SchizophrenicMC

Well, it's ALL the valks. No one's saying "BUY THE 25!" I actually think I'll wait for the 171 and 171EX. I like those. I'm getting the 1/72 25. I need a model, and I need a 25, why not both in one hit? Moving on, DROOL!

So are you telling me you'd be completely willing to spend MORE than what they're charging for them? 1. Licensing fees, probably less, considering its demand, versus VF-1s. The latter is more popular, so Yamato can accept a higher license. The former, if too expensive, would not be in production. 2. Market demand, Most of the people I've met who have/had one had the other. 3. The VF-0, having a concrete 3D model, had a base, saving months of time (time=money) on the initial modelling process. From there, all that had to happen were modifications to the model to make it toy-possible. The VF-1 is from scratch, therefore taking longer. (Time = money) So, the VF-0, logic stands to reason, is CHEAPER to dev than a VF-1.* 4. Add-ons make up a miniscule amount of their sales, not to mention the only add-ons for the 1 are the FAST pack and the GPB-1S, and the 0 has the Ghost booster. *Besides that, many of the variants are made-up. Stealth, Woodland Camo, 25th Anniversary (Which they even did to a YF-19). And then there's variants that no one cares about: Angel Birds, Kakizaki, Max 1A. This means they're needlessly spending money producing valks that NO ONE BUYS. Which, might I add, leads back to point 2. In summation, the VF-1 is more expensive to develop, produce, and more money is spent out of that, paying an aesthetic design department to make up variants, and it doesn't break; while the VF-0 is cheaper to do so, has only variants that are in the anime (2, man. 2), and most of what I hear about them is "The shoulder explodes". Which is more expensive? The latter.

Didn't say I'd buy it. Didn't think this wouldn't happen. The fact is, a valk twice as large with no partsformering costs 3-4 times as much, a la Yamato. Besides, there's 3 things you gotta think about: They're in 1/100 scale. You can't NOT partsformer it. 1/100 is appealing because it's small. Second, every valk is gonna be on this line. Come on, even if they're partsformers, having 100 valks in 1/100 scale IS pretty cool. Third, now your Yammie 1/100 Koenig fits in. Fourth, I forgot what was actually supposed to put in 3...

... Wow... You lack the cool for smex. Work on your terminology, technical and whatever Smex falls in, and maybe your 1337 skillz will make you smexy!

Smex comes first in any good anime! Battroid is smexier than GERWALK, and wasn't an accident, for that matter.

Recyclable: Yes! Easily or practically so: No. ABS and POM fall under the category of the denser types of plastic not suitable for recycle. More common plastics like polyethylene terephtalate and HD Polyethylene are what is easily recycled. ABS and POM fall under plastic classification 7, as in other plastics. While recyclable, they are harder to do so than is economically feasible. It costs too much to recycle ABS, so it's not practiced commonly. In fact, Class 3(PVC) and higher are generally picked out of recyclable rubbish and thrown out, due to their difficulty of recycle. Not only that, but bringing ABS too high above melting point will cause it to burst into intense flames. Polyethylene plastics, though they do burn, burn slower and cooler. Add to that the fact that thermoplastics, in general, are not good for subsequent melting, as the polymers degrade and the resulting plastic is more brittle. Moving on, though, this is about how Yamato is believed or not believed to be charging too much for their products. And a perfect example is the 1/60 VF-0 series. They are roughly the same size as the VF-1 1/48s, yet they cost much more. Similar size, smaller design process (Anything with a pre-rendered 3D model is), and a higher cost. And besides the cost of production, do YOU wanna pay $200 for a toy that breaks? I know I don't.

No, GERWALK can't do it. 90% of that attack was the smex involved, and GERWALK's ugly in comparison.

Well, I won't jinx you. (This means saying "it seems well" or "I hope it works out".)

Yes.

And Eugene is a prick....

Except density doesn't mean strength. For example, have you ever snapped a plastic bottle in half? Yet it's WAY less dense than a shoulder on a Yammie and it's recyclable. On the other hand, the price is kinda worth it because Yammies aren't partsformers.

Partsformers make me LIKE Yamato. However, this is pretty minor. Stuff you've gotta put up with for 1/100.

Well, it's your problem, I guess. I can't help, so, go ahead. My advice (and I REALLY don't want to sound condescending): Triple-backup your files.

Except a Yammie uses too dense plastic to recycle...

Well, if you can't get it through YouTube, download the torrent for an episode and put it in whatever you need it for. Windows Media can play MKVs, just not the subtitles.

No, Alto is the best of Minmay (Actor), Hikaru (Pilot), Isamu (Never made squadron leader ), and Basara (I don't care how strange it is, EPIC!). Kaifun just sucked. If I were Gloval, I woulda had security throw him out an airock.

Valk Driver, isn't your dad a fighter pilot?

Did you check your hard drive for the file? (Not just the recycle bin, I mean a full-fledged search)

And 60% off the 1/48 Angel Birds -1A Hikuro: What about the 25th Anniversary 1S? That way, it'd go perfectly with the 25th YF-19. How about a 1/60 "VF-1R" (Robotech joke)?

Oh, ok. Now, don't take my word for it, but my grandpa may have a recording of a carrier battle on the USS Ticonderoga. Jets, machine guns, etc... It should have PART of what you need. Again, don't take my word for it. As for the underwater stuff, I can't really help you with that, except to say "Swish" is a helpful thing to remember.

*shudders* Me too *Drools* By the way, some info on the VF 100s VF-25F Messiah.

The way I see it, if the M3 remains HTML, its information remains pure. If it goes wiki, ANYONE can edit it however they want. Not saying vandalism, just inadvertantly incorrect info. And everyone speaks internet or Engrish.

What makes it more difficult to mix, if I may ask?

When I don't feel like finishing my models, I find a papercraft to work on, or watch the anime I'm making the model of.* Alternatively, go to your Legos and build something out of those. (This only works for Lego-owners.) Group builds can be fun. Even better is when a whole bunch of people get together to build the same model, each using their own technique. You can learn from that. *Unless it's a real-world model, in which case, I can't really do that...

Go back to the first post and look at the picture. VF-171 is one of the VFs listed.