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spacemanoeuvres Alaska Base Survivor

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Looks great! Definitely asking for one of these for my birthday.

OT: anyone know when the Gurren Lagann SD Infinity is released?

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I really can't wait for mine to arrive! Would do a video review ASAP, but sadly, am having them shipped together with the rest of my orders from AmiAmi later this month.

Interestingly enough, in two of the three reviews posted, the reviewer forgot to pull the crotch piece out completely, leaving it in the cockpit.

I know that this is wishful thinking, but I really want a SD Infinity YF-21 and YF-19~

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eriku SMS Squadron Leader

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Wow wow wow! I’m happy to say the SDi VF-25 “Lil’ Messiah” is nearly on par with the VF-1 Joke Machine. I can’t compare them side by side until I get home, but it is a bit smaller than the Joke Machine. They should still look good next to each other though.

Good stuff:

Feels substantial in my hand. Meaning that due to the bits of metal used throughout it has a satisfying weight for the size. Swing bar, feet and I think a couple other bits are metal.

Articulation is plentiful, useful and solid. It’s often hard to pose figures done in the squat chibi style, but the Lil’ Messiah has everything necessary for a wide variety of shooting stances, kneeling, sitting and most importantly, stabbing. The joints are all tight and even though they are all friction joints they should hold up over time since the toy is relatively light-weight.

Transformation is very fun, very simple and quite similar to a classic VF-1 transformation but with a couple of really clever twists (literally). Swing the chest up, twist the nose pieces around until they form a straight fuselage, rotate the head (see footnote about this), fold the arms under, swing the legs up, fold the wings up and out and (PARTSFORMER ALERT OMG NOOOO!!!) peg the arm shield into the arms and tail. Everything pegs together. Everything. Nothing is left for gravity to play with. You can whoosh it around, do some barrell rolls and even shake the hell out of it (you know who you are) and everything will stay in place.

Fighter mode looks simply awesome. Even though it's chubby it still pulls off that mean-yet-sexy VF-25 look. The lines are all pretty fluid and clean and the canopy is a lovely translucent purple. There is no detail or pilot inside the cockpit, nor does the canopy open, but the canopy is opaque enough to mask the emptiness inside. Paint is sharp and clean overall, with a surprising amount of tampo details, some of them nearly microscopic.

Comes with an extra head, gun, a knife, two extra hands, a blast effect and a stand. The stand works via a couple of different adapter parts depending on the mode. For fighter mode you attach a sort of cradle piece underneith the valk (front pegs underneith the nose, rear pegs in between each arm) which then plugs into the positionable arm of the stand. The stand holds it tightly and is well-balanced so you can turn the valk in many different positions and it wont fall over. I haven't tried it with Battroid mode yet.

Bad stuff:

Nothing, really. Nothing has irritated me or made me wish they did it differently. However, there are a couple of areas that could be considered delicate. One is the swinging arm that the head pegs onto. It’s a thin strip of plastic and the ball joint is tight, so it might be possible to break something here. Also the clips that hold the arms onto the torso are very tiny. Just be mindful of how you’re moving stuff and I don’t think there should be any problems. Oh, I suppose I could say that the lack of cockpit detail, pilot and landing gear are negative points. I don’t really care, but I know those sorts of things can make or break a Macross toy for some fans.

Footnote: Swappable heads. Included are two heads, one large and one larger. They’re both SD sized, but one is bigger in case you really like SD. The smaller one has to be used for fighter mode though, so you might find it irritating if you prefer the larger of the two heads. It’s a non-issue for me as I actually prefer how the smaller one looks.

Lil' Messiah looks pretty good with the Joke Machine and Alpha/Legioss Morpher

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Although he plays better with some toys...

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...than others.

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Fighter mode pics

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ruskiiVFaussie BOMBA!

ruskiiVFaussie

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lol i had the 1/100 bandai VF-25F Alto on order, but cancelled to save money to get this! So now THIS is the only varaible 25 in my collection. :lol: Sweet!

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Cent Global's Pipe Holder

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Its too bad that it doesnt have reversed knee joints for gerwalk, but I still think they did an amazing job considering with this one. Im mostly lukewarm about the 25's design though, but I'd love to have some other SD VFs :)

eriku SMS Squadron Leader

eriku

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Awesome pics with my Alpha morpher! :D

Ha, I didn't know you did the morpher too. Awesome! It's one of my favorites. I'd kill for a Beta/Tlead Morpher to go with it. :)

ruskiiVFaussie BOMBA!

ruskiiVFaussie

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http://www.amiami.jp/shop/?set=english&vgForm=ProductInfo&sku=TOY-RBT-1246&template=default/product/e_display.html

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D-STYLE line including patlabor, and armoured core -

http://www.amiami.jp/shop?set=english&vgForm=SearchProducts&vgvar_1_name=e_seriestitle&vgvar_1_value=D-Style &vgvar_1_operator=LIKE&sort_1_name=sortkey&sort_1_direction=ASC&results_per_page=20&next=Next&previous=Previous&template=default/product/e_search_results.html

Would LOVE to get the Nirvash, but alas, they will do other macross SD stuff i'd imagine.

http://www.amiami.jp/shop/shop?vgForm=ProductInfo&sku=TOY-RBT-1142&template=default/product/e_display.html

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Solscud007 Alaska Base Survivor

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Ok so I havent been active lately but got the chance to go to MWCon10 yesterday. Picked up my SD infinity Alto VF25.

Fantastic work. Some parts seem scary cause they are so thin but as long as you be aware of where you apply pressure and dont force things, you should be fine.

The feet are diecast not necessary but a nice touch.

Only gripe is the lack of a SD Alto. There is room for one but they didnt put one inside. Perhaps someone ahem *EXO* could sculpt one hehe. Oh also the3 lack of landing gears. But makes up by including a display stand.

The SD Alto comes with two heads, Also not necessary but nice to have. One big head and one about 25% smaller. You use the smaller one to transform the Valk into gerwalk and fighter. the nice thing is the small head is just like the full sized head, all the same detail, it is just smaller to fit when transformed.

Please excuse the crap pictures. Im in a hotel in Salt Lake city and have limited resources for lighting. I had to use a MWCON shirt as the black backdrop haha

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big F SMS Squadron Leader

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I'm amazed at the articulation of this.

How does it compare to the SD VF1's size wise.

Solscud dedicated to the cause. :)

KiriK Bridge Bunny

KiriK

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Nick is too lazy to go to the 2nd page to see the existing thread already so of course he has to make his own... haha... nice pics and creative use of MW Con tshirt!

EXO, you should advertise that next time you sell a shirt "MW Con tshirt also doubles as a backdrop for your photos!!!"

Solscud007 Alaska Base Survivor

Solscud007

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Nick is too lazy to go to the 2nd page to see the existing thread already so of course he has to make his own... haha... nice pics and creative use of MW Con tshirt!

EXO, you should advertise that next time you sell a shirt "MW Con tshirt also doubles as a backdrop for your photos!!!"

Lazy? I say senile haha. well maybe lazy. yeah lets go with lazy. haha

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