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Post by xTIMMYxCOREx on Dec 21, 2009 16:01:33 GMT -5
I was planning to do a video review, my gf has been begging me to do one, she wants to do the camera work on it.
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Post by quinjester on Dec 21, 2009 16:51:08 GMT -5
I was planning to do a video review, my gf has been begging me to do one, she wants to do the camera work on it. Please do! |
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Post by locidm on Dec 21, 2009 18:38:12 GMT -5
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Post by edge on Dec 22, 2009 12:14:26 GMT -5
Wow that thing is quite amazing.... I want one.... why must it come out just before Christmas when funds are at an all time low!?
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Post by xTIMMYxCOREx on Dec 22, 2009 20:42:13 GMT -5
So it arrived. Pretty darn heavy, decent amount of diecast. Bigger than the BPX-01 Yamato, and way more diecast than it.
As for AmiAmi, they get 4.5 stars... FAST shipping, great policy on not paying until the item is in hand, great packing, fragile tape all over the box, nice touch, toy wrapped in bubblewrap, with removable tape so it was easy to unpack, they only lose points for one thing, they use packing peanuts instead of newspaper. Packing peanuts can be deadly to cats... so I frown upon them. But otherwise I think AmiAMi is my new favorite store!
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Post by nikodiablo on Dec 22, 2009 20:54:45 GMT -5
Well, there's another candidate for 2009's TOTY!
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Post by eriku on Dec 23, 2009 11:20:34 GMT -5
I should probably spend more time with the Quarter before declaring it as such, but it's edging pretty close to "toy of the year" category for me. Unfortunately for the Quarter it's one of those releases that kind of falls in between years, and those toys generally get discounted on "best of the year" lists. Sure it technically came out in 2009, but most people aren't going to experience one until 2010.
A question for those who have one- the shoulder articulation seems limited to the U-shaped swing bar that can only be positioned with arms outward, straight down and points in between. When I look at the mechanism attached to the U-bar, it looks like it could possibly rotate 360 degrees but I can't get it to budge. Is there additional movement that I'm not noticing?
That said I am really enjoying this piece. The diecast content seems just right, the overall finish and colors are beautiful in person and the articulation is far more generous than I would have expected from a big battleship bot. There's a very cool little action feature on the carrier where you slide part of the carrier and 8 tiny hatches open simultaneously. I giggled like a little girl when I found that.
There are little problem areas like some turrets being a little warped, but thankfully I don't find it very noticable. While I assume the intent of PVC was to minimize breakage (lots of little turrets sticking out means lots of opportunities to snag one and snap it off while transforming, posing, etc) I do find it curious that they would use PVC on the turrets here when they used a more rigid plastic on the tiny turrets of Iron Gear.
Some folks will also no doubt be bummed by the fact that gravity is not the Quarters friend in cruiser mode. The deck and cannon don't fall straight down, but they do sag a bit. I can understand why that would bother some people, but it really is just a matter of gravity doing what it does best. I'm hard pressed to think of a solution for this. While the deck and cannon aren't super heavy, I think it's the fact that they stick out so far laterally from where the joint is that causes them to sag. I'm actually amazed they just sag and don't drag the arm joints down entirely.
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Post by quinjester on Dec 23, 2009 13:21:27 GMT -5
Someone on MW mentioned that the shoulder joints on the quarter were so tight he didn't think they could move at first; and from what I've seen of the poses and pictures it looks like there IS rotational movement other than the swing-groove piece, but without having mine in hand I couldn't say for 100%. (AKA if you break it, It's not my fault, I swear!)
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Post by eriku on Dec 23, 2009 14:02:09 GMT -5
I read that too. I'm not sure if he means a rotation joint being tight or the U-joint being tight, because the U-joint thing takes quite a bit of force to move it. One thing that prevents me from putting much force on the area is the shoulder cover has a few sliding/moving panels on it that I wouldn't want to crush in my ham-fisted attempt to rotate the shoulder. I've got time over the next five days so maybe I'll see if the area can be disassembeled so I can see what's going on in there.
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Post by quinjester on Dec 23, 2009 14:15:50 GMT -5
Do keep us informed. Yamato taught me long ago that the more I can benefit from others breaking their toys first, the less likely I will be to break my own. (not that it ever stopped me. Stupid BP8's  ) |
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Post by Ben-Ohki on Dec 23, 2009 18:13:21 GMT -5
Heh - I'll be extra careful with the shoulders then. It's funny but I'm the sort to be so paranoid there are times where months or years pass before I realize something opens or turns or moves that I assumed was solid.
I got mine from the post office today but I think I'll bring over to my parents' home to enjoy when I get there.
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Post by xTIMMYxCOREx on Dec 23, 2009 18:36:19 GMT -5
LOL... I opened mine at my parents as well, my Dad thought it was pretty cool and unlike any of my other robots.
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Post by eriku on Dec 23, 2009 23:20:21 GMT -5
DAMN those are tight shoulders. Luckily everything around the joint seems to be sturdy enough to withstand the amount of torque and leverage necessary to rotate them. I heart the Quarter even more now. And look how happy it is!
"Yaaaaay!"
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Post by locidm on Mar 22, 2010 20:24:39 GMT -5
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Post by quinjester on Mar 22, 2010 21:20:45 GMT -5
That review is extremely disappointing. "It looks fantastic and poses flawlessly in robot mode. I hate it". Bleh. There's a clear and present loathing for Frontier among certain reviewers at CDX and it disappoints me greatly. |
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Post by locidm on Mar 23, 2010 0:29:00 GMT -5
And to think that CDX's review is probably the top search results that come up when people search for a review for the quarter, this extreme prejudice against Frontier may really impact sideliner's impression for this toy, and therefore sales. We need justice for the Quarter. That review is contradictory and jumps to conclusion without legitimate reasons. I wonder why he got it if he hates it so much.
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Post by chogokinsnake on Mar 23, 2010 1:03:00 GMT -5
Maybe he simply doesn't want anyone buy this toy from Angolz! I have this toy, I love it. It is hardly perfect, but looks great and pose good in battriod model. The ship model looks good too, as long as you keep it in the stand! ;D The color could be darker and closer to the anime. |
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Post by vifam7 on Mar 23, 2010 10:40:44 GMT -5
Anymoon.com's review is much better.
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Post by Ben-Ohki on Mar 23, 2010 13:33:13 GMT -5
I have no further comments to make - I posted my review on my blog months ago (click my sig then search for Macross Quarter when you get there) and I think I said all that needs to be said for my part. Sales of capital ships will never be huge any way. Otherwise we would have seen more iterations of SDF-1 by now (and honestly, we, relatively-speaking, haven't). I like my Macross Frontier despite its flaws and that's all that matters to me.
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Post by Chen on Mar 23, 2010 16:22:13 GMT -5
You read enough of those reviews you start to see a trend in the reviewers of what they like and dislike that I pretty much know what their gonna say before I actually read the review. With that said it's one persons opinion and honestly one review or a hundred reviews wouldn't change my mind on how I felt about a certain toy but it's such a shame that reviews do get high notice and do influence a lot of buyers.
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