guys..i need help

my yamato 1/60 vf-1j shoulder hinge cracked during transformable and it's barely a day old...

i'm so sad yo...first transformable already cracked...i know about yamato's shoulder issue but i didn't know that it is THAT BAD...and maybe also i'm too used of handling my alto's DX (with superb shoulder diecast mechanism) that i forgot yamato only used hinge for the arms...

anyone can help me with this is highly appreciated...if not i'm not gonna touch it again for the rest of my life...once the hinge patah..there goes 300 bucks down the drain

Bro try contacting Graham from http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf He hooked me up with replacment hinges. If not, can sell to me half price

what do u mean by sell to u 1/2 price

I think Graham is rather bz at the moment. Guess there are too many thousand ppl all over the world contacting him for replacement hinges. lol

hlj doesn't sell yamato's parts?

i mean that dude graham must have get it from somewhere...i don't know if he actually made the mold or something

Sell your 1J

Graham has direct contact with Yamato. Sometimes acts as a consultant in some way. The only other source is Overdrive but dunno of they still have or not.

By the way, last news I heard was Graham is travelling so not sure how soon he can respond.

This post has been edited by len_d69: May 31 2010, 10:14 PM

i don't think of letting it go just yet...i really wanted 1j as my first yamato...hehe

guess that i've to live with the crack ...

update:

2nd attempt of transforming my 1J ended in disaster, stiff shoulder joint resulted me using excessive force when moving the arm...crack widening and chunk of it came off..

my VF-1J is officially broken...damn

This post has been edited by muzzodammerung: Jun 1 2010, 12:30 AM

Wow, too bad bro...i feel u.

the good thing with Macross (to me) is u'll never satisfied with only one valk.
u'll end up having 1 in fighter, 1 in gerwalk, 1 in batroid anyway..
maybe this one destined to be in fighter.

but...it still can be fix...right

Well, XL-Shop just restock the Yamato 1/60 VF-1J with Super pack for only RM380. Damn good deal I say.

yea if possible i want more valk but not having 3 valk of the same model with one-mode purposes...not that rich leh

that shoulder hinge really killed my yamato spirits la...while the anime-accuracy is excellent but the utilization of quality-questioned material really put me off la...they can diecast the T-bar..why not the shoulder hinge lo..

i think im gonna do some DIY on the hinge..anything that can put that piece of shit hinge together..

btw anyone knows how to loosen up the shoulder joint a bit..enough to move the arms around without eventually breaking it?

thanks

You will need to pop off hte shoulder guards/covers to get to the screws

hell yeah...available at all outlet?

Yes, all outlets. Very limited units though.

hmm... but the vf-1j with super parts is the one with potentially bad shoulders

i guess still a good offer if u jz keep it in fighter mode...

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Added on June 1, 2010, 3:00 pmouch... sorry to hear that.. if it's any consolation to u, the problem is pretty wide spread

This post has been edited by jediwalker: Jun 1 2010, 03:00 PM

yea i know...i never owned a yamato before so i don't know how serious it is...plus it's already version 2 worr..yamato still cannot addressed this issue?

like this ppl gonna say eff to anime-accuracy yamato, gimme hand-swapping, anime innacurate cekik darah Bandai DX anytime

wahhh nice price.

some fella selling used one for RM 380, lucky i didn't buy. donno if the fella still got stock but it was a VF-1S i think.

i must control!

Hey guys, Macrossworld forumer derex3592 says

"OK GUYS!!! I am HAPPY to report the 2nd wave release of the VF-1J with armor parts is 100% GOLDEN!!! Just got mine today! Already transformed. TIGHT AND GOOD!! No broken or cracked shoulders, NEW hip connector and NO rainbow canopy! All paint aps are PERFECT and the armor parts are SWEEEET too!!! "

time to pick one up then!

Might want to wait abit, remember how everyone was all raving about the first release? Then the tangan tercabut

Thanks,
Ray

Yup, they said the same things when the first VF-1J came out

i think mine is the 2nd wave...