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  1. Chronocidal
    Ahh, got it then, that makes sense. I checked all the Yamato items and everything was pretty much back up to normal prices, though a lot of items seem to be permanently marked at 10% off. The GNU figures are still 80% off though, which really is a nice price for those. I picked up a YF-19/YF-21 pair, and while I'm a little disappointed they don't have thigh swivels, and like to pop apart easily, they look pretty awesome guarding my entertainment system. I think I would have felt really ripped off at full price, but $8 a pop feels just right.
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    I just realized.. I thought you were just joking.. then I zoomed in. I think someone did build that out of a toilet seat.
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    Wait, the sale is still going? What items are still discounted? I might be tempted to grab another VF-11, just to make my shipment with the DYRL Cannon Fodder VF-1A a bit more cost effective.
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    I probably should go ahead and stick to HLJ from now on as well, but I just noticed they've got the VF-19F, and VF-17D with packs set to "order stop".. I'm not too concerned that they'll run out of stock, but I'm surprised because I don't remember that happening with Yamato preorders before. Bandai's preorder shenanigans has made me paranoid I guess. I've got preorders for all three (the 19F, 17D, and 19P) at AmiAmi now, so I'm not worried about getting them, but I still prefer getting stuff via FedEx here.
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    I'll tentatively preorder this one there, but I wish I could combine shipping for the VF-19F and VF-17D I might cancel and preorder them all from HLJ to combine them later.
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    Oh no trouble, I thought you were talking about the wing stripe, since that doesn't line up in the animation, but does on the lineart from earlier. I was just noting that in general, the markings they have on there so far don't match up with the animation.
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    Actually, no, the stripe can't line up, because it's not there. The stripe doesn't even continue past the wing-glove in the original. Ugh. Oh well. I get the feeling those stripes are all going to be stripped off anyway, so not a huge deal, but still.
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    Ok, good, so the ankles are supposed to be gray (or whatever they are that isn't yellow). That changes things a bit. I mean it's obvious they just painted a Fire Valk up in these colors, but I hope they fix that. The yellow really is hideous on that design. At least in fighter, it's mostly covered. I don't get the yellow pieces of the shoulders though.. those don't look painted, they look like they shot a test part in yellow. But yeah.. they need to check the colors more carefully here. They missed the tops of the feet, the ankles, and even the entire shoulder fins, which should be blue apparently. Also, the front edge of the canopy frame should be black like on the other VF-19s so I hope they don't forget that. I kind of do wonder what they were thinking when they designed the paintscheme on this plane though. If it weren't for the random yellow shoulder pieces? Sure, it looks fine. But that, and the blue speaker fins just throw the entire thing off.
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    Now.. if only all that yellow was the same gray as the intake covers... Looks really good, but yeah, the colors make my eyes hurt. Random question though... are the wing stripes supposed to line up, or do they actually have that disconnect near the hip/wing glove joint?
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    You have to type the exact name of what you're looking for, I always type just the number designation since that's usually right in the title. Glad to hear some folks are getting theirs now from BBTS, I wound up canceling mine after getting one from Nippon Yasan.
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    Glad I was right, and didn't glue my intake covers in. Now, if they'd just had the sense to do that with the super packs too, we'd all be happy.
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    He's talking about online retailers, and there were definitely certain ones that had their orders cut massively, down into the single digits in some cases.
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    Yeah, no. That doesn't make sense at all. If you can't tell the difference between, "Hey, this clothing feels so tight I can't breathe well" and, "I'm getting lightheaded for some reason," you have no business anywhere near an aircraft, let alone any moving vehicle. That's two entirely different things.
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    Yeah... I'll probably buy one, but I think.... this one is -begging- to be stripped down. Those colors just don't look good. Looks like someone went crazy with pastels on it. I hope it's just bad lighting, but that red really looks lousy, and the yellow just clashes horribly. Actually.. that's not even red. It's salmon. On the other hand.. hooray for normal looking colors on the intake covers.. but really? Gray landing gear? Is that canon?
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    Actually, you can definitely force them in the wrong direction. I tried it once, but it might stress the socket, so I'm not going to keep them that way. The pins are squishy enough plastic to do it though. I'm just waiting for the super packs, then I'll be gluing the pins into place once the new wings are on. I still can't believe anyone ever thought that stupid setup was a good idea.
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    I should say, they're very transformable, they're just a bit fragile, and the potential to scratch up paint or decals is high. You can take precautions to keep the impact of transforming minimal, but you'll likely have to touch things up if you do it frequently. They just aren't intended to be transformed so often as the toys. They are models after all. I wouldn't let that deter you from getting one (or a few) since they're much cheaper and easier to obtain than the 1/60 ones, and the super/armored versions aren't exclusives. The kits seem to get reissued quite often.
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    I should link you to the topic discussing the kits when they were first released.. they're very accurate, but quite a bit more fragile than the toys. Transformation depends on some friction tabs for the hip section too. You kind of have to balance what you want it for. For those of us annoyed with how ugly the v.1 DX was, the kit was a very nice representation of the design, and a lot of us just wanted an aircraft kit anyway. If you put a lot of work into the kit, you can make it very detailed, but transforming it will likely damage any painting or decals unless you use many layers of clearcoat. Bottom line really.. they can be beautiful. But you should pick whether you want to build it to be transformable from the start, because that will change how you approach it. There's a lot of detail that will need to be painted during assembly if you plan on ever taking it out of aircraft mode.
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    It'll be nice to have these sets finally. I'd been holding off building my 1/72 armored kits because I wasn't sure if I wanted to try and rig them to be transformable. Since I can get a decent transforming toy now though, I've got no reservations about gluing the kits together to be non-transforming (battroid for Ozma, fighter for Alto).
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    Beautiful job on that. I have to admit, I have a personal thing for fully painted markings, I love doing any marking I can that way, just because it looks so amazing once everything's painted. Plus, I've never enjoyed having large decals shred on me. I can't remember if you mentioned attempting this before, but did you tweak the angles the lower legs sit at? They look a bit higher than the standard 1/72 Hasegawa kit has them, closer to way the 1/48 kit has them, and the plane overall doesn't look like the nose is pointing down so much.
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    I'm hoping for a reissue of the DYRL two seaters too, I never did get to pick up a VE-1. I've always kind of wished I had the guts to weather my valks, but never wanted to cross the line from "playable" to "careful, you might scratch it!" It's bad enough the Bandai valks are already like that. About the VT-1's head though.. I do agree it's very interesting, but I never quite understood the design, since it always seems out of place in fighter. On the other hand, I love how it looks if you stick the 1D's head on the VT-1. If I had the spares to customize, I think it'd be fun to swap the booster packs from the VE-1 onto the VT-1, replace the sensor array domes with standard missile launchers or strike cannons, and paint everything into a combat training scheme. It always seemed odd to me that the VT-1 had no weapons... it should've at least had a head laser or something for utility purposes.
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    Because it's not some ridiculously bright shade of plastic that you'll need gobs of paint to cover. The part fit and tolerances on the VF-19 are so tight, there's really no room for all that extra paint, and it's going to get scratched off. If you start with a base color of white(ish) you can just strip off the existing markings, and still do a lot to customize it, even if you don't give it an overall coat. I'd still prefer one that uses the VF-19F/S's shoulders and wings though. The prospect of kitbashing VF-19s together is a really[/] expensive prospect, unless we start seeing the S/F/P models under sell, and they wind up on HLJ's clearance list like the VF-22s do.
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    Eh. color me slightly disappointed that the canon color of the ankle rings on the VF-19P is actually yellow. I'd forgotten about that, and think it really clashes with the rest of the plane. I'll probably grab one eventually, but I still just want a blank or kit version in white or gray.
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    You know, if they released a second version with an off white for Alto's, and bundled it, I'd grab it, just to have a non-white one. Plus, I actually hope they do release one of those types of unwanted recolors, because it'll mean there's at least one release of this thing that sits on shelves. Unfortunately, they probably learned from the first time. They're being so ridiculously cautious about overproducing though, I doubt they'll take any risks at all with the VF-25 line.
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    Edit: Nevermind, answered above.
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    So, is Bandai screwing people from every single direction in terms of Macross? Glad I held off buying that PS3, because I might never even get a copy the way things are sounding.
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