Question about VF-1 1/60 factory scratches!

[Dimis]

Hi,

You may say that i panic-bought (although not really because i was planning to buy it anyway) the VF-1J Commander type. I bought it new, from a Yahoo Japan Auctions seller. Although i do think it was unused, i noticed a tiny scratch on the left side of the piece that the wings are attached to and swings forward for Gerwalk.

The crazy stuff now: The sample piece at HobbySearch, shows exactly that!!! Click at picture 11.

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10086194

For a moment i thought that somehow i ended up with that copy! Then i looked closely at a VF-1S Roy with option parts that i have on display (i got it last June from AmiAmi) and it also has that little scratch/mark at exactly the same spot, but it's not as visible because the plastic is white.

Has anyone else seen that before on his VF-1?

[Dimis]

Also i did a search at Flickr and found someone else's VF-1 with the same mark! http://www.flickr.com/photos/d1dymus/3385895683/lightbox/

So i guess it's not a fluke, right?

[anime52k8]

I have no idea what part you're talking about but I don't see any obvious scratches/markes/defects on the toys in any of those photos. post a picture pointing out the spot so we at least know where to look.

[miro79]

can you draw a circle around the exact spot?

i don't really understand what part of the valk you are talking about..

[Dimis]

Here, i have done it for the photo from Hobbysearch, but i cannot do it for the one from Flickr. It's the little white mark inside the red circle. If you then look at the one from Flickr, there's one at exactly the same spot. Oh God, why am i even doing all this detective work? I can be obsessive compulsive, so that's why, LOL!

Edited April 26, 2013 by Dimis

[anime52k8]

Oh, that. That mark is where that particular part was connected to the plastic sprue when it was originally cast. When they cut the part from the sprue it leaves a little rough, discolored spot. every VF-1 ever made has that same mark in the same place.

There are also plenty of other marks just like all over the toy if you look hard enough. in fact pretty much every toy made from injection molded plastic has marks like that somewhere on them.

:edit:

also, those are tail fins.

Edited April 26, 2013 by anime52k8

[Dimis]

Oh, that. That mark is where that particular part was connected to the plastic sprue when it was originally cast. When they cut the part from the sprue it leaves a little rough, discolored spot. every VF-1 ever made has that same mark in the same place.

There are also plenty of other marks just like all over the toy if you look hard enough. in fact pretty much every toy made from injection molded plastic has marks like that somewhere on them.

Don't tell me where the others are!!! Please don't ! :-P

[xrentonx]

Yeah, every single toy ever starts off on a plastic sprue. They pretty much start off as model kits

It's a byproduct of the manufacturing and assembly process.

Edited April 26, 2013 by xrentonx

[Benbot]

It's battle damage. A war has been going on--you can't expect them to be flawless!

[Vi-RS]

The sprue mark is everywhere on each part, it's much obvious if you have the Alaska base VF-1A. I'll take the toy from you if you can't stand the "scratch".

[David Hingtgen]

Every plastic toy ever has those marks. Some are just more or less prominent--depends on the factory worker who removed the parts from the sprue.

[CF18]

Don't tell me where the others are!!! Please don't ! :-P

When you change your mind, read the second page of this old thread

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=32213

[Dimis]

When you change your mind, read the second page of this old thread

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=32213

"...must not click this link, must not click this link..." i'll be saying tonight, in bed, with the iphone in hand.