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Not true... I believe the 1/72 YF-19 was glossy-ish. Uh... what's 'Banamoto'? Google returned some ambiguous results, lol. Yes... I agree with anime52k8!

Awesome... he finally got the battroid pics up!

Do you think Yamato will finally make the YF-19 in it's gloss/shiny finish just like the ova? http://ghostlightning.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/macross-plus-isamu-yf-19-love.jpg

Aw man... How I love this valk's colors and proportions! I have to keep telling myself 'must not focus on the wings...'.

Thanks MacrossJunkie! I should update the pics for the VF-22S heat shield since I have access to a DSLR now (the old pics were taken with a point & shoot).

Argh! For my favorite Yamato I can't decide atm between the VF-19S or the VF-22S... However, out of the Bandais I would have to say my YF-29 (sorry didn't take pics of this).

@ Raptormesh: I agree with you there. However, it was also Yamato's fault for extra stock of VF-22S from re-releasing them after the initial for 1k of each (Gamilin, Max, Milia).

Gamlin was one of the better characters in the Macross series. Sorry to go off topic, but... The reason Gamlin didn't get a VF-19S is because Miria/Milia had other plans for him. When Emerald Force was created Diamond force (VF-17 variants) was reassigned to protect City 7 under the jurisdiction of the Mayor (supposingly from a non military standpoint). Relatively speaking kind of like the army and your neighborhood cops. This standpoint was re-enforced when Docker and Gamlin argued over whose jurisdiction Sound Force fell under when Basara and Milenna went out for an unauthorized joy ride (sorry I don't remember the episode nubmer, lol). My following p.o.v. is just pure speculation, but I think Gamlin got a VF-22S and not a VF-19S was because there's that possibility that a VF-22S takes more skill to pilot since originally it was modeled off the YF-21 (mind-controlled). Therefore re-enforcing the idea Gamlin was a pretty 1337 pilot... pretty much on the same level as Max and Milia.

@ frogze: The dent's are there, but they're fairly tiny because by the time I took the pics I already attempted to smooth them back out by running my nail over it (one of them is on the third control edge from the wingtip). I haven't transformed the VF-19S back to fighter mode yet, but from what I recall there wasn't really an issue with the wings connecting to the tail. If there was it wasn't that much of an issue where it would've irked me unlike the thinness of the wings. @ Chronocidal: Yup your pictures are way better and clearly depict what I am experiencing. I just felt that Yamato could have engineered the wing edges to be about one (or even half a) mm thicker and this would have solved the issue.

I hope my phone's camera can capture the wings well enough. If not then I'll just take pics with the DSLR and add them later. I just thought that Yamato would've foreseen some of the production mishaps (possibly due to scale) with making the wings too line are accurate. I wouldn't say the wings are detrimental enough to the VF-19S to detour anyone from getting it. Yamato's rendition of the VF-19S is awesome! I just wonder how the wings are on the VF-19Kai (since I don't have this one yet).

Excellent review VF5SS! I have to agree with Chronocidal about the wings being too thin. My 19 seems to suffer from the same engineering issue (scalloped wings around the control edges and transparent edges especially with any white/bright background). I don't think the molds are clasped together too tightly, but the CADs for the wings were extremely accurate (perhaps too accurate). Just some words of advice... don't let anything tip, tap, nick, press or even lean up against the wing edges... they will easily dent/bend. I already have a small two small nicks on mine.

Sorry I don't do reviews. My pics are crappy because I'm too lazy to charge the DSLR. lol...

@ VF5SS: O.o... lol. Quite a review. I guess you had to keep your mind occupied from the VF-19S awesomeness?

I guess I'm putting this up for color reference. The blue of the VF-19S is pretty close to my 'Dremel' hobby clamps, almost near the 'BIC' blue rubber grip and darker than a blue 'Sharpe' cap. The ISO on my phone's camera was set at 1250 with a brightness level of 2 and under my room's daylight bulb.

Bwahaha... I got my VF-19Ss from AmiAmi in! I thought I wouldn't see them until Monday since I'm located on the east coast. ***EDIT*** I'm actually pretty stoked... since I didn't get to pick up the VF-19Kai. This will be my first impression of the improved 'lineart' models of the 19 variants.

Oh noes! Exploding shoulders again? LOL... officially waiting for the 2nd run on the VF-17!

43,540 Yen ($574.82) for two VF-19S from AmiAmi. Shipping was 4,840 ($62.56).

Wow... the YF-29 Ozma looks pretty nice!

Would be excellent if the VF-19S' color was the same as the blue on the VF-19Kai's sound booster.

Sweet! Excellent work on the 22S!

Excellent work!

I agree with mickyg. Your VF-25 is looking pretty sweet for someone who says they're lacking the insane skills.

Pretty sure it's been done already. I used a little sglue on one of the shoulders for my VF-27 (on the metal ball) and it's holding up pretty well. EDIT*** But yea... the YF-29 is looking pretty sweet!

only own one over here...

Excellent work!