Newtype78

Add one more YF-19 to the "perfect condition" list. I received my YF-19 from HLJ earlier today and it is free from QC issues. The joints are tight but not overly so.

After having the chance to examine the YF-19 more thoroughly and transform it a couple of times, I'm happy to say I seem to have an issue free unit. All the joints are tight but not overly so.

I do like some of the unique points of transformation such as the way the LERX components reconfigure in Battroid mode.

I was hoping for more innovation in design deviation from the Yamato VF-19 family of toys. On one hand, one could definitely say that it's difficult to improve upon such a good design of the VF-19 toys. On the other hand, something like the re-use of the ankle design is a significant missed opportunity to improve upon the VF-19 toy base design.

While I like the idea of including a plethora of missiles, I would rather omit them but keep the FAST Pack parts and have the MSRP less than $300. The option to have a fold booster or a FAST Pack arm armament unit would be preferable as well.

Hmm...now that I can see the YF-30's head more clearly, its elongated proportions makes me think of the SV-51's head design. The chest also reminds me of the SV-51.

I received mine from HLJ just before I had to go to work. It didn't have any QC issues upon initial inspection. I removed it from the box and had a few minutes to check fighter mode. So far so good. Hopefully I won't discover a major issue when I fully inspect and transform It later.

Beautiful work!

The VF-0S Max custom and VF-19 Skull 1 are breathtaking.

The influx of cat photos...it's starting to feel like Reddit!

Onto serious business and on topic, the stand designs look great. Count me in as another interested customer. I have only the stands included with my Valk toys and not all of them have stands so I could definitely use some more for my collection.

The transformation sliding the head out is exactly the same as the 25 and that's the part he can't grasp.

Tking22 was told that the YF-29 toy transforms exactly the same way that the VF-25 toy does. I made a clarification since that isn't true.

As far as the head transformation process, I don't know for a fact if Tking22 is unable to grasp the transformation process or that the issue may lie with his VF-25A toy having parts that don't fit properly, which could cause the difficulty he has experienced with the transformation.

The point of my previous post is that he should be aware of the difference in the leg transformations of the two toys. He has had a negative experience with his VF-25A toy. I would hate to hear that he ran into problems with the YF-29 toy as well.

Tking22, just to let you know before you consider transforming the YF-29, be aware that it transforms nearly the same way as the VF-25. Since you've had some difficulty with your VF-25A, you may run into similar issues with the YF-29 unless the issues with your VF-25A were due to manufacturing error(ie. parts not fitting correctly, causing difficulty during transformation).

A key difference in transformation procedures of the VF-25 and YF-29 to keep in mind is that the YF-29's legs are not supposed to be "straight" when in fighter mode. You need to have the GERWALK joint moved one click forward in order for the slot in the lower leg to be positioned correctly for the tab on the wing to connect to. If you try to transform the toy back into fighter mode without the legs properly positioned, you could stress some plastic trying to force the tab into the slot.

I really hope that a pilot figure of Edgar is included with the 0D and his helmet has a tiny pink dot to represent the heart picture seen in the anime.

Great photos. Thank you!

This is exciting! I hope more details are revealed soon.

Oh, yes, the 0D is a go!

While I would love to see new 0S and 0A VF toys derived from this new toy mold, I'm simply happy to see that the 0D is going to get toy representation. It looks great so far to me. Time to start putting a dollar away a day to save up for this!

For ants indeed. It says "mini", I know...

I like seeing a new SDF-1 toy but not a 110mm height/length version that is priced at 7500 yen.

More than the price, the reduction of detail is what I'm mainly concerned with. At the size that this is going to be produced at, you can't have the fine detail that a larger scale representation would possess. The SDF-1's design is filled with intricate detail that I would sorely miss in a roughly 4" representation.

I am the happy new owner of the super parts and Ghost set for the Renewal RVF-25!

To be honest, I am not a big fan of super parts on the RVF-25 but I think the Ghosts are essential for any owner of Luca's VF.

Hell yeah!

I really like the YF-29 in the Ozma custom colors but I'm not 100% sure if I'm willing to put down the money for the toy. The VF-25S, on the other hand, I would have no doubt in buying one if/when it is re-issued.

Thanks for the clarification, folks!

Now the pricing differences makes sense.

I'm confused about the MSRP for the YF-29 Ozma custom. I recall seeing several pages back that the price was 18360 yen. Now some people in this thread say that the retail price is 17000 yen. However, AmiAmi and HobbySearch both say that the MSRP is 14000 yen. So...what's the true retail price?

I did not play the pre-order game since it played out as I anticipated(ridiculously quick sell outs). I am thinking of perhaps buying this when it is released and it will hopefully become reasonably easy to acquire(ie. I don't have to watch online retail listings like a hawk). I do not want to pay an inflated amount for this, though, so I'd like to know what it actually should be retailing for.

There is only one thing that is on my wishlist for Bandai's 2014 line up: A DX Chogokin compatible vajra toy.

I know that hero designs are the most popular and so those are the go-to designs that make it to toy form but as great as it is to see all the Macross Frontier designs that make it to the DX Chogokin toyline, I would love to see some vajra in toy form. What good is having a bunch of hero VFs with nothing to oppose on our display shelves?

I know the common counter to the notion of making toys of enemy characters, especially ones without speaking roles, is that they won't sell and that the toy manufacturer would lose money. However, making a vajra toy a made to order product would be a win-win scenario. Bandai would not have to risk as much money as they would with a regular release and toy collectors would have the opportunity to purchase something that could make their collection more complete.

Now, a proper vajra toy that is in scale with the DX Chogokin VFs would be large and, thus, expensive, but if it was given the same level of design as the Renewal toys, I think it could be worth the price.

As much as I look forward to someday having all of the Macross Frontier Skull Squadron in my collection, I would like to display them facing off against a vajra or two instead of flying in formation, which is boring to me. My VFs must fight enemies, not have tea parties in space!

I'm just speculating here but if the product turns out to be the VF-0D, it could make sense. By introducing the 0D first, it whets the appetite for a return of 0A and 0S toys, especially in the form of new designs rather than re-issues of the v1 toys. Basically, Arcadia creates hype for their Wonderfest announcement and if it turns out to be the 0D, they create more hype for the inevitable 0A and 0S follow ups.

As a big fan of the Macross Zero designs, I am definitely hoping that this turns out to be the 0D for this reason: Hero variants of VFs are guaranteed but variants like trainer units are not necessarily popular so whether or not they get produced can be iffy.

So if Arcadia starts off with the 0D, we get a non hero unit for sure as well as the 0A and 0S VFs later on because it would be a foolish missed opportunity to not produce the hero units.

What if it means fast packs for VF-19 Excaliburs.......meaning re-issued VF-19 Excaliburs with shoulder holes!!!.........

As a fan of the VF-19, I would love to see this happen but I thought the shoulder parts attach to the shoulder armor rather than where the holes are shown in the photo of the YF-19 v2(basically where the trapezius muscles would be on a human).

Lol, definitely buy it for a dollar.

Seriously though, how many pages of price guessing are we going to do?

Even more hilarious is that some dudes here are actually using it as an opportunity to measure d*cks.

Just to make sure I'm on the same page as everyone else...are we measuring in 1/60 scale?

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Seriously, back on topic, whatever Arcadia announces at Wonderfest, I hope that we see a solid prototype sample, hopefully three to show off all three modes.

You guys know the vf1 goes for 170 now right? A 0d will not be less than 250.

If Arcadia makes a VF-0D, considering the pricing of their VF-1 re-uses of the Yamato v2 VF-1 mold as well as the MSRP of the v2 YF-19, a price around $250 would not be unexpected.

Get both - the 25A was an amazing release from Bandai.

-b.

Agreed. The 25A is my first Frontier Valk toy and definitely not my last.

I dunno about that but I got my 0S for around $120-ish new.

With extra ammunition and dev costs for the mods, hope it will be around 150-ish.

I hope I'm mistaken. I'd love to pay less for a VF-0 toy!

I normally go to HLJ when I try to find the MSRP for products since they normally list the MSRP even for discontinued items. According to HLJ, the MSRP for the VF-0 standalone toys was 16,800 yen.

It sounds like you bought your VF-0S at a very nice discount, aaajin.

The $200 mark sounds fair for a v2 VF-0 toy. I believe the Yammie v1 VF-0 standalone toys had a MSRP of about $170.

Edit:

With respect to dimensions, the results of a quick search for stats show that the VF-0A length in fighter mode is 18.69 meters while the VF-1A length in fighter mode is 14.23 meters.

So the VF-0 VFs are a fair bit larger than the VF-1 VFs.