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    TF cousins of 1/55

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    Wasn't the original toy that became Shockwave from 1980 or 1981?

    I dont know the exact dates but I do know shockwave was a stand alone robot produced well before transformers came out and wasn't part of the series takara was calling the robots before transformers. He was made by a Korean company and had a different name, apparently we wont ever see a re-issue because of that.

    yf-21 or vf-0a

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    I agree with you on the boosters, they make the nice sleek battroid look clunky. I'd buy a vf-0 standalone if it wasn't so expensive. I realize it's a bigger toy but it's still more than the new strike vf-1.

    I got a pretty good deal I think from amazon.com, the shipping was really low IMO.

    vf-0a $139.95

    yf-21 $209.95

    black action base $5.95

    Fold Booster Set $42.99

    Total shipping: $28.33

    Im still kicking my own ass for not buying the vf-0a when it was on sale at HLJ.com for like 90 some dollars :/

    TF cousins of 1/55

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    Wow, great catch.. I never noticed that... shockwave has always been one of my favorites.. maybe subliminally this is part of why.

    shock.jpg

    yf-21 or vf-0a

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    I'm honestly no so hot on the vf-0a with the ghost/booster, I think all that ordinance and the ghost hanging off the plane makes it look clunky. Totally opposite opinion for the vf-1 with super parts, that plane imho looks just as good if not better with them on.

    yf-21 or vf-0a

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    Both works, best of both worlds. ;)

    You'll like the VF-0A if the shoulders don't crumble like my CF VF-0A. The YF-21 you will LOVE. :D Just make sure to watch the transformation video, it'll help avoid any heart attacks, and it helps you to understand the transformation in a way that the manual can't do.

    Yeah the whole shoulders thing really kept me from buying till now, I dunno I just had the bug to get it.. most of my toys have never been transformed anyway.. just the notion that I COULD transform them is good enough for me :)

    YF-21 FastPack installation video

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    Technically - and I hope I don't get shunned by this forum for this - I'm not a "Macross fan", but rather a "transforming toy fan". You'll perhaps notice that I don't post anywhere but the toys section here: because I have nothing to contribute to any other discussion. I will say, however, that I like the driving premise behind the designs: these are supposed to be real planes that convert to practical humanoid forms and are specifically for warfighting. Very cool. Also I saw "Robotech" back when I was a kid. (Now I'll really get shunned!)

    Out here in the boonies (we only have 2 Targets, 2 Walmarts and a single TosRUs! We live like animals, I tell you!) I might have never known about Yamato and their wonderful toys but for Al Gore's amazing inter-web-a-tron. My first Yamato was a YF-19 (the second release, with "anime colors" - it's blue), followed by a 21, an 11, the 1/48 VF-1, the "new and improved" 21 (1/72), then the 1/60 19, the SV-51 and now the newer and even more improved 1/60 YF-21.

    Yamato makes birds way better than HasTak. If you want to be amused, look up the new Transformers Universe Silverbolt. It is either a robot with a plane for a backpack or a plane with a robot strapped onto the bottom. And although somewhat an extreme example of the type - it is the quintessence of the Hasbro transforming plane design philosophy - all of their planes are much the same: looks like a plane from the top, looks like s**t from the side. Also reference the horrible missed opportunity that was the Movie Starscream toy. *shudder*. Nothing satisfies that airplane turning into a humanoid craving quite like a Yammie. Apparently we can all look forward to Hasbro screwing up an SR-71 Blackbird next year, if the rumors hold true.

    I'll get the new 1/60 VF-1S when funds permit and look very much forward to a newer, bigger 11. Also it would be just super if Yamato would make something completely new (well, besides the 51...).

    Have you seen the masterpiece series transformers from takara? Check out their skywarp/starscream/thundercracker.. very good designs :)

    http://flickr.com/photos/7834016@N02/2224170312/sizes/o/

    yf-21 or vf-0a

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    Posted · Edited by Mechinyun

    OK YF-21 IT IS, just ordered the fold booster set, yf-21 order tomorrow.. if anyone knows of a good deal somewhere lemme know!! :)

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    yf-21 or vf-0a

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    Going to pull the trigger on a new valk soon, I'm torn between the yf-21 and the vf-0a, what should I do? I know about the crappy shoulders, but the vf-0a is so bad ass.

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