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Originally Posted by Shin Densetsu

Unfortunately folks, the hinges on the latest releases are not fixed, no material changes, nothing. Fortunately a friend from the Philippines has suggested a fix that may work. Lube up the hinge to get the metal pin out, then sand down the burred edge of the metal pin. Reinsert the pin, and everything should work fine. Not sure how much you are supposed to sand off. He put his through hell afterwards and manhandled it, and witnessed no breakages yet.

Boo. I can see where that fix would work, but something like that is too extensive for me. I'll just keep waiting for a proper fix from Yamato, and if that never happens I'll just be content with the 1/48 and wait for Bandai to make a real toy of the VF-1.