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I'm really hesitant to start a new collecting line.. this is suppose to be a once-off, but some of the other ships are so tempting! Do Eaglemoss do re-issues on any kind of frequency? I do not want to regret not picking these up now and only see them at eye-popping prices years down the road. Some of random older stuff from other franchises I've seen recently but now out of print are just going for stupid prices.

It's been an exciting couple of days. Many items from various far away places, vastly different shipping times & shipping methods so happen to all arrive at the same time.

Just opened up the Legioss, and so far have only been fiddling at it in Fighter mode. Really loving handling it so far on the accessible gimmicks in this mode: the various missile bays, the landing gears, it all feels really great quality. Swooshing it around fulfilled the fantasies from back in the day when the Legioss 'toy' to me was just a simple paper origami..  

But in hand, there's some unexpected minor gripes in this mode. In all the prior pics & videos, the gaps between the shoulders and the wings, and also the hole at the back of cockpit can be unsightly, just like the see-through gap area in Yamato's SV-51 fighter mode (rectified in Arcadia's update). The big surprise which I didn't catch earlier is the huge gap between the legs when viewed from top.

Another nitpick would be the cockpit glass itself. The clear plastic has some slight opacity to it, and minute swirl / wavy marks throughout, which recalls the old Yamato 1/48 valks as compared to other modern valks we have today.

Also mildly disappointed the landing gears are plastic instead of metal. Not an issue now, but as the rear landing gears can be quite stiff to deploy, the concern would be tendency of breakage in later years when the plastic ages and take on brittle qualities.

Given all the various gimmicks and subtle stuff Sentinel employed throughout the whole toy, I have wondered why there isn't an opening behind the cockpit for a folded-up ride armor gimmick haha.. I wonder if this is really feasible in any toy form since that space appear to be taken up by the shoulder sensor array for Soldier mode. 

1 hour ago, SUPERULTRAROBORIDER said:

This is a great pic!

Much respect to collectors who are willing to not only bring their higher end stuff out in the open outdoors, but also won't bat so much an eyelid setting them down on the ground and dirt to give everyone else great pics.

Didn't get a PO in for Roy's VF-1S at retail as well, despite brute force vigorous F5-ing and camping at all the usual sites. It has worked for me every time over the past few years, and now finally failed at it. It is these times I just gotta take my mind back to the days when we were schooled on how to lose graciously lol..

Can't really speak for others, but after calming down, I am not so affected anymore having failed to PO this and a large part is likely due to already having in hand the prior VF-1s in this line to satiate expectations. So will just wait and see nearer to release to pick up a copy on secondary market at reasonable resale price. In hindsight, it is good that Bandai didn't start this line with Roy's. The level of PO panic buying from scalpers may likely be much more than what it is now, and push the price up even further to astronomical levels..

It's a good thing Calibre Wings announced their Macross Zero F-14. Although it is on different scale, it will look great displayed with this VF-0D & VF-0A, as sort of to show off the evolution of Shin's ride from F-14 to the VF-0A, also representing the evolution from real fighters to the valkyries. The VF-0A will stick out a bit though, as the plane-jane mech in this group in terms of paint job..

Yes, if every of their upcoming premium items is like this VF-0D, I would gladly double dip on both normal AND premium versions..

The BSG Viper III arrived today..

This being my first BSG & Eaglemoss product, I'm quite blown away when I opened the box. It is much bigger than I expected, yet there is sufficient detailing for its size. Its unexpectedly weighty too when taking it out of its styrofoam tray. The small icing on top is its simple but quite functional display base. The base is nice & weighted, instead of just empty shell plastic, and although the cradle just sorts of holds but does not actually attach to the Viper III, it makes it very easy to just pick it up and swoosh it around haha..

Growing up, I didn't actually pay much attention to BSG, so I don't know who were the characters or what the storyline was when it happens to be on TV. But the scenes with the Viper catches my eye every time, and now I'm glad to have a physical representation of Viper on my desk. Granted, its not the original Viper, but this Viper III is close enough and I feel looks even better with its updated design.

My only gripe would be there's no opening cockpit gimmick, but also might as well not since the cockpit is just an empty space inside..

My VF-0D from NY arrived today. And I'm really impressed with the weathering done on this toy, its just so pretty!

For the asking price it is worth every dime. This is how Arcadia should have done premium finish from day 1 on their Macross items, instead of just putting tampo prints that should be there in first place on their normal items.  

Loved the review @jenius

Good things really come to us who waited, after 35 years!

Just adding to the chorus for the Monster: it may look pricey due to its weight & shipping, especially in current times when shipping options are limited, but it will be a good buy at the end.

In fact, when compared to other lines like the Metal Builds, the Monster now look like good value.

And I think I just talked myself into getting another one.. 

4 hours ago, borgified said:

NY will list it first for a few minutes, then close it after a certian allotment is made. A few minutes later re-list again at a increased price if you can get through on the first try.

For some reason, this didn’t happen with the recent YF-29 Alto pre-orders. No small incremental price increases with subsequent re-lists on PO day.

It was just a first batch PO sold out, and they didn’t re-list it until days later at much higher increased price. 

Very nice Ex-Gear custom!

I recently got the Ex-Gear too, and I liked it more than I thought I would. I just like the concept of it being transformable from cockpit control interface to an exo-skeleton. It can be a bit fiddly, and not much articulation once fully suited up, but I think even the new Mospeada ride armors are the same in that regard.. 

42 minutes ago, SuperHobo said:

Nice figure skating pose 

I'm really liking this shade of yellow Bandai have chosen. In fact, so far the colors used for this 1/48 line, from Max's blue, Hikaru's VF-1S red, Kakizaki's green in pics and now Roy's yellow, have a certain richness or saturation that makes them pop.

Great pics @tekering!!

I'm happy and sad at the same time.

Happy because this weathered color and effects just elevates the VF-0D to whole new level. 99.5% perfect. Minus 0.5% for the still yellow painted bit on the wings, which could have been some clear colored plastic instead?

Sad because now my regular VF-0D with its regular paint suddenly looks cheap. I probably got to place it at another end of the displays so I won't get a view of both at the same time!

Quite a surprise Bandai giving it a head remold, although it doesn't look like there's much difference..

What would be nice, and a bigger difference at that, would be articulated TV hands. It could either be integrated TV hands, which due to transformation, will not be as big as the existing separate fixed posed ones, or just make it a bigger separate plug in and make it articulated. I believe either way would be a first for any VF-1 toy..

Don’t remember any Macross Chogokin in past few years where there’s 2 web  exclusives in a row. 

Since Kakizaki’s already a web exclusive, it’s likely this Roy will be a normal release.

Yayy the joy of F5 finger acrobatics. 

Edit: I forgot there was that recent Alto YF-29 reissue that's a normal release, after Kakizaki. So this Roy is really a toss up on which release channel it will be put through.

Don’t think Bandai’s gonna bother with a single tiny black arrow marking to differentiate between TV & movie.

But it will be nice if they include a movie Roy figure as well. Yet wouldn’t put it past them to make it as a separate Tamashii item. 

21 minutes ago, Knuckles7173 said:

It's coming. This will be one uber PO-madness.

https://www.taghobby.com/archives/460784?fbclid=IwAR0lxrh7LNQW9DldcQ3Zhu65UXWBoEC6JIwDUlXULMRutZ88AntMLupJ9zs

Looks like it is a TV version with TV Roy pilot figure. Roy's figure also looks bigger, a nice touch. And great that it comes with the stand like Hikaru's VF-1J.

But is it going to be a normal release or Tamashii web exclusive?

@tekering Thanks for all the pics & comments 

Yeah shoulder joint looks metal on 2nd glance..

I wonder if the landing gears are also the same painted grey metal. They looked like plastic in the previously posted first transformation video.

1 minute ago, enphily said:

for those who crying about dimensions

What a difference, even though both are the same scale. This really hit home to me on how compact the Legioss is, and the VF-1 is the smallest Valkyrie in Macross universe too..

3 hours ago, SuperHobo said:

Is this a good enough A stance? 

It does indeed have an ab-crunch

The best Armo-Soldier pics by far! Ab-crunch is amazing.

I took a chance to PO 2 copies, and don’t regret it one bit so far.

In fact, the more the merrier.. One in Fighter mode with landing gears down to show how straight the body can be, another in Soldier mode to show off the great articulation, and another to keep to combine with the eventual Tread (how is Sentinel not going to make one now? They will have this market all by themselves).

Not too keen on Diver mode, but I can see it’s also the best Diver mode we’ve had so far. 

1 hour ago, M'Kyuun said:

Perfectly stated. This toy is a step up.

I don't care about scale, and to be quite honest, I think I'd prefer things on the smaller side, for both weight and space considerations. I'm more concerned about getting a quality build with good materials and engineering, thoughtful implementation of features/gimmicks, and good sculpting and deco. I want something that will still be in good shape twenty-thirty  years down the road, even after a decent bit of handling.  I hope this Legioss toy proves to be all those things.

Agree with this sentiment.

So far, the cockpit changes implemented for Armo-Soldier mode is just one example of something no one asked for, it wasn't in the original design, yet intrinsically feels so right, and above & beyond the other great design liberties in this re-interpretation. On the other end, we have had Bandai slapping that gaudy N.E.T.F.C tampo that came out of nowhere on the YF-19 wings.

The anxious wait continues....

If there's any nitpicking based on the pictures so far, are that the mini ride armor figure & bike could do with some painting. The mini fig already has some nice articulation, a bit of shame they didn't go all the way to paint it.