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Basically anything after the VF-1J seems to be fine even if they don't have all the fixes. I only have cracks on my Focker's shoulders but even they are still staying on. The replacements are still sitting in their bag for the day they might fall off. Anyways the problem seems to be with the burred end of the pin and the thickness of the material. Post VF-1A (TV) and VT-1 toys seem to mostly have these fixes. If you buy any of the others I would prying off the shoulder pieces and losing the joint screws by 1/4 to 1/2 a turn. Getting rid of the stiffness in that ball and socket joint seems to help allot on the earlier models (like I said I have only had problems with my Roy). Back on topic. Anyone have a real good solution for making the torso (up/down pivot movement) stiffer on the Warhammer.....opps sorry .....Tomahawk?

If you look at the picture I provided it's almost perfect. The legs need to be perfectly aligned with each other viewing from the top (edit: while leaving the slight gap between the knees) and the back of the VF. It is tricky and taking the knee pads off might help you out a bit.

Edit- see above.

Sticker sheet is a fail! (Edit: Opps! Sorry I missed them. They are on the bottom right of the sheet) It's the exact same as the VF-1D so there are no pilot names for Max or Mira....... just Student Meat, Capt. Dagger and Lieut. K Wahammer. It's not a total loss though. I was able to find the decals I needed from the VF-1S and J (I think) . One of those had the pilot decals I needed.

I imagine it was easier just to reuse the Roy figs?

Yeah you don't have to but I find everything is more solid when you do. I also find the when I put the dish on sometimes if I don't have the fins locked in the act of taking the dish off and on can move the back pack out of position. Again you don't have to I just find it keeps it in position better.

It's not as bright but still brighter than the pics................. Edit: Sorry my bad. The VT-1 IS brighter than the VF-1D. I would say that the VF-1D is more of a brown/dirty orange and the VT-1 is almost safety vest orange. The tan is a lighter shade too. I would say this is a good thing as you would want a trainer to be highly visible not? Either way I actually like the color scheme more than my VF-1D.

Yeah the old 2 seater thread was getting pretty big......I don't know why they need to be broken to specific threads for each one of the differant verions though. Wouldn't a D and E/T thread been enough?.........

Just got my VE-1 and VF-1D Virgin Road yesterday and they are nice! I am actually really more impressed with the VR road. That dark blue color is for lack of a better word "Scrumshus"! Ahem.....Back on topic! I do love the VE-1 too and it's definitely worth the price. I did notice a couple of problems though (that I am sure has been mentioned on other threads): - that the arm antenna array on the arm has a problem. The screw on for the rotation mechanism to change it's position on the arm was too tight on mine and needed to be loosened. Not a big problem but something to be aware of. - Read "eye" on the head has a line going through it that I am no liking to much. - once the arm pieces are clipped on good luck getting them off! Things I loved about the VE-1: - Lots of tampo printing! They even tampo'd on the landing gear door decals! - The Elint parts are just cool and sit on nice and snug once you get everything aligned and hooked up properly.. (You really need to use those tail fin hooks on this one!) Love that telescoping radar dish! - Wing hard points so you can put to use all those missle pods you have lying around. - Pilots fit in nice and snug and look awesome (although some might have trouble figuring out which goes where) - Like the VT-1 and VF-1Ds they are nice and tight and awesome like all the VF-1 1/60 V.2s.

Didn't say there was anything wrong per say I was just wondering if they are phone camera pics. And yes those are nice displays.

Ouch! Camera phone pics? Looks about the same quality as my Blackberry Flip....

Yeah my Roy has had it's broken shoulders forever and they still haven't fallen off so go ahead already. If you haven't ordered replacements from Overdrive what are you waiting for? I have also broken off a wing hard point on my VT-1 using the box launchers that came with my VF-1J. Was a little miffed but a little plastic cement and it's right as rain. I should have realized there was going to be a problem when it was so hard to get the missles on and off the wings. Now I make sure to work them off of my VT-1 with a back and forth movement. ...... oh well.

What scale are these in again? 1/100?

Overdrive finally shipped my VE-1 and VF-1D VR. Hopefully I will have them by the end of next week.

few more....

Go ahead and use any of mine if you want. Here are some more if they are of any use to you.

hmmmm.......nothing for a couple of weeks eh?.........bump! ........when the heck is the Phalanx coming out anyway?

Yeah it's not sitting totally flush. It's not crooked but it is raised a little bit. If I remove the fast packs it gets allot better.........maybe a case of damned if you do damned if you dont?

Man if Yamato made a Roy Focker Skull Squadron color scheme for all the valks I would buy everyone. That YF-21 looks awesome.

Yeah I suppose that's the biggest insult to injury isn't it? How does someone from outside of Japan order one of these even if they have to cash to fork over for it? Oh well Macross Quarter here I come!

I work at an R&D department and believe me prototypes get shown off all the time at trade fairs and shows (how else do you build interest in an upcoming product?). Lots of stuff gets made in every R&D department that never sees the light of day. That's the point of R&D to come up with new ideas and to try them out. It's just to bad that someone dropped the ball somewhere. Then again maybe they didn't. This could have been Yamato's plan all along, who knows? That Yamato appears to have made a marketing error here there is no question but at least they made the attempt. They could have just killed the project and washed their hands of it or never had made the attempt to bring it out at all. I imagine that the mass produced item came in as to expensive for the current economy and they decided not to go through with it (IMO). At the current cost it probably covers to cost of running the mold machines for 1 toy/fig, some packaging and some R&D............At least some fortunate smucks are going to have the cash and buy this thing. But then this is all just speculation......which we love to do here! PS if anyone here does buy it....I HATE YOU......Please post pics!

Got an email from Overdrive this morning reporting that they where preparing my VE-1 & VF-1D (VR) for shipment. Anyone get the Vrigin Road yet?

They help the end plates/cabs close correctly so they are in far enough to give the nubs on the belly plates the purchase they need. My first pics I didn't align the legs properly. After getting the knees parallel to the fuselage I then adjust them so that I got that "slight" gap between the knees. I then put the belly plates back and started fiddling a bit till I got the gap to pretty much close.

Hehe yeah....... ........anyway even got the stupid fast packs to go on straight for a change.--->

Yep it works. Fiddled with the legs so that the sat a little more straight and Viola...>