Bandai DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1

[Dobber]

5 minutes ago, Ridden001 said:

My first modification to the DX.

I added optical seeker heads to all of the AA missiles.

 It really brings them to life.

WOW! That looks amazing. What are you using for them?

Chris

Edited November 30, 2019 by Dobber

[Bub]

5 minutes ago, Ridden001 said:

My first modification to the DX.

I added optical seeker heads to all of the AA missiles.

 It really brings them to life.

Yes it does.  Nice.

[Ridden001]

They are 3mm aurora colored mono eyes for Zaku’s.  

[Ridden001]

3mm

Edited December 1, 2019 by Ridden001

[Saburo]

From today's photo shoot.

[sumyumgoy]

1 minute ago, Saburo said:

From today's photo shoot.

Looking good as always!

[Saburo]

2 hours ago, sumyumgoy said:

Looking good as always!

Thank you @sumyumgoy!  I'll hopefully have some time to finish processing the rest of the hangar shots.

[sqidd]

8 hours ago, Syro said:

Hah right? I spent like 45 minutes matching my address to what they said to enter and then checking their "what it should look like" and also translating the individual fields. After it shipped it took about a day and a half for it to show up in my tenso account and then i paid immediately and that was friday at 4 PM Japan time. Shipping EMS fastest plus insurance plus Tenso's fee was $45. Im saving almost 100 cancelling my NY order plus getting it in the next few days instead of whenever the f%%k they get stock in the distant future lol

$45 EMS......nice!

I'm expecting mine to arrive at Tenso Monday. I want to get this Tenso system lined out so I can be confident in the future.

[sqidd]

3 hours ago, Saburo said:

From today's photo shoot.

Awesome^^^^

[F360]

 

From someone on 2chan.  

[sqidd]

12 minutes ago, F360 said:

 

From someone on 2chan.  

I don't know what I'm looking at????

[F360]

5 minutes ago, sqidd said:

I don't know what I'm looking at????

the marking of top half and the bottom half it's not aligned 

[sqidd]

23 minutes ago, F360 said:

the marking of top half and the bottom half it's not aligned 

Oooooo, ouch!

[F360]

there's this qc too.  

[Lolicon]

All Photoshopped. Only Arcadia has QC problems. 

[Sanity is Optional]

My copy all looks good, nothing loose or misaligned or misassembled.

[davidwhangchoi]

40 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

All Photoshopped. Only Arcadia has QC problems. 

with DSLR

[vlenhoff]

8 hours ago, Saburo said:

From today's photo shoot.

I hate you 

[Kanzaki]

Hi guys, slightly off topic but I realize some small black paint smudge on pre-painted surface of my VF-1S. It’s not really noticeable if you look at it afar but me being picky over an expensive purchase was wondering whether there's any way to safely remove the small paint smudge without having to damage the bottom paint.

And no, this is not the “100” numbering issue I’m referring to here :p

Any tips would be great! Thanks in advance!

[spanner]

QC issues are hugely frustrating and simply inexcusable at this point. How long have they been doing this for? It's definitely not new to them. But hey as long as we keep handing over our hard earned cash is what matters to them I guess. 

[sqidd]

1 hour ago, spanner said:

QC issues are hugely frustrating and simply inexcusable at this point. How long have they been doing this for? It's definitely not new to them. But hey as long as we keep handing over our hard earned cash is what matters to them I guess. 

Everything in production has QC issues. Especially stuff where human are involved.

[jeniusornome]

A misprinted tampo or a paint smudge is annoying to be sure, but it’s entirely different  than snapping joints or crumbling plastic. 
 

the numbering was probably a mistake in a cad file or In programming the machines that do the paint, across the entire run, and someone probably looked at it and said, well, either we sell it or we redo the entire run and delay the release. That’s a business decision. 
 

Everything is a “qc issue” these days it seems, the term gets thrown around a lot. IMO it really should be reserved for issues that affect the function of the figure - like crumbling plastic or snapping joints on Toynami figures, or the very widespread issue with the Arcadia SV-51 legs, or the snapping gerwalk support bar on the original DX YF-29 release. 
 

paint smudges suck but they’re not going to make the figure fall apart. 
 

@Kanzaki can you post a picture? Sometimes you can smooth out a smudge but it’s hard to tell from your description if any of the tricks I know might work. 

[Kanzaki]

5 minutes ago, jeniusornome said:

A misprinted tampo or a paint smudge is annoying to be sure, but it’s entirely different  than snapping joints or crumbling plastic. 
 

the numbering was probably a mistake in a cad file or In programming the machines that do the paint, across the entire run, and someone probably looked at it and said, well, either we sell it or we redo the entire run and delay the release. That’s a business decision. 
 

Everything is a “qc issue” these days it seems, the term gets thrown around a lot. IMO it really should be reserved for issues that affect the function of the figure - like crumbling plastic or snapping joints on Toynami figures, or the very widespread issue with the Arcadia SV-51 legs, or the snapping gerwalk support bar on the original DX YF-29 release. 
 

paint smudges suck but they’re not going to make the figure fall apart. 
 

@Kanzaki can you post a picture? Sometimes you can smooth out a smudge but it’s hard to tell from your description if any of the tricks I know might work. 

I don’t have the valk with me right now, but it seems to be a little black smudge on the red color part of the chest plate. 

 

[beatsing]

@jeniusornome agreed

Defects have to be major before the seller or cc is responsible.  Was the toy so broken that they sold you a lemon?  Minor errors or blemishes are dealt with differently by different companies.  Some companies offer a replacement if you paid a premium for a mint and it was graded as a mint.  In most cases, they won't do much.  In this DX market, it's hard to get a valk, so sellers aren't going to find a replacement for a discontinued item.  You decide whether the defect is so broken that you'd return it.

Broken shoulders on a transforming toy is major.  Paint errors aren't, though since we pay a lot of cash you'd expect the paint to be better

If it's used and was sold as new, that's a problem you can also complain about.

 

[tjdetweiler]

I just received my other DX VF-1S on NY and also my Dairugger SOC which I waited for more than a month. LOL.

Nice pics everyone, keep them coming so that I will have display and pose ideas

[Lolicon]

Bandai valkyries don't have QC issues. 

Also, RBMK reactors don't explode. 

[OzmaLee74]

 

Opened mine up. No QC issues except for the "100" tampo like everybody else has.

[DewPoint]

1 hour ago, Lolicon said:

Bandai valkyries don't have QC issues. 

Also, RBMK reactors don't explode. 

You made me re-watch this: Chernobyl: Worst Accident Ever

[canklebreaker]

Are there any missile effects that would scale with these? If not, do you think they’ll release any in the future? I saw some for the Hi-Metal R line that look really good.

Also received my 2nd unit.

Think I need another missile set to customize. Any leads on those?

Edited December 2, 2019 by canklebreaker

[Guyffon]

Is the VF-1A pilot same as the VF-1J?

[DYRL VF-1S]

22 minutes ago, Guyffon said:

Is the VF-1A pilot same as the VF-1J?

It tis not.

[orbitalharvest]

came back from a lil vacation a couple of days ago, and this was at the door.  was a bit nervous with mykombini being my first time ordering from them (and their site going down for maintenance during early delivery days).  but it worked out great!  got here faster than i thought i had paid for too!  also noticed, it looks like the 001 - 100's were done right for the marketing / box art images...
 
 

[Dirtyboy]

NY order 701XXX just changed to preparation in progress, for anyone in the same boat for the 1S

[ps99042]

11 minutes ago, Dirtyboy said:

NY order 701XXX just changed to preparation in progress, for anyone in the same boat for the 1S

Same with mine!

[chyll2]

When is the delivery date of the next batch of Strike parts? NY currently list it at December but I remember next batch will be delayed further than that.