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It's just occurred to me that, since the Draken III's don't have a transparent canopy, the pilots must fly them completely through sensor inputs, and perhaps a computer generated image of the outside world. Take it a step further, and perhaps the Knights are cyborgs, and those hair things are their brain interface to the Draken's systems.

thats an avatar (hair) and macross plus (brainwaves) rehash! hey but if it works it works...

I would rather think of it like having fold powers tho...like they can activate space fold anytime...and ...warp in weapons!

waiting to see the 1/35 gunpod that fires bb's!

or an internal lighted up instrument cluster.....swoon.....

The pointed ends of the draken pilots hair look a bit like

Plus the fact they named the draken with anti-UN desigs...SV....should be link to the past somewhere...

more questions than answers!

I think it might have similar legs than the Koenig Monster. I painted in some areas into the picture:

sv-626_draken_3.png

The magenta colored areas seem to be shoulders. Because than you have a nice marking for the Draken Boys squadron on the shoulder. The green part seems to be the lower leg and the blue part has to be the ankle.

The outer part of the wing is likely part of the backpack. If they are part of the backpack than they have to be connected on the underside of the Valkyrie. That would lead to a funky Gerwalk-Mode because than the legs could only swing upwards which would mean that the cockpit is on the underside of Gerwalk-Mode. Which doesn't seem that unrealistic since the whole cockpit seems to be shielded to begin with.

To keep the pilot with the head upwards it would have to rotate 180 degree around the roll axis which probably inhibit more movements of the cockpit area. That means that cockpit area would stay in place for all three modes just like on the YF-30.

Your thoughts?

Magenta area for shoulders do seem so, looking at how the insignia is tampo'ed at the side of the valk instead of facing upward (which normally r the cases!).

Nice catch scyla on that.

It would be awesome to have a shoulder patch, looking even more beefier now!

The lower blue part i suspect could be the arm! Due to the single thruster config, the legs would require centralisation, and if the lower blue is a leg, then the legs would be gigantic!

I cant see where the arms would slot to if that is the case, leaving me to believe that it most likely the arm/wrist area.

All said, how do the flaps sit in part of the arm or leg!

Agree with you also that maybe the head unit would be underside..

Weird all this discussion on beefy/arms/legs is giving me a strange vibe...

The 262 wing stripes look like zentradi pockets!!!

Is the 262 a reference to me-262, the super jet from the big bad guy that out perform everything?

hmmm.,,you may hv a point there, now with the european castles backdrop...a german influence?

Looks like it'll have some really big "feet"....what if this transforms into something "glaug-like".....

This draken looks like he would be wearing boots with piston like joints facing forward...a bit Frankenstein-ish perhaps?

Actually, was just back from Tokyo last week. Didn't see much Macross stuff.... Here's a pic: That was all the Macross I saw.

Go mandarake online I mean... You can browse at ur leisure and it covers many mandarake branches across JP.

And one more of the rear from the presentation.

One flap? If u can call it that..still looks more pointed than the other..I tried to reason that it maybe folded wrongly but seems like a totally different shape still to me...edit- 2nd glance yea I can imagine it being same if the right is angled more upwards...

Plus I still can't make out the head unit outline behind the cockpit!

So which one is more anime accurate colourwise? Looks like the Arcadia one is more "white"?

I try not to comment too much on colors, as even the anime isn't that consistent scene to scene either..depends if ur a stickler for that stuff...

The big grouse many have is the choice of colors of arcadia's leg fins, which seem to be more blue than navy grey. However it's localized mainly on the leg fins and some don't find it too far off from the naval colors.

The white Arcadia's 0s does look whiter at the moment for sure! You probably be better off questioning if u are ok with the new mold, whether if u want to pair it w the armor or even if the price is reasonable to u.

What are the differences between the upcoming VF-0S compared to the previous Yamato release?

I have one on pre-order but am really thinking hard if I want to keep it. It's not cheap and I would rather use the money to catch up on original Macross VF-1 valks. Need to prioritise.

The main point is that it would be compatible with the upcoming reactive armour release, whilst the old yamato has a much wider chest which has been mentioned to not fit.

Secondly its the updated mold and metal parts on the swingbars. Also,, depending on your preference on anime color accuracy, you may or may not like the paint scheme better.

This would be really good news if it were true! I took a break in collecting Yamatos and Arcadias and am trying to catch up on old releases and the prices are just crazy. There is no way I can justify it. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ARCADIA/YAMATO???

P.S. Was also just check prices for the Arcadia YF-19 and guess how much they are selling for on ebay? SCARY!

Forget e-Bay its scalper haven.....You probably would hv better luck on madarake or even the for sale section of the forums...

Just keep things civil and/or let the mods keep it so...

hear hear

Thanks for the close-up IXTL...noticed several areas of interest in the pics...

1) Those flaps really got me scratching as they seem to be different in shape between the left and right wing.

Not sure if its some form of pull out which were not pulled out properly. What funstion would they serve as the shape also looks triangular...

2) The head structure seems to be very integrated to the extent that wondering if its positioned there or perhaps like the old vf-1's where its underside....

There doesnt seem to be any gaps at all...

3) Hinge on the tail fin seem to indicate it could fold either left or right....

4)Ankle joints seem exposed...is there a cover thats been forgotten?

Not to mention the thickness of the valk from the rear view is very different from the flattish 31!

Questions questions!

Dunno.....I think Bandai selecting 1/1800 is a very deliberate move.

It circumvents the two scales already released by Yamato and/or indicates that Arcadia may still have the license for one or both of the previously used scales for the DYRL SDF-1....

Bandai has Arcadia against the ropes....Arcadia should come out of it swinging with a 1/3000 TV SDF-1 announcement....or just simply have Mr. K throw in the towel with a cry of "no mas...Macross!"

arcadia should sock em to bandai by releasing 1/100 delta valks!

i would like leave this thread open....there may be more annoucements coming up since the airing is not that far away on Dec 31st..

Its hopefully gonna be more civil and quieter after the mega announcements over the past few days...

or perhaps monitor the situation a bit more...

I totally want a Skull leader repaint.

Call it "The Siegfried&Roy Special"

hope am not too late...

Ok this has been weighing on my mind...since bandai is planning on the 1/100 vf-0a........would it be possible that........

there would be a 1/100 reactive armour pack also.....i know its too early to even tell but with arcadia's release coming up...

more of a budget planning question...

maybe so.. but.. we will actually get GBP parts? Supers are realistic (hopefully an inclusion) but beyond that I have doubts. Would be nice though! Man this thing is gonna cost a fortune..

it isnt arcadia so 'big maybe' it wont hurt 'that much'...

so... is there actually an official name for this thing yet? Sv-262 Schwalbe/Sturmvogel/Draken... etc etc ?? I must have missed that part.

sv-262 draken III

or for the posh peeps...SV262 Draken the third. Aerial knights valkyrie fighter team and Heir to the kingdom of kingdom of wind. *ahem*

p.s. made the heir bit up

Yikes, shall leave it in the hands of the mods then!

Though nothing would be more certain than having a pre-order date!

So is it official yet? Is Bandai all in on a line of 1/60 DX Legacy Valkyries? If so, time to change the thread title!

Further news other than bandai will release has been sparse. Not even a close-up pic, but i understand thats the tight security.

How does one go abt changing the thread title?

I think the head unit is growing on me more. I didn't realize before but the forearms in those battroid mode pics look like really thin and tiny sticks, even compared to the YF-30's which I thought still looked okay.

Since the nose on the VF-31 folds down like the VF-25's, it looks like one side effect seems to be that it will limit any waist articulation it might have. The YF-30 had the best waist articulation of any valk to date.

I thk ur right. There is a line across on the area of the torso behind the crotch which may indicate turning point.

however it would seem that the nosecone would bump into the crotch armour plate.

That would limit approx less than 45 degree rotation to either side. The 30 had no crotch armour to bump into i think....

Would it be nice too if they will include their own LED light-up 'Fold Booster' and Fast Packs besides your wished Arm Cannon, eh?

that would be awesome! tho the price maybe worrisome, i thk that and plus tampo would be the 19 version to beat!

Bandai or arcadia? Bandai is doing Orguss through the MegaHouse brand. Arcadia should do patlabor and votoms, I'd live for them to do Mospeada also.

^ this! arcadia mospeada! bring it!

I've said it before....whoever is currently in charge of the Macross line at Bandai must be an old school fan and truly loves Macross.....

I see the love.....Have you felt it? ....maybe he was a former Yamato employee!

It's OK guys...the lit up visor is totally legit!!!

Way cool....!

MW discussing Macross Delta.

MW discussing Macross toys.

There are babes in these forums discussing toys?!!