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I'm not a fan of the HMR VF-0S but it actually looks good here.

I wish I had stocked up on more Yeti adapters. They're so much better than the default adapters from Yamato/Arcadia. Especially the VF-1 adapters.

US domestic price will be probably be about $259.99. For a reissue of a toy from c.2014 (because it's little more than a repainted VF-19 Advance). And without all the accessories it originally came with. Awesome! Add in the cost of a potential accessory set sold separately plus US tax and it's pretty much what I paid for my Arcadia PF YF-19. So much for Bandai toys being less expensive than Arcadia.

Thanks! I just got it to what I wish we had gotten out of the box to begin with, given how expensive these toys are. Bandai seems to be giving us less and less for more money i.e. YF-19 reissue. Everything kinda attaches and lines up worse once the supers are added into the mix. 🦃

One star rating at Amazon. Oh my!

VF-25F Super Messiah Super parts look great but really make the 25 a lot more fiddly. It's a far cry from the rock solid super parts on Yamato's VF-1.

Might be an easy fix. But it is a $200 toy, so maybe we shouldn't have to? Oh, if anyone was wondering, the reissue does not come with the special Walkure stand that came with the initial release.

Great shot!

Quite well! Review of one that's nearly identical to the one I got. Skip to 12 minutes to see it whooshing around.

The lighting can definitely affect how blue or green it appears.

Thanks! I've wanted an accurate version of Luke's green lightsaber for a long time and finally got one. It's much better than the officially licensed one from Disney, which involves swapping out the skinny "neck" with a fatter one to support the blade. Parts swapping is lame! 😄

Yeah I think the 21 was the first Yamato valk to implement a rotate for battroid mode. It's a 15 year old toy now but still compares favorably even to the latest Bandai offerings. But I would love to see an all new 21 from Arcadia.

Looks good with the supers.

Great shots of some great past releases! I'd say better than what's being churned out now.

There's no clearcoat on the PF as far as I can tell. That was only done for the PF SDF-1.

Was the overtightened shoulders something that affected the regular edition reissue as well, or is this problem exclusive to the PF? Continuing the long trend of some single catastrophic problem affecting what would otherwise be an excellent release.

That's another improvement I wish they had taken from the Delta line: clear stand brackets. It would have been an easy thing to do, but again, why would Bandai bother? It's "good enough" as far as Bandai is concerned. Don't think they ever mounted weapons on the wings in the show even though all the toys and models clearly show hardpoints under the wings. Functional hardpoints would have been another improvement I would have loved to see. I think the only hardpoint use was when they had speakers mounted on the 25G. Thanks! And I'm sure you could easily do the same; I only possess beginner modeling skills. Amazing what you can do with a bottle of Flory's, a mechanical pencil, and some topcoat.

You guys have heard me say it before: the fit & finish on Bandai valks has always been inferior to Yamato/Arcadia, and that was before the decline in QC with the 31AX releases. Bandai absolutely has the resources to give us valks that are of superior quality to Arcadia and probably at a lower price point, but why bother? When it comes to Macross, Bandai makes toys like George Lucas makes movies: it just needs to be "good enough."

Got a more screen accurate laser sword.

Thanks mate! Got held up by work during the work, but finally fixed the missing seat and got a few extra pics in. I really wish Bandai had increased the detail of this line so it would be on par with the Delta and 1/48 lines, given how much these cost now. The VF-25 is definitely one of my favorite valks; I'd say it's right up there alongside the VF-4, YF-19, and of course the VF-1. Have a great weekend everyone! Alto and Ranka... or is that Sheryl?

There's quite a lot of of little details that are visible on the CG model when zoomed in, but it seemed like too much hassle to add them. Thanks! Funny you mention that because up until a few years ago I was nearsighted and had no problem seeing tiny details up close. Then I got my eyes fixed and now I have normal vision and have to wear magnifiers when doing tiny detail work. 🫠 Yeah more wash got caught up in the surface imperfections compared to the old gloss finish toys, requiring me to really scrub the surface with a Q tip to remove excess.

Fixed up the revival 25F a bit. Was originally just going to do a quick panel wash and call it a day, but then I kept going... Was a fun, quick little side project though. Whoops! Forgot to reinstall the rear seat when I was putting the fuselage back together and now I have to take the whole thing apart again just to put the seat in. Fighter and gerwalk pics will have to wait till tomorrow...

Waiting for it to show up in the bargain bin before I think about getting one.

Looks much better with the extra detail. Now if only Bandai could make a correctly scaled pilot...

Well, the HMR VF-1 line is just a smaller, crappier, and more expensive copy of what Yamato did years ago.