Graham

After the disappointments of most of the recent live action Star Wars shows, I actually found myself enjoying the first 2 episodes of Skeleton Crew.

Nosecone on mine is fine. I finally got around to transforming it to Battroid mode on Saturday and adding the armor.

I wonder if they have just recycled the tooling from the YF-19 DX wings. Need to compare the panel lines in this pic against the toy.

Same, I would buy a lot of VF-17D/S as it's my favorite VF.

Hey, don't give Bandai ideas! 😆

I'm pretty sure the canopy is clear with no purple tint, but I'll double check when I'm back home tonight. Sorry, I'm at work now and only have the armor in the office with me. The VF-25S is back at home. Still trying to figure out a way to smuggle the armor passed the wife!😅😂

If nobody had pointed out the overspray issue on the yellow stripes, I doubt I would have even noticed it.😅 I'm a lot more forgiving of minor issues in my old age, compared to when I was younger. Plus, I don't always wear my glasses at home, so it's more difficult to see these small errors. 🤣

I just checked the marking on mine, it's ok thankfully.

As others have mentioned, there is a bit of overspray on the yellow markings on the new release. Personally it doesn't bother me though. Honestly, I'm just happy to have a non-yellowed VF-25S again!

Yes, my Renewal version is suffering from some yellowing. Also, the camera is always gonna show plastic and metal parts looking a bit different colour, compared to how they look in person.

Still haven't transformed my new Revival version yet, or added the armour, as no time. 😅 But here's a few quick comparison pics in fighter mode with the new and old versions. My older glossy Renewal version is suffering from a bit of yellowing. I really, love the look of the matt finish on the new Revival version and personally think it looks even better in person, compared to the photos which don't really do it justice.

Artists styles definitely evolve (or in some cases devolve) over the years. I've been following some comic book artists since the 70s and 80s and there is often a huge change between their early works and later works.

I haven't even touched the armor, or transformed the toy yet, but just quickly comparing the new matt version in fighter mode side by side against my older glossy and slightly yellowed VF-25S, I have to say the newer version looks light years better in my opinion with the matt grey plastic. I haven't done a detailed comparison of paint applications, but just zooming it around in my hand for a couple of hours last night while watching TV with my wife, I didn't notice anything glaringly wrong with it.

Yep, confirmed it's out here in Hong Kong. I just picked up one from the toy store near my office, during my lunch break.

Sad that my beloved VF-17D/S Nightmare never got any love from Hasegawa.😭 I also would have loved to see Hasegawa do a VF-19F/S.

Ah, was wondering where the review had gone. 😅

That's a crazy good price.

I've bought 4 so far. Trying to do my bit, to make sure we get more Macross 7 HMR toys. 😅

Wow, just wow.

For the DX VF-19 Fire Valk and follow on DX VF-19F/S, there are 2 things I hope: 1) Bandai don't use the stupid folding front landing gear from the DX VF-19 Advance / DX YF-19. Always hated that as it's fiddly to get in and out and the hinge joint gets loose after a while and collapses easily. 2) for a potential future VF-19F/S I hope Bandai manage to make the GU-15 Gunpod front end the correct size like Yamato and Arcadia did, rather than using the skinny front end from the DX VF-19 Advance / DX YF-19, which is one of my pet peeves as it never looks right to me.

Also agree. I've come to really enjoy HMR.

I think our best bet for a good looking VF-11MAXL is in Bandai's 1/100 scale, HG Shortcut Change line.

I'm a huge Macross 7 fan, have probably watched it a dozen times since it was first released in 94. I've bought all the toys, CDs art books etc. However, stangely I've never had a burning desire for toys of the VF-11MAXL and VF-17T Kai. I've always been far more interested in owning toys of the VF-17D/S, VF-19F/S, VF-11C/D/Full Armor, VF-22S, Fz-109F/A,

I hope this is not vapourware. I'd definitely buy 2 or 3. And I would hope for a VF-5000B variant, although that would require some retooling of the lower legs from Arcadia.

Agree......as long as it's just warning markings, numbers, Emerald Force squadron logo etc. I just don't want Bandai adding random extra, never before seen stripes all over the VF, like they did with the DX YF-21.