jenius Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 7 minutes ago, Alphahorizon said: For the price?!?!?!??! Wha.....? First weathering edition? That's a pretty standard warning. Quote
Alphahorizon Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 Indeed this will be my first weathering. I guess it makes sense that they want to cover their bases to make sure nobody's surprised by it. Quote
yman1437 Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 Is that a crack on the canard or is it paint? Quote
Ryoma Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 Seems like they fixed the cockpit issue too from these pictures?? Quote
tekering Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 6 hours ago, spacemanoeuvres said: “It is almost all paint. Because it can be deformed, it is easily damaged” It's "transformed," not "deformed." Gawd, will machine translation never learn? Quote
Foblander Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 Holy crap that looks awesome. Must resist... Quote
Slave IV Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Foblander said: Holy crap that looks awesome. Must resist... Quote
spanner Posted October 4, 2019 Posted October 4, 2019 Cost an absolute bomb! but worth every grain of gunpower... errr I mean penny! Will Be my first weathered Valkyrie too! Simply.Cannot.Wait! Quote
Ryoma Posted October 4, 2019 Posted October 4, 2019 14 hours ago, jenius said: What was the cockpit issue? The rear seat was too big(or Edgard's figure too small) therefore the figure was moving around everywhere. Quote
Archer Posted October 5, 2019 Posted October 5, 2019 Honestly looks absurdly good. Might have to grab one but it's a big amount to swallow. Also, I imagine I would be waaaay to afraid to transform to battroid mode, which ruins a bit of the fun. Decisions, decisions.... Quote
spanner Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 On 10/6/2019 at 10:31 AM, Archer said: Honestly looks absurdly good. Might have to grab one but it's a big amount to swallow. Also, I imagine I would be waaaay to afraid to transform to battroid mode, which ruins a bit of the fun. Decisions, decisions.... Yes! It was a huge amount to swallow, probably one of the most expensive single Valkyrie purchases I've ever made but it does look absolutely gorgeous! Annoys me that the original release was so far off the mark. Quote
Chronocidal Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 I'm actually going to be curious to see whether the color of the plastic was changed, or if it's literally just covered in that much paint. Too rich for me though, I've got other higher priority releases to look at.. like that new F/A-18 grip for my Warthog, or the new rudder pedals... Quote
Sanity is Optional Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Chronocidal said: I'm actually going to be curious to see whether the color of the plastic was changed, or if it's literally just covered in that much paint. Too rich for me though, I've got other higher priority releases to look at.. like that new F/A-18 grip for my Warthog, or the new rudder pedals... Might be the topcoat doing most of the work, a matte topcoat will severely change the appearance of plastic. For comparison, here's a model kit I made before and after topcoating (and panel lining/stickers). Spoiler Edited October 8, 2019 by Sanity is Optional Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted October 9, 2019 Posted October 9, 2019 Still looking at this valk in my cart like “hmmmmmmmmm” Quote
Knight26 Posted October 9, 2019 Posted October 9, 2019 A guy locally has one for sale for $300, and I am super tempted, it is my favorite VF-0 variant. Quote
sqidd Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I can't wait!!!! Quote
Grey728 Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 Damnit.. I might need two of these in my life... I wouldn't want to risk scuffing the paint by transforming it back and forth between modes. I think one would need to stay in valk mode and the other battroid.. I can live without gerwalk. For now. Quote
Sanity is Optional Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 Lucky for me I have an old version to transform, and the PF can stay in one form. Man, that looks awesome, and they've finally spruced up their PF box as well. Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 So painting over is the solution versus correcting the color? Arcadia it’s time to stop. Make it right or don’t make it at all. For many years we have seen this color debacle. Instead of making it right you make it more of a burden on your loyal customers. Do I like it sure. Do I know what will happen if I transform a painted figure? Of coarse I do. Do I want a toy that is transformable? Oh hell yes! Will I buy it? NOPE! So why is Arcadia offing a Supefragelisticscratchialidoscious version of a figure that could have been corrected by just producing the proper colored plastic? Oh yeah, laziness and greed. I am just getting soooo over Arcadia. If it wasn’t for the VF-4(A?) FB2012 I would have called it quits. Arcadia needs to move forward and stop basking in the glow of Yamato’s past success. Arcadia time to stop suckling on the tests of your successor and grow up. Sorry for the rant, but Arcadia is really not living up to being the.company it was supposedly going to be. Quote
Slave IV Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 7 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said: Oh yeah, laziness and greed. That paint job doesn't look like lazy work to me... Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 14 minutes ago, Slave IV said: That paint job doesn't look like lazy work to me... Had Arcadia corrected the color of the plastic years ago...well let’s just say price would have ban justified and we wouldn’t have to worry about scratching, scuffing, damaging or immediately losing value up or first transformation. Quote
Sanity is Optional Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 Rule #1 of collecting: let people like things. If you don't want to buy it, don't buy it. Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said: Rule #1 of collecting: let people like things. If you don't want to buy it, don't buy it. Not against it, just having a bit of angst against a high end collectible manufacturer who does not live up to high end standards. Never did I say don’t buy anything Arcadia. Never did I interfere with any purchases of anyone’s liking. Been only sharing personal experiences. Not sure why you are stating a rule that only applies to personal level. I just shared negative experiences. Edited October 14, 2019 by nightmareB4macross . Quote
seti88 Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said: So painting over is the solution versus correcting the color? Arcadia it’s time to stop. Make it right or don’t make it at all. For many years we have seen this color debacle. Instead of making it right you make it more of a burden on your loyal customers. Do I like it sure. Do I know what will happen if I transform a painted figure? Of coarse I do. Do I want a toy that is transformable? Oh hell yes! Will I buy it? NOPE! So why is Arcadia offing a Supefragelisticscratchialidoscious version of a figure that could have been corrected by just producing the proper colored plastic? Oh yeah, laziness and greed. I am just getting soooo over Arcadia. If it wasn’t for the VF-4(A?) FB2012 I would have called it quits. Arcadia needs to move forward and stop basking in the glow of Yamato’s past success. Arcadia time to stop suckling on the tests of your successor and grow up. Sorry for the rant, but Arcadia is really not living up to being the.company it was supposedly going to be. Just wondering if you got the 51 and if that affected the sentiment. Not a knock on the rant, mind you. Seems like arcadia is spreading their wings. More towards customization, i.e. is it a model or is it a toy?, category. Bandai certainly isn't known for panel lining or weathering, and i suspect would not fit in with their mass production techniques. Time will only tell if arcadia can pull it off, and if the market will respond to it. Edited October 14, 2019 by seti88 Quote
Alphahorizon Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 9 hours ago, Grey728 said: Damnit.. I might need two of these in my life... I wouldn't want to risk scuffing the paint by transforming it back and forth between modes. I think one would need to stay in valk mode and the other battroid.. I can live without gerwalk. For now. I was thinking the same. Jet and Battroid modes look so damn good. Quote
Lolicon Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 Yamato's success? They went out of business. Quote
Mommar Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 11 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said: So painting over is the solution versus correcting the color? What do you mean by "Painting Over?" Quote
Sayroll Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said: So painting over is the solution versus correcting the color? Arcadia it’s time to stop. Make it right or don’t make it at all. For many years we have seen this color debacle. Instead of making it right you make it more of a burden on your loyal customers. Do I like it sure. Do I know what will happen if I transform a painted figure? Of coarse I do. Do I want a toy that is transformable? Oh hell yes! Will I buy it? NOPE! So why is Arcadia offing a Supefragelisticscratchialidoscious version of a figure that could have been corrected by just producing the proper colored plastic? Oh yeah, laziness and greed. I am just getting soooo over Arcadia. If it wasn’t for the VF-4(A?) FB2012 I would have called it quits. Arcadia needs to move forward and stop basking in the glow of Yamato’s past success. Arcadia time to stop suckling on the tests of your successor and grow up. Sorry for the rant, but Arcadia is really not living up to being the.company it was supposedly going to be. Also, legs and arms and fins etc...are blue and white, so whichever plastic color they choose, these parts will have to be painted, or am I missing something? Edited October 14, 2019 by Sayroll Quote
Mommar Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 59 minutes ago, Sayroll said: Also, legs and arms and fins etc...are blue and white, so whichever plastic color they choose, these parts will have to be painted, or am I missing something? Yes, on the original release they had to paint on one of the colors as well. They did this on the Max and Milia VF-1J's. That's why I'am asking specifically what he means by "paint" because the original release already was painted as well. Quote
Chronocidal Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mommar said: Yes, on the original release they had to paint on one of the colors as well. They did this on the Max and Milia VF-1J's. That's why I'am asking specifically what he means by "paint" because the original release already was painted as well. Instead of correcting the color of the plastic and releasing a revised version at the same price as the original, they decided to just paint over the issue, call it a premium feature, and charge almost twice as much for adding lipstick to the pig. They're basically charging you extra to cover up their own mistake. The big question in my mind is whether this is still the original blue color, or whether they're both changing the plastic, and spraying over the whole thing to lighten it. I will honestly be very curious to see if it turns out these premium versions are a new factory run, or if they just added paint to the original leftover stock with all the hip issues. Edited October 14, 2019 by Chronocidal Quote
jenius Posted October 14, 2019 Posted October 14, 2019 It was posited when the original was released that Arcadia went with a 'factory' blue and that the toy would look correct with 'salt weathering'. If it's the original blue from the first release, this is exactly what we're getting. I've always been in the camp that they just over-saturated the blue but if the light weathering gets it closer, great. A regular release in a de-saturated blue would also be welcome but seems unlikely.. Quote
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