Mommar

Here's a pic I took of my 17 and 19 back to back. My display really needs some lighting.

super obscure FAST packs for a super obscure Valk sounds right to me

The man's got a point. If you're going to go obscure, go all out with it.

On the other hand they really are just the VF-25 FAST packs.

I'm partial to desert cammo, myself...

That Valk really seems to lend itself well to a lot of different special paint schemes.

I still don't understand the loose shield comments on this thing. I have three 11C's and none of them have loose shields. I must have traded in some luck on these things in exchange for crappy 19S ankles or something.

That is a pretty awesome scheme. But it won't happen, not from Yamato anyway. You could probably rather easily (provided you have painting skills) make yours look like that though.

I was about to say, none of this has anything to do with the VF-17, which is awesome looking in Battroid by-the-way.

Darn...I got a little impatient.

There wasn't enough room and the back of the shoulder rubbed into the arm cannon.

Anyone know what shade of gray this is for Testors?

I don't understand how that happened? They slide back into the arm. Any transformation you do requires you slide them back into the arm.

Ok let's be honest here.

There is absolutely nothing you can do to justify spending any amount of money on an import diecast and plastic toy of a character from a 1994 anime all about advertising J-pop.

nothing~

Who are you referring to exactly?

Magnets

I wish they'd do this with all of the fighters. Though with wings that slim I'm not sure where they would find the room for them.

Oh, one other issue. Not like it's a hard one to fix but something that seems pretty easy to get right. The two gun barrels that are mounted next to the Cockpit in F/G and in the chest in Battroid just flat out fell off. They just barely hold on. Dabbing a bit of glue fixes this easy but... it's kind of an easy thing to get right and there's no reason why a $300 toy wouldn't have them attached tight to begin with.

If it provides the thighlegs a bit more lateral movement/rotation, it might be a plus actually.

...considering the hip rotations of the 1/60 VF1 are too limited, imo.

If you pop them out you do get more lateral movement. With them set in you get pretty much none. So often times for wider stances they will be popped out. However, it comes at the cost of being less stable. It's not going to cause the toy to fall over but it's a real pain when you're trying to adjust the leg and instead the hip just shifts forward and back a little. Actually, that was the exact same problem you could have with the VF1 prior to fixing the crotch lock.

Yes, that is normal. The hip joint pulls out on both sides so you can swing it from fighter (upper) to battroid (lower) position. When you push both sides of the hip joint back in, in battroid mode, there will still be some movement, but not much.

Graham

To be honest I think that's a bad design. It's way too easy to pop those hip joints back out when you're posing it in Battroid. Even the little give when they're popped in makes it feel like it's not quite as stable as it could be too.

Thanks for the update Mommar. Feeling more confident about picking one up now. If G System's new stuff doesn't take away my monies first, I'll be sure to pick one of these up (unless hints of what the -17D head mold look like start to show up )

As much of a Gerwalk fan as I am having a pair of D's flanking this S in Battroid would look totally awesome. I gotta see if I can save and spring for two D's instead of just the one I had originally planned.

I finally transformed this thing into Battroid. Kinda interesting. It's definetely the most menacing looking of all the Valks. This is one tough looking son of a bitch. A few oddities. The Neck swivel was TIGHT. I had such a hard time moving the head into the correct position. I seem to be having a hard time keeping the two l-shaped joints at the hips to stay in. They keep popping out of their locked position. Also the right arm is super loose at the elbow. I took a screw driver and tried to adjust the screws there but neither in or out worked well. The two pieces of the gun don't seem to fit together too well either.

Hey Mommar, considering our hate of the VF-19 ankles, and how we were screwed over by Gerwalk, I'd like to get your opinion on the Vf-17 ankles, as well as stability in Gerwalk?

I'd really hate to have another Vf-19 incident over again...

So far Gerwalk has been fine for me. Pretty poseable. Still not quite as dynamic because the ankles have less play (and I'm also not willing to push them forward or back too far. You can get a pretty deep stance with the nose pointed forward without it tipping.

Hey Mommar, considering our hate of the VF-19 ankles, and how we were screwed over by Gerwalk, I'd like to get your opinion on the Vf-17 ankles, as well as stability in Gerwalk?

I'd really hate to have another Vf-19 incident over again...

So far they've been decent. The fact this Gerwalk has a back half that sticks out so far helps keep some of the weight off of the toes (though it will, as all of the Gerwalks do, tilt towards the forward toes.) So far it's been pretty stable and can dig its nose right into the Earth without tipping. I was going to test out some more dramatic/severe poses to see how it handles it tonight. Will let you know. So far I'm still not super happy that I can't really bend the feet back, or forward, as much though.

The Ankles on this thing are a hell of a lot tighter then my 19S as well.

I finally got mine last night. Didn't even have time to fully transform it yet. It's sitting on my dresser in Gerwalk right now. Something I did notice is that the head is not centered/aligned correct. I haven't transformed it to Battroid to see if it's easy to manipulate but from Fighter/Gerwalk it was pretty much impossible to straighten back out. From most angles you can't eve see it, but from top-down (the very first view I got of it in the packaging) it was really noticeable.

Anybody sticker theirs with the low vis ones instead?

Wow, that looks fantastic. How long did you work on that model? Any chance of a transformable version in that V.2?

This is getting more and more interesting! What does that original SHE Kit you mentioned this is based off of look like?

I wish that's all it was here in the U.S.. :-\

-Kyp

Depends where you live...

_{Damn, the anticipation is killing me. I should recieve mine tomorrow. The joys of living in th midwest.}

Mine has been sitting at Fed Ex in Albuquerque since Friday morning. Talk about killing me.

Isn't the toy lacking some color or markings?

Graham mentioned earlier that the designer specifically left the two Kites and the Diamond Force logo off because he didn't think they looked very good.

...let's get something new...like a 1/3000 TV SDF-1.

Fourthed!

Dang, I'm bummed it took extra time for mine to ship. It's sitting here in Albuquerque at Fed Ex and I can't get it until Monday.