ScrambledValkyrie

This may have been pointed out already, but I’m just noticing that the head lasers on the 1S are positioned differently in battroid and fighter. I guess that means they are individually articulated?

Since these are going to be more appreciated in battroid, where the stand adapter isn’t going to matter, I’d say keep it as close the line art as possible. But it would still be great to have them be able to work with the existing stand adapter.

Count me in as someone who’d be up for buying multiple sets, assuming price and color are agreeable.

7 hours ago, vlenhoff said:

I am not sure, but i think the 1D came with a non fast pack tamashii display adapter as well. Yup, just checked @jenius's review, and the 1D comes with one.

Yeah, I suspected the 1D came with one, but wasn't sure.  I actually haven't opened mine yet. 

And @vlenhoff, you're making me want to go ahead and pick up a Spartan. It's not my favorite destroid, but maybe it would satisfy my desire for a Tomahawk in the short term. I would really love to get a Monster, but realistically don't have the space.

3 hours ago, vlenhoff said:

I am curious, which HMR come with the non fastpacks fighter mode stand adaptor piece? Fighter mode is always my favorite.

I think it was just the VF-1J armored and the VT-1. The original Hi Metal (non R) VF-1J and VF-1A models came with one as well.

10 hours ago, sh9000 said:

I still want a VF-1A TV Kakizaki and VF-1S TV Roy.

You’re not the only one.

7 minutes ago, Convectuoso said:

And the head arrows are black instead of yellow 

 

 

True, though Bandai hasn’t included that detail yet for their VF-1S in either Hi Metal or HMR.

6 minutes ago, Karaoke Ninja said:

What's even the difference between DYRL Roy's VF-1S and TV Roy's? Just the pilot suit?

The pilot, the hands, and the fact that the TV versions are usually whiter. Plus if it came with super parts, those would be more green and less blue.

The Scout was probably not at the top of many people’s lists (mine included), but still very exciting to see it potentially get made. Also seems logical for Bandai, since they can reuse the leg molds from the standard Regult.

And count me as another one who would rather see a proper TV Roy instead of a reissue.

I see their photos of the stands holding an HMR VF-1 wth super parts, but I think I’d be a little nervous doing that. Haven’t people had some trouble in the past with similar arms from Tamashii failing?

@UN_MARINE, this is some amazing work! Very impressive. If I had any Joke machines, I would totally want one of these.

4 hours ago, seti88 said:

Nice! Maybe bandai is bidding time to change the color to a more military-ish olive/green before releasing the tomahawk...

Best color in my opinion would be the light tan from the anime, but at this point, I would take a Tomahawk in just about any color that Bandai decided to release, even that purple-gray that they teased earlier. 

Congrats to all who were able to score a Max. Based on pics here, he’s looking great. It will nice once Bandai decides to release Kakizaki and Roy to round out the TV team.

14 hours ago, sh9000 said:

That reminds me.  I still need to order the new armors.

Yeah, same here. I missed the fact they were now available. 

On 9/23/2019 at 11:17 PM, jvmacross said:

 

Very cool! On the bottom of the right hand page, that appears to be the VF-1SOL-S design from the Super Famicom game. It says "scramble valkyrie" above the image, and the year matches the year the game came out. I recall there being some debate as to whether or not Kawamori was actually responsible for that design.

8 hours ago, jenius said:

... that looks better than the Messer VF-1.

Agreed, but that’s not saying much... 

This will be a pass for me, but I am glad to see the line still going. Maybe this will help some get a VF-4 that missed the first one.

24 minutes ago, Corrinald said:

Curious to see what the next one is. Back to SDF, or another DYRL? Maybe something off the wall like a VF-1D? With Bandai you never know

It does seem like they are trying to do one of each VF-1 variant to start, so according to that logic a 1D would make sense.

I'm just waiting for the inevitable VF-1S Focker, hoping it's a TV version...

Mandarake has a Hi Metal 1/100 Super Parts set in stock, if anyone is interested:

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1072978100&ref=mail

Thanks for the links, @no3Ljm. I’m thinking those might not be the official release, and I’m hoping to get the real thing.

Looking for the official set of Blu-rays for the original Macross TV show. If anyone has a set they’d be willing to part with, please let me know. It doesn’t have to be the Complete Edition, in fact I’d probably prefer that it not be, for cost reasons.

16 hours ago, Kinzoku VF said:

Excellent fiddling about figures....'Piuuu Piuuu, Whoooshh"....

Don’t you mean “Kyuun, kyuun, kyuun, kyuun”? 

9 hours ago, Bolt said:

When did Bandai previously produce 1/48 Valks?

They didn’t, to my knowledge. I think @Kinzoku VF meant that they were re-starting on building a line at a new scale.

3 hours ago, vlenhoff said:

Did the HM armor they sold separately includes a gunpod? I want a gunpod for my extra VE-1, when in naked fighter mode..

The Hi Metal Super Parts set did not include a gunpod. It did include a stand adapter, however.

3 hours ago, fifbeat said:

One of these days I'll get a display case and actually open them.  (there's a Arcadia Premium Finish SDF in the top right hand corner, which is in a black box). 

All those boxes look great together. Seems the only one you're missing is the VF-1S Messer (which is skippable, in my opinion).

If we're talking future releases, my top most wanted would be:

1. Tomahawk
2. VF-1A Max
3. VF-1S Roy/Hikaru TV version
4. Q-Rau TV version
5. VF-1A Armored

On 7/28/2019 at 12:53 PM, Bolt said:

This is the VF-4 we’ve always wanted. I’m sure Arcadia took quiet note how popular the HMR version is..

It definitely seems to me like they’re just following Bandai’s lead here, but it’s still nice to see this getting made.

The Tomahawk is my favorite of all the destroids, except for maybe the Monster. (Still wish I had the space to display one of those beasts...)

Nice combo, @sh9000. Agreed that the TV color works much better. 

Even though they were originally intended for DYRL, I typically only put the HM green packs on TV valks. My DYRL valks get HMR blue packs.