Andy NYK

mine of course will be bandai's reincarnation of the classic, improved yet nostalgic.^^

lol, well i did include "might", so it'll probably just lead to a big fight or cold war, that's all, hehe...

couldn't agree more with you, agent-ghq. chunkies are an irreplaceable part of our childhood that some couldn't apprehend. transformers got me into transforming robots, but "kaboom" came macross with TRIPLE-transforming robots from jet fighters when we were already exposed to real-world jet fighters. i'd say i've been so decultured by macross for about 25 years that i might leave my spouse if she'd threaten to deprive me of this part of my childhood, hehe.

that thread is a totally awesome tribute to the chunky monkeys, i think we should just revive that thread instead.

i actually owned a VF-1A hikky from takatoku too when i was a child, broken it's arm, landing gear spring mechanism, but it's lost when i reached my teens, never knowing its value... so yes, i'd say i owned a takatoku chunky monkey before. now i've happily replaced it with a bandai reissued VF-1S roy valk although it's not the original takatoku, but somewhat a refreshed version with improvements.

My Bandai Reissued 1/55 Roy Fokker's VF-1S out of the box without stickers applied.

well i'd take it, i dun mind fugliness. i'll treat it as one family as chunkies, it's a worthy "toy". yammies in the other hand are great as model/collectibles.

my vf-1s chunky monkey. very high nostalgic value.

yes, bandai didn't make the right gun and shoulder for the 19s... they used the gun and shoulder from the kai...

price is hindering many of us from getting it... i guess i'll have to stick to just this:

put off by the price... getting this instead... loose from jp.

definately better than this by miles as Graham mentioned:

i guess cos the vf-17 is the only valk design with guns at the elbows. but it still can be extended like during the scene where gamlin catches mylene when she dropped from her valk that was crushed by guravil.

Chunky monkey wants his share of the limelight too^^

wow, looks like a mega koenig godzilla.

it's only just as weird as the head of VF-25S^^ baboon skull of 17S versus goat skull of 25S.

overwhelming number of 22s over the 19k and 11c.

yes, i could confirm Kelsain's claim on it. used the D more but kicked ass with the S. also it was more dramatic with the S.

definitely updating my hi-metal blazer with a yammie version when that happens.

slim tis dude up please~!

bandai really made this valk with more heart & brain this time.

Bandai DX VF-17S ala Macross Frontier VF-171EX using Yamato Launch Arm Stand: I call it the "VF-17S(EX)", hahaha.

you are not.^^ i beg to differ, the more (lasers) the merrier.^^