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  1. Chronocidal
    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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    Wow. Yeah, really not worth it. Bandai can go eat some barbed wire and floss themselves at this point.
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    Oh, gingerale maybe then? Dunno what I'd guess about the lenses though, unless you used something like an old contact lens.
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    I'm guessing the visor is either just some clear cellophane, or a chunk of a soda bottle. It looks about the same shade as the sprite bottle in my fridge. Looks amazing... now if only it were possible to get the whole thing done that size.
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    Actually I paypal'd mine back when I ordered in March, and there's still no update from them about anything. So I dunno what's up.
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    I blame George Lucas. But I agree, it goes against any kind of sense why people would continue to do the same thing, hoping for different results. Releasing edits of movies is just asking to be burned in effigy by fans of the original. In some cases (again, Lucas) I think it's due to the original author wanting to "reclaim" some of their work.. not even to make money, just to send the message "This is my movie, I'll do what I want with it, and people will still buy it." I couldn't say that's the case here, because I don't know how Kawamori views what's been done, or if he even had any part in it. I'd think these changes fall more under the "Let's make those mysterious stains in the dungeons in Ocarina of Time: Master Quest green instead of red," and less under the "Han Shot First" type. It shouldn't need to be changed at all, and looks pretty hypocritcal considering the gore in the Frontier movies, but I can see why people might want to clean it up some. The rest though, if the stuff about the changes in the soundtrack and dialogue is true, that's just sloppy editing. Unfortunately for international buyers, returning the set for a refund or exchanging it for a fixed version is pretty unlikely, so everyone will be looking towards the internet for fixed versions.
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    I am liking the fact that they've been using the old YF-21 stand to prop it up so far. Even better, the pics of the stand mount in fighter actually look like it's sitting under the bulk of the plane, instead of near the nose. And even if it does need a stand to stay up in battroid, I'm ok with that, because mine will probably be in permanent fighter mode anyway. I don't care for the gray color on the nose though, I agree, the old buff-colored nose would look better, if only because it would go along with the vintage F-14 markings I might be tempted to put on one of these. The low-vis color is beautiful though. I do hope they lower the UN kites on the nose a little from where they put the stickers on though, they look too high at the moment. But yeah. I'd love if they cast the tails in white and painted the control surfaces white for us, but with the way the VF-4 transforms, you've really got no reason not to paint the wings and tails. Once we get better shots of it, I think I'll work up a photoshop to see how these markings would look on it.
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    No shipping notice for me yet from CDJapan, but the order says it's processing. Should be on its way pretty soon... so I need to go buy that PS3. To tell the truth, I didn't really buy this set for the movie, so I'm not overly concerned about glitches and edits. They'll be annoying, but if I watch this with anyone else, I'll use a fansubbed copy anyway, so the movie will most likely stay in the case most of the time. Buying this for me was more about actually owning a legitimate copy after years of watching downloaded stuff (plus, you know, the game and extras). I'll probably get a subbed version at some point, but it'll be satisfying to have that box on my shelf next to my Star Wars and BSG sets.
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    They probably can't really, but I bet you those pieces wouldn't be too hard to make a replacement of.
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    I think the big issue right now is the price. If we had a better idea, we'd probably gain a few buyers who are unsure, and maybe lose a few who would be priced out. I would actually love to get three of these if I can, or maybe even more for potential customizing, but being a limited release hurts that quite a bit, since we don't know how long they'll be around. Even if they're $400+, I could see myself buying more than one, but only if I could space out the purchases over a year or two. If we're talking about a short term production, I'm not going to drop that kind of cash for a single order. The "limited" aspect of this is probably doing more harm than good to the numbers, because people know they only have a set time to save up until release, and a relatively short window to buy them in.
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    Eh, I can't say it's lazy, or what. They've obviously already created a masterpiece to get this thing looking as good as it is already, so they clearly know what they're doing. MIssing a big detail like that just seems oddly uncharacteristic. This actually reminds me of something I did once with a computer model though, so it might be exactly what Mommar mentioned, and they're waiting to fix it until bigger issues are resolved. Design wise it should be very simple to get the wing surfaces at the right angles, but they might not have the alignment of the other components finalized, or something like that. It might make sene to wait and fine tune things. If there's a good reason for things not to line up, then that's fine, I'm just glad to (maybe) have a chance to get one of these after so many years.
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