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Comparing that CAD art to the VF-25 it looks like except for the wings swept forward and that it looks like the wings recess into the body in one of the modes (probably Battroid) it's pretty much a straight up 25 conversion with canards and the wings swept forward. I'd wager Gerwalk and Battroid look nearly identical to the 25. What this may do is give Bandai an excuse to fix their sub-par original 25 mold so newer iterations can use a better body while keeping the fundamentals the same. Either that or they'll reuse the old molds for this, which I skipped because you couldn't even get a decent A-stance in Gerwalk which is my personal favorite configuration.

I would bet it would be more expensive if they made a TV version if for nothing else that the arm attachments are slightly more complex on the TV version. The DYRL has those spiked tendrils that attach to the ARMD's but they always stay in pretty much the same place. On the TV version the arms actually retract into the shoulders. They don't necessarily have to do that on the toy but it will hurt line-art accuracy in Cruiser mode as the Daedalus sits closer to the legs than the Prometheus and the collapsible arms make that happen. That's a lot more complicated a mechanism.

That's a pretty inspiring pic actually.

I understand how some people could like the Frontier but I honestly believe it didn't sell well because of the colors (very pastel/toy-like) and the fact it looks like a Robot laying down on it's face... something I feel the DYRL style SDF-1 comes dangerously close to resembling as well. I think if they made a TV style SDF-1 that would actually open them up to making an SDF-2 as well, since a lot of the bridge stylings are closer to the DYRL style PLUS they could slap the ARMD's on it as well, since it used them instead of the carriers and the molds already exist.

I'm hoping this news means Yamato will realize there's a huge market for the TV version as well and do a new mold from the ground up for us TV fans who have been waiting to sell a first born to get one.

Graham may have grown up somewhere Robotech didn't exist, however that doesn't change the fact there is another one with ratcheting knees out there and now we know.

Does it change the fact it's an SDF-1 toy?

One nit-picky thing I noticed about Grahams review, this is not the first SDF-1 toy with knee articulation. There was an old Matchbox die-cast toy, it doesn't transform to carrier mode, but it does have a single click articulated knee-joint. So the 1:3000 is not the only toy, however it might be the only worthwhile toy with one.

Give us one of everything and we can all be happy, right? ;0)

You must have read my response wrong. I was only referring to the differences in that movie posted about the Pachinko Machine and nothing else.

Except the Macross in that movie is different in a lot of ways. It's got the bigger at the end booms of the DYRL version, and it's got the arm attachments as well. However, the rest of it is pretty similar to SDF Macross. The biggest difference is that the bridge/head is in proportion to the rest of the body instead of that pea for a head on the DYRL version which I personally dislike. Mostly, all that CG animation has told me is SDF Macross needs to be redone because it looked pretty cool just for an advertisement.

The more I look at those pictures the less accurate the Cruiser mode looks. The legs aren't splayed out quite as far as they are in the line-art, they're always mildly in an "A stance" even while in cruiser. That's one of the things I didn't care for in the DYRL version actually, it looked too much like a giant robot laying down. It's actually closer to the SDF Macross version in this regard.

And speaking of which, where are all of the photos of completed kits for those of us who couldn't afford one?

That's a great review and the pictures of the toy look awesome. Unfortunately I still can't buy it, too much money and I've always disliked the way the ARMD carries look on in in Cruiser mode.

I was going to say, the extra engines built into the wings that everybody around here hates so much almost looks like the engines from the Tornado Pack were built into the plane this time. At certain angles I like the way this thing looks, at others I hate it. Would be nice to see the other two modes as well, maybe it really shines in Battroid and Gerwalk or something.

Interesting. I can't wait to see how this works, especially in some of the other modes.

Yeah, I've been wondering where all of the completed versions of this model and the accompanying pictures have gone off to as well? Was really looking forward to some pics and I couldn't buy one of these things myself.

Mostly because I'm a fan of blue and white jets. I don't really care for a Milia 19 but the paint scheme from the M3 for Max's VF-11 looks pretty cool to me. They have the molds, might as well do some repaints and get a few of us suckers to buy them and pay for the molds a little more. VF-X and M&M, a few of us will buy. M3 M&M's

Yamato should hire you as their marketing guy, every photo you take makes me ache to get one of these toys... and I already own some of them! Seriously, Yamato should hook you up with one of everything they sell on the condition you post photos like these because you take some spectacular photos. You'd break so many hearts and bank accounts (and possibly a few marriages.)

I believe the reason was something similar to that.

I never said it was a good idea. But Yamato did design the VF-11B (and the C) without considering the armor. I've looked at the design of the armor and the toy and think there is a way to design something that will work, it's a matter of how good it will look and if Yamato even deems it worthwhile.

Although it looks like they could make the armor already fit on the regular VF-11, who knows if it would really be done. Likely they'd have to retool a few bits as Yamato never designed the VF-11 to work with any sort of armor. I'd expect with new valk to accommodate armor + armor we're looking at more like $250. If they bother to consider it to begin with.

They would get me to buy three more VF-11's if they did that.

No. "The MOST number of votes but no sign of it being made."

I have two of them and the legs are fine on both. I'm fighting getting a third just so I can have one in each mode. I keep hoping they'll make a Milia/Max/Pink pecker version so i can justify the purchase with new paint job a little easier.