eriku

The VF-19P is, without a second thought, my favorite Yamato toy. Between the colors and the head sculpt it's just a beautiful, beautiful toy. And then there is the fact that it's a Yamato VF-19 which means it's one of the most rugged and playable Macross toys ever made.

One of my favorite parts of the P is the sculpted face inside the visor. You really can't see it without shining a bright light on it which is part of the reason it's so cool. I love those little "we totally didn't have to do that but we totally did." details.

Anyway, be sure to let us know what you think when you get yours, Novareign!

This gives a good idea of Space Brick's size/scale.

http://bbs.actoys.net/read.php?tid-2063732.html

Aw, they're just a special vocal brew, like Tom Waits.

No. Tom Waits may have a voice that's not for everyone but his image is generally benign. Die Antwoord packages their 'special' music in the revolting and off-putting persona of perverted gangsta thugs. They're the main reason I lost all interest in seeing this film.

Progress- wings have been shortened. LOTS of metal.

http://bbs.actoys.net/read.php?tid-2058229.html

I want to get excited for this Voltron but I've been burned by Toynami too many times over the last 15 years. Out of the dozens of toys I've bought from them I struggle to think of one that is a really great quality piece. I'm not trying to hate on them, just sharing my experience. I used to defend them constantly. I hope something has changed with their practices and this one turns out good. I wont be a test pilot, though.

The ToyArk review had this to say about the plastic:

"Plastic quality could have been better"

So make of that what you will.

Here's the review:

http://news.toyark.com/2015/02/04/robotech-30th-anniversary-vf-1j-rick-hunters-veritech-fighter-149358

I would have to actually handle one of these before spending any money on one.

And even then it could degrade over time like most other Toynami toys I've owned.

Am I the only one who's really disappointed that they're basing Spay-C on the crappy standard gobot mold and not the super gobot mold which was infinitely better in every way?

Ahhhh...that's why this Spay-C looks so 'wrong' to me. I've had the Super Gobot toy for so long that I forgot there was a basic one with a different transformation.

Bleh, too dark. But now that I know the 0S/A is coming I'll just wait for those.

Of course I'm more interested in the engineering and overall tactile experience of the toy than color, but that doesn't mean I'm willing to just be fine with any color (what if it looked like the NASCAR tuxedo VF-1J? ). For $300 I want to make sure I'm happy with it. Regardless, I'm not panicking or anything, just really curious as to what it's going to look like so I know whether or not to spend my money elsewhere.

In all my years of Macross collecting I always thought passing on a toy because of color was petty and I never really understood it. But now I'm sitting here with my finger constantly hovering over the CANCEL button because I don't know which shade of blue the 0D will be. It still seems petty, but dangit...I really just have no interest in owning a 0D that looks like a Max VF - especially when it is in the neighborhood of $300. My gut tells me that it'll be a more 'correct' color, but still... This close to the release date it would be nice if Arcadia could just show us what the final production toy looks like.

lowered the price. Don't make me throw it on Ebay!

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Letting go of my YF-30 Chronos. $200 shipped USPS with insurance. United States only. It's been transformed once to battroid and then back to fighter. I got it right before a move and packed it up right away so it's never been on display or really handled outside of the transformation. Everything looked pretty much perfect to me, meaning I didn't see any scratches in the paint or cracks or breaks or loose joints, etc. The chest section seemed to hold tight in battroid mode, something I've heard can be an issue.

The tray with stand parts was never opened. All accessories are accounted for and included. One of the corners on the outer box was crushed a little during it's trip from Nippon Yasan to me, as you can see in the photo. Other than that the box and all packaging looks great (to me), but I've never been someone who really cares that much about packaging so if you are someone who is anal about the box condition please look elsewhere.

That second pic looks REALLY fanmiliar for some reason, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Is it a Gundam homage of some sort?

It looks familar because it has a lot of resemblance to the Legioss that Char crashed into NERV headquarters.

Intended. All credit goes to the TFW2005 forums for Spaniel. I picked it up while lurking their Ultra Magnus threads.

Yep, "Spaniel" was birthed by yours truly on the MP Bumble thread at TFW. I used it as a silly portmanteau to make fun of the debate people were having over whether the undefined head on the Exosuit was Spike or Daniel and people embraced it. I'm more puzzled than proud.

Wow, the 30th Anniversary valk looks amazing when it's completely covered up and you can't see most of it!

Saw it today and loved every minute of it. The all CG Dain was a bit weird, but whatever.

Galadriel overpowering Sauron was my personal favorite scene.

Can't wait for the extended edition.

What's really funny to me is that this whole thing is going to make this movie far, FAR more sought-after, celebrated, notorious, famous and eventually watched than it ever would have been otherwise. Without this drama it would have been just another comedy that people laugh about for a couple weeks before being forgotten.

this place has it listed for $70... I've never ordered from here though.

http://www.toyercity.com/goods.php?id=279

That listing says it's made of over 40% diecast.

But it also says the release date in 2/2014. :/

I liked the longer wings better in fighter mode. Include swappable sets perhaps?

I hope this remains available for a few months. I've actually talked myself into being OK with the price but after MP Star Saber and the VF-0D hit it's going take my wallet a while to recover enough to handle the Orgroid.

Their facebook site is gone.

Let the Harmony Gold smack-down theories commence!

Eriku, what do you mean with the pre assembled versions? the no painting version? so those are the same White?

so the yamato standard tv releases have different color than the assembly kit then ( tv 1j hikaru,kakizaki 1a, max 1a and tv roy?)

Yes, the non-painted Yamato 1/60 is exactly the same as the kit, which is also the same white plastic as the Arcadia TV Roy & Hikaru. The standard Yamato 1/60 TV valks are a different white - still very bright white, just a more pure white (if that makes sense) without the violet/pink tinge under certain lights.

The Yamato assembly kits (and the pre-assembled versions) are a very stark white and almost have a slight pinkish hue to them under certain lights. This is the same for the Arcadia VF-1S Roy and Hikaru. It's a very different white than standard Yamato releases and also different from Bandai's Frontier VFs. So I don't think you have any discoloring going on.

I don't think the LED will neccessarily increase the cost. LED lights are so dirt cheap they're in throw-away junk toys everywhere.

So good to see this line make a comback, and with stuff beyond the VF-1!

That display base is such a tease though. I want one.