Mommar

You can't see the toy next to the box?

I'm aware of it's presence next to the box... but I still can't REALLY see it.

I'd like to know what this bird was chirping about instead of getting all of our hopes up with various unsubstantiated speculation.

Well, between this and the VF-17 thread it looks like they're already well underway manufacturing both the 17 and 19 with packaging printed and toys being packed. They could give us a Merry Christmas by releasing the 17 a few weeks earlier.

... we can't really see the toy from there though.

There's only a few more weeks until this thing supposedly releases. There's no pics or a video or something leading up to it's release?

I was under the impression they were manufactured in China. Graham could sort that detail out for us likely.

Those appear to be final production copies don't they? They could be finalizing how to put the together or something since there's several parts lists laying around but look at plastic trays it appears they were stored in. You can see the Gun Pod in one of the plastic trays too.

I sure hope that's the final plastic color. It will likely make the Battroid mode very boring looking but that Fighter looks nice in that deep black.

EDIT: I hate to do this, but don't you guys think they look a little....fat sitting there on the table? Maybe its just the angle

I think based on the angle they look perfect in fighter.

Well, they look pretty good in fighter mode laying on a table don't they?

^Where did you find this???

Yeah, that custom scheme is great. Yamato really should have made a release based on it.

I would have bought one if they had a scheme like that available.

^It's collapsible or something.

Was there any confirmation about whether or not the gunpod would store in the leg and how yamato was able to accomplish this?

It stores in the leg. There's a slot in back behind the knee you can open up to put the gun in.

I used to think paying $100 for a toy was certifiably insane...

Then the 1/48 VF-1s came out and I was like, "okay that is awesome, I'll just get one, just this one time."

Then the VF-1S came out and I thought "Gah, the VF-1S is what I really want." and so on.

It's that boiled frog syndrome.

Yeah, that was me too. I worked my way up to paying $200 for the 11C and armored Valk after being freaked out paying $100 to $120 for the regular VF-1's with and without Fast Packs. I just ordered the VF-19S and VF-17S without batting an eye...

I can't wait to see more pictures of this thing.

Although I will admit, I do prefer the longer nose cone version in Frontier.

Other then sharing the same transformation the 17 and 171 are pretty much different machines. I like how blunt and thick the 17 is. It's very contrasting because it's a stealth and you would expect it to be very small and lithe but instead it's an ugly bruiser.

Hey Graham, are you aware of the color choices Yamato are going to make for this thing? I realize it's probably the most accurate to have a dark grey with blue undertones but we've seen three different shades in all of these various prototype pics. One, the same dark grey/blue I mentioned, one that's more of a lighter grey with no blue and the last being a much darker charcoal grey/black (which is my personal favorite of what we've seen.)

Likely the 17 won't sell as well simply because it was never a hero Valk (which still makes no sense to me, if it looks cool buy the damn thing.) However, did the 19S really pre-order that well prior to Yamato finally releasing all of the extra images of it? Maybe pre-orders will increase once there are some final production images coming out like for the 19S. Plenty of people here were sold on the 19S once the trickle of images picked up.

^ Uhhh...... I tired that and now I have an a$$ load of the V2 1/60

Same thing happened to me. I thought I only needed one VF-1 as well. Now I have twelve.

That's a great scheme!!!

I'd do it without fast packs. Naked fighter is where this scheme shines.

I agree. The profile of the fighter with that scheme is amazing and the fast packs completely obfuscate it.

Exactly. I'm not looking for extra parts or stand additions, but rather, really minute details and features put into the valkyrie itself, much like the battroid hatch for the VF-19, which, I think many of you would agree, is ingeniously designed.

I like the VF, but I wouldn't buy it if all it was was just a solid plane with no actual "refinement" as Uxi mentioned. The thing costs just off $300, I hope I'm not asking for too much lol

My feeling is that a "feature" like the hatch on the 19 is completely worthless to me. It was extra time/money/etc... (likely not helping the cost) that is completely wasted because I'm not going to use it. To me it's $300 plus a useless aside. I'd rather it came with a "marketing/accessory" like a stand instead.

I guess I don't understand why you would be sold on Gimmicks. I'll admit, the stand in the VF-25 is a nice plus and I wish Yamato did that with all of their releases however I usually buy a Valk based on how much I like the look of the thing, not by what other extra stuff it may or may not have.

Why would there be any need for a Group Buy? You can order it from plenty of online shops.

It would probably be more prudent to ask who DOESN'T have one around these parts.

Have you tried iShop2go?

No it's not cheaper for the VF-25's there... however, if anybody has noticed the VF-19S and VF-17S are both cheaper there.

Yamato 1/60 YF-19

Bandai 1/100 Hi-Metal VF-19S