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11 minutes ago, borgified said:

Stinks that the Elvis Hs, Mirage's and Booger's Ba Drakens didn't get made for those that wanted it...  

Same. I'm totally IN for Elvis Draken.

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20 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

Same. I'm totally IN for Elvis Draken.


If Elvis Draken comes out, I'll pass him the guitar from the 1/8 Megahouse Basara figure.

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4 hours ago, MKT said:


If Elvis Draken comes out, I'll pass him the guitar from the 1/8 Megahouse Basara figure.

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make a scarf too and complete the look...😉

and for the extreme makeover get a mini elvis wig! 😁

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Slight addendum to the yellowing discussion earlier:

I just noticed Mandarake has recently started to add remarks to Frontier v2 valks that yellowing may occur (in addition to the possible nose hinge crack) for unopened ones.  

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Hahahaha... I bet Stitch can handle the SAAB J35 Draken anyways. 😁

The Head on the 262Hs looks more of the Egyptian god Anubis to me, while the Ba is the Pope Head VF-17.

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  • 2 months later...

This comes very late, but coincidentally while painting something else with Citadel Paint - Retributor Armor, it came to my mind that it looked just like the gold used on Keith's SV-262. I had one that had a lot of the gold that was scuffed off and tried applying some to it. It is nearly identical.

I repainted that whole area outlined in the black box on both sides of where it separates and I think most people would have a hard time distinguishing it from the rest of the gold on the 262.1712298961604.JPEG.b6d739d47e17b48179fa017bb94514b3.JPEG

Just a tip if there's anyone else that had the gold scuff off or peeled off with the protective plastic right out of the box and wanted to do some touch ups.

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27 minutes ago, David Hingtgen said:

How does Retributor Armor "brush"?  Many gold paints lately (looking at you, Vallejo) are very "sticky" and horrible to use, even if the color is nice.  

Might need to thin it a bit. If I had to do it again, I would probably just thin it enough to airbrush it on as my paint brushing skills are not the best. I recently got some Citadel contrast medium and it seems to help the citadel paints flow better as well when brushing. 

Small are touchups like I did in my pic should be fine. Doing something like a whole strip, I'd probably use my airbrush.

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Having worked with Citadel metallics for years, I can say they are some of the best available and forgive brush painting readily, BUT they need to be thoroughly mixed for a good consistency. I use an electric paint shaker and a couple stainless steel ball bearings in the paint pot and that’s always done the trick. 

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Correction @no3Ljm - The Elvis Draken with the Miku Miku Itasha right? 😉

I thought Booger's 262 was a Ba originally, however it's not in this case?? Seems like Bandai loves to reuse and milk the Hs version after Keith's.   

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They’re just reissuing Keith’s mount? What a disappointment. Should have done a Ba model, Mirage’s ride, or the “meownie” 262 from the cat planet. 
 

EDIT: No, it’s Bogue’s from a movie I didn’t see. Very well, my other points stand. 

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11 minutes ago, jenius said:

Maybe they'll make some improvements! 

J/k

Have to notice that this official picture isn’t as gappy as Kieth’s ride. Either they are photoshopping or this is a tighter, non-gappy release.

Twich

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I didn't expect this. I too wish they released the Ba instead. The crimson and gold colors don't look bad, but not sure I want to get this as it's just a repaint for a character I'm not fond of. The paint will probably peel off with the protective plastic and with their poor QC as of late and the fiddly nature of the 262, I will likely find unexpected issues that weren't present with the original release. Been burned by Bandai a lot these past few years. I would have put up with it if it was the Ba variant since it would be something new at least.

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Yeah just gotta try and have zero expectations now with anything Bandai. We already can’t reliably predict what they gonna release next, & now we can’t take for granted if the quality is gonna be ok for repaints.

Keith’s Hs color scheme still look much better than this Red Knight’s, the gold/copper really pop against the dark blue base & is just the most gorgeous paint scheme in Macross toy history IMHO.

Such a shame no Ba yet, but when the movie debuted this Hs Red Knight, the intention to milk Hs is pretty much telegraphed, even if I was just saying we shouldn’t predict anything Bandai does lol. Frustrating..

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@Mog - Booger’s 262 Hs is a repaint of Keith’s Hs (which was released in 2016 if memory is correct). 
 

Bandai can’t be bothered to make a Ba version, so they rise and repeat the older molds with new colours just to make you fall into “Peer/Pier” pressure into getting another product. :spiteful:

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I too would rather have the Elvis, but I was just asked today by my daughter what my favorite valk was, so I can hardly pass this up after telling her it's the 262.

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The turquoise in the eyes and sensors do look nice as a contrast against the brown(?)...however the turquoise splashes are too few to make much impact..

Also does that look more matt then kieth's 252? Bandai saving costs?

For the draken scheme, i prefer it with a semi-glossy finish, which i thk kieth's was(?)..i cant remember and my draken is in storage...

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