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I'd bet money that we'll see the 30 in Macross Delta. As for the many possible pods/packs for the 30, I think there will be a recon pod, missile pod (YF-30 ), beam cannons pod, loud speakers pod, fold booster pod, fast pod, armor pod, and giant reaction missiles pod. That's about all I could think of. Feel free to add more.

Ha! If people keep posting the VF-4 in battroid mode I might change my mind about buying this. The only valk I have on display in battroid mode is my VF-0S. The VF-4 will stay in Fighter mode because it never transformed in FB2012.

it is so....

A DNA test is in order here.

That wallet look well used and.....stained.

Well, I don't have any inside info for that, but I seriously doubt they would do that. Adjusting anything would means that will cost more than a simple head swap/color change from the VF-0A to the VF-0S. Arcadia needed to keep cost down to keep their prices down for the consumers company going. They don't even have enough money to pay their Chinese workers to apply decals on their valk. Come on now.

It's probably another unnamed VF-1J pilot who stole/borrowed Hikaru's armor in DYRL, hence the red tipped missiles in the Hi-metal release. On a serious note, it might have something to do with licence or a yellow tipped missile version is coming soon via order exclusive.

27000 yen MSRP. So, that's about $225 USD for this Arcadia VF-4. Well, I am officially all in for this release. I can hear a collective sigh of reliefs over the pricing of this valk. I'm not really that excited about the gun pod that came with ordering through Arcadia, since it won't ever transform into that ugly battroid or weird looking gerwalk mode.

So, BW just didn't understand copy right laws or something back in the 80s? They had problems with the original Macross with HG, and now I heard the rights to FB2012 is also a big mess.

That's a sweet looking weathered YF-30. You make it look like it went through some serious battle. Feel bad for the maintenance crew who will have to clean up after the pilot though.

How did you get a VF-0 for $209 before shipping at HLJ? or do you mean $309?

I feel the same way too. With the amount they're asking you would think they can at least include water slide decals + the stickers they're already giving us. (a simply stance wouldn't hurt either). But I guess that would go against the whole cutting cost thing. An unpainted/no decals version could be in the work. It'll come dis-assembled with no box. (cause we need to save the tree and all that.)

You're pretty much describing every VF-1 variant ever.

Honestly, it really doesn't look that bad in battroid or plane mode, if you looking at it top down, but if you flip it over to the bottom that's when things get a little disappointing. Not to mention, the price they're asking. I think it's 50 dollars too much for what they're offering.

Well, Bandai did have Yamato/Arcadia's YF-19 to use as blueprint. They know what to improve and what to avoid from learning the mistake of their predecessor. But I'm sure they learn from their mistakes with their v1 25 line.

Agreed, as much as I like Bandai, I don't want them to be the only game in town. Monopoly usually doesn't bound well for the consumers. Quality is going to go down and price is going to go up. Not good at all.

So, planet Delta is like the lost and found center/garbage dump of the Milky Way galaxy. What happened to Shin and Alto (movie ver.) anyway, getting really tired of these main characters disappearing due to space magic. Battle damaged...man, that's just the Yamato 1/60 VF-0 lines.

Calling it now. Bandai DX 1/60 VF-4A Macross Delta ver.

Asking Arcadia to cough up the cash for the license is like asking us fan to cough up 500 bucks for them VF-4s. NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT!

No license is too difficult to get if you got the money, so yeah it's a money problem.

I just need the Altron to compete my 5 Wing Boys collection. Gundam did just fine in the beginning from MSG all the way to Victory without the pacifist stuff. The war drama in Gundam is very anti-war yes, but they usually show it in a way that the main character just did enough to survive the war, and realize how pointless war is. Like, just being alive was an achievement. do they really need the main character to kick everybody's butt to the point of archiving a flawless victory? As for the recolor thing. It's not just Bandai that's doing that. That's pretty much all Macross really is in a nutshell. In the original series, what is the differences between a VF-1A, J, and S but a color/head swap? Yamato/Arcadia is guilty of the same thing, but that's not their fault. That's just how the show is.

I'm down for a YF-21 and a VF-11B with added improvements of course. Though, I hope Delta do more cameo of older valks like the 21/22 and 11 so they can pull a VF-19A in Frontier. Anyway, Do they even have M7 licence anymore? As for Delta, I doubt they would get the rights to release (or Frontier for that matter) any toys from that series. I'm pretty sure Bandai got that on lock down. Hey, I hope Bandai keep doing what they've been doing right now, and be successful with Macross Delta stuff. I'm really liking their Tempo and adding details to their valks. Some people find the Yamato/Arcadia valk more desirable in appearance, I'm the other way around. I really like those decals that Bandai put on their valks, they look like a really fine display piece with it. While Yamato and Arcadia looks like a cheap toy in comparison. I got out of Macross toy collecting because of Yamato QC problems, and got back into it because of Bandai renewal stuffs. So, I'm pro Bandai all the way.

yeah, i know what you mean. It felt like for the amount of hours I put into building gunpla, I could have use the time to do something more productive. Even if I finish my backlog I wouldn't have space to display them anyway. lol I pretty much boxed up ALL of my HGUC stuff (like 60 of them) to make room for my Macross stuff. The only thing i'm looking forward to in Gunpla are MG Altron and V2. Iron Blood Orphans look really good. I hope they keep the gritty and iron-blooded approach to this new series. No more pacifists inside a weapon of mass destruction please, got really tired of that Jesus Yamato crap. I'm feeling that financial fatigued regarding Macross stuff too, that's why I complain about Arcadia all the time lol. I really wanted to support them, but I just feel like they're asking too much. I hope Bandai stay in that 150-200 dollar price range for their Macross Delta stuff, and not follow in Arcadia footstep into the 250-300+ range. Otherwise, I'll be out of collecting Macross toys.

Like everybody else here, I'm excited about this release...not so excited when it comes to payment time though. Come on Arcadia, you know we're more concern about what crazy price you gonna slap on this valk rather than the release date!

So, Dec 2016 could be the month for a YF-21. I think we might start to see the SV-51s lines in 2017. I mean they do have the Macross Zero licence. And then maybe back to VF-1 lines in 2018, with some Plus stuff throw in there (YF-19 arm cannon, fold boosters, VF-11B) ?