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  1. Chronocidal
    Holy crap, the GNUs are 80% off?? They're about $8 a piece. I don't normally have a thing for figures, but I can't pass on that. And, I spent like $500 again. Oy. I wasn't going to get a VF-17S unless it was Millia's, but oh well.. told myself I'd wait for a sale if I ever did get one, and Millia's isn't a sure thing. Got that, two VF-1J kits, a GNU YF-19 and YF-21, two more 1/100 VF-25s, and a pair of 1/48 YF-19 kits. This is going to be an expensive summer.
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    I think they do yellow over time, regardless of exposure. It's why I really do prefer the DYRL gray color. One thing I have noticed though... the missiles on the reissues don't work very well. Could be it's from the mold degrading, but the hardpoints on the wings won't let me turn the missiles to certain angles. You hit a certain point, and the missiles just snap to the max rotation, so you can't align them with the wings.
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    (Warning, engineering rant incoming) You know... I really must ask... Did the people designing these never even take a basic engineering class??? I don't mean the actual designs.. I mean the dingbats involved in designing the stands. PUT THE FREAKING MOUNT AT THE CENTER OF GRAVITY YOU DIPWADS. This honestly goes for ALL valk stands.. I've never seen a single one designed that would actually support the center of gravity.) (end rant) Definitely nice to see more details. I'm definitely putting in an order for the parts, even if I don't get the actual plane. I love how they really do look like a patch job to upgrade the plane. Reminds me of some of the stuff from Armored Core, with how industrial the gun and missile packs look.
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    What about the DeLorean, the Mystery Machine, and the A-Team Van? Oh, and a scientist in a labcoat in a bathtub mounted on 4 skateboards powered by a rocket engine, with the license plate "SCIENCE!" Oh, no even better... A hippie biker guy with a tie-dyed shirt, John Lennon sunglasses, and a vintage pilot helmet with viking horns, riding in a shopping cart, and holding a leaf blower. Dangit, I want to see that now. For those interested in Phantasy Star Online 2, the Japanese open beta has begun, and appears to not be region locked. You have to do a bit of reading Japanese to sign up for an account (not to mention play the game ), but apparently there's a growing English speaking community on the game already. It went from a p2p structure to f2p (possibly buy 2 win), so there's no entry fee to try it out.
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    I'm still waiting to see if we'll get a surprise, and the designers made the VF-171 hardpoints compatible with Yamato missiles. Not that likely, but they sure look similar in design to the mounts on the SV-51.
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    Have to agree to this logic. Also, there's the idea that Yamato will have learned not to make too many more shelf warmers. With all the VF-22s you see on sale over time, I'm betting they won't be making so many of these. Maybe more Fire Valks, but I'm surprised they even made these in the first place. It's not like they did anything notable in the series except look cool.. until they blew up. If they ever go on sale, I'll just use that opportunity to stock up, but I want to at least make sure I get one before they disappear. Also... averaging the prices of my valk collection would require me to add up what I paid for all of them, and I don't think I like that idea, because just seeing the total would probably put me off to buying more. I promised myself I'd get the VF-19F and at least one VF-17, so I'm probably good for M7 stuff now. If they make a red VF-17S, I'll pick that up later too, but I'll settle for one fast-packed VF-17D if I have to.
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    In certain cases, it's people raging over the fact that features that were included as standard features in previous titles in a series are suddenly costing extra money. Ace Combat is the only one I can really speak to specifically, because Bamco has been progressively removing more and more features from that series as it goes on, and adding them back in for more and more money as dlc. You used to be able to unlock dozens of aircraft and paintschemes from the old PS2 games... then it went to the Xbox, and you had to fork over DLC for any legacy schemes from previous games, or any of the highest difficulty missions, all of which used to be unlockables (through stupid amounts of difficulty, but you could do it in time). Then it went to AssHorizon, and now you have to pay for individual aircraft (by way of pre-order reservation bonuses) and more stuff about paintschemes you have to pay to unlock, and harder difficulty missions you have to buy.
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    Well.. blerp.. Nah, I can't justify getting two VF-19Fs... not yet. If they go on sale later, sure, I'll grab multiples, but I don't have a good reason for more than one right now. Grabbed one of those, and preordered the VF-17D. Fortunately they're spaced out a bit.
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    I still have my BBTS order, but given the way they're a month overdue for my YF-29 order... yeah, I'm not counting on it. It seems like they've stopped trying to sell the stuff people ordered. Could they be catching legal pressure from HG over marketing them?
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    Also, there's just no way to get past the fact that it looks like you're mounting a pair of baby blue jetskis on the shouders. Those packs are freaking hideous. I don't think it's a darker blue though, I think it's just the contrast with the white making it seem that much darker. Either way... August is my birthday. I might buy two. One for sure, but that is freaking beautiful.
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    Freakin A.. I leave the forums for one night to study for a class... Anyone who still has a spare on order, and gets both, I'll buy one from you if I don't get my BBTS order.
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    Seriously? I want to slap the dipwads at Bandai for their diecast fetish. Nothing good ever comes from it.
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    If you want to start him early, I know that I got one of the 1/200 Monogram snap-tite Space Shuttles around age 5, and that was a good intro. These days they even put stickers instead of actual decals, so you can pretty much cut loose the pieces, and let them run wild. I'd say Legos are a better starting point though, since those are an easier intro to things like step-by-step instructions. Anyway, I need to get my kits restarted, they've been sitting too long. I've got an old A-4E kit that's just begging for some Blue Angels markings, but I might have to make my own.
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    Actually, to an extent, I would maybe say they're comparable to the renewals, if only in terms of similar generational gap. The YF-19 came from the same generation as the 1/48th VF-1, and the VF-0, and in terms of materials, molding, etc, those are all very similar. They were some of the first designs Yamato released after moving to CAD designs, and followed up the original v.1 1/60 VF-1. If you consider the original VF-25 as on a similar level to the v.1 1/60 VF-1, then you could probably say the progress between the original and the renewal is roughly similar to the jump between the v.1 VF-1 and the 1/48. Would I say that the renewal VF-25 is better than the YF-19 though? Yes and no. That's tricky, because you're comparing two companies, both who have their own way of doing things, and their own particular faults. Bottom line: Yep, the renewal VF-25 looks awesome, but transforming it isn't fun for me. In comparison, the YF-19 is still more fun to transform and pose than the VF-25, because it's sturdy, and I don't worry at every turn about scraping the paint off, or stressing some joint, or anything like that. I can take apart my YF-19, tweak it at will, and put it back together with ease. The YF-19 isn't as pretty as the VF-25 (or the new VF-19s), but where the VF-25 feels like a display piece, the YF-19 still feels like a better toy. And yeesh I get chatty about this stuff. I'm actually surprised to find myself defending the YF-19 over the renewal 25, but Bandai seems to value form over function in their approach. When you're talking about toys of transforming fighter planes, that's not always a good thing.
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    Well, just give it a couple years, and your son might find all sorts of interest in models himself. Not saying it will happen, but if you get them started early, you'll have a partner in your craft before long. Maybe the quickest way to distract/instruct him would be getting him something to work on himself while you work. I was one of those oddball kids who never stuck anything in my mouth, so I was getting into things like models and Legos around age 4. Didn't get to painting or gluing anything myself for years, but I had a blast just rubber-banding my dad's 1/48 kits together. Some time around age 5, I started building those old Monogram/Revell snap kits. My dad would clip the parts off for me (or I'd just snap them off the sprue myself), and I'd go at it while he sanded and painted his own stuff. I may have broken something along the way, but the early education in taking care of delicate things definitely played a role in how long my childhood toys lasted... I mean, most of what I played with as a kid is still boxed up in my parents' house.
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    Eh, suppose that works, though I wouldn't like reselling stuff without the original packaging. But I'm just picky. I only bought one set separately, my standard TV set. All the others came in bundles, and I'm only short one for my DYRL valks, since the only one I of those I couldn't get as a bundle was Roy. They were sold out, so I grabbed a HIkaru 1A bundle instead.
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    That's really sad then. You'd think re-issuing the strike packs would be free money for Yamato, since all the work is done. I'm glad I sprung for the Max and Kakizaki bundles now. Maybe the production number issues Bandai seems to be dealing with are coming from the factory level.
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    Grats on the growing family And yeah, I know airbrushing setup and cleanup are a pain.. I grew up making model planes with my dad, and I can count on one hand the number of times we actually got something painted with an airbrush. I would always build stuff far faster than we could keep up with, so I had to pick and choose carefully which kits I wanted fully painted. I mostly didn't care, since I built them to zoom around anyway. What I plan to do eventually is build a paint booth of sorts. Most likely, it'll be a large cardboard box, but I might use a large plastic bin. I'll just set it up near a window, setup my compressor, and do all my spraying in the kitchen. It's too hot where I am to do much outdoors. Fortunately, the compressor I picked up is a nice quiet one, so I mostly just have to deal with fumes. If I stick to acrylics, it shouldn't be too bad, but I'll definitely keep a window open.
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    I haven't experimented with a drying retardant yet. That may have made my VF-25F a lot simpler. Biggest problem with that was the way the acrylic paints would dry so quickly that if I made more than one pass with the brush, I'd wind up peeling up the paint from the first stroke. Eventually I think what worked was to just thin the paint with water by dipping the brush in it, and then just flood the area. The water would let me get an even (but very thin) coat, and then I'd wait for the water to evaporate, and repeat until I got a good coat. Pretty sure that only worked because I live in the desert though.. the water evaporates really fast here. Bottom line is really that I just need to get up the nerve to dig out the airbrush and experiment.
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    Oh, I'm pretty sure they will, I'm not worried about that. I just want it sooner rather than later. The sooner the better too. The exchange rates are already hurting, and I hate to think by the time we actually get a new YF-19, it could be upwards of $400.
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    True, I got a particularly bad YF-19 I think. It has just about every problem anyone reported, save for the neck hinge pieces shattering like some folks had happen. I've fixed a few of the problems (sort of), but I just want to be done with it. I admit, I'm pretty harsh on the YF-19 design though. Between the aesthetics and bad design choices, I've been ready for a remake since I got it. It's not that it's bad toy, it's just that I knew it could be much better, and Yamato proved it with the VF-19. Now I'm anxious for them to revisit it, and bring it up to par.
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    Oh, I've got no problem with my 21 and 22s, it's just that the YF-19 was the first new thing to come out after the 1/48 VF-1. That was six years ago now, and it came from the same generation as the VF-0. It came right before production quality at Yamato took a drastic turn upwards, which gave us the SV-51, YF-21, VF-11, and v.2 VF-1. The YF-19 isn't even in the same ballpark of quality as their recent stuff, and it shows. The plastic quality is reminiscent of the explodium found in the VF-0s, and it has never looked as good as the other Mac+ valks. Now that the VF-19 has come out, and is such a work of art in comparison, it makes the YF-19 look just that much worse. Note, that's besides all the technical problems the YF-19 has. My shoulders exploded VF-0 style, they can't support their own weight to any measure, the hips are a disaster, fighter mode loves to pop out of place, the gunpod was crooked, I had to fix the landing gear, etc. It was a huge improvement over the old 1/72 YF-19, but comparing it to the new VF-19s is like comparing the v.1 VF-1 to the v.2.
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    I can't get to the email confirming when I preordered my Alto and Ozma, but does anyone remember the timing on how they were released? I know I got them in late October and mid January, but I honestly can't remember how long the preorder windows for those were. Those two were released so close together, I want to say I probably had to preorder the Ozma before anyone even got their Alto, so waiting on review for these may have really burned some people.
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    Oh, I have two. I'm eagerly awaiting the F and P models so I can get two more, they're just beautiful. But it doesn't help the fact that the YF-19 looks sad in comparison, and doesn't even compare well to the YF-21 and VF-11. It's just several generations behind the times now, and it really shows.
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    It's amusing how it shows up, but I think I have a slight obsession with wanting a new YF-19... I seriously read that as "bit the gullet."
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