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    It's been showing backordered for the entire time it's been "released." HLJ must be getting single digits of these.
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    Much less one stationed in Florida.
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    Seriously, I'm still waiting for my copy from HLJ, which is how many months overdue at this point? And the price there was about $30, which I would absolutely buy more of, if Bandai would just even attempt to meet demand for once.
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    It's a nice dream, but I don't think Bandai has ever been quite as good at color matching as Yamato. The DX VF-1D wasn't nearly as bad as the HMR though, so I'm not too worried about the oranges not matching. I think the Yamato VT-1 was better than their VF-1D though, since the orange plastic used on the VF-1D was slightly transparent for some reason.
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    I think at this point it's past the point where he can actually care about the differences. Bandai gonna Bandai.
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    And my point both times was that none of the pylons are long enough, including the TV missile clusters. And remember, they used the missile boxes in atmosphere in DYRL as well. Judging by the mounts and pictures from before, these are the Bandai missiles for their 1/72 transforming kit. Hasegawa ones just had pin mounts.
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