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HMR Monster, Yen 54k:

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1065907907&lang=en

Very nice mods! You've managed to make your own Missing Link 1/55. 

Nichimo 1/200 Regult Missile, Yen 2.5k.

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1233801672&lang=en

Looking at the close-up pics, I can get a sense it's gonna be built very solidly despite all the extra moving parts. Not a surprise considering its Pose+.

Maybe we are too harsh on it at this stage - at least its not a straight up larger size of Sentinel's, but has its own extra gimmicks and features. 

I wonder if there’s also way to stow B2Five’s ride armor into Pose+ Legioss. That would be cool. 

DX VF-1 TV Super Parts have been popping much more often lately, Yen 14k:

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1303658771&lang=en

It's a sight to so many v2s in a single formation, plus most have been detailed up nicely.  

On 7/12/2025 at 3:10 AM, Froy said:

Oh boy! There are 2 of them. If it makes it to the end of the month I will grab one.

My money for the month's toys are on Sentinel's Tread

They do seem to be popping up a bit more often these days. 

Not so much on the VF-1 Virgin Road though.

Yammie 1/60 VF-X at Yen 45k.

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1197616835&lang=en

I think Mandarake at this stage always put some sort of disclaimer on all v2 VF-1 and the initial v2 VF-25 / 29s. 

I'm guessing the revival Alto Tornado set has the same fixes.. double screws on shoulders, one less screw at the hips. 

The new opening flaps at the wings, are the real vertical stabs on the Legioss. Because those stabs on the arms are comically tiny, much more so than Sentinel's. 

But gotta acknowledge how much Sentinel's Legioss have moved the goalpost since every Legioss after it are adopting the same basic proportions.

Hasegawa Macross Modellers YF-19 limited version, Yen 4.5k:

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1303215757&lang=en

This tiny Elysion has shot up in price not too long ago.. Yen 2.5k now.

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1099256560&lang=en 

This VF-19S is my very first Yamato valk all those years ago, and my 3rd 1/60.

I remember being blown away by the built & engineering of it, & how tight the panel gaps are in Fighter as opposed to the v2 VF-25/29.

Don’t think toy technology has advanced much since then, at least for our VFs.

^^ Very nice. Still kicking myself for not getting the PF SDF-1 then.

Thought I would be perfectly satisfied with just the normal version. 

I mean..

24 minutes ago, Froy said:

Should take a look at soulder hinges and those small flaps on the back of the neck.

Mine has been in perma battroid mode since like ever and it has cracks on the shoulders

That could be one reason why I haven't transformed it, in the back of my mind I don't want to find out lol.

Can those cracks be seen without transforming out of Fighter? 

After so many years I still haven't brought the VF-11B out of Fighter..
 

When I see truck mode, 2 things come to mind..

One being it looks like the Kai's behind is stuck in a barrel, and he can't dislodge himself.  

The other is that same mode somehow recalls a very old show:

9 hours ago, jvmacross said:

LOL! Perfect pic.

The fighter front end is such a turn off. They managed to take a nice sleek radome & make it look like a jet of the 40's / 50's that has nose intakes.   

Review is up. Thanks @jenius.

https://anymoon.com/blog/?p=18486#more-18486

Yammie 1/60 YF-21 for Yen 25k:

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1057956171&lang=en 

That SDF-1 brick figure really is huge & imposing. Nice to see it can do a proper A-stance. 

On 6/28/2025 at 12:22 AM, Test_Pilot_2 said:

Wait, does that work like an Amiibo, too?

No it doesn’t. The KO is only as far as the figure itself. No chip inside.