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Looks pretty good! Is there an Alpha for it to connect to as part of the design?

Taking down Gamlin VF-22S for the clear Yamato stand (think it came with YF-21) but looks like the lock piece must have disappeared or popped off. Anyone know of a replacement?

I'm indifferent and would get them either way. Maybe regular matte and premium gloss? I guess most of all I want the Dynamite 7 "whale blood" red VF-19P.

Interesting perspective. I'm a slightly younger combat vet (OIF), and normally love the serious ones (Macross Plus and SDF are my favorite) but Macross 7 remains one of my favorites, above even DYRL (which is just too short and I prefer the TV designs TBH and if they're gonna do the big samurai shoulders, they might as well have speakers or sound boosters on them ). My wife was certainly surprised. As I was crossing the Euphrates in 2003, I was humming Fire Bomber songs. I still haven't seen Delta yet tbh beyond a few clips. Rather than even MORE new Valkyrie designs, I'd rather see a migration fleet that chose upgraded variants of the VF-22 for special forces (VF-22T or maybe VF-22V or Kai) with VF-19 GX and VF-19 SX as the mainstay fighter (use the shorter shoulders of the YF-19, wings of the F/S, etc but the FAST packs and boosters of Isamu's from the Frontier movie and maybe something like the VF-27's big BGP-01β Beam Gun pod. Put a bayonet on it, and they can use them like polearms maybe. Standard Low viz paint schemes,. Make the major enemy a mix of Marduk from Macross II with another Bodolza style fleet. If they're a Protoculture variant, or perhaps even better Supervision Army they could be using the original SDF design as their gunships on the enemy side. This would require our protagonist fleet to have a standing Minmay Attack Jamming Birds unit (less... eccentric and undisciplined than Basara's Sound Force but engaging in "sing offs" while the UN Spacy fights more Fleets of the Strongest Women. Of course, they'll throw a love triangle or two in there. And lets Bandai reuse their current designs with slightly modified tooling. Perhaps a few new treats like a GBP on a VF-19.

Metal Siren is always top of my wish list. HMR, DX, ideally both. VF-22 repaints, as well.

I'm hoping for VF-19S, D and P reissues myself. Kicking myself for not getting the P, especially but would want a full Emerald Force (2 x D and 1 x S on display), too I never got a Yamato/Arcadia SDF release since I've wanted a TV version and price usually scared me off...

T-bar broke on my Yamato YF-21 so will probably never transform it again from fighter. Gamlin VF-22 seemed ok last time I transformed a couple years ago. Liking the exrra tampo printing so probably getting this. Hope they'll do the Max VF-22.

The 918 seems a bit too long. Not sore I like the spacing of the front guns on the 924 which needs a nose mod. My thoughts are all on a modern Starfleet Voyager right now though.

Finally got 10497. Great design and was a fun build with my son... tempted to get another to build a 924 or 918, though do wish there were printed bricks for them, though... and enough for both smaller alt builds. Getting three seems a bit extravagant. Would be nice if Lego would do an accessory pack for that. Local Walmart had so many kinda hoping they'll blow them out.

I'll be happy with my 3090 for awhile.

USAF never wanted a competition but was forced by Congress. YF-22 was the safer & more conventional design. YF-23 was a better plane but would have been even more expensive, as well. The "peace dividend" would have still kicked the can farther down the road multiplying the prices even higher.

Best solution would be acrylic and 3d print some custom brackets and screw them to it. Lots of us 3D printer guys are using Ikea Lacks as 3d print stations (buy 2 or 3 of them and print brackets to screw the legs of one onto the top of another one).

This. I was only able to get one of the Yamato VF-1. Wish Arcadia would release them again, so I can complete a flight section (4 valks) in Low Viz (Ideally, 1 x S, 1 x J and 2 x A.

Is another SV-51 Nora or CF planned after Ivanov?

It's definitely an unusual one. Never saw the low viz tails with yellow markings. I am kinda hoping for a late 80s with black tails and ochre radome.