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Still would rather have the Ba model after this long, but I'm thinking that ship has just completely sailed at this point.. or Bandai sunk it, anyhow. :p 

I'm surprised they revisited the mold at all, considering how it seemed to fall out of demand so quickly after the original release.

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13 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

Mine just got delivered, and I did a quick check on the ankles.  They collapsed alright, but definitely took a hard push.  I'm betting the change was on purpose, since Keith's ankles were an absolute pushover to collapse, and I doubt they would have even stayed extended while standing on the feet.

Huh. Mine weren't like that at all. The ankles on my Keith were so tight I didn't even know they collapsed at all until I read this thread and have just had an annoying gap there this whole time.

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3 hours ago, burnout6 said:

Missed the boat on this one. 

 

Any place that still has it for a decent price ? 

There's one available at Mandarake right now for 26,000 yen. But I can't imagine Bogue's 262 to be popular at all and I would think the price for this will come down quite a bit over time, even more so at US stores when they arrive stateside and will likely be shelfwarmers.

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Yeah, this is one of those releases I'd expect to see in the sub-$200 range on Amazon eventually.

I don't know what happened with Max's YF-29, but it must have been massively over-produced, for how many times it's gone on clearance there.

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On 3/7/2025 at 8:36 AM, rsvictor1976 said:

I just watched this video. Does the back of the plane in fighter mode always look so crooked from the two arms splitting? I've never owned either versions of this toy. This reminds of my old MPM Optimum Prime that always seem like it was bursting at the seams since it couldn't hold itself in vehicle mode. 

 

 

part-2:

 

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Oh man watching that battroid to fighter mode transformation made me remember all the pain again


It never looks quite the same after you transform it from the factory fighter mode with all the extra gaps. I wonder if they have a big press at the end of the factory line that squashes it all together at the end lol

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I guess I'm in the minority around here but I find the transformation not anywhere near as annoying for this as other Valks. Looking at you Yamato 17s and Bandai 171s. My brain just kinda gets this. Maybe because it's such a radical departure from the norm. 

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Comparing anything to the frustration of the 171 is a very low bar. :p 

But I kind of love the transformation itself.  The issues are more with Bandai's messy hinge shenanigans around the arms and wings, and the lousy clearance they gave for the fists.

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19 hours ago, Shawn said:

Oh man watching that battroid to fighter mode transformation made me remember all the pain again


It never looks quite the same after you transform it from the factory fighter mode with all the extra gaps. I wonder if they have a big press at the end of the factory line that squashes it all together at the end lol

I just imagine some big guy using Excessive Force™ right before he puts it in the box...

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On 2/16/2025 at 4:59 PM, PointBlankSniper said:

Been wondering what happened to this one, since nobody here seems to care much about it or ordered any lol.

Colors look better than the promos IMO. The clear parts look kind of murkier than usual though. Hope thats not a sign of quality change.

I picked up 2 to go with its 2 brothers in blue.  [I couldn't get past the first 10 minutes of the animation so I have no idea who pilots these valks or how many additional colors/repaints I should expect.]

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There's only been two releases over all these years so I don't think bandai is going to be challenging you with many options. There's one other color (white) with this head and several others with a different head.

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15 hours ago, jenius said:

There's only been two releases over all these years so I don't think bandai is going to be challenging you with many options. There's one other color (white) with this head and several others with a different head.

Different head and different wings on the Sv-262Ba.

I do hope Bandai eventually releases at least one BA, as I far prefer the head design.

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18 hours ago, 26662 said:

I picked up 2 to go with its 2 brothers in blue.  [I couldn't get past the first 10 minutes of the animation so I have no idea who pilots these valks or how many additional colors/repaints I should expect.]

The red and gold Bogue Sv-262-Hs is from the second movie.

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