Hi Michael.
I am fairly new to Macross Frontier (about 6 months since I collected my first DX VF-25F renewal). It gets very addictive. For me price is secondary. As long as my pocket can afford. The quality of the renewal and its design is well executed (me being a design engineer with Master qualification). What attracts me the most is the slim shape of the robot and perfect shape of the fighter. Add the ability to load some upgrades onto it makes me want to buy all of them. Go for the renewal if possible. If the renewal of VF-27 is not made, I will get the V1 instead.