Mommar

In fact, No

Looking at this chart, being very sligthly taller than VF-19 in battroid mode is not big issue

"The top of the VF-17-S's head (excluding head lasers), comes to the top of The Fire Valks head fin."

Except in that chart the VF-17's head doesn't stand as high as the tip of the Fire Valks head fin. They're pretty much exactly the same here, as was the assumption. But being as tall as the head fin is adding quite a bit more height.

In Battroid mode, it's pretty tall though. The top of the VF-17-S's head (excluding head lasers), comes to the top of The Fire Valks head fin.

Graham

Not that it concerns me any but won't some people piss and moan that that's too tall? I thought the VF-17 was slightly shorter than the VF-19 in Battroid.

Color is wrong, and why is cockpit clear? Definitely a pass....

Juuuust kiiding!

Funny you should say that. I really like the way these molds look with the gray color. I'd probably prefer more realistic alternate colors to the actual animation on these birds.

With AmiAmi's discount, below 300 is a realistic amount.

I'm not going to assume AmiAmi has a discount. If I haven't seen it advertised as such then it isn't that cheap yet. As it stands it's $300+ with shipping. $290+ with shipping isn't a huge step up.

and 22,000JPY = 287.87USD. I see no problem here.

That price does not include shipping.

According to Cybergundam, the MSRP for the VF-17S is 22,000Yen, in line with the recent and current releases.

Source: http://blog.yahoo.com/cybergundam/articles/51229/index

That's not surprising but I was really hoping it wouldn't be $300+.

I hope the pics start coming fast and furious now.

Now that we've seen an official shot from Yamato is there anything else you can let us in on about them Graham?

@David Hingtgen

I always appreciate your immense knowledge about planes and I totally agree about the facts that you mentioned.

BUT

The problem is that I don't think Bandai has the same delicate reasoning like yours about curling up wings when it comes to producing plastic toys.

It also didn't appear like that in the animation either.

Just like it appears in the CAD image, this thing is going to have MONSTER shoulders.

Just to add, Yamato's website says this thing us due out in November.

I'd be really surprised if that gun fit in it's leg now.

BOMBAAAAA

Where'd you find this pic?

I guess from those slits we know where the super packs are going to attach.

I guess the Antenna will not splay?

IMO the difference is fairly obvious, but I did say it could just be an effect caused by the forced perspective of the CAD though.

Also the cockpit looks flatter than in the prototype.

Side-by-side you are right, it does look longer. I guess we'll find out how that winds up working out. Unless Graham wants/can chime in on this.

I agree.

There’s something I’ve noticed as well: the nose cone in fighter mode seems to be longer than in previous CADs and the only grainy pic of the prototype we’ve seen before, though it’s possibly only due to the forced perspective of the drawing.

It’s not that I don’t like it but it makes it look closer to a VF-171…

Really? I'm not seeing that the nose looks much longer at all. I do think the fighter mode here looks magnificent. I think the Battroid is not represented well at all though.

I'm one of those boring people who hardly transforms them. Maybe every six months or so. Mostly I tend to keep each Toy in their own configuration and only play with different poses/angles/etc... I do usually keep one around I mess with more than the others. Max being my favorite I tend to keep in one pose or another so there is less chance to breakage, but maybe the CF I'll fidget with a lot more because there's less loss if that breaks. I also have a weird tendency to keep one of each type of valk in one of the three configurations. So I've got a clean VF-1 in Fighter, one in Battroid, one in Gerwalk. Then another set with Fast Packs in Fighter, one in Battroid, on in Gerwalk. Everything is usually balanced like that, so if I want to play with a fighter, I pick up the one in fighter mode. Gerwalk, grab one in Gerwalk. It's odd and I have no honest reason why I do it but it works for me. Back when I only had my VF-1 DYRL Hikky (first edition) I used to transform it more but now I have the option to not do that and I figure it saves me many broken shoulders/tabs/etc that way. The 19S/F/P will be easy for me (not my Wallet!) because I can pull the same sort of triple configuration scheme there though I do really like the longer wings in both Fighter and Gerwalk.

This.

So what do you think guys about the CAD? Now we can see colours, head sculpt, general proportions...

We've already seen the actual mold, other than a few cosmetic changes, on the VF-19Kai. I think this colored CAD looks horrendous.

So what do you think guys about the new CAD? Now we can see colours, head sculpt, general proportions... The fighter mode does look nice, doesn't it?

Source: http://blog.yahoo.com/cybergundam/articles/49953/index

Compared to the old wireframe CAD I think this colored one in Battroid looks horrible. The VF-19S next to it on Yamato's blog also looks horrible and we've already pretty much seen how good the actual sculpt is on the VF-19 Kai. Why bother releasing these images, they don't do the VF-19 any favors so I'm assuming (hoping) the 17 also isn't represented well here.

If Graham says it's around late October to early November, I would be expecting photos to pop up around the start of October, which means it's around two weeks away.

This is just my big hunch, though.

If it's around late October/early November then HAPPY FREAKIN' BIRTHDAY TO ME. V.2 VF-25 and VF-19S at the same time!

I'd take what's left of a box.

I like the fact you made the wings of a 21 fold upwards in Battroid mode instead of down.

The 19 is in fighter collection 1, not 2, isn't it?

It looks like I might be thinking of the wrong fighter collection.

Has anybody tried attaching them in Gerwalk?

That's great for you (and Yamato) if that makes it a must buy for you. More power to you.

I can and was only speaking for myself.

With exchange rates as they are (and still getting worse) and the general upward trend of the MSRP of the new releases, I'm getting much choosier with what I get. I think I would be content with getting a couple VF-19 variants. I'm not opposed to a version 3 YF-19 coming out. I might even get one if the price dropped low enough at some point if one were to come out eventually, but with how things are trending, by the time it comes out I'm thinking it would cost close to $300 after shipping just to acquire one at release. Thus putting it low on my "to buy" list since I already have a couple YF-19s and would rather get other VFs that I don't have yet first.

While it's an unfortunate reality we have to be much more careful with our money that doesn't necessarily discount what Eugimon has said either. I think the other improvements to a YF-19 would be a HUGE deal. It's pretty much my least favorite of the valks I own because it's so unstable/floppy in Gerwalk/Battroid.

OMG! I just had the fastest shipping times ever from Japan.

I ordered the sound booster from Amiami,they shipped it on the 30th and it is in my hands today.

Customs did not hold it long at all either.

Tracking

Nice! That's one day faster then I've been able to get it from Japan to Albuquerque.