Sildani Posted January 16, 2019 Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, no3Ljm said: It's not true and pure unless they will include: - Retractable Antennae - Small manipulators for emergency repairs - Folding Side Cover - Integrated Intake Covers - Rotating Cockpit with the option to slide it out on the head area in Battroid Mode. Let me know if I miss anything. Heat shield that can extend in fighter mode. Removable nosecone that can be stowed on the arm of another VF. Fowler flaps on the inner wings with separate ailerons instead of one big moving flap. Dual arrestor hooks. Ab crunch. Geared VG wings. Integrated gunpod strap. Quote
wm cheng Posted January 16, 2019 Posted January 16, 2019 4 minutes ago, Sildani said: Heat shield that can extend in fighter mode. Removable nosecone that can be stowed on the arm of another VF. Fowler flaps on the inner wings with separate ailerons instead of one big moving flap. Dual arrestor hooks. Ab crunch. Geared VG wings. Integrated gunpod strap. Double jointed knee like the elbows Fatter cross section of the wings (more airfoil) with flush ordinance connectors Magnets for fast pack additions instead of rectangular holes Quote
ghostryder Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Given the trend of OS 3rd party transformers, I wonder what the likelihood is of another company KOing the Bandai 1/48 at a larger scale (1/24 or 1/32?) with some of these listed "ultimate VF-1" improvements. Quote
kokobb Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 On 1/15/2019 at 11:21 AM, sh9000 said: Awesome. AWESOME BRO, CAN I USE THE PIC AS FORUM LOGO? Quote
Lolicon Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 ^ What @no3Ljmsaid above regarding panel washing. One other thing to note is that Flory's tends to darken some once you top coat it, so keep that in mind. Mechanical pencil works well too, and is what I generally use for the super fine Yamato panels. Quote
no3Ljm Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 1 hour ago, kokobb said: AWESOME BRO, CAN I USE THE PIC AS FORUM LOGO? Welcome to MacrossWorld! The actual pic belongs to @nightmareB4macross. You can message him or you can just quote his actual post and ask for permission. On 1/14/2019 at 9:39 AM, nightmareB4macross said: Quote
Lolicon Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: Welcome to MacrossWorld! The actual pic belongs to @nightmareB4macross. You can message him or you can just quote his actual post and ask for permission. I wonder if it can sit in the cockpit if you take the wings off... Quote
RED WOLF Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Still looking for this guy at a decent price. If not I'll wait for the next wave. These guys look great! Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Hi Kokobb, I have no issues with you using the picture. welcome to MW. Quote
mamboeidos Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 as it turns out for my case, CDJapan send me the invoice at 21800yen EMS shipping after thinking that it gone case for me. Think I will panel line this set to celebrate LOL Quote
spanner Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 On 1/14/2019 at 4:42 PM, spanner said: Possibly yes. Now that I have three of these big beauties I'm liking and finding them quite a bit more exciting toy than the 1:60 v2.. Will give things a little more thought of course.. And while I'm here, here's a photo of my three on display! I don't know how I missed this but I just noticed that the VF-1J I have in Gerwalk has the leg fins fitted back to front with the "101" markings showing towards the inner side of the legs! I was just admiring them on display and it caught my eye. Has anyone has the same issue? I had a quick scan through the thread and didn't notice it on any of the photos others have posted.. A super easy fix and a slight pose adjustment.. Quote
Mechinyun Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Just got mine in from Amazon.. 4 days from time of order to in my hands. Insane. Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 how come no one is using armpit covers, everyone's valks are so exposed. cover yourselves up Quote
eggy99 Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 19 minutes ago, spanner said: I don't know how I missed this but I just noticed that the VF-1J I have in Gerwalk has the leg fins fitted back to front with the "101" markings showing towards the inner side of the legs! Mine are all correct on my 3, but on one of mine there is a ghost image of the 101 on the inner side! It's a faint tampo 101. Very mysterious! Quote
nightmareB4macross Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 24 minutes ago, eggy99 said: Mine are all correct on my 3, but on one of mine there is a ghost image of the 101 on the inner side! It's a faint tampo 101. Very mysterious! Maybe Bandai sent you a binary encoded message....hmm. Quote
Graham Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 11 hours ago, RIBFIR said: Got this beast the other day. Must say it makes me smile! Dang, that pilot figure really is tiny. Bandai retconned the storry so that Hikaru is 9 years old when he pilots the VF-1J? LOL Quote
no3Ljm Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 I opened and transformed my second one and I noticed that in Battroid mode, the wings are not straight (flat) flushed in parallel with each other. Quote
Lolicon Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 One available for 28k. https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1104471510&ref=list&keyword=マクロス Quote
spanner Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 35 minutes ago, Lolicon said: One available for 28k. https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1104471510&ref=list&keyword=マクロス Didn't last long.. as expected Quote
ghostryder Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 5 hours ago, no3Ljm said: I opened and transformed my second one and I noticed that in Battroid mode, the wings are not straight (flat) flushed in parallel with each other. Mine has that issue also. If you look on the Amazon Japan reviews, there are some pics of a someone else's with the same problem. It may be an issue of one of the actual wings being slightly warped, vs something at the wing pivot point. Quote
Matt Random Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 10 hours ago, davidwhangchoi said: how come no one is using armpit covers, everyone's valks are so exposed. cover yourselves up I find it unnecessary. My love of the VF-1 design started with Jetfire and seeing the chest and back fold around the nose has always been something I've really liked about the design. Quote
treatment Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) 21 hours ago, CF18 said: I can't be the only who always attempt (usually successful) to perfect transform it. From G to B: keep the swing bar connected, attach the hip bar to nose, don't lock the chest, disconnect the swing bar and fold it into chest, lock hip bar and chest. So far, I'm only successful with PT when going from B to F. F to B, tho, always a fail since the t-bar is somehow still tight to turn even after already loosening the screws a bit, and the legs-connector will always detach on me when positioning it to have a flushed connection with the nosecone-housing. I understand the intent and all, but it's just really becoming a very annoying chore right now to be subjected to this kind of partsforming on a DX. Obtw, the chest on mine is getting floaty and insecure again even with the sideboobs installed. Edited January 17, 2019 by treatment Quote
jenius Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 I can go from fighter to battroid as perfect transformation. I don't think I've managed to go back to fighter without the bar disconnecting. It's funny because I have the same problem as treatment but the disconnect always happens as I go to seat the hips back into the Gerwalk/fighter position. I can probably avoid this by getting the hips twisted to the PERFECT spot before getting them close to the seated position but instead I get them "close enough" and try to fine tune as I'm about to apply pressure. The moment I twist the hips for some fine tuning the bar disconnects. It's not a big deal but it means that, if I try to transform it back the other way, the legs will fall off the moment I disconnect the hips. Usually, once I know the hips are in the perfect spot, I unseat them, reattach the bar, then seat everything again. I really wish they had just put a screw/lock in that housing and made us unscrew it. Quote
no3Ljm Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 4 hours ago, ghostryder said: Mine has that issue also. If you look on the Amazon Japan reviews, there are some pics of a someone else's with the same problem. It may be an issue of one of the actual wings being slightly warped, vs something at the wing pivot point. Thanks for confirming it, ghostryder. Hope there's an easy way to fix it if ever it's a little bit warp. Maybe I can use a hairdryer, perhaps? 55 minutes ago, jenius said: *snip* I really wish they had just put a screw/lock in that housing and made us unscrew it. I second to this since they already incorporated a 'tool' to remove the tab. Quote
ralliart209 Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 just wanted to say dont order from jpfigures dot com. Placed an order on the 12th for the dx vf-1j and got a shipping notification a day after and email told me it will take 3-5 business days to show up on japanpost. Today it still hasnt showed up on japan post and i sent a email to them yesterday morning and still no response. Gonna have to contact paypal to get my money back. Quote
no3Ljm Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 15 minutes ago, ralliart209 said: just wanted to say dont order from jpfigures dot com. Placed an order on the 12th for the dx vf-1j and got a shipping notification a day after and email told me it will take 3-5 business days to show up on japanpost. Today it still hasnt showed up on japan post and i sent a email to them yesterday morning and still no response. Gonna have to contact paypal to get my money back. Sorry to hear about that. Did you bought it on the 12th of January or December? If it's January, give atleast a week of leeway before you complain to Paypal. Just so you know, I've received a number of packages from time to time (International and Domestic) that didn't even showed up in my tracking app only to show up in my app 2 days after I received the actual package. Not all systems are 100% perfect for tracking and updates to show up instantly. We also have to consider some weather changes so sometimes there's no updates. Anyways, if you're still not happy, you can add them along with the URL link to the Blacklist thread in the For Sale & Thread section: But do update here and the Blacklist thread, for any decisions you're going to take so members here are aware of the said online store. Thanks. Quote
ralliart209 Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: Sorry to hear about that. Did you bought it on the 12th of January or December? If it's January, give atleast a week of leeway before you complain to Paypal. Just so you know, I've received a number of packages from time to time (International and Domestic) that didn't even showed up in my tracking app only to show up in my app 2 days after I received the actual package. Not all systems are 100% perfect for tracking and updates to show up instantly. We also have to consider some weather changes so sometimes there's no updates. Anyways, if you're still not happy, you can add them along with the URL link to the Blacklist thread in the For Sale & Thread section: But do update here and the Blacklist thread, for any decisions you're going to take so members here are aware of the said online store. Thanks. Oh ok, sorry new to the site but will give it time and it was purchased jan 12th. If it still does not show up then i will post on blacklist thread. Thank you Edited January 17, 2019 by ralliart209 Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 35 minutes ago, ralliart209 said: just wanted to say dont order from jpfigures dot com. Placed an order on the 12th for the dx vf-1j and got a shipping notification a day after and email told me it will take 3-5 business days to show up on japanpost. Today it still hasnt showed up on japan post and i sent a email to them yesterday morning and still no response. Gonna have to contact paypal to get my money back. Very curious how this turns out. Seems to good to be true at $135 shipped. Quote
no3Ljm Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, ralliart209 said: Oh ok, sorry new to the site but will give it time and it was purchased jan 12th. If it still does not show up then i will post on blacklist thread. Thank you No apologies needed sir. We're all good here. By the way, welcome to MacrossWorld. Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Here’s a review of jpfigures Could not find a ton of info on them but the above is not promising. Quote
no3Ljm Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, spacemanoeuvres said: Very curious how this turns out. Seems to good to be true at $135 shipped. It's $135 each if you're buying a quantity between 22 to 100. It's this one, right? https://www.jpfigures.com/product/1-48-dx-chogokin-limited-edition-vf-1j-valkyrie-hikaru-ichijyo-type/ Quote
spacemanoeuvres Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: It's $135 each if you're buying a quantity between 22 to 100. It's this one, right? https://www.jpfigures.com/product/1-48-dx-chogokin-limited-edition-vf-1j-valkyrie-hikaru-ichijyo-type/ Nah there’s a 10% off code for first time customers. Either way $300 shipped from a reputable shop or $135-$150 from jpfigures seems to good to be true (see the vid I posted). Edited January 17, 2019 by spacemanoeuvres wrods Quote
no3Ljm Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, spacemanoeuvres said: Here’s a review of jpfigures Could not find a ton of info on them but the above is not promising. Ouch. From their website, it states 'ALL FIGURES SHIPS DIRECT FROM JAPAN'. But the one in the video shipped from China? Quote
no3Ljm Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, spacemanoeuvres said: Nah there’s a 10% off code for first time customers. Either way $300 shipped from a reputable shop or $135-$150 from jpfigures seems to good to be true (see the vid I posted). Just saw your video post. Thanks. Yeah, I already learned my lesson the hard way on that 'too good to be true' DX YF-19 prices months ago. So yeah, I guess consumer beware on JPFIGURES dot com. Quote
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