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    Do you mean an actual shuttle that's bigger than a single brick? Because there is one there, mounted on the back of the main bay. I can't imagine they'd try to package a maximum of five parts separately. I really want to see a good view of the deflector array though. That's a challenging shape to get right in any medium, and the angles so far don't look great to me. I don't know. Maybe my standards are too high for complex shapes, but I feel like the recent Jango Slave I set the bar very high for complex shaping, and their more recent sets are not living up to that at all.
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    Not to be overly harsh, but I feel like the nacelles are the only shape there that really works well. The angled panel patchwork is a lot harsher when you can't cover it up with greeblies like the Falcon sets. I have to think there are enough angled tiles available to get that edge smoother. Still, will be happy to grab one. I think the colors on the edge of the saucer are causing some issues though. I think I do see a tiny shuttle mounted behind the main bay as well. Actually.. I'm kind of tempted to get two, and rebuild one as the Galaxy-X. I feel like the extra superstructure and phaser cannon would cover up some of the uglier parts.
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    Happy birthday! Mine's later this month, so I might burn my VIP points and pick up the Shuttle carrier to redesign. That Batmobile does look great though, I might have to grab it. I picked up the big TV Batmobile earlier this year, primarily for the selection of parts (those windshield parts are amazing), but it's an amazing set altogether. Bumblebee didn't convince me, but I might grab that Soundwave though. Otherwise, still searching for options to reshape the shuttle OMS pods.. I might need to pick up a few more small brackets to stack to form the rear thruster banks better, and maybe get the color divisions better.
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    Fair enough, yeah. Those VF-25 fighter kits did have the main parts color-molded, but considering how much of Alto's VF-25 is white anyway, it really wasn't a challenge. It think the only colored parts it had were the tails, fins, feet, head panel, cockpit insert, and gunpod. I bought a bunch though, since at the time they were about $6. I never intended to use the (absolute garbage) Bandai decals, since I was more interested in painting them up based on other schemes in the Master File, and a blank white plane was the ideal starting point.
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    If all you really want is the plane, these kits have existed for a long time, and you can buy a handful of them for the cost of a single transforming kit. I don't know how often they get reissued, but I'm surprised they aren't just discontinued at this point. I'm frankly just disappointed they didn't make more marking sets, let alone more valks in this line. https://www.hlj.com/1-100-scale-vf-25f-messiah-valkyrie-alto-custom-ban969488
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    Up at AE as well now: https://anime-export.com/index.php?product=95195
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    "Canon" size aside, the Legioss looks stupidly tiny compared with anything modern, to the point that it's not even believable. The 1/48 cockpit is cramped enough that it looks like it should be 1/60 anyway.
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    You know.. I kind of want to think that that piece is a simple enough shape that you could just machine one out of solid plastic without too much trouble, or even metal with the right tools. It's just a rounded plate with holes. Would take precision to make by hand, maybe a jig or drill press to align the holes, but it's not really a complex piece, unless those indented sections are actually required to fit during transformation.
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    Yeah, I have zero interest in this, but that might actually get me to pay attention.
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    Really wish they would do an armored Ozma already (and please make the figure Cathy ) I'll give them credit where due though, it's hilarious, but the VFG super VF-25 is the only version I know of that actually locks together into a solid fighter mode with parts that don't pop off easily (yes, that includes the DX).
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    Yeesh, that's huge. Like, I can't say it's not tempting, even at that price, but I still think it feels too busy overall, both in all the extra markings and little details that look like they would just add excessive complexity and break easily. It's still really impressive though. I think the overall look is better on the robot, since it seems like they managed to make the tails even smaller than the Riobot version. I don't know if I could justify something that big for a series I really never cared about though. It's definitely a collection centerpiece, but we'll see who sells it, and whether the exchange rate helps any.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Chronocidal replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    I picked up three of the VF-0A combos.. Might still grab two of these, but probably only one. I am glad I grabbed two of the original VF-0S releases though, so I at least have enough missile clusters to equip one of the 0As with them. On that note though, they do look good paired with one of the brown missile pods and one of the clusters on the outer mounts. That might be my favorite loadout.
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    Uh.... what? That's uh.. really wild. I've ordered from them several times in the past, but nothing like that has ever happened. The only time I've ever seen that rigorous of an ID process used was for getting my driver's license renewed.
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    If that's your most recent purchase, I don't think there has really been anything substantial arriving on the market since that point. Maybe if you didn't get an Armored VF-25S Ozma, or missed the DX VT-1 or YF-21? They did release a red Sv-262 last fall, along with another DX Hikaru VF-1J limited release with missiles. Bandai's really been focusing on Frontier and Delta (re-)releases for the most part, unless you're interested in picking up an HMR VF-19P Zola version. Arcadia did re-release the Shin VF-0A, if that's something you'd be interested in. We're kind of in a holding pattern while the Bandai DX Fire Valk cooks, and waiting to see if they follow through with anything else from Macross 7.
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    Nice, I've got that waiting in my HLJ warehouse, was waiting until I get back from vacation (and for the tan VF-171 to arrive)
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    HMR VF-19P

    Chronocidal replied to BlueMax's topic in Toys

    I'd guess just because it's a webshop item. Doesn't mean there won't be resellers, but I wouldn't expect people to be willing to gamble on this one as much.
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    I don't tend to use a lot of stands for anything, but I was pretty happy to get one with the Fugu version. I just never could justify the price to get one of the original Yamato ones, but I'm happy to have one if I ever do want to use it for something.
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    Thanks for the expanded comparison here though, gave me a nice background noise source for a slow monday. Looking forward to whichever you get to next, though I admit I'm still wondering if you were planning a video for the DX VT-1.
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    I noticed this too, but I would just chalk it up to general KO imprecision. I wouldn't be surprised if it was related to the check locking tabs, and their relative size. Everything's just a little off compared with the originals. It's not enough to make it fall apart (mostly), but things just don't fit quite as well.
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    It could be, that's why I'm curious if there is any art depicting any of those details, or if they were just generated by spontaneous rectal extraction. The internals of aircraft generally are painted a rather ugly green, just not that particular shade. I don't necessarily have as much of a problem with the internals existing as I do with the structural compromises necessary to put them there. That is a lot of extra parts to deal with potentially getting loose or falling off. It was bad enough fixing the wing flaps on the Sentinel, but can you imagine having to mod every one of those panels to stay shut so they don't get caught on something while transforming it?
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    Yeeeeaaaah, that's just way too much of everything. Too many markings, too many excessive details, too much garbage to potentially fall off, break, or otherwise fail to function. Also kind of feels like a meme in real time. "Tell me you know nothing about aircraft without saying you know nothing about aircraft." (I have no idea if any of those details have a line art basis, but at least with the 1/48 version I could pretend the internal structure made a lick of sense.) Really sad, honestly, I would have loved something in a bigger scale.
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    I can't say whether or not that might have been the case with my recent order, since I didn't actually take stock of everything once I got it. I'd counted up the numbers I needed, and then rounded up, or added extras of parts I know I use a lot of, so I wasn't concerned about having enough for the project itself. All told I ordered over a thousand parts, so I didn't really feel like counting them all. I sincerely wish they would work out something better than the complete lack of tracking they give for standard parts orders. I'm thankful my parts arrived before I left on vacation, but there was literally no way to know when or how they were coming. No details on delivery service, no estimate on date beyond "within about 40 days," it didn't even show up as a package in my USPS informed delivery queue, it just appeared in my box one day in a plain paper envelope. If I'd known that ahead of time, I probably would have used a third party through Bricklink instead.
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    I think that's probably what happened, I didn't see any notes or paperwork regarding any charges incurred. I'm thinking they just ate the cost for people who had already paid shipping to avoid irritating their customers.
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    I've had a couple of orders from ShowZ for transformers things that arrived with no issue other than a longer than usual delay in port, but they did announce that they would be covering the costs for orders that were paid before the price changes. They said that their prices for air shipping would go up to cover the changes, but that it shouldn't impact surface shipments.
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    Every time I look at it, it gets closer to a Gurren Lagann joke xD .. I'll need to see if I can't print myself a drill-guitar... and maybe a set of Basara's shades to wear on the chest.
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