Radioguy

1 minute ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Moreso for some valks than others, but who here remembers how long the Max+Milia premiums and the VF-4 premium sat around at HLJ with constant discounts?

I'd seen them fluctuate, but what was the lowest ever HLJ price? PF Max and Mirya with super parts are still listed there, but nowhere near this Max/Roy price right now. One might wonder if that price difference is what the PF cost is, but that's difficult to accept.

3 hours ago, MKT said:

Now the long wait for Max figure, & even longer for Miriya. Both of which were promised by.. Q4 last year. 

To think I had considered the metallic 1A pair with Mirya. I'd be pulling my hair out right now (not that there's much left after dealing other stresses in life). 🤪

Not doing PF on these either after the SDF news has me dumbfounded. I mean, Arcadia quality is the best at 1/60 scale, but if you don't even want people to think of considering Valkyrie Factory KOs as cheap alternatives, why not go back to the PF versions that they won't do to seal the deal?

Are the added tampos really that cost-prohibitive?

On 4/17/2024 at 4:24 PM, sh9000 said:

Yes.

Knew it.

On 4/18/2024 at 6:50 PM, Anasazi37 said:

I just checked the page and Bandai changed the sales region to just Japan (Asia and US were removed as options) and it looks like you can only buy it in person at the Tamashii stores in Tokyo and Osaka.

Bastards. Seriously.

Not for making a mistake (if it even was), but taking DAYS to revert it. Opportunities were lost for some (Like LP jacking up their price since initial offer) believing they wouldn't be dealing with international shipping...or shipping at ALL stateside.

I know many of you aren't upset due to the price and the looks of this thing, but imagine Bandai doing the same with a DX TV Max, Elint, CF, etc.

Think it was a mistake, or that HG complained? Sucks either way, of course.

2 hours ago, sh9000 said:

That VF-1J might look cool with some chrome and clear Armored Parts.

Indeed...or strike parts...or missiles.

2 hours ago, sh9000 said:

DX VF-1A DYRL Kakizaki.

Was this one still sealed?

I like it. I think it will be fun in hand.

Having said that, while we have a gun here, I don't like that we don't see missiles in fighter mode. That gives me Angel Bird vibes, and I want missiles. Hell, I want strike parts!

9 hours ago, MKT said:

I’m guessing they are vintage kits just from the name Imai alone, but they look so crisp & modern.

It reminds of something I read how once upon a time the only way to have good & accurate sculpt was through kits & not toys. Nowadays that bridge is almost closed. 

I'm just gonna say the obvious here. The problem, other than having to build and paint the thing, is durability. Kits are made to look pretty and not be played with, and that's not conducive to a transformable model no matter what the tolerances are (and looking at the gaps in those, they are made with room to spare to save paint stripping off).

DX and Arcadia may not be all we want or can be realized, but we can actually transform the damned things more than a few times without (usually) having to touch them up again.

Having said all that, I'd love to have a 1:48 VF-1J in a Robotech Axoid paint scheme, and that ain't happening anytime soon unless someone paints one up (ain't gonna be me with my Carpal Tunnel). 😉

They always cover themselves with "Japan Version", so it's not as easy to accuse them of gouging here...well, not to Americans. It's the Japanese version!!!!

Said it elsewhere, so probably should here: If anyone needs someone to try and pick up a copy for them at Tamashii NYC, I would try.

I just don't know if purchase limits will be imposed for this like they were at the Tamashii popup at Grand Central for the Max VF-0S.

The price is high, but aside from the positive playable aspects of owning him, I'd actually like this to succeed; especially if the USA availability is as it seems.

5 hours ago, jenius said:

Looks like a test shot rather than an actual scheme but I'll try to get one.

Yeah, that occurred to me as well. Still, I'd own this.

1 hour ago, borgified said:

It’s a glorified version of the KC version @davidwhangchoi (with overpriced worthless hollow transparent plastic and useless die cast metal parts according to one person in another Macross site). It’s it worth overspending your money on a FOMO valk for your collection? 

12 minutes ago, Anasazi37 said:

This could have been a production run of the long-overdue VF-1A Hayao TV, to complete the squadron. But no, we're getting something...unique instead.

Price aside, if you love the DX VF-1 design, you'd probably want this for the variant like a sofubi in a different colorway. Folks did grab Yammie repaints once upon a time, so it's not like this is unprecedented. It certainly looks better than the 30th Anniversary Arcadia.

I just hope the availability is correct, and it's successful. If that door is opened, who knows what may come.

4 hours ago, MKT said:

Perhaps this being a non-canon VF-1 scheme, it is out of reach of HG...

I can't understand it otherwise so far.

I hope it doesn't change. To buy a brand new DX VF-1 in a New York City shop is the stuff of dreams.

Am I nuts or does the site say it CAN be sold in the USA, and not only that, but will be at the Tamashii store in Times Square???

I am hyperventilating here over the implications of this.

https://www.mandarake.co.jp/information/customary/20240405/

https://www-mandarake-co-jp.translate.goog/information/customary/20240405/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en

Wow. Have they posted stuff like this before? I don't recall.

That bastard had better not be one of us.

4 hours ago, Alex GS said:

How come I didn't know about this one:

Just POs one of this as well from Entertainment earth

here is the link if someone has interest for it

https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/HSE7166

BBTS is already sold out.

That's the third or fourth reissue, yeah?

I mean it's great that they got so much right for him in Earthrise, but is he so rare or expensive on the secondary market with so many reissues? If anything, I'm surprised they haven't done more variants beyond AU and SG if he's so popular. I kinda wish they did Nemesis for the mold, or AU again, actually.

1 hour ago, MKT said:

Not sure when it started, but KC is having a spring sale. Many of their valks and figures are on heavy discount again.

https://www.kitzconcept.com/index.php?route=product/special

Not the metallic 1As, though. Surprising. Well, it's still a preorder, so maybe not.

15 hours ago, MKT said:

Another DX VF-1A Kakizaki, MISB:
https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1158474966&lang=en

Well, of course that would happen. 🙄😄

9 hours ago, varitechs said:

 

With a lot of patience, a lot of gentleness, using a tool found for changing watch straps and after 20/30 minutes, I managed to remove the pins, it's repaired!
☺️
 

I have one of those tools! I always suspected they had more uses...

14 hours ago, Froy said:

DX Kakizaki

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1256486282&ref=list&keyword=Vf 1&lang=en

Thanks to @MKT too for the heads-up.

If any of you bastards cartjacked me and I get a cancellation, there will be blood. 😄

2 hours ago, 26662 said:

Same.  Bought all of the Hi-Metals available at Mandarake for nearly a month.  Finally got around to opening them a couple months later, transformed two of them, and promptly noped out and sold the lot.  Just not my thing, unfortunately.

They and the HMRs scratch an itch at a lower price point, but I have a poison ivy-level Macross rash. DX is my Benadryl now.

I wonder if they'll just do an origins set of reissues after this. Who else could they have in it?