armentage Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Just received a pair of those $10 VF-19 bootlegs... they are utter crap! Not the worst toys EVER, but pretty horrible. They VAGUELY look like the original Bandai's. Same shape, but the details are totally missing. Paint job is very minimal and pretty bad too. They transform, sorta. In Battroid mode, there's no lock to hold the top half of the torso in place, nor the shoulders "forward" so they are perpendicular to the body. In fighter form, there's nothing to really hold the wing assemblies in place. They flop around a bit. The rear vertical stablizers help a little, but not enough. The Red one came completely loose out of the box... screws weren't turned tight enough! 5 minutes with a phillips tightened things up, but over all its still floppier than the blue one. The blue one has the "signature" red-purple shoulders and under-torse of the bootlegs. I can only guess this is because those two pieces are molded are the same color on the model as well, and they wanted to avoid producing that piece twice. I'm seriously tempted to say they aren't worth it even for $10 a pieace (plus $4 x2 shipped, which is what I got them for on Ebay) Going to have to find some kid to give these too... my friend's 6 year old is probably old enough for one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 i love the front landing gear on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/1 LowViz Lurker Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Bandai should just reissue the blue vf19 blazer imo. I'm new to getting mac 7 toys and I want to buy that. I like the vf17s apart from the fact that you can't bend its knees backwards in batroid mode. Thanks for voicing your opinion on these boots I was tempted to get them. They don't look too bad in the pics though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoBe-Patt Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 hey take it easy dood! they are after all BOOTLEGS! You can't really expect too much from any bootleg until you get it. I'm actually happy with my blazer bootleg, the first bootleg that has the grey shoulders, not red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newca Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeo-mare Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 i love the gundam sheild on that valk, by the way what is that figure near it? chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akabob Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Looks like the poseble vf-1r from robotech battlecry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armentage Posted June 16, 2005 Author Share Posted June 16, 2005 It's just SO BAD!!!! I am going to have some fun repainting though.... me and my air-brush are dangerous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanedaestes Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 hey i love my boots and they too are bad, but if u really hate them fix them that is the best part, fix, modify, make it the toy u want it to be, cause if u fail, it is cheap to replace, thats what i plan to do, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uxi Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 I think they're pretty good. Sad part is that they (well Bandai) got fighter mode down better than Yamato IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akabob Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Yeah I have to cringe when I see people customise toys that I know were expensive. Dont mind seeing it done to knockoffs though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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