Mommar

I wish my 19 could do all of that. If I'm lucky and I really jam the ankles back I can pull off the thrid pic... until the heater kicks on and knocks it over.

Archer's comment brings up a bigger issue. We've heard the rave reviews from everyone about how great the Kai was. It's fighter looks incredible and it's Battroid is totally awesome. How many of these reviewers are fans of Gerwalk modes? Archer and I both are and we don't like this thing (well, his Kai and my 19S.) I know there's been this semi-debate about who got what right between Yamato and Bandai and after getting my 19S Bandai wins hands down. Three faithful modes and Gerwalk is actually pose-able at half the price (plus a stand that could hold up the Gerwalk just in case it actually was balanced shitty). For $300 Yamato needs to fix their crap quick.

The issue is you don't want to force the ankles back or forward or else the balljoint loosens even more, as others who own the Kai have said. So getting that angle and pushing the ankles back as far as possible works, though it is VERY precarious on mine, it's also not recommended for the ankles in general. I left it in a position similar to yours while I was out for about an hour and when I came back it had nose-planted into the desk it was sitting on. The ankles refused to hold. If the two toe pieces were ratcheted and moved both up and down the issue could be resolved. The easiest way to get the deeper stance would be to angle the toes farther back and angle the lower calf farther forward. This would keep the point where it's balanced farther beneath the 19 but still have a deep forward stance. As it is the legs don't bend far enough underneath the body of the 19 to do much good.

My 19S can't do that pose. The ankles will collapse forward and it will crash the nose into the table if I try that. The only way I've been able to keep it up is to adjust the legs inward (killing any sort of A-stance) and I STILL have to move the ankles back as far as they can go or else it will fall forward. I've played with this thing for a good long while and though in the Kai thread I thought I had this figured out it turns out that, no, these ankles are horrible and this Gerwalk is horribly implemented.

That happens with mine too.

Fighter looks great and it's really one of the most fun Battroid modes I've ever played with. That's why it's such a disappointment that Gerwalk is pathetic/awful.

Gerwalk is my favorite mode for most Valks. And you have to keep in mind that Gerwalk is one third of it's purpose. If two modes are near perfect and one is almost completely useless that's a fail in my book. I'd give it a 6 for a really tight fighter, awesome looking Battroid and 95% useless Gerwalk. I didn't like the Hi-Metal 19S because the Gerwalk wasn't poseable at all. I was hoping this release would fix that but the horribly broken Ankle design means that even though the legs can be displayed you really can't do much with the Gerwalk mode (not that it was a terribly poseable mode to begin with.) I'm really worried about the 17 now as well though that's one of the few I wouldn't bother with Gerwalk as much... it still needs to function correct regardless.

With the ankles as they are now I will not buy an F and possibly not the P either. It's a really poor design especially for a $300 toy. At the very least the rear "toe" needs to click backwards so you can tuck the lower leg farther beneath the body of the 19. Right now all of the weight is precariously forward and the forward "toe"/ankle do not hold well enough for me to trust this. I'm pretty disappointed by this thing already.

My mini-review. This thing frakking blows if you're a Gerwalk fan. I wouldn't say my ankle is loose, but the two moving toes are. And with the fact the ankle/toe cannot angle back plus the upper thigh cannot fold underneath another click the forward heaviness of this thing pulls it over every single time for me. To be honest I'm seriously disappointed in this thing. Fighter is cool, I haven't messed with it in Battroid yet. Gerwalk is next to useless for me, though, which is too bad because that's my favorite mode.

frakking USPS took 48 hours to clear my 19S through customs. I won't see this thing until at least Monday.

Did one of the two sites tell you it was in customs? Mine left Monday via EMS but I've got no indication it's held in customs yet.

The FZ109F isn't good enough to have a Gerwalk figure too?

I'm impressed. Got my payment request and confirmation in the mail yesterday. Woke up this morning to find shipping info. and it's already shipping internationally today.

I wish they would post a transformation video for both of the Valks with Mr K like what we saw for the Kai just after it was released. I realize the 19S is exactly the same but I thought it was just good marketing to see each mode up close and very informative of what to expect... plus the new 19 is slightly different and that could be useful for us to know.

Yeah, $301.25 for me! I can't believe how okay I am with that price too. I feel like I really should be more concerned... I don't know if that makes me spoiled, crazy or likely a combination of both.

Yeah, despite the fun little fiction that surrounds all of these fighters the reality is that with the design as it is implemented canard-less just wouldn't work/look right in battroid mode.

I think the problem with the idea of a canard-less VF-X-11 in toy form is that on the toy a good portion of the shoulder mechanism would be exposed in Battroid. It simply wouldn't look good. They'd have to come up with some new gimmick to cover it up or leave it as an eyesore.

Is it a B or C or does it happen to both? I have two C's and no issues with the shield falling off.

Okay, so I'm aware not every single one of you does it but it is a HUGE cultural export for you guys.

Totally off topic, you're from Argentina? I'm addicted to Tango.

It's nice to see the Battroid mode in a more dynamic pose now. It's still obviously a painted prototype.

Agreed. And none of this DYRL repainted in SDFM color nonsense.

The arm articulation is kind of weak in my opinion too. However the shield business seems relegated to you. Neither of my C's have an issue with their shields. Maybe the B had one?

I think it would be cool if you could load down this V2. with triple gun pods like they have pictured in the Master File book too.

It's from the VF-19 Master File book.