Mellow Yellow Posted July 31, 2013 Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) Just scored the Max 1J off Mandarake for 5000 yen Damn! That was you? I made an order for it but got back the "item out of stock" email in return lol Edited July 31, 2013 by Mellow Yellow Quote
Duymon Posted July 31, 2013 Posted July 31, 2013 Damn! That was you? I made an order for it but got back the "item out of stock" email in return lol Sorry But I was thinking about it for a few days and then decided to just take the plunge as it' the only Hi-metal Vf-1 I don't have. Just wish they had made the Milia as well Quote
SuperSenpai Posted August 1, 2013 Posted August 1, 2013 Did you add stickers? Where did you get them from? Quote
JET7 Posted August 1, 2013 Posted August 1, 2013 (edited) got the un spacy decal from the sticker sheet of my 1/55 bandai vf-1j chunky monkey re-issue my share Edited August 1, 2013 by JET7 Quote
Shaorin Posted August 1, 2013 Posted August 1, 2013 (edited) Did you add stickers? Where did you get them from? extras from my 1/60v.IIs, mostly. the stand, that was culled from the old 1982/'83 original issue ARII 1/100 1S Focker FAST PACK VARIABLE TYPE model kit... Edited August 1, 2013 by Shaorin Quote
jenius Posted August 3, 2013 Posted August 3, 2013 It looks great... a shame this line didn't continue. Quote
Duymon Posted August 3, 2013 Posted August 3, 2013 Wish they had gone up until milia, kakizaki and max tv at least Quote
Shaorin Posted August 3, 2013 Posted August 3, 2013 (edited) amazing just how many of the 1/60v.II decals actually work so very well with this teeny thing... Edited August 3, 2013 by Shaorin Quote
Duymon Posted August 4, 2013 Posted August 4, 2013 I think I'm gonna recast my DYRL pilots and put them in my non-dyrl valks just cuz I can't stand the super undersized Hikaru and max figures in the TV 1J's :0 Quote
SuperSenpai Posted August 4, 2013 Posted August 4, 2013 The 1/60 stickers actually look pretty good on it. Hmmm... giving me some ideas. Quote
Kyp Durron Posted August 5, 2013 Posted August 5, 2013 I see Bandai can't print the skulls straight either.... -Kyp Quote
Black Valkyrie Posted August 5, 2013 Posted August 5, 2013 Liked at first but later on, I started to dislike it and gave it away. Quote
Shaorin Posted August 5, 2013 Posted August 5, 2013 (edited) in case anyone was wondering; yes, i've "done away" with the "necessity" of the swappable cockpit blast shield for BATTROID on mine. what i did was to carefully prise away at the inner-side of the forward fuselage/chest hump with an X-ACTO, thinning it out in there in key spots, allowing the chest panel to come down and in much tighter and cleaner than was possible with the thicker inner surface, and the swap-out blast shield in proper place (which is the 1/100 HI-METAL's sole mandatory point of variable parts-forming, but of no small annoyance to me all the same) i've now got an inaccurate, but much more neat-and-trim BATTROID out of this thing, IMHO, and i've also whittled away at that swappable blast shield part, getting it thin enough, and of proper general shape, to fit over the canopy in place in BATTROID there. only real issue left to solve is exactly how to enable the modded shield to somehow clip/slide/etc. into place in BATTROID there and stay put. not an overly big deal IMHO, as i am actually quite perfectly happy with the shield-less look at present, but an issue i'm working at solving all the same... Edited August 5, 2013 by Shaorin Quote
SuperSenpai Posted August 6, 2013 Posted August 6, 2013 What??? Focker's VF-1S needs his Skull chest shield. It's like seeing Superman without the "S" on his chest. Did anyone ever have one of those super deformed Bandai VFs back in the day? Bizarre proportions aside, they had one of the more ingenious methods of integrating the canopy cover with the cockpit -- you just rotated the cockpit to reveal the skull. Quote
Duymon Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) There's a Roy on Mandarake for 7000 yen ! :0 http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-628281.html *Edit... damn sold out. Somebody got that one fast Edited August 8, 2013 by Duymon Quote
anime52k8 Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 They also have a VF100 VF-25G for 1,500 yen. This may sound crazy, but I would totally get one at that price if I could find something else to make the shipping worth it. Quote
Shaorin Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) What??? Focker's VF-1S needs his Skull chest shield. It's like seeing Superman without the "S" on his chest. perhaps... but the lines of BATTROID chest are so smooth and trim now, and the Valk now benefits from zero parts swapping, aside from gunpod placement, landing gear deployment and optional parts, all of which are non-integral to transformation. i just look at the HI-METAL now in the same general light as the old 1/55 chunkies, at least in so far as the nonexstant blast shield is concerned. on that topic, i did attempt a mod to the HI-METAL's swappable shield, to enable it to fit into place in the fashion that the 1984 1/55 Hikaru STRIKE DYRL does, but clearances are so blasted tight with the HI-METAL that it ends up looking really off, despite the fact that it manages to hold in place well enough and all. too bad, can't have it all, i suppose... Edited August 8, 2013 by Shaorin Quote
Duymon Posted August 9, 2013 Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) I've been going nuts on the HI-metal stuff lately O_o, but I'm almost done!! In the last 2 months I've picked up 2 x 1A hikky 2 x 1A max 1 x 1A kakizaki 1 x super parts 4 x Roys 2 x 1J hikky 1 x 1J max You're probably wondering... 4 roys?!?! Since the Roys have no yellow arrows on the heads some simple parts swapping and voila, instant 1S Hikky and 1S Max Well.. that's the plan once I get my huge shipment from Rinkya :0 ON the plus side, I can poach the fast packs from the extra Roys to have a fully souped up skull squadron (or Platoon as the kakizaki box says lol) Edited August 9, 2013 by Duymon Quote
Shaorin Posted August 9, 2013 Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) if you wind up with one too many "scrap" Fockers after you custom work, i might wish to buy one off you, to serve as spare donor for my own... Edited August 9, 2013 by Shaorin Quote
Duymon Posted August 18, 2013 Posted August 18, 2013 Time to order like 4 boxes of Tamashii Act 5 stands 4160 yen for 12 stands doesn't seem so bad Quote
Mommar Posted September 1, 2013 Posted September 1, 2013 I kinda want the super packs for my Max 1J but I also kinda don't feel like searching for them. They don't really sit right on the Hi-Metal. Quote
shinsen Posted December 16, 2013 Posted December 16, 2013 Bridge Bunny, If you still have an extra Roy, I would like to buy one off you, please. Thanks. Quote
Reïvaj Posted December 16, 2013 Posted December 16, 2013 Bridge Bunny, If you still have an extra Roy, I would like to buy one off you, please. Thanks. Hey, "Cannon Fodder", he probably doesn't mind to be called like that but he's actually better known as Duymon Quote
shinsen Posted December 17, 2013 Posted December 17, 2013 (edited) My bad, Duymon. Call me cannon fodder all day Edited December 17, 2013 by shinsen Quote
Duymon Posted December 18, 2013 Posted December 18, 2013 Lol, I'll have to check my storage and see if I have any extra Roy's Quote
shinsen Posted December 18, 2013 Posted December 18, 2013 Thanks a lot! Lol, I'll have to check my storage and see if I have any extra Roy's Quote
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