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I think Battroid mode for this mech is a 1 out of 10. IMO is just horrific.

Just a mess, looks like a design the GoBots rejected.

Not sure they can make it look good in the limited toy. Fingers crossed.

Fighter mode design is of course a 10 out of 10...

I like the Battroid design.

I'm impressed you were even able to get the 1T and 1J with the super packs to be propped up with just those arms. I can't seem to get them balanced right.

Playing Wipeout 2048 has got me in the mood for electronic music. Been listening to Elite Force, mostly.

I didn't even know Elite Force were still around. I see they've decided to fold Dub Step (ugh) into their sound.

The feet on this new toy appear to reuse the exact same feet as the VF-1 toy... which is not accurate to how the feet look in the show. That's what Kyp is complaining about (I, however, feel those anime feet are pretty impossible to pull off.)

This may may make many of you cringe but I recycle all of my packaging. I don't own a single original box for any of my Valks anymore.

I keep considering putting up pictures of my collection then I take a look at Kicker's pics and realize that my one shelf cannot compete.

Well, in some of the pre-order images at AmiAmi it even looks like the little No Step's on the wings are tampo'd, but if you look at the last photo there is nothing on the wing. It's hard to tell how much is new and will be there.

Damn, some of the prices on their Valks are pretty steep.

Well, it was back in February a week after we found out about the VF-171 and they were the only game in town. So I have a pre-order there but I'm operating under the assumption that it really doesn't exist (I hope I can get my money back.) That's why when I saw that BBTS had pre-orders I jumped at that, hopefully they can fill it unl9ike the 25S.

Looking at those instructions/parts this wouldn't be hard to build at all.

"Hardly a glowing endorsement of the vehicle."

You do realize this isn't a real vehicle, right?

It's a vehicle in the show.

OK, ordered from BBTS and HLJ. Hopefully one of them comes through.

This recent spate of preorders opening up makes me wonder if Bandai hasn't gotten wind of the demand and upped their production run.

It's possible they opened up the original pre-orders to dip their toe in and see if there was any demand. Regardless if it's a "hero valk" or not, he actually bitches about it's performance while using it in the show. Hardly a glowing endorsement of the vehicle. Bandai may have thought, different paint scheme or not, that it's still considered a CF Valk. Or maybe they underestimate just how streamlined and cool the design is to most people.

Yeah, since it went up at BBTS I got a pre-order in. We'll see if they can deliver but as of now I had to change my vote to reflect I was able to pre-order one.

I am curious to know how many members here (who were introduced to Macross (in the 80's) through Robotech), collect outside the orginal Macross TV series and DYRL? Looking at my humble shelf, pretty much everything I have comes either from SDF Macross or Mac Plus. For me, story content wise, everything after Macross Plus has become less and less interesting. I will, on occasion, see a design I like and take the plunge, but its rare. I guess I just have old school aesthetics

Anyway, just curious....

Well, I was introduced via Robotech in the 80's, wasn't fond of Plus and really didn't like Zero 7 or Frontier. I've got a TON of VF-1 variants. However I also have:

1 VF-0

1 YF-19

1 VF-19S

2 VF-22's

1 VF-17S

2 VF-25's (F and S)

3 VF-11C's

And I'm currently anxiously awaiting a VF-19F, VF-17D, VF-171 and a VF-4.

I just like the way most of Kawamori's Macross designs look.

I guess it depends on how many other people were chomping at the bit and beat us to it.

Well I gave it a shot at BBTS even though I claimed to have given up.

I cannot wait for Jenius to see this.

Am I the only one who displays them without the Super Packs? I love how sleek/clean they look bare.

This should be very interesting to see once you're finished.

I put together a Star Destroyer kit back when I was in high school. I think it was twenty pieces total. I think I may go kick some rocks with Benson...

Dale must've been blinded by the plot twist...

$20 says they do not and will only find out about it if this thing reaches 10k votes then they try to make it and find out about the morose amount of red tape.

I guess I should check the knees on mine? It's been standing in Battroid for a little over a year now.

I've got one pre-ordered already as well.

I get a huge kick out of the fact that not only are you attempting the most detailed model of a VF-1 we've seen taht you're also attempting to recreate all of the systems a VF-1 would need to really exist.