My First Variable VF-1

[Shaorin]

here is my very first variable VF-1 toy, a battered TF JETFIRE with a missing arm

that i had picked up at a collectors toy shop in my hometown of PORTLAND, OR.

along with some other TRANS FORMERS. i had traded the large collection of GI JOEs

from my childhood for these items back around 2000/2001.

i was totally enthralled with my first "Chunky Monkey" missing arm and all,

as i had dreamed throughout the latter half of the 1990's of having one,

and by the first times i had surfed the internet, around 1999/2000,

i had wasted no time learning all about the 1/55s, 1/100s, 1/72 HCMs and the like,

as well as the prices those items were commanding at the time, which flew about as high

in the sky as these item's "real world" counterparts did in their T.V. series!!

knowing that, you can see why i had felt so elated and grateful to own a POS example

as the one i have.

anyhow, later in '01, perhaps even in 2002, if i recall, i was staying up at my grandmother's,

the only one in my family with an internet connection at the time (Dial Up!! AARRGGHH!!!)

and i happen upon Mr. Jerry Tsai's VF-1x.com site, and the JETFIRE spare parts page

he had at the time, from which i had found a replacement arm module for my JETFIRE for $20.00!

my grandma ordered it for me, and i finally had a complete 1/55, albeit with no accessories.

i was happy, but i nevertheless quickly grew unsatisfied with the bastardized non canon TF JETFIRE color scheme,

and decided to buck up and attempt to put my decidedly poor painting skills into action...

since then, i have went through pretty much all of YAMATO corp's phases regarding the venerable VF-1,

from a 1/60v.1 VF-1A Hikaru DYRL, to a 1/48 VF-1S Focker, to my current and all time favorite

1/60v.II VF-1J Hikaru T.V.

nevertheless, it all began for me with the train wreck up above there...

Edited December 21, 2010 by Shaorin

[Skull-1]

Glad to see the 1/55 getting some love!

Now time to step up to the next level of taking them completely apart, modifying parts, and putting them back together again.

MUHUHUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!

Edited December 22, 2010 by Skull-1